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THE
CO
MIN
G
INS
UR
RE
CTI
ON
The
Invis
ible
Com
mitt
eeA
LL P
OW
ER
TO
TH
E C
OM
MU
NE
S
91
2
3
The b
ook
you
hold
in yo
ur h
ands
has
bec
ome t
he p
rincip
le pi
ece o
f evid
ence
in a
n an
ti-ter
roris
m ca
se in
Fra
nce
dire
cted
agai
nst n
ine
indi
vidua
ls wh
o we
re a
rres
ted
on N
ovem
ber 1
1 200
8, m
ostly
in th
e vill
age o
f Tar
nac.
They
hav
e bee
n ac
cuse
d of
“c
rimin
al a
ssocia
tion
for t
he p
urpo
ses o
f ter
roris
t acti
vity”
on
the g
roun
ds th
at th
ey
were
to h
ave
parti
cipat
ed in
the
sabo
tage
of o
verh
ead
electr
ical l
ines
on
Fran
ce’s
natio
nal r
ailw
ays.
Alth
ough
onl
y sca
nty c
ircum
stant
ial e
viden
ce h
as b
een
pres
ented
ag
ains
t the
nin
e, th
e Fr
ench
Inter
ior M
inist
er h
as p
ublic
ally
asso
ciated
them
with
th
e em
erge
nt th
reat
of a
n “u
ltra-
left”
mov
emen
t, ta
king
car
e to
sin
gle o
ut th
is bo
ok, d
escr
ibed
as a
“m
anua
l for
terr
orism
,” wh
ich th
ey a
re a
ccus
ed o
f aut
horin
g.
Wha
t fol
lows
is th
e tex
t of t
he b
ook
prec
eded
by t
he fi
rst st
atem
ent o
f the
Invis
ible
Com
mitt
ee si
nce t
he a
rres
ts.
90 In th
e su
bway
, th
ere’s
no
long
er a
ny tr
ace
of th
e scr
een
of e
mba
rras
smen
t tha
t no
rmal
ly im
pede
s the
gestu
res o
f the
passe
nger
s. St
rang
ers m
ake c
onve
rsatio
n with
out
mak
ing
passe
s. A
band
of c
omra
des
conf
errin
g on
a s
treet
corn
er. M
uch
larg
er
asse
mbl
ies o
n th
e bou
levar
ds, a
bsor
bed
in d
iscus
sions
. Sur
prise
atta
cks m
ount
ed in
cit
y afte
r city
, day
afte
r day
. A n
ew m
ilita
ry b
arra
cks h
as b
een
sack
ed a
nd b
urne
d to
the g
roun
d. T
he ev
icted
resid
ents
of a
bui
ldin
g hav
e sto
pped
neg
otia
ting w
ith th
e m
ayor
’s offi
ce; t
hey s
ettle
in. A
com
pany
man
ager
is in
spire
d to b
low
away
a ha
ndfu
l of
his c
ollea
gues
in th
e mid
dle o
f a m
eetin
g. T
here
’s bee
n a l
eak o
f file
s con
tain
ing t
he
perso
nal a
ddre
sses o
f all
the c
ops,
toge
ther
with
thos
e of p
rison
offi
cials,
caus
ing a
n un
prec
eden
ted w
ave o
f sud
den
relo
catio
ns. W
e car
ry o
ur su
rplu
s goo
ds in
to th
e old
vil
lage
bar
and
groc
ery s
tore
, and
take
wha
t we l
ack.
Som
e of u
s sta
y lon
g eno
ugh
to d
iscus
s the
gene
ral s
ituat
ion
and
figur
e out
the h
ardw
are w
e nee
d fo
r the
mac
hine
sh
op. T
he ra
dio k
eeps
the i
nsur
gent
s inf
orm
ed of
the r
etrea
t of t
he go
vern
men
t for
ces.
A ro
cket
has j
ust b
reac
hed
a wa
ll of
the C
lairv
aux p
rison
. Im
possi
ble t
o sa
y if i
t has
be
en m
onth
s or y
ears
since
the “
even
ts” b
egan
. And
the p
rime m
inist
er se
ems v
ery
alon
e in
his a
ppea
ls fo
r cal
m.
89
4A p
oin
t o
f cl
ari
fica
tio
n
Ev
er
yo
ne
ag
re
es. I
t’s a
bo
ut t
o e
xplo
de
. I
t is
ackn
owle
dged
, wi
th a
ser
ious
and
sel
f-im
port
ant
look
, in
the
cor
rido
rs o
f th
e A
ssem
bly,
jus
t as
yes
terd
ay i
t wa
s re
peat
ed i
n th
e ca
fés.
The
re
is a
cer
tain
ple
asur
e in
cal
cula
ting
the
ris
ks.
Alr
eady
, we
are
pr
esen
ted
with
a d
etai
led
men
u of
pre
vent
ive
mea
sure
s fo
r se
curi
ng t
he t
erri
tory
. T
he N
ew Y
ears
fes
tivi
ties
tak
e a
deci
sive
tu
rn –
“ne
xt y
ear
ther
e’ll
be n
o oy
ster
s, e
njoy
the
m w
hile
you
ca
n!”
To p
reve
nt t
he c
eleb
rati
ons
from
bei
ng t
otal
ly e
clip
sed
by t
he t
radi
tion
al d
isor
der,
36,
00
0 c
ops
and
16 h
elic
opte
rs a
re
rush
ed o
ut b
y A
lliot
-Mar
ie1 –
the
sam
e cl
own
who,
dur
ing
the
high
sch
ool
dem
onst
rati
ons
in D
ecem
ber,
tre
mul
ousl
y wa
tche
d fo
r th
e sl
ight
est
sign
of
a G
reek
con
tam
inat
ion,
rea
dyin
g th
e po
lice
appa
ratu
s ju
st i
n ca
se.
We
can
disc
ern
mor
e cl
earl
y ev
ery
day,
ben
eath
the
rea
ssur
ing
dron
e, t
he n
oise
of
prep
arat
ions
fo
r op
en w
ar.
It’s
impo
ssib
le t
o ig
nore
its
col
d an
d pr
agm
atic
im
plem
enta
tion
, no
long
er e
ven
both
erin
g to
pre
sent
itse
lf a
s an
oper
atio
n of
pac
ific
atio
n.T
he n
ewsp
aper
s co
nsci
enti
ousl
y dr
aw u
p th
e lis
t of
cau
ses
for
the
sudd
en d
isqu
iet.
The
re is
the
fina
ncia
l cri
sis,
of
cour
se,
with
its
boo
min
g un
empl
oym
ent,
its
sha
re o
f ho
pele
ssne
ss a
nd
of s
ocia
l pl
ans,
its
Ker
viel
and
Mad
off
scan
dals
. T
here
is
the
failu
re o
f th
e ed
ucat
iona
l sy
stem
, it
s dw
indl
ing
prod
ucti
on o
f wo
rker
s an
d ci
tize
ns,
even
wit
h th
e ch
ildre
n of
the
mid
dle
clas
s as
its
raw
mat
eria
l. T
here
is th
e ex
iste
nce
of a
you
th to
whi
ch n
o po
litic
al r
epre
sent
atio
n co
rres
pond
s, a
you
th g
ood
for
noth
ing
but d
estr
oyin
g th
e fr
ee b
icyc
les t
hat s
ocie
ty so
con
scie
ntio
usly
put
at
thei
r di
spos
al.
Non
e of
th
ese
worr
isom
e su
bjec
ts
shou
ld
appe
ar
insu
rmou
ntab
le
in
an
era
whos
e pr
edom
inan
t m
ode
of
gove
rnm
ent
is p
reci
sely
the
man
agem
ent
of c
rise
s. U
nles
s we
co
nsid
er t
hat
what
pow
er i
s co
nfro
ntin
g is
nei
ther
jus
t an
othe
r cr
isis
, nor
a s
erie
s of
mor
e or
less
chr
onic
pro
blem
s, o
f mor
e or
le
ss a
ntic
ipat
ed d
istu
rban
ces,
but
a s
ingu
lar
peri
l: t
hat
a fo
rm
1. M
ichè
le A
lliot
-Mar
ie, t
he F
renc
h In
teri
or M
inis
ter.
5
of c
onfl
ict,
and
pos
itio
ns,
have
em
erge
d th
at a
re e
xplic
itly
not
m
anag
eabl
e.
Th
ose
w
ho
e
ve
ry
wh
er
e m
ak
e u
p th
is pe
ril h
ave
to a
sk
them
selv
es m
ore
than
the
trif
ling
ques
tion
s ab
out c
ause
s, o
r th
e pr
obab
iliti
es o
f ine
vita
ble
mov
emen
ts a
nd c
onfr
onta
tion
s. T
hey
need
to a
sk h
ow,
for
inst
ance
, do
es th
e G
reek
cha
os r
eson
ate
in
the
Fren
ch s
itua
tion
? A
n up
risi
ng h
ere
cann
ot b
e th
e si
mpl
e tr
ansp
osit
ion
of w
hat h
appe
ned
over
ther
e. G
loba
l civ
il wa
r st
ill
has
its
loca
l sp
ecif
icit
ies.
In
Fran
ce a
sit
uati
on o
f ge
nera
lized
ri
otin
g wo
uld
prov
oke
an e
xplo
sion
of a
noth
er te
nor.
T
he G
reek
rio
ters
are
face
d wi
th a
wea
k st
ate,
whi
lst b
eing
abl
e to
take
adv
anta
ge o
f a st
rong
pop
ular
ity.
One
mus
t not
forg
et th
at
it w
as a
gain
st t
he R
egim
e of
the
Col
onel
s th
at,
only
thi
rty
year
s ag
o, d
emoc
racy
rec
onst
itut
ed i
tsel
f on
the
bas
is o
f a
prac
tice
of
polit
ical
viol
ence
. Thi
s vio
lenc
e, w
hose
mem
ory i
s not
so d
ista
nt,
still
see
ms
intu
itiv
e to
mos
t G
reek
s. E
ven
the
lead
ers
of t
he
soci
alis
t pa
rty
have
thr
own
a m
olot
ov o
r tw
o in
the
ir y
outh
. Ye
t cl
assi
cal p
olit
ics i
s equ
ippe
d wi
th v
aria
nts t
hat k
now
very
wel
l how
to
acc
omm
odat
e th
ese
prac
tice
s an
d to
ext
end
thei
r id
eolo
gica
l ru
bbis
h to
the
ver
y he
art
of t
he r
iot.
If
the
Gre
ek b
attle
was
n’t
deci
ded,
and
put
dow
n, i
n th
e st
reet
s –
the
polic
e be
ing
visi
bly
outf
lank
ed t
here
– i
t’s b
ecau
se i
ts n
eutr
aliz
atio
n wa
s pl
ayed
out
el
sewh
ere.
The
re is
not
hing
mor
e dr
aini
ng, n
othi
ng m
ore
fata
l,
than
thi
s cl
assi
cal p
olit
ics,
wit
h it
s dr
ied
up r
itua
ls,
its
thin
king
wi
thou
t tho
ught
, its
litt
le c
lose
d wo
rld.
In
Fra
nce,
our
mos
t ex
alte
d so
cial
ist
bure
aucr
ats
have
nev
er
been
any
thin
g ot
her
than
shr
ivel
ed h
usks
fill
ing
up t
he h
alls
of
the
Ass
embl
y. H
ere
ever
ythi
ng c
onsp
ires
to
anni
hila
te e
ven
the
slig
htes
t fo
rm o
f po
litic
al i
nten
sity
. W
hich
mea
ns t
hat
it i
s al
ways
pos
sibl
e to
opp
ose
the
citi
zen
to th
e de
linqu
ent i
n a
quas
i-lin
guis
tic
oper
atio
n th
at g
oes
hand
in
hand
wit
h qu
asi-
mili
tary
op
erat
ions
. T
he r
iots
of
Nov
embe
r 20
05
and,
in
a di
ffer
ent
cont
ext,
the
soc
ial
mov
emen
ts i
n th
e au
tum
n of
20
07,
hav
e al
read
y pr
ovid
ed s
ever
al p
rece
dent
s. T
he i
mag
e of
rig
ht w
ing
stud
ents
in
Nan
terr
e ap
plau
ding
as
the
polic
e ex
pelle
d th
eir
clas
smat
es o
ffer
s a sm
all g
limps
e of
wha
t the
futu
re h
olds
in st
ore.
It g
oes w
itho
ut sa
ying
that
the
atta
chm
ent o
f the
Fre
nch
to th
e st
ate
– th
e gu
aran
tor
of u
nive
rsal
val
ues,
the
last
ram
part
aga
inst
88Al
l pow
er to
the c
omm
unes
!
87
the
loss
of
cent
raliz
ed p
ower
sig
nifi
es t
he e
nd o
f Pa
ris
as t
he
cent
er o
f re
volu
tion
ary
acti
vity
. E
very
new
mov
emen
t si
nce
the
stri
kes
of 1
995
has
conf
irm
ed t
his.
It’s
no
long
er i
n Pa
ris
that
th
e m
ost d
arin
g an
d co
nsis
tent
act
ions
are
car
ried
out
. To
put i
t bl
untly
, Par
is n
ow s
tand
s ou
t onl
y as
a ta
rget
for
raid
s, a
s a
pure
te
rrai
n to
be
pilla
ged
and
rava
ged.
Bri
ef a
nd b
ruta
l in
curs
ions
fr
om t
he o
utsi
de s
trik
e at
the
met
ropo
litan
flo
ws a
t th
eir
poin
t of
max
imum
den
sity
. R
age
stre
aks
acro
ss t
his
dese
rt o
f fa
ke
abun
danc
e, th
en v
anis
hes.
A d
ay w
ill c
ome
when
this
cap
ital
and
it
s ho
rrib
le c
oncr
etio
n of
pow
er w
ill l
ie i
n m
ajes
tic
ruin
s, b
ut
it w
ill b
e at
the
end
of
a pr
oces
s th
at w
ill b
e fa
r m
ore
adva
nced
ev
eryw
here
els
e.
6the
disa
ster
– is
a p
atho
logy
that
is d
iffi
cult
to u
ndo.
It’s
abov
e al
l a
fict
ion
that
no
long
er k
nows
how
to
carr
y on
. O
ur g
over
nors
th
emse
lves
inc
reas
ingl
y co
nsid
er i
t as
a u
sele
ss e
ncum
bran
ce
beca
use
they
, at
lea
st,
take
the
con
flic
t fo
r wh
at i
t is
– m
ilita
rily.
T
hey
have
no
com
plex
abo
ut s
endi
ng in
elit
e an
tite
rror
ist
unit
s to
sub
due
riot
s, o
r to
libe
rate
a r
ecyc
ling
cent
er o
ccup
ied
by it
s wo
rker
s. A
s th
e we
lfar
e st
ate
colla
pses
, we
see
the
em
erge
nce
of
a br
ute
conf
lict
betw
een
thos
e wh
o de
sire
ord
er a
nd t
hose
who
do
n’t.
Eve
ryth
ing
that
Fre
nch
polit
ics
has
been
abl
e to
dea
ctiv
ate
is i
n th
e pr
oces
s of
unl
eash
ing
itse
lf.
It w
ill n
ever
be
able
to
proc
ess
all t
hat i
t has
rep
ress
ed. I
n th
e ad
vanc
ed d
egre
e of
soc
ial
deco
mpo
siti
on,
we c
an c
ount
on
the
com
ing
mov
emen
t to
fin
d th
e ne
cess
ary
brea
th o
f ni
hilis
m.
Whi
ch w
ill n
ot m
ean
that
it
won’
t be
expo
sed
to o
ther
lim
its.
R
evol
utio
nary
mov
emen
ts d
o no
t sp
read
by
cont
amin
atio
n bu
t by
res
onan
ce.
Som
ethi
ng t
hat
is c
onst
itut
ed h
ere
reso
nate
s wi
th th
e sh
ock
wave
em
itte
d by
som
ethi
ng c
onst
itut
ed o
ver
ther
e.
A b
ody
that
res
onat
es d
oes
so a
ccor
ding
to
its
own
mod
e. A
n in
surr
ecti
on is
not
like
a p
lagu
e or
a fo
rest
fire
– a
line
ar p
roce
ss
whic
h sp
read
s fr
om p
lace
to p
lace
aft
er a
n in
itia
l spa
rk. I
t rat
her
take
s th
e sh
ape
of a
mus
ic, w
hose
foca
l poi
nts,
thou
gh d
ispe
rsed
in
tim
e an
d sp
ace,
suc
ceed
in im
posi
ng th
e rh
ythm
of t
heir
own
vi
brat
ions
, al
ways
tak
ing
on m
ore
dens
ity.
To
the
poin
t th
at a
ny
retu
rn to
nor
mal
is n
o lo
nger
des
irab
le o
r ev
en im
agin
able
.W
hen
we s
peak
of E
mpi
re w
e na
me
the
mec
hani
sms
of p
ower
th
at p
reve
ntiv
ely
and
surg
ical
ly st
ifle
any
rev
olut
iona
ry b
ecom
ing
in a
sit
uati
on.
In t
his
sens
e, E
mpi
re i
s no
t an
ene
my
that
co
nfro
nts
us h
ead-
on.
It i
s a
rhyt
hm t
hat
impo
ses
itse
lf,
a wa
y of
dis
pens
ing
and
disp
ersi
ng r
ealit
y. L
ess
an o
rder
of
the
worl
d th
an it
s sa
d, h
eavy
and
mili
tari
stic
liqu
idat
ion.
Wha
t we
mea
n by
the
part
y of
insu
rgen
ts is
the
sket
chin
g ou
t of
a c
ompl
etel
y ot
her
com
posit
ion,
an
othe
r si
de o
f re
alit
y, w
hich
fr
om G
reec
e to
the
Fren
ch b
anlie
ues2 i
s se
ekin
g it
s co
nsis
tenc
y.
It is
now
pub
licly
und
erst
ood
that
cri
sis s
itua
tion
s are
so m
any
oppo
rtun
itie
s fo
r th
e re
stru
ctur
ing
of d
omin
atio
n. T
his
is w
hy
Sa
rk
ozy
c
an
a
nn
ou
nc
e, w
ith
ou
t se
em
in
g to
lie
too
muc
h,
that
the
fina
ncia
l cri
sis i
s “th
e en
d of
a w
orld
,” a
nd th
at 2
00
9 wi
ll se
e Fr
ance
ent
er a
new
era
. Thi
s cha
rade
of a
n ec
onom
ic c
risi
s is
2. b
anlie
ue –
Fre
nch
ghet
toes
, usu
ally
loca
ted
in th
e su
burb
an p
erip
hery
.
7
supp
osed
to b
e a
nove
lty:
we a
re s
uppo
sed
to b
e in
the
dawn
of a
ne
w ep
och
wher
e we
will
all
join
tog
ethe
r in
fig
htin
g in
equa
lity
and
glob
al w
arm
ing.
But
for
our
gene
rati
on –
whi
ch w
as b
orn
in
the
cris
is a
nd h
as k
nown
not
hing
but
eco
nom
ic, f
inan
cial
, soc
ial
and
ecol
ogic
al c
risi
s –
this
is
rath
er d
iffi
cult
to a
ccep
t. T
hey
won’
t fo
ol u
s ag
ain,
wit
h an
othe
r ro
und
“now
we
star
t al
l ov
er
agai
n” a
nd “
it’s
just
a q
uest
ion
of ti
ghte
ning
our
bel
ts fo
r a
little
wh
ile.”
To
tell
the
trut
h, th
e di
sast
rous
une
mpl
oym
ent f
igur
es n
o lo
nger
pro
voke
any
feel
ing
in u
s. C
risi
s is
a m
eans
of g
over
ning
. In
a w
orld
that
see
ms
to h
old
toge
ther
onl
y th
roug
h th
e in
fini
te
man
agem
ent o
f its
own
col
laps
e.W
hat
this
war
is
bein
g fo
ught
ove
r is
not
var
ious
way
s of
m
anag
ing
soci
ety,
but
irr
educ
ible
and
irr
econ
cila
ble
idea
s of
ha
ppin
ess
and
thei
r wo
rlds
. W
e kn
ow i
t, a
nd s
o do
the
pow
ers
that
be.
The
mili
tant
rem
nant
s th
at s
ee u
s –
alwa
ys m
ore
num
erou
s, a
lway
s m
ore
iden
tifi
able
– a
re t
eari
ng o
ut t
heir
hai
r tr
ying
to fi
t us i
nto
little
com
part
men
ts in
thei
r lit
tle h
eads
. The
y ho
ld o
ut t
heir
arm
s to
us
in o
rder
to
bett
er s
uffo
cate
us,
wit
h th
eir
failu
res,
the
ir p
aral
ysis
, th
eir
stup
id p
robl
emat
ics.
Fro
m
elec
tion
s to
“tr
ansi
tion
s,”
mili
tant
s wi
ll ne
ver
be a
nyth
ing
othe
r th
an th
at w
hich
dis
tanc
es u
s, e
ach
tim
e a
little
far
ther
, fr
om th
e po
ssib
ility
of c
omm
unis
m. L
ucki
ly w
e wi
ll ac
com
mod
ate
neit
her
trea
son
nor
dece
ptio
n fo
r m
uch
long
er.
The
pas
t ha
s gi
ven
us m
uch
too
man
y ba
d an
swer
s fo
r us
no
t to
see
tha
t th
e m
ista
kes
were
in
the
ques
tion
s th
emse
lves
. T
here
is n
o ne
ed to
cho
ose
betw
een
the
feti
shis
m o
f spo
ntan
eity
an
d or
gani
zati
onal
con
trol
; be
twee
n th
e “c
ome
one,
com
e al
l”
of a
ctiv
ist
netw
orks
and
the
dis
cipl
ine
of h
iera
rchy
; be
twee
n ac
ting
des
pera
tely
now
and
wai
ting
des
pera
tely
for
late
r; b
etwe
en
brac
keti
ng th
at w
hich
is to
be
lived
and
exp
erim
ente
d in
the
nam
e of
a p
arad
ise
that
see
ms
mor
e an
d m
ore
like
a he
ll th
e lo
nger
it
is p
ut o
ff a
nd f
logg
ing
the
dead
hor
se o
f ho
w pl
anti
ng c
arro
ts is
en
ough
to le
ave
this
nig
htm
are.
O
rgan
izat
ions
are
obs
tacl
es to
org
aniz
ing
ours
elve
s.
In t
ruth
, th
ere
is n
o ga
p be
twee
n wh
at w
e ar
e, w
hat
we d
o,
and
what
we
are
beco
min
g. O
rgan
izat
ions
– p
olit
ical
or
labo
r,
fasc
ist o
r an
arch
ist —
alw
ays b
egin
by s
epar
atin
g, p
ract
ical
ly, t
hese
as
pect
s of e
xist
ence
. It’s
then
eas
y for
them
to p
rese
nt th
eir i
diot
ic
form
alis
m a
s th
e so
le r
emed
y to
thi
s se
para
tion
. To
org
aniz
e is
no
t to
give
a st
ruct
ure
to w
eakn
ess.
It is
abo
ve a
ll to
form
bon
ds –
bo
nds t
hat a
re b
y no
mea
ns n
eutr
al —
terr
ible
bon
ds. T
he d
egre
e 8
6crow
d wo
uld
be n
eede
d to
cha
lleng
e th
e ar
my,
inv
adin
g it
s ra
nks
and
frat
erni
zing
wit
h th
e so
ldie
rs.
We
need
a M
arch
18th
18
71. W
hen
the
arm
y is
in th
e st
reet
, we
have
an
insu
rrec
tion
ary
situ
atio
n. O
nce
the
arm
y en
gage
s, t
he o
utco
me
is p
reci
pita
ted.
E
very
one
find
s he
rsel
f fo
rced
to
take
sid
es,
to c
hoos
e be
twee
n an
arch
y an
d th
e fe
ar o
f an
arch
y. A
n in
surr
ecti
on t
rium
phs
as a
po
litic
al fo
rce.
It i
s no
t im
poss
ible
to d
efea
t an
arm
y po
litic
ally
.
Depo
se a
utho
rities
at a
loca
l lev
el
Th
e g
oa
l o
f a
ny
in
su
rr
ec
tio
n is to
b
ec
om
e ir
re
ve
rsib
le
.
It b
ecom
es ir
reve
rsib
le w
hen
you’
ve d
efea
ted
both
aut
hori
ty a
nd
the
need
for
auth
orit
y, p
rope
rty
and
the
tast
e fo
r ap
prop
riat
ion,
he
gem
ony
and
the
desi
re
for
hege
mon
y.
Tha
t is
wh
y th
e in
surr
ecti
onar
y pr
oces
s ca
rrie
s wi
thin
its
elf
the
form
of
its
vict
ory,
or
that
of i
ts d
efea
t. D
estr
ucti
on h
as n
ever
bee
n en
ough
to
mak
e th
ings
irr
ever
sibl
e. W
hat
mat
ters
is
how
it’s
done
. T
here
are
way
s of
des
troy
ing
that
unf
ailin
gly
prov
oke
the
retu
rn
of w
hat
has
been
cru
shed
. W
hoev
er w
aste
s th
eir
ener
gy o
n th
e co
rpse
of
an o
rder
can
be
sure
tha
t th
is w
ill a
rous
e th
e de
sire
fo
r ve
ngea
nce.
Thu
s, w
here
ver
the
econ
omy
is b
lock
ed a
nd t
he
polic
e ar
e ne
utra
lized
, it i
s im
port
ant t
o in
vest
as
little
pat
hos
as
poss
ible
in o
vert
hrow
ing
the
auth
orit
ies.
The
y m
ust b
e de
pose
d wi
th th
e m
ost s
crup
ulou
s in
diff
eren
ce a
nd d
eris
ion.
In
tim
es
like
thes
e,
the
end
of
cent
raliz
ed
revo
luti
ons
refl
ects
the
dec
entr
aliz
atio
n of
pow
er.
Win
ter
Pala
ces
still
exi
st
but
they
hav
e be
en r
eleg
ated
to
assa
ults
by
tour
ists
rat
her
than
re
volu
tion
ary
hord
es.
Toda
y it
is
poss
ible
to
take
ove
r Pa
ris,
R
ome,
or
Bue
nos A
ires
wit
hout
it b
eing
a d
ecis
ive
vict
ory.
Tak
ing
over
Run
gis
wou
ld c
erta
inly
be
mor
e ef
fect
ive
than
tak
ing
over
th
e E
lysé
e Pa
lace
.27 P
ower
is n
o lo
nger
con
cent
rate
d in
one
poi
nt
in t
he w
orld
; it
is
the
worl
d it
self
, it
s fl
ows
and
its
aven
ues,
its
pe
ople
and
its n
orm
s, it
s cod
es a
nd it
s tec
hnol
ogie
s. P
ower
is th
e or
gani
zati
on o
f the
met
ropo
lis it
self
. It i
s the
impe
ccab
le to
talit
y of
the
wor
ld o
f th
e co
mm
odit
y at
eac
h of
its
poi
nts.
Any
one
who
defe
ats
it l
ocal
ly s
ends
a p
lane
tary
sho
ck w
ave
thro
ugh
its
netw
orks
. T
he r
iots
that
beg
an in
Clic
hy-s
ous-
Boi
s fill
ed m
ore
than
one
Am
eric
an h
ouse
hold
wit
h jo
y, w
hile
the
ins
urge
nts
of
Oax
aca
foun
d ac
com
plic
es r
ight
in th
e he
art o
f Par
is. F
or F
ranc
e,
27. R
ungi
s is
a w
hole
sale
food
mar
ket o
utsi
de o
f Par
is, t
he la
rges
t of i
ts k
ind
in
the
worl
d.
85
taki
ng u
p ar
ms
and
mai
ntai
ning
an
“arm
ed p
rese
nce”
tha
n it
is
abou
t ar
med
str
uggl
e. W
e ne
ed t
o di
stin
guis
h cl
earl
y be
twee
n be
ing
arm
ed a
nd t
he u
se o
f ar
ms.
Wea
pons
are
a c
onst
ant
in
revo
luti
onar
y si
tuat
ions
, bu
t th
eir
use
is i
nfre
quen
t an
d ra
rely
de
cisi
ve a
t key
turn
ing
poin
ts: A
ugus
t 10
th 1
792,
Mar
ch 1
8th 1
871,
O
ctob
er 1
917.
Whe
n po
wer
is i
n th
e gu
tter
, it
’s en
ough
to
walk
ov
er it
.B
ecau
se o
f the
dis
tanc
e th
at s
epar
ates
us
from
them
, wea
pons
ha
ve t
aken
on
a ki
nd o
f do
uble
cha
ract
er o
f fa
scin
atio
n an
d di
sgus
t tha
t can
be
over
com
e on
ly b
y han
dlin
g th
em. A
n au
then
tic
paci
fism
can
not m
ean
refu
sing
wea
pons
, but
onl
y re
fusi
ng to
use
th
em.
Paci
fism
wit
hout
bei
ng a
ble
to f
ire
a sh
ot i
s no
thin
g bu
t th
e th
eore
tica
l fo
rmul
atio
n of
im
pote
nce.
Suc
h a
prio
ri pa
cifi
sm
is a
kin
d of
pre
vent
ive
disa
rmam
ent,
a p
ure
polic
e op
erat
ion.
In
rea
lity,
the
ques
tion
of
paci
fism
is s
erio
us o
nly
for
thos
e wh
o ha
ve th
e ab
ility
to o
pen
fire
. In
this
cas
e, p
acif
ism
bec
omes
a si
gn
of p
ower
, si
nce
it’s
only
in
an e
xtre
me
posi
tion
of
stre
ngth
tha
t we
are
free
d fr
om th
e ne
ed to
fire
.Fr
om a
str
ateg
ic p
oint
of
view
, in
dire
ct,
asym
met
rica
l act
ion
seem
s th
e m
ost
effe
ctiv
e ki
nd,
the
one
best
sui
ted
to o
ur t
ime:
yo
u do
n’t
atta
ck a
n oc
cupy
ing
arm
y fr
onta
lly.
Tha
t sa
id,
the
pros
pect
of
Ir
aq-s
tyle
ur
ban
guer
illa
warf
are,
dr
aggi
ng
on
with
no
poss
ibili
ty o
f ta
king
the
off
ensi
ve,
is m
ore
to b
e fe
ared
th
an t
o be
des
ired
. T
he m
ilita
rizat
ion
of c
ivil
war
is t
he d
efea
t of
in
surr
ecti
on. T
he R
eds h
ad th
eir
vict
ory i
n 19
21, b
ut th
e R
ussi
an
Rev
olut
ion
was
alre
ady
lost
.W
e m
ust
cons
ider
two
kin
ds o
f st
ate
reac
tion
. O
ne o
penl
y ho
stile
, on
e m
ore
sly
and
dem
ocra
tic.
The
fir
st c
alls
for
our
ou
t an
d ou
t de
stru
ctio
n, t
he s
econ
d, a
sub
tle b
ut i
mpl
acab
le
host
ility
, se
eks
only
to
recr
uit
us.
We
can
be d
efea
ted
both
by
dict
ator
ship
and
by
bein
g re
duce
d to
opp
osin
g on
ly di
ctat
orsh
ip.
Def
eat
cons
ists
as
muc
h in
los
ing
the
war
as i
n lo
sing
the
cho
ice
of w
hich
war
to w
age.
Bot
h ar
e po
ssib
le,
as w
as p
rove
n by
Spa
in
in 1
936:
the
rev
olut
iona
ries
the
re w
ere
defe
ated
twi
ce-o
ver,
by
fasc
ism
and
by
the
repu
blic
.W
hen
thin
gs g
et s
erio
us,
the
arm
y oc
cupi
es t
he t
erra
in.
Whe
ther
or
not
it e
ngag
es in
com
bat
is le
ss c
erta
in.
Tha
t wo
uld
requ
ire
that
the
sta
te b
e co
mm
itte
d to
a b
lood
bath
, wh
ich
for
now
is n
o m
ore
than
a th
reat
, a b
it li
ke th
e th
reat
of u
sing
nuc
lear
we
apon
s fo
r th
e la
st fi
fty
year
s. T
houg
h it
has
bee
n wo
unde
d fo
r a
long
whi
le,
the
beas
t of
the
sta
te i
s st
ill d
ange
rous
. A
mas
sive
8of o
rgan
izat
ion
is m
easu
red
by th
e in
tens
ity
of sh
arin
g –
mat
eria
l an
d sp
irit
ual.
From
now
on,
to m
ater
ially
org
aniz
e for
surv
ival
is to
mat
eria
lly
orga
nize
for
att
ack.
Eve
rywh
ere,
a n
ew i
dea
of c
omm
unis
m i
s to
be
elab
orat
ed.
In t
he s
hado
ws o
f ba
r ro
oms,
in
prin
t sh
ops,
sq
uats
, fa
rms,
occ
upie
d gy
mna
sium
s, n
ew c
ompl
icit
ies
are
to
be b
orn.
The
se p
reci
ous
conn
ivan
ces
mus
t no
t be
ref
used
the
ne
cess
ary
mea
ns fo
r th
e de
ploy
men
t of t
heir
forc
es.
Her
e lie
s th
e tr
uly
revo
luti
onar
y po
tent
ialit
y of
the
pre
sent
. T
he
incr
easi
ngly
fr
eque
nt
skir
mis
hes
have
th
is
form
idab
le
qual
ity:
tha
t th
ey a
re a
lway
s an
occ
asio
n fo
r co
mpl
icit
ies
of t
his
type
, so
met
imes
eph
emer
al,
but
som
etim
es a
lso
unbe
tray
able
. W
hen
a fe
w th
ousa
nd y
oung
peo
ple
find
the
det
erm
inat
ion
to
assa
il th
is w
orld
, you
’d h
ave
to b
e as
stu
pid
as a
cop
to s
eek
out a
fi
nanc
ial t
rail,
a le
ader
, or
a sn
itch
.
Tw
o c
en
tu
rie
s o
f c
apita
lism
a
nd
m
ar
ke
t n
ih
ilism
hav
e br
ough
t us
to
the
mos
t ex
trem
e al
iena
tion
s –
from
our
sel
ves,
fr
om o
ther
s, f
rom
wor
lds.
The
fic
tion
of
the
indi
vidu
al h
as
deco
mpo
sed
at
the
sam
e sp
eed
that
it
wa
s be
com
ing
real
. C
hild
ren
of t
he m
etro
polis
, we
off
er t
his
wage
r: t
hat
it’s
in t
he
mos
t pr
ofou
nd d
epri
vati
on o
f ex
iste
nce,
per
petu
ally
sti
fled
, pe
rpet
ually
con
jure
d aw
ay,
that
the
pos
sibi
lity
of c
omm
unis
m
resi
des.
Whe
n al
l is
sai
d an
d do
ne,
it’s
with
an
enti
re a
nthr
opol
ogy
that
we
are
at w
ar. W
ith
the
very
idea
of m
an.
Com
mun
ism
the
n, a
s pr
esup
posi
tion
and
as
expe
rim
ent.
Sh
arin
g of a
sens
ibili
ty an
d ela
bora
tion
of s
hari
ng. T
he u
ncov
erin
g of
wha
t is
com
mon
and
the
bui
ldin
g of
a f
orce
. C
omm
unis
m a
s th
e m
atri
x of
a m
etic
ulou
s, a
udac
ious
ass
ault
on d
omin
atio
n. A
s a
call
and
as a
nam
e fo
r al
l wor
lds r
esis
ting
impe
rial
pac
ific
atio
n,
all
solid
arit
ies
irre
duci
ble
to t
he r
eign
of
com
mod
itie
s, a
ll fr
iend
ship
s as
sum
ing
the
nece
ssit
ies
of w
ar. communism
. W
e kn
ow i
t’s a
ter
m t
o be
use
d wi
th c
auti
on.
Not
bec
ause
, in
the
gr
eat p
arad
e of
wor
ds, i
t may
no
long
er b
e ve
ry fa
shio
nabl
e. B
ut
beca
use
our
wors
t en
emie
s ha
ve u
sed
it,
and
cont
inue
to
do s
o.
We
insi
st.
Cer
tain
wor
ds a
re li
ke b
attle
grou
nds:
the
ir m
eani
ng,
revo
luti
onar
y or
reac
tion
ary,
is a
vic
tory
, to
be to
rn fr
om th
e ja
ws
of s
trug
gle.
Des
erti
ng c
lass
ical
pol
itic
s m
eans
fac
ing
up t
o wa
r, w
hich
is
9
also
sit
uate
d on
the
ter
rain
of
lang
uage
. O
r ra
ther
, in
the
way
th
at w
ords
, ge
stur
es a
nd l
ife
are
inse
para
bly
linke
d.
If o
ne
puts
so
muc
h ef
fort
int
o im
pris
onin
g as
ter
rori
sts
a fe
w yo
ung
com
mun
ists
who
are
supp
osed
to h
ave
part
icip
ated
in p
ublis
hing
Th
e Com
ing I
nsur
recti
on,
it i
s no
t be
caus
e of
a “
thou
ght
crim
e”,
but
rath
er b
ecau
se th
ey m
ight
em
body
a c
erta
in c
onsi
sten
cy b
etwe
en
acts
and
thou
ght.
Som
ethi
ng w
hich
is ra
rely
trea
ted
with
leni
ency
.W
hat
thes
e pe
ople
are
acc
used
of
is n
ot t
o ha
ve w
ritt
en a
bo
ok,
nor
even
to
have
phy
sica
lly a
ttac
ked
the
sacr
osan
ct f
lows
th
at i
rrig
ate
the
met
ropo
lis.
It’s
tha
t th
ey m
ight
pos
sibl
y ha
ve
conf
ront
ed t
hese
flo
ws w
ith
the
dens
ity
of a
pol
itic
al t
houg
ht
and
posi
tion
. T
hat
an a
ct c
ould
hav
e m
ade
sens
e ac
cord
ing
to a
noth
er c
onsi
sten
cy o
f th
e wo
rld
than
the
des
erte
d on
e of
E
mpi
re.
Ant
i-te
rror
ism
cla
ims
to a
ttac
k th
e po
ssib
le f
utur
e of
a
“cri
min
al a
ssoc
iati
on.”
But
wha
t is
real
ly b
eing
att
acke
d is
the
futu
re o
f the
situ
atio
n. T
he p
ossi
bili
ty th
at b
ehin
d ev
ery
groc
er
a fe
w ba
d in
tent
ions
are
hid
ing,
and
beh
ind
ever
y th
ough
t,
the
acts
tha
t it
cal
ls f
or.
The
pos
sibi
lity
exp
ress
ed b
y an
ide
a of
po
liti
cs
– an
onym
ous
but
welc
omin
g,
diss
emin
ate
and
unco
ntro
llabl
e –
whic
h ca
nnot
be
rele
gate
d to
the
stor
eroo
m o
f fr
eedo
m o
f exp
ress
ion.
The
re r
emai
ns s
carc
ely
any
doub
t th
at y
outh
will
be
the
firs
t to
sava
gely
con
fron
t pow
er. T
hese
last
few
year
s, fr
om th
e ri
ots o
f Sp
ring
20
01
in A
lger
ia t
o th
ose
of D
ecem
ber
200
8 in
Gre
ece,
ar
e no
thin
g bu
t a
seri
es o
f wa
rnin
g si
gns
in t
his
rega
rd.
Tho
se
who
30 o
r 40
yea
rs a
go r
evol
ted
agai
nst
thei
r pa
rent
s wi
ll no
t he
sita
te to
red
uce
this
to a
con
flic
t bet
ween
gen
erat
ions
, if n
ot to
a
pred
icta
ble
sym
ptom
of a
dole
scen
ce.
