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22591 [lbo-talk] Re: US Left, marginalization and famous people -- rank: 1000

BklynMagus wrote: >I guess I find it odd that the WFP can elect their candidate to the >New York City Council and the Green Party cannot. If Josh Mason is listening, he could provide more info, but 1) the WFP endorses lots of Dems, so they're not inventing candidates from scratch; 2) they've got some funding and real organizers, who develop agendas and knock on doors; 3) they've got a social base in unions, ACORN, etc. With the Greens, they're 1) mostly inventing candidates from scratch, o ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 19 12:26:45 PDT 2004

22592 [lbo-talk] The Glock 9mm is your friend, he said... -- rank: 1000

Christian Gregory wrote: > >But police are, and always have been, scabs, traitors to their >class. They can't be otherwise and remain police. >That is part of >their job description. > >I believe the Situationists put this quite succinctly: the policeman >is a defender of the commodity. A lot of residents of Bed-Stuy would be happy to see more cops in their neighborhood. More broadly, the working class doesn't necessarily see things the way Carrol does. Some more polls, ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 19 12:21:54 PDT 2004

22593 [lbo-talk] Re: Pathological Disbelief -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >"Pathological Disbelief" was the title of a lecture by 1973 Nobel >Prize winner Brian D. Josephson, who teaches physics at the >University of Cambridge, delivered at the 2004 Lindau meeting of >Nobel Laureates. It describes a problem for science but also one for >journalism which has over the past few decades moved from ubiquitous >skepticism to ubiquitous condemnation of skepticism, most popularly >expressed in labeling the skeptic a "c ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 19 10:20:18 PDT 2004

22594 [lbo-talk] 2d Amendment/Rule of Law (Was: The curse of literacy) -- rank: 1000

andie nachgeborenen wrote: >You see why Judge Easterbrook and I love textualism? >It makes life, or anyway law, _so_ much easier. This >original intent stuff is for the birds. Judges aren't >historoans, and historians aren't even ever supposed >to agree about questions like this. The law is the >text enacted or (here)ratified by the authoritative >bodies. If it is clear, you enforce/obey it, or try >to change it by whatever means. You don't have to >worry about what ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 19 10:14:55 PDT 2004

22595 [lbo-talk] The Reform Party: A Hollow Structure Casting Big Shadow for Nader Campaign -- rank: 1000

Institute for Public Accuracy 915 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045 (202) 347-0020 * http://www.accuracy.org * ipa at accuracy.org ___________________________________________________ Monday, July 19, 2004 The Reform Party: A Hollow Structure Casting Big Shadow for Nader Campaign Interviews Available The Reform Party -- which gave its presidential nomination to Ross Perot in 1996 and Patrick Buchanan in 2000 -- has endorsed Ralph Nader for president this year. That endorsement seems ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 19 09:54:59 PDT 2004

22596 [lbo-talk] Re: What the Ruling Class Want to Get: A Green Light -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >I for one am a lot angrier now than I was in 1968, and I was plenty >mad then. So what am I going to do? Why, vote for Kerry! And >that, of course, just infuriates me more. That's part of my master plan, of course. Things would get marginally better, but nowhere near enough, so people would get pissed off and rebel! If Bush gets re-elected, it'd be all about Hillary in '08. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jul 19 09:52:08 PDT 2004

22597 [lbo-talk] Needed: A Head Count -- rank: 1000

Shane Mage wrote: >Simple arithmetic. Kerry has promised to increase war spending >and keep a big army indefinitely in Iraq. Kerry has pledged not >to raise taxes on the rich beyond what would pay for a "health" >plan that would mainly benefit corporations. Kerry has >promised to eliminate the federal budget deficit. All this in >a conjuncture whose basic elements will be, at best, stagflation, >a huge current-account deficit, a falling dollar, rising interest ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 19 09:50:34 PDT 2004

22598 [lbo-talk] the ruling class weighs in on Iran -- rank: 1000

NEWS RELEASE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS Lack of Engagement with Iran Threatens U.S. National Interests in Critical Region of the World, Concludes Council-Sponsored Task Force Policy Based on Regime Change Not Likely to Succeed; New U.S. Approach Needed Full text of "Iran: Time for a New Approach" is available at http://www.cfr.org July 19, 2004 - The lack of sustained engagement with Iran harms American interests, and direct dialogue with Tehran on specific areas of mutual concern sh ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 19 09:44:48 PDT 2004

22599 [lbo-talk] US Left, marginalization and famous people -- rank: 1000

Joel Wendland wrote: >A lot of this talk about Michael Moore reminded me today of what >Tony Kushner said in an interview with Political Affiars: that some >people on the left are "in love" with marginalization. His Angel in >America HBO movie might have actually outdone Moore's, but I haven't >really looked up the stats on that. > >http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/194/1/17/ An excerpt worth chewing over: >PA: Setting aside the problem of fund ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 19 07:53:43 PDT 2004

22600 [lbo-talk] Re: What the Ruling Class Want to Get: A Green Light -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >History. I recommend reading up on the subject, especially the part >about how the ruling class uses reformism to stave off the rabble. Yeah, they did that in the 30s, when capitalism looked to be imploding, the USSR was a mighty rival and the CP was organizing from Harlem to Alabama. Now, where's the crisis? Where's the troublesome rabble? Doug

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Date:	Mon Jul 19 07:04:05 PDT 2004

22601 [lbo-talk] Re: What the Ruling Class Want to Get: A Green Light -- rank: 1000

BklynMagus wrote: >Also, since Nader has solicited the support of Reoublicans >and the Reform Party [Apparently to Nader, institutions like parties exist only to grease his individual access to the ballot...] New York Times - July 19, 2004 Republican Help Pushes Nader Close to Spot on Michigan Ballot By MATTHEW L. WALD WASHINGTON, July 18 - With the apparent assistance of the state Republican Party, Ralph Nader appears likely to secure a spot on the Michigan presidential ballot. But Democr ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 19 07:01:42 PDT 2004

22602 [lbo-talk] Needed: A Head Count -- rank: 1000

Shane Mage wrote: >The Dumbocrats want a huge mandate >precisely because they expect to carry out anti-workingclass >policies Such as? How do you know? Are they going to stack the NLRB to assure anti-union votes? Are they going to "reform" overtime law some more? Are they going to cut upper-bracket taxes some more, and further starve funding for domestic programs? Will they turn over more social policy to the churches? Inquiring minds want to know. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jul 19 06:50:42 PDT 2004

22603 [lbo-talk] Needed: A Head Count -- rank: 1000

R wrote: >my question, doug, is "what are your left wing friends hoping to accomplish >with their votes?" do they live in swing states? if not, their votes >likely don't matter. I think John Lacny has pointed out here the importance of maximizing the popular vote margin, nationally, regardless of the electoral college arithmetic. Doug

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Date:	Sun Jul 18 14:43:09 PDT 2004

22604 [lbo-talk] Ben Stein NY Times piece -- rank: 1000

Miles Jackson wrote: >The goofiness of BS's argument >above Ben Stein is the son of economist Herb Stein. I doubt Ben would be anywhere as well known as he is had he not had a prominent, well-connected father, since he has few visible talents. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Jul 18 13:10:26 PDT 2004

22605 [lbo-talk] Life After Capitalism -- rank: 1000

I'll be among the many speakers at the Life After Capitalism conference in NYC, part of the welcoming celebrations for the Republican Convention. For more info, see <http://www.lifeaftercapitalism.org>. Doug

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Date:	Sun Jul 18 13:07:52 PDT 2004