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10. I'm probably betraying my age and when I went to school by saying that

Wed Jul 18, 2012, 11:41 PM

Jul 2012

my 'spin' on the FR comes from the annales school and George Lefebvre, with strong doses of Crane Brinton ("Anatomy of a Revolution&quot thrown in for seasoning.

I never got around to reading Schama's book. Had it a few years ago and let it go rather than relocate it. Sounds like I may be in need of dusting off my FR historiography. (Right now I'm re-reading various histories of the Vietnam War, so will probably not get to it until this fall at the earliest.)

As I think about the Tennis Court Oath and Occupy Los Angeles, it occurs to me that OLA was like the FR in 'fast forward'. A heady burst of liberal reformism to commence, morphing into the sans culottes of the homeless and dispossessed and finally degenerating into the 'Terror' of the anarchists and latter-day Dinoysians before culminating in the repression of Bonaparte Villaraigosa and his dragoons. I know, I know, I'm stretching ingenuity to its limits with my forced metaphors. But I really thought OLA was the herald of a new day.

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Just heard something interesting about the French Revolution [View all] Canuckistanian Jul 2012 OP

More Precisely, Sir, The Nobles Refused To Pay Any Taxes The Magistrate Jul 2012 #1

There is that parallel. fascisthunter Jul 2012 #2

Infighting was funny. chollybocker Jul 2012 #3

Not true. Of course, it depends on what you consider the "start" of the coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #4

Actually Me. Jul 2012 #7

I'm probably betraying my age and when I went to school by saying that coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #10

Lefebvre is still a classic of that history RainDog Jul 2012 #18

I take a long view of revolutions. You know a lot more than I about the French Revolution, but CTyankee Jul 2012 #19

"We are the 99%" is an excellent meme RainDog Jul 2012 #22

And then, 'Off with their heads!' elleng Jul 2012 #34

Bon jour! CTyankee Jul 2012 #35

Ah, chocolate and hazelnut: NUTELLA!!! elleng Jul 2012 #36

didyou think I meant the singer? CTyankee Jul 2012 #37

Not for a moment! elleng Jul 2012 #38

Thar she is! CTyankee Jul 2012 #41

I confused first and second estates, thinking first was nobility and second clergy. Thanks coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #24

no strident criticism from me RainDog Jul 2012 #33

I'm sure there are postmortems on this but do you think "Anarchism" is to blame? flamingdem Jul 2012 #12

To blame for what? Occupy rigorously insisted upon non-violence, a coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #14

I think that would be tough to pull off here! flamingdem Jul 2012 #15

I raised the issue of 'Committee of Self Defense' as the final raid approached, coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #25

some anarchy/occupy links flamingdem Jul 2012 #26

Thank you for these links. Bookmarking for later reading. I'm not well versed in the coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #29

I haven't seen much Anarchist influence in my Occupy. white_wolf Jul 2012 #30

Yeah, that's my take on Occupy Los Angleles (pre-raid) too. A few self-identified coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #32

I know Les Miserables is not actually about the French Revolution SoutherDem Jul 2012 #5

A beautiful song, from a great musical; but the grim reality is..... LongTomH Jul 2012 #31

The War That Helped Bankrupt The Country Me. Jul 2012 #6

some rightwinger on twitter called Bastille Day 'French surrender Day' Viva_La_Revolution Jul 2012 #8

That truly deserves a coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #11

I kinda doubt what was said in that first sentence, TBH. AverageJoe90 Jul 2012 #9

Interestingly, the terms 'right' and 'left' as they apply to politics coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #13

That much seems to be true. AverageJoe90 Jul 2012 #20

My understanding is that repeated attempts were made by the aristocracy to avoid the revolution Marr Jul 2012 #16

Business owners started the revolution against the aristocracy. Selatius Jul 2012 #17

The French Revolution word game mick063 Jul 2012 #21

^ A Wowza! post! ^ Mimosa Jul 2012 #40

Right, Canuckistanian. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #23

FLowers in the Night.... kooljerk666 Jul 2012 #27

I hope it isn't like the French revolution...it backfired Green_Lantern Jul 2012 #28

I've thought about the parallels Mimosa Jul 2012 #39