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Re: Hatlen on Wei
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bob scheetz <[log in to unmask]>
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- Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 13 Aug 2000 11:55:04 -0400
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prole, boojwa, patrician...all classes consist in left-right dialectic.
the problem with "wei matter" is the familiar tyranny of petit boojwa
idealism...as burt hatlen says it is innocent of the materialism
that underlies history and poetry



----- Original Message -----
From: Carrol Cox <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 12:05 AM
Subject: Re: Hatlen on Wei


> Leon Surette wrote:
>
> >  To
> > me the "left" means socialism. Perhaps my usage is idiosyncratic.
>
> Political language in the U.S. is as flabby as a day-old Big Mac. When
there
> *is* a left, "Left" means socialism. But while there are leftists in the
U.S.
> there is no "Left." How can there be when the word is used to describe
> anti-labor war criminals such as Gore and Clinton.
>
> Carrol

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