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346 unseating the Republicrats -- rank: 1000

At 23/12/01 14:58 -0800, Ian wrote: >[when will groups in the US get intl. help to unseat the >Republicrats?] in the context of his post "unseating Chavez" Not quite such a silly idea. We need more linkage between the struggle of the multitude in different countries even if they are in very different economic situations. As Thomas notes, the demonstrations in Argentina are not entirely negative by any means, just because a national revolution against the IMF is not possible. We n ...

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Author:	Chris Burford
Date:	Sun Dec 23 22:26:57 PST 2001

347 Global Capital, Empire and Argentina -- rank: 1000

At 23/12/01 12:58 -0500, you wrote: >Carrol Cox wrote: > >>I don't know what the intentions of Negri & Hardt were, and I have >>ceased to be very interested in what its admiring readers get from it, >>but it looks very much to me as a banal replay of the traditional tune >>of the ultra-left: All is hopeless. Struggle is pointless. > >Wow, and I thought that among Negri's great faults was that he's too >optimistic, too eager to see any unrest as revoluti ...

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Date:	Sun Dec 23 13:45:58 PST 2001

348 A Modest Proposal for The Empire -- rank: 1000

At 23/12/01 01:53 -0500, you wrote: >Unlike Hardt & Negri, Paul Johnson isn't afflicted with the optimism of >intellect.... > >The Ottawa Citizen >May 2, 1993, Sunday, FINAL EDITION >SECTION: FORUM; (NEWS); ARGUMENT; Pg. C1 >HEADLINE: THE NEW COLONIALISM; Some countries just can't govern themselves >and the world should help >BYLINE: PAUL JOHNSON Isn't this already happening? [I composed this before seeing Yoshie's further entries and must go but glancing at the he ...

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Date:	Sun Dec 23 02:25:56 PST 2001

349 Global Capital, Empire and Argentina -- rank: 1000

At 21/12/01 21:14 -0800, you wrote: >In Empire, Negri and Hardt posit that there is no >outside to Empire...we are all embedded in the nexus >of global capital and there is no longer an escape >route through a struggle known as "national >liberation". > >Now we have seen a heroic revolt in Argentina this >week, but one has to wonder how even the best >intentioned group that came to power could free the >country from the clamps of the IMF and World Bank. I ...

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Date:	Fri Dec 21 23:30:32 PST 2001

350 reforming capitalism -- rank: 1000

At 21/12/01 10:45 -0500, you wrote: >Greg Schofield: > > Perhaps the real political question is how could you help not improving it? > > > > Was it not Marx who specified the role of communists in > > realising the IMMEDIATE interests of the working class as > > one of the defining differences between them and the the sects? > >What are the _immediate_ interests of the (which?) working >class as of December 21, 2001? And what do we mean by >"int ...

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Date:	Fri Dec 21 22:58:29 PST 2001

351 Allies and opponents of US fall silent -- rank: 1000

There seems to be a pall over these lists. I get the impression (of course others may strongly have quite a different impression) that leftists who grudgingly supported the attack on the Taliban in Afghanistan do not want to crow. Those who tried to delay or soften it, cannot see a way forward except to regroup against an attack on Iraq and against the state terror against the Palestinians. Meanwhile those marxists who see absolute opposition to US imperialism as a benchmark of political integri ...

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Author:	Chris Burford
Date:	Mon Dec 10 23:35:49 PST 2001

352 "humanitarian imperialism" -- rank: 1000

At 28/11/01 12:13 -0500, Doug wrote: >[So is there any correct socialist/internationalist position on this?] > >Wall Street Journal - November 28, 2001 > >Nation-Building: >Too Important To Be Left to U.N. > >By David Rieff. Mr. Rieff is writing a book on humanitarian aid. And Seth wrote: >What is to be done? I'm not theologically opposed to foreign peacekeepers. >America's friends in the NA are, however. If Rieff has an action plan for >imposing peacekeepers tha ...

