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19456 [lbo-talk] American Democracy Delineated -- rank: 1000

Leigh Meyers wrote: >The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian >to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois. > - Gustave Flaubert So if that were true, why is one a socialist? Doug

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Date:	Mon Dec 26 06:46:23 PST 2005

19457 [lbo-talk] Cherry Hissmas Everyone! -- rank: 1000

Merry Christmas, and related holidays. I really do like this time of year - parties to go to, and people to feel warm & sentimental about. After the revo, every day will be like unto a holiday! Doug

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Date:	Sun Dec 25 13:17:08 PST 2005

19458 [lbo-talk] little red book story a hoax -- rank: 1000

Standard-Times (New Bedford, Mass.) - December 24, 2005 <http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-05/12-24-05/a01lo719.htm> Federal agents' visit was a hoax Student admits he lied about Mao book By AARON NICODEMUS, Standard-Times staff writer NEW BEDFORD -- The UMass Dartmouth student who claimed to have been visited by Homeland Security agents over his request for "The Little Red Book" by Mao Zedong has admitted to making up the entire story. The 22-year-old student tearfully adm ...

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Date:	Sat Dec 24 09:55:16 PST 2005

19459 [lbo-talk] EW withdrawal -- rank: 1000

<http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B2A038018%2DBFC4%2D4915%2D94F6%2DC87C62FEC3A3%7D&siteid=mktw&dist=> Entertainment Weekly gives a lesson Commentary: A magazine holds an unusual focus group By Jon Friedman, MarketWatch Last Update: 12:01 AM ET Dec. 23, 2005 NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Magazines like to brag that they enjoy a special, intimate relationship with their readers. Now, I love touchy-feely marketing as much as the next guy, but I never quite bought into the p ...

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Date:	Fri Dec 23 10:15:25 PST 2005

19460 [lbo-talk] Fwd: ZNet Update Transit Strike Essay -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >I suppose that Local 100 could have done more agitprop, but, >realistically, what broadcast avenues were open to them except maybe >WBAI, NYCIndyMedia, and the like? Buying ads. Leafletting at subway stations & bus stops. Talking to what the MTA calls "customers" one-on-one. It would have all cost a lot less than the fines they're going to have to pay. Doug

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Date:	Fri Dec 23 10:03:10 PST 2005

19461 [lbo-talk] totally unscientific poll: 85% say "Impeach Bush!" -- rank: 1000

Should Bush be impeached? 127,455 votes so far, 85% of them "yes": <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10562904/#survey>.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 23 08:12:59 PST 2005

19462 [lbo-talk] Liza on CNBC -- rank: 1000

Liza's going to be on CNBC's Power Lunch today at about 1:15, talking about the judgment against Wal-Mart for denying workers to take lunch breaks. Doug

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Date:	Fri Dec 23 08:11:46 PST 2005

19463 [lbo-talk] Re: Chip Berlet on Hustler -- rank: 1000

Bill Bartlett wrote: >So this is the doctrine of pre-emptive execution then? The other >danger is that people might be frightened to challenge the herd >mentality and it will all get very boring and predictable. You might >want to consider having some kind of policy that strikes a balance >between disruptive abuse and repetition of the party line, rather >than making arbitrary decisions on a whim. I do. There is no party line. But I've seen many of the likes of SD before, chip ...

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Date:	Fri Dec 23 07:13:48 PST 2005

19464 [lbo-talk] Fwd: ZNet Update Transit Strike Essay -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: >http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/msg76157.html Which - and I'm surprised to find myself saying this - overstates the level of bourgeois hegemony. There was a substantial reservoir of support for the transit workers - spontaneously, with no preparatory work by the union. Imagine what could have been had TWU100 actually done some agitprop. Doug

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Date:	Fri Dec 23 07:09:38 PST 2005

19465 [lbo-talk] racist column in the Daily News -- rank: 1000

Julio Huato wrote: >The attacks on Roger >Toussaint's background (of African-Caribbean descent, originally from >Trinidad) appealed to people's basest instincts -- wink, wink. Last night on Broadway I heard a guy with what sounded like a Haitian accent saying that Toussaint should go back to his country and deal with the problems there, of which there were many. Doug

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Date:	Thu Dec 22 16:51:38 PST 2005

19466 [lbo-talk] Moderating a list (was Chip Berlet on Hustler) -- rank: 1000

Peter Lavelle wrote: >Good work Doug! Thanks to you & Chuck. I'm all for ideological diversity - I love it that Leninists & anarchists can duke it out here. Hell, I'm even glad that Carrol Cox is here. I could even imagine welcoming a certain kind of thoughtful conservative now & then. But these assholes who come in & say "Your ideology sucks you foolish naifs!" can go to hell. Doug

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Date:	Thu Dec 22 12:33:29 PST 2005

19467 [lbo-talk] racist column in the Daily News -- rank: 1000

boddi satva wrote: >Wait a second, you mean conservative papers that largely sell to >white-collar commuters wrote about working class public employees on >strike in a condescending way? My God! There has to be **some** >far-reaching, insidious force at work! Racism! Yes, it's racism! It >can't be that complicated you know, class struggle deal. Racism! Oh >joy, a simple argument with which even Leftists dare not quibble! Kind of hard to separate race & class in this case, l ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 22 12:31:21 PST 2005

19468 [lbo-talk] Pensions (was Fwd: ZNet Update Transit Strike Essay) -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >You could have helped build support for transit workers by talking >about the issue of attacks on pensions in both the private and >public sectors via your radio show and the LBO. It's still not too >late -- more of such conflicts will come. I wrote my first piece on the worldwide attack on pensions in 1994. I wrote about it in Wall Street and After the New Economy. It ain't my fault. Doug

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Date:	Thu Dec 22 11:45:46 PST 2005

19469 [lbo-talk] the zeitgeist according to Google -- rank: 1000

<http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist2005.html> A look back at 2005 wouldn't be complete without some lists. Here are three from us to you, representing some of the most popular searches this year on Google. Google.com - Top Gainers of 2005 1. Myspace 2. Ares 3. Baidu 4. wikipedia 5. orkut 6. iTunes 7. Sky News 8. World of Warcraft 9. Green Day 10. Leonardo da Vinci Google News - Top Searches in 2005 1. Janet Jackson 2. Hurricane Katrina 3. tsunami 4. xbox 360 5. Brad Pitt 6. Mich ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 22 11:42:29 PST 2005

19470 [lbo-talk] Trends in Panopticon Technology 3: Driver Tracking Database -- rank: 1000

Dwayne Monroe wrote: >Britain will be first country to monitor every car >journey Wow, that's creepy. Would Thatcher have done this? Or is this deeply Blairite? Doug

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Date:	Thu Dec 22 11:40:30 PST 2005