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30391 yet another moral panic -- rank: 1000

From: "William K. Dobbs" <duchamp at mindspring.com To: "Kenneth Sherrill" <kenneth.sherrill at hunter.cuny.edu Subject: more on Harmful to Minors controversy Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 14:15:02 -0500 Ken, The controversy at the University of Minnesota has taken an ugly turn. As you can see from the clips below, the UM has now ordered an extrenal review of UM Press policies. The review is a clear capitulation to pressure and criticism for publishing Harmful to Minors. The ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 5 13:11:46 PST 2002

30392 attacking hospitals, blocking ambulances -- rank: 1000

<http://jerusalem.indymedia.org/> The Palestinian Red Crescent This afternoon, the Palestinian Red Crescent has announced the cessation of all its operations due the ongoing and massive Israeli assaults against its hospitals, clinics, ambulances, and medical staff in all areas targeted by the current Israeli military campaign. UPDATE: War in Bethlehem April 05, 2002 1524: Azza camp: a local car attempted to turn around and drive away when confronted by an armoured personnel carrier. The ve ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 5 12:04:45 PST 2002

30393 Tom the Exterminator on the Middle East -- rank: 1000

Naji Dahi wrote: >The idea that Israel is a strategic asset for the US does not hold water >either. > >1. Israel is supposed to be buffer against Arab radicalism, but where is >that radicalism??? Tell me why the Bush admin wants to redraw the political map of the Middle East, replacing the governments of Iraq, Iran, Syria...? Speaking of which, here's a scary excerpt from Nicholas Lemann's April 1 New Yorker piece: >When George W. Bush was campaigning for President, he and the ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 5 12:53:31 PST 2002

30394 McReynolds on A20 controversies -- rank: 1000

Chuck Munson wrote: >OK. Then's let spend some time an energy getting out libertarians and >right wingers who are against the war. It's all a matter of bodies, right? I wouldn't make a habit of this coalitional sluttishness, but in this case, I'd say yes. Anyone who wants to say no to imperial war is welcome in my book. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 5 12:40:31 PST 2002

30395 Deadly Aid: The U.S. South and Israel -- rank: 1000

pms wrote: >the conflict has >taken the lives of 359 Israelis and 1,218 Palestinians. > >Anyone know if there's a list of this daily body count since the beginning >of the intifada? <http://www.btselem.org/English/Statistics/index.asp>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 5 12:23:36 PST 2002

30396 WB "decries" -- rank: 1000

[from the World Bank's daily clipping service] U.N. WORLD BANK DECRY DAMAGE IN PALESTINIAN AREAS. The World Bank and the United Nations yesterday decried Israel's economic and military attacks on Palestinian-controlled towns and cities, saying the assaults have damaged water systems, roads and schools built with donor money, reports the Washington Times (A13). "We are very disturbed by the life-threatening conditions under which the Palestinian civilian population is currently living, as we ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 5 12:20:11 PST 2002

30397 Krugman, tax-loving traitor, fails to applaud -- rank: 1000

New York Post - April 5, 2002 Timesman disses Dubya PAUL Krugman, the Princeton economics professor who writes an op-ed column for the New York Times, didn't make any new friends at the annual Gridiron Club dinner when he grumpily refused to applaud President Bush, Vice President Cheney, or the uniformed military commanders at the white-tie event. "He stuck out like a sore thumb," one witness told online newswire CNSNews.com, especially when everyone but Krugman rose to give the presid ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 5 12:12:10 PST 2002

30398 US aid to Israel -- rank: 1000

Max B. Sawicky wrote: >. . . Since 1949 the U.S. has given Israel a total of $83.205 billion. The >interest costs borne by U.S. tax payers on behalf of Israel are $49.937 >billion, thus making the total amount of aid given to Israel since 1949 >$133.132 billion. This may mean that U.S. government has given more federal >aid to the average Israeli citizen in a given year than it has given to the >average American citizen. > >mbs: amazing. I never knew there was a budget ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 5 11:45:54 PST 2002

30399 RES: Lots and lots of rights? -- rank: 1000

Alexandre Fenelon wrote: >-It?s interesting to read this text from Lenin, who is critical of those >kinds >-of restriction to access books in public libraries (and mentions the US >-as an example to be followed in those questions). > >http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1913/jul/18.htm Clearly that was written before Lenin realized that the U.S. was worse than Nazi Germany (so what if he died before Hitler took power - he could see into the future, and he would eventual ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 5 11:42:43 PST 2002

30400 McReynolds on A20 controversies -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: >I am not for barring WWP from the demonstration, but I >also dont think any compromises should be made towards >them. Integrity is much more important than getting >"bodies" to the demonstration. Unity AT ALL COST >always plays into the hands of groups like WWP Who said anything about unity at all cost, much less AT ALL COST? Why do so many people make such interpretive leaps so often? Maybe they find it easier to argue with fictitious extreme posit ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 5 10:32:27 PST 2002

30401 McReynolds on A20 controversies -- rank: 1000

Max Sawicky wrote: > > ...he's basically agreeing with you, though he's a bit less given to >> blunt statements of position than you are, Chuck. I know from having >> talked to him that he's no fan of sectarian parties. Doug > >Indeed. Dave is the original "can't we all get along?" guy. And I admire him for it. I'm no fan of WWP/IAC/ANSWER either, but I think it's important to have as many bodies in DC on A20 as possible, and if the WWP conglomerate can t ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 5 08:31:11 PST 2002

30402 indymedia-copvcia -- rank: 1000

Hakki Alacakaptan wrote: >And there's absolutely nothing shadowy or questionable about John Foster >Berlet's motives. Yeah, and Paul Volcker's middle name is Adolph. And Alfred Chandler's middle name is DuPont. So what's your point here? Doug

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Date:	Fri Apr 5 07:52:35 PST 2002

30403 indymedia-copvcia -- rank: 1000

C P wrote: >Some people were posting complaints on Indymedia that Chip Berlet >was a shadowy figure behind the decision to not let him on KPFA. >How much of what he has on his web site is true at all? >I know people who worked at the NSA who have scary stories. What is this supposed to mean? How much who has on which website is true - Chip & PRA? I don't know anything about Mike Ruppert, but someone who writes something like this <http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 5 07:51:02 PST 2002

30404 McReynolds on A20 controversies -- rank: 1000

Chuck Munson wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> From: DavidMcR at aol.com >> Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 00:25:43 EST >> Subject: Memo on the controversy over April 20th >> >> Friends, comrades, coworkers, >> >> This is some background on conflicts that have emerged over the April 20th >> rally in Washington. People can send this out to those who may be >> confused. My interest is NOT in making any points for or against any >> ...

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Date:	Fri Apr 5 07:41:22 PST 2002

30405 Tom the Exterminator on the Middle East -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> [no date, but it must have been yesterday - so if U.S. support of >> Israel is all about the strength of the Israeli lobby, how do you >> explain a right-wing cretin like DeLay's vigorous support? his >> earlier employment as an exterminator?] >> > >I have made it clear that I _don't_ think U.S. support can be so >ascribed. But I don't follow the logic of this? What a "a right-wing >cretin&qu ...

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Date:	Thu Apr 4 15:53:14 PST 2002