Search LBO-Talk Archives

14821 [lbo-talk] power out in Queens -- rank: 1000

On Jul 24, 2006, at 7:10 PM, joanna wrote: > Power out in Queens for over a week: Yeah, and ConEd still doesn't know what went wrong, and had no reliable count of how many customers were without power!

Document Size:	4682
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 24 16:15:36 PDT 2006

14822 [lbo-talk] We're all Hezbollah... -- rank: 1000

On Jul 24, 2006, at 6:34 PM, Angelus Novus wrote: > --- "www.leninology. blogspot.com" > <leninology at hotmail.com> wrote: > >> I would not expect a different position from Tikkun, >> but not being the pious >> sort I tend to decide who I will support based on >> whether they are oppressed >> or oppressor, exploited or exploiter. > > I think this is shoddy reasoning. Not to mention two-dimensional. Doug

Document Size:	5141
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 24 16:02:17 PDT 2006

14823 [lbo-talk] We're all Hezbollah... -- rank: 1000

On Jul 24, 2006, at 5:08 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > You mean Hezbollah but not the United States, France, England, Israel, > must follow international law on the bombing of civilian targets. Who the fuck said that? I know your mind isn't incapable of complex thought, so how can you say such a stupid thing? Doug

Document Size:	4834
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 24 14:25:50 PDT 2006

14824 [lbo-talk] more on Iran -- rank: 1000

[I normally avoid meta-list commentary and importing issues from other venues, but I'm going to make an exception for this because the fundamental political points are interesting and important.] To: Activists and scholars in Marxist tradition <marxism at lists.econ.utah.edu> Subject: Re: [Marxism] [Fwd: Socialist Men, Muslims, and the "Woman Question"] From: Louis Proyect <lnp3 at panix.com> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:05:35 -0400 At 02:23 PM 7/24/2006, Carrol Cox wrote: ...

Document Size:	12530
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 24 14:17:49 PDT 2006

14825 [lbo-talk] Shatz: Nasrallah's Game -- rank: 1000

<http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060731/nasrallah_game> Nasrallah's Game by Adam Shatz In January 2004 Sheik Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, presided over a major prisoner exchange with Israel, in which the Lebanese guerrilla movement and political party secured the release of more than 400 Arab prisoners in return for the bodies of three Israeli soldiers and an Israeli businessman and alleged spy, Elhanan Tannenbaum, whom Hezbollah had kidnapped. Moments be ...

Document Size:	13727
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 24 13:56:21 PDT 2006

14826 [lbo-talk] Hizbollah rockets put Israel's Arabs under fire -- rank: 1000

On Jul 24, 2006, at 2:17 PM, ravi wrote: > This stuff about Israeli Arabs being harmed by Hezbollah rockets seems > at best a fruitless diversion. This is not to whitewash Hezbollah as > entirely legitimate freedom-fighters. Rather, attempts to examine the > details of Hezbollah action is a distraction from the real atrocities > committed and being committed by Israel. I'm not sure your second sentence follows from the first; it does look like a bit of a whitewash. There's no que ...

Document Size:	5674
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 24 13:13:10 PDT 2006

14827 [lbo-talk] HRW: Israel using cluster bombs against civilians -- rank: 1000

Below please find a press release issued today by Human Rights Watch regarding the use by Israel of Cluster Munitions in Lebanon. The evidence includes testimony collected from villagers in Blida and pictures taken yesterday by HRW staff in Israel along the Israeli- Lebanese border. I am attaching the press release and the two pictures of the cluster bombs from the Israeli side (referred to in the press release). Please circulate widely. Feel free to use the pictures of the cluster bombs ...

Document Size:	13695
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 24 13:08:59 PDT 2006

14828 [lbo-talk] We're all Hezbollah... -- rank: 1000

On Jul 24, 2006, at 3:56 PM, Tim wrote: > On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 11:42 -0400, Max B. Sawicky wrote: >> It may make sense to you, or to the proletarian masses of Egypt etc., >> but in Oceania the slogan is a gift to the Israelis, neo-cons, and >> Fox News >> complex. > > But Fox News are going to paint us as anti-american terrorist > supporters > no matter what slogan we use. True enough, but what about people walking along the sidewalk, who might respond to ...

