--- Kakki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Catherine, > > I was me who made the remark about Marxist teachers' > influence in the U.S. > Maybe today they call themselves Socialists or > Progressives and I'm sure > they have a different idealogical agenda than they > did when I was in school > in the 60s and 70s. Back in my day they called > themselves "Marxists" and > were very open about proclaiming that politcal > label. Then again, as I just > wrote previously, it was considered to be hip in > some circles back then to > call onself a Marxist because it was "radical" and > definitely a way to show > that one was against the "establishment."
Sorry about that, Kakki. I hadn't read your later post clarifying this, so it makes a lot more sense. Yes, it was very chic to be radical back in the 60s and even the 70s. I had a few of those, but probably none as radical as the ones you encountered - I never met one who called him- or herself a Marxist, but in university it may have depended on what courses you were taking. I was thinking more of teachers of today (one example being my brother-in-law) and I would think of them more as liberals or socialist-leaning, types, but with down-home values. Kind of ex-hippies who've mellowed out a bit. Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca
