Re: <nettime> libreselfindigestion [elloi, guderian]

[barry saunders <pulse@riseup.net>]

Emma Goldman, yes, but she /actually/ said:

"I want freedom, the right to self-expression, everyboy's right to 
beautiful, radiant things."

She is widely misquoted as saying "If I can't dance, it's not my 
revolution".

The possible origins of this common misquotation are explained at

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Goldman/Features/dances_shulman.html

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Barry Saunders



Mary Patten wrote:

>that would be emma goldman...
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>>Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:10:26 +0000
>>From: Carl Guderian <carlg@vermilion-sands.com>
>>Subject: Re: <nettime> re: Era of LibreSelf-Deception Society  Manifesto
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>>Rosa Luxemburg said this years ago--If I can't dance, it's not my
>>revolution--so how about a moratorium on manifestoes unless they can be
>>set to dance music?
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>>Carl
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>>if you hum a few bars I can fake it
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