Freire admired Lenin. CLR James praised Trotsky. They were both very significant intellectuals behind what hedges called the "old left." Yes they were flawed and got much wrong. But they got much right too.
Some of my good friends on the Left in Philly in the 80s were from the SWP or were deeply influenced by Trotsky. I think of the late George Dolph (who volunteered four jobs,with NOW, CISPES, the Greens and on and on) while doing his regular job. And as Cockburn likes to say, Lenis was the one responsible for the line (and I paraphrase) "one must be as radical as reality itself. . ." Best, Brian -----Original Message----- From: Louis Proyect <[email protected]> To: Progressive Economics <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Nov 8, 2010 11:56 am Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Hedges: A Recipe for Fascism On 11/8/2010 11:51 AM, [email protected] wrote: Hedges doesn't hedge. That's something I admire. But has he ever read Lenin and Trotsky? I had the same reaction. My comment under his article: By Louis Proyect, November 8 at 5:18 pm Link to this comment I like Chris Hedges very much but I doubt that he has ever read enin and Trotsky, or perhaps having read them had no clue what hey were saying. ______________________________________________ en-l mailing list [email protected] ttps://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l =
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