[lbo-talk] blog post: a nation in decline, part 2: signs of distress

Bhaskar Sunkara bhaskar.sunkara at gmail.com
Sun Sep 5 17:12:59 PDT 2010


I'm with James here, besides for the Kathryn Bigelow mention.

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 5:01 PM, James Heartfield < Heartfield at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:


> US-based innovations?
>
> TV: Mad Men, the Wire, Sopranos
>
> Film: Charlie Kaufman, Tim Burton, Kathryn Bigelow, Todd Solondz
>
> Literature: Jonathan Franzen, Dave Eggers and McSweeney's, Don De Lillo
>
> A black presidency, and the networking-based campaign that got it going
> (admittedly the second part owes something to S. Korea's)
>
> Facebook, Twitter, and social networking sites
>
> The Tea Party (OK, so you don't like it, but it is still an important
> innovation)
>
> The campaign against the Iraq war
>
> Seattle and the anti-capitalist campaign
>



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