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34576 Zizek's Lenin -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Perhaps there is not all that much difference. As far as I can see what >is called "Theory" (with the uppercase T) consists primarily with the >manipulation of abstractions generated by mindless empiricism. Where >would Theory be without such mindless empiricist abstractions without >social or historical content as: Desire, The Subject, Social Construction, >Neurosis, Discourse, The Phallus. Whew. Good thing we don't have to talk about those anymor ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 3 11:04:42 PDT 2000

34577 Zizek's (Cockburn's) Lenin -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >What's wrong with left jargon ? Formulaic, out-of-date, alienating, clunky. How's that for a start? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 3 11:02:15 PDT 2000

34578 Kagarlitsky v New Left Review -- rank: 1000

[apologies for the unparagraphed formatting] Boris Kagarlitsky The Suicide of New Left Review For forty years, New Left Review was a symbol for the radical intelligentsia throughout the world. The articles carried in it were more successful or less so, and the points of view presented in it were astonishing for their superficial radicalism or for their toothless moderation. Nevertheless, for all leftists who read English, the journal remained a source of information on contemporary Marxism. New ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 3 10:47:54 PDT 2000

34579 Zizek's Lenin -- rank: 1000

hep ingham wrote: >and it turns out that the theory is "Theory". I'll take mindless >empiricism any day. And there's nothing theoretical, or Theoretical, about mindless empiricism, is there? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 3 10:53:22 PDT 2000

34580 Buchanan on ConFlag -- rank: 1000

[via Michael Eisenscher] Washington Times - no date given ----------------------------------------------------------- WHITE FLAG OR BATTLE FLAG Pat Buchanan ----------------------------------------------------------- To near universal press applause, John McCain has confessed to deceiving the South in defending the Confederate Battle Flag, and he has repudiated the cause of his forebears: "Those ancestors of mine . . . . fought on the wrong side of history." Now, the South was surely o ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 3 10:35:35 PDT 2000

34581 radicals guide to fashion chic -- rank: 1000

Seth Ackerman wrote: >The problem with this piece is that it tells us what we already know. Of >course swearing and fornicating are corrupting our young people. > >Personally, I wish the author had more deeply explored the dangers of >dancing and gambling. That's what soulful mutual funds are for. See the ads in any issue of Mother Jones. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 3 10:18:32 PDT 2000

34582 Sneaker Scumbags -- rank: 1000

Apsken at aol.com wrote: >And what a goofy time for anyone to admire a wet-blanket passive-ist like >Zizek! I'd respond, but I'm just a splat on the sidewalk of Charlton St now. I pity the cleanup crew that has to steam the mess off the sidewalk. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 2 17:42:36 PDT 2000

34583 Sneaker Scumbags -- rank: 1000

Dennis R Redmond wrote: >This is the first year I've taught classes at the U of O where my students >are prompting *me* with radical critiques of capitalism. Oh I love to read sentences like this. Stuff's happening. What a bad time for Perry Anderson to relaunch New Left Review drenched in defeatism and despair. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 2 17:13:02 PDT 2000

34584 Zizek's Lenin -- rank: 1000

Marta Russell wrote: >Or order one of those $40 bags that the Hemlock society sells at great >profit. Huh? You mean the suffocate-yourself plastic bags, for $40? Does it have a Hemlock logo on it? Is it some charitable contribution, like a PBS tote bag? Grotesque. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 2 12:59:53 PDT 2000

34585 Pope John Paul Marx II -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >The statement was not opposition to a global outlook, just global >economic injustice. So say that. I'm on the warpath against the word "globalization" - it's somewhere between meaningless and misleading. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 2 11:55:26 PDT 2000

34586 splat to follow -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >On the other hand, we strugglers don't put our heads in the sand and >pretend that things are not awful One of the many reasons I like Reclaim the Streets, DAN, and all the other mostly youthful radical groups is that they're plenty radical, but they don't sit around and moan about how everything sucks. They do stuff, with exuberance, imagination, and wit. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 2 10:48:16 PDT 2000

34587 market update -- rank: 1000

[From the Reuters midday market report. Who says capitalism has made us worse off?] Presiding over the ringing of the opening bell at the NYSE was the Spanish-speaking, burrito-eating Chihuahua that hawks fast food for Taco Bell Corp., a unit of Tricon Global Restaurants Inc. (NYSE:YUM - news), up 4/16 at 33-15/16. The pint-sized pooch was on hand as a marketing gimmick to launch a new ``freshly fried'' Nacho chips dish.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 2 10:35:31 PDT 2000

34588 Pope John Paul Marx II -- rank: 1000

The Pope uttered: >Globalisation This is a weird thing for the head of an institution that calls itself the "universal" church to worry about. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 2 10:37:34 PDT 2000

34589 Phil Knight, moral exemplar -- rank: 1000

[Could someone gloss the term "wrongfoots"?] Financial Times - May 2, 2000 Nike wrongfoots the student critics Jagdish Bhagwati argues that 'anti-sweatshop' protesters' strong-arm tactics will undermine their own cause Phil Knight, founder and chief executive of Nike, grabbed the headlines from Elián González last week by withdrawing a promised $30m from the university of Oregon, his alma mater. The university's president, like many counterparts at other colleges, had succumbed, supine ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 2 10:17:37 PDT 2000

34590 splat to follow -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >Things are awful. What are you talking about ? Alcoholism, crime, >divorce, domestic violence, police murder, children shooting >children, automobile deaths and injuries, global warming, Star Wars. You're right. Time to end it all. Good thing I'm on the 10th floor. Wheeeeeeee! Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 2 10:07:52 PDT 2000