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In reply to the discussion: Rebecca Solnit: The Age of Capitalism is over [View all]NewDeal_Dem
(1,049 posts)28. I think my writing is fairly straightforward.
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Highly misleading title. I wish the title were true but, if anything, the periodic
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#3
If King George had had Fox "News" and hate radio, we'd still be flying the Union Jack
Doctor_J
Dec 2014
#6
Every time I see someone saying that I wonder - where to from here? We seem to be heading to
jwirr
Dec 2014
#10
Thank you for the honest answer. And unfortunately that is exactly what I fear. And I have assumed
jwirr
Dec 2014
#13
To agree that this is what's coming for us could be called tin foil hat conspiracy.
ladyVet
Dec 2014
#44
If voters in Richmond voted against Chevron, it's cuz Chevron has been shitting on them for decades.
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2014
#21
I didn't notice solnit taking credit, I noticed her reporting. I also noticed you have some kind of
NewDeal_Dem
Dec 2014
#22
I dont know why, since the refinery catches on fire every few years. Do you know anyone who actually
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2014
#25
If Rebecca Solnit is worried about climate change, maybe she should stop trying to force Google
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2014
#16
Happy to. She was a big poop-bah behind the SF protests trying to shut down the google commuter
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2014
#19
all i see in your article about solnit is that she wrote a newspaper article about the buses.
NewDeal_Dem
Dec 2014
#23
those aren't the link you gave me and i'm really not in the mood to read 4 links now to see if one
NewDeal_Dem
Dec 2014
#27
Every time there was an article about those goofy protests, they interviewed her first.
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2014
#29
if so, maybe because she's well-known and had already written the first article? maybe because
NewDeal_Dem
Dec 2014
#31
She didn't say it. So, "full of shit" is just perpetuating the misunderstanding here.
ancianita
Dec 2014
#41
Agree that "the age of captalism is over" is sweeping. NOWHERE does Solnit claim that.
ancianita
Dec 2014
#38
And if anything is going to move the human race off of its primary energy source, it's a Salon Op-Ed
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2014
#39
And I say that your discrediting a writer based on an editor title, or the writer's tackling Google
ancianita
Dec 2014
#40
That her writing can weather your criticism I'll agree with, however humble you claim it is.
ancianita
Dec 2014
#45
When the true master completes the great work, the people say "it happened of its own accord"
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2014
#46
Solnit's work against Google brought attention to many levels of injustice in SF,
ancianita
Dec 2014
#47