[lbo-talk] Solnit, "puppeteer who thinks, " responds to activistism piece

Autoplectic autoplectic at gmail.com
Sun May 15 06:56:02 PDT 2005


On 5/14/05, Dennis Redmond <dredmond at efn.org> wrote:


> I don't blame him personally - he's probably had some bad experiences with
> do-nothing academics. But we Leftists (whatever that means these days)
> have got to stop assembling circular firing squads.
>
> -- DRR

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There were plenty of do-something academics coming to meetings in Seattle,summer of '99 and they weren't in the mood to give lectures, thank dog. David is a smart tactician who makes nice puppets; he's not a strategist. Creating cognitive consonances between activists and academics ain't a walk in the park, but it can be done. People on this list are familiar with more than a few...........



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