of course, there is some reality underlying the "privileged academic left": one of the few groups who don't have to totally kowtow to the neo-liberal/neo-conservative rule are those with tenure in academia. They're (I'm) privileged in the sense that "academic freedom" still exists.
On 3/24/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Michael Pugliese wrote:
>
> >http://slavesofacademe.blogspot.com/2006/03/we-dont-need-another-hero.html
> > Revolutionary tourism, Chavismo, the Che complex and the privileged
> >academic left.
>
>
> Yawn. Privilege schmivelege.
>
> ISO maven Anthony Arnove complains that Chavez is following the
> Castro model. Social democrats and liberals make the same complaint.
> I guess the message is that the only good revolution to purists of
> either persuasion is a failed revolution.
>
> My reponse to this is the same I made to Arnove the other week: it's
> really hard to make a revolution. It's really easy to sit comfortably
> in the USA and complain about this or that, but you try facing the
> hostility of your own bourgeoisie backed by Washington. You try
> figuring out how to run an economy with all the technical experts
> against you. Who's the "privileged academic left" in this picture,
> really?
>
> Doug
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