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Badiou seems to have forgotten that back at the time of the May-June 1968 
events similar criticisms were made of both the student movement and of the 
workers who joined the general strike. After all, university students back then 
were, among other things, rejecting the proposed education reforms of de 
Gaulle's government which was trying to "modernize" French higher education.  
And the workers who went out on general strike had the temerity to go against 
the leadership of the PCF.

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From: Gary MacLennan via Marxism <[email protected]>
Subject: [Marxism] a thought on Badiou on the Gilets Jaunes
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 11:23:13 +1000

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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


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