----- Original Message ----- From: "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 11:03 AM Subject: Re: France: Strikes, Protests Mount vs. Austerity Measures
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> Doug Henwood wrote:
> > He led the right's appropriation
> > of traditionally left discourse about revolution, and rendered labor
> > and the left looking like tired defenders of the status quo. People
> > still don't seem to appreciate how successful this was.
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> History is determined by the charisma of isolated individuals
> manipulating the mob?
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> Carrol
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Some *h*istorical dynamics are, indeed; although *isolated individuals* and *mob* simply can't carry the burden you're asking them to.
Ian