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16171 [lbo-talk] Israeli boycott -- rank: 1000

I see the lead story in the weekend Counterpunch <http:// www.counterpunch.org> is a polemic in favor of a boycott of Israel, written by an American academic living in S Africa, Virginia Tilley. Isn't it odd for an American to call for such, given our support of Israel? Should we boycott ourselves? How? Doug

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Date:	Sun Aug 6 08:33:43 PDT 2006

16172 [lbo-talk] A letter to Chavez -- rank: 1000

On Aug 6, 2006, at 11:23 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > 1989, the year when Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (acting commander in > chief of the armed forces in 1988-1989) -- the man defeated by Mahmoud > Ahmadinejad in the runoff last year -- assumed the Presidency of Iran. > What did these university students want the Iranian people to do last > year -- vote for the man who was the President in 1989? So you're advocating lesser-evil electoral politics? But not in the US, right? You ...

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Date:	Sun Aug 6 08:31:25 PDT 2006

16173 [lbo-talk] Riverbend: Summer of goodbyes -- rank: 1000

http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/ Saturday, August 05, 2006 Summer of Goodbyes... Residents of Baghdad are systematically being pushed out of the city. Some families are waking up to find a Klashnikov bullet and a letter in an envelope with the words "Leave your area or else." The culprits behind these attacks and threats are Sadr's followers- Mahdi Army. It's general knowledge, although no one dares say it out loud. In the last month we've had two different families staying with ...

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Date:	Sun Aug 6 08:03:46 PDT 2006

16174 [lbo-talk] The netroots delivers yet again... -- rank: 1000

On Aug 6, 2006, at 7:45 AM, Colin Brace wrote: > There are aspects of the "netroots" scene that trouble me as well, ie > the clubbiness and group-think. Political content often seems in short supply too. I understand the importance of seeing Lieberman go down (insert cheap oral sex joke here), but Lamont is basically a neoliberal yuppie, isn't he? Doug

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Date:	Sun Aug 6 07:44:30 PDT 2006

16175 [lbo-talk] Florida Reps more pro-Israel than Dems -- rank: 1000

Miami Herald - August 4, 2006 MIAMI HERALD POLL | THE MIDDLE EAST Conflict reveals partisan split A Miami Herald poll found Republicans more likely than Democrats to support Israel's actions in the Middle East conflict. BY MARC CAPUTO Even when it comes to the bombing of Beirut, there's a partisan divide in Florida, where more than half of Democratic voters -- but only a quarter of Republicans -- say Israel has gone too far in its campaign, according to a Miami Herald poll. The split is even ...

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Date:	Sat Aug 5 10:13:27 PDT 2006

16176 [lbo-talk] On the social potential of the Hezbollah -- rank: 1000

On Aug 5, 2006, at 3:58 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > On 8/4/06, Bryan Atinsky <bryan at alt-info.org> posted: >> >From "The Middle East in Flames" >> >> Gilbert Achcar interviewed by Andrew Kennedy for the Socialist >> Outlook >> http://alternativenews.org/index.php? >> option=com_content&task=view&id=485&Itemid=1 > <snip> >> Iran is not a Muslim equivalent of Venezuela. > > But who has dared to even put ...

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Date:	Sat Aug 5 08:33:28 PDT 2006

16177 [lbo-talk] War Crimes -- rank: 1000

On Aug 5, 2006, at 2:26 AM, Gar Lipow wrote: > > As to left critics of Hezbollah, we are again encountering what I > have > > often called sandbox politics and what Yoshie has labelled > > "Resolutionary Socialism." Verbal criticisms of Hezbollah by u.s. > > leftists will have _no_ material impact in the world. They merely > > provide a bit of smug self-satisfaction on the part of the critic > for > > his/her personal moral superiority. > &g ...

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16178 [lbo-talk] Hez has killer antitank missiles -- rank: 1000

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060804/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ mideast_fighting_hezbollah_s_missiles Missiles neutralizing Israeli tanks By BENJAMIN HARVEY, Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM - Hezbollah's sophisticated anti-tank missiles are perhaps the guerrilla group's deadliest weapon in Lebanon fighting, with their ability to pierce Israel's most advanced tanks. Experts say this is further evidence that Israel is facing a well- equipped army in this war, not a ragtag militia. Hezbollah has fired Russ ...

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Date:	Sat Aug 5 08:25:27 PDT 2006

16179 [lbo-talk] Lamont's Campaign Manager -- rank: 1000

On Aug 4, 2006, at 9:22 PM, Michael Pugliese wrote: > Thank god, none of Corliss influence seems to have rubbed off on > Thomas. > Yeah, better the influence of J.P. Morgan than proletarian internationalism! Really, Michael. Why can't you people let go of the Cold War? On second thought, maybe it's a better obsession than smearing Rachel Corrie. Doug

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Date:	Sat Aug 5 08:22:21 PDT 2006

16180 [lbo-talk] Indian thirst for "Real Thing" formula -- rank: 1000

On Aug 5, 2006, at 11:08 AM, Carl Remick wrote: > Why Indians are keen for glop like Coke when a local alternative > like lassi (perhaps even bhang lassi) is available ranks as one of > the Great Mysteries of the East. I love Coca-Cola. Yeah, the company is nasty, and drinking too much of it makes you fat and rots your teeth, but really, what's wrong with a Coke now & then? It's not Chateau Latour, but not much is. Doug

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Date:	Sat Aug 5 08:18:20 PDT 2006

16181 [lbo-talk] new radio product -- rank: 1000

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Date:	Fri Aug 4 15:06:58 PDT 2006

16182 [lbo-talk] Has the Left Gone Mad? -- rank: 1000

On Aug 4, 2006, at 5:26 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > We are engaged in a huge battle over the coming decades with the > nightmare of u.s. imperialism. You think? The world is complicated and polycentric. You're like Reagan with a negative sign, with this focus of evil in the modern world business. U.S. imperialism is looking less than almighty right now. It looked pretty hot in 2002, 2003, but it's not doing well in Iraq. Israel is not doing well in Lebanon. Shouldn't we choose our friends ...

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Date:	Fri Aug 4 14:34:01 PDT 2006

16183 [lbo-talk] On the social potential of the Hezbollah -- rank: 1000

On Aug 4, 2006, at 6:16 PM, Bryan Atinsky wrote: > Gilbert Achcar Anyone know how to get in touch with him? Sounds like he'd be a good radio guest. Doug

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Date:	Fri Aug 4 14:28:41 PDT 2006

16184 [lbo-talk] On the social potential of the Hezbollah -- rank: 1000

On Aug 4, 2006, at 6:16 PM, Bryan Atinsky quoted Gilbert Achcar: > Iran, Hizbollah s model > of society and state, is utterly bourgeois in its social structure. Thanks for posting this. Fascinating. Doug

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Date:	Fri Aug 4 14:27:23 PDT 2006

16185 [lbo-talk] Has the Left Gone Mad? -- rank: 1000

On Aug 4, 2006, at 4:30 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Look. The person you are quoting and replying to is simply beneath > contempt -- would you give a careful reply to someone who defended > lynching of black men because some black men had raped white women? > You > demean yourself by recognizing the existence of such low life. He > is an > overt apologist for mass murder. What can one say? Chill, dude.

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