[lbo-talk] LBO-Talk's Message to the Masses

[c b]

As far as French theory and the semiotics of the Wall Street Oc. , the
choice of location of the performance bespeaks a relatively advanced
theory. The demonstrators are confronting the finance capital ruling
class, semiotically.  Wall Street represents, is the signifier for,
the most powerful institution in our political economy.  That's a more
advanced theory than those who demonstrate in Washington. A new
Working Class Party has been founded by the occupiers of Wall Street.

Charles


>I think SA is referencing the demand nothing documents from the
>California occupations, which is a fairly accurate description of
>them, although one should probably substitute 'Semiotexte' with
>'Society of the Spectacle', lots of situationist obsession in that
>crowd. robert wood

Oh. Okay. Or maybe even "French Theory"?

^^^^ CB: Yes, and,, ahhhaa.. "French theory" replaces Marxism's use of
science as its meta-theory of politics with literary criticism as a
meta-theory of politics. Thus, everything is a text, Marxism is a
grand narrative, and all that jazz. LBO-talk has a lot of lit
critters, too