On Mar 22, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Carrol Cox wrote:
> It has nothing to do with the style of either speaker. It has to do with the
> political context. Two years ago the Wisconsin hadn't happened. Two years
> ago there had not even been gestures of popular resistance to austerity.
>
> No one yet has said a word about the content of West's speech. That seems to
> suggest that this list has ceased to be interested in politics.
There's rarely any content to West's speeches. I've been listening to them at SSC/LF's for more than 20 years. When they're over, you'd be hard pressed to summarize what he said - beyond racism is bad, people are on the march.
Doug