[lbo-talk] alas, no campus commies at harvard

[Carl Remick]

>From: Liza Featherstone <lfeather at panix.com>
>
>Where Have All the Commies Gone?
>Weak campus political activism is bad for all
>Published On 11/29/2005 12:09:11 AM
>
>By JOHN  HASTRUP
>Crimson Staff Writer
>
>... Harvard¹s student body is not just lacking the progressive vigor that 
>led to
>the takeover of University Hall in 1969 to protest the Vietnam War, or the
>Mass. Hall occupation in 2001 to rally students against low worker wages. 
>It
>is bereft of any vigor at all.
>
>When political activism does occur on campus it is wishy-washy and 
>bland....
>
>I am not saying that I truly want to go back to the days of boycotts and
>occupations, as they waste resources and class time. ...

Wow, quite a firebrand is John Hastrup.

Carl