I'm not a fan of the WSF project: the numerous criticisms of that project
as an attempt to establish a kind of 'alternative' policy cabal, with all
that this has implied about those 'with the expertise to set policy' and
its mediatory demeanour, are well known, I think; but not raised in this
Dear Aditya
I did read your position carefully, but it seems that
you prefer not to address the issues that I raised.
1. There are indeed wars of position going on among
leftists and activists and politically oriented
artists and your text certainly can be read in
relation to those polemics,
Apropos of Coco Fusco's response to my piece on the WSF and the Old Left
in India, a bit of factual clarification and some small comments are in
order. She talks of intergenerational 'wars of position' - conflating my
position with that of Sarai (I presume, because of my email ID) and seems
to
No matter what our politics I guess a lot of us make judgments about people
based on their email addresses. Imagine if aditya had a .mil address!
Steve Cisler
soon to have no address
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Apropos of Coco
