[lbo-talk] Historical antecedents of Uprising. Was: The Zapatistas triggered it all

[Ismail Lagardien]

Thanks, Julio, for this

Or so claim González Casanova y De Sousa Santos.  They may have a point, just a bit overstated perhaps.

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2012/01/03/politica/009n1pol 

I wrote something similar to this about a year ago, immediately after the Tunisian uprising. Although my piece is not written very well, my initial response to the Tunisian uprising, written largely as a reaction to Stephen Walt's dismissal of the revolt draws similar allusions 

http://www.ilagardien.com/?p=1985 

I should develop it further. If anyone has ideas, please share.

Ismail
 

Ismail Lagardien

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