Melissa Gira Grant: the class implications of "know your history"
…That guy found out about it because the mainstream media covered it.
So many times the left would rather be pure than win battles. We would rather be self-assured that we are right, that we always use the appropriate language, that we have read the right theorists and the right histories and our friends are refreshingly diverse and we recycle and buy long-lasting lightbulbs.
But right now, Occupy Wall Street is getting in people’s heads…
