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I haven't read McLean's book. And I don't know much about her. But her book is doing quite well. When I checked yesterday on Amazon, as she asked people to do, she had 96 Amazon reviews, with an average rating of four stars. From Amazon, I learned that the book is published by a top trade press, so she is no doubt getting good publicity help from them. Many top liberal scholars have heaped praise on it, and one review is from Oprah's magazine. She is a chaired professor at Duke, a school with a great deal of academic prestige. Given all of this, I don't see how the libertarians and the Koch Brothers' minions can destroy her reputation. John Bellamy Foster has and is facing much worse at the University of Oregon. Hell, in my teaching career, I faced harassment, red-baiting, threatening phone calls, etc. At Monthly Review, I have met comrades whose careers were destroyed, who had to leave the country to find work, who were tormented by all levels of government. We've published books by comrades who have put their lives on the line in radical struggles around the world. So at least at this point, I can't get too exercised about professor Maclean's plight. I will continue to follow this, and as I learn more, perhaps I will temper my perspective. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com