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91 Fake imperialist concern for democracy in Zimbabwe -- rank: 1000

Quoted on another list:- (with thanks to Charles Brown) >>>> The repeated attention to Zimbabwe in the U.S. and U.K. particularly should not obscure a larger point: why is it that an election taking place in Congo-Brazzaville contemporaneously where the incumbent won about 90% of the vote, after the chief opponent called for a boycott and other candidates were barred from running due to constitutional changes--why did this not receive comparable attention? Similar events occurred rec ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 20 23:52:52 PST 2002

92 useful idiots of the empire -- rank: 1000

At 19/03/02 03:48 +0000, you wrote: >If you mean sanctions, yes. But turning the US loose is never a good idea, >hasn't been since after WWII. > >jks Yes. The USA in arrogance and fear after Sept 11 tries to ensure that there is no stone in the world under which an envious terrorist may hide. We are in an accelerating agenda towards some sort of mucky world government, in which the USA has incomaparable military power, but its loyal allies may be less than enthusiastic about its meth ...

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Date:	Mon Mar 18 23:50:40 PST 2002

93 useful idiots of the empire -- rank: 1000

At 16/03/02 13:28 -0800, Ian wrote: >Cheney Confers With Saudi Leaders > > >By Tom Raum >Associated Press Writer >Saturday, March 16, 2002; 1:25 PM > > >JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Vice President Dick Cheney collected more >rebuffs on Iraq Saturday even as he conveyed growing U.S. interest >in a Saudi-sponsored Middle East peace initiative. > >Cheney met with Saudi leaders who have expressed sharp >reservations about any U.S. plan to move militarily against ...

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Date:	Sun Mar 17 13:53:17 PST 2002

94 useful idiots of the empire -- rank: 1000

I am afraid I really see this as a struggle between revolutionary socialites. (If anyone is a passionate supporter of Tariq Ali I will immediately withdraw what could be seen as a flame) The article does point to very worrying developments but seems to be pitched at the level of whether certain individuals have integrity or not. As US dominance grows disproportionately, and the attack on the World Trade Centre appears to justify imposing its will everywhere, the barriers of state sovereignty hav ...

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Date:	Sat Mar 16 00:29:55 PST 2002

95 Deceit by big tobacco -- rank: 1000

As the British Government announces it will support a bill in Parliament banning virtually all tobacco advertising by the end of the year, the British Medical Journal publishes the accusation below: Chris Burford: Tobacco industry knowingly duped public with "low tar" brands Caroline White London US tobacco companies deliberately marketed low tar and "light" cigarettes as healthy alternatives to regular brands in the knowledge that they were just as dangerous, an analysis of ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 15 15:12:05 PST 2002

96 Dimitrov -- rank: 1000

Sometimes a post is so pertinent that it receives no further acknowledgement either positive or negative. Appreciation to Charles for this balanced but precise reply, which I had put to one side for closer reading. Still worth it, and still relevant for consideration for its applications today. Chris Burford At 21/02/02 09:34 -0500, you wrote: > Dimitrov >Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 23:25:38 +0200 >From: "Hakki Alacakaptan" <nucleus at superonline.com> > >^^^^^^^^^^^ & ...

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Date:	Thu Mar 14 23:04:36 PST 2002

97 strategy -- rank: 1000

At 07/03/02 17:28 -0500, you wrote: > > CB: But why not admit that this is a Ghandian/ML King >revolutionary theory; and that this is not Marx's position ? I >know Marx is real attractive and hard to break with, but isn't >it clear that there will almost always be violent >counterrevolutionaries who will prevail if fire is not met with >fire ? > > >=================== > >And your plan for defeating the US military and it's Nato >minions etc. is....? > &g ...

