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Two hundred and twenty years may have passed since 1789, but there's still life in the French Revolution. During the bicentenary commemorations, though, François Mitterrand had extended an invitation to Margaret Thatcher and Joseph Mobutu to check it was dead and buried. The anniversary year also saw the fall of the Berlin Wall, prompting Francis Fukuyama to announce the “end of history”; in other words, the neoliberal domination of the world would last forever... Tags: Berlin Wall, francis fukuyama, French, Fukuyama, Joseph Mobutu, life, Margaret Thatcher
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January 6th, 2010UncategorizedTwo hundred and twenty years may have passed since 1789, but there's still life in the French Revolution. During the bicentenary commemorations, though, François Mitterrand had extended an invitation to Margaret Thatcher and Joseph Mobutu to check it was dead and buried. The anniversary year also saw the fall of the Berlin Wall, prompting Francis Fukuyama to announce the “end of history”; in other words, the neoliberal domination of the world would last forever... Tags: Berlin Wall, francis fukuyama, French, Fukuyama, Joseph Mobutu, life, Margaret Thatcher