The
onl
y fu
ture
of a
“ge
nera
tion
” is
to b
e th
e pr
eced
ing
one,
on
a r
oute
that
lead
s in
evit
ably
to th
e ce
met
ery.
Trad
itio
n wo
uld
have
it
that
eve
ryth
ing
begi
ns w
ith
a “s
ocia
l m
ovem
ent.”
Esp
ecia
lly a
t a
mom
ent
when
the
lef
t, w
hich
has
st
ill n
ot f
inis
hed
deco
mpo
sing
, hy
pocr
itic
ally
tri
es t
o re
gain
its
cr
edib
ility
in th
e st
reet
s. E
xcep
t tha
t in
the
stre
ets i
t no
long
er h
as
a m
onop
oly.
Just
look
at h
ow, w
ith
each
new
mob
iliza
tion
of h
igh
scho
ol st
uden
ts –
as w
ith
ever
ythi
ng th
e le
ft st
ill d
ares
to su
ppor
t –
a ri
ft c
onti
nual
ly w
iden
s be
twee
n th
eir
whin
ing
dem
ands
and
th
e le
vel o
f vio
lenc
e an
d de
term
inat
ion
of th
e m
ovem
ent.
From
this
rif
t we
mus
t bui
ld a
tren
ch.
If w
e se
e a
succ
essi
on o
f m
ovem
ents
hur
ryin
g on
e af
ter
the
84thre
w st
ones
at
the
vehi
cle
and
used
tea
r ga
s ag
ains
t th
e po
lice
offi
cers
.” O
n a
smal
ler
scal
e, th
ink
of a
ll th
e lo
cal p
olic
e st
atio
ns
atta
cked
in th
e ni
ght:
bro
ken
wind
ows,
bur
nt-o
ut c
op c
ars.
One
of
th
e re
sults
of
th
ese
rece
nt
mov
emen
ts
is
the
unde
rsta
ndin
g th
at h
ence
fort
h a
real
dem
onst
rati
on h
as t
o be
“w
ild,”
not
dec
lare
d in
adv
ance
to
the
polic
e. H
avin
g th
e ch
oice
of
terr
ain,
we
can,
lik
e th
e B
lack
Blo
c of
Gen
oa i
n 20
01,
byp
ass
the
red
zone
s an
d av
oid
dire
ct c
onfr
onta
tion
. B
y ch
oosi
ng o
ur
own
traj
ecto
ry,
we c
an l
ead
the
cops
, in
clud
ing
unio
nist
and
pa
cifi
st o
nes,
rat
her
than
bei
ng h
erde
d by
the
m.
In G
enoa
we
saw
a th
ousa
nd d
eter
min
ed p
eopl
e pu
sh b
ack
enti
re b
uses
ful
l of
cara
bini
eri,
then
set
thei
r ve
hicl
es o
n fi
re. T
he im
port
ant t
hing
is
not
to
be b
ette
r ar
med
but
to
take
the
ini
tiat
ive.
Cou
rage
is
noth
ing,
con
fide
nce
in y
our
own
cour
age
is e
very
thin
g. H
avin
g th
e in
itia
tive
hel
ps.
Eve
ryth
ing
poin
ts, n
onet
hele
ss, t
owar
d a
conc
epti
on o
f dir
ect
conf
ront
atio
ns a
s th
at w
hich
pin
s do
wn o
ppos
ing
forc
es, b
uyin
g us
tim
e an
d al
lowi
ng u
s to
atta
ck e
lsew
here
— e
ven
near
by. T
he fa
ct
that
we
cann
ot p
reve
nt a
con
fron
tati
on f
rom
occ
urri
ng d
oesn
’t pr
even
t us
fro
m m
akin
g it
int
o a
sim
ple
dive
rsio
n. E
ven
mor
e th
an to
act
ions
, we
mus
t com
mit
our
selv
es to
thei
r co
ordi
nati
on.
Har
assi
ng th
e po
lice
mea
ns th
at b
y for
cing
them
to b
e ev
eryw
here
th
ey c
an n
o lo
nger
be
effe
ctiv
e an
ywhe
re.
Eve
ry a
ct o
f ha
rass
men
t re
vive
s th
is t
ruth
, sp
oken
in
1842
: “T
he li
fe o
f the
pol
ice
agen
t is
pain
ful;
his
pos
itio
n in
soc
iety
is
as h
umili
atin
g an
d de
spis
ed a
s cr
ime
itse
lf…
Sha
me
and
infa
my
enci
rcle
him
fro
m a
ll si
des,
soc
iety
exp
els
him
, is
olat
es h
im a
s a
pari
ah,
soci
ety
spit
s ou
t it
s di
sdai
n fo
r th
e po
lice
agen
t al
ong
with
his
pay
, wi
thou
t re
mor
se,
with
out
regr
ets,
wit
hout
pit
y…
The
pol
ice
badg
e th
at h
e ca
rrie
s in
his
poc
ket
docu
men
ts h
is
sham
e.”
On
Nov
embe
r 21
, 20
06,
fir
emen
dem
onst
rati
ng i
n Pa
ris
atta
cked
the
rio
t po
lice
with
ham
mer
s an
d in
jure
d fi
ftee
n of
them
. Thi
s by
way
of a
rem
inde
r th
at w
anti
ng to
“pr
otec
t and
se
rve”
can
nev
er b
e an
exc
use
for
join
ing
the
polic
e. Ta
ke
up
arm
s. Do
ev
eryth
ing
possi
ble
to
mak
e th
eir
use
unne
cessa
ry.
Agai
nst t
he a
rmy,
the o
nly v
ictor
y is p
oliti
cal.
Th
er
e
is
no
su
ch
th
in
g
as
a
pe
ac
efu
l
in
su
rr
ec
tio
n.
Wea
pons
are n
eces
sary
: it’s
a qu
esti
on o
f doi
ng e
very
thin
g pos
sibl
e to
mak
e us
ing
them
unn
eces
sary
. An
insu
rrec
tion
is m
ore
abou
t
83
Jam
eve
ryth
ing—
this
will
be
the
firs
t re
flex
of
all
thos
e wh
o re
bel a
gain
st th
e pr
esen
t ord
er.
In a
del
ocal
ized
eco
nom
y wh
ere
com
pani
es f
unct
ion
acco
rdin
g to
“ju
st-i
n-ti
me”
pro
duct
ion,
wh
ere
valu
e de
rive
s fr
om c
onne
cted
ness
to
the
netw
ork,
whe
re
the
high
ways
are
link
s in
the
chai
n of
dem
ater
ializ
ed p
rodu
ctio
n wh
ich
mov
es f
rom
sub
cont
ract
or t
o su
bcon
trac
tor
and
from
th
ere
to a
noth
er f
acto
ry f
or a
ssem
bly,
to
bloc
k ci
rcul
atio
n is
to
bloc
k pr
oduc
tion
as
well.
But
a b
lock
ade
is o
nly
as e
ffec
tive
as
the
insu
rgen
ts’ c
apac
ity
to s
uppl
y th
emse
lves
and
to
com
mun
icat
e, a
s ef
fect
ive
as t
he
self
-org
aniz
atio
n of
the
dif
fere
nt c
omm
unes
. H
ow w
ill w
e fe
ed
ours
elve
s on
ce e
very
thin
g is
par
alyz
ed?
Loo
ting
sto
res,
as
in
Arg
enti
na, h
as it
s lim
its;
as
larg
e as
the
tem
ples
of c
onsu
mpt
ion
are,
the
y ar
e no
t bo
ttom
less
pan
trie
s.
Acq
uiri
ng t
he s
kills
to
pro
vide
, ov
er t
ime,
for
one
’s ow
n ba
sic
subs
iste
nce
impl
ies
appr
opri
atin
g th
e ne
cess
ary
mea
ns o
f it
s pr
oduc
tion
. A
nd i
n th
is r
egar
d, i
t se
ems
poin
tless
to
wait
any
lon
ger.
Let
ting
two
pe
rcen
t of
the
pop
ulat
ion
prod
uce
the
food
of
all
the
othe
rs –
th
e si
tuat
ion
toda
y –
is b
oth
a hi
stor
ical
and
a s
trat
egic
ano
mal
y. Li
bera
te ter
ritor
y fro
m p
olice
occ
upat
ion.
If p
ossib
le, a
void
dire
ct co
nfro
ntat
ion.
“T
his b
usin
ess s
ho
ws t
ha
t w
e a
re
no
t d
ea
lin
g w
ith
yo
un
g
pe
ople
m
ak
in
g
so
cia
l
de
ma
nd
s,
bu
t
with
in
div
id
ua
ls
wh
o a
re
d
ec
la
rin
g w
ar
o
n th
e R
epu
blic
,” n
oted
a l
ucid
co
p ab
out
rece
nt c
lash
es.
The
pus
h to
lib
erat
e te
rrit
ory
from
po
lice
occu
pati
on i
s al
read
y un
derw
ay,
and
can
coun
t on
the
en
dles
s re
serv
es o
f re
sent
men
t th
at t
he f
orce
s of
ord
er h
ave
mar
shal
ed a
gain
st it
. E
ven
the
“soc
ial m
ovem
ents”
are
gra
dual
ly
bein
g se
duce
d by
the
riot
s, ju
st li
ke th
e fe
stiv
e cr
owds
in R
enne
s wh
o fo
ught
the
cop
s ev
ery
Thu
rsda
y ni
ght
in 2
00
5, o
r th
ose
in
Bar
celo
na w
ho d
estr
oyed
a s
hopp
ing
dist
rict
dur
ing
a bo
tellio
n.
The
mov
emen
t ag
ains
t th
e C
PE w
itne
ssed
the
rec
urre
nt r
etur
n of
the
Mol
otov
coc
ktai
l. B
ut o
n th
is fr
ont c
erta
in b
anlie
ues r
emai
n un
surp
asse
d. S
peci
fica
lly, w
hen
it c
omes
to th
e te
chni
que
they
’ve
been
per
fect
ing
for
som
e ti
me
now:
the
surp
rise
att
ack.
Lik
e th
e on
e on
Oct
ober
13,
20
06
in E
pina
y.
A p
riva
te-s
ecur
ity
team
he
aded
out
aft
er g
etti
ng a
rep
ort o
f som
ethi
ng st
olen
from
a c
ar.
Whe
n th
ey a
rriv
ed,
one
of t
he s
ecur
ity
guar
ds “
foun
d hi
mse
lf
bloc
ked
by t
wo v
ehic
les
park
ed d
iago
nally
acr
oss
the
stre
et a
nd
by m
ore
than
thi
rty
peop
le c
arry
ing
met
al b
ars
and
pist
ols
who
10othe
r, w
itho
ut l
eavi
ng a
nyth
ing
visi
ble
behi
nd t
hem
, it
mus
t no
neth
eles
s be
adm
itte
d th
at s
omet
hing
per
sist
s.
A p
owde
r tr
ail
link
s wh
at i
n ea
ch e
vent
has
not
let
its
elf
be c
aptu
red
by
the
absu
rd te
mpo
rali
ty o
f th
e wi
thdr
awal
of
a ne
w la
w, o
r so
me
othe
r pr
etex
t. I
n fi
ts a
nd s
tart
s, a
nd i
n it
s ow
n rh
ythm
, we
are
se
eing
som
ethi
ng li
ke a
for
ce t
ake
shap
e. A
for
ce t
hat
does
not
se
rve
its
tim
e bu
t im
pose
s it
, sil
entl
y.It
is n
o lo
nger
a m
atte
r of f
oret
elli
ng th
e co
llaps
e or
dep
icti
ng
the
poss
ibil
itie
s of
joy
. W
heth
er i
t co
mes
soo
ner
or l
ater
, th
e po
int
is t
o pr
epar
e fo
r it
. It
’s no
t a
ques
tion
of
prov
idin
g a
sche
ma
for
what
an
insu
rrec
tion
sho
uld
be,
but
of t
akin
g th
e po
ssib
ilit
y of
an
upri
sing
for
wha
t it
nev
er s
houl
d ha
ve c
ease
d be
ing:
a v
ital
im
puls
e of
you
th a
s m
uch
as a
pop
ular
wis
dom
. If
one
kno
ws h
ow t
o m
ove,
the
abs
ence
of
a sc
hem
a is
not
an
obst
acle
but
an
oppo
rtun
ity.
For
the
ins
urge
nts,
it
is t
he s
ole
spac
e th
at c
an g
uara
ntee
the
ess
enti
al:
keep
ing
the
init
iati
ve.
Wha
t re
mai
ns t
o be
cre
ated
, to
be
tend
ed a
s on
e te
nds
a fi
re,
is a
cer
tain
out
look
, a
cert
ain
tact
ical
fev
er,
whic
h on
ce i
t ha
s em
erge
d, e
ven
now,
rev
eals
its
elf
as d
eter
min
ant
– an
d a
cons
tant
sou
rce
of d
eter
min
atio
n. A
lrea
dy c
erta
in q
uest
ions
ha
ve b
een
revi
ved
that
onl
y yes
terd
ay m
ay h
ave
seem
ed g
rote
sque
or
out
mod
ed;
they
nee
d to
be
seiz
ed u
pon,
not
in
orde
r to
re
spon
d to
the
m d
efin
itiv
ely,
but
to
mak
e th
em l
ive.
Hav
ing
pose
d th
em a
new
is n
ot th
e le
ast o
f the
Gre
ek u
pris
ing’
s vir
tues
:H
ow d
oes
a si
tuat
ion
of g
ener
aliz
ed r
ioti
ng b
ecom
e an
in
surr
ecti
onar
y si
tuat
ion?
Wha
t to
do
once
the
str
eets
hav
e be
en ta
ken,
onc
e th
e po
lice
hav
e be
en s
ound
ly d
efea
ted
ther
e?
Do
the
parl
iam
ents
sti
ll de
serv
e to
be
atta
cked
? W
hat
is t
he
prac
tica
l m
eani
ng o
f de
posi
ng p
ower
loc
ally
? H
ow t
o de
cide
? H
ow to
subs
ist?
ho
w t
o f
in
d e
ac
h o
th
er
?
—In
visi
ble
Com
mit
tee,
Jan
uary
20
09
118
2don’
t kn
ow e
ach
othe
r is
obl
iged
to
call
on a
ctio
n sp
ecia
lists
, th
at i
s, t
o ab
ando
n ac
tion
for
the
sak
e of
its
con
trol
. O
n th
e on
e ha
nd,
peop
le w
ith
man
date
s ar
e by
def
init
ion
hind
ered
in
thei
r ac
tion
s, o
n th
e ot
her
hand
, no
thin
g hi
nder
s th
em f
rom
de
ceiv
ing
ever
yone
.T
here
’s no
idea
l for
m o
f act
ion.
Wha
t’s e
ssen
tial
is th
at a
ctio
n as
sum
e a
cert
ain
form
, tha
t it g
ive
rise
to a
form
inst
ead
of h
avin
g on
e im
pose
d on
it.
Thi
s pr
esup
pose
s a
shar
ed p
olit
ical
and
ge
ogra
phic
al p
osit
ion
– lik
e th
e se
ctio
ns o
f th
e Pa
ris
Com
mun
e du
ring
the
Fre
nch
Rev
olut
ion
– as
wel
l as
the
cir
cula
tion
of
a sh
ared
kno
wled
ge. A
s for
dec
idin
g on
acti
ons,
the
prin
cipl
e co
uld
be a
s fo
llows
: ea
ch p
erso
n sh
ould
do
thei
r ow
n re
conn
aiss
ance
, th
e in
form
atio
n wo
uld
then
be
put
toge
ther
, an
d th
e de
cisi
on
will
occu
r to
us
rath
er t
han
bein
g m
ade
by u
s. T
he c
ircu
lati
on
of k
nowl
edge
can
cels
hie
rarc
hy;
it e
qual
izes
by
rais
ing
up.
Prol
ifer
atin
g ho
rizo
ntal
com
mun
icat
ion
is a
lso
the
best
for
m o
f co
ordi
nati
on a
mon
g di
ffer
ent c
omm
unes
, the
bes
t way
to p
ut a
n en
d to
heg
emon
y.
Bloc
k the
econ
omy,
but m
easu
re o
ur bl
ocki
ng p
ower
by
our
leve
l of s
elf-o
rgan
izatio
n A
t
th
e
en
d
of
Ju
ne
2
00
6
in
th
e
Sta
te
o
f
Oa
xa
ca
,
the
occu
pati
ons
of c
ity
halls
mul
tipl
y, a
nd i
nsur
gent
s oc
cupy
pu
blic
bui
ldin
gs.
In c
erta
in c
omm
unes
, m
ayor
s ar
e ki
cked
out
, of
fici
al v
ehic
les a
re r
equi
siti
oned
. A m
onth
late
r, a
cces
s is c
ut o
ff
to c
erta
in h
otel
s an
d to
uris
t co
mpo
unds
. M
exic
o’s
Min
iste
r of
To
uris
m sp
eaks
of a
dis
aste
r “c
ompa
rabl
e to
hur
rica
ne W
ilma.
” A
fe
w ye
ars
earl
ier,
blo
ckad
es h
ad b
ecom
e th
e m
ain
form
of a
ctio
n of
the
rev
olt
in A
rgen
tina
, wi
th d
iffe
rent
loc
al g
roup
s he
lpin
g ea
ch o
ther
by
bloc
king
thi
s or
tha
t m
ajor
roa
d, a
nd c
onti
nual
ly
thre
aten
ing,
thr
ough
the
ir j
oint
act
ion,
to
para
lyze
the
ent
ire
coun
try
if t
heir
dem
ands
wer
e no
t m
et.
For
year
s su
ch t
hrea
ts
have
bee
n a
powe
rful
lev
er f
or r
ailw
ay w
orke
rs,
truc
k dr
iver
s,
and
elec
tric
al a
nd g
as su
pply
wor
kers
. The
mov
emen
t aga
inst
the
CPE
in F
ranc
e di
d no
t hes
itat
e to
blo
ck tr
ain
stat
ions
, rin
g ro
ads,
fa
ctor
ies,
hig
hway
s, s
uper
mar
kets
and
eve
n ai
rpor
ts. I
n R
enne
s,
only
thr
ee h
undr
ed p
eopl
e we
re n
eede
d to
shu
t do
wn t
he m
ain
acce
ss r
oad
to th
e to
wn fo
r ho
urs
and
caus
e a
40-k
ilom
eter
long
tr
affi
c ja
m.
81
unti
l the
y’ve
dra
ined
the
atte
mpt
of a
ll co
nten
t by
prev
enti
ng a
ny
real
que
stio
n fr
om b
eing
add
ress
ed.
The
y ge
t fie
rce
and
work
ed
up n
ot o
ut o
f pas
sion
for
deba
te b
ut o
ut o
f a p
assi
on fo
r sh
utti
ng
it d
own.
And
whe
n th
eir d
ogge
d de
fens
e of
apa
thy f
inal
ly d
oes t
he
colle
ctiv
e in
, th
ey e
xpla
in i
ts f
ailu
re b
y ci
ting
a l
ack
of p
olit
ical
co
nsci
ousn
ess.
It
mus
t be
not
ed t
hat
in F
ranc
e th
e m
ilita
nt
yout
h ar
e we
ll ve
rsed
in th
e ar
t of p
olit
ical
man
ipul
atio
n, th
anks
la
rgel
y to
the
fren
zied
act
ivit
y of
var
ious
trot
skyi
st fa
ctio
ns. T
hey
coul
d no
t be
exp
ecte
d to
lea
rn t
he l
esso
n of
the
con
flag
rati
on
of N
ovem
ber
200
5: t
hat
coor
dina
tion
s ar
e un
nece
ssar
y wh
ere
coor
dina
tion
exis
ts, o
rgan
izat
ions
are
n’t
need
ed w
hen
peop
le
orga
nize
them
selv
es.
Ano
ther
ref
lex
is to
cal
l a g
ener
al a
ssem
bly
at th
e sl
ight
est s
ign
of m
ovem
ent,
and
vot
e. T
his i
s a m
ista
ke. T
he b
usin
ess o
f vot
ing
and
deci
ding
a w
inne
r, i
s en
ough
to
turn
the
ass
embl
y in
to a
ni
ghtm
are,
int
o a
thea
ter
wher
e al
l the
var
ious
litt
le p
rete
nder
s to
pow
er c
onfr
ont
each
oth
er.
Her
e we
suf
fer
from
the
bad
ex
ampl
e of
bou
rgeo
is p
arlia
men
ts. A
n as
sem
bly
is n
ot a
pla
ce fo
r de
cisi
ons b
ut fo
r pa
lave
r, fo
r fr
ee sp
eech
exe
rcis
ed w
itho
ut a
goa
l.
The
nee
d to
ass
embl
e is
as
cons
tant
am
ong
hum
ans
as t
he
nece
ssit
y of
mak
ing
deci
sion
s is
rar
e. A
ssem
blin
g co
rres
pond
s to
the
joy
of fe
elin
g a
com
mon
pow
er. D
ecis
ions
are
vit
al o
nly
in
emer
genc
y si
tuat
ions
, whe
re th
e ex
erci
se o
f dem
ocra
cy is
alr
eady
co
mpr
omis
ed. T
he r
est o
f the
tim
e, “
the
dem
ocra
tic
char
acte
r of
de
cisi
on m
akin
g” i
s on
ly a
pro
blem
for
the
fan
atic
s of
pro
cess
. It
’s no
t a
mat
ter
of c
riti
quin
g as
sem
blie
s or
aba
ndon
ing
them
, bu
t of
lib
erat
ing
the
spee
ch,
gest
ures
, an
d in
terp
lay
of b
eing
s th
at ta
ke p
lace
wit
hin
them
. We
just
hav
e to
see
that
eac
h pe
rson
co
mes
to a
n as
sem
bly
not o
nly
with
a p
oint
of
view
or
a m
otio
n,
but w
ith
desi
res,
att
achm
ents
, cap
acit
ies,
forc
es, s
adne
sses
and
a
cert
ain
disp
osit
ion
towa
rd o
ther
s, a
n op
enne
ss. I
f we
man
age
to
set a
side
the
fant
asy
of th
e G
ener
al A
ssem
bly
and
repl
ace
it w
ith
an a
ssem
bly o
f pre
senc
es, i
f we
man
age
to fo
il th
e co
nsta
ntly
ren
ewed
te
mpt
atio
n of
heg
emon
y, if
we
stop
mak
ing
the
deci
sion
our
fina
l ai
m, t
hen
ther
e is
a c
hanc
e fo
r a
kind
of m
assif
icatio
n, o
ne o
f tho
se
mom
ents
of
colle
ctiv
e cr
ysta
lliza
tion
whe
re a
dec
isio
n su
dden
ly
take
s ho
ld o
f bei
ngs,
com
plet
ely
or o
nly
in p
art.
T
he s
ame
goes
for
dec
idin
g on
act
ions
. B
y st
arti
ng f
rom
th
e pr
inci
ple
that
“th
e ac
tion
in
ques
tion
sho
uld
gove
rn t
he
asse
mbl
y’s a
gend
a” w
e m
ake
both
vig
orou
s de
bate
and
eff
ecti
ve
acti
on i
mpo
ssib
le.
A l
arge
ass
embl
y m
ade
up o
f pe
ople
who
12THE
CO
MIN
G
INS
UR
RE
CTI
ON
13
Fr
om
wh
ate
ve
r a
ng
le
you
app
roac
h it
, the
pre
sent
off
ers n
o wa
y ou
t. T
his i
s not
the
leas
t of i
ts v
irtu
es.
From
tho
se w
ho s
eek
hope
abo
ve a
ll, i
t te
ars
away
ev
ery
firm
gro
und.
Tho
se w
ho c
laim
to h
ave
solu
tion
s ar
e co
ntra
dict
ed a
lmos
t im
med
iate
ly.
Eve
ryon
e ag
rees
tha
t th
ings
can
onl
y ge
t wo
rse.
“T
he f
utur
e ha
s no
fut
ure”
is
the
wisd
om o
f an
age
that
, for
all
its
appe
aran
ce o
f per
fect
no
rmal
cy, h
as re
ache
d th
e le
vel o
f con
scio
usne
ss o
f the
firs
t pu
nks.
The
sph
ere
of p
olit
ical
rep
rese
ntat
ion
has
com
e to
a c
lose
. Fr
om l
eft t
o ri
ght,
it’s
the
sam
e no
thin
gnes
s st
riki
ng t
he
pose
of
an e
mpe
ror
or a
sav
ior,
the
sam
e sa
les
assi
stan
ts
adju
stin
g th
eir
disc
ours
e ac
cord
ing
to t
he fi
ndin
gs o
f th
e la
test
sur
veys
. T
hose
who
sti
ll vo
te s
eem
to
have
no
othe
r in
tent
ion
than
to
dese
crat
e th
e ba
llot
box
by v
otin
g as
a
pure
act
of p
rote
st. W
e’re
beg
inni
ng to
susp
ect t
hat i
t’s o
nly
agai
nst v
otin
g itse
lf th
at p
eopl
e co
ntin
ue to
vot
e. N
othi
ng w
e’re
be
ing
show
n is
ade
quat
e to
the
situ
atio
n, n
ot b
y fa
r. I
n it
s ve
ry s
ilenc
e, t
he p
opul
ace
seem
s in
fini
tely
mor
e m
atur
e th
an a
ll th
ese
pupp
ets
bick
erin
g am
ongs
t the
mse
lves
abo
ut
how
to g
over
n it
. T
he r
ambl
ings
of
any
Bel
levi
lle c
hiba
ni1
1. C
hiba
ni is
Ara
bic
for
old
man
, her
e re
ferr
ing
to th
e ol
d m
en w
ho p
lay
back
-ga
mm
on in
the
cafe
s of
Bel
levi
lle, a
larg
ely
imm
igra
nt n
eigh
borh
ood
in P
aris
.
80of p
irat
e ra
dios
. T
he p
olit
ical
ric
hnes
s of
suc
h ex
peri
ence
s is
as
sure
d by
the
joy
they
con
tain
, the
way
they
tran
scen
d in
divi
dual
st
oici
sm, a
nd th
eir
man
ifes
tati
on o
f a ta
ngib
le re
alit
y tha
t esc
apes
th
e da
ily a
mbi
ence
of o
rder
and
wor
k.
In a
cou
ntry
lik
e Fr
ance
, wh
ere
radi
oact
ive
clou
ds s
top
at
the
bord
er a
nd w
here
we
aren
’t af
raid
to b
uild
a c
ance
r re
sear
ch
cent
er o
n th
e fo
rmer
sit
e of
a n
itro
gen
fert
ilize
r fa
ctor
y th
at h
as
been
con
dem
ned
by th
e E
U’s
indu
stri
al s
afet
y ag
ency
, we
shou
ld
coun
t le
ss o
n “n
atur
al”
cris
es t
han
on s
ocia
l one
s.
It i
s us
ually
up
to
the
soci
al m
ovem
ents
to
inte
rrup
t th
e no
rmal
cou
rse
of
the
disa
ster
. O
f co
urse
, in
rec
ent
year
s th
e va
riou
s st
rike
s we
re
prim
arily
op
port
unit
ies
for
the
gove
rnm
ent
and
corp
orat
e m
anag
emen
t to
tes
t th
eir
abili
ty t
o m
aint
ain
a la
rger
and
larg
er
“min
imum
serv
ice,
”26 to
the
poin
t of r
educ
ing
the
work
stop
page
to
a p
urel
y sy
mbo
lic d
imen
sion
, cau
sing
litt
le m
ore
dam
age
than
a
snow
stor
m o
r a
suic
ide
on th
e ra
ilroa
d tr
acks
. By
goin
g ag
ains
t es
tabl
ishe
d ac
tivi
st p
ract
ices
thr
ough
the
sys
tem
atic
occ
upat
ion
of
inst
itut
ions
an
d ob
stin
ate
bloc
kadi
ng,
the
high
-sch
ool
stud
ents’
str
uggl
e of
20
05
and
the
stru
ggle
aga
inst
the
CPE
-law
re
min
ded
us o
f th
e ab
ility
of
larg
e m
ovem
ents
to
caus
e tr
oubl
e an
d ca
rry
out
diff
use
offe
nsiv
es.
In a
ll th
e af
fini
ty g
roup
s th
ey
spaw
ned
and
left
in th
eir
wake
, we
glim
psed
the
cond
itio
ns th
at
allo
w so
cial
mov
emen
ts t
o be
com
e a
locu
s fo
r th
e em
erge
nce
of
new
com
mun
es.
Sabo
tage
ever
y rep
rese
ntat
ive a
utho
rity.
Sp
read
the t
alk.
Ab
olish
gene
ral a
ssem
blies
. T
he
fir
st
ob
sta
cle
e
ve
ry
so
cia
l
mo
ve
me
nt
fa
ce
s,
long
be
fore
the
pol
ice
prop
er,
are
the
unio
ns a
nd t
he e
ntir
e m
icro
-bu
reau
crac
y wh
ose
job
it is
to c
ontr
ol th
e st
rugg
le.
Com
mun
es,
colle
ctiv
es a
nd g
angs
are
nat
ural
ly d
istr
ustf
ul o
f the
se st
ruct
ures
. T
hat’s
why
the
par
abur
eauc
rats
hav
e fo
r th
e pa
st t
went
y ye
ars
been
inv
enti
ng c
oord
inat
ion
com
mit
tees
and
spo
kes
coun
cils
th
at s
eem
mor
e in
noce
nt b
ecau
se t
hey
lack
an
esta
blis
hed
labe
l,
but a
re in
fact
the
idea
l ter
rain
for
thei
r m
aneu
vers
. Whe
n a
stra
y co
llect
ive
mak
es a
n at
tem
pt a
t au
tono
my,
the
y wo
n’t
be s
atis
fied
26. T
he p
hras
e “m
inim
um s
ervi
ce”
refe
rs to
the
work
that
is d
eem
ed n
eces
sary
in
sec
tors
dee
med
ess
enti
al to
the
runn
ing
of th
e na
tion
al e
cono
my
whic
h wo
rk-
ers
are
thus
lega
lly r
equi
red
to p
erfo
rm d
urin
g st
rike
s.
79
face
s: th
e yo
ung
hoth
eads
in h
elm
ets
lobb
ing
gas
cani
ster
s at
the
riot
pol
ice
from
the
roo
ftop
of
a bu
ildin
g in
Tiz
i O
uzou
; th
e wr
y sm
ile o
f an
old
resi
stan
ce fi
ghte
r dr
aped
in h
is b
urno
us;
the
spir
it o
f the
wom
en in
the
mou
ntai
n vi
llage
s, st
ubbo
rnly
car
ryin
g on
wit
h th
e tr
adit
iona
l far
min
g, w
itho
ut w
hich
the
blo
ckad
es o
f th
e re
gion
’s ec
onom
y wo
uld
neve
r ha
ve b
een
as c
onst
ant
and
syst
emat
ic a
s th
ey w
ere.
Mak
e the
mos
t of e
very
crisi
s
“S
o i
t m
ust b
e s
aid
, t
oo
, t
ha
t w
e w
on
’t b
e a
ble t
o t
rea
t t
he
en
tire F
ren
ch
po
pu
la
tio
n. C
ho
ic
es w
ill h
av
e to
b
e m
ad
e.”
Thi
s is
how
a v
irol
ogy
expe
rt s
ums
up,
in a
Sep
tem
ber
7, 2
00
5 ar
ticl
e in
Le
Mon
de,
what
wou
ld h
appe
n in
the
eve
nt o
f a
bird
fl
u pa
ndem
ic.
“Ter
rori
st t
hrea
ts,”
“na
tura
l di
sast
ers,
” “v
irus
wa
rnin
gs,”
“so
cial
mov
emen
ts” a
nd “
urba
n vi
olen
ce”
are,
for
so
ciet
y’s m
anag
ers,
so
man
y m
omen
ts o
f in
stab
ility
whe
re t
hey
rein
forc
e th
eir
powe
r, b
y th
e se
lect
ion
of th
ose
who
plea
se th
em
and
the
elim
inat
ion
of t
hose
who
mak
e th
ings
dif
ficu
lt. C
lear
ly
thes
e ar
e, in
turn
, op
port
unit
ies
for
othe
r fo
rces
to c
onso
lidat
e or
str
engt
hen
one
anot
her
as th
ey ta
ke th
e ot
her
side
. T
he in
terr
upti
on o
f the
flow
of c
omm
odit
ies,
the
susp
ensi
on
of n
orm
alit
y (i
t’s s
uffi
cien
t to
see
how
soc
ial
life
retu
rns
in a
bu
ildin
g su
dden
ly d
epri
ved
of e
lect
rici
ty t
o im
agin
e wh
at l
ife
coul
d be
com
e in
a c
ity d
epri
ved
of e
very
thin
g) a
nd p
olic
e co
ntro
l lib
erat
e po
tent
ialit
ies f
or se
lf-o
rgan
izat
ion
unth
inka
ble
in o
ther
ci
rcum
stan
ces.
Peo
ple
are
not
blin
d to
thi
s. T
he r
evol
utio
nary
wo
rker
s’ m
ovem
ent
unde
rsto
od i
t we
ll, a
nd t
ook
adva
ntag
e of
th
e cr
ises
of
the
bour
geoi
s ec
onom
y to
gat
her
stre
ngth
. To
day,
Is
lam
ic p
arti
es ar
e str
onge
st w
hen
they
’ve b
een
able
to in
telli
gent
ly
com
pens
ate
for
the
weak
ness
of t
he st
ate
— a
s whe
n th
ey p
rovi
ded
aid
afte
r th
e ea
rthq
uake
in
Bou
mer
des,
Alg
eria
, or
in
the
daily
as
sist
ance
off
ered
the
pop
ulat
ion
of s
outh
ern
Leb
anon
aft
er i
t wa
s ra
vage
d by
the
Isra
eli a
rmy.
A
s we
men
tion
ed a
bove
, th
e de
vast
atio
n of
New
Orl
eans
by
hurr
ican
e K
atri
na g
ave
a ce
rtai
n fr
inge
of
the
Nor
th A
mer
ican
an
arch
ist
mov
emen
t th
e op
port
unit
y to
ach
ieve
an
unfa
mili
ar
cohe
sion
by
rally
ing
all
thos
e wh
o re
fuse
d to
be
forc
eful
ly
evac
uate
d.
Stre
et
kitc
hens
re
quir
e bu
ildin
g up
pr
ovis
ions
be
fore
hand
; em
erge
ncy
med
ical
aid
req
uire
s th
e ac
quis
itio
n of
nec
essa
ry k
nowl
edge
and
mat
eria
ls,
as d
oes
the
sett
ing
up
14cont
ain
mor
e wi
sdom
tha
n al
l the
dec
lara
tion
s of
our
so-
calle
d le
ader
s. T
he l
id o
n th
e so
cial
ket
tle i
s sh
ut t
ripl
e-ti
ght,
and
the
pres
sure
insi
de c
onti
nues
to b
uild
. Fro
m o
ut
of A
rgen
tina
, th
e sp
ecte
r of
Que
Se V
ayan
Tod
os2 i
s be
ginn
ing
to s
erio
usly
hau
nt th
e ru
ling
clas
s.
The
flam
es o
f N
ovem
ber
200
5 st
ill fl
icke
r in
eve
ryon
e’s
min
ds.
Tho
se fi
rst
joyo
us fi
res
were
the
bap
tism
of
a de
cade
ful
l of
prom
ise.
The
med
ia f
able
of
“ban
lieue
vs.
the
Rep
ublic
” m
ay w
ork,
but
wha
t it
gai
ns i
n eff
ecti
vene
ss i
t lo
ses i
n tr
uth.
Fir
es w
ere
lit in
the
city
cent
ers,
but
this
new
s wa
s m
etho
dica
lly s
uppr
esse
d. W
hole
str
eets
in
Bar
celo
na
burn
ed in
sol
idar
ity,
but
no
one
knew
abo
ut it
apa
rt fr
om
the
peop
le l
ivin
g th
ere.
And
it’s
not
eve
n tr
ue t
hat
the
coun
try
has
stop
ped
burn
ing.
Man
y di
ffer
ent
profi
les
can
be f
ound
am
ong
the
arre
sted
, wi
th l
ittle
tha
t un
ites
the
m
besi
des
a ha
tred
for
exi
stin
g so
ciet
y –
not
clas
s, r
ace,
or
even
nei
ghbo
rhoo
d. W
hat
was
new
wasn
’t th
e “b
anlie
ue
revo
lt,”
sinc
e th
at w
as a
lrea
dy g
oing
on
in th
e 80
s, b
ut th
e br
eak
with
its e
stab
lishe
d fo
rms.
The
se a
ssai
lant
s no
long
er
liste
n to
any
body
, ne
ithe
r to
the
ir B
ig B
roth
ers
and
Big
Si
ster
s, n
or t
o th
e co
mm
unit
y or
gani
zati
ons
char
ged
with
ov
erse
eing
the
retu
rn to
nor
mal
. No
“SO
S R
acis
m”3 c
ould
si
nk i
ts c
ance
rous
roo
ts i
nto
this
eve
nt,
whos
e ap
pare
nt
conc
lusi
on c
an b
e cr
edit
ed o
nly t
o fa
tigu
e, fa
lsifi
cati
on a
nd
the
med
ia om
ertà
.4 Thi
s who
le se
ries
of n
octu
rnal
vand
alis
ms
and
anon
ymou
s at
tack
s, t
his
word
less
des
truc
tion
, ha
s wi
dene
d th
e br
each
bet
ween
pol
itic
s an
d th
e po
litic
al.
No
one
can
hone
stly
den
y th
e ob
viou
s: t
his
was
an a
ssau
lt th
at m
ade
no d
eman
ds,
a th
reat
wit
hout
a m
essa
ge,
and
it h
ad n
othi
ng t
o do
wit
h “p
olit
ics.
” O
ne w
ould
hav
e to
be
obl
ivio
us t
o th
e au
tono
mou
s yo
uth
mov
emen
ts o
f th
e
2. T
hey A
ll M
ust G
o! –
the
chan
t of t
he 2
00
1 A
rgen
tine
reb
ellio
n.
3. A
Fre
nch
Ant
i-R
acis
t NG
O s
et u
p by
Fra
ncoi
s M
itte
rand
’s So
cial
ist P
arty
in
the
1980
s.
4. T
he m
afia
“cod
e of
sile
nce”
: abs
olut
ely
no c
oope
rati
on w
ith
stat
e au
thor
itie
s or
rel
ianc
e on
thei
r se
rvic
es.
15
last
30
yea
rs n
ot t
o se
e th
e pu
rely
pol
itic
al c
hara
cter
of
this
res
olut
e ne
gati
on o
f po
litic
s. L
ike
lost
chi
ldre
n we
tr
ashe
d th
e pr
ized
tri
nket
s of
a s
ocie
ty t
hat
dese
rves
no
mor
e re
spec
t th
an t
he m
onum
ents
of
Pari
s at
the
end
of
the
Blo
ody
Wee
k5 — a
nd k
nows
it.
The
re w
ill b
e no
socia
l sol
utio
n to
the p
rese
nt si
tuat
ion.
Fir
st,
beca
use
the
vagu
e ag
greg
ate
of s
ocia
l mili
eus,
inst
itut
ions
, an
d in
divi
dual
ized
bub
bles
tha
t is
cal
led,
wit
h a
touc
h of
an
tiphr
asis,
“so
ciet
y,” h
as n
o co
nsis
tenc
y. S
econ
d, b
ecau
se
ther
e’s
no l
onge
r an
y la
ngua
ge f
or c
omm
on e
xper
ienc
e.
And
we
cann
ot s
hare
wea
lth if
we
do n
ot s
hare
a la
ngua
ge.
