----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Sawicky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [Guess the author...............] > > > I agree with the first sentence of that essay. > > I don't know the author, but whoever it is, he or > she is confused. The smorgasbord of groups > and the implied atomization of program and > politics is the fruit of democracy. People vote > with their feet. Participation is nice, and so is > unity, but one doesn't necessarily promote the > other. > > The description of SDS/SNCC is all wet, but there > isn't much point in unpacking all that. > > Instead of counting young people, I should probably > count the Palm Pilots. > > mbs
***************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > of course, such decentralized groups as the SDS "did their own thing" one > time [1969] in the form of the "days of rage," in which a bunch of well-fed > white suburbanites went crazy in the streets of Chicago, in hopes that the > Black Youth would Rise Up and join them, overthrowing the System. > > I like this statement's emphasis on from-the-bottom organizing, but > decentralization isn't always what it's advertised to be. > JD > ====================== And the writer is.................Nathan Newman!
