,BOB ,BLACK & ,DAVID ,GRAEB] 
,AN UNBRIDGABLE *ASM 

,PEOPLE 3 

,AU?OR 3 ,BOB ,BLACK 

,TEXT 3 

,9 #b#g1.<#a.> ,I WROTE A REVIEW ( ! ,A,K ,PRESS ,PUBLI%+ @& ,DI/RIBUTION ,CATALOG4 ,I F9D ?AT SOMETIMES ,I CAN COMM5T USEFULLY ON A POLITICAL PUBLI%] BY REVIEW+ ITS MAIL- ORD] CATALOG4.<#b.> ,! IDEA IS ?AT1 BY DRAW+ ATT5TION TO REPRES5TATIVE BOOKS1 ,I CAN TO SOME EXT5T SUB/ANTIATE MY CRITIQUE ( ! PUBLI%]1 )\T PURPORT+ TO DEVOTE TO P>TICUL> BOOKS ! ATT5TION :I* !Y MAY OR MAY NOT DES]VE4 ,MY G5]AL !ME WAS ?AT ,A,K ,PRESS WAS NOT AN AN>*I/ PUBLI%]1 JUDG+ FROM ! BOOKS :I* IT PUBLI%$ & DI/RIBUT$1 & ! BOOKS IT *OSE NOT TO PUBLI% OR DI/RIBUTE4 

,9 ?AT REVIEW1 ,I WROTE3 0,& !RE IS AN AN?OLOGY ( 'ACADEMIC S*OL>S & 5GAG$ 9DIVIDUALS' 7YAWN7 CO-$IT$ BY FIR$ PR(ESSOR ,DAVID ,GRAEB]1 AN EXAMPLE ( A FAMILI> FIGURE ON ! ,A,K SC5E3 A SOCIAL DEMOCRAT :O CALLS HIMSELF AN AN>*I/4 ,BUT ANYWAY ?IS IS NOT AN AN>*I/ BOOK40 ,I !N KNEW NO?+ AB\T ,GRAEB] EXCEPT ?AT HE WAS A COLLEGE PR(ESSOR FIR$ BY ,YALE = POLITICAL REASONS4 ,I WAS NOT AW>E ?AT HE HAD WRITT51 TO & = LEFTI/S1 0,! ,NEW ,AN>*ISMS10 :I* WAS AN ATTEMPT TO P]SUADE LEFTI/S ?AT AN>*I/S W]E COMRADES TOO - & MI<T BE USEFULLY US$ -- EV5 IF !Y GET A LITTLE WILD SOMETIMES4.<#c.> ,I C\LD NOT !N ANTICIPATE ! ,OCCUPY MOVEM5T OR ,GRAEB]'S CLAIM ( PREEM95CE 9 IT4.<#d.> 

,! ONCE & FUTURE ,PR(ESSOR1 UND] A PSEUDONYM1 PUBLI%$ A LETT] ( REBUTTAL 9 ,A,J,O,D,A4 ,I PUBLI%$ A SURREBUTTAL !RE1 :I* FOLL[S4 

,IS IT POSSIBLE1 = #ab P>AGRAPHS1 TO REBUT A CRITIQUE )\T CONTRADICT+ ANY?+ IT SAYS8 ,OR TO D5\NCE MY WRIT+ = LACK+ ANY POLITICAL CONT5T :ATSOEV]1 9 A LETT] LACK+ ANY POLITICAL CONT5T :ATSOEV]8 0,W4,T40 - ,A,K ,PRESS %ILL ,DAVID ,GRAEB] 7HE IS A ,PR(ESSOR AGA91 9 ,5GL&7 - MU/ ?9K SO4 7,I ASSUME IT'S ,GRAEB]1 S9CE HE CLAIMS TO BE 9SULT$ & HE'S ! ONLY ONE ,I NAM$1 BUT IF ONE ( HIS CO$ITORS WANTS TO TAKE RAP1 ?AT'S OKAY ) ME4.<#e.>7 ,US+ A PSEUDONYM :ILE 9CLUD+ ID5TIFY+ 9=MATION IS LIKE CLOS+ Y\R EYES SO .<?AT.> NO ONE CAN SEE Y\4 

,= ,GRAEB]1 0IT'S NOT CLE> ,BLACK ACTUALLY HAS A VISION40 ,C]TA9LY ! ,PR(ESSOR'S VISION IS CLE>] ?AN M9E1 S9CE HE CAN SEE ?+S ?AT >5'T EV5 !RE4 