It to
ok h
alf a
cen
tury
of s
trug
gle
arou
nd th
e E
nlig
hten
men
t to
mak
e th
e Fr
ench
Rev
olut
ion
poss
ible
, an
d a
cent
ury
of
stru
ggle
aro
und
work
to g
ive
birt
h to
the
fear
som
e “w
elfa
re
stat
e.”
Stru
ggle
s cr
eate
the
lang
uage
in
whic
h a
new
orde
r ex
pres
ses
itse
lf.
But
th
ere
is
noth
ing
like
that
to
day.
E
urop
e is
now
a c
onti
nent
gon
e br
oke
that
shop
s sec
retly
at
disc
ount
sto
res
and
has
to fl
y bu
dget
air
lines
if it
wan
ts to
tr
avel
at a
ll. N
o “p
robl
ems”
fram
ed in
soci
al te
rms a
dmit
of
a so
luti
on. T
he q
uest
ions
of “
pens
ions
,” o
f “jo
b se
curi
ty,”
of
“yo
ung
peop
le”
and
thei
r “v
iole
nce”
can
onl
y be
hel
d in
su
spen
se w
hile
the
sit
uati
on t
hese
wor
ds s
erve
to
cove
r up
is
con
tinu
ally
pol
iced
for
sign
s of
furt
her
unre
st. N
othi
ng
can
mak
e it
an
attr
acti
ve p
rosp
ect
to w
ipe
the
asse
s of
pe
nsio
ners
for
min
imum
wag
e. T
hose
who
hav
e fo
und
less
hu
mili
atio
n an
d m
ore
adva
ntag
e in
a li
fe o
f cr
ime
than
in
swee
ping
floo
rs w
ill n
ot tu
rn in
thei
r we
apon
s, a
nd p
riso
n wo
n’t
teac
h th
em t
o lo
ve s
ocie
ty.
Cut
s to
the
ir m
onth
ly
pens
ions
will
und
erm
ine
the
desp
erat
e pl
easu
re-s
eeki
ng o
f ho
rdes
of
reti
rees
, m
akin
g th
em s
tew
and
splu
tter
abo
ut
the
refu
sal t
o wo
rk a
mon
g an
eve
r la
rger
sec
tion
of
yout
h.
And
fina
lly,
no g
uara
ntee
d in
com
e gr
ante
d th
e da
y aft
er a
qu
asi-
upri
sing
will
be
able
to
lay
the
foun
dati
on o
f a
new
New
Dea
l, a
new
pac
t, a
new
pea
ce.
The
soc
ial f
eelin
g ha
s
5. T
he b
attle
that
cru
shed
the
Pari
s C
omm
une
of 1
871,
dur
ing
whic
h hu
ndre
ds
of b
uild
ings
aro
und
Pari
s we
re to
rche
d by
the
com
mun
ards
78IN
SU
RR
EC
TIO
N T
he
com
mun
e is
th
e ba
sic
unit
of
pa
rtis
an
real
ity.
A
n in
surr
ecti
onal
sur
ge m
ay b
e no
thin
g m
ore
than
a m
ulti
plic
atio
n of
com
mun
es,
thei
r co
min
g in
to c
onta
ct a
nd f
orm
ing
of t
ies.
A
s ev
ents
unf
old,
com
mun
es w
ill e
ithe
r m
erge
int
o la
rger
en
titi
es o
r fr
agm
ent.
The
dif
fere
nce
betw
een
a ba
nd o
f bro
ther
s an
d si
ster
s bo
und
“for
lif
e” a
nd t
he g
athe
ring
of
man
y gr
oups
, co
mm
itte
es a
nd g
angs
for
orga
nizi
ng th
e su
pply
and
self
-def
ense
of
a n
eigh
borh
ood
or e
ven
a re
gion
in r
evol
t, is
onl
y a
diff
eren
ce
of s
cale
, the
y ar
e al
l com
mun
es.
A
com
mun
e te
nds
by i
ts n
atur
e to
ward
s se
lf-s
uffi
cien
cy a
nd
cons
ider
s mon
ey, i
nter
nally
, as s
omet
hing
fool
ish
and
ulti
mat
ely
out
of p
lace
. T
he p
ower
of
mon
ey i
s to
con
nect
tho
se w
ho a
re
unco
nnec
ted,
to
link
stra
nger
s as
stra
nger
s an
d th
us,
by m
akin
g ev
eryt
hing
equ
ival
ent,
to p
ut e
very
thin
g in
to c
ircu
lati
on.
The
cos
t of
mon
ey’s
capa
city
to
conn
ect
ever
ythi
ng i
s th
e su
perf
icia
lity
of t
he c
onne
ctio
n, w
here
dec
epti
on i
s th
e ru
le.
Dis
trus
t is
the
bas
is o
f th
e cr
edit
rel
atio
n. T
he r
eign
of
mon
ey
is, t
here
fore
, alw
ays
the
reig
n of
con
trol
. The
pra
ctic
al a
bolit
ion
of m
oney
will
hap
pen
only
wit
h th
e ex
tens
ion
of c
omm
unes
. C
omm
unes
m
ust
be
exte
nded
wh
ile
mak
ing
sure
th
ey
do
not
exce
ed a
cer
tain
siz
e, b
eyon
d wh
ich
they
los
e to
uch
with
th
emse
lves
and
giv
e ri
se, a
lmos
t wit
hout
fail,
to a
dom
inan
t cas
te.
It w
ould
be
pref
erab
le fo
r th
e co
mm
une
to sp
lit u
p an
d to
spre
ad
in th
at w
ay, a
void
ing
such
an
unfo
rtun
ate
outc
ome.
The
upr
isin
g of
Alg
eria
n yo
uth
that
eru
pted
acr
oss
all
of
Kab
ylia
in
the
spri
ng o
f 20
01
man
aged
to
take
ove
r al
mos
t th
e en
tire
terr
itor
y, a
ttac
king
pol
ice
stat
ions
, co
urth
ouse
s an
d ev
ery
repr
esen
tati
on o
f th
e st
ate,
gen
eral
izin
g th
e re
volt
to t
he p
oint
of
com
pelli
ng t
he u
nila
tera
l re
trea
t of
the
for
ces
of o
rder
and
ph
ysic
ally
pre
vent
ing
the
elec
tion
s. T
he m
ovem
ent’s
str
engt
h wa
s in
the
dif
fuse
com
plem
enta
rity
of
its
com
pone
nts—
only
pa
rtia
lly r
epre
sent
ed b
y th
e in
term
inab
le a
nd h
opel
essl
y m
ale-
dom
inat
ed v
illag
e as
sem
blie
s an
d ot
her
popu
lar
com
mit
tees
. T
he “
com
mun
es”
of th
is s
till-
sim
mer
ing
insu
rrec
tion
had
man
y
77
but
a m
eans
of
acti
on,
we h
ave
to e
quip
our
selv
es b
ette
r wi
th
reso
urce
s to
unm
ask
plai
nclo
thes
off
icer
s, c
hase
them
off
, and
if
need
be
snat
ch b
ack
thos
e th
ey’r
e tr
ying
to a
rres
t.T
he p
olic
e are
not
invi
ncib
le in
the s
tree
ts, t
hey s
impl
y hav
e the
m
eans
to o
rgan
ize,
trai
n, a
nd c
onti
nual
ly te
st n
ew w
eapo
ns. O
ur
weap
ons,
on
the
othe
r ha
nd,
are
alwa
ys r
udim
enta
ry,
cobb
led-
toge
ther
, and
oft
en im
prov
ised
on
the
spot
. The
y ce
rtai
nly
don’
t ha
ve a
hop
e of
riv
alin
g th
eirs
in
fire
powe
r, b
ut c
an b
e us
ed t
o ho
ld th
em a
t a d
ista
nce,
redi
rect
att
enti
on, e
xerc
ise
psyc
holo
gica
l pr
essu
re o
r fo
rce
pass
age
and
gain
gro
und
by s
urpr
ise.
Non
e of
th
e in
nova
tion
s in
urb
an g
ueri
lla w
arfa
re c
urre
ntly
dep
loye
d in
th
e Fr
ench
pol
ice
acad
emie
s ar
e su
ffic
ient
to r
espo
nd r
apid
ly to
a
mov
ing
mul
tipl
icit
y th
at c
an s
trik
e a
num
ber
of p
lace
s at
onc
e an
d th
at tr
ies
to a
lway
s ke
ep th
e in
itia
tive
. C
omm
unes
are
obv
ious
ly v
ulne
rabl
e to
sur
veil
lanc
e an
d po
lice
inve
stig
atio
ns,
to p
olic
ing
tech
nolo
gies
and
inte
llige
nce
gath
erin
g. T
he w
aves
of
arre
sts
of a
narc
hist
s in
Ita
ly a
nd o
f ec
o-wa
rrio
rs i
n th
e U
S we
re m
ade
poss
ible
by
wire
tapp
ing.
E
very
one
deta
ined
by
the
poli
ce n
ow h
as h
is o
r he
r D
NA
take
n to
be
ente
red
into
an
ever
mor
e co
mpl
ete
prof
ile.
A s
quat
ter
from
Bar
celo
na w
as c
augh
t be
caus
e he
lef
t fi
nger
prin
ts o
n fl
iers
he
was
dist
ribu
ting
. T
rack
ing
met
hods
are
bec
omin
g be
tter
and
bet
ter,
mos
tly
thro
ugh
biom
etri
c te
chni
ques
. A
nd
if th
e di
stri
buti
on o
f ele
ctro
nic
iden
tity
car
ds is
inst
itut
ed, o
ur
task
wil
l jus
t be
that
muc
h m
ore
diff
icul
t. T
he P
aris
Com
mun
e fo
und
a pa
rtia
l sol
utio
n to
the
keep
ing
of r
ecor
ds:
they
bur
ned
down
Cit
y H
all,
des
troy
ing
all
the
publ
ic r
ecor
ds a
nd v
ital
st
atis
tics
. W
e st
ill
need
to
find
the
mea
ns t
o pe
rman
entl
y de
stro
y co
mpu
teri
zed
data
base
s.
16alre
ady
evap
orat
ed to
o m
uch
for
that
.
As
an a
ttem
pted
sol
utio
n, t
he p
ress
ure
to e
nsur
e th
at
noth
ing
happ
ens,
toge
ther
wit
h po
lice
surv
eilla
nce
of t
he
terr
itor
y, w
ill o
nly
inte
nsif
y. T
he u
nman
ned
dron
e th
at
flew
ove
r Se
ine-
Sain
t-D
enis
6 las
t Ju
ly 1
4th
– as
the
pol
ice
late
r co
nfirm
ed –
pre
sent
s a
muc
h m
ore
vivi
d im
age
of
the
futu
re t
han
all t
he f
uzzy
hum
anis
tic
proj
ecti
ons.
Tha
t th
ey w
ere
care
ful t
o as
sure
us
that
the
dron
e wa
s un
arm
ed
give
s us
a c
lear
indi
cati
on o
f th
e ro
ad w
e’re
hea
ded
down
. T
he te
rrit
ory
will
be p
arti
tion
ed in
to e
ver
mor
e re
stri
cted
zo
nes.
Hig
hway
s bu
ilt a
roun
d th
e bo
rder
s of
“pr
oble
m
neig
hbor
hood
s” a
lrea
dy f
orm
inv
isib
le w
alls
clo
sing
off
thos
e ar
eas
from
the
mid
dle-
clas
s su
bdiv
isio
ns.
Wha
teve
r de
fend
ers
of t
he R
epub
lic m
ay t
hink
, th
e co
ntro
l of
ne
ighb
orho
ods
“by
the
com
mun
ity”
is
m
anif
estly
th
e m
ost
effec
tive
mea
ns a
vaila
ble.
The
pur
ely
met
ropo
litan
se
ctio
ns o
f th
e co
untr
y, t
he m
ain
city
cen
ters
, wi
ll go
ab
out t
heir
opu
lent
live
s in
an
ever
mor
e cr
afty,
eve
r m
ore
soph
isti
cate
d,
ever
m
ore
shim
mer
ing
deco
nstr
ucti
on.
The
y wi
ll ill
umin
ate
the
whol
e pl
anet
wit
h th
eir
glar
ing
neon
ligh
ts, a
s th
e pa
trol
s of
the
BA
C7 a
nd p
riva
te s
ecur
ity
com
pani
es (
i.e.
par
amili
tary
uni
ts)
prol
ifer
ate
unde
r th
e um
brel
la o
f an
incr
easi
ngly
sha
mel
ess
judi
cial
pro
tect
ion.
The
im
pass
e of
the
pre
sent
, ev
eryw
here
in
evid
ence
, is
ev
eryw
here
den
ied.
The
re w
ill b
e no
end
of
psyc
holo
gist
s,
soci
olog
ists
, an
d lit
erar
y ha
cks
appl
ying
the
mse
lves
to
the
case
, ea
ch w
ith
a sp
ecia
lized
jar
gon
from
whi
ch t
he
conc
lusi
ons
are
espe
cial
ly a
bsen
t. I
t’s e
noug
h to
lis
ten
to
the
song
s of
the
tim
es –
the
asi
nine
“al
t-fo
lk”
wher
e th
e pe
tty
bour
geoi
sie
diss
ects
the
sta
te o
f it
s so
ul,
next
to
6. B
anlie
ue n
orth
east
of P
aris
, whe
re, o
n O
ctob
er 2
7, 2
00
5, tw
o te
enag
ers
were
ki
lled
as th
ey fl
ed th
e po
lice,
set
ting
off
the
200
5 ri
ots.
7. B
rigad
e Ant
i-Cr
imin
alite
pla
incl
othe
s co
ps w
ho a
ct a
s an
ant
i-ga
ng fo
rce
in th
e ba
nlieu
es b
ut a
lso
in d
emon
stra
tion
s, o
ften
ope
rati
ng a
s a
gang
them
selv
es in
co
mpe
titi
on fo
r te
rrit
ory
and
reso
urce
s.
17
decl
arat
ions
of
war
from
Mafi
a K
’1 F
ry8 –
to
know
tha
t a
cert
ain
coex
iste
nce
will
end
soon
, tha
t a d
ecis
ion
is n
ear.
Thi
s boo
k is
sign
ed in
the
nam
e of
an
imag
inar
y co
llect
ive.
It
s ed
itor
s ar
e no
t it
s au
thor
s. T
hey
were
con
tent
mer
ely
to i
ntro
duce
a l
ittle
ord
er i
nto
the
com
mon
-pla
ces
of
our
tim
e, c
olle
ctin
g so
me
of t
he m
urm
urin
gs a
roun
d ba
rroo
m ta
bles
and
beh
ind
clos
ed b
edro
om d
oors
. The
y’ve
do
ne n
othi
ng m
ore
than
lay
dow
n a
few
nece
ssar
y tr
uths
, wh
ose
univ
ersa
l re
pres
sion
fills
psy
chia
tric
hos
pita
ls w
ith
pati
ents
, an
d ey
es w
ith
pain
. T
hey’
ve m
ade
them
selv
es
scri
bes o
f the
situ
atio
n. It
’s th
e pr
ivile
ged
feat
ure
of r
adic
al
circ
umst
ance
s th
at a
rig
orou
s ap
plic
atio
n of
logi
c le
ads
to
revo
luti
on.
It’s
enou
gh j
ust
to s
ay w
hat
is b
efor
e ou
r ey
es
and
not t
o sh
rink
from
the
conc
lusi
ons.
8. P
opul
ar F
renc
h ra
p gr
oup.
76Vis
ibili
ty m
ust b
e av
oide
d. B
ut a
forc
e th
at g
athe
rs in
the
shad
ows
can’
t avo
id it
fore
ver.
Our
app
eara
nce
as a
forc
e m
ust b
e pu
shed
ba
ck u
ntil
the
oppo
rtun
e m
omen
t. T
he lo
nger
we
avoi
d vi
sibi
lity,
th
e st
rong
er w
e’ll
be w
hen
it c
atch
es u
p wi
th u
s. A
nd o
nce
we
beco
me
visi
ble
our
days
will
be
num
bere
d. E
ithe
r we
will
be
in a
po
siti
on to
pul
veri
ze it
s rei
gn in
shor
t ord
er, o
r we
’ll b
e cr
ushe
d in
no
tim
e. O
rgan
ize S
elf-D
efens
e W
e
liv
e
un
de
r
an
o
cc
upa
tio
n,
unde
r po
lice
occu
pati
on.
Und
ocum
ente
d im
mig
rant
s are
rou
nded
up
in th
e m
iddl
e of
the
stre
et, u
nmar
ked
polic
e ca
rs p
atro
l the
bou
leva
rds,
met
ropo
litan
di
stri
cts
are
paci
fied
wit
h te
chni
ques
for
ged
in th
e co
loni
es,
the
Min
iste
r of
the
Int
erio
r m
akes
dec
lara
tion
s of
war
on
“gan
gs”
that
rem
ind
us o
f the
Alg
eria
n wa
r —
we
are
rem
inde
d of
it e
very
da
y. T
hese
are
rea
sons
eno
ugh
to n
o lo
nger
let
our
selv
es b
e be
aten
dow
n, r
easo
ns e
noug
h to
org
aniz
e ou
r se
lf-d
efen
se.
To th
e ex
tent
that
it g
rows
and
rad
iate
s, a
com
mun
e be
gins
to
see
the
oper
atio
ns o
f pow
er ta
rget
that
whi
ch co
nsti
tute
s it.
The
se
coun
tera
ttac
ks ta
ke th
e fo
rm o
f se
duct
ion,
of
recu
pera
tion
, an
d as
a la
st r
esor
t, b
rute
for
ce.
For
a co
mm
une,
sel
f-de
fens
e m
ust
be a
col
lect
ive
fact
, as
muc
h pr
acti
cal
as t
heor
etic
al.
Prev
enti
ng
an a
rres
t, g
athe
ring
qui
ckly
and
in la
rge
num
bers
aga
inst
evi
ctio
n at
tem
pts
and
shel
teri
ng o
ne o
f our
own
, will
not
be
supe
rflu
ous
refl
exes
in
com
ing
tim
es.
We
cann
ot c
ease
less
ly r
econ
stru
ct o
ur
base
s fro
m sc
ratc
h. L
et’s
stop
den
ounc
ing
repr
essi
on a
nd in
stea
d pr
epar
e to
mee
t it.
It’s
not
a si
mpl
e af
fair
, fo
r we
exp
ect
a su
rge
in p
olic
e wo
rk
bein
g do
ne b
y th
e po
pula
tion
itse
lf –
eve
ryth
ing
from
sni
tchi
ng
to
occa
sion
al
part
icip
atio
n in
ci
tize
ns’
mili
tias
. T
he
polic
e fo
rces
ble
nd i
n wi
th t
he c
rowd
. T
he u
biqu
itou
s m
odel
of
polic
e in
terv
enti
on,
even
in
riot
sit
uati
ons,
is
now
the
cop
in
civi
lian
clot
hes.
The
eff
ecti
vene
ss o
f th
e po
lice
duri
ng t
he l
ast
anti
-CPE
dem
onst
rati
ons
was
a re
sult
of p
lain
clot
hes
offi
cers
m
ixin
g am
ong
us a
nd w
aiti
ng f
or a
n in
cide
nt b
efor
e re
veal
ing
who
they
are
: ga
s, n
ight
stic
ks,
taze
rs,
deta
inm
ent;
all
in s
tric
t co
ordi
nati
on w
ith
dem
onst
rati
on s
tewa
rds.
The
mer
e po
ssib
ility
of
the
ir p
rese
nce
was
enou
gh t
o cr
eate
sus
pici
on a
mon
gst
the
dem
onst
rato
rs –
who
’s wh
o? –
and
to p
aral
yze
acti
on. I
f we
agre
e th
at a
dem
onst
rati
on is
not
mer
ely
a wa
y to
stan
d an
d be
cou
nted
75
utte
r de
cade
nce,
the
onl
y th
ing
impo
sing
abo
ut t
empl
es i
s th
e di
smal
trut
h th
at th
ey a
re a
lread
y rui
ns.
Ann
ihila
ting
thi
s no
thin
gnes
s is
har
dly
a sa
d ta
sk.
It g
ives
ac
tion
a f
resh
dem
eano
r. E
very
thin
g su
dden
ly c
oale
sces
and
m
akes
sen
se –
spa
ce, t
ime,
frie
ndsh
ip. W
e m
ust u
se a
ll m
eans
at
our
disp
osal
and
ret
hink
thei
r us
es –
we
ours
elve
s be
ing
mea
ns.
Perh
aps,
in
the
mis
ery
of t
he p
rese
nt,
“fuc
king
it
all
up”
will
serv
e –
not w
itho
ut r
easo
n –
as th
e la
st c
olle
ctiv
e se
duct
ion.
Flee
visib
ility.
Tur
n an
onym
ity in
to a
n of
fensiv
e pos
ition
In
a
d
em
on
str
atio
n,
a un
ion
mem
ber
tear
s th
e m
ask
off
of
an
anon
ymou
s pe
rson
wh
o ha
s ju
st
brok
en
a wi
ndow
. “T
ake
resp
onsi
bilit
y fo
r wh
at y
ou’r
e do
ing
inst
ead
of h
idin
g yo
urse
lf.”
To
be v
isib
le i
s to
be
expo
sed,
tha
t is
to
say
abov
e al
l,
vuln
erab
le.
Whe
n le
ftis
ts
ever
ywhe
re
cont
inua
lly
mak
e th
eir
caus
e m
ore
“vis
ible
” –
whet
her
that
of
the
hom
eles
s, o
f wo
men
, or
of
undo
cum
ente
d im
mig
rant
s –
in h
opes
that
it w
ill
get
deal
t wi
th,
they
’re
doin
g ex
actly
the
con
trar
y of
wha
t m
ust
be d
one.
Not
mak
ing
ours
elve
s vi
sibl
e, b
ut i
nste
ad t
urni
ng t
he
anon
ymit
y to
whi
ch w
e’ve
bee
n re
lega
ted
to o
ur a
dvan
tage
, an
d th
roug
h co
nspi
racy
, no
ctur
nal
or f
acel
ess
acti
ons,
cre
atin
g an
in
vuln
erab
le p
osit
ion
of a
ttac
k. T
he f
ires
of
Nov
embe
r 20
05
offe
r a
mod
el fo
r th
is. N
o le
ader
, no
dem
ands
, no
orga
niza
tion
, bu
t wo
rds,
ges
ture
s, c
ompl
icit
ies.
To
be s
ocia
lly n
othi
ng i
s no
t a
hum
iliat
ing
cond
itio
n, t
he s
ourc
e of
som
e tr
agic
lac
k of
re
cogn
itio
n –
from
who
m d
o we
see
k re
cogn
itio
n? –
but
is
on
the
cont
rary
the
con
diti
on f
or m
axim
um f
reed
om o
f ac
tion
. N
ot c
laim
ing
your
ille
gal
acti
ons,
onl
y at
tach
ing
to t
hem
som
e fi
ctio
nal
acro
nym
– w
e st
ill r
emem
ber
the
ephe
mer
al B
AFT
(B
rigad
e An
ti-Fl
ic de
s Tar
terêts
)25–
is a
way
to
pres
erve
tha
t fr
eedo
m.
Qui
te o
bvio
usly
, on
e of
the
reg
ime’
s fi
rst
defe
nsiv
e m
aneu
vers
wa
s th
e cr
eati
on o
f a
“ban
lieue
” su
bjec
t to
tre
at a
s th
e au
thor
of
the
“rio
ts o
f Nov
embe
r 20
05.
” Ju
st lo
okin
g at
the
face
s on
som
e of
this
soc
iety
’s so
meb
odies
illu
stra
tes
why
ther
e’s
such
joy
in b
eing
no
body
. 25
. Tar
terê
ts is
a b
anlie
ue in
the
Ess
onne
reg
ion
of F
ranc
e. T
he “
Tart
erêt
s A
nti-
Cop
Bri
gade
” wa
s a
nam
e th
at w
as e
mpl
oyed
to c
laim
res
pons
ibili
ty fo
r ac
tion
s ag
ains
t pol
ice
in th
is a
rea
in th
e 19
80s
18Fir
st C
ircl
e
“I A
M W
HA
T I
AM
”
“I A
M W
HAT
I A
M.”
Thi
s is
mar
keti
ng’s
late
st o
ffer
ing
to
the
worl
d, th
e fi
nal s
tage
in th
e de
velo
pmen
t of a
dver
tisi
ng,
far
beyo
nd a
ll th
e ex
hort
atio
ns to
be
diff
eren
t, to
be
ones
elf
and
drin
k Pe
psi.
Dec
ades
of c
once
pts i
n or
der
to g
et w
here
we
are
, to
arri
ve a
t pur
e ta
utol
ogy.
I =
I. H
e’s
runn
ing
on a
tr
eadm
ill in
fron
t of
the
mir
ror
in h
is g
ym.
She’
s co
min
g ba
ck fr
om w
ork,
beh
ind
the
whee
l of
her
Sm
art
car.
Will
th
ey m
eet?
“I A
M W
HAT
I A
M.”
My b
ody b
elon
gs to
me.
I am
me,
you
are
you,
and
som
ethin
g’s w
rong
. Mas
s pe
rson
aliz
atio
n. I
ndiv
idua
lizat
ion
of a
ll co
ndit
ions
– li
fe, w
ork
and
mis
ery.
Dif
fuse
sch
izop
hren
ia.
Ram
pant
dep
ress
ion.
Ato
miz
atio
n in
to fi
ne p
aran
oiac
par
ticl
es.
Hys
teri
zati
on o
f con
tact
. The
mor
e I w
ant t
o be
me,
the m
ore I
feel
an
em
ptin
ess.
The
mor
e I e
xpre
ss m
ysel
f, th
e m
ore
I am
dra
ined
. T
he m
ore
I run
aft
er m
ysel
f, th
e m
ore
tire
d I g
et. W
e cl
ing
to o
ur
self
like
a c
ovet
ed jo
b ti
tle. W
e’ve
bec
ome
our
own
repr
esen
tati
ves
in a
str
ange
com
mer
ce,
guar
anto
rs o
f a
pers
onal
izat
ion
that
fe
els,
in t
he e
nd,
a lo
t m
ore
like
an a
mpu
tati
on.
We
insu
re o
ur
selv
es t
o th
e po
int
of b
ankr
uptc
y, w
ith
a m
ore
or l
ess
disg
uise
d cl
umsi
ness
. M
eanw
hile
, I
man
age.
The
que
st f
or a
sel
f, m
y bl
og,
my
apar
tmen
t, t
he l
ates
t fa
shio
nabl
e cr
ap,
rela
tion
ship
dra
mas
, wh
o’s
fuck
ing
who…
wha
teve
r pr
osth
esis
it ta
kes
to h
old
onto
an
“I”!
If “
soci
ety”
had
n’t b
ecom
e su
ch a
def
init
ive
abst
ract
ion,
then
it
wou
ld d
enot
e al
l the
exi
sten
tial
cru
tche
s th
at a
llow
me
to k
eep
drag
ging
on,
the
ense
mbl
e of
dep
ende
ncie
s I’v
e co
ntra
cted
as t
he
pric
e of
my i
dent
ity.
The
hand
icapp
ed pe
rson i
s the
mod
el cit
izen o
f tom
orro
w.
It’s
not
with
out
fore
sigh
t th
at t
he a
ssoc
iati
ons
expl
oiti
ng t
hem
to
day
dem
and
that
they
be
gran
ted
a “s
ubsi
sten
ce in
com
e.”
19
Th
e
in
ju
nc
tio
n,
ev
er
yw
he
re
, t
o “b
e so
meo
ne”
mai
ntai
ns
the
path
olog
ical
sta
te t
hat
mak
es t
his
soci
ety
nece
ssar
y. T
he
inju
ncti
on t
o be
str
ong
prod
uces
the
ver
y we
akne
ss b
y wh
ich
it
mai
ntai
ns it
self
, so
that
ever
ythin
g see
ms t
o ta
ke o
n a
ther
apeu
tic ch
arac
ter,
even
wor
king
, ev
en l
ove.
All
thos
e “h
ow’s
it g
oing
s?”
that
we
exch
ange
giv
e th
e im
pres
sion
of
a so
ciet
y co
mpo
sed
of p
atie
nts
taki
ng e
ach
othe
r’s
tem
pera
ture
s. S
ocia
bilit
y is
now
mad
e up
of
a th
ousa
nd li
ttle
nic
hes,
a th
ousa
nd li
ttle
ref
uges
whe
re y
ou c
an
take
shel
ter.
Whe
re it
’s al
ways
bet
ter
than
the
bitt
er c
old
outs
ide.
W
here
eve
ryth
ing’
s fa
lse,
sin
ce i
t’s a
ll ju
st a
pre
text
for
get
ting
wa
rmed
up.
Whe
re n
othi
ng c
an h
appe
n si
nce
we’r
e al
l too
bus
y sh
iver
ing
sile
ntly
tog
ethe
r. S
oon
this
soc
iety
will
onl
y be
hel
d to
geth
er b
y th
e m
ere
tens
ion
of a
ll th
e so
cial
ato
ms
stra
inin
g to
ward
s an
illu
sory
cur
e. I
t’s a
pow
er p
lant
that
run
s it
s tu
rbin
es
on a
gig
anti
c re
serv
oir
of u
nwep
t te
ars,
alw
ays
on t
he v
erge
of
spill
ing
over
. “
I A
M W
HAT
I A
M.”
Nev
er h
as d
omin
atio
n fo
und
such
an
inn
ocen
t-so
undi
ng s
loga
n. T
he m
aint
enan
ce o
f th
e se
lf i
n a
perm
anen
t st
ate
of d
eter
iora
tion
, in
a c
hron
ic s
tate
of
near
-co
llaps
e, i
s th
e be
st-k
ept
secr
et o
f th
e pr
esen
t or
der
of t
hing
s.
The
wea
k, d
epre
ssed
, se
lf-c
riti
cal,
vir
tual
sel
f is
ess
enti
ally
tha
t en
dles
sly
adap
tabl
e su
bjec
t re
quir
ed b
y th
e ce
asel
ess
inno
vati
on
of p
rodu
ctio
n, t
he a
ccel
erat
ed o
bsol
esce
nce
of t
echn
olog
ies,
th
e co
nsta
nt
over
turn
ing
of
soci
al
norm
s,
and
gene
raliz
ed
flex
ibili
ty.
It i
s at
the
sam
e ti
me
the
mos
t vo
raci
ous
cons
umer
an
d, p
arad
oxic
ally
, th
e m
ost p
rodu
ctive
self
, th
e on
e th
at w
ill m
ost
eage
rly a
nd e
nerg
etic
ally
thro
w it
self
into
the
slig
htes
t pro
ject,
only
to
ret
urn
late
r to
its
orig
inal
larv
al s
tate
. “
WH
AT
AM
I,”
then
? Si
nce
chil
dhoo
d, I
’ve
pass
ed th
roug
h a
flow
of
mil
k, s
mel
ls,
stor
ies,
sou
nds,
em
otio
ns,
nurs
ery
rhym
es,
subs
tanc
es,
gest
ures
, id
eas,
impr
essi
ons,
gaz
es,
song
s,
and
food
s. W
hat
am I
? T
ied
in e
very
way
to
plac
es,
suff
erin
gs,
ance
stor
s, f
rien
ds,
love
s, e
vent
s, l
angu
ages
, m
emor
ies,
to
all
kind
s of t
hing
s tha
t obv
ious
ly a
re n
ot m
e. E
very
thin
g th
at a
ttac
hes
me
to t
he w
orld
, al
l the
link
s th
at c
onst
itut
e m
e, a
ll th
e fo
rces
th
at c
ompo
se m
e do
n’t f
orm
an
iden
tity
, a th
ing
disp
laya
ble
on
cue,
but
a s
ingu
lar,
sha
red,
livi
ng e
xiste
nce,
fro
m w
hich
em
erge
s –
at c
erta
in t
imes
and
pla
ces
– th
at b
eing
whi
ch s
ays
“I.”
Our
fe
elin
g of
inc
onsi
sten
cy i
s si
mpl
y th
e co
nseq
uenc
e of
thi
s fo
olis
h be
lief
in
the
perm
anen
ce o
f th
e se
lf a
nd o
f th
e li
ttle
ca
re w
e gi
ve to
wha
t mak
es u
s wh
at w
e ar
e.7
4a lo
ok a
t wha
t sur
roun
ds u
s: a
ll th
is w
ill h
ave
its
fina
l hou
r. T
he
met
ropo
lis s
udde
nly
take
s on
an
air
of n
osta
lgia
, lik
e a
fiel
d of
ru
ins.
A
ll th
e in
civi
litie
s of
the
str
eets
sho
uld
beco
me
met
hodi
cal
and
syst
emat
ic,
conv
ergi
ng
in
a di
ffus
e,
effe
ctiv
e gu
erri
lla
war
that
res
tore
s us
to
our
ungo
vern
abili
ty,
our
prim
ordi
al
unru
lines
s. I
t’s d
isco
ncer
ting
to
som
e th
at t
his
sam
e la
ck o
f di
scip
line
figu
res
so p
rom
inen
tly a
mon
g th
e re
cogn
ized
mili
tary
vi
rtue
s of
res
ista
nce
figh
ters
. In
fac
t th
ough
, ra
ge a
nd p
olit
ics
shou
ld n
ever
hav
e be
en s
epar
ated
. W
itho
ut th
e fi
rst,
the
seco
nd
is lo
st in
dis
cour
se; w
itho
ut th
e se
cond
the
firs
t exh
aust
s its
elf i
n ho
wls.
Whe
n wo
rds l
ike
“enr
agés
” an
d “e
xalté
s” r
esur
face
in p
olit
ics
they
’re
alwa
ys g
reet
ed w
ith
warn
ing
shot
s.24
A
s
fo
r
me
th
od
s, l
et’s
adop
t th
e fo
llowi
ng p
rinc
iple
fro
m
sabo
tage
: a m
inim
um o
f ris
k in
taki
ng th
e ac
tion
, a m
inim
um o
f ti
me,
and
max
imum
dam
age.
As
for
stra
tegy
, we
will
rem
embe
r th
at a
n ob
stac
le t
hat
has
been
cle
ared
awa
y, l
eavi
ng a
lib
erat
ed
but u
ninh
abit
ed sp
ace,
is e
asily
repl
aced
by a
noth
er o
bsta
cle,
one
th
at o
ffer
s m
ore
resi
stan
ce a
nd is
har
der
to a
ttac
k.N
o ne
ed t
o dw
ell
too
long
on
the
thre
e ty
pes
of w
orke
rs’
sabo
tage
: red
ucin
g th
e sp
eed
of w
ork,
from
“ea
sy d
oes
it”
paci
ng
to th
e “wo
rk-t
o-ru
le” s
trik
e; b
reak
ing t
he m
achi
nes,
or h
inde
ring
th
eir
func
tion
; and
div
ulgi
ng c
ompa
ny se
cret
s. B
road
ened
to th
e di
men
sion
s of t
he w
hole
soci
al fa
ctor
y, th
e pr
inci
ples
of s
abot
age
can
be a
pplie
d to
bot
h pr
oduc
tion
and
cir
cula
tion
. The
tech
nica
l in
fras
truc
ture
of
the
met
ropo
lis i
s vu
lner
able
. It
s fl
ows
amou
nt
to m
ore
than
the
tra
nspo
rtat
ion
of p
eopl
e an
d co
mm
odit
ies.
In
form
atio
n an
d en
ergy
cir
cula
tes
via
wire
net
work
s, f
iber
s an
d ch
anne
ls,
and
thes
e ca
n be
att
acke
d. N
owad
ays
sabo
tagi
ng
the
soci
al m
achi
ne w
ith
any
real
eff
ect
invo
lves
rea
ppro
pria
ting
an
d re
inve
ntin
g th
e wa
ys o
f in
terr
upti
ng i
ts n
etwo
rks.
How
can
a
TG
V l
ine
or a
n el
ectr
ical
net
work
be
rend
ered
use
less
? H
ow
does
one
find
the
weak
poi
nts i
n co
mpu
ter
netw
orks
, or
scra
mbl
e ra
dio
wave
s an
d fi
ll sc
reen
s wi
th w
hite
noi
se?
As
for
seri
ous
obst
acle
s,
it’s
wron
g to
im
agin
e th
em
invu
lner
able
to
all d
estr
ucti
on.
The
pro
met
hean
ele
men
t in
all
of t
his
boils
dow
n to
a c
erta
in u
se o
f fi
re,
all b
lind
volu
ntar
ism
as
ide.
In
356
BC
, E
rost
ratu
s bu
rned
dow
n th
e te
mpl
e of
A
rtem
is,
one
of t
he s
even
won
ders
of
the
worl
d. I
n ou
r ti
me
of
24. T
he en
ragé
s and
exal
tés w
ere
both
rad
ical
gro
ups
in th
e Fr
ench
rev
olut
ion.
73
Trav
el. O
pen
our o
wn li
nes o
f com
mun
icatio
n.
Th
e pr
in
ciple
o
f c
om
mu
ne
s is
not
to
coun
ter
the
met
ropo
lis
and
its
mob
ility
wi
th
loca
l sl
owne
ss
and
root
edne
ss.
The
ex
pans
ive
mov
emen
t of
co
mm
une
form
atio
n sh
ould
su
rrep
titi
ousl
y ov
erta
ke t
he m
ovem
ent
of t
he m
etro
polis
. W
e do
n’t h
ave
to r
ejec
t the
pos
sibi
litie
s of t
rave
l and
com
mun
icat
ion
that
the
com
mer
cial
inf
rast
ruct
ure
offe
rs;
we j
ust
have
to
know
th
eir
limit
s. W
e ju
st h
ave
to b
e pr
uden
t, i
nnoc
uous
. V
isit
s in
pe
rson
are
mor
e se
cure
, le
ave
no t
race
, an
d fo
rge
muc
h m
ore
cons
iste
nt c
onne
ctio
ns th
an a
ny li
st o
f con
tact
s on
the
inte
rnet
. T
he p
rivi
lege
man
y of
us
enjo
y of
bei
ng a
ble
to “
circ
ulat
e fr
eely
” fr
om o
ne e
nd o
f the
con
tine
nt to
the
othe
r, a
nd e
ven
acro
ss th
e wo
rld
with
out t
oo m
uch
trou
ble,
is n
ot a
neg
ligib
le a
sset
whe
n it
co
mes
to c
omm
unic
atio
n be
twee
n po
cket
s of
con
spir
acy.
One
of
the
char
ms o
f the
met
ropo
lis is
that
it a
llows
Am
eric
ans,
Gre
eks,
M
exic
ans,
and
Ger
man
s to
mee
t fur
tive
ly in
Par
is fo
r th
e ti
me
it
take
s to
dis
cuss
str
ateg
y.C
onst
ant m
ovem
ent b
etwe
en fr
iend
ly c
omm
unes
is o
ne o
f the
th
ings
that
kee
ps th
em fr
om d
ryin
g up
and
from
the
inev
itab
ility
of
aba
ndon
men
t. W
elco
min
g co
mra
des,
kee
ping
abr
east
of t
heir
in
itia
tive
s, r
efle
ctin
g on
thei
r ex
peri
ence
s and
mak
ing
use
of n
ew
tech
niqu
es t
hey’
ve d
evel
oped
doe
s m
ore
good
for
a c
omm
une
than
ster
ile se
lf-e
xam
inat
ions
beh
ind
clos
ed d
oors
. It w
ould
be
a m
ista
ke to
und
eres
tim
ate
how
muc
h ca
n be
dec
isiv
ely
work
ed o
ut
over
the
cour
se o
f eve
ning
s sp
ent c
ompa
ring
vie
ws o
n th
e wa
r in
pr
ogre
ss.
