[lbo-talk] Jacobin magazine - issue one released

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When I hear of millions of French rioting/marching because the govt wants to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, when I hear about European-length vacations, when I hear about the health care systems....my mouth waters.

At the same time, I was in Germany (Berlin and a couple of other cities) seven years ago, and I have to say that people looked pretty grim.

I do not mean to dismiss A's criticism of Germany's neo-liberalism. I just wish he'd spend less time telling us that we are ignorant, and more time describing what is going on.

Joanna

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "joel schalit" <jschalit at gmail.com> 
To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org 
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 8:45:32 AM 
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Jacobin magazine - issue one released 

I wouldn't diminish Angelus' criticisms of Germany's version of 
neo-liberalism. It's awful. I live in Berlin, and also spend a fair 
amount of time in Stuttgart, the site of the S21 protests. The 
consequences of the Schroeder government's fiscal reforms are being 
felt here in all the obvious ways, not to mention Merkel's own 
contributions. Germans are very uncomfortable, and increasingly angry 
about it.