[PEN-L:8129] Re: JKG

["Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

JKG is definitely a good liberal, one of the proof was that JFK sent him away
from Washington to be ambassador to India.

Henry C.K. Liu

Doug Henwood wrote:

> Michael Perelman wrote:
>
> >Yes, but Galbraith is a principled liberal -- a rare bird these days.
>
> And certainly no enemy of socialism. Back in the early 1980s, when Monthly
> Review had a fire in its office, Galbraith signed an emergency fundraising
> letter for them. Back in the 1970s, he convinced the dean of UMass that it
> was OK to hire a bunch of Marxists in the econ department. And the new MR
> has a 50th anniversary greeting from JKG. Plus he gave me a blurb, so he
> must be all right!
>
> Doug