Re: Kvetching, was Sarkozy, France etc
On May 8, 2007, at 4:27 PM, James Heartfield wrote:
Here is Goerge Monbiot arguing that London’s successful Olympic bid
and the government’s commitment to use the Olympics to promote regeneration
is a problem:
The history of Olympic cities is on Monbiot’s side. The
“regeneration” usually consists of displacement and gentrification.
Just a week or two ago you were making fun of me for swallowing
bourgeois propaganda about climate change. You’re swallowing the
bourgeois definition of “regeneration” with less seasoning than I
apply to the climate story.
Doug