----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Burford" <cburford at gn.apc.org> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 3:46 PM Subject: Behind Voter Apathy, A Silent Revolution
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>
> This article explains some of what I have tried to argue about the
New
> Labour government having an approach of total social management
towards the
> British economy and society.
>
> What the article lacks is a materialist understanding of the
influence of
> finance capital behind these changes.
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> Behind Voter Apathy, A Silent Revolution
> Philip Allott International Herald Tribune
> Wednesday, June 6, 2001
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> The gloom generated by the dreadful general election campaign in
Britain
> has produced secondary gloom about the health of democracy itself.
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> ......
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> Instead, what may be happening is something much more interesting.
We may
> be witnessing a silent revolution which, like all revolutions, may
make
> things very much better or even worse. Britain may be leading the
world
> into a new kind of society - post-democratic society.
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Oh no, another academic apologist for oligopoly/oligarchy and managerialism. He must not get out much....
Ian