Karl Carlile wrote, >KARL: The kind of circus event is just one more of a multiplicity of >events on the circus circuit. Basically they constitute no more than >a means by which many of these lefty media stars promote themselves >and thereby their pocket, their status and fame. Despite the >thousands of books published by the marxology industry these >marxilogists they are still unable to outline the character of the >modern world and the correct political course to be followed. We all know that Karl is right, but most of us probably shrug and console ourselves with a resigned "but, there is no alternative!" There is an alternative. The alternative involves exposing our personal lives and 'careers' to unacceptable risk. Like mystics, we are all able to assess the riskiness of certain utterances or actions (quite apart from their legality or physical danger) without admitting that we are even making such an assessment. "Scholarship" has been defined in North America as otherworldly, so socialism is acceptable as a legitimate topic for scholars. But compare the market for socialist scholarship with, say, the market for socialist _policy analysis_. (And, yes, this is an oblique reference to discussions of "market socialism" -- what about "markets _for_ socialism?"). One of the major, unspoken problems of the left is that when lefties succeed they do so by carving out an accommodating niche in the dominant ideology. The accommodation goes both ways. How many of us could deny that we or our colleagues routinely dismiss our own best ideas as 'unworkable'? The greatest fear? That we'll be dismissed as cranks. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ knoW Ware Communications | Vancouver, B.C., CANADA | "Only in mediocre art [EMAIL PROTECTED] | does life unfold as fate." (604) 669-3286 | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://mindlink.net/knowware/worksite.htm