Rem
ove a
ll ob
stacle
s, on
e by o
ne
It’s w
ell k
no
wn
that
the
stre
ets
teem
wit
h in
civi
litie
s. B
etwe
en
what
they
are
and
wha
t the
y sh
ould
be
stan
ds th
e ce
ntri
peta
l for
ce
of th
e po
lice,
doi
ng th
eir
best
to r
esto
re o
rder
to th
em;
and
on
the
othe
r si
de th
ere’
s us,
the
oppo
site
cen
trif
ugal
mov
emen
t. W
e ca
n’t h
elp
but d
elig
ht in
the
fits
of
ange
r an
d di
sord
er w
here
ver
they
eru
pt.
It’s
not
surp
risi
ng t
hat
thes
e na
tion
al f
esti
vals
tha
t ar
en’t
real
ly c
eleb
rati
ng a
nyth
ing
anym
ore
are
now
syst
emat
ical
ly
goin
g ba
d. W
heth
er s
park
ling
or d
ilapi
date
d, th
e ur
ban
fixt
ures
–
but
wher
e do
the
y be
gin?
whe
re d
o th
ey e
nd?
– em
body
our
co
mm
on d
ispo
sses
sion
. Pe
rsev
erin
g in
the
ir n
othi
ngne
ss,
they
as
k fo
r no
thin
g m
ore
than
to r
etur
n to
that
sta
te f
or g
ood.
Tak
e
20
It’s
diz
zyin
g to
see
Ree
bok’
s “I
AM
WH
AT I
AM
” en
thro
ned
atop
a S
hang
hai
skys
crap
er.
The
Wes
t ev
eryw
here
rol
ls o
ut
its
favo
rite
Tro
jan
hors
e: t
he e
xasp
erat
ing
anti
mon
y be
twee
n th
e se
lf a
nd t
he w
orld
, th
e in
divi
dual
and
the
gro
up,
betw
een
atta
chm
ent a
nd f
reed
om.
Free
dom
isn’
t the
act
of
shed
ding
our
at
tach
men
ts,
but
the
prac
tical
cap
acit
y to
wor
k on
the
m,
to m
ove
arou
nd in
thei
r sp
ace,
to fo
rm o
r di
ssol
ve th
em. T
he fa
mily
onl
y ex
ists
as
a fa
mily
, th
at i
s, a
s a
hell,
for
tho
se w
ho’v
e qu
it t
ryin
g to
alte
r it
s de
bilit
atin
g m
echa
nism
s, o
r do
n’t
know
how
to.
The
fr
eedo
m t
o up
root
one
self
has
alwa
ys b
een
a ph
anta
smic
fre
edom
. W
e ca
n’t r
id o
urse
lves
of
what
bin
ds u
s wi
thou
t at t
he s
ame
tim
e lo
sing
the
very
thin
g to
whi
ch o
ur fo
rces
wou
ld b
e ap
plie
d. “
I A
M W
HAT
I A
M,”
the
n, i
s no
t si
mpl
y a
lie,
a si
mpl
e ad
vert
isin
g ca
mpa
ign,
but
a m
ilita
ry c
ampa
ign,
a w
ar c
ry d
irec
ted
agai
nst
ever
ythi
ng t
hat
exis
ts b
etwee
n be
ings
, ag
ains
t ev
eryt
hing
th
at c
ircu
late
s in
dist
inct
ly,
ever
ythi
ng t
hat
invi
sibl
y lin
ks t
hem
, ev
eryt
hing
that
pre
vent
s co
mpl
ete
deso
lati
on,
agai
nst e
very
thin
g th
at m
akes
us
exist
, an
d en
sure
s th
at t
he w
hole
wor
ld d
oesn
’t ev
eryw
here
hav
e th
e lo
ok a
nd f
eel
of a
hig
hway
, an
am
usem
ent
park
or
a ne
w to
wn: p
ure
bore
dom
, pas
sion
less
but
wel
l-or
dere
d,
empt
y, fr
ozen
spa
ce, w
here
not
hing
mov
es a
part
from
reg
iste
red
bodi
es, m
olec
ular
aut
omob
iles,
and
idea
l com
mod
itie
s.
Fr
an
ce
w
ou
ld
n’t
be
th
e
la
nd
o
f
an
xie
ty
pills t
hat
it’s
beco
me,
the
para
dise
of a
nti-
depr
essa
nts,
the
Mec
ca o
f neu
rosi
s,
if it
wer
en’t
also
the
Eur
opea
n ch
ampi
on o
f hou
rly
prod
ucti
vity
. Si
ckne
ss, f
atig
ue, d
epre
ssio
n, ca
n be
seen
as th
e ind
ividu
al sy
mpt
oms
of w
hat n
eeds
to b
e cu
red.
The
y con
trib
ute
to th
e m
aint
enan
ce o
f th
e ex
isti
ng o
rder
, to
my
doci
le a
djus
tmen
t to
idio
tic
norm
s, a
nd
to th
e m
oder
niza
tion
of
my
crut
ches
. T
hey
spec
ify
the
sele
ctio
n of
my
oppo
rtun
e, c
ompl
iant
, and
pro
duct
ive
tend
enci
es, a
s we
ll as
tho
se t
hat
mus
t be
gen
tly d
isca
rded
. “I
t’s n
ever
too
lat
e to
ch
ange
, you
kno
w.”
But
take
n as
facts
, my
faili
ngs
can
also
lead
to
the
dism
antli
ng o
f th
e hy
poth
esis
of
the
self
. T
hey
then
bec
ome
acts
of
resi
stan
ce i
n th
e cu
rren
t wa
r. T
hey
beco
me
a re
belli
on
and
a fo
rce
agai
nst e
very
thin
g th
at c
onsp
ires
to n
orm
aliz
e us
, to
ampu
tate
us.
The
self
is n
ot so
me
thin
g wi
thin
us t
hat i
s in
a st
ate
of c
risi
s; it
is t
he f
orm
the
y m
ean
to s
tam
p up
on u
s. T
hey
want
to
mak
e ou
r se
lf s
omet
hing
sha
rply
def
ined
, sep
arat
e, a
sses
sabl
e in
term
s of
qua
litie
s, c
ontr
olla
ble,
whe
n in
fac
t we
are
crea
ture
s am
ong
crea
ture
s,
sing
ular
itie
s am
ong
sim
ilars
, liv
ing
fles
h
21
weav
ing
the
fles
h of
the
worl
d. C
ontr
ary t
o wh
at h
as b
een
repe
ated
to
us s
ince
chi
ldho
od, i
ntel
ligen
ce d
oesn
’t m
ean
know
ing
how
to
adap
t -
or i
f th
at i
s a
kind
of
inte
llige
nce,
it’s
the
int
ellig
ence
of
sla
ves.
Our
inad
apta
bilit
y, o
ur f
atig
ue,
are
only
pro
blem
s fro
m t
he
stan
dpoi
nt o
f wh
at a
ims
to s
ubju
gate
us.
The
y in
dica
te r
athe
r a
depa
rtur
e po
int,
a m
eeti
ng p
oint
, fo
r ne
w co
mpl
icit
ies.
The
y re
veal
a l
ands
cape
mor
e da
mag
ed,
but
infi
nite
ly m
ore
shar
able
th
an a
ll th
e fa
ntas
y la
nds
this
soc
iety
mai
ntai
ns fo
r it
s pu
rpos
es.
We
are
not
depr
esse
d; w
e’re
on
stri
ke.
For
thos
e wh
o re
fuse
to
man
age
them
selv
es,
“dep
ress
ion”
is
not
a st
ate
but
a pa
ssag
e,
a bo
wing
out
, a
side
step
tow
ards
a p
oliti
cal
disa
ffili
atio
n. F
rom
th
en o
n m
edic
atio
n an
d th
e po
lice
are
the
only
pos
sibl
e fo
rms
of c
onci
liati
on.
Thi
s is
why
the
pre
sent
soc
iety
doe
sn’t
hesi
tate
to
impo
se R
ital
in o
n it
s ov
er-a
ctiv
e ch
ildre
n, o
r to
str
ap p
eopl
e in
to li
fe-l
ong
depe
nden
ce o
n ph
arm
aceu
tica
ls, a
nd w
hy it
cla
ims
to b
e ab
le t
o de
tect
“be
havi
oral
dis
orde
rs”
at a
ge t
hree
. B
ecau
se
ever
ywhe
re th
e hy
poth
esis
of t
he s
elf i
s be
ginn
ing
to c
rack
.
72Cr
eate
territ
ories
. Mul
tiply
zone
s of o
pacit
y
Mo
re
a
nd
m
or
e
re
fo
rm
ists
to
da
y
ag
re
e t
hat
with
“th
e ap
proa
ch o
f pe
ak o
il,”
and
in o
rder
to
“red
uce
gree
nhou
se g
as
emis
sion
s,”
we w
ill n
eed
to “
relo
caliz
e th
e ec
onom
y,” e
ncou
rage
re
gion
al s
uppl
y lin
es,
smal
l dis
trib
utio
n ci
rcui
ts,
reno
unce
eas
y ac
cess
to
impo
rts
from
far
away
, et
c. W
hat
they
for
get
is t
hat
what
cha
ract
eriz
es e
very
thin
g th
at’s
done
in
a lo
cal
econ
omy
is t
hat
it’s
done
und
er th
e ta
ble,
in
an “
info
rmal
” wa
y; t
hat
this
si
mpl
e ec
olog
ical
mea
sure
of
relo
caliz
ing
the
econ
omy
impl
ies
noth
ing
less
than
tota
l fre
edom
from
sta
te c
ontr
ol. O
r el
se to
tal
subm
issi
on to
it.
Toda
y’s t
erri
tory
is
the
prod
uct
of m
any
cent
urie
s of
pol
ice
oper
atio
ns.
Peop
le h
ave
been
pus
hed
out
of t
heir
fie
lds,
the
n th
eir
stre
ets,
the
n th
eir
neig
hbor
hood
s, a
nd f
inal
ly f
rom
the
ha
llway
s of
thei
r bu
ildin
gs, i
n th
e de
men
ted
hope
of c
onta
inin
g al
l lif
e be
twee
n th
e fo
ur s
weat
ing
walls
of p
riva
cy. T
he te
rrit
oria
l qu
esti
on is
n’t t
he s
ame
for
us a
s it
is fo
r th
e st
ate.
For
us
it’s
not
abou
t po
ssessi
ng t
erri
tory
. R
athe
r, i
t’s a
mat
ter
of i
ncre
asin
g th
e de
nsit
y of
the
com
mun
es,
of c
ircu
lati
on,
and
of s
olid
arit
ies
to
the
poin
t th
at t
he t
erri
tory
bec
omes
unr
eada
ble,
opa
que
to a
ll au
thor
ity.
We
don’
t wa
nt t
o oc
cupy
the
ter
rito
ry,
we w
ant
to b
e th
e te
rrit
ory.
Eve
ry p
ract
ice
brin
gs a
ter
rito
ry i
nto
exis
tenc
e –
a de
alin
g te
rrit
ory,
or
a hu
ntin
g te
rrit
ory;
a t
erri
tory
of
child
’s pl
ay,
of
love
rs, o
f a r
iot;
a te
rrit
ory
of fa
rmer
s, o
rnit
holo
gist
s, o
r fla
neur
s. T
he r
ule
is s
impl
e: th
e m
ore
terr
itor
ies
ther
e ar
e su
peri
mpo
sed
on a
giv
en z
one,
the
mor
e ci
rcul
atio
n th
ere
is b
etwe
en t
hem
, th
e ha
rder
it w
ill b
e fo
r po
wer
to g
et a
han
dle
on th
em.
Bis
tros
, pr
int
shop
s, s
port
s fa
cilit
ies,
was
tela
nds,
sec
ond-
hand
boo
k st
alls
, bui
ldin
g ro
ofto
ps, i
mpr
ovis
ed st
reet
mar
kets
, keb
ab sh
ops
and
gara
ges
can
all e
asily
be
used
for
pur
pose
s ot
her
than
the
ir
offi
cial
one
s if
eno
ugh
com
plic
itie
s co
me
toge
ther
in
them
. L
ocal
self
-org
aniz
atio
n su
peri
mpo
ses i
ts o
wn g
eogr
aphy
ove
r th
e st
ate
cart
ogra
phy,
scra
mbl
ing
and
blur
ring
it: i
t pro
duce
s its
own
se
cess
ion.
71
Trai
ning
and
lear
ning
Wh
at a
re
w
e le
ft w
ith
, ha
ving
use
d up
mos
t of
the
lei
sure
au
thor
ized
by
mar
ket
dem
ocra
cy?
Wha
t wa
s it
tha
t m
ade
us
go j
oggi
ng o
n a
Sund
ay m
orni
ng?
Wha
t ke
eps
all
thes
e ka
rate
fa
nati
cs,
thes
e D
IY,
fish
ing,
or
myc
olog
y fr
eaks
goi
ng?
Wha
t,
if n
ot t
he n
eed
to f
ill u
p so
me
tota
lly i
dle
tim
e, t
o re
cons
titu
te
thei
r la
bor
powe
r or
“he
alth
cap
ital
”? M
ost r
ecre
atio
nal a
ctiv
itie
s co
uld
easi
ly b
e st
ripp
ed o
f the
ir a
bsur
dity
and
bec
ome
som
ethi
ng
else
. B
oxin
g ha
s no
t al
ways
bee
n lim
ited
to
the
stag
ing
of
spec
tacu
lar
mat
ches
. A
t th
e be
ginn
ing
of t
he 2
0th
cen
tury
, as
C
hina
was
car
ved
up b
y ho
rdes
of
colo
nist
s an
d st
arve
d by
long
dr
ough
ts, h
undr
eds
of th
ousa
nds
of it
s po
or p
easa
nts
orga
nize
d th
emse
lves
int
o co
untle
ss o
pen-
air
boxi
ng c
lubs
, in
ord
er t
o ta
ke b
ack
what
the
col
onis
ts a
nd t
he r
ich
had
take
n fr
om t
hem
. T
his
was
the
Box
er R
ebel
lion.
It’s
nev
er t
oo e
arly
to
lear
n an
d pr
acti
ce w
hat
less
pac
ifie
d, l
ess
pred
icta
ble
tim
es m
ight
req
uire
of
us.
Our
dep
ende
nce
on t
he m
etro
polis
– o
n it
s m
edic
ine,
it
s ag
ricu
lture
, it
s po
lice
– is
so
grea
t at
pre
sent
tha
t we
can
’t at
tack
it
with
out
putt
ing
ours
elve
s in
dan
ger.
An
unsp
oken
aw
aren
ess
of t
his
vuln
erab
ility
acc
ount
s fo
r th
e sp
onta
neou
s se
lf-l
imit
atio
n of
tod
ay’s
soci
al m
ovem
ents
, an
d ex
plai
ns o
ur
fear
of
cris
es a
nd o
ur d
esir
e fo
r “s
ecur
ity.”
It’s
for
thi
s re
ason
th
at s
trik
es h
ave
usua
lly t
rade
d th
e pr
ospe
ct o
f re
volu
tion
for
a
retu
rn t
o no
rmal
cy.
Esc
apin
g th
is f
ate
calls
for
a l
ong
and
cons
iste
nt p
roce
ss o
f ap
pren
tice
ship
, an
d fo
r m
ulti
ple,
mas
sive
ex
peri
men
ts.
It’s
a qu
esti
on o
f kn
owin
g ho
w to
fig
ht,
to p
ick
lock
s, t
o se
t br
oken
bon
es a
nd t
reat
sic
knes
ses;
how
to
build
a
pira
te r
adio
tra
nsm
itte
r; h
ow t
o se
t up
str
eet
kitc
hens
; ho
w to
ai
m s
trai
ght;
how
to
gath
er t
oget
her
scat
tere
d kn
owle
dge
and
set
up w
arti
me
agro
nom
ics;
und
erst
and
plan
kton
bio
logy
; so
il co
mpo
siti
on;
stud
y th
e wa
y pl
ants
inte
ract
; ge
t to
know
pos
sibl
e us
es f
or a
nd c
onne
ctio
ns w
ith
our
imm
edia
te e
nvir
onm
ent
as
well
as t
he l
imit
s we
can
’t go
bey
ond
with
out
exha
usti
ng i
t. W
e m
ust
star
t to
day,
in
prep
arat
ion
for
the
days
whe
n we
’ll n
eed
mor
e th
an ju
st a
sym
bolic
por
tion
of o
ur n
ouri
shm
ent a
nd c
are.
22Seco
nd
Cir
cle
“Ent
erta
inm
ent
is a
vit
al n
eed”
A
gov
ernm
ent
that
dec
lare
s a
stat
e of
em
erge
ncy
agai
nst
fift
een-
year
-old
ki
ds.
A
coun
try
that
ta
kes
refu
ge
in
the
arm
s of
a f
ootb
all
team
. A
cop
in
a ho
spit
al b
ed,
com
plai
ning
abo
ut b
eing
the
vic
tim
of
“vio
lenc
e.”
A c
ity
coun
cilw
oman
iss
uing
a d
ecre
e ag
ains
t th
e bu
ildin
g of
tr
ee h
ouse
s. T
wo t
en y
ear
olds
, in
Che
lles,
cha
rged
wit
h bu
rnin
g do
wn a
vid
eo g
ame
arca
de.
Thi
s er
a ex
cels
in
a ce
rtai
n si
tuat
ion
of t
he g
rote
sque
tha
t se
ems
to e
scap
e it
ev
ery
tim
e. T
he tr
uth
is th
at th
e pl
aint
ive,
indi
gnan
t ton
es
of th
e ne
ws m
edia
are
una
ble
to s
tifl
e th
e bu
rst o
f lau
ghte
r th
at w
elco
mes
thes
e he
adlin
es.
A b
urst
of
laug
hter
is
the
only
app
ropr
iate
res
pons
e to
al
l the
ser
ious
“qu
esti
ons”
pos
ed b
y ne
ws a
naly
sts.
To
take
th
e m
ost
bana
l: t
here
is
no “
imm
igra
tion
que
stio
n.”
Who
st
ill g
rows
up
wher
e th
ey w
ere
born
? W
ho li
ves
wher
e th
ey
grew
up?
Who
wor
ks w
here
they
live
? W
ho li
ves w
here
thei
r an
cest
ors
did?
And
to
whom
do
the
child
ren
of t
his
era
belo
ng,
to t
elev
isio
n or
the
ir p
aren
ts?
The
tru
th i
s th
at
we h
ave
been
com
plet
ely
torn
fro
m a
ny b
elon
ging
, we
are
no
lon
ger
from
any
wher
e, a
nd t
he r
esul
t, i
n ad
diti
on t
o a
new
disp
osit
ion
to t
ouri
sm,
is a
n un
deni
able
suf
feri
ng.
Our
his
tory
is o
ne o
f col
oniz
atio
ns, o
f mig
rati
ons,
of w
ars,
of
exi
les,
of
the
dest
ruct
ion
of a
ll ro
ots.
It’s
the
sto
ry o
f ev
eryt
hing
that
has
mad
e us
fore
igne
rs in
this
wor
ld, g
uest
s in
our
own
fam
ily.
We
have
bee
n ex
prop
riat
ed f
rom
our
ow
n la
ngua
ge b
y ed
ucat
ion,
fro
m o
ur s
ongs
by
real
ity
TV
co
ntes
ts,
from
our
fle
sh b
y m
ass
porn
ogra
phy,
fro
m o
ur
23
city
by
the
polic
e, a
nd fr
om o
ur fr
iend
s by
wag
e-la
bor.
To
this
we
shou
ld a
dd,
in F
ranc
e, t
he f
eroc
ious
and
sec
ular
wo
rk o
f in
divi
dual
izat
ion
by t
he p
ower
of
the
stat
e, t
hat
clas
sifi
es,
com
pare
s, d
isci
plin
es a
nd s
epar
ates
its
sub
ject
s st
arti
ng f
rom
a v
ery
youn
g ag
e, t
hat
inst
inct
ivel
y gr
inds
do
wn a
ny s
olid
arit
ies
that
esc
ape
it u
ntil
noth
ing
rem
ains
ex
cept
cit
izen
ship
– a
pur
e, p
hant
asm
ic se
nse
of b
elon
ging
to
the
Rep
ublic
. T
he F
renc
hman
, m
ore
than
any
one
else
, is
the
em
bodi
men
t of
the
dis
poss
esse
d, t
he d
esti
tute
. H
is
hatr
ed o
f fo
reig
ners
is
base
d on
his
hat
red
of h
imse
lf a
s a
fore
igner
. T
he m
ixtu
re o
f je
alou
sy a
nd f
ear
he f
eels
tow
ard
the
“cité
s”9 e
xpre
sses
not
hing
but
his
res
entm
ent
for
all h
e ha
s lo
st.
He
can’
t he
lp e
nvyi
ng t
hese
so-
calle
d “p
robl
em”
neig
hbor
hood
s whe
re th
ere
still
per
sist
s a b
it o
f com
mun
al
life,
a
few
links
be
twee
n be
ings
, so
me
solid
arit
ies
not
cont
rolle
d by
the
sta
te,
an i
nfor
mal
eco
nom
y, a
n or
gani
zati
on t
hat
is n
ot y
et d
etac
hed
from
tho
se w
ho
orga
nize
. We
have
arr
ived
at a
poi
nt o
f pri
vati
on w
here
the
only
way
to fe
el F
renc
h is
to c
urse
the
imm
igra
nts a
nd th
ose
who
are
mor
e vis
ibly
fore
ign.
In t
his
coun
try,
the
im
mig
rant
s as
sum
e a
curi
ous
posi
tion
of
sove
reig
nty:
if th
ey w
eren
’t he
re,
the F
renc
h m
ight s
top
exist
ing.
Fra
nce
is a
pro
duct
of
its
scho
ols,
and
not
the
inve
rse.
W
e liv
e in
an
exce
ssiv
ely
scho
last
ic c
ount
ry,
wher
e on
e re
mem
bers
pas
sing
an
exam
as a
sort
of l
ife
pass
age.
Whe
re
reti
red
peop
le s
till
tell
you
abou
t th
eir
failu
re,
fort
y ye
ars
earl
ier,
in
such
and
suc
h an
exa
m,
and
how
it s
crew
ed u
p th
eir
whol
e ca
reer
, th
eir
whol
e lif
e. F
or a
cen
tury
and
a
half
, the
nat
iona
l sch
ool s
yste
m h
as b
een
prod
ucin
g a
type
of
sta
te s
ubje
ctiv
ity
that
sta
nds
out
amon
gst
all
othe
rs.
Peop
le w
ho a
ccep
t co
mpe
titi
on o
n th
e co
ndit
ion
that
the
pl
ayin
g fi
eld
is l
evel
. W
ho e
xpec
t in
lif
e th
at e
ach
pers
on
be r
ewar
ded
as in
a c
onte
st, a
ccor
ding
to th
eir
mer
it. W
ho
alwa
ys a
sk p
erm
issi
on b
efor
e ta
king
. W
ho s
ilent
ly r
espe
ct
cultu
re,
the
rule
s, a
nd t
hose
wit
h th
e be
st g
rade
s. E
ven
thei
r at
tach
men
t to
the
ir g
reat
, cr
itic
al i
ntel
lect
uals
and
9. c
ité –
a h
ousi
ng p
roje
ct, t
ypic
ally
in im
pove
rish
ed a
reas
like
the
banl
ieues
.
70we
can
follo
w at
our
leis
ure,
to th
eir
ends
, unt
il we
see
them
cro
ss
with
oth
ers.
Plun
der,
culti
vate,
fabr
icate
So
me
fo
rm
er
M
eta
lE
ur
op e
mplo
ye
es b
ecom
e ba
nk r
obbe
rs
rath
er p
riso
n gu
ards
. So
me
ED
F em
ploy
ees
show
fri
ends
and
fa
mily
how
to
rig
the
elec
tric
ity
met
ers.
Com
mod
itie
s th
at “
fell
off
the
back
of
a tr
uck”
are
sol
d le
ft a
nd r
ight
. A
wor
ld t
hat
so
open
ly p
rocl
aim
s it
s cy
nici
sm c
an’t
expe
ct m
uch
loya
lty f
rom
pr
olet
aria
ns.
On
the
one
hand
, a
com
mun
e ca
n’t
bank
on
the
“wel
fare
st
ate”
bei
ng a
roun
d fo
reve
r, a
nd o
n th
e ot
her,
it
can’
t co
unt
on l
ivin
g fo
r lo
ng o
ff s
hopl
ifti
ng,
nigh
ttim
e du
mps
ter
divi
ng
at s
uper
mar
kets
or
in t
he w
areh
ouse
s of
the
ind
ustr
ial
zone
s,
mis
dire
ctin
g go
vern
men
t su
bsid
ies,
ri
ppin
g of
f in
sura
nce
com
pani
es a
nd o
ther
fra
uds,
in
a wo
rd:
plun
der.
So
it h
as t
o co
nsid
er h
ow t
o co
ntin
ually
inc
reas
e th
e le
vel
and
scop
e of
its
se
lf-o
rgan
izat
ion.
Not
hing
wou
ld b
e m
ore
logi
cal t
han
usin
g th
e la
thes
, m
illin
g m
achi
nes,
and
pho
toco
pier
s so
ld a
t a
disc
ount
af
ter
a fa
ctor
y cl
osur
e to
supp
ort a
con
spir
acy
agai
nst c
omm
odit
y so
ciet
y.T
he f
eelin
g of
im
min
ent
colla
pse
is e
very
wher
e so
str
ong
thes
e da
ys t
hat
it w
ould
be
hard
to
enum
erat
e al
l of
the
curr
ent
expe
rim
ents
in
m
atte
rs
of
cons
truc
tion
, en
ergy
, m
ater
ials
, ill
egal
ity
or
agri
cultu
re.
The
re’s
a wh
ole
set
of
skill
s an
d te
chni
ques
jus
t wa
itin
g to
be
plun
dere
d an
d ri
pped
fro
m t
heir
hu
man
isti
c, s
tree
t-cu
lture
, or
eco
-fri
endl
y tr
appi
ngs.
Yet
thi
s gr
oup
of e
xper
imen
ts is
but
one
par
t of a
ll of
the
intu
itio
ns, t
he
know
-how
, and
the
inge
nuit
y fo
und
in s
lum
s th
at w
ill h
ave
to b
e de
ploy
ed if
we
inte
nd to
rep
opul
ate
the
met
ropo
litan
des
ert a
nd
ensu
re th
e vi
abili
ty o
f an
insu
rrec
tion
bey
ond
its
firs
t sta
ges.
How
will
we
com
mun
icat
e an
d m
ove
abou
t du
ring
a t
otal
in
terr
upti
on o
f th
e fl
ows?
How
will
we
rest
ore
food
pro
duct
ion
in r
ural
are
as t
o th
e po
int
wher
e th
ey c
an o
nce
agai
n su
ppor
t th
e po
pula
tion
den
sity
that
they
had
six
ty y
ears
ago
? H
ow w
ill w
e tr
ansf
orm
con
cret
e sp
aces
into
urb
an v
eget
able
gar
dens
, as C
uba
has
done
in o
rder
to w
iths
tand
bot
h th
e A
mer
ican
em
barg
o an
d th
e liq
uida
tion
of t
he U
SSR
?
69
GE
T O
RG
AN
IZE
D
Get
orga
nize
d in
ord
er to
no
long
er h
ave t
o wo
rk W
e kn
ow t
hat
indi
vidu
als
are
poss
esse
d of
so
little
life
tha
t th
ey
have
to ea
rn a
livin
g, to
sell
thei
r ti
me
in e
xcha
nge
for
a m
odic
um o
f so
cial
exi
sten
ce. P
erso
nal t
ime
for
soci
al e
xist
ence
: su
ch is
wor
k,
such
is
the
mar
ket.
Fro
m t
he o
utse
t, t
he t
ime
of t
he c
omm
une
elud
es w
ork,
it
does
n’t
func
tion
acc
ordi
ng t
o th
at s
chem
e -
it
pref
ers
othe
rs.
Gro
ups
of A
rgen
tine
piq
ueter
os c
olle
ctiv
ely
exto
rt
a so
rt o
f lo
cal w
elfa
re c
ondi
tion
ed b
y a
few
hour
s of
wor
k; t
hey
don’
t cl
ock
thei
r ho
urs,
the
y pu
t th
eir
bene
fits
in
com
mon
an
d ac
quir
e cl
othi
ng w
orks
hops
, a
bake
ry,
putt
ing
in p
lace
the
ga
rden
s th
at th
ey n
eed.
T
he c
omm
une
need
s m
oney
, bu
t no
t be
caus
e we
nee
d to
ea
rn a
liv
ing.
All
com
mun
es h
ave
thei
r bl
ack
mar
kets
. T
here
ar
e pl
enty
of
hust
les.
Asi
de f
rom
wel
fare
, th
ere
are
vari
ous
bene
fits
, di
sabi
lity
mon
ey,
accu
mul
ated
stu
dent
aid
, su
bsid
ies
draw
n of
f fi
ctit
ious
chi
ldbi
rths
, al
l ki
nds
of t
raff
icki
ng,
and
so
man
y ot
her
mea
ns t
hat
aris
e wi
th e
very
mut
atio
n of
con
trol
. It
’s no
t fo
r us
to
defe
nd t
hem
, or
to
inst
all
ours
elve
s in
the
se
tem
pora
ry s
helte
rs o
r to
pre
serv
e th
em a
s a
priv
ilege
for
tho
se
in th
e kn
ow.
The
impo
rtan
t thi
ng is
to c
ulti
vate
and
spr
ead
this
ne
cess
ary d
ispo
siti
on to
ward
s fra
ud, a
nd to
shar
e it
s inn
ovat
ions
. Fo
r co
mm
unes
, the
que
stio
n of
wor
k is
onl
y po
sed
in r
elat
ion
to
othe
r al
read
y ex
isti
ng i
ncom
es.
And
we
shou
ldn’
t fo
rget
all
the
usef
ul k
nowl
edge
tha
t ca
n be
acq
uire
d th
roug
h ce
rtai
n tr
ades
, pr
ofes
sion
s an
d we
ll-po
siti
oned
jobs
. T
he
ex
ig
en
cy
of t
he
co
mm
un
e is
to fr
ee u
p th
e m
ost t
ime
for
the
mos
t pe
ople
. A
nd w
e’re
not
jus
t ta
lkin
g ab
out
the
num
ber o
f ho
urs f
ree
of a
ny w
age-
labo
r ex
ploi
tati
on.
Lib
erat
ed ti
me
does
n’t
mea
n a
vaca
tion
. Va
cant
tim
e, d
ead
tim
e, th
e ti
me
of e
mpt
ines
s an
d th
e fe
ar o
f em
ptin
ess
– th
is i
s th
e ti
me
of w
ork.
The
re w
ill
be n
o m
ore
tim
e to
fill,
but
a li
bera
tion
of e
nerg
y th
at n
o “t
ime”
co
ntai
ns;
lines
tha
t ta
ke s
hape
, th
at a
ccen
tuat
e ea
ch o
ther
, th
at
24thei
r re
ject
ion
of c
apit
alis
m a
re b
rand
ed b
y th
is l
ove
of
scho
ol.
It’s
this
con
stru
ctio
n of
sub
ject
ivit
ies
by t
he s
tate
th
at i
s br
eaki
ng d
own,
eve
ry d
ay a
lit
tle m
ore,
wit
h th
e de
clin
e of
the
sch
olar
ly i
nsti
tuti
ons.
The
rea
ppea
ranc
e,
over
the
pas
t tw
enty
yea
rs,
of a
sch
ool
and
a cu
lture
of
the
stre
et,
in c
ompe
titi
on w
ith
the
scho
ol o
f th
e re
publ
ic
and
its
card
boar
d cu
lture
, is
the
mos
t pr
ofou
nd t
raum
a th
at F
renc
h un
iver
salis
m is
pre
sent
ly u
nder
goin
g. O
n th
is
poin
t, th
e ex
trem
e ri
ght i
s alr
eady
rec
onci
led
with
the
mos
t vi
rule
nt l
eft.
How
ever
, th
e na
me
Jule
s Fe
rry
– M
inis
ter
of T
hier
s du
ring
the
cru
shin
g of
the
Com
mun
e an
d th
eore
tici
an o
f co
loni
zati
on –
sho
uld
itse
lf b
e en
ough
to
rend
er th
is in
stit
utio
n su
spec
t.10
Whe
n we
see
tea
cher
s fr
om s
ome
“cit
izen
s’ vi
gila
nce
com
mit
tee”
com
e on
the
eve
ning
new
s to
whi
ne a
bout
so
meo
ne b
urni
ng d
own
their
sch
ool,
we
rem
embe
r ho
w m
any
tim
es,
as c
hild
ren,
we
drea
med
of
doin
g ex
actly
th
is.
Whe
n we
hea
r a
left
ist
inte
llect
ual
blab
beri
ng a
bout
th
e ba
rbar
ism
of
grou
ps o
f ki
ds h
aras
sing
pas
sers
by i
n th
e st
reet
, sh
oplif
ting
, bu
rnin
g ca
rs,
and
play
ing
cat
and
mou
se w
ith
riot
pol
ice,
we
rem
embe
r wh
at t
hey
said
ab
out
the
grea
sers
in
the
50s
or,
bett
er,
the
apac
hes
in
the
“Bel
le É
poqu
e”:
“The
gen
eric
nam
e ap
ache
s,” w
rite
s a
judg
e at
the
Sei
ne t
ribu
nal i
n 19
07,
“ha
s fo
r th
e pa
st f
ew
year
s be
en a
way
of
desi
gnat
ing
all d
ange
rous
ind
ivid
uals
, en
emie
s of
soc
iety
, wi
thou
t na
tion
or
fam
ily,
dese
rter
s of
al
l du
ties
, re
ady
for
the
mos
t au
daci
ous
conf
ront
atio
ns,
and
for
any
sort
of
atta
ck o
n pe
rson
s an
d pr
oper
ties
.”
The
se g
angs
who
fle
e wo
rk,
who
adop
t th
e na
mes
of
thei
r ne
ighb
orho
ods,
and
con
fron
t the
pol
ice
are
the
nigh
tmar
e of
the
goo
d, i
ndiv
idua
lized
Fre
nch
citi
zen:
the
y em
body
ev
eryt
hing
he
has
reno
unce
d, a
ll th
e po
ssib
le j
oy h
e wi
ll ne
ver
expe
rien
ce.
The
re i
s so
met
hing
im
pert
inen
t ab
out
exist
ing
in a
cou
ntry
whe
re a
chi
ld s
ingi
ng a
s sh
e pl
ease
s is
in
evit
ably
sile
nced
wit
h a
“sto
p, y
ou’r
e go
ing
to s
tir
thin
gs
10. T
he F
erry
laws
– fo
undi
ng F
ranc
e’s
secu
lar
and
repu
blic
an s
yste
m o
f edu
ca-
tion
– w
ere
nam
ed a
fter
Jul
es F
erry
who
init
ially
pro
pose
d th
em in
188
1.
25
up,”
whe
re sc
hola
stic
cas
trat
ion
unle
ashe
s flo
ods o
f pol
iced
em
ploy
ees.
The
aur
a th
at p
ersi
sts a
roun
d M
esri
ne11 h
as le
ss
to d
o wi
th h
is u
prig
htne
ss a
nd h
is a
udac
ity
than
wit
h th
e fa
ct t
hat
he t
ook
it u
pon
him
self
to
enac
t ve
ngea
nce
on
what
we
shou
ld a
ll av
enge
. O
r ra
ther
, of
wha
t we
sho
uld
aven
ge
dire
ctly,
wh
en
inst
ead
we
cont
inue
to
he
sita
te
and
defe
r en
dles
sly.
Bec
ause
the
re i
s no
dou
bt t
hat
in a
th
ousa
nd i
mpe
rcep
tibl
e an
d un
derc
over
way
s, i
n al
l so
rts
of s
land
erou
s re
mar
ks,
in e
very
spi
tefu
l lit
tle e
xpre
ssio
n an
d ve
nom
ous
polit
enes
s, t
he F
renc
hman
con
tinu
es t
o av
enge
, pe
rman
ently
and
aga
inst
eve
ryon
e, t
he f
act
that
he
’s re
sign
ed h
imse
lf t
o be
ing
tram
pled
ove
r. I
t wa
s ab
out
tim
e th
at fu
ck th
e po
lice!
rep
lace
d ye
s sir,
offi
cer!
In
this
sen
se,
the
un-n
uanc
ed h
osti
lity
of c
erta
in g
angs
onl
y ex
pres
ses,
in
a s
light
ly l
ess
muf
fled
way
, th
e po
ison
ous
atm
osph
ere,
th
e ro
tten
spi
rit,
the
desi
re fo
r a
salv
atio
nal d
estr
ucti
on in
wh
ich
the
coun
try
is c
ompl
etel
y co
nsum
ed.
To c
all t
his p
opul
atio
n of
stra
nger
s in
the
mid
st o
f whi
ch
we li
ve “
soci
ety”
is su
ch a
n us
urpa
tion
that
eve
n so
ciol
ogis
ts
drea
m o
f re
noun
cing
a c
once
pt t
hat
was,
for
a c
entu
ry,
thei
r br
ead
and
butt
er. N
ow th
ey p
refe
r th
e m
etap
hor
of a
ne
twor
k to
des
crib
e th
e co
nnec
tion
of
cybe
rnet
ic s
olit
udes
, th
e in
term
eshi
ng o
f we
ak i
nter
acti
ons
unde
r na
mes
lik
e “c
olle
ague
,” “
cont
act,”
“bu
ddy,”
“ac
quai
ntan
ce,”
or
“dat
e.”
Such
net
work
s so
met
imes
con
dens
e in
to a
mili
eu,
wher
e no
thin
g is
sha
red
but
code
s, a
nd w
here
not
hing
is
play
ed
out e
xcep
t the
ince
ssan
t rec
ompo
siti
on o
f ide
ntit
y.It
wou
ld b
e a
wast
e of
tim
e to
det
ail
all
that
whi
ch
is a
goni
zing
in
exis
ting
soc
ial
rela
tion
s. T
hey
say
the
fam
ily i
s co
min
g ba
ck,
that
the
cou
ple
is c
omin
g ba
ck.
But
the
fam
ily t
hat’s
com
ing
back
is
not
the
sam
e on
e th
at w
ent
away
. It
s re
turn
is
noth
ing
but
a de
epen
ing
of
the
reig
ning
sep
arat
ion
that
it
serv
es t
o m
ask,
bec
omin
g wh
at i
t is
thr
ough
thi
s m
asqu
erad
e. E
very
one
can
test
ify
to t
he r
atio
ns o
f sa
dnes
s co
nden
sed
from
yea
r to
yea
r in
11.
A le
gend
ary
Fren
ch o
utla
w, 1
936-
1979
68that
will
dis
plac
e th
e in
stit
utio
ns o
f so
ciet
y: f
amily
, sc
hool
, un
ion,
spo
rts
club
, et
c. C
omm
unes
tha
t ar
en’t
afra
id,
beyo
nd
thei
r sp
ecif
ical
ly p
olit
ical
act
ivit
ies,
to
orga
nize
the
mse
lves
for
th
e m
ater
ial a
nd m
oral
sur
viva
l of e
ach
of th
eir
mem
bers
and
of
all t
hose
aro
und
them
who
rem
ain
adri
ft. C
omm
unes
that
wou
ld
not d
efin
e th
emse
lves
– a
s col
lect
ives
tend
to d
o -
by w
hat’s
insi
de
and
what
’s ou
tsid
e th
em,
but
by t
he d
ensi
ty o
f th
e ti
es a
t th
eir
core
. N
ot b
y th
eir
mem
bers
hip,
but
by
the
spir
it t
hat
anim
ates
th
em.
