[lbo-talk] More on OEO and CAP

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Mon Feb 25 15:18:44 PST 2008


Chuck Grimes wrote:
>
> I think that is shame because very
> briefly liberals, progressives, lefties, black, white and brown from
> profession middle class to poor community activist were suddenly
> offered limited political power to do the right thing....

When it appeared that such a coalition was going to have a large voice in the local War on Poverty in Bloomington, the City Council withdrew its approval and no money from the Federal government ever materialized. That fiasco was one of my way-stations from liberal to marxist.

Carrol



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