[lbo-talk] European cities hit by anti-austerity protests (correction)

Eric Beck ersatzdog at gmail.com
Wed Sep 29 13:47:22 PDT 2010


On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


> That sort of perspective is great when there's actual political pressure coming from the left and the state is forced to make concessions. That would be a wonderful time to make that sort of point. Now, when all the pressure is coming from the right, and even mildly social democratic mechanisms seen as practically Bolshevik, the criticism seems less than urgent.

I agree with this. At least when it comes to the larger political scene. But it's not like I'm going on Fox News denouncing government intervention.



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