[lbo-talk] The misuse of political movements for essentially religious ends

[Jeffrey Masko]

Truth is, in the U.S. we have to deal with interfaith groups that support
"progressive causes" (fill in your own definition for that), nonetheless,
they cannot be ignored. Seems in the past, the religious movements can lead
to the revolutionary much quicker than academé.

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote:


> Do activists in other countries have to deal with this silliness of people
> trying to work out their personal issues of guilt and redemption through
> political movements?
>
> https://twitter.com/ztsamudzi/status/679668107980349441
>
> Or is it, as I suspect, a uniquely US malaise?
>
> I've said it before, and I'll say it again: a lot of activists, especially
> those into "ally" models, should just go to a damn church and leave others
> to actual struggle.
>
> --
> "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen
> lytlað."
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J.A. Masko
College of Communications
Penn State University
State College, Pa 16801

  "The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without
becoming disillusioned."

           Antonio Gramsci.