tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.comments2023-10-29T06:03:29.570-04:00Fordham American StudiesProfessor Glenn Hendlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05193047439910682130noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-34532599430041773182015-07-25T09:26:31.793-04:002015-07-25T09:26:31.793-04:00Louisa Foroughi please accept my thanks and congra...Louisa Foroughi please accept my thanks and congratulations on the success of your recent work. I think your article is a great motivator for many students who need a little extra push. Our schools are doing a good job with limited resources, and they appreciate all the help we can give them. Thanks again for such uplifting coverage.<a href="http://www.getessaypaper.com/buy-college-papers-online"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14602438349091953768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-40689761778556147052013-03-05T06:25:32.246-05:002013-03-05T06:25:32.246-05:00it represents an overall perception that it was a ... it represents an overall perception that it was a losing issue for Democratic candidates. Nonetheless, the shift is still somewhat stark and surprising, especially since the Democratic Party, over this same time period, has become less rural and less southern.<a href="http://shootingtargets7.com/pistol-targets/" rel="nofollow">ShootingTargets7</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00181753070857437581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-78427469907589626382012-11-01T12:58:17.063-04:002012-11-01T12:58:17.063-04:00Congratulations Sarah Ramirez, for your story whic...Congratulations Sarah Ramirez, for your story which was published in USA Today College. Hope you write more and more stories and all get published in reputed news papers.<br /><a href="http://www.collegeinfo.com/art-design.aspx" rel="nofollow">search online schools </a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08531229465045255689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-27585431089681882372012-08-31T02:43:16.206-04:002012-08-31T02:43:16.206-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-64454178441219722522012-03-16T22:58:26.032-04:002012-03-16T22:58:26.032-04:00See also Saul Cornell's guest blog at The Facu...See also Saul Cornell's guest blog at The Faculty Lounge: <br />http://www.thefacultylounge.org/2012/03/cornell-guest-post-the-coming-fall-of-the-new-originalism.htmlProfessor Glenn Hendlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05193047439910682130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-7784765631123369392011-12-25T00:05:19.274-05:002011-12-25T00:05:19.274-05:00Professor Glenn Hendler's link to the wikipedi...Professor Glenn Hendler's link to the wikipedia page about Godwin's Law actually says that his invocation of Godwin's Law is in poor form. <br /><br />Godwin's Law actually states, "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1."<br /><br />The article then goes on to say that "There are many corollariesAwesome Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14693398580800982345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-57936509333580279082011-12-22T07:20:31.307-05:002011-12-22T07:20:31.307-05:00You don’t need to be religious to understand -and ...You don’t need to be religious to understand -and embrace- the idea that "Whatsoever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." But many of the 1%, in blind greed and endless schemes, have forgotten this. They have closed their eyes to what the word "society" should really means, what it can mean. But due to Occupy Wall Street, we are stanchazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16953789573883212572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-68742260977944810212011-11-28T08:33:43.845-05:002011-11-28T08:33:43.845-05:00KEEP IT UP - KEEP IT GOING - KEEP RESISTING - THIS...KEEP IT UP - KEEP IT GOING - KEEP RESISTING - THIS IS WHAT 'STRUGGLE' MEANS. I APPLAUD EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATES. YOU ALL ARE THE ESSENCE OF DEMOCRACYRobert Goldwitz Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07457718229351889149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-18110503732586125472011-11-22T14:09:21.785-05:002011-11-22T14:09:21.785-05:00http://www.salon.com/2011/11/22/the_powerful_graph...http://www.salon.com/2011/11/22/the_powerful_graphics_of_ows/ <br /><br />An article I stumbled upon with examples of striking graphics from the Occupy movement.emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309745263820291668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-19934760349784577622011-11-17T10:02:46.121-05:002011-11-17T10:02:46.121-05:00Any students (or other readers) who are out there ...Any students (or other readers) who are out there on the streets today--whether as protesters, reporters, ethnographers, observers, or trying to get to your job or internship on Wall Street--who can report on what's going on, please do! You can reply here in the comments area, or if you need more space or need to include images or links, I can temporarily authorize you as an author on this Professor Glenn Hendlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05193047439910682130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-42119429695472678342011-11-16T10:26:53.400-05:002011-11-16T10:26:53.400-05:00With all due respect, I don't see the connecti...With all due respect, I don't see the connection between this comment and the posting on which it ostensibly comments. The posting said nothing about supporting Soviet-style communism or even opposing capitalism; it was information about activities students might be interested in studying or participating in. <br /><br />Our policy is to remove irrelevant comments, but since this clearly wasnProfessor Glenn Hendlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05193047439910682130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-5616034669048431662011-11-16T09:38:07.928-05:002011-11-16T09:38:07.928-05:00I'll take capitalism over socialism and commun...I'll take capitalism over socialism and communism any day of the week. After studying history and knowing people who have lived under communism in Poland, Hungary, and Cambodia,I believe capitalism with all its faults is the best. The Pilgrims, those who settled the West, and my own immigrant grandparents who lived through the Depression were strong, independent, and self-sufficient people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-19293655549559875952011-11-12T10:06:05.336-05:002011-11-12T10:06:05.336-05:00The shifting subject positions of uniformed police...The shifting subject positions of uniformed police during the occupations are quite remarkable, and I hope someone is working on studying all of this: obedience to authority, sadistic abuse of authority (a Billy Club Sadist was at Wall Street as well), agreeing and supporting protesters (since they are part of 99% just as we are), stepping in