Critique to E. Galeano on Miami Summit

Gerardo Otero (otero@sfu.ca)
Tue, 20 Dec 1994 19:26:50 -0600

Dear Lasneters: I received the following critique on Eduardo Galeano's article
about the Miami Summit, and Andrew Nickson allowed me to pass it on to the
net. Hopefully there might be other reactions sent directly to the net.

>Subject: Re: Galeano on Miami Summit
>Reply-to: R.A.Nickson@bham.ac.uk
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>Poor Old Eduardo Galeano, disco rayado - still living in the past.
>
>I read his books in the 60s and they inspired me, but he has not
>moved forward. How odd, the inetellectuals of the `nuevo mundo' are
>surprisingly old-fashioned. Is it the remnants of the aristocratic
>tradition of "yearning for the past" which have unconsciously
>infected them also"?
>
>To fight the excesses of neo-liberalism, we must look to the future,
>and have a critique which is forward-looking, not one which depends
>on references to the Triple Alliance War (1865-70) for example!
>
>Signing off
>
>Andrew Nickson
>JANET: R.A.Nickson@UK.AC.BHAM
>INTERNET: R.A.Nickson@BHAM.AC.UK.
>
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Gerardo Otero
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, Canada
Tel: 604-291-4508
Fax: 604-291-5950
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