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Date:	Thu Mar 7 23:33:59 PST 2002

98 borderline personality -- rank: 1000

At 06/03/02 16:29 -0500, you wrote: >At 01:07 PM 3/6/02 -0800, Alec Ramsdell wrote: >>Carrol Cox wrote: >> >> > First -- the diagnosis is a suspect one; >> >>I've heard the same, that it's a dubious >>classification. As such, it would be a case of the >>analyst gaving birth to a new illness as a way of >>treating his own anxieties of diagnosis. Also, why >>would it be endemic to the *bourgeois* ego--couldn't >>working class folk ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 6 23:37:20 PST 2002

99 Trent Lott and WorldCom -- rank: 1000

>>> No one has yet suggested that the WorldCom scandal could strike at the heart of the Bush administration quite as starkly as Enron, but there are embarrassing connections that could spiral into a political scandal. Details are emerging of a highly amicable and lucrative relationship between the shamed WorldCom conglomerate and Republican Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, one of Bush's closest confidants on Capitol Hill. The new Trent Lott Leadership Institute received a $1 million d ...

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Date:	Sun Jun 30 12:19:25 PDT 2002

100 management capitalism "under threat" -- rank: 1000

Appearing to draw from the draft report, the BBC tonight quoted the International Corporate Governance Network saying that the "managerial capitalism" that "dominates the world" is "under threat" if inflated salaries for chief executives are not brought under control. Just a sign of falling stock prices, or an indication of the greater socialisation of finance capitalism? After all even these CEO's are workers. It is probably not so much their salary bill but the da ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 24 16:17:00 PDT 2002

101 Conflict between lists and pluralism -- rank: 1000

At 03/06/02 13:55 +0100, I wrote: > It is really a symptom of loss of direction. This was left floating after a bit of hasty editing. It was really intended to refer to arbitrary personal attacks by one list owner on another. Such behaviour should be held up as a sign of weakness, with a carefully sober refutation. At its best this sort of activity may get justified by arguing that opportunism is strategically the most dangerous weakness before the "crisis of leadership" of the i ...

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Date:	Tue Jun 4 23:17:49 PDT 2002

102 Moscow's Shift Forcing China Into a Corner -- rank: 1000

At 03/06/02 10:16 +0400, you quoted a Stratfor report which seemed to be somewhat gleeful in suggesting that China has been displaced by the USA in influencing Russia. This ended >Beijing will continue talking to Moscow, buying Russian weapons and putting >a friendly face on relations. But at the same time, China has seen its >fortunes wane as Moscow's have risen, and it will do whatever it can to >undermine U.S.-Russia relations and regain the strategic high ground. I picked up Bei ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 3 06:23:07 PDT 2002

103 Conflict between lists and pluralism -- rank: 1000

At 02/06/02 15:00 -0400, Doug Henwood wrote: >Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > >>I don't defend myself and set the record straight about what I say and do >>on when Mine baits me on marxmail > >There's a difference between "baiting" and outright lying, which is what >Proyect does. And it's extremely exasperating to be lied about by a >vicious sect of one (though I guess now the spousal team are a sect of >two). What do you do? Descend into the mud and wrestle ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 3 05:55:15 PDT 2002

104 stock market facts -- rank: 1000

At 23/07/02 11:18 -0400, Nathan wrote: > Revolution is a process, not an event. On dipping into State and Revolution recently, to check on my reprehensible reformist tendencies, I noted again that Lenin refers to "the entire historical period which separates capitalism form 'classless society', from Communism" (his italics) Chris Burford -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <../attachments/20020724/160b6f05/attachment.htm>

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Date:	Tue Jul 23 17:21:37 PDT 2002

105 stock market facts -- rank: 1000

At 22/07/02 19:51 -0400, you wrote: >Today's close in the S&P 500 is 46.3% off its 3/24/00 high. That's a hair >behind the 10/3/74 low in the last serious bear market, -48.2%. It took >630 days to make the low in 1973-74, and 850 to get to today's. But >there's a way to go before matching the low of 5/32 (using monthly rather >than daily data): -82.3% > >The Nasdaq is 74.6% off its 3/10/00 high. The Dow is off a mere 33.6% from >its 1/14/00 high. > >The bull mar ...

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