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In reply to the discussion: I don't like conservatives. [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)Very much appreciate that we are not alone. Personally, it would be impossible to continue politically in the information environment where "liberal" has become a dirty word without the connections we have made on DU.
Kangas was the founder of Liberalism Resurgent:
http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/tenets.htm
Great essays and info, his.
Spartacus Schoolnet has a good bio:
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Kangas left military intelligence in 1986 and became a student at the University of California in Santa Cruz. This experience moved him further to the left: [font color="blue"]"There, kindly professors pointed out to me the illogic of defending life by taking it, destroying the planet for a buck and shutting down schools to build more prisons. I am now thoroughly brainwashed to believe that kindness and human decency are positive traits to be emulated and encouraged." [/font color]
SOURCE: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKkangas.htm
A great mind, shot dead in a bathroom just outside Richard Mellon Scaife's offices. Wish he were with us today.