<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487537145838_4050">The Piketty translator and observer of French politics, Art Goldhammer, was recently interviewed by Doug Henwood on these matters. He wasn't so dismissive of the Socialist candidate as Johnstone, FWIW. Johnstone's critique of the Universal Basic Income is noteworthy in this context. In any event, Goldhammer thinks that there is no chance that Le Pen will win a runoff against any of her possible opponents.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487537145838_4051"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487537145838_4052">DG</div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"> On Sunday, February 19, 2017 2:15 PM, Carl G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2258623324"><div>The first thing I’ve seen that makes sense of it.<div class="yiv2258623324"><br class="yiv2258623324" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2258623324yqt9255696249" id="yiv2258623324yqt85577"><div class="yiv2258623324"><br class="yiv2258623324" clear="none"><div><blockquote class="yiv2258623324" type="cite"><div class="yiv2258623324">On Feb 18, 2017, at 10:43 PM, Brussel, Morton K via Peace-discuss <<a class="yiv2258623324" href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="yiv2258623324Apple-interchange-newline" clear="none"><div class="yiv2258623324">
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I you want to know about what is happening in France, and how it relates to what has been happening here, read Diana Johnstone’s report:
<div class="yiv2258623324"><a class="yiv2258623324" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.counterpunch.org_2017_02_17_france-2Danother-2Dghastly-2Dpresidential-2Delection-2Dcampaign-2Dthe-2Ddeep-2Dstate-2Drises-2Dto-2Dthe-2Dsurface_&d=DwMGaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=wbvkR0NpWnwSuEpfOaXb5-QZf_KYIHmcNMrFbyotteo&s=ouqZpxqDjCaHfCXtk1kJLpsrKHTmvR91LqUBxUeqWiI&e=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/02/17/france-another-ghastly-presidential-election-campaign-the-deep-state-rises-to-the-surface/</a></div>
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