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17791 [lbo-talk] An Appeal to the U.S. AntiwarMovementfor UnitedDemonstrations in the Fall -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: >I did not see Chuck mention the use of violence. But >let's face it, channeling the movement into the ballot >box and the walk-in-the-park-singing-kumbaya type >demonstrations have their limitations. It's time to >try direct action, instead of just symbolic indirect >actions. What kind of direct action? Messing up the war supply chain will get you arrested in a second - and the number of people who'll do that is just too small for it to be more than a flas ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 11 12:49:57 PDT 2005

17792 [lbo-talk] more on Graeber -- rank: 1000

andie nachgeborenen wrote: >--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: > >> [via the Debate list] >> >> In Support of David Graeber >> by Andrej Grubacic >> >> >> Recently David Graeber and I wrote an article >> together attempting to >> explain why anarchist ideas have received almost no >> attention in the >> academy. When you think of it, academia is full of >> Marxist radicals, > >Just out ...

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Date:	Wed May 11 09:34:07 PDT 2005

17793 [lbo-talk] Pew's latest typology -- rank: 1000

Mike Ballard wrote: >I took the Pew test which Doug posted a link to: > >http://typology.people-press.org/ > >Considering the limitation on questions and answer choices, I ended up >a liberal. ;P Interesting to note that people in this category have >increased/doubled over the Shrubian years. Yes - and another interesting thing: the "New Democrats" have completely disappeared, says Pew. With Paul Krugman now attending Economic Policy Institute cocktail parties - a ...

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Date:	Wed May 11 07:57:27 PDT 2005

17794 [lbo-talk] Social Security event at Brecht Forum, NYC -- rank: 1000

Sponsored by the NY Union for Radical Political Economics and the Brecht Forum Title: The Social Security "Crisis": Rolling Back the New Deal Date: Wednesday, May 25, 7:30pm Description: George Bush claims that Social Security is in danger of bankruptcy and has proposed profound changes in the system, including the incorporation of private accounts. Social Security is well-positioned to pay benefits at current levels for as far as they eye can see, and if there's any problem (which we ...

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Date:	Wed May 11 07:54:36 PDT 2005

17795 [lbo-talk] more on Graeber -- rank: 1000

[via the Debate list] In Support of David Graeber by Andrej Grubacic Recently David Graeber and I wrote an article together attempting to explain why anarchist ideas have received almost no attention in the academy. When you think of it, academia is full of Marxist radicals, but only a handful of professed anarchists. We came to a conclusion that it must have something to do with anarchism's concern with forms of practice; with its insistence that one's means most be consonant with one's ends; w ...

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Date:	Wed May 11 07:51:12 PDT 2005

17796 [lbo-talk] nurses kick Arnie's butt -- rank: 1000

[another reason to love nurses, esp the California kind - from Sam Smith's Progressive Review <http://prorev.com>] NURSES KICK ARNOLD'S BUTT <http://www.laboreducator.org/miltact.htm> HARRY KELBER, LABOR EDUCATOR - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger may have made a major political blunder when he called the California Nurses Association a "special interest" and sought to block the independent union's successful sponsorship of legislation to reduce the RN-patient ratio in the st ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 10 15:26:36 PDT 2005

17797 [lbo-talk] politics shocker: Dems resist neutering (for now) -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >the Democrats have already been neutered. They can't win >presidential elections They won in 1992, 1996, and numerically in 2000. 2004 was pretty close, and with a less awful candidate than JFK2, they could have won that one too. The Dems really suck, but you can't count them out. See the latest Pew typology for further evidence: Dem groups outnumber Rep groups. Doug

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Date:	Tue May 10 13:57:12 PDT 2005

17798 [lbo-talk] death rattle of labor movement? -- rank: 1000

<http://www.nysun.com/article/13561> New York Sun - May 10, 2005 At Teamsters Conference, Dissidents Warn of Death of Labor Movement BY JOSH GERSTEIN - Staff Reporter of the Sun LAS VEGAS - Addressing a Teamsters conference here yesterday, five chiefs of major labor unions urgently called for sweeping reforms to the country's largest labor federation, the AFL-CIO, and dismissed as woefully inadequate the restructuring plan put forward by the labor group's president, John Sweeney. In a seri ...

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Date:	Tue May 10 13:40:45 PDT 2005

17799 [lbo-talk] Pew's latest typology -- rank: 1000

[note the link to classify yourself: <http://typology.people-press.org/>] The 2005 Political Typology: Beyond Red vs. Blue The latest installment of the Pew Research Center’s Political Typology finds significant cleavages within both major parties that go well beyond the familiar red-blue divide. The in-depth polling identifies challenges for both parties with their core constituencies and with voters in the middle of the electorate. Coming out of the 2004 election, the political landscape ...

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Date:	Tue May 10 13:25:52 PDT 2005

17800 [lbo-talk] politics shocker: Dems resist neutering (for now) -- rank: 1000

Washington Post - May 10, 2005 A GOP Plan to 'Fix' the Democrats By E. J. Dionne Jr. The stakes in politics are about to get a lot higher. The partisan battles in the coming weeks -- on judges, Social Security and the future of Tom DeLay -- are part of a larger struggle in which Republicans are seeking to establish themselves as the dominant party in American politics. Essential to their quest is persuading Democrats, or at least a significant number in their ranks, to accept long-term minority ...

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Date:	Tue May 10 12:44:58 PDT 2005

17801 [lbo-talk] To Die For -- rank: 1000

andie nachgeborenen wrote: >sociobiologically plausible, if speculative Isn't that redundant? Doug

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Date:	Tue May 10 11:58:06 PDT 2005

17802 [lbo-talk] Congressional Black Caucus stands by Walmart -- rank: 1000

ooops sorry for the dupe - trying to do too many things

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 10 11:53:40 PDT 2005

17803 [lbo-talk] Black Caucus stands by Wal-Mart -- rank: 1000

[thanks to Michael Pug] <http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/051005/cbc.html> The Hill - May 10, 2005 CBC stands by Wal-Mart By Hans Nichols The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has flatly rejected a major labor union's call to cut ties to Wal-Mart lobbyists and executives who have been canvassing the Capitol in search of new friends and allies. Black lawmakers say they will continue to listen to Wal-Mart - as they would any other group interested in building a re ...

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Date:	Tue May 10 11:51:20 PDT 2005

17804 [lbo-talk] Marriage and Prostitution -- rank: 1000

Michael Dawson wrote: >Apparently, we just don't get it, and we're willing to sacrifice class >struggle by hitching it to hookers and people who love getting abortions, >whoever they may be. Yuck. These are some of the ugliest words I've ever seen on this list. I read this older post after the one that led me to the moderation threat - this is it. You're on moderation now. Doug

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Date:	Tue May 10 11:09:37 PDT 2005

17805 [lbo-talk] Marriage and Prostitution -- rank: 1000

Michael Dawson wrote: >$66,352 > >Median staff RN salary, SF, according to salary.com. > >This is the pinnacle of proledom. One more of these insults and you're on moderation. Doug

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Date:	Tue May 10 11:03:05 PDT 2005