,HIS OCCULT ?IRD EYE DISC]NS ?AT MY CRITIQUE ( ,A,K ,PRESS_/,DI/RIBUTION REF]S TO HIM AS A SOCIAL DEMOCRAT :O CALLS VIOL5TLY SUPPRESS$ ! P>TY40 ,I WI% ,I'D SAID ?AT6  ,IT S+S4 ,BUT TO ALL ! RE/ ( US1 ,I APPE> TO HAVE WRITT51 0A SOCIAL DEMOCRAT :O CALLS HIMSELF AN AN>*I/40 07,& NO ONE NOTIC$ ?IS807 ,NO1 ,PR(ESSOR1 BECAUSE !RE WAS NO?+ TO NOTICE4.<#f.> 

,I AM SO F> GONE ?AT EV5 0SUCCESSFULLY COPY+ FIVE WORDS FROM A CATALOG0 - A CATALOG8 - 0IS BEYOND ,BLACK'S M5TAL CAPABILITIES40 ,GRAEB] IS SO F> GONE AS TO SUPPOSE ?AT ,I WAS ALL[$ TO WRITE = ! ,A,K ,PRESS CATALOG4 ,EV5 SUCCESSFULLY COPY+ EI<T WORDS FROM A MAGAZ9E1 ,A,J,O,D,A1 IS BEYOND ,GRAEB]'S M5TAL CAPABILITIES40 

,9 ! SUBSEQU5T 7#b#h7 ,A,K CATALOG1 ! ,PR(ESSOR OP9ES ?AT 0AN>*Y & DEMOCRACY >E - OR %\LD BE - L>GELY ID5TICAL40 ,?AT'S EXACTLY :AT ,I MEANT BY 0A SOCIAL DEMOCRAT :O CALLS HIMSELF AN AN>*I/40 ,DESPITE :AT ?IS LIM\S9E LEFTI/ ASS]TS1 ,I DO >GUE AB\T POLITICS1 BECAUSE1 IF ?IS CLAIM ( HIS AB\T AN>*Y IS POLITICS1 !N MY >GUM5TS AGA9/ DEMOCRACY AS AN>*Y MU/ ALSO BE AB\T POLITICS4 

,GRAEB] DOESN'T D5Y IT4 ,HE DOESN'T D5Y ANY?+4 ,HE JU/ *ANGES ! SUBJECT FROM ! POLITICAL 7,A,K ,PRESS TO ! P]SONAL 7ME74 ,I AM ACCUS$ ( 0EGOPORNOGRAPHY0 = A REVIEW 9 :I* ,I NEV] M5TION MYSELF OR ANY P]SONAL ISSUES ,I MI<T HAVE ) ,A,K1 BY SOMEONE ) A P]SONAL1 PECUNI>Y 9T]E/ 9 HIS PUBLI%] ,A,K1 & :OSE BIGGE/ GRIPE IS ?AT ,I 9SULT$ HIM P]SONALLY4.<#g.> ,:O'S ! EGOC5TRI/ H]E8 

,MORE BROADLY1 ,I AM ACCUS$ ( 5JOY+ MY WRIT+4 ,AS DO1 AS HE ADMITS1 MY MANY READ]S4 ,GEORGE ,ORWELL1 ACCUS$ ( ! SAME (F5SE1 WROTE A REJO9D] :I* SPEAKS = ALL ( US :O WRITE WELL3 0,I ,WRITE AS ,I ,PLEASE40 ,MY WRIT+ IS NOT A DUTY1 OR A SACRIFICE1 OR A JOB1 OR A S]VICE TO A CAUSE4 ,IT IS :AT ,I HAVE CALL$ = WORK TO BE TRANS=M$ 9TO3 PRODUCTIVE PLAY3 AT ONCE SATISFY+ & USEFUL1 TO ME & TO O!RS4 ,I AM TRY+ TO SET AN EXAMPLE4 ,I W\LD NOT EXPECT A PUBLI%-OR-P]I% 0ACADEMIC AU?OR0 & 05GAG$ 9TELLECTUAL0 TO UND]/& ?IS4 

,!RE >E O!R 9DICATIONS ?AT ,GRAEB] IS1 IF S9C]E1 !N AT BE/1 READ+-IMPAIR$4 ,9 MY REVIEW HE ?\<T HE SAW AN 0ATTACK ON EV]Y BOOK EV] PUBLI%$ BY ,A,K ,PRESS10 :]EAS ,I M5TION$ ONLY AB\T #ae TITLES1 & PRAIS$ ONE ( !M 7,VISION ON ,FIRE74 ,I SPECIFICALLY DISCUSS$ - ?IS WAS MAYBE TOO SOPHI/ICAT$ = A =M] ,IVY ,LEAGUE PR(ESSOR - :Y1 ,A,K BE+ :AT IT IS1 IT'S P>ADOXICALLY UN=TUNATE EV5 :51 EXCEPTIONALLY1 ,A,K DOES PUBLI% 7USUALLY REPR9TS (7 REAL AN>*I/ BOOKS4 ,BUT ,I'M NOT GO+ TO MAKE WILD1 UNSUPPORT$ *>GES AGA9/ ,GRAEB]1 SU* AS GOOD FAI?4 ,HIS LETT] IS AN ,A,K ,PRESS COV]T OP]ATION4 