A c
omm
une
form
s ev
ery
tim
e a
few
peop
le,
free
d of
the
ir
indi
vidu
al s
trai
tjack
ets,
dec
ide
to r
ely
only
on
them
selv
es a
nd
mea
sure
the
ir s
tren
gth
agai
nst
real
ity.
Eve
ry w
ildca
t st
rike
is
a co
mm
une;
eve
ry b
uild
ing
occu
pied
col
lect
ivel
y an
d on
a
clea
r ba
sis
is a
com
mun
e, t
he a
ctio
n co
mm
itte
es o
f 19
68 w
ere
com
mun
es,
as w
ere
the
slav
e m
aroo
ns i
n th
e U
nite
d St
ates
, or
R
adio
Alic
e in
Bol
ogna
in 1
977.
Eve
ry c
omm
une
seek
s to
be
its
own
base
. It
see
ks t
o di
ssol
ve t
he q
uest
ion
of n
eeds
. It
see
ks t
o br
eak
all
econ
omic
dep
ende
ncy
and
all
polit
ical
sub
juga
tion
; it
de
gene
rate
s in
to a
mili
eu t
he m
omen
t it
los
es c
onta
ct w
ith
the
trut
hs o
n wh
ich
it is
fou
nded
. T
here
are
all
kind
s of
com
mun
es
that
wai
t nei
ther
for
the
num
bers
nor
the
mea
ns to
get
org
aniz
ed,
and
even
less
for
the
“rig
ht m
omen
t” –
whi
ch n
ever
arr
ives
.
67
enco
unte
r ca
n on
ly b
e re
aliz
ed o
utsi
de t
he o
rgan
izat
ion
and,
un
avoi
dabl
y, a
t odd
s wi
th it
. Fa
r m
ore
drea
dful
are
socia
l mili
eus,
with
the
ir s
uppl
e te
xtur
e,
thei
r go
ssip
, an
d th
eir
info
rmal
hie
rarc
hies
. Fl
ee a
ll m
ilieu
s.
Eac
h an
d ev
ery
mili
eu i
s or
ient
ated
tow
ards
the
neu
tral
izat
ion
of s
ome
trut
h.
Lit
erar
y ci
rcle
s ex
ist
to s
mot
her
the
clar
ity
of
writ
ing.
Ana
rchi
st m
ilieu
s to
blu
nt t
he d
irec
tnes
s of
dir
ect
acti
on.
Scie
ntif
ic m
ilieu
s to
wit
hhol
d th
e im
plic
atio
ns o
f th
eir
rese
arch
fro
m t
he m
ajor
ity
of p
eopl
e to
day.
Spo
rt m
ilieu
s to
co
ntai
n in
thei
r gy
ms t
he va
riou
s for
ms o
f lif
e th
ey sh
ould
cre
ate.
Pa
rtic
ular
ly t
o be
avo
ided
are
the
cul
tura
l an
d ac
tivi
st c
ircl
es.
The
y ar
e th
e ol
d pe
ople
’s ho
mes
whe
re a
ll re
volu
tion
ary
desi
res
trad
itio
nally
go
to d
ie.
The
tas
k of
cul
tura
l ci
rcle
s is
to
spot
na
scen
t int
ensi
ties
and
to e
xpla
in a
way
the
sens
e of
wha
teve
r it
is
you’
re d
oing
, whi
le th
e ta
sk o
f act
ivis
t cir
cles
is to
sap
your
ene
rgy
for
doin
g it
. Act
ivis
t mili
eus s
prea
d th
eir
diff
use
web
thro
ugho
ut
the
Fren
ch t
erri
tory
, an
d ar
e en
coun
tere
d on
the
pat
h of
eve
ry
revo
luti
onar
y de
velo
pmen
t. T
hey
offe
r no
thin
g bu
t th
e st
ory
of
thei
r m
any
defe
ats a
nd th
e bi
tter
ness
thes
e ha
ve p
rodu
ced.
The
ir
exha
usti
on h
as m
ade
them
inc
apab
le o
f se
izin
g th
e po
ssib
iliti
es
of t
he p
rese
nt.
Bes
ides
, to
nur
ture
the
ir w
retc
hed
pass
ivit
y th
ey
talk
far
too
muc
h an
d th
is m
akes
them
unr
elia
ble
when
it c
omes
to
the
pol
ice.
Jus
t as
it’s
use
less
to
expe
ct a
nyth
ing
from
the
m,
it’s
stup
id t
o be
dis
appo
inte
d by
the
ir s
cler
osis
. It
’s be
st t
o ju
st
aban
don
this
dea
d we
ight
.A
ll m
ilieu
s ar
e co
unte
r-re
volu
tion
ary
beca
use
they
are
onl
y co
ncer
ned
with
the
pres
erva
tion
of t
heir
sad
com
fort
. Fo
rm co
mm
unes
C
om
mu
ne
s c
om
e in
to
b
ein
g w
hen
peop
le f
ind
each
oth
er,
get
on w
ith
each
oth
er,
and
deci
de o
n a
com
mon
pat
h. T
he
com
mun
e is
per
haps
wha
t get
s de
cide
d at
the
very
mom
ent w
hen
we w
ould
nor
mal
ly p
art
ways
. It
’s th
e jo
y of
an
enco
unte
r th
at
surv
ives
its
expe
cted
end
. It’s
wha
t mak
es u
s sa
y “w
e,”
and
mak
es
that
an
even
t. W
hat’s
str
ange
isn’
t tha
t peo
ple
who
are
attu
ned
to
each
oth
er fo
rm c
omm
unes
, but
that
they
rem
ain
sepa
rate
d. W
hy
shou
ldn’
t co
mm
unes
pro
lifer
ate
ever
ywhe
re?
In e
very
fac
tory
, ev
ery
stre
et,
ever
y vi
llage
, ev
ery
scho
ol.
At
long
las
t, t
he r
eign
of
the
bas
e co
mm
itte
es!
Com
mun
es t
hat
acce
pt b
eing
wha
t th
ey
are,
whe
re th
ey a
re. A
nd if
pos
sibl
e, a
mul
tipl
icit
y of
com
mun
es
26fam
ily
gath
erin
gs,
the
forc
ed
smile
s,
the
awkw
ardn
ess
of s
eein
g ev
eryo
ne p
rete
ndin
g in
vai
n, t
he f
eelin
g th
at a
co
rpse
is
lyin
g th
ere
on t
he t
able
, an
d ev
eryo
ne a
ctin
g as
th
ough
it
were
not
hing
. Fr
om f
lirta
tion
to
divo
rce,
fro
m
coha
bita
tion
to
step
fam
ilies
, ev
eryo
ne f
eels
the
ina
nity
of
the
sad
fam
ily n
ucle
us,
but
mos
t se
em t
o be
lieve
tha
t it
wou
ld b
e sa
dder
sti
ll to
ren
ounc
e it
. T
he f
amily
is
no
long
er s
o m
uch
the
suff
ocat
ion
of m
ater
nal c
ontr
ol o
r th
e pa
tria
rchy
of
beat
ings
as
it i
s th
is i
nfan
tile
aba
ndon
to
a fu
zzy d
epen
denc
y, w
here
eve
ryth
ing
is fa
mili
ar, t
his c
aref
ree
mom
ent
in t
he f
ace
of a
wor
ld t
hat
nobo
dy c
an d
eny
is
brea
king
dow
n, a
wor
ld w
here
“be
com
ing
self
-suf
fici
ent”
is
a e
uphe
mis
m f
or “
havi
ng f
ound
a b
oss.
” T
hey
want
to
use
the
“fam
iliar
ity”
of t
he b
iolo
gica
l fam
ily a
s an
excu
se to
ea
t awa
y at
any
thin
g th
at b
urns
pas
sion
atel
y wi
thin
us
and,
un
der
the
pret
ext
that
the
y ra
ised
us,
mak
e us
ren
ounc
e th
e po
ssib
ility
of
grow
ing
up,
as w
ell
as e
very
thin
g th
at i
s se
riou
s in
chi
ldho
od.
It i
s ne
cess
ary
to p
rese
rve
ones
elf
from
suc
h co
rros
ion.
T
he c
oupl
e is
lik
e th
e fi
nal
stag
e of
the
gre
at s
ocia
l de
bacl
e. I
t’s t
he o
asis
in
the
mid
dle
of t
he h
uman
des
ert.
U
nder
the
aus
pice
s of
“in
tim
acy,”
we
com
e to
it
look
ing
for
ever
ythi
ng th
at h
as so
obv
ious
ly d
eser
ted
cont
empo
rary
so
cial
rel
atio
ns:
warm
th,
sim
plic
ity,
tru
th,
a lif
e wi
thou
t th
eate
r or
spe
ctat
or.
But
onc
e th
e ro
man
tic
high
has
pa
ssed
, “i
ntim
acy”
str
ips
itse
lf b
are:
it
is i
tsel
f a
soci
al
inve
ntio
n, i
t sp
eaks
the
lan
guag
e of
gla
mou
r m
agaz
ines
an
d ps
ycho
logy
; lik
e ev
eryt
hing
els
e, it
is b
olst
ered
wit
h so
m
any
stra
tegi
es t
o th
e po
int
of n
ause
a. T
here
is
no m
ore
trut
h he
re t
han
else
wher
e; h
ere
too
lies
and
the
laws
of
estr
ange
men
t dom
inat
e. A
nd w
hen,
by
good
for
tune
, on
e di
scov
ers
this
tru
th,
it d
eman
ds a
sha
ring
tha
t be
lies
the
very
for
m o
f th
e co
uple
. W
hat
allo
ws b
eing
s to
lov
e ea
ch
othe
r is
als
o wh
at m
akes
them
lova
ble,
and
rui
ns th
e ut
opia
of
aut
ism
-for
-two
. I
n re
alit
y, t
he d
ecom
posi
tion
of
all
soci
al f
orm
s is
a
bles
sing
. It i
s fo
r us
the
idea
l con
diti
on fo
r a
wild
, mas
sive
27
expe
rim
enta
tion
wit
h ne
w ar
rang
emen
ts,
new
fide
litie
s.
The
fam
ous
“par
enta
l re
sign
atio
n” h
as i
mpo
sed
on u
s a
conf
ront
atio
n wi
th t
he w
orld
tha
t de
man
ds a
pre
coci
ous
luci
dity
, an
d fo
resh
adow
s lo
vely
re
volts
to
co
me.
In
th
e de
ath
of t
he c
oupl
e, w
e se
e th
e bi
rth
of t
roub
ling
form
s of
col
lect
ive
affe
ctiv
ity,
now
tha
t se
x is
all
used
up
and
mas
culin
ity
and
fem
inin
ity
para
de a
roun
d in
suc
h m
oth-
eate
n cl
othe
s, n
ow t
hat
thre
e de
cade
s of
non
-sto
p po
rnog
raph
ic i
nnov
atio
n ha
ve e
xhau
sted
all
the
allu
re o
f tr
ansg
ress
ion
and
liber
atio
n. W
e co
unt
on m
akin
g th
at
whic
h is
unc
ondi
tion
al i
n re
lati
onsh
ips
the
arm
or o
f a
polit
ical
sol
idar
ity
as im
pene
trab
le to
sta
te in
terf
eren
ce a
s a
gyps
y ca
mp.
T
here
is
no r
easo
n th
at t
he i
nter
min
able
su
bsid
ies
that
num
erou
s re
lati
ves
are
com
pelle
d to
off
load
on
to t
heir
pro
leta
rian
ized
pro
geny
can
’t be
com
e a
form
of
pat
rona
ge i
n fa
vor
of s
ocia
l su
bver
sion
. “B
ecom
ing
auto
nom
ous,
” co
uld
just
as
easi
ly m
ean
lear
ning
to
figh
t in
the
stre
et, t
o oc
cupy
em
pty
hous
es, t
o ce
ase
work
ing,
to
love
eac
h ot
her
mad
ly, a
nd to
sho
plif
t.
66
We
’v
e
be
en
g
iv
en
a
n
eu
tr
al
id
ea
o
f
fr
ie
nd
sh
ip,
unde
rsto
od a
s a
pure
aff
ecti
on w
ith
no c
onse
quen
ces.
But
all
affi
nity
is
affi
nity
with
in a
com
mon
tru
th.
Eve
ry e
ncou
nter
is
an
enco
unte
r wi
thin
a c
omm
on a
ffir
mat
ion,
eve
n th
e af
firm
atio
n of
de
stru
ctio
n. N
o bo
nds a
re in
noce
nt in
an
age
when
hol
ding
ont
o so
met
hing
and
ref
usin
g to
let g
o us
ually
lead
s to
unem
ploy
men
t,
wher
e yo
u ha
ve t
o lie
to
work
, an
d yo
u ha
ve t
o ke
ep o
n wo
rkin
g in
ord
er t
o co
ntin
ue l
ying
. Pe
ople
who
swe
ar b
y qu
antu
m
phys
ics
and
purs
ue i
ts c
onse
quen
ces
in a
ll do
mai
ns a
re n
o le
ss
boun
d po
litic
ally
than
com
rade
s fi
ghti
ng a
gain
st a
mul
tina
tion
al
agri
busi
ness
. T
hey
will
all
be l
ed,
soon
er o
r la
ter,
to
defe
ctio
n an
d to
com
bat.
The
pio
neer
s of t
he w
orke
rs’ m
ovem
ent w
ere
able
to fi
nd e
ach
othe
r in
the
wor
ksho
p, t
hen
in t
he f
acto
ry.
The
y ha
d th
e st
rike
to
sho
w th
eir
num
bers
and
unm
ask
the
scab
s. T
hey
had
the
wage
re
lati
on,
pitt
ing
the
part
y of
cap
ital
aga
inst
the
par
ty o
f la
bor,
on
whi
ch t
hey
coul
d dr
aw t
he l
ines
of
solid
arit
y an
d of
bat
tle
on a
glo
bal s
cale
. W
e ha
ve t
he w
hole
of
soci
al s
pace
in
whic
h to
fi
nd e
ach
othe
r. W
e ha
ve e
very
day
insu
bord
inat
ion
for
show
ing
our
num
bers
and
unm
aski
ng c
owar
ds.
We
have
our
hos
tilit
y to
th
is c
ivili
zati
on f
or d
rawi
ng li
nes
of s
olid
arit
y an
d of
bat
tle o
n a
glob
al s
cale
.
Expe
ct no
thin
g fro
m o
rgan
izatio
ns.
Bewa
re o
f all
exist
ing s
ocia
l mili
eus,
and
abov
e all,
don
’t be
com
e one
. It’s n
ot u
nc
om
mo
n, in
the
cour
se o
f a
sign
ific
ant b
reak
ing
of
the
soci
al b
ond,
to
cros
s pa
ths
with
org
aniz
atio
ns –
pol
itic
al,
labo
r, h
uman
itar
ian,
com
mun
ity
asso
ciat
ions
, etc
. Am
ong
thei
r m
embe
rs,
one
may
eve
n fi
nd i
ndiv
idua
ls w
ho a
re s
ince
re –
if
a lit
tle d
espe
rate
— w
ho a
re e
nthu
sias
tic
– if
a l
ittle
con
nivi
ng.
Org
aniz
atio
ns a
re a
ttra
ctiv
e du
e to
the
ir a
ppar
ent
cons
iste
ncy
– th
ey h
ave
a hi
stor
y, a
hea
d of
fice
, a
nam
e, r
esou
rces
, a
lead
er,
a st
rate
gy a
nd a
dis
cour
se. T
hey
are
none
thel
ess
empt
y st
ruct
ures
, wh
ich,
in
spit
e of
the
ir g
rand
ori
gins
, ca
n ne
ver
be f
illed
. In
al
l the
ir a
ffai
rs, a
t eve
ry le
vel,
thes
e or
gani
zati
ons
are
conc
erne
d ab
ove
all w
ith
thei
r ow
n su
rviv
al a
s or
gani
zati
ons,
and
litt
le e
lse.
T
heir
rep
eate
d be
tray
als
have
oft
en a
liena
ted
the
com
mit
men
t of
thei
r ow
n ra
nk a
nd fi
le. A
nd th
is is
why
you
can
, on
occa
sion
, ru
n in
to w
orth
y be
ings
wit
hin
them
. B
ut t
he p
rom
ise
of t
he
65
FIN
D E
AC
H O
THE
R
Atta
ch yo
urse
lf to
wha
t you
feel
to be
true
.Be
gin th
ere.
An
enco
unte
r, a
dis
cove
ry,
a va
st w
ave
of s
trik
es,
an e
arth
quak
e:
ever
y ev
ent
prod
uces
tru
th b
y ch
angi
ng o
ur w
ay o
f be
ing
in t
he
worl
d. C
onve
rsel
y, a
ny o
bser
vati
on t
hat
leav
es u
s in
diff
eren
t,
does
n’t
affe
ct u
s, d
oesn
’t co
mm
it u
s to
any
thin
g, n
o lo
nger
de
serv
es t
he n
ame
trut
h. T
here
’s a
trut
h be
neat
h ev
ery
gest
ure,
ev
ery
prac
tice
, eve
ry r
elat
ions
hip,
and
eve
ry si
tuat
ion.
We
usua
lly
just
avo
id i
t, m
anag
e it
, wh
ich
prod
uces
the
mad
ness
of
so m
any
in o
ur e
ra.
In
real
ity,
eve
ryth
ing
invo
lves
eve
ryth
ing
else
. T
he
feel
ing
that
one
is
livin
g a
lie i
s st
ill a
tru
th.
It i
s a
mat
ter
of
not
lett
ing
it g
o, o
f st
arti
ng f
rom
the
re.
A t
ruth
isn
’t a
view
on
the
worl
d bu
t wh
at b
inds
us
to i
t in
an
irre
duci
ble
way.
A t
ruth
is
n’t
som
ethi
ng w
e ho
ld b
ut s
omet
hing
tha
t ca
rrie
s us
. It
mak
es
and
unm
akes
me,
con
stit
utes
and
und
oes
me
as a
n in
divi
dual
; it
dis
tanc
es m
e fr
om m
any
and
brin
gs m
e cl
oser
to
thos
e wh
o al
so e
xper
ienc
e it
. A
n is
olat
ed b
eing
who
hol
ds f
ast
to a
tru
th
will
inev
itab
ly m
eet o
ther
s lik
e he
r. I
n fa
ct,
ever
y in
surr
ecti
onal
pr
oces
s st
arts
from
a tr
uth
that
we
refu
se to
giv
e up
. D
urin
g th
e 19
80s i
n H
ambu
rg, a
few
inha
bita
nts o
f a sq
uatt
ed h
ouse
dec
ided
th
at f
rom
the
n on
the
y wo
uld
only
be
evic
ted
over
the
ir d
ead
bodi
es.
A n
eigh
borh
ood
was
besi
eged
by
tank
s an
d he
licop
ters
, wi
th d
ays
of s
tree
t ba
ttle
s, h
uge
dem
onst
rati
ons
– an
d a
may
or
who,
fin
ally
, ca
pitu
late
d.
In 1
940
, G
eorg
es G
uing
ouin
, th
e “f
irst
Fre
nch
resi
stan
ce fi
ghte
r,”
star
ted
with
not
hing
oth
er th
an
the
cert
aint
y of
his
ref
usal
of
the
Naz
i occ
upat
ion.
At t
hat t
ime,
to
the
Com
mun
ist
Part
y, h
e wa
s no
thin
g bu
t a
“mad
man
liv
ing
in t
he w
oods
,” u
ntil
ther
e we
re 2
0,0
00
mad
men
liv
ing
in t
he
wood
s, a
nd L
imog
es w
as li
bera
ted.
Don’t
back
awa
y fro
m w
hat i
s pol
itica
l in
frien
dshi
p
28Thir
d C
ircl
e
“Lif
e, h
ealt
h a
nd
lo
ve a
re
pre
cari
ou
s –
wh
y sh
ou
ld
wo
rk b
e a
n e
xcep
tio
n?
” N
o qu
esti
on is
mor
e co
nfus
ed, i
n Fr
ance
, tha
n th
e qu
esti
on
of w
ork.
No
rela
tion
is
mor
e di
sfigu
red
than
the
one
be
twee
n th
e Fr
ench
and
wor
k. G
o to
And
alus
ia, t
o A
lger
ia,
to N
aple
s. T
hey d
espi
se w
ork,
pro
foun
dly.
Go
to G
erm
any,
to
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es,
to J
apan
. T
hey
reve
re w
ork.
Thi
ngs
are
chan
ging
, it
’s tr
ue.
The
re a
re p
lent
y of
ota
ku i
n Ja
pan,
fro
he A
rbeit
slose
in G
erm
any
and
work
ahol
ics in
And
alus
ia.
But
fo
r th
e ti
me
bein
g th
ese
are
only
cur
iosi
ties
. In
Fran
ce, w
e ge
t dow
n on
all
four
s to
clim
b th
e la
dder
s of h
iera
rchy
, but
pr
ivat
ely
flat
ter
ours
elve
s th
at w
e do
n’t
real
ly g
ive
a sh
it.
We
stay
at w
ork
unti
l ten
o’c
lock
in th
e ev
enin
g wh
en w
e’re
sw
ampe
d, b
ut w
e’ve
nev
er h
ad a
ny s
crup
les
abou
t st
ealin
g offi
ce s
uppl
ies
here
and
ther
e, o
r ca
rtin
g off
the
inve
ntor
y in
ord
er t
o re
sell
it l
ater
. W
e ha
te b
osse
s, b
ut w
e wa
nt t
o be
em
ploy
ed a
t an
y co
st.
To h
ave
a jo
b is
an
hono
r, y
et
work
ing
is a
sig
n of
ser
vilit
y. I
n sh
ort:
the
per
fect
clin
ical
ill
ustr
atio
n of
hys
teri
a. W
e lo
ve w
hile
hat
ing,
we
hate
whi
le
lovi
ng.
And
we
all
know
the
stu
por
and
conf
usio
n th
at
stri
ke t
he h
yste
ric
when
he
lose
s hi
s vi
ctim
— h
is m
aste
r.
Mor
e oft
en th
an n
ot, h
e do
es’n
t get
ove
r it
.
Thi
s ne
uros
is
is
the
foun
dati
on
upon
wh
ich
succ
essi
ve
gove
rnm
ents
cou
ld d
ecla
re w
ar o
n jo
bles
snes
s, p
rete
ndin
g to
wa
ge a
“ba
ttle
on
unem
ploy
men
t” w
hile
ex-
man
ager
s ca
mpe
d wi
th th
eir c
ell p
hone
s in
Red
Cro
ss sh
elte
rs a
long
the
bank
s of t
he
Sein
e. W
hile
the D
epar
tmen
t of L
abor
was
mas
sive
ly m
anip
ulat
ing
its
stat
isti
cs i
n or
der
to b
ring
une
mpl
oym
ent
num
bers
bel
ow
29
two
mill
ion.
Whi
le w
elfa
re c
heck
s an
d dr
ug d
ealin
g we
re t
he
only
gua
rant
ees,
as
the
Fren
ch s
tate
has
rec
ogni
zed,
aga
inst
the
po
ssib
ility
of
soci
al u
nres
t at
eac
h an
d ev
ery
mom
ent.
It
’s th
e ps
ychi
c ec
onom
y of
the
Fre
nch
as m
uch
as t
he p
olit
ical
sta
bilit
y of
the
coun
try
that
is a
t sta
ke in
the
mai
nten
ance
of t
he w
orke
rist
fi
ctio
n.
Exc
use
us if
we
don’
t giv
e a
fuck
. W
e be
long
to
a ge
nera
tion
tha
t liv
es v
ery
well
in t
his
fict
ion.
T
hat h
as n
ever
cou
nted
on
eith
er a
pen
sion
or
the
righ
t to
work
, le
t alo
ne r
ight
s at
wor
k. T
hat i
sn’t
even
“pr
ecar
ious
,” a
s th
e m
ost
adva
nced
fact
ions
of t
he m
ilita
nt le
ft li
ke to
theo
rize
, bec
ause
to
be p
reca
riou
s is s
till
to d
efin
e on
esel
f in
rela
tion
to th
e sp
here
of
work
, tha
t is,
to it
s dec
ompo
sitio
n. W
e ac
cept
the
nece
ssit
y of
find
ing
mon
ey,
by w
hate
ver
mea
ns,
beca
use
it is
cur
rent
ly im
poss
ible
to
do w
itho
ut it
, but
we
reje
ct th
e ne
cess
ity
of w
orki
ng. B
esid
es, w
e do
n’t
work
any
mor
e: w
e do
our t
ime .
Bus
ines
s is
not
a p
lace
whe
re
we e
xist
, it
’s a
plac
e we
pas
s th
roug
h. W
e ar
en’t
cyni
cal,
we
are
just
rel
ucta
nt to
be
dece
ived
. All
thes
e di
scou
rses
on
mot
ivat
ion,
qu
alit
y an
d pe
rson
al i
nves
tmen
t pa
ss u
s by
, to
the
gre
at d
ism
ay
of h
uman
res
ourc
es m
anag
ers.
The
y sa
y we
are
dis
appo
inte
d by
bu
sine
ss,
that
it
faile
d to
hon
or o
ur p
aren
ts’ l
oyal
ty,
that
it
let
them
go
too
quic
kly.
The
y ar
e ly
ing.
To
be d
isap
poin
ted,
one
m
ust
have
hop
ed f
or s
omet
hing
. A
nd w
e ha
ve n
ever
hop
ed f
or
anyt
hing
fro
m b
usin
ess:
we
see
it f
or w
hat
it i
s an
d fo
r wh
at i
t ha
s al
ways
bee
n, a
fool
’s ga
me
of v
aryi
ng d
egre
es o
f com
fort
. On
beha
lf o
f ou
r pa
rent
s, o
ur o
nly
regr
et i
s th
at t
hey
fell
into
the
tr
ap, a
t lea
st th
e on
es w
ho b
elie
ved.
Th
e s
en
tim
en
ta
l c
on
fu
sio
n t
ha
t s
ur
ro
un
ds t
he
qu
estio
n
of w
ork
can
be e
xpla
ined
thu
s: t
he n
otio
n of
wor
k ha
s al
ways
in
clud
ed t
wo c
ontr
adic
tory
dim
ensio
ns:
a di
men
sion
of
expl
oita
tion
and
a di
men
sion
of
parti
cipat
ion.
Exp
loit
atio
n of
ind
ivid
ual
and
colle
ctiv
e la
bor p
ower
thro
ugh
the
priv
ate
or so
cial
app
ropr
iati
on
of s
urpl
us v
alue
; pa
rtic
ipat
ion
in a
com
mon
eff
ort
thro
ugh
the
rela
tion
s lin
king
thos
e wh
o co
oper
ate
at th
e he
art o
f the
uni
vers
e of
pro
duct
ion.
The
se t
wo d
imen
sion
s ar
e pe
rver
sely
con
fuse
d in
the
not
ion
of w
ork,
whi
ch e
xpla
ins
work
ers’
indi
ffer
ence
, at
th
e en
d of
the
day
, to
bot
h M
arxi
st r
heto
ric
– wh
ich
deni
es t
he
dim
ensi
on o
f pa
rtic
ipat
ion
– an
d m
anag
eria
l rh
etor
ic –
whi
ch
deni
es th
e di
men
sion
of e
xplo
itat
ion.
Hen
ce th
e am
biva
lenc
e of
th
e re
lati
on o
f wo
rk,
whic
h is
sha
mef
ul i
nsof
ar a
s it
mak
es u
s 6
4post
poni
ng b
y a
thou
sand
sub
terf
uges
the
mom
ent
when
the
cr
owd
will
stri
ng y
ou u
p, a
nd e
very
act
of g
over
nmen
t is
noth
ing
but a
way
of n
ot lo
sing
con
trol
of t
he p
opul
atio
n.
We
’r
e se
ttin
g o
ut fr
om
a
po
in
t o
f e
xtr
em
e iso
la
tio
n,
of e
xtre
me
weak
ness
. A
n in
surr
ecti
onal
pro
cess
mus
t be
bui
lt fr
om
the
grou
nd
up.
Not
hing
ap
pear
s le
ss
likel
y th
an
an
insu
rrec
tion
, but
not
hing
is m
ore
nece
ssar
y.
63
GE
T G
OIN
G!
We
can
no lo
nger
eve
n se
e ho
w an
insu
rrec
tion
mig
ht b
egin
. Six
ty
year
s of
pac
ific
atio
n an
d co
ntai
nmen
t of
his
tori
cal
uphe
aval
s,
sixt
y ye
ars
of d
emoc
rati
c an
esth
esia
and
the
man
agem
ent
of
even
ts,
have
dul
led
our
perc
epti
on o
f th
e re
al,
our
sens
e of
the
wa
r in
pro
gres
s. W
e ne
ed to
sta
rt b
y re
cove
ring
this
per
cept
ion.
It’s u
se
le
ss t
o ge
t in
dign
ant
abou
t op
enly
unc
onst
itut
iona
l la
ws
such
as
Perb
en I
I. I
t’s f
utile
to
lega
lly p
rote
st t
he c
ompl
ete
impl
osio
n of
the
lega
l fra
mew
ork.
We
have
to g
et o
rgan
ized
.
It’s u
se
le
ss to
get
invo
lved
in t
his
or t
hat
citi
zens
’ gro
up,
in t
his
or t
hat
dead
-end
of
the
far
left
, or
in
the
late
st “
com
mun
ity
effo
rt.”
Eve
ry o
rgan
izat
ion
that
cla
ims
to c
onte
st t
he p
rese
nt
orde
r m
imic
s th
e fo
rm, m
ores
and
lang
uage
of m
inia
ture
sta
tes.
T
hus
far,
eve
ry i
mpu
lse
to “
do p
olit
ics
diff
eren
tly”
has
only
co
ntri
bute
d to
the
inde
fini
te s
prea
d of
the
stat
e’s
tent
acle
s.
It’s u
se
le
ss t
o re
act
to t
he n
ews
of t
he d
ay;
inst
ead
we s
houl
d un
ders
tand
eac
h re
port
as
a m
aneu
ver
in a
hos
tile
fie
ld o
f st
rate
gies
to
be d
ecod
ed,
oper
atio
ns d
esig
ned
to p
rovo
ke a
sp
ecif
ic r
eact
ion.
It’s
thes
e op
erat
ions
them
selv
es th
at s
houl
d be
ta
ken
as th
e re
al in
form
atio
n co
ntai
ned
in th
ese
piec
es o
f new
s.
It’s
use
le
ss t
o wa
it—fo
r a
brea
kthr
ough
, fo
r th
e re
volu
tion
, th
e nu
clea
r ap
ocal
ypse
or
a so
cial
mov
emen
t. T
o go
on
wait
ing
is m
adne
ss.
The
cat
astr
ophe
is
not
com
ing,
it
is h
ere.
We
are
alre
ady
situ
ated
with
in t
he c
olla
pse
of a
civ
iliza
tion
. It
is
with
in
this
rea
lity
that
we
mus
t cho
ose
side
s.
To
n
o lo
ng
er
w
ait is, in
o
ne
w
ay
o
r a
no
th
er
, to
e
nte
r
in
to
th
e lo
gic
o
f in
su
rr
ec
tio
n. I
t is
to
once
aga
in h
ear
the
slig
ht b
ut a
lway
s pr
esen
t tre
mbl
ing
of te
rror
in th
e vo
ices
of o
ur
lead
ers.
Bec
ause
gov
erni
ng h
as n
ever
bee
n an
ythi
ng o
ther
than
30stra
nger
s to
wha
t we
are
doin
g, a
nd –
at t
he s
ame
tim
e –
ador
ed,
inso
far
as a
par
t of
our
selv
es i
s br
ough
t in
to p
lay.
The
dis
aste
r ha
s al
read
y oc
curr
ed:
it r
esid
es i
n ev
eryt
hing
tha
t ha
d to
be
dest
roye
d, in
all
thos
e wh
o ha
d to
be
upro
oted
, in
orde
r fo
r wo
rk
to e
nd u
p as
the
only
way
of e
xistin
g. T
he h
orro
r of
wor
k is
les
s in
th
e wo
rk it
self
than
in th
e m
etho
dica
l rav
agin
g, fo
r ce
ntur
ies,
of
all
that
isn
’t wo
rk:
the
fam
iliar
itie
s of
one
’s ne
ighb
orho
od a
nd
trad
e, o
f one
’s vi
llage
, of s
trug
gle,
of k
insh
ip, o
ur a
ttac
hmen
t to
plac
es, t
o be
ings
, to
the
seas
ons,
to w
ays
of d
oing
and
spe
akin
g. H
ere
lies
the
pres
ent
para
dox:
wor
k ha
s to
tally
tri
umph
ed
over
all
othe
r wa
ys o
f exi
stin
g, a
t the
ver
y m
omen
t whe
n wo
rker
s ha
ve b
ecom
e su
perf
luou
s. G
ains
in
prod
ucti
vity
, ou
tsou
rcin
g,
mec
hani
zati
on,
auto
mat
ed
and
digi
tal
prod
ucti
on
have
so
pr
ogre
ssed
tha
t th
ey h
ave
alm
ost
redu
ced
to z
ero
the
quan
tity
of
liv
ing
labo
r ne
cess
ary
in t
he m
anuf
actu
re o
f an
y pr
oduc
t.
We
are
livin
g th
e pa
rado
x of
a s
ocie
ty o
f wo
rker
s wi
thou
t wo
rk,
wher
e en
tert
ainm
ent,
con
sum
ptio
n an
d le
isur
e on
ly u
nder
scor
e th
e la
ck f
rom
whi
ch t
hey
are
supp
osed
to
dist
ract
us.
The
min
e in
Car
mau
x, f
amou
s fo
r a
cent
ury
of v
iole
nt s
trik
es,
has
now
been
rec
onve
rted
int
o C
ape
Dis
cove
ry.
It’s
an e
nter
tain
men
t “m
ulti
plex
” fo
r sk
ateb
oard
ing
and
biki
ng,
dist
ingu
ishe
d by
a
“Min
ing
Mus
eum
” in
whi
ch m
etha
ne b
last
s ar
e si
mul
ated
for
va
cati
oner
s. I
n co
rpor
atio
ns,
work
is
divi
ded
in a
n in
crea
sing
ly v
isib
le
way
into
hi
ghly
sk
illed
po
siti
ons
of
rese
arch
, co
ncep
tion
, co
ntro
l, c
oord
inat
ion
and
com
mun
icat
ion
whic
h de
ploy
all
the
know
ledg
e ne
cess
ary
for
the
new,
cyb
erne
tic
prod
ucti
on p
roce
ss,
and
unsk
illed
pos
itio
ns fo
r th
e m
aint
enan
ce a
nd s
urve
illan
ce o
f th
is p
roce
ss. T
he fi
rst a
re fe
w in
num
ber,
ver
y we
ll pa
id a
nd th
us
so c
ovet
ed t
hat
the
min
orit
y wh
o oc
cupy
the
se p
osit
ions
will
do
anyt
hing
to a
void
losi
ng th
em. T
hey a
nd th
eir
work
are
eff
ecti
vely
bo
und
in
one
angu
ishe
d em
brac
e.
Man
ager
s,
scie
ntis
ts,
lobb
yist
s, r
esea
rche
rs,
prog
ram
mer
s, d
evel
oper
s, c
onsu
ltant
s an
d en
gine
ers,
lit
eral
ly n
ever
sto
p wo
rkin
g. E
ven
thei
r se
x liv
es
serv
e to
aug
men
t pro
duct
ivit
y. A
Hum
an R
esou
rces
phi
loso
pher
wr
ites
, “[
t]he
mos
t cr
eati
ve b
usin
esse
s ar
e th
e on
es w
ith
the
grea
test
num
ber
of i
ntim
ate
rela
tion
s.”
“Bus
ines
s as
soci
ates
,”
a D
aim
ler-
Ben
z H
uman
Res
ourc
es M
anag
er c
onfi
rms,
“ar
e an
im
port
ant
part
of
the
busi
ness
’s ca
pita
l [.
..]
The
ir m
otiv
atio
n,
thei
r kn
ow-h
ow, t
heir
cap
acit
y to
inno
vate
and
thei
r at
tent
ion
to
clie
nts’
desi
res
cons
titu
te th
e ra
w m
ater
ial o
f in
nova
tive
ser
vice
s
31
[...
] T
heir
beh
avio
r, th
eir
soci
al a
nd e
mot
iona
l com
pete
nce,
are
a
grow
ing
fact
or in
the
eval
uati
on o
f the
ir w
ork
[...
] T
his w
ill n
o lo
nger
be
eval
uate
d in
term
s of n
umbe
r of
hou
rs o
n th
e jo
b, b
ut
on th
e ba
sis o
f obj
ecti
ves a
ttai
ned
and
qual
ity
of r
esul
ts. T
hey
are
entr
epre
neur
s.”
The
seri
es o
f tas
ks th
at c
an’t
be d
eleg
ated
to a
utom
atio
n fo
rm
a ne
bulo
us c
lust
er o
f job
s th
at, b
ecau
se th
ey c
anno
t be
occu
pied
by
mac
hine
s, a
re o
ccup
ied
by a
ny o
ld h
uman
– w
areh
ouse
men
, st
ock
peop
le,
asse
mbl
y lin
e wo
rker
s, s
easo
nal w
orke
rs,
etc.
Thi
s fl
exib
le,
undi
ffer
enti
ated
wor
kfor
ce t
hat
mov
es f
rom
one
tas
k to
the
nex
t an
d ne
ver
stay
s lo
ng i
n a
busi
ness
can
no
long
er
even
con
solid
ate
itse
lf a
s a
forc
e, b
eing
out
side
the
cen
ter
of
the
prod
ucti
on p
roce
ss a
nd e
mpl
oyed
to
plug
the
hol
es o
f wh
at
has
not
yet
been
mec
hani
zed,
as
if p
ulve
rize
d in
a m
ulti
tude
of
inte
rsti
ces.
The
tem
p is
the
figu
re o
f the
wor
ker
who
is n
o lo
nger
a
work
er, w
ho n
o lo
nger
has
a tr
ade –
but
onl
y abi
litie
s tha
t he
sells
wh
ere
he c
an –
and
who
se v
ery
avai
labi
lity
is a
lso
a ki
nd o
f wor
k.
O
n th
e m
ar
gin
s o
f th
is w
or
kfo
rc
e t
hat
is e
ffec
tive
and
ne
cess
ary
for
the
func
tion
ing
of t
he m
achi
ne,
is a
gro
wing
m
ajor
ity
that
has
bec
ome
supe
rflu
ous,
tha
t is
cer
tain
ly u
sefu
l to
the
flo
w of
pro
duct
ion
but
not
muc
h el
se,
whic
h in
trod
uces
th
e ri
sk t
hat,
in
its
idle
ness
, it
will
set
abo
ut s
abot
agin
g th
e m
achi
ne. T
he m
enac
e of
a g
ener
al d
emob
iliza
tion
is th
e sp
ecte
r th
at h
aunt
s th
e pr
esen
t sy
stem
of
prod
ucti
on.
Not
eve
rybo
dy
resp
onds
to
the
ques
tion
“wh
y wo
rk?”
in
the
sam
e wa
y as
thi
s ex
-wel
fare
rec
ipie
nt:
“for
my
well-
bein
g. I
hav
e to
kee
p m
ysel
f bu
sy.”
Ther
e is a
serio
us ri
sk th
at w
e will
end
up fi
ndin
g a jo
b in
our
very
idlen
ess.
