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12721 [lbo-talk] The Independent on Wolfowitz -- rank: 1000

On Apr 12, 2007, at 12:23 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > I am surprised that you wrote that, Doug. The Bank no more > perpetuates the global hierarchy than, say, the markings on the > speedometer > gauge control the speed of the car. The hierarchy would be > maintained even > if the Bank did not exist. What determines the position in that > hierarchy > is the amount of resources a country can produce, and those low on > the totem > pole do not - and cannot - prod ...

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Date:	Thu Apr 12 09:39:19 PDT 2007

12722 [lbo-talk] Halliday on the left & Islamists -- rank: 1000

On Apr 11, 2007, at 3:02 PM, Lenin's Tomb wrote: > I don't wish to forget anything, and I'm not interested in turning > Islam into a master-category of resistance. I simply think that in > all prevailing circumstances, it is absolutely imperative to open > channels of communication and make links with politicised Muslims, and > that includes some of those who are well to the right of us. My model > here would be the collaboration between the Muslim Brothers and the > Left ...

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Date:	Thu Apr 12 06:12:10 PDT 2007

12723 [lbo-talk] The Independent on Wolfowitz -- rank: 1000

On Apr 11, 2007, at 3:27 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: I find it rather surprising how little interest this story generated on this list. It is all over international press, and Wolfowitz is a major villain in the Bush stable. It's a fun story, but if he falls, they'll just find some other scumbag to take his place, and the World Bank will continue on its mission of perpetuating the global hierarchy. Meanwhile... Doug ---- Financial Times - April 12, 2007 Wolfowitz laid out terms for partner' ...

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12724 [lbo-talk] SEIU's sweetheart deals in Calif -- rank: 1000

<http://www.sfweekly.com/2007-04-11/news/union-disunity/print> Union Disunity The secret deal worked out between SEIU bosses and nursing home owners denies union members the right to speak out, strike, or protect patients By Matt Smith Published: April 11, 2007 With time, my loss of Cassie began to transform the way I approached life. Andy Stern, Getting America Back on Track: A Country That Works, Simon & Schuster, 2006 It is as if he cant help conflating the fate of workers with ...

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12725 [lbo-talk] Strategic action to to avert catastrophic temp rise -- rank: 1000

On Apr 11, 2007, at 2:25 PM, Joseph Catron wrote: > Below is an article from the NewStandard about a new initiative > that's considerably more sophisticated than the ones Chuck > describes. I'd be very interested in hearing everyone's thoughts on > it. I think it's a great idea. The banks - esp those that take public deposits - are vulnerable to bad PR. And no funding, no power plants. Interesting that RAN pressured TXU on its plan to build a dozen new coal-fired plants. TXU cut a ...

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12726 [lbo-talk] Halliday on the left & Islamists -- rank: 1000

On Apr 11, 2007, at 1:29 PM, Lenin's Tomb wrote: > On 4/11/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: >> [From the SA Debate list. Fred Halliday can be pretty noxious, but >> there's some useful history here. > > It's terrible history, actually: > > http://leninology.blogspot.com/2007/02/ex-communism-of-fools.html So leftists have never been beheaded by Islamists who turned on them? This is true: "The first is that Halliday appears to have forgotten a ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 11 11:11:45 PDT 2007

12727 [lbo-talk] Anti-globalists Reach Out to Islamists -- rank: 1000

On Apr 11, 2007, at 8:37 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > Have you or Doug read anything by or about women activists of the > Muslim Brotherhood? For instance, try Zainab Al Ghazali's prison > memoir, _Return of the Pharaoh: Memoir in Nasir's Prison_. You do this a lot - point out that there are Moslem women (incontrovertible) and even Islamic feminists (controversial, but something I can accept), but forget that these are far from dominant influences in Islamist movements. Here are so ...

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12728 [lbo-talk] Halliday on the left & Islamists -- rank: 1000

[From the SA Debate list. Fred Halliday can be pretty noxious, but there's some useful history here. There's a response to Halliday at <http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-protest/ liberalism_halliday_4165.jsp>, and Halliday's response to the response is at <http://www.opendemocracy.net/globalization/ liberal_riposte_4242.jsp>.] Begin forwarded message: From: "Hein Marais" <hein at marais.as> Date: April 11, 2007 5:14:15 AM EDT To: "'debate: SA discussion l ...

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12729 [lbo-talk] Radicalizing the carbon cycle -- rank: 1000

On Apr 11, 2007, at 12:42 AM, Patrick Bond wrote: >> Which is pretty similar to Stern, no? Their goals are on the light >> side, and they're vague about how to get there > > No, they are pretty clear, they want market mechanisms. "Market mechanisms," yes, but that's a vague phrase. It can mean cap and trade, and it can mean carbon taxes. Offsets are bogus. Carbon taxes are market mechanisms but I think they're pretty good ones. Doug

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12730 [lbo-talk] Radicalizing the carbon cycle -- rank: 1000

On Apr 11, 2007, at 6:48 AM, Julio Huato wrote: > Patrick Bond wrote: > >> As I may have said before, there are 'reformist reforms' which >> make the >> problem worse and take the wind out of the movement's sails, on >> the one >> hand, and on the other, 'non-reformist reforms' which change power >> balances so the problems can be addressed more fundamentally and by a >> movement with growing momentum. We're looking for the latter; market >> ...

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12731 [lbo-talk] Imus -- rank: 1000

On Apr 10, 2007, at 3:15 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > Why should not he? Why should not he be able to say what he wants? > It is one thing to incite to riots or harming others, but slurs are > pretty > harmless, no matter how idiotic. I am pretty much libertarian as > far as > freedom of speech is concerned. People should be able to say what > they want > and if someone gets offended, it is his problem. He can shout back > if he > wants or ignore it (as I usua ...

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12732 [lbo-talk] not much time to avert catastrophic temp rise -- rank: 1000

On Apr 10, 2007, at 2:24 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: her fifth post of the day. Moderation time. Doug

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12733 [lbo-talk] Anti-globalists Reach Out to Islamists -- rank: 1000

On Apr 10, 2007, at 1:36 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > the > Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) prominent role in this conference <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood> The Muslim Brotherhood advocates the creation of Islamic governments eventually unified in Caliphate, believing that God has set out a perfect way of life and social and political organization in the Quran and Sunna. Their goal as stated by Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna was to reclaim Islam s manifest dest ...

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12734 [lbo-talk] Anti-globalists Reach Out to Islamists -- rank: 1000

On Apr 10, 2007, at 1:36 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: her 4th post of the day. That follows: 8 yesterday, 4 the day before, 5 the day before that, and 7 the day before that. The limit is 3. Doug

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Date:	Tue Apr 10 11:10:57 PDT 2007

12735 [lbo-talk] not much time to avert catastrophic temp rise -- rank: 1000

[Carrol Cox says it's already too late, so there's really no urgent need to do something now, but apparently the IPCC disagrees.] Little time to avert big temperature rise: U.N. study By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent 2 hours, 45 minutes ago OSLO (Reuters) - Fighting global warming will be inexpensive but governments have little time left to avert big, damaging temperature rises, a draft United Nations report shows. The draft, due for release in Bangkok on May 4, indicates warming i ...

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