Re: The CPA and Aboriginal Activismwas RE: Scholarship and politics (was Re: Proyect v Woods)

[Greg Schofield <gschofield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I knew Lang was shady, but I under-estimated the guy, no wonder Keating (a
recent Labor Prime Minister) learnt his politics at his knee.

I love your last line it is perfect:
"They are worse than merely embarassing.  They turn even our most heroic
moments into farce."

Lovely stuff indeed.

Greg Schofield
Perth Australia

At 10:09  23/05/01 +1000, you wrote:
>On Lang as "national revolutionary" leader:
>
>It is necessary to point out his dirty side, too.  First, he was firmly
>associated with the Right of the Labor Party for most of his career (well
>into the 50s).
>
>Worse though:  he was one of a cabal of Labor leaders with substantial
>"investments" in Fiji.
>
>That is, one of the leaders, or perhaps _the_ leader, who came closest to
>leading Australia into a socialist revolution was - an imperialist
>capitalist!
>
>< Excuse me.  I might go find a truck to walk in front of. >
>
>OK, I've calmed down now.  Obviously this clown was never going to lead a
>revolution.  He did come remarkably close to leading the working class into
>a civil war.  Unsurprisingly, he backed off.  (Notionally, he might not have
>been given an opportunity to back off.)
>
>Look, we really have *got* to deal with the Labor SOBs.  They are worse than
>merely embarassing.  They turn even our most heroic moments into farce.
>
>Enough.  I think I've written myself out on this topic for a while.
>
>Alan Bradley
>abradley1@xxxxxxxxxxx