Re: [Marxism] Campaign book by Camejo and others

[Brian Shannon <brian_shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On May 29, 2006, at 1:19 PM, Mark Lause wrote:

> As betrayals of socialism go, this one is right up there with
> sharing a
> platform with "a representative of the bourgeoisie" at an antiwar
> or women's
> liberation rally...or failing to support a resolution calling for a
> labor
> party at an SMC conference.
>
> Certainly, an autographed book and a photo-op with an officeholder
> is low
> cost for being able to make a political point (or even promoting a
> book
> politically worth distributing) to a wider audience.
>
> ML


I am interested in what is in the book rather than how it is
promoted. Of course, it doesn't have the frisson of the newly formed
Black Panther Party carrying guns to Sacramento.

Or are you being ironic or did you think that I was? The second
paragraph above does seem to recognize that the whole point was to
get some media coverage.

Brian


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