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Also agreed. Reality is deeply uneven and we have to find some way of taking that into account. Ignoring it can be fatal. But we also have to understand commonalities where they exist. Is their a deep story that connects Egypt to Wisconsin or are they fundamentally different events and the seeming connections are a surface coincidence and illusion? I would argue the former and I think understanding it means coming to an understanding of how capitalism has evolved, how imperialism has mutated, etc. Things bound up with terms like neoliberalism and globalization. -dave On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Charlie <charles1...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > Mark Lause wrote: "...waves of social upheaval took the form of a series of > very different events in very different circumstances. 1968 wasn't the same > in Paris as Mexico or Prague or elsewhere. And 1848 was certainly different > and came to different ends, depending on where you look..." > > Agreed. Nonetheless, a common theme in the current movements is that the > rich are waging a war on the rest of us, and one way or another we must > fight back. That theme was barely visible in 1968. No Rich, No Poor > > Charles Andrews ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
