[CIMC-work] a note on Kathy Kelly and hero worship

[Garth Liebhaber]

I've seen it more in the mainstream press: they don't do stories on Voices in the Wilderness, they do stories on Kathy Kelly.  
There are many others involved in Voices, longtime activists that have done a lot to support the project as well as Kathy.  
I'm sure they've all agreed to some extent that Kathy plays a strategic public role.

I think it's important when we focus on single people to not look upon them as unobtainable heroes, but of people doing 
good work, as leading examples.  just my humble opinion. g.

Garth,

Your point is well taken. Do you think that many people are falling into
'hero worship' of Kathy Kelly and not paying enough attention to the larger
picture at work?


Chris





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----- Original Message -----
 From: "Garth Liebhaber" <garthliebhaber at care2.com>
To: <imc-chicago-working at lists.indymedia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 8:14 PM
Subject: [CIMC-work] a note on Kathy Kelly and hero worship


> hey gang,
> just wanted to shoot it out to you that much attention has centered on
Kathy Kelly for various reasons, mostly because she
> does good work.  we should remember, though, that she is not the only
person in VitW, for example,nor is she the only
> international activist in Iraq.  Of course she is a Chicagoan, and we pay
her special heed.  Something the corporate media
> often does is building up Individual Heroes, separating their good work
into something separate from 'regular folks'.   I
> think this is called hero worship.  I think it would behoove the
philosophy of our work to bear these things in mind as we do
> future media on Iraq, VitW, and other stuff.
>
> ciao,
> garth
>
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