Interview With Michel Rocard

Interview With Michel Rocard

The following interview with the Socialist Prime Minister of France has been excerpted from one conducted by Ferdinando Adornato and Gabriele Invernizzi that appeared in Verso it due mila #1: La nuova civilta (supplement to L’Espresso, March 18, 1990).

F.A. & G.I. What has the word “left” meant for the twentieth century? Destruction or creation?

M.R. Creation. Always. By definition. The word “left” evokes two categories at t...


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