[lbo-talk] Sects and vanguards - SDS, Weatherman, etc.

[JOANNA A.]

In theory it's not a bad idea. But remember, these were very young kids, and they were absolutely convinced that they knew everything. And what they were is very privileged white kids. I just couldn't see that their speeches or postures would go over well among older, working class people.

Joanna

 

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I knew a few people who'd done this, actually. I'm curious why you thought 
it was a bad idea? 

On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 4:34 PM, JOANNA A. <123hop at comcast.net> wrote: 


> 
> I attended exactly one SDS meeting, when I was fifteen. 
> 
> Most attendees were not much older. There were about a dozen of us. 
> 
> The meeting was all about how these white, college-bound students were 
> going to get factory jobs over the summer and talk the workers there into 
> revolution. 
> 
> That sounded wrong even to my naive fifteen-year old self. 
> 
> Joanna 
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