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Every organisation that ever was was a contradictory formation surely. I think for some people no group or movement will ever be pure enough. Cheers, John On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 1:24 PM Gary MacLennan via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > I am far from an expert on France or French politics and so was very > pleased to see Badiou's thoughts on that movement. But I cannot say I > agree with his conclusions. I suspect that his characterisation of the > movement is fairly correct when it comes to their reactive nostalgic > nature. But to condemn them for not waving the red flag seems to me to be > highly sectarian. Whatever the nuances of their politics the fact is that > they are being brutalised each weekend by the State and that moves me to > sympathy at least. > > Clearly they are a contradictory formation, but surely if one was in France > one would be supporting them at some level? > > comradely > > Gary > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/johnedmundson4%40gmail.com > -- The law locks up the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common But leaves the greater villain loose Who steals the common from the goose _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
