Lewis Cole, died last October. Columbia radical, 1968;

[Smarmie Doofus]

Nation columnist; author; Columbia Prof; screenwriter. All around original and interesting guy. Only met him once or twice but used to be pretty close with his family and am a little annoyed ( with myself) that I just found out.

Here's an excerpt from a talk he gave last year at the 40th anniversary of the Columbia strike. He debunks media mythology about 60's radicals as spoiled rich kids. Ahhh... so much to debunk.... and so little time in which to debunk it.

He was only 62.

Sending good vibes to Cathy and Aaron.




http://bfeldman68.blogspot.com/2009/06/lewis-coles-legacy-of-1968-columbia.html

“The students who were involved in the Strike came largely from working-class homes. They were largely the children of first-generation Americans. Harvey Blume’s father I believe ran a dry-cleaning or a tailor establishment in Brooklyn. My parents were working-class intellectuals. Tom Hurwitz’s parents took out loans to get him to come here, for which they spent years paying off.

“So this thing about we were `middle-class kids.’ Maybe Mark . Maybe Mark. Because it is true that—as a kid who had grown up in New York—I was very impressed that Mark knew how to drive a car. And he was the only one.

“We used to go around late at night and he would drive up to some fancy car. And he would look out the window, get the red light. He’d turn to the guy and he’d say: `Wanna drag?’

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. Kick nt

[arcadian]

2. DUers hate activists now.

They'll hate them until the Dems lose power, then they will be calling for people to take to the street.

[Smarmie Doofus]

3. That was uncalled for.

True.

But uncalled for.

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. One more kick for this and I'm sending it the family. nt