Thi
s fl
oati
ng p
opul
atio
n m
ust
som
ehow
be
kept
occ
upie
d. B
ut
to t
his
day
they
hav
e no
t fo
und
a be
tter
dis
cipl
inar
y m
etho
d th
an w
ages
. It
’s th
eref
ore
nece
ssar
y to
pur
sue
the
dism
antli
ng
of “
soci
al g
ains
” so
tha
t th
e m
ost
rest
less
one
s, t
hose
who
will
on
ly s
urre
nder
whe
n fa
ced
with
the
alte
rnat
ive
betw
een
dyin
g of
hun
ger
or s
tagn
atin
g in
jai
l, a
re l
ured
bac
k to
the
bos
om o
f wa
ge-l
abor
. T
he b
urge
onin
g sl
ave
trad
e in
“pe
rson
al s
ervi
ces”
m
ust
cont
inue
: cl
eani
ng,
cate
ring
, m
assa
ge,
dom
esti
c nu
rsin
g,
pros
titu
tion
, tu
tori
ng,
ther
apy,
psy
chol
ogic
al a
id,
etc.
Thi
s is
ac
com
pani
ed b
y a
cont
inua
l rai
sing
of
the
stan
dard
s of
sec
urit
y,
hygi
ene,
con
trol
, an
d cu
lture
, an
d by
an
acce
lera
ted
recy
clin
g of
fas
hion
s, a
ll of
whi
ch e
stab
lish
the
need
for
suc
h se
rvic
es.
In
Rou
en,
we n
ow h
ave
“hum
an p
arki
ng m
eter
s:”
som
eone
who
6
2
So
w
e h
av
e a
c
or
pse
o
n o
ur
b
ac
ks, b
ut w
e wo
n’t
be a
ble
to
rid
ours
elve
s of
it ju
st li
ke t
hat.
Not
hing
is t
o be
exp
ecte
d fr
om
the
end
of c
ivili
zati
on,
from
its
clin
ical
dea
th.
In a
nd o
f it
self
, it
can
onl
y be
of
inte
rest
to
hist
oria
ns.
It’s
a fa
ct, a
nd it
mus
t be
tr
ansl
ated
into
a d
ecisi
on. F
acts
can
be
conj
ured
awa
y, b
ut d
ecis
ion
is p
olit
ical
. To
dec
ide
on t
he d
eath
of
civi
lizat
ion,
the
n to
wor
k ou
t how
it w
ill h
appe
n: o
nly
deci
sion
will
rid
us
of th
e co
rpse
.
61
No
so
cia
l o
rd
er
ca
n s
ec
ur
ely
fo
un
d i
tse
lf o
n th
e pr
inci
ple
that
not
hing
is
true
. Ye
t it
mus
t be
mad
e se
cure
. A
pply
ing
the
conc
ept
of “
secu
rity
” to
eve
ryth
ing
thes
e da
ys i
s th
e ex
pres
sion
of
a p
roje
ct t
o se
cure
ly f
aste
n on
to p
lace
s, b
ehav
iors
, an
d ev
en
peop
le t
hem
selv
es,
an i
deal
ord
er t
o wh
ich
they
are
no
long
er
read
y to
sub
mit
. Say
ing
“not
hing
is tr
ue”
says
not
hing
abo
ut th
e wo
rld
but e
very
thin
g ab
out t
he W
este
rn c
once
pt o
f tru
th. F
or th
e W
est,
tru
th i
s no
t an
att
ribu
te o
f be
ings
or
thin
gs,
but
of t
heir
re
pres
enta
tion
. A
rep
rese
ntat
ion
that
con
form
s to
exp
erie
nce
is h
eld
to b
e tr
ue.
Scie
nce
is,
in t
he l
ast
anal
ysis
, th
is e
mpi
re
of u
nive
rsal
ver
ific
atio
n. S
ince
all
hum
an b
ehav
ior,
fro
m t
he
mos
t or
dina
ry t
o th
e m
ost
lear
ned,
is
base
d on
a f
ound
atio
n of
un
even
ly f
orm
ulat
ed p
resu
ppos
itio
ns,
and
sinc
e al
l pr
acti
ces
star
t fro
m a
poi
nt w
here
thin
gs a
nd th
eir
repr
esen
tati
ons
can
no
long
er b
e di
stin
guis
hed,
a d
ose
of tr
uth
that
the
Wes
tern
con
cept
kn
ows
noth
ing
abou
t en
ters
int
o ev
ery
life.
We
talk
in
the
Wes
t ab
out “
real
peo
ple,
” bu
t onl
y in
ord
er to
moc
k th
ese
sim
plet
ons.
T
his
is w
hy W
este
rner
s ha
ve a
lway
s be
en t
houg
ht o
f as
liar
s an
d hy
pocr
ites
by
the
peop
le t
hey’
ve c
olon
ized
. T
his
is w
hy t
hey’
re
envi
ed f
or w
hat
they
hav
e, f
or t
heir
tec
hnol
ogic
al d
evel
opm
ent,
bu
t ne
ver
for
what
the
y ar
e, f
or w
hich
the
y ar
e ri
ghtly
hel
d in
co
ntem
pt.
Sade
, N
ietz
sche
and
Art
aud
woul
dn’t
be t
augh
t in
sc
hool
s if
the
kind
of t
ruth
men
tion
ed a
bove
was
not
dis
cred
ited
in
adv
ance
. C
onta
inin
g al
l af
firm
atio
ns a
nd d
eact
ivat
ing
all
cert
aint
ies
as t
hey
irre
sist
ibly
com
e to
lig
ht—
such
is
the
long
la
bor
of th
e W
este
rn in
telle
ct. T
he p
olic
e an
d ph
iloso
phy
are
two
conv
erge
nt, i
f for
mal
ly d
isti
nct,
mea
ns to
this
end
.
Of c
ou
rse
, th
is im
pe
ria
lism
of
the
rel
ativ
e fi
nds
a su
itab
le
enem
y in
ev
ery
empt
y do
gmat
ism
, in
wh
atev
er
form
of
M
arxi
st-L
enin
ism
, Sa
lifis
m,
or N
eo-N
azis
m:
anyo
ne w
ho,
like
Wes
tern
ers,
mis
take
s pr
ovoc
atio
n fo
r af
firm
atio
n.
At
th
is
ju
nc
tu
re
,
an
y
str
ic
tly
so
cia
l
co
nte
sta
tio
n
that
ref
uses
to s
ee th
at w
hat w
e’re
face
d wi
th is
not
the
cris
is o
f a
soci
ety
but t
he e
xtin
ctio
n of
a c
ivili
zati
on b
ecom
es a
n ac
com
plic
e in
its
perp
etua
tion
. It
’s ev
en b
ecom
e a
cont
empo
rary
str
ateg
y to
cr
itiq
ue th
is s
ocie
ty in
the
vain
hop
e of
sav
ing
this
civ
iliza
tion
.
32wait
s ar
ound
on
the
stre
et a
nd d
eliv
ers
you
your
par
king
slip
, an
d, if
it’s
rain
ing,
will
eve
n re
nt y
ou a
n um
brel
la.
T
he
or
de
r o
f w
or
k w
as t
he
or
de
r o
f a
wo
rld
. T
he e
vide
nce
of it
s ru
in is
par
alyz
ing
to th
ose
who
drea
d wh
at w
ill c
ome
afte
r.
Toda
y wo
rk i
s ti
ed l
ess
to t
he e
cono
mic
nece
ssit
y of
pro
duci
ng
good
s th
an t
o th
e po
litica
l ne
cess
ity
of p
rodu
cing
pro
duce
rs
and
cons
umer
s, a
nd o
f pr
eser
ving
by
any
mea
ns n
eces
sary
the
or
der
of w
ork.
Pro
duci
ng o
nese
lf is
bec
omin
g th
e do
min
ant
occu
pati
on o
f a
soci
ety
wher
e pr
oduc
tion
no
long
er h
as a
n ob
ject
: lik
e a
carp
ente
r wh
o’s
been
evi
cted
fro
m h
is s
hop
and
in d
espe
rati
on s
ets
abou
t ha
mm
erin
g an
d sa
wing
him
self
. A
ll th
ese
youn
g pe
ople
sm
iling
for
the
ir j
ob i
nter
view
s, w
ho h
ave
thei
r te
eth
whit
ened
to g
ive
them
an
edge
, wh
o go
to n
ight
club
s to
boo
st th
e co
mpa
ny s
piri
t, w
ho le
arn
Eng
lish
to a
dvan
ce th
eir
care
ers,
who
get
div
orce
d or
mar
ried
to
mov
e up
the
lad
der,
wh
o ta
ke c
ours
es i
n le
ader
ship
or
prac
tice
“se
lf-i
mpr
ovem
ent”
in
ord
er t
o be
tter
“m
anag
e co
nflic
ts” –
“th
e m
ost
inti
mat
e ‘s
elf-
impr
ovem
ent’”
, sa
ys o
ne g
uru,
“wi
ll le
ad t
o in
crea
sed
emot
iona
l st
abili
ty,
to s
moo
ther
and
mor
e op
en r
elat
ions
hips
, to
sha
rper
inte
llect
ual f
ocus
, and
ther
efor
e to
a b
ette
r ec
onom
ic
perf
orm
ance
.” T
his
swar
min
g lit
tle c
rowd
that
wai
ts im
pati
ently
to
be
hire
d wh
ile d
oing
wha
teve
r it
can
to
seem
nat
ural
is
the
resu
lt of
an
atte
mpt
to
resc
ue t
he o
rder
of
work
thr
ough
an
etho
s of
mob
ility.
To
be
mob
ilize
d is
to
rela
te t
o wo
rk n
ot a
s an
ac
tivi
ty b
ut a
s a
possi
bilit
y.
If t
he u
nem
ploy
ed p
erso
n re
mov
es
his
pier
cing
s, g
oes
to t
he b
arbe
r an
d ke
eps
him
self
bus
y wi
th
“pro
ject
s,”
if h
e re
ally
wor
ks o
n hi
s “e
mpl
oyab
ility
,” a
s th
ey s
ay,
it’s
beca
use
this
is h
ow h
e de
mon
stra
tes
his
mob
ility
. M
obili
ty is
th
is sl
ight
det
achm
ent f
rom
the
self
, thi
s min
imal
dis
conn
ecti
on
from
wha
t co
nsti
tute
s us
, th
is c
ondi
tion
of
stra
ngen
ess
wher
eby
the
self
can
now
be
take
n up
as
an o
bjec
t of
wor
k, a
nd i
t no
w be
com
es p
ossi
ble
to s
ell o
nese
lf ra
ther
tha
n on
e’s
labo
r po
wer,
to
be r
emun
erat
ed n
ot f
or w
hat
one
does
but
for
wha
t on
e is
, fo
r ou
r ex
quis
ite
mas
tery
of
soci
al c
odes
, fo
r ou
r re
lati
onal
tal
ents
, fo
r ou
r sm
ile a
nd o
ur w
ay o
f pr
esen
ting
our
selv
es.
Thi
s is
the
ne
w st
anda
rd o
f so
cial
izat
ion.
Mob
ility
bri
ngs
abou
t a f
usio
n of
th
e tw
o co
ntra
dict
ory
pole
s of
wor
k: h
ere
we p
arti
cipa
te i
n ou
r ow
n ex
ploi
tati
on,
and
all p
arti
cipa
tion
is e
xplo
ited
. Id
eally
, yo
u ar
e yo
urse
lf a
litt
le b
usin
ess,
you
r ow
n bo
ss,
your
own
pro
duct
. W
heth
er o
ne i
s wo
rkin
g or
not
, it
’s a
ques
tion
of
gene
rati
ng
33
cont
acts
, ab
iliti
es,
netw
orki
ng,
in s
hort
: “h
uman
cap
ital
.” T
he
plan
etar
y in
junc
tion
to m
obili
ze a
t the
slig
htes
t pre
text
– c
ance
r,
“ter
rori
sm,”
an
eart
hqua
ke, t
he h
omel
ess –
sum
s up
the
reig
ning
po
wers
’ det
erm
inat
ion
to m
aint
ain
the
reig
n of
wor
k be
yond
its
phys
ical
dis
appe
aran
ce.
The
pre
sent
pro
duct
ion
appa
ratu
s is
the
refo
re,
on t
he o
ne
hand
, a
giga
ntic
mac
hine
for
psy
chic
and
phy
sica
l mob
iliza
tion
, fo
r su
ckin
g th
e en
ergy
of h
uman
s tha
t hav
e be
com
e su
perf
luou
s,
and,
on
the
othe
r ha
nd,
it i
s a
sorti
ng m
achi
ne t
hat
allo
cate
s su
rviv
al t
o co
nfor
med
sub
ject
ivit
ies
and
reje
cts
all
“pro
blem
in
divi
dual
s,”
all
thos
e wh
o em
body
ano
ther
use
of
life
and,
in
this
way
, re
sist
it.
On
the
one
hand
, gh
osts
are
bro
ught
to
life,
an
d on
the
oth
er,
the
livin
g ar
e le
ft t
o di
e. T
his
is t
he p
rope
rly
polit
ical
func
tion
of t
he c
onte
mpo
rary
pro
duct
ion
appa
ratu
s.
To
or
ga
nize
be
yo
nd
an
d a
ga
in
st w
or
k, t
o co
llect
ivel
y de
sert
th
e re
gim
e of
mob
ility
, to
dem
onst
rate
the
exis
tenc
e of
a v
ital
ity
and
a di
scip
line
prec
isel
y in
dem
obili
zatio
n, i
s a
crim
e fo
r wh
ich
a ci
viliz
atio
n on
its k
nees
is n
ot a
bout
to fo
rgiv
e us
. In
fact
, it’s
the
only
way
to s
urvi
ve it
.
60soci
ety
as a
who
le,
from
the
wor
ker
to t
he b
aron
; ju
st a
s ca
pita
l ha
d to
sac
rifi
ce it
self
as a
wag
e rela
tion
in o
rder
to im
pose
itse
lf a
s a
soci
al r
elat
ion
– be
com
ing
cultu
ral c
apit
al a
nd h
ealth
cap
ital
in
addi
tion
to
fina
nce
capi
tal;
jus
t as
Chr
isti
anit
y ha
d to
sac
rifi
ce
itse
lf a
s a
relig
ion
in o
rder
to
surv
ive
as a
n af
fect
ive
stru
ctur
e –
as a
vag
ue in
junc
tion
to h
umili
ty,
com
pass
ion,
and
wea
knes
s; so
th
e Wes
t has
sacr
ifice
d its
elf a
s a p
artic
ular
civil
izatio
n in
ord
er to
impo
se it
self
as
a un
iversa
l cul
ture
. T
he o
pera
tion
can
be
sum
mar
ized
lik
e th
is:
an
enti
ty in
its
deat
h th
rows
sac
rifi
ces
itse
lf a
s a
cont
ent i
n or
der
to
surv
ive
as a
form
.T
he f
ragm
ente
d in
divi
dual
sur
vive
s as
a f
orm
tha
nks
to t
he
“spi
ritu
al”
tech
nolo
gies
of
coun
selin
g. P
atri
arch
y su
rviv
es b
y at
trib
utin
g to
wom
en a
ll th
e wo
rst a
ttri
bute
s of m
en: w
illfu
lnes
s,
self
-con
trol
, in
sens
itiv
ity.
A d
isin
tegr
ated
soc
iety
sur
vive
s by
pr
opag
atin
g an
epi
dem
ic o
f so
ciab
ility
and
ent
erta
inm
ent.
So
it
goes
wit
h al
l the
gre
at, o
utm
oded
fict
ions
of t
he W
est m
aint
aini
ng
them
selv
es t
hrou
gh a
rtif
ices
tha
t co
ntra
dict
the
se f
icti
ons
poin
t by
poi
nt.
Th
er
e is n
o “c
la
sh
o
f c
iv
iliza
tio
ns.” T
here
is
a cl
inic
ally
de
ad c
ivili
zati
on k
ept
aliv
e by
all
sort
s of
life
-sup
port
mac
hine
s th
at sp
read
a p
ecul
iar
plag
ue in
to th
e pl
anet
’s at
mos
pher
e. A
t thi
s po
int i
t can
no
long
er b
elie
ve in
a s
ingl
e on
e of
its
own
“val
ues”
, an
d an
y af
firm
atio
n of
the
m i
s co
nsid
ered
an
impu
dent
act
, a
prov
ocat
ion
that
sho
uld
and
mus
t be
tak
en a
part
, de
cons
tructe
d,
and
retu
rned
to
a st
ate
of d
oubt
. To
day
Wes
tern
im
peri
alis
m
is t
he i
mpe
rial
ism
of
rela
tivi
sm,
of t
he “
it a
ll de
pend
s on
you
r po
int
of v
iew”
; it
’s th
e ey
e-ro
lling
or
the
woun
ded
indi
gnat
ion
at a
nyon
e wh
o’s
stup
id,
prim
itiv
e, o
r pr
esum
ptuo
us e
noug
h to
st
ill b
elie
ve in
som
ethi
ng,
to a
ffir
m a
nyth
ing
at a
ll. Y
ou c
an s
ee
the
dogm
atis
m o
f co
nsta
nt q
uest
ioni
ng g
ive
its
com
plic
it w
ink
of t
he e
ye e
very
wher
e in
the
uni
vers
itie
s an
d am
ong
the
liter
ary
inte
llige
ntsi
as.
No
crit
ique
is
too
radi
cal
amon
g po
stm
oder
nist
th
inke
rs, a
s lon
g as
it m
aint
ains
this
tota
l abs
ence
of c
erti
tude
. A
cent
ury
ago,
sca
ndal
was
ide
ntif
ied
with
any
par
ticu
larl
y un
ruly
an
d ra
ucou
s ne
gati
on,
while
tod
ay i
t’s f
ound
in
any
affi
rmat
ion
that
fails
to tr
embl
e.
59
repu
blic
s is
com
ing
to a
n en
d; th
is c
ount
ry th
at s
acri
fice
d al
l its
lif
e to
thes
e fo
rms i
s sti
ll du
mbf
ound
ed. T
he fi
rest
orm
cau
sed
by
Josp
in’s
sim
ple
sent
ence
“th
e st
ate
can’
t do
ever
ythi
ng”
allo
wed
us
to g
limps
e th
e on
e th
at w
ill ig
nite
whe
n it
bec
omes
cle
ar th
at th
e st
ate
can
no lo
nger
do
anyt
hing
at a
ll. T
he fe
elin
g th
at w
e’ve
bee
n tr
icke
d is
lik
e a
woun
d th
at i
s be
com
ing
incr
easi
ngly
inf
ecte
d.
It’s
the
sour
ce o
f th
e la
tent
rag
e th
at j
ust
abou
t an
ythi
ng w
ill
set
off
thes
e da
ys.
The
fac
t th
at i
n th
is c
ount
ry t
he o
bitu
ary
of
the
age
of n
atio
ns h
as y
et t
o be
wri
tten
is
the
key
to t
he F
renc
h an
achr
onis
m,
and
to t
he r
evol
utio
nary
pos
sibi
litie
s Fr
ance
sti
ll ha
s in
sto
re.
Wha
teve
r th
eir
outc
ome
may
be
, th
e ro
le
of
the
next
pr
esid
enti
al e
lect
ions
will
be
to si
gnal
the
end
of F
renc
h ill
usio
ns
and
the
burs
ting
of
the
hist
oric
al b
ubbl
e in
whi
ch w
e ar
e liv
ing
– an
d wh
ich
mak
es p
ossi
ble
even
ts lik
e th
e an
ti-C
PE m
ovem
ent,
wh
ich
was
puzz
led
over
by
othe
r co
untr
ies
as if
it w
ere
som
e ba
d dr
eam
tha
t es
cape
d th
e 19
70s.
Tha
t’s w
hy,
deep
dow
n, n
o on
e wa
nts
thes
e el
ecti
ons.
Fra
nce
is i
ndee
d th
e re
d la
nter
n of
the
we
ster
n zo
ne.23
To
da
y
th
e
We
st
is
th
e
GI
wh
o
da
sh
es
in
to
Fa
llu
ja
h
on a
n M
1 A
bram
s ta
nk,
liste
ning
to
heav
y m
etal
at
top
volu
me.
It
’s th
e to
uris
t los
t on
the
Mon
golia
n pl
ains
, moc
ked
by a
ll, w
ho
clut
ches
his
cre
dit
card
as
his
only
lif
elin
e. I
t’s t
he C
EO
who
sw
ears
by
the
gam
e G
o. I
t’s th
e yo
ung
girl
who
cha
ses
happ
ines
s in
clo
thes
, gu
ys,
and
moi
stur
izin
g cr
eam
s. I
t’s t
he S
wiss
hum
an
righ
ts a
ctiv
ist
who
trav
els
to t
he f
our
corn
ers
of t
he e
arth
to
show
sol
idar
ity
with
all
the
worl
d’s
rebe
ls –
pro
vide
d th
ey’v
e be
en d
efea
ted.
It’s
the
Spa
niar
d wh
o co
uldn
’t ca
re l
ess
abou
t po
litic
al f
reed
om o
nce
he’s
been
gra
nted
sex
ual
free
dom
. It
’s th
e ar
t lo
ver
who
want
s us
to
be a
west
ruck
bef
ore
the
“mod
ern
geni
us”
of a
cen
tury
of
arti
sts,
fro
m s
urre
alis
m t
o V
ienn
ese
acti
onis
m,
all
com
peti
ng t
o se
e wh
o co
uld
best
spi
t in
the
fac
e of
civ
iliza
tion
. It’s
the
cybe
rnet
icis
t who
’s fo
und
a re
alis
tic
theo
ry
of c
onsc
ious
ness
in B
uddh
ism
and
the
qua
ntum
phy
sici
st w
ho’s
hopi
ng t
hat
dabb
ling
in H
indu
met
aphy
sics
will
ins
pire
new
sc
ient
ific
dis
cove
ries
.T
he W
est i
s a c
ivili
zati
on th
at h
as su
rviv
ed a
ll th
e pr
ophe
cies
of
its
colla
pse
with
a s
ingu
lar
stra
tage
m. J
ust a
s th
e bo
urge
oisi
e ha
d to
den
y it
self
as a
clas
s in
orde
r to
per
mit
the
bour
geoi
sifi
cati
on o
f 23
. The
“re
d la
nter
n” is
the
last
pla
ce fi
nish
er in
the
Tour
de
Fran
ce.
34Fo
urt
h C
ircl
e
“Mo
re s
imp
le, m
ore
fu
n,
mo
re m
ob
ile, m
ore
secu
re!”
We’
ve h
eard
eno
ugh
abou
t th
e “c
ity”
and
the
“co
untr
y,”
and
part
icul
arly
abo
ut t
he s
uppo
sed
anci
ent
oppo
siti
on
betw
een
the
two.
Fr
om
up
clos
e or
fr
om
afar
, wh
at
surr
ound
s us
loo
ks n
othi
ng l
ike
that
: it
is
one
sing
le
urba
n cl
oth,
wit
hout
for
m o
r or
der,
a b
leak
zon
e, e
ndle
ss
and
unde
fine
d, a
glo
bal
cont
inuu
m o
f m
useu
m-l
ike
city
ce
nter
s an
d na
tura
l par
ks, o
f eno
rmou
s su
burb
an h
ousi
ng
deve
lopm
ents
and
mas
sive
agr
icul
tura
l pro
ject
s, in
dust
rial
zo
nes
and
subd
ivis
ions
, co
untr
y in
ns a
nd tr
endy
bar
s: th
e m
etro
polis
. C
erta
inly
the
anc
ient
cit
y ex
iste
d, a
s di
d th
e ci
ties
of
med
ieva
l and
mod
ern
tim
es.
But
ther
e is
no
such
th
ing
as a
met
ropo
litan
cit
y. A
ll te
rrit
ory
is s
ynth
esiz
ed
with
in th
e m
etro
polis
. Eve
ryth
ing
occu
pies
the
sam
e sp
ace,
if
not
geo
grap
hica
lly th
en th
roug
h th
e in
term
eshi
ng o
f it
s ne
twor
ks.
It’s
beca
use
the
city
has
fin
ally
dis
appe
ared
tha
t it
has
no
w be
com
e fe
tish
ized
, as
his
tory
. T
he f
acto
ry b
uild
ings
of
Lill
e be
com
e co
ncer
t ha
lls.
The
reb
uilt
conc
rete
cor
e of
Le
Hav
re i
s no
w a
UN
ESC
O W
orld
Her
itag
e si
re.
In
Bei
jing,
the
hut
ongs
sur
roun
ding
the
For
bidd
en C
ity
were
dem
olis
hed,
rep
lace
d by
fak
e ve
rsio
ns,
plac
ed a
litt
le
fart
her
out,
on
disp
lay
for
sigh
tsee
rs.
In T
roye
s th
ey p
aste
ha
lf-t
imbe
r fa
cade
s on
to c
inde
rblo
ck b
uild
ings
, a
type
of
past
iche
tha
t re
sem
bles
the
Vic
tori
an s
hops
at
Dis
neyl
and
Pari
s mor
e tha
n an
ythi
ng el
se. T
he o
ld h
isto
ric c
ente
rs, o
nce
hotb
eds o
f rev
olut
iona
ry se
diti
on, a
re n
ow w
isel
y int
egra
ted
into
the
orga
niza
tion
al d
iagr
am o
f the
met
ropo
lis. T
hey’
ve
35
been
giv
en o
ver
to to
uris
m a
nd c
onsp
icuo
us c
onsu
mpt
ion.
T
hey
are
the
fair
y-ta
le c
omm
odit
y is
land
s, p
ropp
ed u
p by
the
ir e
xpos
and
dec
orat
ions
, an
d by
for
ce i
f ne
cess
ary.
T
he o
ppre
ssiv
e se
ntim
enta
lity
of e
very
“C
hris
tmas
Vill
age”
is
off
set
by e
ver
mor
e se
curi
ty g
uard
s an
d ci
ty p
atro
ls.
Con
trol
has
a w
onde
rful
way
of
inte
grat
ing
itse
lf i
nto
the
com
mod
ity
land
scap
e, s
howi
ng i
ts a
utho
rita
rian
fac
e to
an
yone
who
wan
ts to
see
it. I
t’s a
n ag
e of
fusi
ons,
of m
uzak
, te
lesc
opin
g po
lice
bato
ns a
nd c
otto
n ca
ndy.
Equ
al p
arts
po
lice
surv
eilla
nce
and
ench
ante
men
t!T
his
tast
e fo
r th
e “a
uthe
ntic
,” a
nd f
or t
he c
ontr
ol t
hat
goes
wit
h it
, is
car
ried
by
the
pett
y bo
urge
oisi
e th
roug
h th
eir
colo
nizi
ng d
rive
s in
to w
orki
ng c
lass
nei
ghbo
rhoo
ds.
Push
ed o
ut o
f the
city
cent
ers,
they
find
on
the
fron
tier
s the
ki
nd o
f “n
eigh
borh
ood
feel
ing”
the
y m
isse
d in
the
pre
fab
hous
es o
f su
burb
ia.
In c
hasi
ng o
ut t
he p
oor
peop
le,
the
cars
, an
d th
e im
mig
rant
s, i
n m
akin
g it
tidy
, in
get
ting
rid
of
all
the
germ
s, t
he p
etty
bou
rgeo
isie
pul
veri
zes
the
very
th
ing
it c
ame
look
ing
for.
A p
olic
e of
fice
r an
d a
garb
age
man
sha
ke h
ands
in a
pic
ture
on
a to
wn b
illbo
ard,
and
the
slog
an r
eads
: “M
onta
uban
– C
lean
Cit
y.”T
he sa
me
sens
e of
dec
ency
that
obl
iges
urb
anis
ts to
stop
sp
eaki
ng o
f th
e “c
ity”
(wh
ich
they
des
troy
ed)
and
inst
ead
to t
alk
of t
he “
urba
n,”
shou
ld c
ompe
l th
em a
lso
to d
rop
“cou
ntry
” (s
ince
it
no l
onge
r ex
ists
). T
he u
proo
ted
and
stre
ssed
-out
mas
ses
are
inst
ead
show
n a
coun
trys
ide,
a
visi
on o
f th
e pa
st t
hat’s
eas
y to
sta
ge n
ow t
hat
the
coun
try
folk
hav
e be
en s
o de
plet
ed.
It i
s a
mar
keti
ng c
ampa
ign
depl
oyed
on
a “t
erri
tory
” in
whi
ch e
very
thin
g m
ust
be
valo
rize
d or
rec
onst
itut
ed a
s nat
iona
l her
itag
e. E
very
wher
e it
’s th
e sa
me
chill
ing
void
, re
achi
ng i
nto
even
the
mos
t re
mot
e an
d ru
stic
cor
ners
.
58
The
re e
xist
s a
cred
ible
thes
is th
at m
oder
n lit
erat
ure
was
born
wi
th B
aude
lair
e, H
eine
, an
d Fl
aube
rt a
s a
repe
rcus
sion
of
the
stat
e m
assa
cre
of J
une
1848
. It
’s in
the
blo
od o
f th
e Pa
risi
an
insu
rgen
ts,
agai
nst
the
sile
nce
surr
ound
ing
the
slau
ghte
r,
that
mod
ern
liter
ary
form
s we
re b
orn
– sp
leen
, am
biva
lenc
e,
feti
shis
m
of
form
, an
d m
orbi
d de
tach
men
t.
The
ne
urot
ic
affe
ctio
n th
at th
e Fr
ench
ple
dge
to th
eir
Rep
ublic
– in
the
nam
e of
whi
ch e
very
sm
udge
of i
nk a
ssum
es a
n ai
r of
dig
nity
, and
any
pa
thet
ic h
ack
is h
onor
ed –
und
erwr
ites
the
perp
etua
l rep
ress
ion
of i
ts o
rigi
nary
sac
rifi
ces.
The
Jun
e da
ys o
f 18
48 –
1,5
00
dea
d in
com
bat,
tho
usan
ds o
f su
mm
ary
exec
utio
ns o
f pr
ison
ers,
and
th
e A
ssem
bly
welc
omin
g th
e su
rren
der
of th
e la
st b
arri
cade
wit
h cr
ies o
f “L
ong
Liv
e th
e R
epub
lic!”
– a
nd th
e B
lood
y W
eek
of 18
71
are
birt
hmar
ks n
o su
rger
y ca
n hi
de.
In
19
45
, K
oje
ve
wr
ote
: “
The
“of
fici
al”
polit
ical
idea
l of F
ranc
e an
d of
the
Fren
ch is
toda
y st
ill th
at o
f the
nat
ion-
Stat
e, o
f the
‘one
an
d in
divi
sibl
e R
epub
lic.’
On
the
othe
r ha
nd, i
n th
e de
pths
of i
ts
soul
, the
cou
ntry
und
erst
ands
the
inad
equa
cy o
f thi
s ide
al, o
f the
po
litic
al a
nach
roni
sm o
f the
stri
ctly
“na
tion
al”
idea
. Thi
s fee
ling
has a
dmit
tedl
y not
yet r
each
ed th
e le
vel o
f a cl
ear a
nd d
isti
nct i
dea:
T
he c
ount
ry c
anno
t, a
nd st
ill d
oes n
ot w
ant t
o, e
xpre
ss it
ope
nly.
M
oreo
ver,
for
the
ver
y re
ason
of
the
unpa
ralle
led
brill
ianc
e of
it
s na
tiona
l pas
t, it
is p
arti
cula
rly
diff
icul
t for
Fra
nce
to r
ecog
nize
cl
earl
y an
d to
acc
ept f
rank
ly th
e fa
ct o
f th
e en
d of
the
‘nat
iona
l’ pe
riod
of H
isto
ry a
nd to
und
erst
and
all o
f its
con
sequ
ence
s. It
is
hard
for
a co
untr
y wh
ich
crea
ted,
out
of n
othi
ng, t
he id
eolo
gica
l fr
amew
ork
of n
atio
nalis
m a
nd w
hich
exp
orte
d it
to
the
whol
e wo
rld
to r
ecog
nize
that
all
that
rem
ains
of
it n
ow is
a d
ocum
ent
to b
e fi
led
in th
e hi
stor
ical
arc
hive
s.”
Thi
s qu
esti
on o
f th
e na
tion
-sta
te a
nd i
ts m
ourn
ing
is a
t th
e he
art
of w
hat
for
the
past
hal
f-ce
ntur
y ca
n on
ly b
e ca
lled
the
Fren
ch m
alai
se.
We
polit
ely
give
the
nam
e of
“al
tern
atio
n” t
o th
is
twit
chy
inde
cisi
on,
this
pen
dulu
m-l
ike
osci
llati
on f
rom
lef
t to
ri
ght,
the
n ri
ght
to l
eft;
lik
e a
man
ic p
hase
aft
er a
dep
ress
ive
one
that
is th
en fo
llowe
d by
ano
ther
, or
like
the
way
a co
mpl
etel
y rh
etor
ical
cri
tiqu
e of
ind
ivid
ualis
m u
neas
ily c
o-ex
ists
wit
h th
e m
ost
fero
ciou
s cy
nici
sm,
or t
he m
ost
gran
dios
e ge
nero
sity
wit
h an
ave
rsio
n to
cro
wds.
Sin
ce 1
945,
this
mal
aise
, wh
ich
seem
s to
ha
ve d
issi
pate
d on
ly d
urin
g th
e in
surr
ecti
onar
y fe
rvor
of
May
68
, ha
s co
ntin
ually
wor
sene
d. T
he e
ra o
f st
ates
, na
tion
s an
d
57
man
ipul
atin
g the
mas
ses,
secr
et se
rvic
e ope
rati
ons,
the r
estr
icti
on
of p
ublic
libe
rtie
s, a
nd t
he c
ompl
ete
sove
reig
nty
of a
wid
e ar
ray
of p
olic
e fo
rces
wer
e ap
prop
riat
e wa
ys t
o en
sure
dem
ocra
cy,
free
dom
and
civ
iliza
tion
. A
t the
fin
al s
tage
of
this
evo
luti
on,
we
see
the
firs
t soc
ialis
t may
or o
f Par
is p
utti
ng th
e fi
nish
ing
touc
hes
on u
rban
pac
ific
atio
n wi
th a
new
pol
ice
prot
ocol
for
a p
oor
neig
hbor
hood
, an
noun
ced
with
the
fol
lowi
ng c
aref
ully
cho
sen
word
s: “
We’
re b
uild
ing
a ci
viliz
ed s
pace
her
e.”
The
re’s
noth
ing
mor
e to
say
, eve
ryth
ing
has
to b
e de
stro
yed.
Th
ou
gh
it
se
em
s
ge
ne
ra
l
in
n
atu
re
, th
e qu
esti
on
of
civi
lizat
ion
is n
ot a
t all
a ph
iloso
phic
al o
ne.
A c
ivili
zati
on is
not
an
abs
trac
tion
hov
erin
g ov
er li
fe. I
t is w
hat r
ules
, tak
es p
osse
ssio
n of
, co
loni
zes
the
mos
t ba
nal,
per
sona
l, d
aily
exi
sten
ce.
It’s
what
ho
lds
toge
ther
tha
t wh
ich
is m
ost
inti
mat
e an
d m
ost
gene
ral.
In
Fra
nce,
civ
iliza
tion
is
inse
para
ble
from
the
sta
te.
The
old
er
and
mor
e po
werf
ul t
he s
tate
, th
e le
ss i
t is
a s
uper
stru
ctur
e or
exo
skel
eton
of
a so
ciet
y an
d th
e m
ore
it c
onst
itut
es t
he
subj
ecti
viti
es t
hat
peop
le i
t. T
he F
renc
h st
ate
is t
he v
ery
text
ure
of F
renc
h su
bjec
tivi
ties
, th
e fo
rm a
ssum
ed b
y th
e ce
ntur
ies-
old
cast
rati
on o
f it
s su
bjec
ts.
Thu
s it
sho
uld
com
e as
no
surp
rise
th
at i
n th
eir
delir
ium
s ps
ychi
atri
c pa
tien
ts a
re a
lway
s co
nfus
ing
them
selv
es w
ith
polit
ical
fig
ures
, th
at w
e ag
ree
that
our
lea
ders
ar
e th
e ro
ot o
f all
our
ills,
that
we
like
to g
rum
ble
so m
uch
abou
t th
em a
nd t
hat
this
gru
mbl
ing
is t
he c
onse
crat
ion
that
cro
wns
them
as
our
mas
ters
. Her
e, p
olit
ics
is n
ot c
onsi
dere
d so
met
hing
ou
tsid
e of
us
but a
s pa
rt o
f our
selv
es. T
he li
fe w
e in
vest
in th
ese
figu
res
is th
e sa
me
life
that
’s ta
ken
from
us.
If t
here
is
a Fr
ench
exc
epti
on,
this
is
why.
Eve
ryth
ing,
eve
n th
e gl
obal
inf
luen
ce o
f Fr
ench
lit
erat
ure,
is
a re
sult
of t
his
ampu
tati
on. I
n Fr
ance
, lit
erat
ure
is th
e pr
escr
ibed
spa
ce fo
r th
e am
usem
ent o
f the
cas
trat
ed. I
t is t
he fo
rmal
free
dom
con
cede
d to
th
ose
who
cann
ot a
ccom
mod
ate
them
selv
es to
the
noth
ingn
ess o
f th
eir
real
free
dom
. Tha
t’s w
hat g
ives
ris
e to
all
the
obsc
ene
wink
s ex
chan
ged,
for
cent
urie
s now
, bet
ween
the
stat
esm
en a
nd m
en o
f le
tter
s in
thi
s co
untr
y, a
s ea
ch g
ladl
y do
ns t
he o
ther
’s co
stum
e.
Tha
t’s a
lso
why i
ntel
lect
uals
her
e te
nd to
talk
so lo
ud w
hen
they
’re
so m
eek,
and
why
they
alw
ays f
ail a
t the
dec
isiv
e m
omen
t, th
e on
ly
mom
ent t
hat w
ould
’ve
give
n m
eani
ng to
thei
r ex
iste
nce,
but
that
al
so w
ould
’ve
had
them
ban
ishe
d fr
om th
eir
prof
essi
on.
36
The
met
ropo
lis i
s th
is s
imul
tane
ous
deat
h of
cit
y an
d co
untr
y. I
t is
the
cro
ssro
ads
wher
e al
l th
e pe
tty
bour
geoi
s co
me
toge
ther
, in
the
mid
dle
of t
his
mid
dle
clas
s th
at
stre
tche
s ou
t in
defi
nite
ly,
as m
uch
a re
sult
of r
ural
flig
ht
as o
f ur
ban
spra
wl.
To c
over
the
pla
net
with
gla
ss w
ould
fi
t pe
rfec
tly t
he c
ynic
ism
of
cont
empo
rary
arc
hite
ctur
e.
A s
choo
l, a
hos
pita
l, o
r a
med
ia c
ente
r ar
e al
l va
riat
ions
on
the
sam
e th
eme:
tra
nspa
renc
y, n
eutr
alit
y, u
nifo
rmit
y.
The
se m
assi
ve,
flui
d bu
ildin
gs a
re c
once
ived
wit
hout
any
ne
ed to
kno
w wh
at th
ey w
ill h
ouse
. The
y cou
ld be
here
as m
uch
as a
nywh
ere
else
. W
hat
to d
o wi
th a
ll th
e of
fice
tow
ers
at
La
Déf
ense
in
Pari
s, t
he a
part
men
t bl
ocks
of
Lyo
n’s
La
Part
Die
u, o
r th
e sh
oppi
ng c
ompl
exes
of
Eur
aLill
e? T
he
expr
essi
on “
flam
bant
neu
f” 12
per
fect
ly c
aptu
res
thei
r de
stin
y.
