Re: [Marxism] The spirit of 1968 in film

["Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+marxml@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The New York Times, April 27, 2008
> Film
> The Spirit of '68
> By A. O. SCOTT
>
> AT least according to legend, the "events of May" — the strikes and
> disturbances that convulsed France in the spring of 1968

"Perhaps more than an ambiguity, it was an irony of history. The real
legacy of May '68, as we see in France today, is individualism, the
rejection of civic sense and ideology, the rehabilitation of the idea
that personal and financial success is a worthy pursuit — in short, a
revival of capitalism. To borrow an expression of Lenin's, we were
useful idiots. Indeed, the uprising was more a counterrevolution than
a revolution."

             
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/opinion/24guillebaud.html?ref=opinion>

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