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23686 [lbo-talk] Re: Lew Hill on Pacifica -- rank: 1000

Sasha Lilley wrote: >And if our goal is to >build a radical left, which I hope it is, then we need >to be able to move beyond preaching to the converted. That's one of the nubs of the issue - a fight between those who want to reach a larger audience and those who think Pacifica's task is to serve "the community," meaning (I think - the word is a floating signifier) people who listen already. Attempts to woo a larger audience are dismissed as commercialism or selling out, and a ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Aug 25 06:34:45 PDT 2004

23687 [lbo-talk] terror & security: a socialist-feminist perspective (in NYC) -- rank: 1000

Whose Security? A Socialist-Feminist Perspective on Terrorism, Security and War Socialist Feminist authors and activists, Nancy Holmstrom and Johanna Brenner, argue that militaristic and masculine conceptions of security protect systems of domination and make us massively less secure. To be secure we need to redefine the very meaning of security and recognize its connection to global justice. 26 AUGUST 2004 7 PM BLUESTOCKINGS BOOKSTORE <http://www.bluestockings.com> 172 Allen Street betwee ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Aug 24 19:43:06 PDT 2004

23688 [lbo-talk] Anybody But Nader -- rank: 1000

Shane Mage wrote: >Are you saying that "rank and file Democrats" are even >*more* antidemocratic than their USAPATRIOT Act-supporting >leaders? Could you translate that into something more comprehensible? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Aug 24 19:03:31 PDT 2004

23689 [lbo-talk] Radical reference at RNC!! -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >radical reference: answering questions from those who question authority > >Radical Reference is a service provided by library workers from all >over the United States to give assistance to demonstrators at the >Republican National Convention in New York City. We will answer your >reference questions via blog, e-mail, chat, and in the street. I love librarians. Is there any profession more committed to free expression - in both the political sense (absence of con ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 24 17:05:28 PDT 2004

23690 [lbo-talk] Nothing to Discuss? was Re: (no subject) -- rank: 1000

Jim Farmelant wrote: >Unfortunately, I don't think that the people you know necessarily >constitute >a representative sample of the people who are currently >stumping for Kerry. We need only look back to the Clinton >Administration to see what is likely to happen if Kerry is >elected. Clinton, as you may remember, helped to accomplish >such feats as the passage of NAFTA, GATT, the abolition of >AFDC, and the passage of the Antiterrorism Act in 1996 which >constituted ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Aug 24 17:02:28 PDT 2004

23691 [lbo-talk] Goldman on new o.t. rules -- rank: 1000

DAILY FINANCIAL MARKET COMMENT 8/24/04 Goldman Sachs Economics * On Monday, the Labor Department's new overtime rules took effect. The Department claims that the new rules will lead to a net 1.2 million rise in the number of workers eligible for overtime pay. Meanwhile, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a left-of-center think tank, estimates that a net 6 million workers could lose their overtime rights. Unfortunately, it is difficult to assess conclusively who is correct. * Fortunately, howev ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 24 16:34:30 PDT 2004

23692 [lbo-talk] Lew Hill on Pacifica -- rank: 1000

After the restoration of the old management at WBAI, program director Bernard White urged everyone to read Pacifica founder Lew Hill's 1951 essay on the theory of listener-sponsored radio <http://pacifica.org/about/lhtheory_1951.html>. His vision was quite rigorous and high culture, and a long way from the Pacifica of today. An excerpt: >We all know, for example, that the purpose of commercial radio is to >induce mass sales. For mass sales there must be a mass norm, and the >activ ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 24 16:24:30 PDT 2004

23693 [lbo-talk] Anybody But Nader -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >the Democratic Party's top-down mobilization Like I've said elsewhere, you're really out of touch if you think that's all it is. Millions of Americans hate Bush and want him out of the White House. You're doing your man Nader and the cause of independent politics a real disservice if you don't get your head around that. Doug

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Date:	Tue Aug 24 16:04:38 PDT 2004

