Re: Jim Blaut

I simply don't know what to say. I was shocked when I read Lou's post. I am
still in shock. Jim Blaut was a true comrade and an outspoken scholar who had
devoted his life to struggle against all forms of racism, including scientific
and cultural. Came with him was his political activism and distinguished
scholarship in Marxism. Very few honest like him are left in academia
nowadays. Like minded comrades will miss you SO MUCH, Jim!

Mine

ps: Andy or Lou, can you please post this on wsn. For some reason, wsn server
rejects my new address.


Louis Proyect wrote:

> I just received word that Jim Blaut died of a heart attack. He had been
> battling pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest forms of the disease. Jim
> was 70 years old.
>
> He is the author of numerous books and articles on a wide range of topics,
> including Lenin's views on the national question. His most recent works
> dealt with the problem of Eurocentrism. The first two ("Colonizer's Model
> of the World", "Eight Eurocentric Historians") were meant to be part of a
> trilogy. I believe that these powerful works can certainly stand on their
> own and strongly recommend that people look at them.
>
> I was proud to have gotten to know Jim fairly well through battles with in
> the Internet that he quite rightly referred to as "food fights". This was
> typical of Jim who did not stand on ceremony. He was blunt, honest and to
> the point. He was also an activist and put in many years as an activist
> with the Puerto Rican Socialist Party. His wife was a central leader of
> that organization.
>
> If I receive further word, I will pass it along.
>
> Louis Proyect
> Marxism mailing list: http://www.marxmail.org

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Mine Aysen Doyran
PhD Student
Department of Political Science
SUNY at Albany
Nelson A. Rockefeller College
135 Western Ave.; Milne 102
Albany, NY 12222



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