[lbo-talk] me @ Brecht Obama event

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Jun 22 07:53:39 PDT 2008


On Jun 22, 2008, at 10:41 AM, Michael Pollak wrote:


> I mean, if you really think disappointment will help the left, then
> you're
> agreeing that the election of Obama will contribute towards building a
> movement, no?

Yeah, but as a second-order phenomenon. Gary Younge didn't like my insistence on delusion leading to disappointment. Who am I, cynical white aging intellectual, to question the perceptions of the aroused young and black masses?

Doug



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