50th Anniversary of May 1968, Paris: Memories of an Illusory Revolution

Re:50th Anniversary of May 1968, Paris: Memories of an Illu... by behoove on Sunday June 03, 2018 @04:54PM (#17221923)

I found these reflections interesting. Since she was there at the time and doesn't draw any simplistic conclusions, I thought the essay might make an interesting HN post. It's a political site, but the article is not so politicized.

This one is slightly more ideological but still more personal and also quite interesting: http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2018/05/some-reflecti.... I found it pretty consistent with Diana Johnstone's piece.

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Re:50th Anniversary of May 1968, Paris: Memories of an Illu... by amaccuish on Sunday June 03, 2018 @05:28PM (#17222282)

Thank you for this. It sad that these protests came to nothing. Marx is more relevant than ever.

Do you have any good french language sources?

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Re:50th Anniversary of May 1968, Paris: Memories of an Illu... by duncan_bayne on Sunday June 03, 2018 @08:48PM (#17223553)

Marx is relevant? Socialist intellectuals have been moving the goalposts for decades, after failure upon failure to achieve their stated goals.

http://www.stephenhicks.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/hicks...

To put it bluntly, Marxism has failed dismally in every place and at every time it's been tried.

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Re:50th Anniversary of May 1968, Paris: Memories of an Illu... by dang on Sunday June 03, 2018 @08:49PM (#17223560)

Please don't take HN threads on generic ideological tangents. The parent dipped a toe in that tarpit, but that's no reason to jump in.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:50th Anniversary of May 1968, Paris: Memories of an Illu... by amaccuish on Monday June 04, 2018 @02:53AM (#17225225)

Sorry was merely stating why I was greatful for the source. Perhaps I should have phrased differently. Sorry :)

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