France: Strikes, Protests Mount vs. Austerity Measures

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Nov 27 12:03:59 PST 2002


Carrol Cox wrote:


>History is determined by the charisma of isolated individuals
>manipulating the mob?

No, but it helps.

I know you're into big historical forces and all that, and so am I, up to a point. But people like Reagan have to win elections. Even though the U.S. bourgeoisie was aching to break labor and boost the profit rate, it needed a candidate who could win enough votes to accomplish the task. Reagan did.

Doug



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