Is America Ready for Revolution? | 127 comments (127 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

In the work that Sara is referring to ... (none / 0)

... it means Political Revolution as in the Puritan, American, French, Russian Revolutions.

Hmmm, 60 years of peace ... Fordism has much to answer for, shame its so hard to track it down nowadays to make it give an accounting.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Thu Feb 28th, 2008 at 06:40:19 PM EST
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Re: In the work that Sara is referring to ... (none / 1)

Revolutionary outbreaks do not necessarily transfer into successful revolutions... I was arguing about the outbreak part. Prague and May were definitely revolutionary...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Thu Feb 28th, 2008 at 06:43:24 PM EST
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Re: In the work that Sara is referring to ... (none / 0)

Yes, the work she is referring to is not about conditions are conducive to a revolutionary outbreak, but what conditions permit a revolution to take off ... since the majority of revolutionary outbreaks sputter out.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Fri Feb 29th, 2008 at 11:53:46 AM EST
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Both Prague and Hungary were crushed from the outside, not unlike, say, the Paris Commune.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Mar 1st, 2008 at 03:30:32 AM EST
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Is America Ready for Revolution? | 127 comments (127 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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