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Date:	Sun Dec 9 23:28:18 PST 2001

353 Fisk beaten -- rank: 1000

At 09/12/01 14:27 -0800, you wrote: >Published on Saturday, December 8, 2001 by Reuters >British Reporter Robert Fisk Badly Beaten in Pakistan Brave man

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Date:	Sun Dec 9 15:25:46 PST 2001

354 Brits might not hand Bin Laden over! -- rank: 1000

CNN quotes the British defence secretary suggesting that they might not hand Bin Laden over to the US. What wimps this Brits are. Just because they never got round to killing Gerry Adams! Chris Burford >LONDON, England -- Britain would hand over terror suspect Osama bin Laden >for trial in the United States only if assurances were given that he would >not face the death penalty, UK Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon says. > >Hoon said he believes the U.S. is the correct venue for any tr ...

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Date:	Sun Dec 9 13:15:34 PST 2001

355 Public opinion in Europe -- rank: 1000

At 08/12/01 00:44 -0800, you wrote: >Does anyone know of any links to poll numbers gauging European dissent to >the war in Afghanistan? > >-- Luke I am not sure of the date of this poll of visitors to the Guardian webpage: http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/poll/0,1361,566464,00.html Full opinion polls in Britain have tended to show a clear majority supporting armed intervention, including with ground troops but only a narrow majority for using weapons like cluster bombs, a strong ...

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Author:	Chris Burford
Date:	Fri Dec 7 23:36:49 PST 2001

356 the probability and statistics of reducing terrorism -- rank: 1000

At 06/12/01 19:39 -0800, Ian quoted: >< http://www.iht.com > >A Pair of Sober Questions About the Slog After Early Victories >Robert A. Levine IHT >Friday, December 7, 2001 >Suppose that the success rate against terrorism has been 60 percent. >Suppose that actions taken since Sept. 11 can raise that even as high >as 90 percent. Nonetheless, something in the remaining 10 percent is >going to happen, possibly something involving biological, chemical or >nuclear/rad ...

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Date:	Fri Dec 7 00:17:01 PST 2001

357 Burden of recession on workers -- rank: 1000

>In this context, I would like to make clear that I do not view as ideal >the U.S. model where the burden of recessions tends to fall heavily on the >shoulders of workers, who may be obliged to move across regions and >industries in response to the business cycle. How to deal with the reality >of the business cycle is an area where Europe--with its tradition of >social safety nets--and the United States--with its tradition of flexible >work arrangements--can perhaps learn so ...

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Date:	Sun Dec 2 01:17:06 PST 2001

358 McDonough on euro -- rank: 1000

At 01/12/01 17:04 -0500, you wrote: >Chris Burford wrote: > >>It does seem a remarkable statement, but can Doug or anyone else >>translate it? > >McDonough: > >>But should a different international monetary system ultimately emerge in >>which other currencies, such as the euro, play an increasingly important >>role alongside the dollar, there would be benefits for the United States as >>well. Such a development would, for example, impose greater ...

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Date:	Sun Dec 2 00:44:53 PST 2001

359 McDonough on euro -- rank: 1000

It does seem a remarkable statement, but can Doug or anyone else translate it? I take to admit three very interesting assumptions. 1. The USA economy has the advantage of the dollar being world money, and it therefore can issue dollars beyond what would normally be a proportionate ratio to its assets. 2. Global finance capitalism is so interpenetrated that leaders of US finance capital can discuss with leaders of German finance capital different ways of managing world money. And clearly if this ...

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Date:	Sat Dec 1 13:52:09 PST 2001

360 the euro -- rank: 1000

At 30/11/01 18:27 -0800, you wrote: >>I'd love to be a fly on the wall at one of the monthly central banker >>chatfests at the BIS. I can imagine a bunch of dour Euros telling Alan >>that he's got to do something about the c/a deficit. And now they're >>going to have a currency that may force him to do it. >> >>Doug > >I presume that he tells them that they have to do something about their >current account *surplus*: the U.S. has low inflation and (ne ...

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Date:	Sat Dec 1 00:47:55 PST 2001