Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 10:34:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Louis Proyect <lnp3-AT-columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: M-I: Re: Politics, Please


Jerry Levy:

>
>Thirdly, the squatters of the Lower East Side have been under violent
>attack for years now (just last week there was an eviction on 5th Street),
>but all you can do is advise someone to go to the library. I'll let you
>spend more time in the prestigious Columbia University Library while I
>continue to be politically active in my community. Some day, perhaps, you
>will be able to read about the revolution while at the CU library while
>others are in the streets making it.
>

Louis: Active in your community? I wasn't questioning your involvement with
the squatters, dear chap. Unfortunately, this movement is not a
breeding-ground for Marxist theory, the last time I checked. I was rather
speaking about the paucity of ideas in your posts here and your
preoccupation with my language, life-style, manners, etc. 

It was rather a breath of fresh air to read your cross-post of Curtis
Price's article. You should read that carefully and try to learn from it. If
you are bright enough to select a nice, beefy item like this to cross-post,
surely you have enough intelligence to take a few baby steps in that
direction yourself. Oh, I take that back. You probably would fall on your face.

>
>PS: Before you write your "rather significant critique" of Elster, Cohen,
>and Roemer it might be a good idea if you read their works first. Or is
>that to much to expect from the likes of you?
>

Louis: I will be judged by my critiques. You will continue to be judged by
your inability to post anything of serious political or intellectual
consequence here unless it is written by others. I do encourage you to
continue being an errand boy. Please fetch interesting material that others
like Curtis Price are writing and bring them to the list's attention. Just
make sure you don't get too much saliva on them.



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