A S
cott
ish
trav
eler
tes
tifi
es t
o th
e un
ique
att
ract
ion
of
the
powe
r of
fir
e, s
peak
ing
afte
r re
bels
had
bur
ned
the
Hôt
el d
e V
ille
in P
aris
in
May
, 18
71:
“Nev
er c
ould
I h
ave
imag
ined
any
thin
g so
bea
utif
ul.
It’s
supe
rb.
I wo
n’t
deny
th
at th
e pe
ople
of
the
Com
mun
e ar
e fr
ight
ful r
ogue
s. B
ut
what
art
ists
! A
nd t
hey
were
not
eve
n aw
are
of t
heir
own
m
aste
rpie
ce! [
...]
I ha
ve se
en th
e ru
ins o
f Am
alfi
bat
hed
in
the
azur
e sw
ells
of t
he M
edit
erra
nean
, and
the
ruin
s of t
he
Tung
-hoo
r te
mpl
es i
n Pu
njab
. I’
ve s
een
Rom
e an
d m
any
othe
r th
ings
. But
not
hing
can
com
pare
to w
hat I
hav
e se
en
here
toni
ght b
efor
e m
y ve
ry e
yes.
”
Th
er
e still r
em
ain
so
me
fr
ag
me
nts o
f th
e c
ity
and
so
me
trac
es o
f th
e co
untr
y ca
ught
up
in t
he m
etro
polit
an
mes
h. B
ut v
ital
ity
has
take
n up
qua
rter
s in
the
so-
calle
d “p
robl
em”
neig
hbor
hood
s. I
t’s a
par
adox
tha
t th
e pl
aces
th
ough
t to
be th
e m
ost u
ninh
abit
able
turn
out
to b
e th
e on
ly
ones
still
in so
me
way
inha
bite
d. A
n ol
d sq
uatt
ed sh
ack
still
fe
els
mor
e liv
ed i
n th
an t
he s
o-ca
lled
luxu
ry a
part
men
ts
wher
e it
is o
nly
poss
ible
to s
et d
own
the
furn
itur
e an
d ge
t th
e dé
cor
just
rig
ht w
hile
wai
ting
for
the
next
mov
e. W
ithi
n
12. “
flam
bant
neu
f,” –
lite
rally
, “bu
rnin
g ne
w” –
is th
e Fr
ench
equ
ival
ent o
f the
E
nglis
h “b
rand
new
.”
37
man
y of
tod
ay’s
meg
alop
olis
es,
the
shan
tyto
wns
are
the
last
livi
ng a
nd li
vabl
e ar
eas,
and
als
o, o
f co
urse
, th
e m
ost
dead
ly. T
hey
are
the
flip
-sid
e of
the
elec
tron
ic d
écor
of t
he
glob
al m
etro
polis
. T
he d
orm
itor
y to
wers
in
the
subu
rbs
nort
h of
Par
is, a
band
oned
by
a pe
tty
bour
geoi
sie
that
wen
t of
f hun
ting
for
swim
min
g po
ols,
hav
e be
en b
roug
ht b
ack
to
life
by m
ass
unem
ploy
men
t an
d no
w ra
diat
e m
ore
ener
gy
than
the
Lat
in Q
uart
er. I
n wo
rds
as m
uch
as fi
re.
The
con
flag
rati
on o
f N
ovem
ber
200
5 wa
s no
t a
resu
lt of
ext
rem
e di
spos
sess
ion,
as
it i
s of
ten
port
raye
d. I
t wa
s,
on t
he c
ontr
ary,
a c
ompl
ete
poss
essi
on o
f a
terr
itor
y.
Peop
le c
an b
urn
cars
bec
ause
the
y ar
e pi
ssed
off
, bu
t to
ke
ep th
e ri
ots
goin
g fo
r a
mon
th, w
hile
kee
ping
the
polic
e in
che
ck –
to
do t
hat
you
have
to
know
how
to
orga
nize
, yo
u ha
ve t
o es
tabl
ish
com
plic
itie
s, y
ou h
ave
to k
now
the
terr
ain
perf
ectly
, an
d sh
are
a co
mm
on l
angu
age
and
a co
mm
on e
nem
y. M
ile a
fter
mile
and
wee
k af
ter
week
, th
e fi
re s
prea
d. N
ew b
laze
s re
spon
ded
to t
he o
rigi
nal
ones
, ap
pear
ing
wher
e th
ey w
ere
leas
t exp
ecte
d. R
umor
s ca
n’t b
e wi
reta
pped
.
Th
e
me
tr
opo
lis
is
a
te
rr
ain
o
f
co
nsta
nt
lo
w-
in
te
nsity
c
on
flic
t,
in
whic
h th
e ta
king
of
B
asra
, M
ogad
ishu
, or
Nab
lus
mar
k po
ints
of
culm
inat
ion.
For
a
long
tim
e, t
he c
ity
was
a pl
ace
for
the
mili
tary
to
avoi
d,
or i
f an
ythi
ng,
to b
esie
ge;
but
the
met
ropo
lis i
s pe
rfec
tly
com
pati
ble
with
war
. A
rmed
con
flic
t is
onl
y a
mom
ent
in
its
cons
tant
rec
onfi
gura
tion
. T
he b
attle
s le
d by
the
gre
at
powe
rs r
esem
ble
a ki
nd o
f nev
er-e
ndin
g po
lice
work
in th
e bl
ack
hole
s of
the
met
ropo
lis,
“whe
ther
in
Bur
kina
Fas
o,
in t
he S
outh
Bro
nx,
in K
amag
asak
i, i
n C
hiap
as,
or i
n L
a C
ourn
euve
.” N
o lo
nger
und
erta
ken
in v
iew
of v
icto
ry
or p
eace
, or
eve
n th
e re
-est
ablis
hmen
t of
ord
er,
such
“i
nter
vent
ions
” co
ntin
ue a
secu
rity
ope
rati
on th
at is
alw
ays
alre
ady
at w
ork.
War
is n
o lo
nger
a d
isti
nct
even
t in
tim
e,
but
inst
ead
diff
ract
s in
to a
ser
ies
of m
icro
-ope
rati
ons,
by
both
mili
tary
and
pol
ice,
to e
nsur
e se
curi
ty.
56Seve
nth
Cir
cle
“We a
re b
uild
ing
a c
ivil
ized
sp
ace
here
” T
he fi
rst g
loba
l sla
ught
er, w
hich
from
191
4 to
191
8 di
d aw
ay w
ith
a la
rge
port
ion
of t
he u
rban
and
rur
al p
role
tari
at,
was
wage
d in
th
e na
me
of f
reed
om,
dem
ocra
cy,
and
civi
lizat
ion.
For
the
pas
t fi
ve ye
ars,
the
so-c
alle
d “w
ar o
n te
rror
” wi
th it
s spe
cial
ope
rati
ons
and
targ
eted
ass
assi
nati
ons
has
been
pur
sued
in
the
nam
e of
th
ese
sam
e va
lues
. Yet
the
rese
mbl
ance
stop
s the
re: a
t the
leve
l of
appe
aran
ces.
The
valu
e of
civ
iliza
tion
is n
o lo
nger
so o
bvio
us th
at
it c
an b
roug
ht to
the
nati
ves
with
out f
urth
er a
do. F
reed
om is
no
long
er a
nam
e sc
rawl
ed o
n wa
lls,
for
toda
y it
is a
lway
s fo
llowe
d,
as if
by
its
shad
ow, w
ith
the
word
“se
curi
ty.”
And
it is
wel
l kno
wn
that
dem
ocra
cy c
an b
e di
ssol
ved
in p
ure
and
sim
ple
“em
erge
ncy”
ed
icts
— f
or e
xam
ple,
in
the
offi
cial
rei
nsti
tuti
on o
f to
rtur
e in
th
e U
S, o
r in
Fra
nce’
s Pe
rben
II
law.
22
In a
sin
gle
cent
ury,
free
dom
, dem
ocra
cy a
nd c
ivili
zati
on h
ave
reve
rted
to th
e st
ate
of h
ypot
hese
s. O
ur le
ader
s’ wo
rk fr
om h
ere
on o
ut w
ill c
onsi
st i
n sh
apin
g th
e m
ater
ial a
nd m
oral
as
well
as
sym
bolic
and
soc
ial
cond
itio
ns i
n wh
ich
thes
e hy
poth
eses
can
be
mor
e or
less
val
idat
ed,
in c
onfi
guri
ng s
pace
s wh
ere
they
can
se
em t
o fu
ncti
on.
All
mea
ns t
o th
ese
ends
are
acc
epta
ble,
eve
n th
e le
ast d
emoc
rati
c, th
e le
ast c
ivili
zed,
the
mos
t rep
ress
ive.
Thi
s is
a c
entu
ry in
whi
ch d
emoc
racy
reg
ular
ly p
resi
ded
over
the
birt
h of
fasc
ist r
egim
es, c
ivili
zati
on c
onst
antly
rhy
med
– to
the
tune
of
Wag
ner
or Ir
on M
aide
n –
with
ext
erm
inat
ion,
and
in w
hich
, one
da
y in
192
9, f
reed
om-
show
ed i
ts t
wo f
aces
: a
bank
er t
hrow
ing
him
self
from
a w
indo
w an
d a
fam
ily o
f wor
kers
dyi
ng o
f hun
ger.
Si
nce
then
– l
et’s
say,
sin
ce 1
945
– it
’s ta
ken
for
gran
ted
that
22
. Per
ben
II is
a la
w in
trod
uced
in F
ranc
e in
20
04
that
targ
ets
“org
aniz
ed
crim
e” a
nd “
delin
quen
cy”
and
allo
ws fo
r se
nten
cing
wit
hout
tria
l.
55
Ne
w
Or
le
an
s,
a
fe
w
da
ys
afte
r
Hu
rr
ic
an
e
Ka
tr
in
a.
In th
is ap
ocal
ypti
c atm
osph
ere,
her
e and
ther
e, li
fe is
reor
gani
zing
it
self
. In
the
fac
e of
the
ina
ctio
n of
the
pub
lic a
utho
riti
es,
who
were
too
busy
cle
anin
g up
the
tour
ist a
reas
of t
he F
renc
h Q
uart
er
and
prot
ecti
ng s
hops
to h
elp
the
poor
er c
ity
dwel
lers
, fo
rgot
ten
form
s are
rebo
rn. I
n sp
ite
of o
ccas
iona
lly st
rong
-arm
ed a
ttem
pts
to e
vacu
ate
the
area
, in
spi
te o
f wh
ite
supr
emac
ist
lync
h m
obs,
a
lot
of p
eopl
e re
fuse
d to
lea
ve t
he t
erra
in.
For
the
latt
er,
who
refu
sed
to b
e de
port
ed li
ke “
envi
ronm
enta
l ref
ugee
s” a
ll ov
er th
e co
untr
y, a
nd f
or t
hose
who
cam
e fr
om a
ll ar
ound
to
join
the
m
in s
olid
arit
y, r
espo
ndin
g to
a c
all f
rom
a f
orm
er B
lack
Pan
ther
, se
lf-o
rgan
izat
ion
cam
e ba
ck to
the
fore
. In
a fe
w we
eks
tim
e, th
e C
omm
on G
roun
d C
linic
was
set
up.
21 F
rom
the
ver
y fi
rst
days
, th
is v
erit
able
“co
untr
y ho
spit
al”
prov
ided
fre
e an
d ef
fect
ive
trea
tmen
t to
tho
se w
ho n
eede
d it
, th
anks
to
the
cons
tant
inf
lux
of vo
lunt
eers
. For
mor
e th
an a
year
now
, the
clin
ic is
still
the
base
of
a d
aily
res
ista
nce
to th
e cl
ean-
swee
p op
erat
ion
of g
over
nmen
t bu
lldoz
ers,
whi
ch a
re t
ryin
g to
tur
n th
at p
art
of t
he c
ity
into
a
past
ure
for
prop
erty
dev
elop
ers.
Pop
ular
kit
chen
s, s
uppl
ies,
st
reet
med
icin
e, il
lega
l tak
eove
rs, t
he c
onst
ruct
ion
of e
mer
genc
y ho
usin
g, a
ll th
is p
ract
ical
kno
wled
ge a
ccum
ulat
ed h
ere
and
ther
e in
the
cou
rse
of a
lif
e, h
as n
ow f
ound
a s
pace
whe
re i
t ca
n be
de
ploy
ed. F
ar fr
om th
e un
ifor
ms
and
sire
ns.
Who
ever
kne
w th
e pe
nnile
ss j
oy o
f th
ese
New
Orl
eans
ne
ighb
orho
ods
befo
re t
he c
atas
trop
he,
thei
r de
fian
ce t
owar
ds
the
stat
e an
d th
e wi
desp
read
pra
ctic
e of
mak
ing
do w
ith
what
’s av
aila
ble
woul
dn’t
be a
t al
l su
rpri
sed
by w
hat
beca
me
poss
ible
th
ere.
On
the
othe
r ha
nd,
anyo
ne t
rapp
ed i
n th
e an
emic
and
at
omiz
ed e
very
day
rout
ine
of o
ur r
esid
enti
al d
eser
ts m
ight
do
ubt
that
su
ch
dete
rmin
atio
n co
uld
be
foun
d an
ywhe
re
anym
ore.
Rec
onne
ctin
g wi
th s
uch
gest
ures
, bu
ried
und
er y
ears
of
nor
mal
ized
life
, is
the
onl
y pr
acti
cabl
e m
eans
of
not
sink
ing
down
wit
h th
e wo
rld.
The
tim
e wi
ll co
me
when
we
take
thes
e up
on
ce m
ore.
21.
A c
erta
in d
ista
nce
lead
s to
a c
erta
in o
bscu
rity
. Com
mon
Gro
und
has
been
cr
itic
ized
in N
orth
Am
eric
an fo
r th
e fa
ct th
at it
s ac
tivi
ties
wer
e ge
ared
towa
rds
a re
turn
to n
orm
alit
y –
that
is, t
o th
e no
rmal
func
tion
ing
of th
ings
. In
any
case
it
cle
arly
rem
ains
in th
e re
alm
of c
lass
ical
pol
itic
s. T
he fo
unde
r of
Com
mon
G
roun
d, fo
rmer
-Bla
ck P
anth
er M
alik
Rah
im, e
vent
ually
use
d th
e pr
ojec
t as
part
of h
is u
nsuc
cess
ful r
un fo
r th
e U
S C
ongr
ess
in 2
00
8. I
t was
als
o la
ter
reve
aled
that
one
of t
he m
ain
spok
esm
en fo
r th
e pr
ojec
t, B
rand
on D
arby
, was
an
FB
I in
form
ant.
38
The
pol
ice
and
the
arm
y ar
e ev
olvi
ng i
n pa
ralle
l an
d in
loc
k-st
ep.
A c
rim
inol
ogis
t re
ques
ts t
hat
the
nati
onal
ri
ot p
olic
e re
orga
nize
its
elf
into
sm
all,
pro
fess
iona
lized
, m
obile
uni
ts.
The
mili
tary
aca
dem
y, c
radl
e of
dis
cipl
inar
y m
etho
ds,
is r
ethi
nkin
g it
s ow
n hi
erar
chic
al o
rgan
izat
ion.
Fo
r hi
s in
fant
ry b
atta
lion
a N
ATO
off
icer
em
ploy
s a
“par
tici
pato
ry
met
hod
that
in
volv
es
ever
yone
in
th
e an
alys
is,
prep
arat
ion,
exe
cuti
on,
and
eval
uati
on o
f an
ac
tion
. T
he p
lan
is c
onsi
dere
d an
d re
cons
ider
ed f
or d
ays,
ri
ght t
hrou
gh th
e tr
aini
ng p
hase
and
acc
ordi
ng to
the
late
st
inte
llige
nce
[...
] T
here
is n
othi
ng li
ke g
roup
pla
nnin
g fo
r bu
ildin
g te
am c
ohes
ion
and
mor
ale.
”T
he
arm
ed
forc
es
don’
t si
mpl
y ad
apt
them
selv
es
to
the
met
ropo
lis,
they
pro
duce
it.
Thu
s, s
ince
the
bat
tle o
f N
ablu
s,
Isra
eli
sold
iers
ha
ve
beco
me
inte
rior
de
sign
ers.
Fo
rced
by
Pa
lest
inia
n gu
erri
llas
to a
band
on th
e st
reet
s, w
hich
had
bec
ome
too
dang
erou
s, th
ey le
arne
d to
adv
ance
vert
ical
ly a
nd h
oriz
onta
lly
into
the
hear
t of t
he u
rban
arc
hite
ctur
e, p
okin
g ho
les i
n wa
lls a
nd
ceili
ngs
in o
rder
to m
ove
thro
ugh
them
. An
offi
cer
in th
e Is
rael
D
efen
se F
orce
s, a
nd a
gra
duat
e in
phi
loso
phy,
exp
lain
s: “
the
enem
y in
terp
rets
spa
ce i
n a
trad
itio
nal,
cla
ssic
al m
anne
r, a
nd I
do
not
wan
t to
obe
y th
is i
nter
pret
atio
n an
d fa
ll in
to h
is t
raps
. […
] I
want
to s
urpr
ise
him
! Thi
s is
the
esse
nce
of w
ar. I
nee
d to
wi
n […
] Thi
s is w
hy th
at w
e op
ted
for
the
met
hodo
logy
of m
ovin
g th
roug
h wa
lls [
…]
Lik
e a
worm
that
eat
s it
s wa
y fo
rwar
d.”
Urb
an
spac
e is
mor
e th
an ju
st th
e th
eate
r of
con
fron
tati
on, i
t is a
lso
the
mea
ns. T
his e
choe
s the
adv
ice
of B
lanq
ui w
ho r
ecom
men
ded
(in
this
cas
e fo
r th
e pa
rty
of in
surr
ecti
on)
that
the
futu
re in
surg
ents
of
Par
is ta
ke o
ver
the
hous
es o
n th
e ba
rric
aded
str
eets
to p
rote
ct
thei
r po
siti
ons,
that
they
sho
uld
bore
hol
es in
the
walls
to a
llow
pass
age
betw
een
hous
es,
brea
k do
wn t
he g
roun
d fl
oor
stai
rwel
ls
and
poke
hol
es i
n th
e ce
iling
s to
def
end
them
selv
es a
gain
st
pote
ntia
l att
acke
rs,
rip
out t
he d
oors
and
use
them
to b
arri
cade
th
e wi
ndow
s, a
nd tu
rn e
ach
floo
r in
to a
gun
turr
et.
The
met
ropo
lis i
s no
t ju
st t
his
urba
n pi
le-u
p, t
his
fina
l co
llisi
on b
etwe
en c
ity
and
coun
try.
It i
s al
so a
flow
of b
eing
s an
d th
ings
, a cu
rren
t tha
t run
s th
roug
h fi
ber-
opti
c ne
twor
ks, t
hrou
gh
high
-spe
ed tr
ain
lines
, sat
ellit
es, a
nd vi
deo
surv
eilla
nce
cam
eras
, m
akin
g su
re t
hat
this
wor
ld n
ever
sto
ps r
unni
ng s
trai
ght
to i
ts
ruin
. It
is
a cu
rren
t th
at w
ould
like
to
drag
eve
ryth
ing
alon
g in
39
its
hope
less
mob
ility
, to
mob
ilize
eac
h an
d ev
ery
one
of u
s. W
here
in
form
atio
n pu
mm
els
us li
ke s
ome
kind
of h
osti
le fo
rce.
Whe
re
the
only
thi
ng le
ft t
o do
is
run.
Whe
re i
t be
com
es h
ard
to w
ait,
ev
en fo
r th
e um
ptee
nth
subw
ay tr
ain.
Wit
h th
e pr
olif
erat
ion
of
mea
ns
of
mov
emen
t an
d co
mm
unic
atio
n, a
nd w
ith
the
lure
of a
lway
s be
ing
else
wher
e, w
e ar
e co
ntin
uous
ly to
rn fr
om th
e he
re a
nd n
ow. H
op o
n an
inte
rcit
y or
com
mut
er tr
ain,
pic
k up
a te
leph
one –
in o
rder
to b
e alre
ady g
one.
Su
ch m
obili
ty o
nly
ever
mea
ns u
proo
tedn
ess,
isol
atio
n, e
xile
. It
woul
d be
ins
uffe
rabl
e if
it
were
n’t
alwa
ys t
he m
obili
ty o
f a p
rivat
e sp
ace,
of
a po
rtab
le in
teri
or.
The
pri
vate
bub
ble
does
n’t b
urst
, it
fl
oats
aro
und.
The
pro
cess
of
coco
onin
g is
not
goi
ng a
way,
it is
m
erel
y be
ing
put i
nto
mot
ion.
Fro
m a
trai
n st
atio
n, to
an
offi
ce
park
, to
a c
omm
erci
al b
ank,
fro
m o
ne h
otel
to a
noth
er,
ther
e is
ev
eryw
here
a f
orei
gnne
ss,
a fe
elin
g so
ban
al a
nd s
o ha
bitu
al i
t be
com
es t
he la
st f
orm
of
fam
iliar
ity.
Met
ropo
litan
exc
ess
is t
his
capr
icio
us m
ixin
g of
def
init
e m
oods
, in
defi
nite
ly r
ecom
bine
d.
The
cit
y ce
nter
s of
the
met
ropo
lis a
re n
ot c
lone
s of
the
mse
lves
, bu
t off
er in
stea
d th
eir
own
aura
s; w
e gl
ide
from
one
to th
e ne
xt,
sele
ctin
g th
is o
ne a
nd r
ejec
ting
that
one
, to
the
tune
of a
kin
d of
ex
iste
ntia
l sho
ppin
g tr
ip a
mon
g di
ffer
ent s
tyle
s of
bar
s, p
eopl
e,
desi
gns,
or
play
lists
. “W
ith
my
mp3
pla
yer,
I’m
the
mas
ter
of m
y wo
rld.
” To
cop
e wi
th th
e un
ifor
mit
y th
at s
urro
unds
us,
our
onl
y op
tion
is
to c
onst
antly
ren
ovat
e ou
r ow
n in
teri
or w
orld
, lik
e a
child
who
con
stru
cts
the
sam
e lit
tle h
ouse
ove
r an
d ov
er a
gain
, or
like
Rob
inso
n C
ruso
e re
prod
ucin
g hi
s sh
opke
eper
’s un
iver
se
on a
des
ert i
slan
d –
yet o
ur d
eser
t isl
and
is c
ivili
zati
on it
self
, and
th
ere
are
billi
ons
of u
s co
ntin
ually
was
hing
up
on it
.It
is
prec
isel
y du
e to
thi
s ar
chit
ectu
re o
f fl
ows
that
the
m
etro
polis
is
one
of t
he m
ost
vuln
erab
le h
uman
arr
ange
men
ts
that
has
eve
r ex
iste
d. S
uppl
e, s
ubtle
, bu
t vu
lner
able
. A
bru
tal
shut
ting
dow
n of
bor
ders
to fe
nd o
ff a
rag
ing
epid
emic
, a su
dden
in
terr
upti
on o
f su
pply
lin
es,
orga
nize
d bl
ocka
des
of t
he a
xes
of c
omm
unic
atio
n –
and
the
whol
e fa
cade
cru
mbl
es,
a fa
cade
th
at c
an n
o lo
nger
mas
k th
e sc
enes
of
carn
age
haun
ting
it f
rom
m
orni
ng t
o ni
ght.
The
wor
ld w
ould
not
be
mov
ing
so f
ast
if i
t di
dn’t
have
to c
onst
antly
out
run
its
own
colla
pse.
The
m
etro
polis
ai
ms
to
shel
ter
itse
lf
from
in
evit
able
m
alfu
ncti
on v
ia it
s net
work
stru
ctur
e, v
ia it
s ent
ire
tech
nolo
gica
l in
fras
truc
ture
of
no
des
and
conn
ecti
ons,
it
s de
cent
raliz
ed
arch
itec
ture
. T
he i
nter
net
is s
uppo
sed
to s
urvi
ve a
nuc
lear
5
4the
syst
em,
to t
he s
light
est
clim
acti
c ri
sk.
As
the
late
st t
suna
mi
appr
oach
ed a
nd th
e to
uris
ts c
onti
nued
to fr
olic
in th
e wa
ves,
the
isla
nds’
hunt
er-g
athe
rers
has
tene
d to
fle
e th
e co
ast,
fol
lowi
ng
the
bird
s. E
nvir
onm
enta
lism
’s pr
esen
t par
adox
is th
at u
nder
the
pret
ext
of s
avin
g th
e pl
anet
fro
m d
esol
atio
n it
mer
ely
save
s th
e ca
uses
of
its
deso
lati
on.
The
nor
mal
fun
ctio
ning
of
the
worl
d us
ually
ser
ves
to h
ide
our
stat
e of
tru
ly c
atas
trop
hic
disp
osse
ssio
n. W
hat
is c
alle
d “c
atas
trop
he”
is n
o m
ore
than
the
for
ced
susp
ensi
on o
f th
is
stat
e, o
ne o
f th
ose
rare
mom
ents
whe
n we
reg
ain
som
e so
rt o
f pr
esen
ce in
the
worl
d. L
et th
e pe
trol
eum
res
erve
s run
out
ear
lier
than
exp
ecte
d; le
t the
inte
rnat
iona
l flo
ws th
at r
egul
ate
the
tem
po
of th
e m
etro
polis
be
inte
rrup
ted,
let u
s su
ffer
som
e gr
eat s
ocia
l di
srup
tion
and
som
e gr
eat “
retu
rn to
sava
gery
of t
he p
opul
atio
n,”
a “p
lane
tary
thr
eat,”
the
“en
d of
civ
iliza
tion
!” E
ithe
r wa
y, a
ny
loss
of
cont
rol w
ould
be
pref
erab
le to
all
the
cris
is m
anag
emen
t sc
enar
ios
they
env
isio
n. W
hen
this
com
es,
the
spec
ialis
ts i
n su
stai
nabl
e de
velo
pmen
t wo
n’t
be t
he o
nes
with
the
bes
t ad
vice
. It
’s wi
thin
the
mal
func
tion
and
sho
rt-c
ircu
its
of t
he s
yste
m
that
we
find
the
ele
men
ts o
f a
resp
onse
who
se lo
gic
woul
d be
to
abol
ish
the
prob
lem
s th
emse
lves
. A
mon
g th
e si
gnat
ory
nati
ons
to t
he K
yoto
Pro
toco
l, t
he o
nly
coun
trie
s th
at h
ave
fulf
illed
th
eir
com
mit
men
ts,
in s
pite
of
them
selv
es,
are
the
Ukr
aine
and
R
oman
ia.
Gue
ss w
hy.
The
mos
t ad
vanc
ed e
xper
imen
tati
on w
ith
“org
anic
” ag
ricu
lture
on
a gl
obal
leve
l has
take
n pl
ace
sinc
e 19
89
on t
he i
slan
d of
Cub
a. G
uess
why
. A
nd i
t’s a
long
the
Afr
ican
hi
ghwa
ys,
and
nowh
ere
else
, th
at a
uto
mec
hani
cs h
as b
een
elev
ated
to a
form
of p
opul
ar a
rt. G
uess
how
. W
hat
mak
es t
he c
risi
s de
sira
ble
is t
hat
in t
he c
risi
s th
e en
viro
nmen
t ce
ases
to
be t
he e
nvir
onm
ent.
We
are
forc
ed t
o re
esta
blis
h co
ntac
t, a
lbei
t a
pote
ntia
lly f
atal
one
, wi
th w
hat’s
th
ere,
to
redi
scov
er t
he r
hyth
ms
of r
ealit
y. W
hat
surr
ound
s us
is
no
long
er a
land
scap
e, a
pan
oram
a, a
the
ater
, bu
t so
met
hing
to
inha
bit,
som
ethi
ng w
e ne
ed to
com
e to
term
s wit
h, so
met
hing
we
can
lea
rn f
rom
. W
e wo
n’t
let
ours
elve
s be
led
ast
ray
by t
he
one’
s wh
o’ve
bro
ught
abo
ut t
he c
onte
nts
of t
he “
cata
stro
phe.
” W
here
the
man
ager
s pl
aton
ical
ly d
iscu
ss a
mon
g th
emse
lves
how
th
ey m
ight
dec
reas
e em
issi
ons
“wit
hout
bre
akin
g th
e ba
nk,”
the
on
ly r
ealis
tic
opti
on w
e ca
n se
e is
to “
brea
k th
e ba
nk”
as s
oon
as
poss
ible
and
, in
the
mea
ntim
e, t
ake
adva
ntag
e of
eve
ry c
olla
pse
in th
e sy
stem
to in
crea
se o
ur o
wn s
tren
gth.
53
Trac
king
, tr
ansp
aren
cy,
cert
ific
atio
n,
eco-
taxe
s,
envi
ronm
enta
l ex
celle
nce,
and
the
pol
icin
g of
wat
er,
all
give
us
an id
ea o
f the
com
ing
stat
e of
eco
logi
cal e
mer
genc
y. E
very
thin
g is
pe
rmit
ted
to a
pow
er st
ruct
ure
that
bas
es it
s aut
hori
ty in
Nat
ure,
in
hea
lth a
nd in
wel
l-be
ing.
“O
nce
the
new
econ
omic
and
beh
avio
ral c
ultu
re h
as b
ecom
e co
mm
on p
ract
ice,
coe
rciv
e m
easu
res
will
doub
tless
fall
into
dis
use
of t
heir
own
acc
ord.
” Yo
u’d
have
to
have
all
the
ridi
culo
us
aplo
mb
of a
TV
cru
sade
r to
mai
ntai
n su
ch a
fro
zen
pers
pect
ive
and
in t
he s
ame
brea
th i
ncit
e us
to
feel
suf
fici
ently
“so
rry
for
the
plan
et”
to g
et m
obili
zed,
whi
lst
rem
aini
ng a
nest
heti
zed
enou
gh t
o wa
tch
the
whol
e th
ing
with
res
trai
nt a
nd c
ivili
ty.
The
ne
w gr
een-
asce
tici
sm i
s pr
ecis
ely
the
self-
cont
rol t
hat
is r
equi
red
of u
s al
l in
ord
er t
o ne
goti
ate
a re
scue
ope
rati
on w
here
the
sy
stem
has
tak
en i
tsel
f ho
stag
e. F
rom
now
on,
it’s
in
the
nam
e of
env
iron
men
talis
m t
hat
we m
ust
all
tigh
ten
our
belts
, ju
st a
s we
did
yes
terd
ay i
n th
e na
me
of t
he e
cono
my.
The
roa
ds c
ould
ce
rtai
nly
be t
rans
form
ed i
nto
bicy
cle
path
s, w
e ou
rsel
ves
coul
d pe
rhap
s, to
a c
erta
in d
egre
e, b
e gr
atef
ul o
ne d
ay fo
r a
guar
ante
ed
inco
me,
but
onl
y at t
he p
rice
of a
n en
tire
ly th
erap
euti
c ex
iste
nce.
T
hose
who
cla
im th
at g
ener
aliz
ed s
elf-
cont
rol w
ill s
pare
us
from
an
env
iron
men
tal d
icta
tors
hip
are
lyin
g: th
e on
e wi
ll pr
epar
e th
e wa
y fo
r th
e ot
her,
and
we’
ll en
d up
wit
h bo
th.
As
long
as
ther
e is
Man
and
Env
iron
men
t, t
he p
olic
e wi
ll be
th
ere
betw
een
them
.
Ev
er
yth
in
g a
bo
ut t
he
en
vir
on
me
nta
list’s d
isc
ou
rse
mus
t be
tur
ned
upsi
de-d
own.
Whe
re t
hey
talk
of
“cat
astr
ophe
s” t
o la
bel t
he p
rese
nt s
yste
m’s
mis
man
agem
ent o
f be
ings
and
thin
gs,
we o
nly
see
the
cata
stro
phe
of i
ts a
ll to
o pe
rfec
t op
erat
ion.
The
gr
eate
st w
ave
of f
amin
e ev
er k
nown
in
the
trop
ics
(187
6-18
79)
coin
cide
d wi
th a
glo
bal
drou
ght,
but
mor
e si
gnif
ican
tly,
it a
lso
coin
cide
d wi
th t
he a
poge
e of
col
oniz
atio
n. T
he d
estr
ucti
on
of t
he p
easa
nt’s
worl
d an
d of
loc
al a
limen
tary
pra
ctic
es m
eant
th
e di
sapp
eara
nce
of
the
mea
ns
for
deal
ing
with
sc
arci
ty.
Mor
e th
an t
he l
ack
of w
ater
, it
was
the
eff
ect
of t
he r
apid
ly
expa
ndin
g co
loni
al
econ
omy
that
lit
tere
d th
e Tr
opic
s wi
th
mill
ions
of
emac
iate
d co
rpse
s. W
hat
pres
ents
its
elf
ever
ywhe
re
as a
n ec
olog
ical
cat
astr
ophe
has
nev
er s
topp
ed b
eing
, ab
ove
all,
the
man
ifes
tati
on o
f a
disa
stro
us r
elat
ions
hip
to t
he w
orld
. In
habi
ting
a n
owhe
re m
akes
us
vuln
erab
le to
the
slig
htes
t jol
t in
40atta
ck.
Perm
anen
t co
ntro
l of
the
flo
w of
inf
orm
atio
n, p
eopl
e an
d pr
oduc
ts m
akes
the
mob
ility
of t
he m
etro
polis
sec
ure,
whi
le
its’
trac
king
sys
tem
s en
sure
that
no
ship
ping
con
tain
ers
get l
ost,
th
at n
ot a
sin
gle
dolla
r is
sto
len
in a
ny t
rans
acti
on,
and
that
no
terr
oris
t en
ds u
p on
an
airp
lane
. A
ll th
anks
to
an R
FID
chi
p, a
bi
omet
ric
pass
port
, a D
NA
pro
file
.B
ut t
he m
etro
polis
als
o pr
oduc
es t
he m
eans
of
its
own
dest
ruct
ion.
An
Am
eric
an s
ecur
ity
expe
rt e
xpla
ins
the
defe
at
in I
raq
as a
res
ult
of t
he g
uerr
illas
’ ab
ility
to
take
adv
anta
ge o
f ne
w wa
ys o
f co
mm
unic
atin
g. T
he U
S in
vasi
on d
idn’
t so
muc
h im
port
dem
ocra
cy t
o Ir
aq a
s it
did
cyb
erne
tic
netw
orks
. T
hey
brou
ght w
ith
them
one
of
the
weap
ons
of th
eir
own
defe
at.
The
pr
olif
erat
ion
of m
obile
pho
nes
and
inte
rnet
acc
ess
poin
ts g
ave
the
guer
rilla
s ne
wfou
nd w
ays
to s
elf-
orga
nize
, and
allo
wed
them
to
bec
ome
such
elu
sive
targ
ets.
Eve
ry n
etwo
rk h
as i
ts w
eak
poin
ts,
the
node
s th
at m
ust
be u
ndon
e in
ord
er to
inte
rrup
t cir
cula
tion
, to
unwi
nd th
e we
b. T
he l
ast
grea
t E
urop
ean
elec
tric
al b
lack
out
prov
ed
it:
a si
ngle
inci
dent
wit
h a
high
-ten
sion
wir
e an
d a
dece
nt
part
of
the
cont
inen
t was
plu
nged
into
dar
knes
s. I
n or
der
for
som
ethi
ng t
o ri
se u
p in
the
mid
st o
f th
e m
etro
polis
an
d op
en u
p ot
her
poss
ibili
ties
, th
e fi
rst
act
mus
t be
to
inte
rrup
t it
s pe
rpetu
um m
obile
. T
hat
is w
hat
the
Tha
i re
bels
un
ders
tood
whe
n th
ey k
nock
ed o
ut e
lect
rica
l st
atio
ns.
Tha
t is
what
the
Fren
ch a
nti-
CPE
13 p
rote
stor
s un
ders
tood
in
20
06
when
the
y sh
ut d
own
the
univ
ersi
ties
wit
h a
view
to
ward
shut
ting
dow
n th
e en
tire
eco
nom
y. T
hat i
s wha
t the
A
mer
ican
lon
gsho
rem
en u
nder
stoo
d wh
en t
hey
stru
ck i
n O
ctob
er, 2
00
2 in
supp
ort o
f thr
ee h
undr
ed jo
bs, b
lock
ing
the m
ain
port
s on
the W
est C
oast
for t
en d
ays.
The
Am
eric
an
econ
omy
is s
o de
pend
ent o
n go
ods
com
ing
from
Asi
a th
at
the
cost
of
the
bloc
kade
was
ove
r a
billi
on d
olla
rs p
er d
ay.
Wit
h te
n th
ousa
nd p
eopl
e, t
he la
rges
t ec
onom
ic p
ower
in
the
worl
d ca
n be
bro
ught
to it
s kne
es. A
ccor
ding
to c
erta
in
“exp
erts
,” if
the
acti
on h
ad la
sted
ano
ther
mon
th, i
t wou
ld
have
pro
duce
d “a
rec
essi
on i
n th
e U
nite
d St
ates
and
an
13.
A 2
00
6 m
ovem
ent i
n Fr
ance
, pri
ncip
ally
of u
nive
rsit
y an
d hi
gh-s
choo
l stu
-de
nts,
aga
inst
a n
ew e
mpl
oym
ent l
aw (
Cont
rat p
rem
ière e
mba
uche
– C
PE)
perm
itti
ng
less
sec
ure
job
cont
ract
s fo
r yo
ung
peop
le.
41
econ
omic
nig
htm
are
in S
outh
east
Asi
a.”
52the
Eth
iopi
ans
like
in t
he 1
980
s, n
ot f
or e
mpl
oym
ent
like
in
the
1990
s. N
o, t
his
tim
e it
’s fo
r th
e en
viro
nmen
t. I
t wi
ll th
ank
you
for
it. A
l Gor
e an
d ne
gati
ve g
rowt
h m
ovem
ent s
tand
sid
e by
si
de w
ith
the
eter
nal g
reat
sou
ls o
f th
e R
epub
lic to
do
thei
r pa
rt
in r
esus
cita
ting
the
litt
le p
eopl
e of
the
Lef
t an
d th
e we
ll-kn
own
idea
lism
of y
outh
. Vol
unta
ry a
uste
rity
wri
t lar
ge o
n th
eir
bann
er,
they
wor
k be
nevo
lent
ly t
o m
ake
us c
ompl
iant
wit
h th
e “c
omin
g ec
olog
ical
sta
te o
f em
erge
ncy.”
The
rou
nd a
nd s
tick
y m
ass
of
thei
r gu
ilt la
nds
on o
ur ti
red
shou
lder
s, c
oddl
ing
us to
cul
tiva
te
our
gard
en, s
ort o
ut o
ur tr
ash,
and
eco
-com
post
the
left
over
s of
th
is m
acab
re fe
ast.
M
anag
ing
the
phas
ing
out
of n
ucle
ar p
ower
, ex
cess
CO
2 in
the
atm
osph
ere,
mel
ting
gla
cier
s, h
urri
cane
s, e
pide
mic
s, g
loba
l ov
er-p
opul
atio
n, e
rosi
on o
f th
e so
il, m
ass
exti
ncti
on o
f liv
ing
spec
ies.
.. th
is w
ill b
e ou
r bu
rden
. The
y tel
l us,
“ev
eryo
ne m
ust d
o th
eir
part
,” if
we
want
to sa
ve o
ur b
eaut
iful
mod
el o
f civ
iliza
tion
. W
e ha
ve to
con
sum
e a
little
less
in o
rder
to b
e abl
e to
keep
cons
umin
g.
We
have
to
prod
uce
orga
nica
lly in
ord
er to
kee
p pr
oduc
ing.