,I AM SAID TO 0MAKE NO PRET5SE ( CONSI/5CY40 ,UNLIKE ,GRAEB]1 ,I AM NOT PRET5TI\S1 BUT ,I DO CLAIM TO BE CONSI/5T1 ASIDE FROM ACKN[L$G+ R>E ]RORS 79 MY LA/ LETT] TO ,A,J,O,D,A1 = EXAMPLE7 & ALL[+ = SOME DEVELOPM5T ( MY VIEWS AFT] POND]+ ANTI-AU?ORIT>IAN HI/ORY & PRACTICE = OV] #ce YE>S4 

,I M5TION$ ! WELL-KN[N FACT ?AT ! ,BLACK ,PAN!RS1 ! H]OES ( ! #bg CATALOG1 W]E1 AMONG O!R %ORTCOM+S1 SEXI/4 ,PR(ESSOR ,GRAEB] DOES NOT D5Y ?IS4 ,HE DOES NOT D5Y ANY?+4 ,RA!R HE ACCUSES ME ( SEXISM TOO1 AS IF 0Y\'RE ANO!R0 WAS A RATIONAL >GUM5T4 

,EV5 IF IT W]E1 ,I'M NOT 0ANO!R40 ,HE QUOTES A QUIP ,I MADE AB\T #c YE>S AGO AB\T FEM9I/S 7! FEM9I/S ( #c YE>S AGO7 AS IF IT W]E A QUIP AB\T WOM54 ,BUT ONLY FEM9I/S1 & NOT EV5 ! REASONABLE AMONG !M1 HAVE EV] CONFUS$ WOM5 ) FEM9I/S4 ,I'VE ALWAYS LOV$ WOM51 BUT ,I HAVE LONG CRITICIZ$ FEM9I/S4 ,GRAEB]'S IS ! K9D ( VANGU>DI/1 SUB/ITUTIONALI/ ?9K+.<#h.> :I* IS JU/ BEL[ ! SURFACE ( ! GUID$ DEMOCRACY ( AN>*O-LEFTI/S LIKE ,GRAEB] & ! ,PLAT=MI/S & ! SYNDICALI/S4 

0,BE+ NICE ALL ! TIME10 SI<S ,GRAEB]1 0CAN BECOME EXHAU/+0 - H[ SANCTIMONI\S FROM SOMEONE :O IS NOT AT ALL NICE TO ME1 :O IMPUTES MALIGN MOTIVES :I* HE IS 9 NO POSITION TO KN[ AB\T1 & :O ASSUMES ?AT AS AN AN>*I/ ,I AM1 LIKE HIM ONLY A WRIT]4 ,?IS IGNORES MY /REET ACTIONS AGA9/ ,PROCESS$ ,WORLD 7SEE ,! ,BABY & ! ,BA?WAT]71 ! FIR/ ,GULF ,W> 7SEE ,FRI5DLY ,FIRE71 & P]HAPS O!RS IT W\LD BE IMPRUD5T TO DISCLOSE4 ,GRAEB]1 ,I NOTICE1 DOES NOT M5TION HAV+ HIMSELF DONE ANY?+ O!R ?AN WRITE4 ,N[ !RE IS NO?+ WRONG ) JU/ WRIT+4 ,BUT !RE'S SOME?+ WRONG ) JU/ WRIT+ :ILE FALSELY & HYPOCRITICALLY D5\NC+ ME = JU/ WRIT+4 

,PR(ESSOR ,GRAEB] CAN'T KEEP HIS /ORY /RAI<T4 ,ON ! ONE H&1 ,I AM UNREADABLE4 ,MY ATTACKS 0>E NO LONG] FUNNY0 & 0MY PROSE IS (T5 COMPLETELY 9COMPREH5SIBLE10 ONLY OCCASIONALLY 0PRODUC+ A COH]5T S5T5CE40 ,ON ! O!R H&1 BECAUSE 0NA/9ESS IS FUN0 7DOESN'T ?AT IMPLY ?AT ,I AM /ILL FUNNY871 BECAUSE MY /YLE IS ! PR$OM9ANT /YLE 9 AN>*I/ WRIT+ 7REGRETTABLY NOT SO71 ,I AM DEPLORABLY POPUL>1 0MANY AN>*I/S NOT ONLY READ1 BUT 5JOY HIS WORK40 ,I AM UNREADABLE1 & ,I AM TOO WIDELY READ4 

