VLVL (6) Sasha

jbor jbor at bigpond.com
Sun Sep 28 17:04:09 CDT 2003


on 29/9/03 7:23 AM, Mike Weaver at mikeweaver at gn.apc.org wrote:

> Sasha - goes from anti to pro war along with the vast majority of her
> political allies

Anti- to pro- seems like a 180 to me. Sasha stops organising in 1939 and
goes along with the system. (" ... no strikes for the duration." p. 71)

> Hub joins the corrupt union after a long while of jobless integrity

Resist --> join: another 180. He goes along with the system.

("I ... made my shameful peace." p. 291)

> Frenesi  spends 14 years prostituting herself for the state after turning
> on her fellows.

And just like her parents, Frenesi's "left" sympathies remain intact
throughout. She won't cross that airport picket line until the striking
workers take a vote (!) and let her pass (351-2).

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