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31066 Hitchens's riposte to Chomsky -- rank: 1000

Peter K. quoted Christopher Hitchens: >For more on this, see an excellent forthcoming essay >on Chomsky’s work in “The American Prospect”, authored by Professor Jeffrey >Isaac of the University of Indiana, to whom I am indebted. An undistinguished Dissentoid with timid politics. So it's come to this, has it? Doug

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Date:	Thu Oct 4 04:08:35 PDT 2001

31067 Hitch in Reason -- rank: 1000

A friend writes: >There is, by the by, a rather wonderful interview with [Christopher >Hitchens] in the November issue of REASON, conducted pre-war, in >which he more or less denounces socialism, says he wishes he'd voted >for Thatcher, and seems to say that "Marx's original insight about >capitalism was that it was the most revolutionary and creative force >ever to appear in human history....Marx and Engels though that >America was the great country of freedom and revo ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 3 21:19:30 PDT 2001

31068 The anti imperialism of fools? -- rank: 1000

Alexandre Fenelon wrote: >http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/sep2001/rads-s22.shtml Hmm. There's a lot in there I like. Doug

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Date:	Wed Oct 3 18:09:52 PDT 2001

31069 Fw: Re:WWP and working with them. -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: >From: "Thomas Seay" <entheogens at yahoo.com> >To: "Michael Pugliese" <debsian at pacbell.net> >Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 2:44 PM >Subject: Re: WWP and working with them. > >I am currently writing an essay: "Why I am Not A >Spart", inspired by B Russell's "Why I am NOt A >Christian". And this is the guy who signed off here because the discourse was too trivial? Doug

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Date:	Wed Oct 3 15:16:22 PDT 2001

31070 unions in cyberspace -- rank: 1000

<http://papers.nber.org/papers/W8483> Will Unionism Prosper in Cyber-Space? The Promise of the Internet for Employee Organization Wayne J. Diamond, Richard B. Freeman NBER Working Paper No. W8483 Issued in September 2001 ---- Abstract ----- This paper argues that the low cost of information, communication, and interaction on the Web offers trade unions opportunities to improve services and attract members and thus reinvent themselves for the 21st Century. Analyzing current use of the Inter ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 3 15:13:19 PDT 2001

31071 anti-terrorist judge weighs in -- rank: 1000

Financial Times - October 3, 2001 COMMENT & ANALYSIS: The west shares the blame: By rejecting all that is alien to its culture, the industrialised world has helped terrorism, argues Baltasar Garzon By BALTASAR GARZON By the time this article is published, the armed assault on Afghanistan, the Taliban regime, Osama bin Laden or his followers may have already begun. For some, it seems, they are all the same. But not to speak out against this is either a serious mistake or guilty acquiescence o ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 3 13:36:14 PDT 2001

31072 Hitch -- rank: 1000

Christopher Hitchens can't do the show tomorrow - he says it's best to wait until he gets back from "the Afghan frontier" around the 22nd. He adds: "Smash The Taliban: A good old left slogan for those with blood in their veins." Doug

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Date:	Wed Oct 3 12:33:50 PDT 2001

31073 Robert Fisk -- rank: 1000

Miles Jackson wrote: >On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Carrol Cox wrote: > >> It takes something far more than killing a few thousand people to >> constitute a crime against humanity. Let's maintain some chastity of >> language. >> >> Carrol >> > >Why set the bar so high? Can we really provide a quantitative, >operational definition of crimes against humanity? Should we? I'm wondering if underlying Carrol's definition is the restriction that only imper ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 3 12:17:44 PDT 2001

31074 lbo-talk-digest V1 #4993 -- rank: 1000

Steve Perry wrote: >you really think the war-economy footing is going to provide much of an >uptick in this case, given the kind of war that's envisaged? doug? I don't think military spending is going to provide much of an economic kick, but a $100b stimulus package - including, according to the WSJ's Alan Murray on CNBC an hour ago, payroll tax rebates and expanded unemployment insurance coverage - will. How much, I don't know, but these numbers are getting significant. Doug

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Date:	Wed Oct 3 10:08:26 PDT 2001

31075 WWP and working with them. -- rank: 1000

Macdonald Stainsby wrote: >Now >is the first time in my life where Leninism seems fairly appropriate, wouldn't >you say? Right. That's going to mobilize the masses. What do you recommend as a good rally text - some excerpts from Materialism and Empirio-Criticism? Infantile Communism, a Left-Wing Disorder? Screamingly relevant. Doug

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Date:	Wed Oct 3 09:57:34 PDT 2001

31076 lbo-talk-digest V1 #4993 -- rank: 1000

rws at comedu.canberra.edu.au wrote: >Indeed, it might be argued that, as the post-WTC revulsion has accorded >Washington so much moral leverage, and as that power has been dramatically >grasped by circumventing the Security Council Though the U.S. did get the unanimous appproval of the General Assembly for the anti-terrorist struggle, whatever that means. Doug

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Date:	Wed Oct 3 08:34:26 PDT 2001

31077 Ron Paul weighs in -- rank: 1000

Matt Cramer wrote (offlist, but I'm answering here): >Do you have a critique of Rep. Paul's position? Paul is my favorite >Congressperson as well, manifesting in a politician all what I think is >right about classical liberalism. > >Like opposition to the Drug War, is this an oppurtunity for unity amongst >the left and the libertarian right? From the position of individual >liberties and a free-market, I also oppose US Imperialism including a >potential war in Afghanist ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 3 06:34:16 PDT 2001

31078 Radio Broadcasts of Doug's show -- rank: 1000

Bryan Atinsky wrote: >By the way Doug, is there a way to listen to your radio broadcasts over the >net? <http://www.wbai.org> and <http://www.2600.com>. Doug

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Date:	Wed Oct 3 06:02:17 PDT 2001

31079 Hitchens -- rank: 1000

Jordan Hayes wrote: > > I'm going to have Christopher Hitchens on my radio show >> this Thursday. > >(web-cast-able?) In theory, at <http://www.wbai.org> and <http://www.2600.com>. I think they're different streams, so if one doesn't work the other might. Doug

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Date:	Tue Oct 2 19:52:25 PDT 2001

31080 Hitchens -- rank: 1000

It looks like I'm going to have Christopher Hitchens on my radio show this Thursday. Any suggestions for things I should ask? Doug

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Date:	Tue Oct 2 19:40:29 PDT 2001