>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/12/01 11:19PM >>> Michael Perelman wrote: > > . . . much success in communicating with a broader audience. > "Broader audience" is too vague -- it seems usually to mean large, nondescript, miscellanmeous audience consisting of isolated individuals sitting at home. There is such an audience, and reaching it may at times be of marginal use. But the only 'broader' audience that counts in the long run are those reached by leaflets or word of mouth, so the main task of authors of books and articles is not to reach a broader audience but to provide ammunition (information, tactical and strategic training, perspective, etc.) to those who write the leaflets or who talk with the readers of those leaflets. At one time I was a superb leaflet writer -- leaflets I wrote got people talking to each other. I don't know if I could do it now or not. (((((((( CB: However there are some exceptions to this general rule. Pamphlets and books used in mass agitation and propaganda: If they come for you in the morning Autobio of Malcolm X The State and Revolution The Manifesto of the CP Common Sense
