[lbo-talk] Chris Hedges comes out as socialist

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Tue Dec 30 09:19:15 PST 2008


Bill O'Connor wrote:
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> Even Hillary Clinton claimed to be a progressive to avoid having to
> call herself a liberal. Blech.

Many Reds, including me, encouraged use of the term, labelling those liberals who were willing to work with Reds in various coalitions. It was a convenience, but probably as a friend once observed, opportunism seldom turns out to be opportune.

Carrol



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