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17491 [lbo-talk] Fwd: [RTSNYC] NYU strike press -- rank: 1000

Subject: [RTSNYC] NYU strike press List-Id: Reclaim the Streets - NYC <rtsnyc.lists.mayfirst.org> http://cgeu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cgeu-list From: Michael Janson <janson at sas.upenn.edu> Sent: Nov 7, 2005 9:32 AM To: cgeu-list at cgeu.org, activist at getuponline.org Subject: [cgeu] NYU strike coverage, five more articles http://www.nyunews.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/11/07/436eecace0da7 GSOC prepares for strike, asks for solidarity by Adam Playford November 07, 2005 " ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 7 18:02:33 PST 2005

17492 [lbo-talk] getting written up -- rank: 1000

Gloucester (Mass.) Daily Times - November 7, 2005 Social critic stands up for globalization By Richard Gaines Staff writer Author - and economic and social observer - Doug Henwood last night debunked the high anxiety and fea of globalization as misplaced and urged a more apt focus on American economic imperialism His 40-minute talk to the Cape Ann Forum found globalization to be a false bogeyman, not responsible for the homogenization of world cultures, lower living standards and lousy music. ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 7 17:55:19 PST 2005

17493 [lbo-talk] Russian revolution birthday poll -- rank: 1000

Since this is, for a few more hours, the anniversary of the Russian revolution, a special lbo-talk members only poll: "Was the Russian revolution on balance a good thing?" <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/lbo-talk-RussRevoPoll.html> Voting closes Wed at 7, NY time. Disclosure: I voted yes. Doug

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Date:	Mon Nov 7 17:47:34 PST 2005

17494 [lbo-talk] Re: Rhizomatic -- rank: 1000

Zachary Levenson wrote: >They would likely maintain that D&G's argument only applies to >modern capital, whereas postmodern (i.e., restructured in response >to rhizomatic proletarian social movements) capital is itself >rhizomatic, or at least becoming-rhizomatic. It does seem like it's harder to point to centers of power than it used to be. In the run-up to the Iraq war, there was a lot of smug talk about how the US was really on top and H&N were all wet. It doesn't look tha ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 7 17:04:51 PST 2005

17495 [lbo-talk] Rhizomatic? -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >The use of the word "rhizome" is fairly common among contemporary >grassroots activists. After all it is a biological term used to >describe how some plant species propagate. I use the word to >describe my own strategy for building movements of social change. >Instead of building a few top-down organizations, you build up a >network of autonomous de-centralized organizations which eventually >add up to something bigger. The anti-globalization movemen ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 7 17:00:46 PST 2005

17496 [lbo-talk] Lots and lots of Hummers -- rank: 1000

Jordan Hayes wrote: >http://themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com/2005/11/hummer-overfloweth.html > >___________________________________ >http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk This is really scary: <http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/115/6336/1024/Hummer2.jpg> Doug

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Date:	Mon Nov 7 16:52:28 PST 2005

17497 [lbo-talk] swaneagle & the FBI -- rank: 1000

Swaneagle/peacnow writes at <http://fnulnu.org/swaneagle/?p=28> >Before that, i was told that if one clicked >on several articles i wrote on the net, the FBI homepage comes up. That seems fairly remarkable. Do you believe it? Doug

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Date:	Mon Nov 7 16:28:11 PST 2005

17498 [lbo-talk] The Coming Horror Spectacle -- rank: 1000

peacenow at theofficenet.com wrote: >I joined this list after i found that Sasha Lily posted the letter i wrote to >KPFK when they co sponsored a 9-11 Dception Dollar event at the Herbst Theatre >that included several known bigots, white supremacists and others of such ilk. >Carol Brouillet denies the seriousness of these creeps striving to >woo the left >and succeeding in many cases. I wrote something about that for this list, but >it is lost. I cannot spend the time rewr ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 7 15:56:40 PST 2005

17499 [lbo-talk] Why are the US-ers such assholes? -- rank: 1000

Mark Bennett wrote: >Yeah, it's amazing stuff. I waste an unconscionable amount of time on >right-wing lists engaging these crazed creatures, and I'm here to tell >you, there are a LOT of seriously disturbed - and armed - people in >country. At first it's very difficult to take their wild claims >seriously: I've read and heard hundreds of people allege that sharia >will soon be the law of the land unless the most savage preventative >action is taken - including the liberal ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 7 15:54:20 PST 2005

17500 [lbo-talk] Why are the US-ers such assholes? -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >B. wrote: > >>Also, there is a suspicion of success among the left, >>and that has sometimes-unfortunate counterparts in the >>punk community. When a band becomes too popular, folks >>start jumping ship. The band MUST have done something >>to sell out to get as popular as they did. There's a >>similar dynamic with Noam Chomsky. He's "too popular," >>which is a bizarre problem in the left. Better-knowing >>folks have & ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 7 15:49:00 PST 2005

17501 [lbo-talk] map -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: > > >--- info at pulpculture.org wrote: ><<Thanks for admitting that you were putting others >down in the first >place. >I always like to bring out the best in people.>> > >How was I putting people down? Good question. That seemed to come out of left field. Doug

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Date:	Mon Nov 7 15:45:27 PST 2005

17502 [lbo-talk] US public opinion on immigration -- rank: 1000

[Ruy Teixeira does a roundup <http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=NC&pubid=1130>.] Public Opinion on Immigration Immigration is heating up as a political issue and, right now, Bush sports a very low 21 percent approval rating on the issue, with 53 percent disapproval, according to a recent CBS News poll. It is useful to consider how much public opinion is changing as the issue assumes more prominence. The answer is: not much; the basic structure of public opinion on immigration seems to b ...

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Date:	Sat Nov 5 07:20:08 PST 2005

17503 [lbo-talk] map -- rank: 1000

Hey, only 14 people have signed up for the map <http://www.frappr.com/lbotalk>. Just 480 listmembers to go. Doug

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Date:	Sat Nov 5 07:14:03 PST 2005

17504 [lbo-talk] The Empire's Freedom -- rank: 1000

Marvin Gandall wrote: >>Marvin Gandall wrote: >> >>>winning these two fundamental democratic rights - to unionize and to vote >> >>In America, both those things are pretty fucked. >> >>Doug >-------------------------------- >Sure, but not to the point that these rights - and the social benefits they >made possible - are no longer considered relevant to those in power or to >those who exercise them. There is effectively no right to organize ...

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Date:	Sat Nov 5 06:37:47 PST 2005

17505 [lbo-talk] Bush orders staff to attend ethics briefings -- rank: 1000

Bush orders staff to attend ethics briefings: paper Sat Nov 5, 1:14 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House staffers will be required to attend briefings next week on ethics and the handling of classified information after the indictment last week of a senior administration official in the CIA leak probe, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. Quoting a memo from President George W. Bush sent to White House aides on Friday, the paper reported that the White House counsel's office will conduc ...

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Date:	Sat Nov 5 06:26:06 PST 2005