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Cheese Sandwich

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4. I want to go back and read that essay again.

Reply to socialist_n_TN (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 2, 2016, 11:47 PM

Jun 2016

It's been several years. I skimmed it just now and I think your original point was correct. These videos are giving a certain spin on Rosa's theory of change. And they're telling one story, and it's true, but they are also leaving out some important parts about what happens when it becomes clear that the potential for reform within the system is exhausted.

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