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On 7/6/14 10:59 AM, Shane Mage wrote:
To say that some upheaval is "not a revolution" is in no way to imply that it was a "non-event." If any non-constitutional transfer of power (say al Sisi v. Morsi or Bush v. Gore) is to be called a "revolution," that would empty the word of any meaning except proclaiming one's solidarity with the new power-holders. Marxists, though, usually prefer to use the word as signifying a democratic political and social transformation establishing the proletariat as the leading class in society. In any case, that's my preferred usage.
Actually, Gilbert Achcar does not use the word "revolution". He instead refers to 'thawra', the Arab word for revolt. Even in that context, it would be wrong to refer to Morsi's election as a "revolt". It was instead a bid to maintain the status quo. As the prince says in "The Leopard": "everything needs to change, so everything can stay the same".
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