tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260526278343305104.post1558547350886787805..comments2023-09-28T06:50:19.573-04:00Comments on views from montparnasse: clouds giving way to sunbrenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16770376824847505367noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260526278343305104.post-32888613794516604892008-10-19T12:42:00.000-04:002008-10-19T12:42:00.000-04:00Several reasons: first (franchement) because it's ...Several reasons: first (franchement) because it's a more interesting pastime than sitting in cafés and going to museums (though I do both with pleasure). But I also share NPA's assumption that capitalism as a system is increasingly destructive of all forms of social solidarity, and of the natural environment, now more than ever. As there is no serious countervailing political movement in the USA, I have hoped for years that a real democratic socialist alternative would arise in Europe. I'm here to see if perhaps the NPA will be that movement.<BR/><BR/>And thanks for being that one reader ...brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770376824847505367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260526278343305104.post-65870832750812563292008-10-19T09:36:00.000-04:002008-10-19T09:36:00.000-04:00I find your blog very interesting, keep on updatin...I find your blog very interesting, keep on updating it, you have at least one regular reader.<BR/><BR/>Why are you (an American if I'm not wrong) following so closely the NPA's birth? That is quite intriguing for me.<BR/><BR/>And btw, the drum corps name is Muleketu, they're just awesome (their influences are more South American and Caribbean than African though), I contemplated joining them a couple of years ago (but lacked time, and probably drumming skills), for more info: http://www.muleketu.comDavid in Setouchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895289419248698831noreply@blogger.com