Comments on: Ellen Willis, 1941-2006

By: Tuomas

Tuomas — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:50:50 +0000

(sorry, accidentally submitted)

Here’s the piece I liked (pdf): “Is There Still a Jewish Question? Why I’m an Anti-Anti-Zionist,”

R.I.P

By: Tuomas

Tuomas — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:41:19 +0000

On the contrary, every such movement- socialism, populism, labor, civil rights, feminism, gay rights, ecology-has begun with a visionary minority whose ideas were at first decried as impractical, ridiculous, crazy, dangerous and/or immoral

That’s not fair — I still — or especially after having observed them in action — decry some of these (*cough* socialism *cough*) as impractical, ridiculous, crazy, dangerous and immoral.

But I have something good to say about her:

I liked

By: Pacific Views

Pacific Views — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Wal-Mart wouldn’t settle a claim of less than $20,000 after an attendant at one of their service stations gave away the keys to a customer’s car to a homeless person who then stole it. Alas, A Blog: Ellen Willis, 1941-2006; she seems like someone I wish I’d known more about before she died, Amp quotes from an essay of hers on why it’s important to have a radical left and links to other places where her writing can be found. It would appear that

By: Rapture of the Deep

Rapture of the Deep — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I shamefully have to admit that I had never heard of Ellen Willis before reading her obituary in today’s NY Times. Via Alas, a blog, a quote from her 1998 essay “We Need a Radical Left” that rings very true with me: No mass left-wing movement has ever been built on a majoritarian strategy. On the contrary, every such movement- socialism, populism, labor, civil rights, feminism, gay