Document Size:	5221
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 24 13:04:02 PDT 2006

14829 [lbo-talk] more Americans think Iraq had WMDs -- rank: 1000

[detailed tables at original] <http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/printerfriend/index.asp? PID=684> The Harris PollŪ #57, July 21, 2006 BELIEF THAT IRAQ HAD WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION HAS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY MOST PEOPLE DO NOT THINK THAT U.S. TROOPS WILL BE OUT OF IRAQ IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS Despite being widely reported in the media that the U.S. and other countries have not found any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, surprisingly; more U.S. adults (50%) think that Ir ...

Document Size:	7859
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 24 12:51:10 PDT 2006

14830 [lbo-talk] Hizbollah rockets put Israel's Arabs under fire -- rank: 1000

On Jul 24, 2006, at 11:46 AM, uvj at vsnl.com wrote: > MAJDEL KRUM, Israel (Reuters) - Badiyan Farhat hasn't slept a night > since a > Hizbollah rocket slammed into his home in an Israeli Arab town. > "I still can't get the sight out of my head of my two little > grandchildren > sent flying by the blast," he says. So, Cde Leninology - is this a military target? Doug

Document Size:	5270
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 24 11:02:16 PDT 2006

14831 [lbo-talk] Re: Jewish Voice for Peace -- rank: 1000

On Jul 24, 2006, at 1:43 PM, Aaron Shuman wrote: > Can you > clarify how Tikkun decides to endorse a campaign, > communicates that position to and mobilizes its > Community? What's your role and responsibility in all > that as managing editor? This isn't the place to try to get Joel to talk about the policies of his employer. It's a public list with a very public archive. Please desist. Doug

Document Size:	5008
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 24 10:54:51 PDT 2006

14832 [lbo-talk] We're all Hezbollah... -- rank: 1000

On Jul 24, 2006, at 12:46 PM, www.leninology. blogspot.com wrote: > Doug Henwood wrote: > >> I've never understood why there haven't been suicide bombings in >> the U.S. - esp in NYC, where there's no shortage of Jewish- >> themed targets, from Temple Emanu-el to the Israeli-owned French >> bistro across the street - that could easily stand in as symbols >> of Israel. > > Suicide attacks have taken place in America, Hmm, I can think of one on a late s ...

Document Size:	6087
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 24 10:43:37 PDT 2006

14833 [lbo-talk] We're all Hezbollah... -- rank: 1000

On Jul 24, 2006, at 12:41 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > This is an instance of what I have for some years been labelling > "Sandbox Politics." Yoshie recently came up with an even better label, > "Resolutionary Socialism." And I guess Yoshie's posts on Iran are also exempt from this rule, since a whole lot of Iranian leftists have denounced her support of Ahmadinejad, a position she takes without actually having to bear any consequences of living under the mullahs. Doug

Document Size:	5031
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 24 10:41:15 PDT 2006

14834 [lbo-talk] We're all Hezbollah... -- rank: 1000

On Jul 24, 2006, at 12:41 PM, www.leninology. blogspot.com wrote: > There were a number of Hezbollah supporters in the crowd Which virtually guarantees the number of protesters will stay in the high-three or low-four figures. Doug

Document Size:	4741
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 24 10:39:07 PDT 2006

14835 [lbo-talk] We're all Hezbollah... -- rank: 1000

On Jul 24, 2006, at 12:41 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> Are people too >> lazy or tired to reject the idea of having to choose one or another >> side when both are wrong? Are you going to sign up for the >> Ahmadinejad fan club too? > > This is an instance of what I have for some years been labelling > "Sandbox Politics." Yoshie recently came up with an even better label, > "Resolutionary Socialism." > > I ...

Document Size:	5461
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 24 10:37:58 PDT 2006