Comments on: Eugene Debs and the Fight for Free Speech http://calitreview.com/776 Book reviews, essays, and author interviews. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:56:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Zukerman http://calitreview.com/776/comment-page-1#comment-49338 David Zukerman Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:24:07 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=776#comment-49338 Umm. Anybody think Woodrow Wilson supported the right to dissent? Has his administration's repressive policies been given much attention in our schools? Being committed to individual liberty am not a socialist. Happen to believe in the idea of cooperative -- not predatory -- capitalism. (Nor, I think, is President Obama a socialist. But am not sure he believes in cooperative capitalism. Do believe he likes the idea of power and control.) Am worse than a socialist -- am a populist. The aggrandizers among us (see first half of Federallist 57) use "populist" when they really mean "demagogue." I think Lincoln summed up the populist credo at the end of his remarks at Gettysburg. Umm. Anybody think Woodrow Wilson supported the right to dissent?

Has his administration’s repressive policies been given much attention in our schools?

Being committed to individual liberty am not a socialist. Happen to believe in the idea of cooperative — not predatory — capitalism.
(Nor, I think, is President Obama a socialist. But am not sure he believes in cooperative capitalism. Do believe he likes the idea of power and control.)

Am worse than a socialist — am a populist. The aggrandizers among us (see first half of Federallist 57) use “populist” when they really mean “demagogue.”

I think Lincoln summed up the populist credo at the end of his remarks at Gettysburg.

]]> By: John R. Guthrie http://calitreview.com/776/comment-page-1#comment-21723 John R. Guthrie Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:28:16 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=776#comment-21723 This interview with Ernest Freeberg re "Democracy’s Prisoner," provides a telling commentary on a little remembered yet fascinating episode in American history. It's easy to forget what a fragile thing free speech is, and how readily it's abrogated when the drums of war beat. I'm looking forward to reading Prof. Freeberg's book. John R. Guthrie This interview with Ernest Freeberg re “Democracy’s Prisoner,” provides a telling commentary on a little remembered yet fascinating episode in American history. It’s easy to forget what a fragile thing free speech is, and how readily it’s abrogated when the drums of war beat. I’m looking forward to reading Prof. Freeberg’s book.
John R. Guthrie

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