[lbo-talk] Doug's case against Naomi Klein

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Apr 28 12:07:42 PDT 2008


On Apr 28, 2008, at 10:20 AM, Marvin Gandall wrote:
> The review, Doug, is foul-moody.
> =====================================
> Not my impression. I thought the review was a very good commentary
> on the
> analytical shortcomings of the anti-globalization movement, of
> which NK is a
> leading representative, and that the tone was on the whole
> constructive. But
> I suppose it depends on the angle of vision of the reader.

I tried hard to be constructive in tone - unlike, say, when I reviewed bad, foolish books like those by Stanley Aronowitz and David Korten. Naomi Klein is very smart and talented, and she could have written a much better book than she did.

Doug



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