I was referring to the LRB article. I stand corrected. I still think there
are a few
coherent points in Michael's work, but it probably would be better for
someone
more nuanced and who has less open contempt for contemporary minority and
feminist movement to say it.
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 11:57
>
> No where is this insinuated. I can't understand how anyone could take that
> reading from his article.
>
>From his NLR piece entitled 'Against Diversity':
“In 1947 –seven years before Brown v. Board of Education, sixteen years
before The Feminine Mystique –the top fifth of American wage-earne
This is probably a very valid point. There should no question that the
immigrant rights movements
and organizing among other marginalized groups should be a primary focus for
Marxists right now.
I despise when people dismiss the White working class as hopelessly
reactionary, but there is no doubt
Bhaskar Sunkara wrote:
> No where is this insinuated. I can't understand how anyone could take that
> reading from his article.
>
To repeat myself, WBM is a *very* slippery character. His prose is open
to multiple interpretations, no doubt a function of his exposure to too
many ALA conferences.
>
> Well, what he sloppily insinuates about income inequality and New Left
> movements being the cause of it, is easily refutable.
>
>
No where is this insinuated. I can't understand how anyone could take that
reading from his article.
What is stated is the truth that much of the apparent "progres
>
> A good critique would take what he actually says
> and show how some of it is empirically wrong and politically a bad tactic.
>
Well, what he sloppily insinuates about income inequality and New Left
movements being the cause of it, is easily refutable.
But as far as tactics are concerned, I'
brad bauerly wrote:
> I am sorry but that is not a good critique of Benn Michaels. Like yours
> Louis it too is filled with strawperson arguments based on things that he
> never said. I am not going to get into specifics of his arguments, which I
> personally think he does not present very well,
I am sorry but that is not a good critique of Benn Michaels. Like yours
Louis it too is filled with strawperson arguments based on things that he
never said. I am not going to get into specifics of his arguments, which I
personally think he does not present very well, because it is clear that
mos
http://pink-scare.blogspot.com/2008/10/against-diversity.html
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