File spoon-archives/marxism.archive/marxism_1996/96-07-marxism/96-07-26.045, message 10


From: Luis Quispe <lquispe-AT-blythe.org>
Subject: Re: a defense that is worse than the deed
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 18:18:14 -0400 (EDT)


> 
> At 8:52 AM 7/24/96, Louis R Godena wrote:
> 
> >Nor is radio station WBAI--and what occurs there on or off the air--the
> >immediate issue.    I imagine it is a fairly typical institution of the
> >white American left--a gathering of amicable,  well educated hypocrites who
> >occasionally issue pronouncements on this or that issue which absolutely no
> >one listens to or takes seriously.
> 
> This is viciously untrue. The program director and general manager of WBAI
> are both black, and my sense from walking around the place is that whites
> represent only about half the producers and volunteers. One could make many
> critiques of the station, but this description of its sociology as well as
> content is completely ignorant of the facts.
> 
> Godena, you're a sad case. You seem like a smart, politically sophisticated
> guy, but there's some deep resentment of the world that poisons it all.

I don't like the "business observer", but I must say he is right on this 
one. Marcelina.

 > Doug
> 
> --
> 
> Doug Henwood
> Left Business Observer
> 250 W 85 St
> New York NY 10024-3217
> USA
> +1-212-874-4020 voice
> +1-212-874-3137 fax
> email: <dhenwood-AT-panix.com>
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> 
> 
> 
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