1. This article about the Millennial Left is very good but has an interesting tension in it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/07/20/the-millennial-lefts-war-against-liberalism/?tid=ss_fb&utm_term=.367ec9053d35 …
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Perhaps we can put forth a very vulgar dialectical move: thesis 30s Base politics + antithesis 60s superstructure politics = synthesis
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Neither of the previous 2 movement succeeded so maybe the movement that learns lessons from both will succeed.
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6. The popular front (Dorothea Lange, Paul Robeson, Orson Welles, Billie Holiday) was attempt to create a radical mass culture.
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7. Popular Front culture had its faults. At worst, it could be corny, simpleminded, didactic. But still: real attempt at radical popular art
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But was old left really born of counter culture in the same way? The origin & pivotal figures seem more established.
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Our new left was molded in counter culture of Bush wars, recession, & establishment "Liberals" who had a hand in both while quieting Left.
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In the late 30's my grandfather's "horse girl" cousin was disinherited when she gave away her fancy dresses to charity...
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Then what do you propose the millennial left do instead? I liked your article about Chapo even though I disagreed in numerous ways 1/2
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I agree with civility, not belittling centrists, but inviting them in, but also believe a degree of mockery of them is valid and earned 2/2
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