[lbo-talk] Sicko

Julio Huato juliohuato at gmail.com
Mon Jun 25 12:21:01 PDT 2007


Doug wrote:


> Anyone seen Sicko yet? We watched
> it last night - it's really great. Moore can
> wrap some fairly radical politics in pop
> culture in a way that could open up a lot
> of American minds. And though the
> politics are mostly social democratic -
> and social democracy looks revolutionary
> by current American standards - he has
> some very sympathetic things to say
> about Cuba. Man's a genius.

I agree, entirely. I liked the last part, on Cuba. But I hope the interview of Tony Benn (former Labor Party British MP) catches the viewers' attention as well. Benn explained very well the frightening, demoralizing, and -- therefore -- politically paralyzing effects of poverty on working people.



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