On Apr 28, 2008, at 4:03 PM, Robert Wrubel wrote:
> I heard her speak before 1000+ people and she didnt make the kind
> of general/historical claims you said she did. It was clear she
> was talking about recent history, new tendencies, unfolding
> stories, etc.
Um, my point was that she speaks about recent histories and new tendencies as if they're entirely without precedent. She exaggerates the role of shock and disaster, and ignores the continuities with the past four centuries of capitalist history.
Doug