> On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:00:42 -0500
> Max Sawicky <sawicky at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Hmmm oh my yes, Jane should forsake her whirlwind of activism and join
>> this mailing list.
>
> I agree. Her "whirlwind of actvisim", as far as I can tell, mostly
> amounts to having people call their Democratic congressfolk. Oh and she
> seems to be backing at least one Democratic primary challenger --
> Jonathan Tasini, for Kirsten Gillebrand's seat.
>
> This is Democratic Party "activism." If she spent more time on
> lbo-talk, she'd at least be accomplishing nothing, rather than doing
> something that's actively bad.
I'd pass on Slavoj Žižek's advice to Hamsher, "Don't just do something, talk."