[lbo-talk] Rêve Générale

[c b]

> I could always be wrong, I often am. But I think the other word play here is on
>
> Greve Generale
>
> A "greve" is a strike -- une greve generale (f)
>
> A "reve" is a dream -- un reve general (m)

You're not wrong at all. In addition to that, the fact that they left
the feminine when reve is masculine added another "depth" to the word
play, in my opinion.

JC

^^^^^
CB: I can't find it but I think Marx refers to working class uprising
as a "Mardi Gras of the People" or something like that. Then there's
the Party of a New Type. (Ain't we got fun ?)