Letters to the Editor
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The 60's again
I agree with Joan that the battles fought in the sixties on behalf of progressive concerns were of great value and of great impact.
But it gets a bit tiresome when those battles and protests are allowed to be the high water mark in progressive politics. I am in my late 20's and conisder myself very engaged in progressive politics and activities. I am very attuned to the vagarities in our culture, media and politics. I think it's time for those who were so engaged in the activities of the 1960's to realize that there are many people in this generation who are willing to step forward. But it requires the sacrifice of allowing my generation to speak, and to come off of the mountaintop in regard to your accomplishments. It also requires abdicating your self-proclaimed center stage role in progressive politics- one that the baby boom generation has held in an iron grip for over forty years.