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14911 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Ahmad Khalidi - If Israel has the right to use force in self self defense...EXCELLENT -- rank: 1000

Guardian - July 18, 2006 The west appears to insist that only one side in the conflict is able to intervene militarily across borders. That will never be accepted Ahmad Khalidi Much has been made in recent days - at the G8 summit and elsewhere - of Israel's right to retaliate against the capture of its soldiers, or attacks on its troops on its own sovereign territory. Some, such as those in the US administration, seem to believe that Israel has an unqualified licence to hit back at its enem ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 17 18:51:29 PDT 2006

14912 [lbo-talk] Iran oil bourse -- rank: 1000

<http://www.economy.com/dismal/pro/blog.asp?cid=24501> Iran, the Dollar and the Euro Iran s antics in its nuclear negotiations and its role in goading Hezbollah in the current Israeli-Lebanese conflict are hogging all the attention. However, other news from Iran has gotten less air time, but is quite interesting. The first is the near completion of an Iranian Oil Bourse (IOB) being built on the Iranian island of Kish in the Arabian Gulf, which aims to be the center of oil trading in ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 17 18:45:15 PDT 2006

14913 [lbo-talk] FW: [euro-queer] Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Human Rights, Iran, and LGBT Advocacy -- rank: 1000

THINKING GLOBALLY, ACTING LOCALLY: HUMAN RIGHTS, IRAN, AND LGBT ADVOCACY WHAT: The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), Human Rights Watch (HRW), National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Amnesty International OUTfront, Al-Fatiha and SoulforceNYC invite all interested advocates to participate in Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Human Rights, Iran, and LGBT Advocacy, a community dialogue about the persecution faced by LGBT people in Iran and how activists in the West ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 17 18:00:34 PDT 2006

14914 [lbo-talk] Re-intro -- rank: 1000

On Jul 17, 2006, at 6:56 PM, B. wrote: > Well, there's lots of stuff on the web about workers' > self-management. I don't see anything fundamental > about large organizations that requires illegitimate > hierarchy. Who said anything about illegitimate hierarchy? A lot of anarchists/greens, and Michael Albert, don't like hierarchies of any kind. Many don't like representative structures - people like Murray Bookchin want no units so large that face-to-face meetings become impractic ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 17 17:40:19 PDT 2006

14915 [lbo-talk] Re-intro -- rank: 1000

On Jul 17, 2006, at 5:20 PM, Gar Lipow wrote: > Depends on what you mean by "hierarchy " and "spokescouncil" model. > You don't think a microchip firm could not make it's major decision > through elected councils - a large firm wide council for major > decisions, smaller councils at various levels for smaller decisions, > and various types specialists for day to day decisions firmly under > the control of appropriate councils? That's not completely unlike ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 17 15:13:16 PDT 2006

14916 [lbo-talk] Re-intro -- rank: 1000

On Jul 17, 2006, at 4:20 PM, George Scialabba wrote: > Yes, exactly. Just curious: will any aspect of market-based > economic theory be of any use with these difficulties, even in a > fully democratic, solidaristic society? Wal-Mart, which is brilliant at logistics, would have a lot to teach any economic planner. Info from the cash registers goes to HQ within an hour of sale, which supplies not only re-order/inventory info, but which also provides immense amounts of data about consum ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 17 15:07:42 PDT 2006

14917 [lbo-talk] Re-intro -- rank: 1000

On Jul 17, 2006, at 2:33 PM, Tayssir John Gabbour wrote: > What factors of a high-tech economy would make top-down forms of > organization necessary? I can't speak for George, but my view is that you can't have a complex economy without large organizations, and you can't have large organizations without some kind of hierarchy. The hierarchy could be a lot more democratic than a capitalist enterprise, but you couldn't make microchips or steel on a spokescouncil model. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jul 17 11:54:08 PDT 2006

14918 [lbo-talk] loans for flights -- rank: 1000

An acquaintance in Beirut writes: > The best evacuation plan is the American. They are directing their > "nationals" to a website (ha! with electricty power cuts it's kinda > funny) where they > promise an airlift from the airport (although the air strips have been > destroyed) to Cyprus. But the seriously unfunny part is that there > is an evacuation > fee. And for those with no money, the US government generously > offers a loan. > Isn't that brilliant? Loa ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 17 11:21:38 PDT 2006

14919 [lbo-talk] Re-intro -- rank: 1000

On Jul 17, 2006, at 11:58 AM, George Scialabba wrote: > When you're feeling like an anarchist, do you see any way to > combine a sophisticated, hi-tech economy with decentralized, or at > least strictly accountable, political authority? No - that's one of the reason my inner anarchist takes flight. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jul 17 09:10:01 PDT 2006

14920 [lbo-talk] Re-intro -- rank: 1000

On Jul 17, 2006, at 6:24 AM, Tahir Wood wrote: > Hi, I'm Tahir. I decided to return, for a while at least (peace, > Doug). > I was actually hoping to take part in an extended debate on > anti-imperialism and the state, which seemed to be developing nicely. Hey, I'm all for reviving that debate, since I don't really know what I think about the questions. Sometimes I feel like a Leninist; sometimes like a left social democrat; and sometimes, like an anarchist. So please help me deci ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 17 08:36:48 PDT 2006

14921 [lbo-talk] You too can tell Hillary she sucks! -- rank: 1000

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Date:	Sun Jul 16 19:04:33 PDT 2006

14922 [lbo-talk] The largest mass demonstration in Mexico's history -- rank: 1000

On Jul 16, 2006, at 5:41 PM, Julio Huato wrote: > To see photos of today's demonstration in Mexico City, the largest in > recorded history, click here: > > http://www.reforma.com/ The largest in Mexican history, or all history ever? Those pix are extremely impressive! Doug

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Date:	Sun Jul 16 17:49:35 PDT 2006

14923 [lbo-talk] Africa expert explains it all -- rank: 1000

[excerpt from Anderson Cooper interview with Angelina Jolie] COOPER: And it [the "hopelessness"] seems endless. Do you -- how do you fight that? How do you... JOLIE: Well, I think to acknowledge that and say, yes, it is another -- we understand that. But the borders were drawn in Africa not that long ago. These people are tribal people. We have -- we colonized them. We have -- there's a lot of changes that's happened, even just between the blacks and whites so recently. There's a ...

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Date:	Sun Jul 16 09:20:16 PDT 2006

14924 [lbo-talk] More Putin, My Hero -- rank: 1000

On Jul 15, 2006, at 7:40 PM, mike larkin wrote: > http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/15/russia.g8/index.html? > section=cnn_world > > "...During a joint news conference Saturday in St. > Petersburg, Bush said he raised concerns about > democracy in Russia during a frank discussion with the > Russian leader. > > "I talked about my desire to promote institutional > change in parts of the world, like Iraq where there's > a free press and free religion ...

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Date:	Sun Jul 16 09:18:24 PDT 2006

14925 [lbo-talk] Some Of The Carnage -- rank: 1000

On Jul 16, 2006, at 12:07 AM, Michael Perelman wrote: > But with a left wing defense minister? What is with him? Obviously he had to prove his toughness. Doug

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Date:	Sun Jul 16 09:17:26 PDT 2006