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3736 [lbo-talk] The Nation and brain death -- rank: 1000

On Feb 22, 2010, at 3:43 AM, James Heartfield wrote: > I assumed that Klein's background was the Communist Party - am I > wrong? Only with a generation's remove. From Wikipedia: > Klein was born in Montreal, Quebec and brought up in a Jewish family > with a history of left-wing activism. Her parents moved to Montreal > from the U.S. in 1967 as war resisters to the Vietnam War.[1] Her > mother, documentary film-maker Bonnie Sherr Klein, is best known for > her anti-pornograph ...

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Date:	Mon Feb 22 04:41:41 PST 2010

3737 [lbo-talk] questions for the fascist-watchers -- rank: 1000

On Feb 20, 2010, at 6:12 PM, Wojtek S wrote: > Doug, your first point assumes only one possible, but unlikely > scenario, > namely fascism developing from below. A more likely scenario is > that it can > develop from above, when internal conflicts among different segments > of the > ruling elites intensifies, and to gain upper hand in that conflict > some > segments of that elite will seek allies with fascist elements. Wait a minute. Do you imagine that President Pali ...

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3738 [lbo-talk] The Nation and brain death -- rank: 1000

On Feb 21, 2010, at 8:25 PM, Nathan S. Russell wrote: > Though I don't know what "b-o-b" means in terms of the NR Back of the book. Magazine jargon. Book reviews, cultural product. Doug

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Date:	Sun Feb 21 17:46:30 PST 2010

3739 [lbo-talk] The Nation and brain death -- rank: 1000

On Feb 21, 2010, at 4:21 PM, SA wrote: > I wonder if KVH is influenced by these people: > > > http://www.inthesetimes.com/main/print/5583/ > > Beyond Pale, Male and Stale > Why legacy progressive media must reinvent themselves to remain > relevant. > By Jessica Clark and Tracy Van Slyke February 17, 2010 > > To reach out to and sustain relationships with so-called "minority > users," progressive media makers need to move beyond their core > whit ...

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3740 [lbo-talk] Cockburn cut back at Nation -- rank: 1000

On Feb 21, 2010, at 6:38 PM, Joanna wrote: > To whom should we complain? Go to the top, editor Katrina vanden Heuvel: kat at thenation.com.

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3741 [lbo-talk] Cockburn cut back at Nation -- rank: 1000

On Feb 21, 2010, at 5:24 PM, Andy wrote: > He's been one of the brighter spots there, but I'm curious what you've > liked in him. > > I confess I used to like his anti-statist schtick, but his climate > silliness was a say-it-ain't-so moment. Well I did say I have my differences with him. But he's got a long history of sharp thinking and stylish writing. Maybe pissing on liberals has led him in some strange directions now and then, but he still fires off some great stuff. The c ...

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3742 [lbo-talk] The Nation and brain death -- rank: 1000

On Feb 21, 2010, at 3:56 PM, SA wrote: > Actually, the thrust of my argument is addressed precisely to those > on the left in a position analogous to NR's position on the right - > e.g., most obviously, the people who run the Nation. The whole > purpose of a magazine like that should be to explain to people why - > for example - corporate personhood is a red herring, even as it > encourages people to go out and raise hell. Instead, the Nation does > the opposite. It passivel ...

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3743 [lbo-talk] breaking news from the fascist front -- rank: 1000

POLITICO Breaking News: ----------------------------------------------------- Texas Rep. Ron Paul has won the CPAC presidential preference straw poll, capturing 31 percent of the vote. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who had won the conference's contest the last three years, took 22 percent. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took 7 percent and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawkenty 6 percent of the 2,395 ballots cast.

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Date:	Sun Feb 21 12:34:00 PST 2010

3744 [lbo-talk] Fascism, right-wing populism, and contemporary research -- rank: 1000

On Feb 21, 2010, at 9:32 AM, Chip Berlet wrote: > The TP support and sentiments just elected a libertarian Republican > to replace the late Senator Ted Kennedy here in MA. Which had nothing to do with Obama's excise tax on health plans, which totally lost the Dem the union vote. And the awfulness of the candidate who didn't want to campaign on the streets of Boston in January because it was too cold. It was the Tea Party. They come in so handy!

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3745 [lbo-talk] Cockburn cut back at Nation -- rank: 1000

On Feb 21, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > Speaking of which, has anybody seen the pathetic Melissa's first > column? Not the worst of her efforts. Doug ---- The Nation - March 8, 2010 Save the Child Sister Citizen by MELISSA HARRIS-LACEWELL Although I was shaken and distressed by the scale of human suffering, I forced myself to watch hours of Haitian earthquake coverage. I remembered how many turned away from the televised abandonment of black people in New Orleans after Hurr ...

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3746 [lbo-talk] questions for the fascist-watchers -- rank: 1000

On Feb 21, 2010, at 3:21 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: > But whenever crowds on the left start to get excited about even > mildly crazy TP-type stuff -- "corporate personhood" or "moving > money" to take two recent and exceedingly mild examples -- you and > Doug -- the two guys who seem most to yearn that we could have > something like the right has -- are first in line to hose them down. It's essentially right-wing populist nonsense that will accomplish nothing. ...

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Date:	Sun Feb 21 12:09:25 PST 2010

3747 [lbo-talk] Fascism, right-wing populism, and contemporary research -- rank: 1000

On Feb 21, 2010, at 10:51 AM, Chip Berlet wrote: > Fascist social movements are typified by an apparent ideological > lack of a coherent ideology--full of "passionate intensity." So fascist social movements don't necessarily lead to fascism, except in the few instances that they did? This use of the word "fascism" is mystifyingly promiscuous. As I've said here about 40 times, the Tea Baggers have a lot in common with more than a century of right-wing petty bourgeois ...

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Date:	Sun Feb 21 12:06:23 PST 2010

3748 [lbo-talk] Cockburn cut back at Nation (PS) -- rank: 1000

On Feb 21, 2010, at 12:40 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > Where does one go on the Nation's side to register one's displeasure? > It isn't at all obvious -- to me, anyway. Go to the top: kat at thenation.com.

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Date:	Sun Feb 21 11:58:22 PST 2010

3749 [lbo-talk] Cockburn cut back at Nation -- rank: 1000

So not only has The Nation given a column to the execrable Melissa Harris-Lacewell, they've cut Alexander Cockburn back to once a month. I've had my differences with Alex over the years, but I still admire him a lot. These moves together have the net effect of moving the magazine to the right and reducing the quantity of stylish prose close to zero. Please complain. Doug

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3750 [lbo-talk] Fascism, right-wing populism, and contemporary research +++ -- rank: 1000

On Feb 20, 2010, at 5:23 PM, Marv Gandall wrote: > Doug jokes that their ancestors tried secession once before. Except > for the Emancipation Act, I'm still not persuaded that their defeat > was a good thing. :) It was a serious joke. I mean, really - isn't the secession issue closed? The U.S. has many problems, but its federal gov is the most powerful institution in the world. Try to challenge it and you'll end up dead. People make a comparison to the USSR. The ruling class of the U ...

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