What was rotten about his politics? I have a soft spot for the guy.
--- On Sat, 7/4/09, Jim Farmelant <farmelantj at juno.com> wrote:
>
> Well, despite his often rotten politics, Harrington did
> write
> some decent books, including what was probably his
> best book, *The Politics at God's Funeral*, which
> Mark Lindley and I discussed in our essay,
> "Six Prominent American Freethinkers," at:
> http://monthlyreview.org/mrzine/fl161208.html
>
> Harrington being the sixth freethinker discussed
> in the essay.
>
> Jim F.
>
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Bhaskar Sunkara
> > <bhaskar.sunkara at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://theactivist.org/blog/a-call-for-submissions-michael-harrington-sym
> posium
> > >
> > > This July marks the 20th death anniversary of
> American democratic
> > > socialist Michael
> > > Harrington<
> > >
> >
> http://theactivist.org/blog/archives/michael-harrington-marxism-and-democ
> racy
> > > >.
> > > Harrington was a best-selling author, a
> principled political
> > activist and
> > > the standard-bearer for American democratic
> socialism throughout
> > his
> > > lifetime. Harrington was also the catalyst behind
> the formation of
> > the
> > > Democratic
> > > Socialists of America <http://dsausa.org/>, the parent
> > organization of
> > > the Young
> > > Democratic Socialists <http://ydsusa.org/>. *The Activist*
> > invites
> > > members
> > > of the progressive community to contribute 500 to
> 1000-word
> > essays
> > > reflecting on Harrington’s life and legacy or
> more generally on
> > the future
> > > of the American socialist movement that he
> committed himself to.
> > >
> > > Please send all submissions to
> bhaskar.sunkara[at]gmail.com
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