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12016 [lbo-talk] Creeping Fascism -- rank: 1000

On Dec 31, 2007, at 5:54 PM, martin wrote: > I understand what I mean when I use it. What I mean is a legal entity > assuming the prerogatives of a living organism. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatism> Historically, corporatism or corporativism (Italian: corporativismo) refers to a political or economic system in which power is given to civic assemblies that represent economic, industrial, agrarian, social, cultural, and professional groups. These civic assemblies are known ...

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Date:	Mon Dec 31 15:24:12 PST 2007

12017 [lbo-talk] Creeping Fascism -- rank: 1000

On Dec 31, 2007, at 3:54 PM, martin wrote: > anti-market? or anti-globalmarket? And wouldn't those conditions be > changed by global corporatism? Do you know what corporatism is?

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12018 [lbo-talk] Creeping Fascism -- rank: 1000

On Dec 31, 2007, at 2:21 PM, Miles Jackson wrote: > I see no inherent incompatibility between American individualism and > fascism. The fascists simply need to justify their political position > in terms of protecting the individual and individual freedom. (I know > we've had some debate about the definition of fascism, but I don't see > collectivism as a necessary component of fascism.) What is it then? The whole point of fascism is not that it's oppressive, but that it's char ...

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12019 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Theodore W. Allen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia -- Happy New Year! -- rank: 1000

Speaking of the racism thread, just got this notice from Theodore Allen's literary executor, Jeffrey Perry: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_W._Allen

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12020 [lbo-talk] advances in outsourcing -- rank: 1000

<http://jezebel.com/339143/outsourcing-your-pregnancy-to-india-is- gaining-acceptance-doctors-say> DIVISION OF LABOR Outsourcing Your Pregnancy To India Is "Gaining Acceptance," Doctors Say Remember that supposedly burgeoning trend of women outsourced their pregnancies to India that had us all agape a few months back? Well, the AP visited Anand, India, the capital of the rent-a-womb industry, to report on the trend. Turns out people are really coming around to the notion! One ...

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Date:	Mon Dec 31 08:36:00 PST 2007

12021 [lbo-talk] Iranian power structure -- rank: 1000

[via Lou Proyect's Marxism list] Los Angeles Times - December 31, 2007 <http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg- circle31dec31,0,1974441.story> December 31, 2007 Iran's inner and outer circles of influence and power The power of Shiite Muslim clergy has eroded in favor of various competing groups within a unique religious, civil, social and bureaucratic framework. By Borzou Daragahi BEIRUT Iran's supreme leader spoke not with the thunder of a man regarded in his country as G ...

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12022 [lbo-talk] NYT hires a new hack -- rank: 1000

On Dec 31, 2007, at 12:31 AM, Seth Ackerman wrote: > What about Russia and China? They can do pretty much what they want to, regardless of whatever Washington would like. They're developing their own investment regions and spheres of influence. The U.S. is far from a has-been, but Carrol's image of unchecked U.S. imperial power is looking a little obsolete. Doug

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12023 [lbo-talk] McClatchy Poll: Edwards surges, Huckabee's bubble bursts -- rank: 1000

On Dec 31, 2007, at 12:17 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: > On Sun, 30 Dec 2007, Doug Henwood wrote: > >> And it doesn't really matter who wins in Iowa anyway. > > Is that true? It seemed to matter in 2004. Is this year structurally > different? It's a pretty mixed bag. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_caucus> While they have been a financial boon to the state, the political value of the Iowa caucuses has gone up and down over the years. In 1988, for example, the candi ...

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12024 [lbo-talk] NYT hires a new hack -- rank: 1000

On Dec 30, 2007, at 8:24 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > --- Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: >> >> Ignoring Dennis R's sweet daydreams, and looking at >> the flow of material >> goods and services, we can see that the whole world >> is tripping over >> itself in catering to the U.S. > > It is? Russia? China? Illusions. Sideshows!

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12025 [lbo-talk] McClatchy Poll: Edwards surges, Huckabee's bubble bursts -- rank: 1000

...or, as they're saying, is the Huckabubble becoming a Huckabust? These Iowa polls are meaningless. No one can forecast from a sample who will actually turn up at the caucuses, and once there, how they will vote. The races in both parties are tight is about all you can say. And it doesn't really matter who wins in Iowa anyway.

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12026 [lbo-talk] Islamism, etc. -- rank: 1000

On Dec 30, 2007, at 2:47 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Frankly, and independently of agreement/disagreement with her, I would > not read any Iranian posts on this list unless Yoshie resubbed. It > would be a bore without her. And I'm sure you'd announce that you hadn't read them - complete with quotes, too. The Ahmad piece is worth reading, even if he isn't Yoshie. Doug

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12027 [lbo-talk] Islamism, etc. -- rank: 1000

I'm still amazed, and amused, by the fact that several people complained about the list moratorium on discussing Iranian domestic politics, yet not a word has been uttered on the topic in the weeks since the ban was lifted. I guess it was just something to kvetch about, and people do love to kvetch. In any case, Aijaz Ahmad has a piece in the 2008 Socialist Register on "Islam, Islamisms, and the West" at: <http://socialistregister.com/socialistregister.com/files/ SR_08_Ahmad_0. ...

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Date:	Sun Dec 30 09:15:15 PST 2007

12028 [lbo-talk] NYT hires a new hack -- rank: 1000

[truly there is no penalty for failure in American life, once you reach a certain level] New York Times - December 30, 2007 <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/business/30kristol.html> The Times Adds an Op-Ed Columnist Published: December 30, 2007 William Kristol, one of the nation s leading conservative writers and a vigorous supporter of the Iraq war, will become an Op-Ed page columnist for The New York Times, the newspaper announced Saturday. Mr. Kristol will write a weekly column for ...

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12029 [lbo-talk] MLA goes all wobbly (and not in the IWW sense) -- rank: 1000

[via Lou Proyect's Marxism list] [Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [Marxism] MLA bends to rightist pressure A Moderate MLA <http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/12/30/mla> The Modern Language Association frequently helps out its critics with provocative session titles and left-leaning political stands offered by its members. At this year's annual meeting, in Chicago, some MLA members have worried that the association was poised to take stance ...

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Date:	Sun Dec 30 07:48:04 PST 2007

12030 [lbo-talk] The creation of the modern British obituary -- rank: 1000

On Dec 30, 2007, at 7:49 AM, andie nachgeborenen wrote: > It will be noted that despite the subject matter, this > obit below is a typically dreary US-style tomstone > obit. Bad habits are not easily unlearned. By American standards, esp those of the NYT, the thing approaches the witty. Doug

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