[lbo-talk] An Open Letter to Lefty Friends, Colleagues and Bitter Foes Who're Disappointed by Obama

Eric Beck ersatzdog at gmail.com
Sat Jul 25 17:31:23 PDT 2009


On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Jeffrey Fisher<jeff.jfisher at gmail.com> wrote:
> this is a misunderstanding. you would do better to do some more research on
> badiou's background and role in/relationship with the OP. you may not like
> this, either, but it is not at all the same as a bunch of academic
> conferences for tenured white male radicals and cranks

Actually, minus the crank part, that's a pretty good description of the Birbeck conference on the idea of communism earlier this year, organized by Zizek and Badiou, where 15 men, all white, and one woman spoke.



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