[lbo-talk] OWS Teach-In: Where to start?

[Carrol Cox]

On 10/7/2011 10:21 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:05 AM, Carrol Cox wrote:
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>> On 10/7/2011 9:23 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
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>>> I'm going to write something on this for my radio commentary later today, and I'll post the text when I do.
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>> The True Believers are perhaps beyond help. I don't know how to characterize those who don't hold this nonsense already but might be tempted by it.
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> It's the "radical" sounding analysis that's floating around. Curious but naive people might find it appealing as long as no refutation is making the rounds.

I hope you are right -- and can put out a good 'transportable' 
counter-argument. We have a couple believers here; they come to anti-war 
speak-outs to spin their fantasies. Can't attack them directly because 
of intertwining relationships among local leftists, but they are a real 
pain in the ass. "Curious but naive" probably describes those who might 
listen to them.

I think perhaps most of those who are full believers are auto-didacts; 
that would describe Pound for example in reference to economic history.

Carrol