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21616 [lbo-talk] Eagleton on fascism -- rank: 1000

<http://www.newstatesman.com/site.php3?newTemplate=NSReview_Bshop&newDisplayURN=300000082709> The Anatomy of Fascism Robert O Paxton Allen Lane, the Penguin Press, 336pp, £20 ISBN 0713997206 Reviewed by Terry Eagleton Nobody knows on which day of the week the Renaissance started, or in what month the Dark Ages came to a halt. The origins of fascism, however, are surprisingly well documented. As Robert Paxton informs us in this lucid, engagingly readable study, the movement began on Sun ...

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Date:	Sun May 9 12:10:11 PDT 2004

21617 [lbo-talk] "progressive" -- rank: 1000

T Fast wrote: >You are ugly when disingenuous :] And when am I beautiful, if ever? Doug

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Date:	Sun May 9 12:00:31 PDT 2004

21618 [lbo-talk] AP does PR for NKE -- rank: 1000

[Eudora's search function reports: "'Sweatshop' was not found."] Nike Treads Into Indian Health Issues Sat May 8,10:01 PM ET By ANNE M. PETERSON, Associated Press Writer BEAVERTON, Ore. - As an American Indian who lost his mother to diabetes, Sam McCracken is using his role as a Nike Inc. executive to combat the illness - and help Nike boost its reputation for social responsibility. "Somehow, some way, my path as an individual took me here and allowed me to get my feet on the grou ...

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Date:	Sun May 9 11:59:33 PDT 2004

21619 [lbo-talk] more torture tales -- rank: 1000

Iraqi Detainees Allege Torture in U.S.-Run Jails By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Torture, abuse and humiliation of prisoners is widespread in U.S.-run detention centers in Iraq (news - web sites), and not limited to a few cases, non-governmental organizations in Iraq and an American Christian group said Sunday. "We are here to tell the world that the cases of torture of Iraqi prisoners are not isolated incidents and they are not limited to Abu Ghraib prison, nor to the six U.S. MPs ...

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Date:	Sun May 9 11:45:02 PDT 2004

21620 [lbo-talk] "progressive" -- rank: 1000

Oh, by the way - should Michael Perelamn change the name of the Progressive Economists Network, in light of recent critiques? Doug

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Date:	Sun May 9 11:37:53 PDT 2004

21621 [lbo-talk] general: U.S. losing, and it's Rummy & Wolfie's fault -- rank: 1000

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11227-2004May8.html> [...] A senior general at the Pentagon said he believes the United States is already on the road to defeat. "It is doubtful we can go on much longer like this," he said. "The American people may not stand for it -- and they should not." Asked who was to blame, this general pointed directly at Rumsfeld and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz. "I do not believe we had a clearly defined war st ...

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Date:	Sun May 9 10:07:12 PDT 2004

21622 [lbo-talk] Fwd: AMERICAN VOICES AGAINST BUSH -- rank: 1000

[also includes an interview with one Liza Featherstone] NOAM CHOMSKY, HOWARD ZINN, GORE VIDAL, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, AMY GOODMAN, HARRY BELAFONTE, THE NATION, SUSAN SARANDON, ANGELA DAVIS, PETE SEEGER, JESSE JACKSON AND MANY OTHER VOICES OF DISSENT IN BUSH'S AMERICA in "XXI CENTURY" The Last Empire a real independent documentary film by Gabriele Zamparini & Lorenzo Meccoli <http://thecatsdream.com/>http://thecatsdream.com/ NOW AVAILABLE on DVD and VHS WAT ...

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Date:	Sun May 9 09:39:40 PDT 2004

21623 [lbo-talk] Improvement, not Progress -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >What should be also questioned is the idea that, given time, things >get better, inevitably and automatically, as the result of dialectic >of history. And who, exactly, believes that? Not me, not Chomsky, and probably very few members of this list. "Progress" - in the sense of things moving towards the kind of society most of us aspire to - happens because of social movements. That task, as any Marxist schoolchild knows, is aided by the social and mate ...

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Date:	Sun May 9 09:20:11 PDT 2004

21624 [lbo-talk] correlating IQ and voting -- rank: 1000

[Of course IQ is a very bogus concept, and god knows where these state averages come from, but this is still kinda funny. Average Bush state: 93; average Gore state, 103.] <http://americanassembler.com/features/iq_state_averages.htm> avg 2000 state IQ vote 1 Connecticut 113 Gore 2 Massachusetts 111 Gore 3 New Jersey 111 Gore 4 New York 109 Gore 5 Rhode Island 107 Gore 6 Hawaii 106 ...

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Date:	Sun May 9 09:16:25 PDT 2004

21625 [lbo-talk] Improvement, not Progress -- rank: 1000

Grant Lee wrote: >And yet the empirical data on the fundamental indicators of human >well-being: infant mortality, nutrition, life expectancy, etc also show >significant improvement during the same time. Better to have an idea of >"progress" which is dialectical and class-conscious --- i.e. >multidimensional and encompassing paradox --- rather than discarding the >idea of progress altogether, methinks. Agreed, though I'm a bit mystified about why Chomsky's claim about ...

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Date:	Sun May 9 09:02:03 PDT 2004

21626 [lbo-talk] Improvement, not Progress -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >Raymond Williams, in his entry on the term "progressive" in >_Keywords_, says that "In its most general and improving sense it is >an adjective applied, by themselves, to virtually all proposals of >all parties. . . . It is certainly significant that nearly all >political tendencies now wish to be described as *progressive* . . >." (245). <http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment050200a.html> In the 1955 charter of Nationa ...

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Date:	Sat May 8 21:08:23 PDT 2004

21627 [lbo-talk] Improvement, not Progress -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >On the contrary, the Bush team and right-wing pundits have been >making use of the idea of history as progress to exonerate >themselves, essentially saying that our torture is more progressive >than their torture. Have they really? I could swear Bush professed disgust, and Rumsfeld apologized. And so fucking what what they say? They lie about everything. Doug

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Date:	Sat May 8 21:04:56 PDT 2004

21628 [lbo-talk] Long Commutes, Long Work Hours -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >The rest of the posting is at Still have that blog, eh? Doug

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Date:	Sat May 8 16:35:53 PDT 2004

21629 [lbo-talk] Bush for president - so he completes his failure -- rank: 1000

<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,482-1102058,00.html> Why I will be rooting for a George Bush election victory Matthew Parris GEORGE W. BUSH needs a second term at the Whi te House. This US presidency is halfway through an experiment whose importance is almost literally earth-shattering. Its success or failure could be a beacon for the future. I want to see that experiment properly concluded. What the President and his advisers are trying to do will be a colossal failure. But failu ...

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Date:	Sat May 8 12:18:48 PDT 2004

21630 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Exporting American Values -- rank: 1000

[in case we forgot...] New York Times - May 8, 2004 Mistreatment of Prisoners Is Called Routine in U.S. By Fox Butterfield Physical and sexual abuse of prisoners, similar to what has been uncovered in Iraq, ta kes place in American prisons with little public knowledge or concern, according to corrections officials, inmates and human rights advocates. In Pennsylvania and some other states, inmates are routinely stripped in front of other inmates before being moved to a new prison or a new unit wi ...

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Date:	Sat May 8 12:18:13 PDT 2004