On 9/4/07, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > part of the problem is the fact that so much of the anti-war movement > is led by the ANSWER coalition. More important is the fact that so > many people have let that organization's sectarianism deter them from > participating. Of course, another problem is that demonstrations seem > "old hat" and it's hard to figure out what to do instead. Too much of > the left is simply going through the motions, doing what they think > worked in the past. This is not just the ANSWER folks: the fine folks > we joined for a candle-lit vigil against the war a few nights ago are > similar. We're all stuck in a rut. (However, it was nice how many > people in beautiful down town San Pedro honked their car horns in > support.) > > On 9/4/07, Brian McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > http://www.counterpunch.org/bricmont09042007.html > > > > >A large part of the academic left long ago gave up informing the general > > public about the real world in order to debate whether Capital is a > > Signifier or a Signified, or worry about their Bodies and their Selves, > > while preachers tell their flocks to rejoice at each new sign that the end > > of the world is nigh< > > > >
Matt Taibbi, during an interview with Adbusters (Carbon Neutral Culture #73 Aug-Sep 2007, *not* available online) in regard to 'Vietnam Hangover'... Why the war went on in American society/culture for decades after the war itself was over, conjectured that maybe we are truly fortunate that Americans have been so dumbed-down over the last few decades that they may not even realize they lost the war in Iraq. I guess that's the GOOD news... In a similar vein: [September 04 2007] Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: Speaking As A Paleo-Intellectual Of The 'Old School'… Higher Education Isn't Getting 'High' - Because The Last Thing American Industry (and it's government) Wants Is A Socially Enlightened Educated Workforce <http://leighm.net/wp/2007/09/04/tth_070904/> Leigh