to defend speech rights of protesters. Certainly Micki McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06808040720917738718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-21223955158809324662011-11-12T10:01:15.310-05:002011-11-12T10:01:15.310-05:00Thanks for the link to that piece, Glenn. I had a...Thanks for the link to that piece, Glenn. I had also been struggling for some way of putting these two events into the same general neighborhood of space-time, and was foundering in my analysis.Micki McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06808040720917738718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-78024530745881548072011-11-11T17:14:12.379-05:002011-11-11T17:14:12.379-05:00Even as the person here who has been most critical...Even as the person here who has been most critical of Professor Ben-Atar's posting, I have to say this last comment isn't *entirely* fair. I do think the ADL link demonstrates that there has been more anti-semitic discourse around OWS than I was aware of, which is disturbing (and is one piece of evidenc that I asked for in my earlier comment, so it's certainly "relevant." Professor Glenn Hendlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05193047439910682130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-78842773961118510922011-11-11T08:51:22.726-05:002011-11-11T08:51:22.726-05:00Your citations are neither relevant nor responsive...Your citations are neither relevant nor responsive to the questions raised regarding your accusation of anti-semitism built into the fabric of OWS, Doron. <br /><br />Too bad.<br /><br />I guess the next question is why do you make such unfounded accusations?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-51827338883463843302011-11-08T11:57:53.648-05:002011-11-08T11:57:53.648-05:00There are a lot of police out there doing the righ...There are a lot of police out there doing the right thing. In Albany, they refused an order from Cuomo. <br /><br />YES, We camp!<br /><br />Others at the demos have been saying similar things to me. They are caught in between, need their jobs...etc. Others clearly have a sadistic streak. One said that his billy club "will be getting a workout tonight" at our peaceful Times Square demoHeatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836877249099193878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-15526163572485899122011-11-08T11:56:27.557-05:002011-11-08T11:56:27.557-05:00Professor Hendler correctly requests that I provid...Professor Hendler correctly requests that I provide proof-text for my analysis of the ideology of OWS and of its antisemitic tendencies. For a critical evaluation of the ideology of the OWS see Michael Kazin's "Anarchism Now: Occupy Wall Street Revives an Ideology." The New Republic, November 7, 2011. http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/97114/anarchy-occupy-wall-street-throwbackDoron Ben-Atarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13046974079846139233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-44374248983577134432011-11-08T11:54:19.738-05:002011-11-08T11:54:19.738-05:00I show a film in my Political Sociology class, &qu...I show a film in my Political Sociology class, "The Battle of Algiers," which depicts the Algerian uprising against the French occupation. After much guerilla activity and protest, they is a general strike. It seemed to me to be a move of last resort--when the movement had grown to such a size that it could effectively shut down the capital city. Although I think Oakland was essentiallyHeatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836877249099193878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-77227658883952405252011-11-07T15:33:25.014-05:002011-11-07T15:33:25.014-05:00A really thoughtful response, JWL, and I'm dee...A really thoughtful response, JWL, and I'm deeply sympathetic to the perspective you articulate here (and some of my own work and teaching is in the realm of the masculinity studies you cite). I now actually don't think you're at all making the same argument that Professor Ben-Atar made, but that's neither here nor there. <br /><br />So there's little I'd differ with in Professor Glenn Hendlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05193047439910682130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-47541005987982924362011-11-07T14:01:24.122-05:002011-11-07T14:01:24.122-05:00I think it is entirely fair to wonder whence alter...I think it is entirely fair to wonder whence alternative political movements can come, if not from the mythos of a collective will. Political theorizing and action requires a basis for its action, especially if it is to topple neoliberalism. (Neoliberalism, interestingly, uses the myth of a collective will to justify a great many terrible things, e.g. American military interventions in foreign Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-84763745190767989282011-11-07T13:32:33.239-05:002011-11-07T13:32:33.239-05:00Yes, yes, YES!Yes, yes, YES!Rebecca G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-56569499653239109432011-11-07T13:06:59.260-05:002011-11-07T13:06:59.260-05:00An impressively concise reply, Professor Ben-Atar;...An impressively concise reply, Professor Ben-Atar; I could benefit from learning from your example in this regard. But I'd still like to see some textual evidence for your assertions, rather than more name-calling ("bizarre conspiratorial principles"). I've read the statement carefully, too, and while I see some of the very sloppy writing and unexplained premises that tend to Professor Glenn Hendlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05193047439910682130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-91267924821398977752011-11-07T12:30:34.103-05:002011-11-07T12:30:34.103-05:00I appreciate Professor Hendler's serious and e...I appreciate Professor Hendler's serious and engaging reply to my blog and anonymous’ excellent response. My analysis is founded upon close reading of the declaration of principles authored by the movement. It is one thing to be frustrated by socio-economic inequality and political corruption. It is quite another to support a protest founded upon the bizarre conspiratorial principles Doron Ben-Atarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13046974079846139233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492966665029502319.post-74566653477531811242011-11-07T09:58:40.354-05:002011-11-07T09:58:40.354-05:00(continued from previous comment)
Such broad gest...(continued from previous comment)<br /><br />Such broad gestures are unproductive, and are as simplistic and reductive as anything that OWS rhetoric can be accused of. I'd say the same about JWL's final paragraphs, in which a set of inaccurate and misleading claims are made about the movement: the rhetoric of the 99% is turned into a claim to represent the real fully and totally (no one Professor Glenn Hendlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05193047439910682130noreply@blogger.com