[lbo-talk] David McNally's video on socialism and popular power

[Adam Proctor]

This is a totally unfair to the unique character and devotion to social justice demonstrated by David McNally over the last 25 years.  McNally is absolutely not cast from the mold of so-called preening, egoists of which you speak.  I would ask you, and anyone else, to kindly look deeper than one meager academic -- yes, academic -- seminar given by the man to levee such harsh judgments in the future.  
I have only had a few interactions with him, but in them he has been remarkably human and anything but pretentious.  Having read much of his work, I can say that he is one of the best contemporary theoreticians and activists that the modern Marxist movement has yet to produce.  He is no Zizek, nor is he a Terry Eagleton.   Try reading his work, for christ's sake.   

-Adam   

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On Jun 12, 2011, at 9:16 PM, Dissenting Wren <dissentingwren at yahoo.com> wrote:


> I'm listening to it, nearing the end, but all I can think is "FML, do we academic marxists always come off as preening, pretentious, self-satisfied, egoists?"
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> Subject: [lbo-talk] David McNally's video on socialism and popular power
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> You may find this video of interest.  On versions of socialism and popular.
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> http://vimeo.com/24952896
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