[lbo-talk] Cornel West at the Left Forum

[Carrol Cox]

I didn't go to the plenary, but I trust Jan's judgment of oratory, and she
responded quite favorably. There is just a sliver of possibility that a new
left upsurge is emerging, and speakers who  can rouse any substantial part
of a left audience are valuable, whether all leftists like them or not.

I did go to a panel at which Glen Ford spoke -- and no speaker has moved me
like that since the death of Fred Hampton. 

I understand that West & Pliven (and others?) are planning a national
teach-in on austerity, debt and resistance on April 5. We intend to round up
as large an audience (or as many audiences) locally to tune in to it as
possible.

At such a political juncture as the present I do not understand why any
leftists would waste his/her time analyzing the speaking   style of a
comrade if that style appeals to a wider audience, as West's obviously does.

Carrol