23694 [lbo-talk] biz ethics/slavery/groups/constitutional -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >CB: But I am not just throwing it around. I am using it very carefully and >skillfully. I have about the most precise usage of "fascism" I've seen >around here. My use of it enlightens, doesn't obscure. Charles, if the U.S. really were "fascist," or on the verge of fascism, wouldn't you be in jail - or worse? Doug

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Date:	Tue Aug 24 13:35:36 PDT 2004

23695 [lbo-talk] religion & politics -- rank: 1000

GOP the Religion-Friendly Party But Stem Cell Issue May Help Democrats As the Republicans gather in New York to nominate George W. Bush for a second term, more Americans see the Republican Party than the Democratic Party as friendly toward religion. And most express comfort with President Bush's reliance on his religious beliefs in making policy decisions. On the issue of gay marriage, Bush and his party benefit from the strong support of religious conservatives and division among Democrats. But ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Aug 24 13:16:27 PDT 2004

23696 [lbo-talk] why the NYT sucks (cont.) -- rank: 1000

<http://www.gawker.com/topic/mild-tremors-at-nyt-isherwood-reddicliffe-hired-020148.php> search Email this entry to a friend Email this entry to: Your Name: Your email address: Send Message (optional): (separate multiple email addresses with commas) AUG 24 2004 Mild Tremors At 'NYT:' Isherwood, Reddicliffe Hired The New York Times' raping and pillaging of Los Angeles media continues: Charles Isherwood, Variety's chief theater critic, is editor Bill Keller's latest trophy import. We can onl ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 24 13:14:09 PDT 2004

23697 [lbo-talk] hookers welcome Republicans -- rank: 1000

DISGRACELAND & THE JACKIE FACTORY INVITE YOU TO: THE 2004 HOOKER'S BALL "HOOKERS OF THE HEARTLAND UNITE: Welcome Republicans" Thursday, August 26 at CROBAR. Starring World Famous *BOB*, The House of Domination, Jessica Rabbit, Amber Ray & Viva Domination, Big Daddy, Kelly Webb, Dirty Martini and The Swedish Housewife. Music by DJs Jonny Dynell, Larry Tee & Jon Jon Battles. Suggested Dress: Red, White & Blue Hooker Looks, Punk Patriot, Ann Coulter Realness, Pimp Eveningw ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 24 12:53:25 PDT 2004

23698 [lbo-talk] Nothing to Discuss? was Re: (no subject) -- rank: 1000

SergioL652 at aol.com wrote: >But the only purpose of the mobilization is to elect Kerry. After >November 2nd its purpose will be to defend Kerry agaisnt Right Wing >attacks. It's not so much to elect Kerry as to fire Bush. No doubt some people will morph into Kerry apologists if he wins, but not all. I know I won't, nor will most of the people I know. Doug

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Date:	Tue Aug 24 11:49:38 PDT 2004

23699 [lbo-talk] biz ethics/slavery/groups/constitutional -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >But as to Marvin's question - NO, our present conditions are not >remotely like German conditions in 1932 -- and that is why ABB is so >silly. I just recorded an interview with Glen Ford, co-publisher of The Black Commentator <http://www.blackcommentator.com>, for broadcast Thursday. After lacing into Kerry for running an empty DLC-style campaign, he said that that doesn't change the fact that the Republican party is fundamentally racist, and that the Bush admin ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 24 11:45:16 PDT 2004

23700 [lbo-talk] high on sociology -- rank: 1000

Guardian (London) - August 24, 2004 Four days in California US sociologists are finally challenging the intellectual stranglehold of economists Jonathan Steele in San Francisco In the ocean-fed air and mild August sunshine of America's most beautiful city, optimism flows easy. But the real mood-lift these past few days was in the windowless conference rooms of two downtown mega-hotels. More than 5,000 American sociologists, plus a few foreign scholars, held their largest and, many said, most vib ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 24 09:56:16 PDT 2004