Revenge of the Pomo
Feldman, Jonathan Michael http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/03/12/revenge-of-the-pomo/
Publisher: Counterpunch
Date Written: 12/03/2013
Year Published: 2013
Resource Type: Article
The repression (either physically or ideologically via social amnesia) of utopians by the Palmer Raids, McCarthyism, and now (certain varieties of) Post-Modernism has led us to a situation in which some search for authenticity in the wrong places. The gap between virtuous and misplaced authenticity is a symptom of repression, the loss of some deeper truths about solutions be they cooperatives, political mobilization, or honest journalism.
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