[lbo-talk] commie gossip

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Oct 31 13:16:42 PST 2006


On Oct 31, 2006, at 3:00 PM, Eric wrote:


> So, RM attenders, one of my sources tells me there was a bit of a
> kerfuffle, or at least a vibe of contention and irritation, at the
> "Rethinking Communism" plenary, something about the word
> "communism" and a certain expansive speaker and maybe some other
> stuff. My source refuses to divulge any other details. Anyone care
> to indulge me?

We'd already left. Wish I'd seen that plenary. I missed Liza's plenary contribution the first night, arriving in the middle of the second speaker's performance. During the second night's plenary, Ernesto Laclau literally put me and a friend to sleep.

Doug



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