Better one to celebrate people like that before they pass away. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Naiman Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 4:57 PM To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] David Landes
There should we a web site that would serve the function of "WikiActivistMemorial." When an activist passes, activist friends and comrades could edit the entry, which would be a nice way of memorializing the person and their contributions. Plus, over time, it would become an incredible resource for future radical historians. Then, when informing people of the passing, one could send around the link. On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 6:07 PM, Eugene Coyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sorry for the confusion about David L. Landes, NOT the historian. > > I incorrectly assumed that my friend David was widely known to many on this > list. He was a fixture of the Bay Area progressives. > > David L. Landes. Born on a co-op farm in the south, grew up in his beloved > Yellow Springs, Ohio. A student and later colleague of Jim O'Connor's. > We'd been friends for years but I learned only recently that David was > Minsky's TA at Washington University, where David met Jim. David was one of > the group purged from San Jose State's economics department in Governor > Reagan's era. (1974) An early member of URPE. > > Mostly, David was a wonderful friend, lots of fun and funny. > > He traveled to Nicaragua during the revolution there, and to Cuba, and he > was always out locally for whatever event or cause needed him. Or just for > lunch. > > Sorry for my assumption that his fame was more widespread than it was. > > Gene Coyle > > > > On Oct 14, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Matthijs Krul wrote: > >> Eugene Coyle schreef: >>> >>> David Landes has passed away. >>> >>> Daphne Muse, David's wife phoned early this morning with the very sad >>> news that David died last evening. >>> >>> David was a stalwart comrade. A quiet, modest, generous, loving man. >>> >>> Those of you who knew David know what a great loss the left community has >>> suffered. >>> >>> Gene Coyle >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pen-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >>> >> Is this the historian David Landes? And if so, why does/did he count as >> 'left'? >> >> Matthijs Krul >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Robert Naiman Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ambassador Pickering on Iran Talks and Multinational Enrichment http://youtube.com/watch?v=kGZFrFxVg8A _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
