tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30407212.post1898890799311648851..comments2023-04-11T05:13:20.921-04:00Comments on Sung a Lot of Songs: "Turmoil" Gets the Goods, and Other Lessons from Stanford's Vietnam War DaysDarwin BondGrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08898207904227084144noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30407212.post-5614536455988188072009-03-30T22:57:00.000-04:002009-03-30T22:57:00.000-04:00Thanks a lot for this very insightful analysis. I ...Thanks a lot for this very insightful analysis. I like how you have taken Lymans negative analysis of the radical student movement and turned it into a positive, successful and necessary historical movement that serves as a model for what is badly needed in todays current society: a "culture of opposition". Indeed, cultural resistence is the greatest threat to the status quo of authoritarian rule. If we try to lobby politicians, re-write legislation, or vote for the right candidate, it is clear that we are still playing by the rules of their game. A complete rejection of their game is needed because if the ethic of "changing the system from within" continues then it will prove to be as futile as a palestinian fighting for justice within the Israeli justice system or for the zapatistas to "work with" the Mexican government for autonomy. <BR/>Your review really opens up the history vaults so that we can draw inspiration from the radical, counter cultural movements of the past. We can see that it has been done before and that it works.PAZnoreply@blogger.com