We
have
to
con
trol
our
selv
es in
ord
er to
go o
n co
ntro
lling
. T
his
is t
he l
ogic
of
a wo
rld
stra
inin
g to
mai
ntai
n it
self
whi
lst
givi
ng i
tsel
f an
air
of
hist
oric
al r
uptu
re.
Thi
s is
how
they
wou
ld li
ke to
con
vinc
e us
to
part
icip
ate
in th
e gr
eat i
ndus
tria
l cha
lleng
es o
f thi
s cen
tury
. And
in
our
bew
ilder
men
t we’
re r
eady
to le
ap in
to th
e ar
ms o
f the
ver
y sa
me
ones
who
pre
side
d ov
er t
he d
evas
tati
on,
in t
he h
ope
that
th
ey w
ill g
et u
s ou
t of i
t.
Ec
olo
gy
isn
’t s
im
ply
th
e l
og
ic
of a
to
ta
l e
co
no
my
; it’s
the
new
mor
alit
y of
cap
ital
. T
he s
yste
m’s
inte
rnal
sta
te o
f cr
isis
and
th
e ri
goro
us s
cree
ning
tha
t’s u
nder
way
dem
and
a ne
w cr
iter
ion
in th
e na
me
of w
hich
this
scr
eeni
ng a
nd s
elec
tion
will
be
carr
ied
out.
Fro
m o
ne e
ra to
the
next
, th
e id
ea o
f vi
rtue
has
nev
er b
een
anyt
hing
but
an
inve
ntio
n of
vic
e. W
itho
ut e
colo
gy, h
ow c
ould
we
just
ify
the
exis
tenc
e of
two
diff
eren
t foo
d re
gim
es,
one
“hea
lthy
and
orga
nic”
for
the
ric
h an
d th
eir
child
ren,
and
the
oth
er
noto
riou
sly
toxi
c fo
r th
e pl
ebes
, wh
ose
offs
prin
g ar
e da
mne
d to
obe
sity
. T
he p
lane
tary
hyp
er-b
ourg
eois
ie w
ould
n’t
be a
ble
to
mak
e th
eir
norm
al li
fest
yle
seem
res
pect
able
if it
s la
test
cap
rice
s we
ren’
t so
scru
pulo
usly
“re
spec
tful
of t
he e
nvir
onm
ent.”
Wit
hout
ec
olog
y, n
othi
ng w
ould
hav
e en
ough
aut
hori
ty to
gag
any
and
all
obje
ctio
ns to
the
exor
bita
nt p
rogr
ess
of c
ontr
ol.
51
Th
e s
itu
atio
n l
ik
e t
his: th
ey h
ired
our
par
ents
to d
estr
oy th
is
worl
d, n
ow t
hey’
d lik
e to
put
us
to w
ork
rebu
ildin
g it
, an
d –
to
top
it a
ll of
f –
at a
pro
fit.
The
mor
bid
exci
tem
ent t
hat a
nim
ates
jo
urna
lists
and
adv
erti
sers
the
se d
ays
as t
hey
repo
rt e
ach
new
proo
f of g
loba
l war
min
g re
veal
s th
e st
eely
sm
ile o
f the
new
gre
en
capi
talis
m,
in t
he m
akin
g si
nce
the
70s,
whi
ch w
e wa
ited
for
at
the
turn
of t
he c
entu
ry b
ut w
hich
nev
er c
ame.
Wel
l, h
ere
it is
! It’s
su
stai
nabi
lity!
Alte
rnat
ive
solu
tion
s, t
hat’s
it
too!
The
hea
lth o
f th
e pl
anet
dem
ands
it!
No
doub
t ab
out
it a
nym
ore,
it’s
a g
reen
sc
ene;
the
envi
ronm
ent w
ill b
e th
e cr
ux o
f the
pol
itic
al e
cono
my
of th
e 21
st c
entu
ry. A
new
vol
ley
of “
indu
stri
al s
olut
ions
” co
mes
wi
th e
ach
new
cata
stro
phic
pos
sibi
lity.
The
inv
ento
r of
the
H-b
omb,
Edw
ard
Telle
r, p
ropo
ses
shoo
ting
mill
ions
of
tons
of
met
allic
dus
t in
to t
he s
trat
osph
ere
to s
top
glob
al w
arm
ing.
NA
SA,
frus
trat
ed a
t hav
ing
to s
helv
e it
s id
ea o
f an
anti
-mis
sile
shie
ld in
the
mus
eum
of c
old
war
horr
ors,
su
gges
ts in
stal
ling
a gi
gant
ic m
irro
r be
yond
the
moo
n’s
orbi
t to
pr
otec
t us
fro
m t
he s
un’s
now-
fata
l ra
ys.
Ano
ther
vis
ion
of t
he
futu
re:
a m
otor
ized
hum
anit
y, d
rivi
ng o
n bi
o-et
hano
l fr
om
Sao
Paul
o to
Sto
ckho
lm;
the
drea
m o
f ce
real
gro
wers
the
wor
ld
over
, for
it o
nly
mea
ns c
onve
rtin
g al
l of t
he p
lane
t’s a
rabl
e la
nds
into
soy
and
sug
ar b
eet
fiel
ds.
Eco
-fri
endl
y ca
rs,
clea
n en
ergy
, an
d en
viro
nmen
tal
cons
ulti
ng c
oexi
st p
ainl
essl
y wi
th t
he l
ates
t C
hane
l ad
in th
e pa
ges
of g
loss
y m
agaz
ines
. W
e ar
e to
ld th
at th
e en
viro
nmen
t has
the
inco
mpa
rabl
e m
erit
of
bei
ng t
he f
irst
tru
ly g
loba
l pro
blem
pre
sent
ed t
o hu
man
ity.
A
globa
l pro
blem
, wh
ich
is t
o sa
y a
prob
lem
tha
t on
ly t
hose
who
are
or
gani
zed
on a
glo
bal
leve
l wi
ll be
abl
e to
sol
ve.
And
we
know
wh
o th
ey a
re.
The
se a
re t
he v
ery
sam
e gr
oups
tha
t fo
r cl
ose
to a
ce
ntur
y ha
ve b
een
the
vang
uard
of d
isas
ter,
and
cer
tain
ly in
tend
to
rem
ain
as s
uch,
for
the
sm
all p
rice
of
a ch
ange
of
logo
. T
hat
ED
F20 h
ad t
he i
mpu
denc
e to
bri
ng b
ack
its
nucl
ear
prog
ram
as
the
new
solu
tion
to t
he g
loba
l en
ergy
cri
sis
says
ple
nty
abou
t ho
w m
uch
the
new
solu
tion
s re
sem
ble
the
old
prob
lem
s.
Fro
m S
ecre
tari
es o
f St
ate
to t
he b
ack
room
s of
alte
rnat
ive
café
s, c
once
rns
are
alwa
ys e
xpre
ssed
in
the
sam
e wo
rds,
the
sa
me
as t
hey’
ve a
lway
s be
en.
We
have
to
get
mob
ilize
d. T
his
tim
e it
’s no
t to
reb
uild
the
cou
ntry
lik
e in
the
pos
t-wa
r er
a, n
ot f
or
20.
Éle
ctri
cité
de
Fran
ce (
ED
F) is
the
mai
n el
ectr
icit
y ge
nera
tion
and
dis
trib
u-ti
on c
ompa
ny in
Fra
nce
and
one
of th
e la
rges
t in
the
worl
d, s
uppl
ying
mos
t of
its
powe
r fr
om n
ucle
ar r
eact
ors.
42Fif
th C
ircl
e
“Less
po
ssess
ion
s,
mo
re c
on
nect
ion
s!”
Thi
rty
year
s of
“cr
isis
,” m
ass
unem
ploy
men
t an
d fl
aggi
ng
grow
th,
and
they
sti
ll wa
nt u
s to
bel
ieve
in
the
econ
omy.
T
hirt
y yea
rs p
unct
uate
d, it
is tr
ue, b
y del
usio
nary
inte
rlud
es:
the
inte
rlud
e of
198
1-83
, wh
en w
e we
re d
elud
ed i
nto
thin
king
a g
over
nmen
t of t
he le
ft m
ight
mak
e pe
ople
bet
ter
off;
the
“eas
y m
oney
” in
terl
ude
of 1
986-
89, w
hen
we w
ere
all s
uppo
sed
to b
e pl
ayin
g th
e m
arke
t and
get
ting
ric
h; th
e in
tern
et in
terl
ude
of 19
98-2
00
1, w
hen
ever
yone
was
goi
ng
to g
et a
vir
tual
car
eer
thro
ugh
bein
g we
ll-co
nnec
ted,
whe
n a
dive
rse
but
unit
ed F
ranc
e, c
ultu
red
and
mul
ticu
ltura
l,
woul
d br
ing
hom
e ev
ery
Wor
ld C
up. B
ut h
ere
we a
re, w
e’ve
dr
aine
d ou
r su
pply
of d
elus
ions
, we’
ve h
it r
ock
bott
om a
nd
are
tota
lly b
roke
, or
buri
ed in
deb
t.W
e ha
ve t
o se
e th
at t
he e
cono
my
is n
ot “
in”
cris
is,
the
econ
omy
is it
self
the
cris
is. I
t’s n
ot th
at th
ere’
s no
t eno
ugh
work
, it’s
that
ther
e is
too m
uch o
f it.
All
thin
gs c
onsi
dere
d, it
’s no
t the
cri
sis
that
dep
ress
es u
s, it
’s gr
owth
. We
mus
t adm
it
that
the
lit
any
of s
tock
mar
ket
pric
es m
oves
us
abou
t as
m
uch
as a
Lat
in m
ass.
Luc
kily
for
us, t
here
are
qui
te a
few
of u
s wh
o ha
ve c
ome
to t
his
conc
lusi
on.
We’
re n
ot t
alki
ng
abou
t tho
se w
ho li
ve o
ff v
ario
us s
cam
s, w
ho d
eal i
n th
is o
r th
at,
or w
ho h
ave
been
on
welf
are
for
the
last
ten
yea
rs.
Or
of a
ll th
ose
who
no l
onge
r fi
nd t
heir
ide
ntit
y in
the
ir
jobs
and
liv
e fo
r th
eir
tim
e of
f. N
or a
re w
e ta
lkin
g ab
out
thos
e wh
o’ve
bee
n sw
ept
unde
r th
e ru
g, t
he h
idde
n on
es
who
mak
e do
wit
h th
e le
ast,
and
yet
out
num
ber
the
rest
. A
ll th
ose
stru
ck b
y th
is st
rang
e m
ass d
etach
men
t, ad
ding
to th
e
43
rank
s of
ret
iree
s an
d th
e cy
nica
lly o
vere
xplo
ited
fle
xibl
e la
bor
forc
e. W
e’re
not
tal
king
abo
ut t
hem
, al
thou
gh t
hey
too
shou
ld,
in o
ne w
ay o
r an
othe
r, a
rriv
e at
a s
imila
r co
nclu
sion
.W
e ar
e ta
lkin
g ab
out
all o
f th
e co
untr
ies,
inde
ed e
ntir
e co
ntin
ents
, th
at h
ave
lost
fai
th i
n th
e ec
onom
y, e
ithe
r be
caus
e th
ey’v
e se
en t
he I
MF
com
e an
d go
am
id c
rash
es
and
enor
mou
s lo
sses
, or
bec
ause
the
y’ve
got
ten
a ta
ste
of
the
Wor
ld B
ank.
The
sof
t cri
sis
of v
ocat
ion
that
the
Wes
t is
now
expe
rien
cing
is co
mpl
etel
y abs
ent i
n th
ese
plac
es. W
hat
is h
appe
ning
in G
uine
a, R
ussi
a, A
rgen
tina
and
Bol
ivia
is a
vi
olen
t and
long
-las
ting
deb
unki
ng o
f thi
s re
ligio
n an
d it
s cl
ergy
. “W
hat d
o yo
u ca
ll a
thou
sand
IM
F ec
onom
ists
lyin
g at
the
bott
om o
f the
sea?
” we
nt th
e jo
ke a
t the
Wor
ld B
ank,
–
“a g
ood
star
t.” A
Rus
sian
jok
e: “
Two
eco
nom
ists
mee
t.
One
ask
s th
e ot
her:
‘Yo
u un
ders
tand
wha
t’s h
appe
ning
?’
The
oth
er r
espo
nds:
‘Wai
t, I
’ll e
xpla
in it
to y
ou.’
‘No,
no,
’ sa
ys th
e fi
rst,
‘exp
lain
ing
is n
o pr
oble
m, I
’m a
n ec
onom
ist,
to
o. W
hat
I’m
ask
ing
is:
do y
ou u
nder
stan
d?”
Ent
ire
sect
ions
of
this
cle
rgy
pret
end
to b
e di
ssid
ents
and
to
crit
ique
thi
s re
ligio
n’s
dogm
a. T
he la
test
att
empt
to
revi
ve
the
so-c
alle
d “s
cien
ce o
f th
e ec
onom
y” —
a c
urre
nt t
hat
stra
ight
-fac
edly
ref
ers
to it
self
as
“pos
t aut
isti
c ec
onom
ics”
—
m
akes
a
livin
g fr
om
dism
antli
ng
the
usur
pati
ons,
sl
eigh
ts o
f ha
nd a
nd c
ooke
d bo
oks
of a
sci
ence
who
se
only
tan
gibl
e fu
ncti
on i
s to
rat
tle t
he m
onst
ranc
e du
ring
th
e vo
cife
rati
ons
of t
he c
hief
s, g
ivin
g th
eir
dem
ands
for
su
bmis
sion
a b
it o
f ce
rem
ony,
and
ulti
mat
ely
doin
g wh
at
relig
ions
hav
e al
ways
don
e: p
rovid
ing
expl
anat
ions
. Fo
r to
tal
mis
ery
beco
mes
int
oler
able
the
mom
ent
it i
s sh
own
for
what
it is
, wit
hout
cau
se o
r re
ason
.
50acco
rdin
g to
the
int
ensi
ty a
nd q
ualit
y of
the
tie
s at
tach
ing
us t
o al
l of t
hese
bei
ngs,
to a
ll of
thes
e pl
aces
. It’s
onl
y us
, the
chi
ldre
n of
the
fina
l dis
poss
essi
on, e
xile
s of t
he fi
nal h
our
– th
e on
es w
ho
com
e in
to t
he w
orld
in
conc
rete
cub
es,
pick
our
fru
its
at t
he
supe
rmar
ket,
and
wat
ch f
or a
n ec
ho o
f th
e wo
rld
on t
elev
isio
n –
only
we
get
to h
ave a
n en
viron
men
t. A
nd t
here
’s no
one
but
us
to
witn
ess o
ur o
wn a
nnih
ilati
on, a
s if i
t wer
e ju
st a
sim
ple
chan
ge o
f sc
ener
y, to
get
indi
gnan
t abo
ut th
e la
test
pro
gres
s of t
he d
isas
ter,
to
pat
ient
ly c
ompi
le it
s en
cycl
oped
ia.
W
ha
t h
as c
on
ge
ale
d a
s a
n e
nv
ir
on
me
nt i
s a
re
la
tio
nsh
ip
to
the
worl
d ba
sed
on
man
agem
ent,
wh
ich
is
to
say,
on
es
tran
gem
ent.
A r
elat
ions
hip
to t
he w
orld
whe
rein
we’
re n
ot
mad
e up
just
as m
uch
of t
he r
ustli
ng t
rees
, th
e sm
ell
of f
ryin
g oi
l in
the
bui
ldin
g, r
unni
ng w
ater
, th
e hu
bbub
of
scho
olro
oms,
th
e m
uggi
ness
of
sum
mer
eve
ning
s. A
rel
atio
nshi
p to
the
wor
ld
wher
e th
ere
is m
e an
d th
en m
y en
viro
nmen
t, s
urro
undi
ng m
e bu
t nev
er r
eally
con
stit
utin
g m
e. W
e ha
ve b
ecom
e ne
ighb
ors i
n a
plan
etar
y co
-op
owne
rs’ b
oard
mee
ting
. It
’s di
ffic
ult t
o im
agin
e a
mor
e co
mpl
ete
hell.
No
mat
eria
l ha
bita
t ha
s ev
er
dese
rved
th
e na
me
“env
iron
men
t,” e
xcep
t pe
rhap
s th
e m
etro
polis
of
toda
y. T
he
digi
tize
d vo
ices
mak
ing
anno
unce
men
ts,
tram
ways
wit
h su
ch
a 21
st c
entu
ry w
hist
le,
blui
sh s
tree
tlam
ps s
hape
d lik
e gi
ant
mat
chst
icks
, ped
estr
ians
don
e up
like
faile
d fa
shio
n m
odel
s, th
e si
lent
rot
atio
n of
a v
ideo
sur
veill
ance
cam
era,
the
luci
d cl
icki
ng
of t
he s
ubwa
y tu
rnst
yles
su
perm
arke
t ch
ecko
uts,
off
ice
tim
e-cl
ocks
, th
e el
ectr
onic
am
bian
ce o
f th
e cy
ber
café
, th
e pr
ofus
ion
of p
lasm
a sc
reen
s, e
xpre
ss l
anes
and
lat
ex.
Nev
er h
as a
set
ting
be
en s
o ab
le t
o do
wit
hout
the
sou
ls t
rave
rsin
g it
. N
ever
has
a
surr
ound
ing
been
mor
e au
tom
atic
. N
ever
has
a c
onte
xt b
een
so
indi
ffer
ent,
and
dem
ande
d in
ret
urn
– as
the
pric
e of
sur
viva
l –
such
equ
al in
diff
eren
ce f
rom
us.
Ulti
mat
ely
the
envi
ronm
ent i
s no
thin
g m
ore
than
the
rel
atio
nshi
p to
the
wor
ld t
hat
is p
rope
r to
the
met
ropo
lis,
and
that
pro
ject
s it
self
ont
o ev
eryt
hing
tha
t wo
uld
esca
pe it
.
49
Six
th C
ircl
e
“Th
e e
nvi
ron
men
t is
an
in
du
stri
al ch
allen
ge.”
Eco
logy
is
the
disc
over
y of
the
dec
ade.
For
the
las
t th
irty
ye
ars
we’v
e le
ft i
t up
to
the
envi
ronm
enta
lists
, jo
king
abo
ut i
t on
Sun
day
so
that
we
can
act c
once
rned
aga
in o
n M
onda
y. A
nd
now
it’s
caug
ht u
p to
us,
inva
ding
the
airw
aves
like
a h
it s
ong
in
sum
mer
tim
e, b
ecau
se it
’s 68
deg
rees
in D
ecem
ber.
O
ne q
uart
er o
f th
e fi
sh s
peci
es h
ave
disa
ppea
red
from
the
oc
ean.
The
res
t won
’t la
st m
uch
long
er.
Bir
d fl
u al
ert:
we
are
give
n as
sura
nces
tha
t hu
ndre
ds o
f th
ousa
nds
of m
igra
ting
bir
ds w
ill b
e sh
ot fr
om th
e sk
y.
Mer
cury
leve
ls in
hum
an b
reas
t milk
are
ten
tim
es h
ighe
r th
an
the
lega
l lev
el fo
r co
ws. A
nd th
ese
lips
whic
h sw
ell u
p af
ter
I bi
te
the
appl
e –
but
it c
ame
from
the
far
mer
’s m
arke
t. T
he s
impl
est
gest
ures
hav
e be
com
e to
xic.
One
die
s at
the
age
of
35 f
rom
“a
prol
onge
d ill
ness
” th
at’s
to b
e m
anag
ed j
ust
like
one
man
ages
ev
eryt
hing
els
e. W
e sh
ould
’ve
seen
it c
omin
g be
fore
we
got t
o th
is
plac
e, to
pav
ilion
B o
f the
pal
liati
ve c
are
cent
er.
You
hav
e to
adm
it:
this
who
le “
cata
stro
phe,
” wh
ich
they
so
nois
ily i
nfor
m u
s ab
out,
it
does
n’t
real
ly t
ouch
us.
At
leas
t no
t un
til
we a
re h
it b
y on
e of
its
for
esee
able
con
sequ
ence
s. I
t m
ay
conc
ern
us, b
ut it
doe
sn’t
touc
h us.
And
that
is th
e re
al ca
tast
roph
e. T
here
is
no “
envi
ronm
enta
l ca
tast
roph
e.”
The
cat
astr
ophe
is
the
env
ironm
ent
itself
. T
he e
nvir
onm
ent
is w
hat’s
lef
t to
man
af
ter
he’s
lost
eve
ryth
ing.
Tho
se w
ho l
ive
in a
nei
ghbo
rhoo
d,
a st
reet
, a
valle
y, a
war
zon
e, a
wor
ksho
p –
they
don
’t ha
ve a
n “e
nvir
onm
ent;
” th
ey m
ove
thro
ugh
a wo
rld p
eopl
ed b
y pr
esen
ces,
da
nger
s, f
rien
ds,
enem
ies,
mom
ents
of
life
and
deat
h, a
ll ki
nds
of b
eing
s. S
uch
a wo
rld
has
its
own
cons
iste
ncy,
whi
ch v
arie
s
44No
bo
dy
r
espe
cts m
on
ey
a
ny
mo
re
, n
eith
er t
hose
who
ha
ve i
t no
r th
ose
who
don’
t. W
hen
aske
d wh
at t
hey
want
to
be
som
e da
y, t
went
y pe
rcen
t of
you
ng G
erm
ans
answ
er
“art
ist.”
Wor
k is
no
long
er e
ndur
ed a
s a g
iven
of t
he h
uman
co
ndit
ion.
The
acc
ount
ing
depa
rtm
ents
of
corp
orat
ions
co
nfes
s tha
t the
y hav
e no
idea
whe
re va
lue
com
es fr
om. T
he
mar
ket’s
bad
rep
utat
ion
woul
d ha
ve d
one
it in
a d
ecad
e ag
o if
not
for
the
blu
ster
and
fur
y, n
ot t
o m
enti
on t
he d
eep
pock
ets,
of
its
apol
ogis
ts.
It i
s co
mm
on s
ense
now
to
see
prog
ress
as
syno
nym
ous
with
dis
aste
r. I
n th
e wo
rld
of t
he
econ
omic
, ev
eryt
hing
is
in f
light
, ju
st l
ike
in t
he U
SSR
un
der
And
ropo
v.14 A
nyon
e wh
o ha
s sp
ent
a lit
tle t
ime
anal
yzin
g th
e fi
nal y
ears
of
the
USS
R k
nows
ver
y we
ll th
at
the
plea
s fo
r go
odwi
ll co
min
g fr
om o
ur r
uler
s, a
ll of
thei
r fa
ntas
ies
abou
t so
me
futu
re t
hat
has
disa
ppea
red
with
out
a tr
ace,
all
of t
heir
pro
fess
ions
of
fait
h in
“re
form
ing”
th
is a
nd t
hat,
are
jus
t th
e fi
rst
fiss
ures
in
the
stru
ctur
e of
th
e wa
ll. T
he c
olla
pse
of t
he s
ocia
list
bloc
was
in
no w
ay
vict
ory
of c
apit
alis
m;
it w
as m
erel
y th
e ba
nkru
ptin
g of
one
of
the
for
ms
capi
talis
m t
akes
. B
esid
es,
the
dem
ise
of t
he
USS
R d
id n
ot c
ome
abou
t be
caus
e a
peop
le r
evol
ted,
but
be
caus
e th
e no
men
clat
ure
was
unde
rgoi
ng a
pro
cess
of
reco
nver
sion
. W
hen
it p
rocl
aim
ed t
he e
nd o
f so
cial
ism
, a
smal
l fr
acti
on o
f th
e ru
ling
clas
s em
anci
pate
d it
self
fro
m
the
anac
hron
isti
c du
ties
that
still
bou
nd it
to th
e pe
ople
. It
took
priv
ate c
ontr
ol o
f wha
t it a
lrea
dy c
ontr
olle
d in
the
nam
e of
“ev
eryo
ne.”
In
the
fact
orie
s, th
e jo
ke w
ent:
“we
pre
tend
to
wor
k, t
hey
pret
end
to p
ay u
s.”
The
olig
arch
y re
plie
d,
“the
re’s
no p
oint
, le
t’s s
top
pret
endi
ng!”
The
y en
ded
up
with
th
e ra
w m
ater
ials
, in
dust
rial
in
fras
truc
ture
s,
the
mili
tary
-ind
ustr
ial c
ompl
ex, t
he b
anks
and
the
nigh
tclu
bs.
Eve
ryon
e el
se g
ot p
over
ty o
r em
igra
tion
. Ju
st a
s no
one
in
And
ropo
v’s t
ime
belie
ved
in t
he U
SSR
, no
one
in
the
mee
ting
hal
ls,
work
shop
s an
d of
fice
s be
lieve
s in
Fra
nce
toda
y. “
The
re’s
no p
oint
,” r
espo
nd th
e bo
sses
and
pol
itic
al
14. A
ndro
pov
was
Gen
eral
Sec
reta
ry o
f the
Com
mun
ist P
arty
of t
he S
ovie
t U
nion
from
198
2 to
198
4.
45
lead
ers,
who
no
long
er e
ven
both
er t
o fi
le t
he e
dges
off
th
e “i
ron
laws
of
the
econ
omy.”
The
y st
rip
fact
orie
s in
th
e m
iddl
e of
the
nigh
t and
ann
ounc
e th
e sh
utdo
wn e
arly
ne
xt m
orni
ng.
The
y no
lon
ger
hesi
tate
to
send
in
anti
-te
rror
ism
uni
ts to
shu
t dow
n a
stri
ke,
like
with
the
ferr
ies
and
the
occu
pied
rec
yclin
g ce
nter
in
Ren
nes.
The
bru
tal
acti
vity
of
powe
r to
day
cons
ists
bot
h in
adm
inis
teri
ng t
his
ruin
whi
le,
at t
he s
ame
tim
e, e
stab
lishi
ng t
he f
ram
ewor
k fo
r a
“new
eco
nom
y.”
An
d y
et th
er
e is n
o d
ou
bt t
hat
we a
re c
ut o
ut f
or t
he
econ
omy.
For
gen
erat
ions
we
were
dis
cipl
ined
, pa
cifi
ed
and
mad
e in
to su
bjec
ts, p
rodu
ctiv
e by
nat
ure
and
cont
ent t
o co
nsum
e. A
nd su
dden
ly e
very
thin
g th
at w
e we
re c
ompe
lled
to f
orge
t is
rev
eale
d: t
hat
the
econ
omy
is po
litica
l. A
nd t
hat
this
pol
itic
s is
, to
day,
a p
olit
ics
of d
iscr
imin
atio
n wi
thin
a
hum
anit
y th
at h
as,
as a
who
le,
beco
me
supe
rflu
ous.
Fro
m
Col
bert
15 t
o de
Gau
lle,
by w
ay o
f N
apol
eon
III,
the
sta
te
has
alwa
ys t
reat
ed t
he e
cono
mic
as
polit
ical
, as
hav
e th
e bo
urge
oisi
e (w
ho p
rofi
t fr
om i
t) a
nd t
he p
role
tari
at (
who
conf
ront
it)
. A
ll th
at’s
left
is
this
str
ange
, m
iddl
ing
part
of
the
pop
ulat
ion,
the
cur
ious
and
pow
erle
ss a
ggre
gate
of
thos
e who
take
no
sides
: th
e pe
tty
bour
geoi
sie.
The
y ha
ve a
lway
s pr
eten
ded
to b
elie
ve th
at th
e ec
onom
y is
a r
ealit
y—be
caus
e th
eir
neut
ralit
y is
sa
fe
ther
e.
Smal
l bu
sine
ss
owne
rs,
smal
l bo
sses
, m
inor
bur
eauc
rats
, m
anag
ers,
pro
fess
ors,
jo
urna
lists
, m
iddl
emen
of
ever
y so
rt m
ake
up t
his
non-
clas
s in
Fra
nce,
thi
s so
cial
gel
atin
com
pose
d of
the
mas
s of
all
thos
e wh
o ju
st w
ant
to l
ive
thei
r lit
tle p
riva
te l
ives
at
a d
ista
nce
from
his
tory
and
its
tum
ults
. T
his
swam
p is
pr
edis
pose
d to
be
the
cham
pion
of
fals
e co
nsci
ousn
ess,
ha
lf-a
slee
p an
d al
ways
rea
dy t
o cl
ose
its
eyes
on
the
war
that
rag
es a
ll ar
ound
it.
Eac
h cl
arif
icat
ion
of a
fro
nt i
n th
is w
ar is
thus
acc
ompa
nied
in F
ranc
e by
the
inve
ntio
n of
15. J
ean-
Bap
tist
e C
olbe
rt s
erve
d as
the
Fren
ch m
inis
ter
of fi
nanc
e fr
om 1
665
to
1683
und
er th
e ru
le o
f Kin
g L
ouis
XIV
48of l
ife.
Suc
h a
scie
nce
thre
aten
s to
mak
e us
mis
s th
e go
od o
ld
days
whe
n un
relia
ble
indi
ces
like
GD
P gr
owth
wer
e su
ppos
ed to
m
easu
re th
e we
ll-be
ing
of a
peo
ple—
for
at le
ast n
o on
e be
lieve
d in
them
.“R
eval
oriz
e th
e no
n-ec
onom
ic a
spec
ts o
f lif
e” i
s th
e sl
ogan
sh
ared
by
th
e ne
gati
ve
grow
th
mov
emen
t an
d by
ca
pita
l’s
refo
rm
prog
ram
. E
co-v
illag
es,
vide
o-su
rvei
llanc
e ca
mer
as,
spir
itua
lity,
bio
tech
nolo
gies
and
soc
iabi
lity
all
belo
ng t
o th
e sa
me
“civ
iliza
tion
al p
arad
igm
” no
w ta
king
sha
pe,
that
of
a to
tal
econ
omy
rebu
ilt f
rom
the
gro
und
up.
Its
inte
llect
ual
mat
rix
is n
one
othe
r th
an c
yber
neti
cs,
the
scie
nce
of s
yste
ms—
that
is,
th
e sc
ienc
e of
their
cont
rol.
In t
he 1
7th
cent
ury
it w
as n
eces
sary
, in
or
der
to c
ompl
etel
y im
pose
the
for
ce o
f ec
onom
y an
d it
s et
hos
of w
ork
and
gree
d, t
o co
nfin
e an
d el
imin
ate
the
whol
e se
amy
mas
s of
lay
abou
ts,
liars
, wi
tche
s, m
adm
en,
scou
ndre
ls a
nd a
ll th
e ot
her
vagr
ant
poor
, a
whol
e hu
man
ity
whos
e ve
ry e
xist
ence
ga
ve t
he l
ie t
o th
e or
der
of i
nter
est
and
cont
inen
ce.
The
new
ec
onom
y ca
nnot
be
esta
blis
hed
with
out
a si
mila
r se
lect
ion
of
subj
ects
and
zon
es s
ingl
ed o
ut f
or t
rans
form
atio
n. T
he c
haos
th
at w
e co
nsta
ntly
hea
r ab
out w
ill e
ithe
r pr
ovid
e th
e op
port
unit
y fo
r th
is s
cree
ning
, or
for
our
vict
ory
over
this
odi
ous
proj
ect.
47
are
so c
ivili
zed.
Aft
erwa
rds,
som
e of
the
m w
ill g
o wo
rk i
n th
e ne
ighb
orho
od c
omm
unit
y ga
rden
, wh
ile o
ther
s wi
ll da
bble
in
pott
ery,
som
e Z
en B
uddh
ism
, or
in
the
mak
ing
of a
n an
imat
ed f
ilm.
The
y fi
nd c
omm
unio
n in
the
sm
ug
feel
ing
that
they
con
stit
ute
a ne
w hu
man
ity,
wis
er a
nd m
ore
refi
ned
than
the
pre
viou
s on
e. A
nd t
hey
are
righ
t. T
here
is
a c
urio
us a
gree
men
t be
twee
n A
pple
and
the
neg
ativ
e gr
owth
mov
emen
t abo
ut th
e ci
viliz
atio
n of
the
futu
re. S
ome
peop
le’s
idea
of
retu
rnin
g to
the
eco
nom
y of
yes
tery
ear
offe
rs o
ther
s th
e co
nven
ient
scr
een
behi
nd w
hich
a g
reat
te
chno
logi
cal l
eap
forw
ard
can
be la
unch
ed. F
or in
his
tory
th
ere
is n
o go
ing
back
. A
ny e
xhor
tati
on t
o re
turn
to
the
past
is
only
the
exp
ress
ion
of o
ne f
orm
of
cons
ciou
snes
s of
the
pre
sent
, an
d ra
rely
the
lea
st m
oder
n. I
t is
not
by
chan
ce t
hat
nega
tive
gro
wth
is t
he b
anne
r of
the
dis
side
nt
adve
rtis
ers o
f the
mag
azin
e Ca
sseur
s de P
ub18
. The
inve
ntor
s of
zero
gro
wth—
the
Clu
b of
Rom
e in
197
2—we
re t
hem
selv
es
a gr
oup
of i
ndus
tria
lists
and
bur
eauc
rats
who
rel
ied
on a
re
sear
ch p
aper
wri
tten
by
cybe
rnet
icia
ns a
t MIT
.T
his
conv
erge
nce
is h
ardl
y a
coin
cide
nce.
It
is p
art
of t
he
forc
ed m
arch
towa
rds
a m
oder
nize
d ec
onom
y. C
apit
alis
m g
ot a
s m
uch
as it
cou
ld fr
om u
ndoi
ng a
ll th
e ol
d so
cial
ties
, and
it is
now
in
the
proc
ess o
f rem
akin
g it
self
by r
ebui
ldin
g th
ese
sam
e ti
es on
its
own
term
s. C
onte
mpo
rary
met
ropo
litan
soc
ial l
ife
is it
s in
cuba
tor.
In
the
sam
e wa
y, it
rav
aged
the
natu
ral w
orld
and
is d
rive
n by
the
fant
asy
that
it
can
now
be r
econ
stit
uted
as
so m
any
cont
rolle
d en
viro
nmen
ts,
furn
ishe
d wi
th a
ll th
e ne
cess
ary
sens
ors.
Thi
s ne
w hu
man
ity
requ
ires
a n
ew e
cono
my
that
wou
ld n
o lo
nger
be
a se
para
te s
pher
e of
exi
sten
ce b
ut,
on th
e co
ntra
ry,
its
very
tiss
ue,
the
raw
mat
eria
l of h
uman
rel
atio
ns; i
t req
uire
s a n
ew d
efin
itio
n of
wor
k as
wor
k on
one
self
, a n
ew d
efin
itio
n of
cap
ital
as
hum
an
capi
tal,
a n
ew id
ea o
f pro
duct
ion
as th
e pr
oduc
tion
of r
elat
ions
, an
d co
nsum
ptio
n as
the
con
sum
ptio
n of
sit
uati
ons;
and
abo
ve
all a
new
ide
a of
val
ue t
hat
woul
d en
com
pass
all
of t
he q
ualit
ies
of b
eing
s. T
his
burg
eoni
ng “
bioe
cono
my”
con
ceiv
es t
he p
lane
t as
a c
lose
d sy
stem
to
be m
anag
ed a
nd c
laim
s to
est
ablis
h th
e fo
unda
tion
s fo
r a
scie
nce
that
wou
ld in
tegr
ate
all t
he p
aram
eter
s
18.
A F
renc
h eq
uiva
lent
of t
he E
nglis
h la
ngua
ge m
agaz
ine
Adbu
sters.
46som
e ne
w fa
d. F
or t
he p
ast
ten
year
s, i
t wa
s AT
TA
C16 a
nd
its
impr
obab
le T
obin
tax
—a
tax
whos
e im
plem
enta
tion
wo
uld
requ
ire
noth
ing
less
tha
n a
glob
al g
over
nmen
t—wi
th it
s sy
mpa
thy
for
the
“rea
l eco
nom
y” a
s op
pose
d to
the
fina
ncia
l m
arke
ts,
not
to m
enti
on i
ts t
ouch
ing
nost
algi
a fo
r th
e st
ate.
The
com
edy
last
s on
ly s
o lo
ng b
efor
e tu
rnin
g in
to a
sha
m.
And
the
n an
othe
r fa
d re
plac
es i
t. S
o no
w we
hav
e “n
egat
ive g
rowt
h”17.
Whe
reas
AT
TA
C t
ried
to
save
ec
onom
ics
as a
scien
ce w
ith
its
popu
lar
educ
atio
n co
urse
s,
nega
tive
gro
wth
pres
erve
s th
e ec
onom
ic a
s a m
oral
ity.
The
re
is o
nly
one
alte
rnat
ive
to t
he c
omin
g ap
ocal
ypse
: re
duce
gr
owth
. C
onsu
me
and
prod
uce
less
. B
ecom
e jo
yous
ly
frug
al.
Eat
org
anic
, ri
de y
our
bike
, st
op s
mok
ing,
and
pay
cl
ose
atte
ntio
n to
the
pro
duct
s yo
u bu
y. B
e co
nten
t wi
th
what
’s st
rict
ly n
eces
sary
. Vo
lunt
ary
sim
plic
ity.
“R
edis
cove
r tr
ue w
ealth
in
the
blos
som
ing
of c
onvi
vial
soc
ial r
elat
ions
in
a h
ealth
y wo
rld.
” “D
on’t
use
up o
ur n
atur
al c
apit
al.”
W
ork
towa
rd a
“he
alth
y ec
onom
y.” “
No
regu
lati
on th
roug
h ch
aos.
” “A
void
a so
cial
cri
sis t
hat w
ould
thre
aten
dem
ocra
cy
and
hum
anis
m.”
Sim
ply
put:
bec
ome
econ
omica
l. G
o ba
ck t
o da
ddy’s
eco
nom
y, to
the
gold
en ag
e of
the
pett
y bou
rgeo
isie
: th
e 19
50s.
“W
hen
an i
ndiv
idua
l is
frug
al,
prop
erty
ser
ves
its
func
tion
per
fect
ly,
whic
h is
to
allo
w th
e in
divi
dual
to
enjo
y hi
s or
her
own
life
she
ltere
d fr
om p
ublic
exi
sten
ce,
in th
e pr
ivat
e sa
nctu
ary
of h
is o
r he
r lif
e.”
A
gr
aph
ic
d
esig
ne
r
we
ar
in
g
a
ha
nd
ma
de
sw
ea
te
r
is d
rink
ing
a fr
uity
coc
ktai
l wi
th s
ome
frie
nds
on t
he
terr
ace
of a
n “e
thni
c” c
afé.
The
y’re
cha
tty
and
cord
ial,
they
jo
ke a
roun
d a
bit,
the
y m
ake
sure
not
to
be t
oo l
oud
or
too
quie
t, t
hey
smile
at
each
oth
er,
a lit
tle b
lissf
ully
: we
16.
Ass
ocia
tion
for
the
Taxa
tion
of F
inan
cial
Tra
nsac
tion
s fo
r th
e A
id o
f Cit
i-ze
ns (
ATT
AC
) is
a n
on p
arty
-pol
itic
al o
rgan
izat
ion
that
adv
ocat
es s
ocia
l-de
m-
ocra
tic
refo
rms,
par
ticu
larl
y th
e “T
obin
tax”
on
inte
rnat
iona
l for
eign
exc
hang
e in
tend
ed to
cur
tail
curr
ency
spe
cula
tion
and
fund
soc
ial p
olic
ies.
17.
la d
écro
issan
ce (n
egat
ive
grow
th) i
s a
Fren
ch le
ft-e
colo
gica
l mov
emen
t whi
ch
advo
cate
s a
redu
ctio
n in
con
sum
ptio
n an
d pr
oduc
tion
for
the
sake
of e
nvir
on-
men
tal s
usta
inab
ility
and
an
incr
ease
in th
e qu
alit
y of
life
.