[lbo-talk] occupation and situationists was Re: enemy's turf

[123hop at comcast.net]

No reason to make a pissing contest out of this. Each event has its own specific historical gravity and function. Or rather, if you compare, it's to learn something from the differences that helps you move forward and understand how context determines what's possible, what tactics are appropriate, etc.

Joanna

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Catron" <jncatron at gmail.com>
To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 9:31:04 PM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] occupation and situationists was Re: enemy's turf

On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 1:54 AM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:

No. Carrol is right. So far as the U.S. is concerned, Wisconsin was a
> shifting of tectonic plates.
>

A shifting of tectonic plates this year, or in the Obama era if you prefer.
But nothing you, Eric, or Carrol have said couldn't apply equally to, say,
Seattle (which of course also had a lot to do with Wisconsin; one of our own
list members, a key organizer there, cut his teeth on the antiglobo
protests). If you restrict your focus enough, both chronologically and
geographically, sure, it was a big innovation.

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