[PEN-L:7749] Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: Mao

[Rob Schaap <carob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

G'day Rod,

You wrote:

>I hear from friends who were there that there was a wide variety of opinion

>among the protesters. Some were anxious to taste the material fruits of
>western capitalism. Others were criticising the regime from the left. It
>would not be proper to lump them all together.

Absolutely!  Early on in the piece we got to hear what the young 'uns were
singing in Tianenman Square.  To read the
press recalls now, you'd have thought it was 'Material Girl' or 'Money'.  It
wasn't.

It was always The Internationale.

Cheers,
Rob.