I read the linked-to story about white men not being very progressive over the weekend, but leave it to Melissa at Shakesville to articulate one of those back-of-the-head thoughts a straight white male like me had when I saw it: I’ll be a pedant, in my usual way, and note there are, in fact, not [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Society’
I Must Read This Book
28 Oct 2009 at 15:26
by Adam
in Misc.
tags: activism, book, culture, left, liberal, Philosophy, Politics, Society
Philosopher Richard Rorty believes that there is hope for America, but that today’s Left is not meeting the challenge. He contrasts the cultural, academic Left’s focus on our heritage of shame (which, he admits, has to the extent that it makes hatred intolerable had the positive effect of making America a more civil society) with [...]
Confrontation
(Earth First! Co-Founder Reflects on Technology, Protests, Environmental Battles Ahead in New Book) “Now you’ve got flash mobs and sky art, like the Climate 350 people who all stood together and made a 350,” he said. “No mining company executive is shaking in his boots when he sees 500 people standing together in a field. [...]
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