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Andrew, I really wanted to give your piece on DSA a chance. It starts off well and I think the legacy of Cold War era Pentagon--CIA or DC think tank, pick your description--socialists as represented first by the *Encounter* then *Dissent*, Irving Howe and late-period Schactman is fertile ground for repertorial spade work. Shanker's destructive cleaving the old NYC liberal coalition is an extremely interesting footnote if nothing else. I even tried to choke down this bizarre line, "*(and they all are cis men and, except for Rustin, white heterosexuals)" *[Cis?] in the hopes that you were attempting irony or it was an unfortunate editorial addition. Unfortunately the ahistoricism continues apace with an anti-Kennedy rant--climaxing with, "[JFK] was in the midst of the genocidal effort to turn Vietnam into a parking lot"--that would make Chomsky or Alexander Cockburn blush. (You might want to check when bombing of North Vietnam began (hint: JFK was out of office;) he was criticized on the right for *not* trying to invade Cuba, btw.) So I alas I didn't find out if the overhyped DSA is doomed by original sin. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
