Re: Selling out

[ravi <ravi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 21 Mar, 2007, at 3:53 PM, Louis Proyect wrote:
> > From way back, my comments on The Baffler:
> >
> > http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2001/2001-July/012524.html
> >
> > Now that I am six years wiser and older, I can safely write that their
> > description of themselves can be characterised simply as pomo-bashing
> > (which may count as a positive in the eyes of some, but definitely
> > makes
> > them right-of-center in mine).
>
> Your comments seem appropriate for early editions of The Baffler, but
> towards the end they were evolving into much more of a serious
> anticapitalist outlet. Issue number 9 has an article by Doug Henwood
> and is
> focused on the question of class, much as the way that a recent MR was.


Doug Henwood? That's the guy who advocates sympathy and understanding
towards the bourgeoisie bangalorians (the boston brahmins of India
;-)), isn't he? What sort of class analysis can he really offer!

Kidding aside, thanks to LNP and others for the responses on my post on
The Baffler.

       --ravi