heya barnaby,

just noticed that very debate is used as an introduction for The Foucault Reader ...on pantheon? books...
( and if yur on the foucault tribe that link was posted there as well without much discussion )

yep, that clip gave me a pretty good picture of the schism between those who go for the juggular /root of the problem ( foucault)
and those who try establish a practical platform in fighting oppression... (chomsky, anarchist syndicalism ) ...

in a very very boiled down sense it seemed to characterize the typical french intellect vs. the moral american ... and if only the 2 positions could coordinate an attack simultaneously from both sides in brightly colored spandex tights i think they might have a chance of taking down the empire... at least for one round.

p.

good stuff. the full transcript is at:
www.chomsky.info/debates/1971xxxx.htm