> Despite its profound difference from the conditions we confront,
> _Fanshen_ is still the best 'imaging' of this process (and its painful
> fits & starts, advances & retreats) that I know of.
"Fanshen", by William Hinton, for those wondering what this is all about. It's one of the great journalistic descriptions of a revolution, ever (the other indispensable text is Edgar Snow's "Red Star Over China").
-- Dennis