,PR(ESSOR ,GRAEB] COMPLA9S ( MY 0MAK+ A %[ ( CRU%+ & DEMOLI%+ A 7USUALLY IMAG9>Y7 OPPON5T = ! %E] FUN ( IT40 ,= ! FUN ( IT1 YES1 BUT NOT = ! %E] FUN ( IT4 ,IF ! ,PR(ESSOR ?9KS ?AT ?OSE ,I HAVE CRU%$ & DEMOLI%$1 SU* AS ,MURRAY ,BOOK*91 ,J]EMY ,RIFK91 ,DAVID ,RAMSEY-,/EELE1 ,W>D ,*UR*ILL1 ,NOAM ,*OMSKY1 ,LAWR5CE ,F]L+HETTI1 ,*AZ ,BUFE1 ,G>Y ,W>NE1 ,/EVE ,S*W>TZ1 ,F]D ,WOODWOR?1 ,M>,K .<,LUCY ,P>SONS ,C5T].>1 ,JON ,BEKK51 ,GEORGE ,MATIASZ1 WALT] ALT]1 ,ADAM ,P>FREY1 ,/EW>T ,HOME1 ,IA9 ,MC,KAY 70,DOLLY ,I,I071 ,PROCESS$ ,WORLD1 ! ,*UR* ( ! ,SUB,G5IUS1 ! ,H]ITAGE ,F\NDATION1 ,N,E,F,A,C1 & ,A,K .<,PRESS ITSELF.> W]E UNWOR?Y ( MY TAL5TS1 CAN HE PLEASE NOM9ATE 5EMIES :O >E WOR?Y ( MY TAL5TS8 

,I HAVE LONG DEPLOR$ ! POOR QUALITY ( MY OPPON5TS4 ,IS ,PR(ESSOR ,GRAEB]1 P]HAPS1 A WOR?Y OPPON5T8 ,NOT ON ?IS %[+1 BUT1 LET HIM S5D ME REVIEW COPIES ( HIS BOOKS4 ,I WILL BE HAPPY TO CRU% & DEMOLI% HIM4 ,9DE$1 ,I'VE MADE A GOOD />T ON ?AT4 

.<#a.> 0,CLASS ,/RUGGLE ,SOCIAL ,DEMOCRATS OR ,! ,PRESS ( ,BUS9ESS10 ,AN>*Y3 ,A ,J\RNAL ( ,DESIRE ,>M$ ,NO4 #fd 7#b#e77#b7 7,FALL-,W9T]-#b#g71 #b#f-#b#i1 AVAILABLE ONL9E AT WWW4!AN>*YLIBR>Y4ORG4 

.<#b.> ,E4G41 ,BOB ,BLACK1 0,! ,BE/ ,BOOK ,CATALOG 9 ! ,WORLD10 9 ,! ,ABOLITION ( ,WORK & ,O!R ,ESSAYS 7,PORT ,T[NS5D1 ,W,A3 ,LOOMPANICS ,UNLIMIT$1 N4D4 .<#a#i#h#f.>71 #a#e#c-#a#e#h4 

.<#c.> ,DAVID ,GRAEB]1 0,! ,NEW ,AN>*I/S10 ,NEW ,LEFT ,REVIEW #ac 7,JAN4,FEB4 #b#b73 #f#a-#g#c1 AVAILABLE ONL9E AT HTTP3_/_/NEWLEFTREVIEW4ORG_/,I,I_/#a#c_/DAVID-GRAEB]-!-NEW-AN>*I/S4 

.<#d.> ,DAVID ,GRAEB]1 ,! ,DEMOCRACY ,PROJECT3 ,A ,HI/ORY1 A ,CRISIS1 A ,MOVEM5T 7,NEW ,YORK3 ,SPIEGEL @& ,GRAU1 #b#a#c74 

.<#e.> ,I CONTACT$ ONE ( ! O!R CO$ITORS1 SOMEONE ASSOCIAT$ ) ,AUTONOM$IA4 ,%E KNEW NO?+ AB\T ! LETT]4 

.<#f.> ,! ,A,J,O,D,A $ITORS EXPLA9$ 7P4 #g#f7 ?AT SEV]AL S5T5CES GOT TRANSPOS$ 9 ! ONL9E V]SION ( ! LETT]1 BUT ?AT WAS CORRECT$ )9 #bd H\RS4 ,AS !Y ADD1 IT %\LD HAVE BE5 OBVI\S TO 0,W,T0 ?AT !RE HAD BE5 SOME SU* ]ROR 7:I* DOES NOT APPE> 9 ! MAGAZ9E V]SION74 

.<#g.> ,!RE WAS1 ( C\RSE1 NO SU* P]SONAL 9SULT1 S9CE ! NAME ,DAVID ,GRAEB] MEANT NO?+ TO ME4 ,BUT ,I AM PLEAS$ TO SUPPLY ! P]SONAL 9SULTS N[4 

.<#h.> ,HIS P>5TS W]E ,COMMUNI/ ,P>TY MEMB]S4 

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