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3961 [lbo-talk] getting back to criticism -- rank: 1000

On Dec 11, 2010, at 9:43 PM, Mike Beggs wrote: > Stockhausen Serves Imperialism I've been thinking about that lately, since I've been listening to some Stockhausen. What's the argument? Doug

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Date:	Sat Dec 11 19:48:25 PST 2010

3962 [lbo-talk] the Hayden letter -- rank: 1000

On Dec 11, 2010, at 8:56 PM, Chuck Munson wrote: > The peace movement is "fragile"? Translation: shut up and leave this to grown-ups like Tom. Today's his birthday, by the way.

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Date:	Sat Dec 11 18:06:01 PST 2010

3963 [lbo-talk] getting back to criticism -- rank: 1000

On Dec 11, 2010, at 7:14 PM, Mike Beggs wrote: > if you respect his music you ought to > reject his version of Marxism? Why? Pound wrote some great poetry and he was a fascist.

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Date:	Sat Dec 11 17:49:43 PST 2010

3964 [lbo-talk] the Hayden letter -- rank: 1000

John So I started reading this letter which sounded pretty good and it looked like I signed it, so I read further and discovered that it was to as a member of a group I didn t know I belonged to called the Left Establishment. As I kept reading, it was a vile, toxic diatribe ending with a demand that I, along with the rest of the Left Establishment , endorse a demonstration this week in Washington featuring civil disobedience at the White House fence. To whomever sent the letter, I have to say ...

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Date:	Sat Dec 11 10:23:09 PST 2010

3965 [lbo-talk] protest Obama -- rank: 1000

On Dec 11, 2010, at 11:11 AM, SA wrote: > Could you post the link to that quote? Couldn't find it at the site. He wrote it in a letter to the organizer of the letter, John Halle.

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Date:	Sat Dec 11 08:41:05 PST 2010

3966 [lbo-talk] protest Obama -- rank: 1000

http://lbo-news.com/2010/12/11/protest-obama/ I m one of initial signers of this open letter to the left liberals who enthusiastically supported Barack Obama in 2008, and said many silly things about him back then. Please read and then, if you agree, add your name to the growing list of endorsers. Here s an unintentional endorsement: Tom Hayden, one of the addressees, denounced the suggestion that he protest Obama as vile and toxic, and damaging to the fragile social ecology required for t ...

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Date:	Sat Dec 11 07:44:44 PST 2010

3967 [lbo-talk] A Counterpunch essay on state secrecy -- rank: 1000

On Dec 10, 2010, at 10:38 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: > But those attempts are a mistake. From a left political perspective (rather > than from the intellectual's armchair) the leaks only add more confusion to > the huge overload of information which is a barrier rather than an aid to > organizing. There is not one piece of information in the files of the > federal government the release of which would give even a whisper of aid to > the tasks of organizing I basically agree, but as ...

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Date:	Fri Dec 10 07:52:30 PST 2010

3968 [lbo-talk] what WBAI is doing with my old time slot -- rank: 1000

On Dec 9, 2010, at 6:13 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > hippies http://www.google.com/images?q=wavy+gravy&oe=utf-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=N6UBTc9ExPuXB_2Z6f0H&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=2&ved=0CDoQsAQwAQ&biw=1400&bih=872 or http://bit.ly/eVy8SU

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Date:	Thu Dec 9 19:59:33 PST 2010

3969 [lbo-talk] what WBAI is doing with my old time slot -- rank: 1000

This just in from Mitch Cohen, chair of the WBAI local board: > What an absolutely fantastic interview Robert Knight is doing right > now with Wavy Gravy, who apparently is much more interesting and > lively during the day than at 1 a.m. on Bob Fass' show. > > Thank you, Robert -- brilliant stuff, great ad-libbing and one-liners! > > You can listen to it on the podcast at wbai.org. Hopefully other > stations will pick it up and play it. Wow!

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Date:	Thu Dec 9 14:54:15 PST 2010

3970 [lbo-talk] Inside Lenin's Mating Call -- rank: 1000

On Dec 8, 2010, at 8:30 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > > Socialist realism meets Tom of Finland: > > http://www.everystockphoto.com/photo.php?imageId=2640282 Heavens. What is the backstory for *that*?

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Date:	Wed Dec 8 17:48:24 PST 2010

3971 [lbo-talk] I agree with this Weekly Standard editor... -- rank: 1000

On Dec 8, 2010, at 3:01 PM, SA wrote: > Wise words - but the "liberal core" certainly isn't constructing a majority right now. No, but they're not even trying.

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3972 [lbo-talk] I agree with this Weekly Standard editor... -- rank: 1000

On Dec 8, 2010, at 1:32 PM, SA wrote: > For the fact is that, while the center-left is overrepresented in the public discourse, the liberal core is limited to around 20 to 30 percent of the electorate. Another old quote from Stuart Hall: "Politics does not reflect majorities, it constructs them."

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Date:	Wed Dec 8 10:59:50 PST 2010

3973 [lbo-talk] US to host World Press Freedom Day! -- rank: 1000

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/12/152465.htm U.S. to Host World Press Freedom Day in 2011 Press Statement Philip J. Crowley Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affairs Washington, DC December 7, 2010 The United States is pleased to announce that it will host UNESCO s World Press Freedom Day event in 2011, from May 1 - May 3 in Washington, D.C. UNESCO is the only UN agency with the mandate to promote freedom of expression and its corollary, freedom of the press. The theme for next year s ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 7 13:14:47 PST 2010

3974 [lbo-talk] Billy Joel -- rank: 1000

On Dec 7, 2010, at 4:07 PM, SA wrote: > Sure, but crap is different from okay. If I'm stuck in a waiting room and it's playing that awful genre of whiny 90s guitar-based guy-rock (what is that called?), it's almost too painful to endure. Not watching Motorhead beat up some bankers though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KJTaqV8c0E

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Date:	Tue Dec 7 13:12:53 PST 2010

3975 [lbo-talk] Progressives for Immigration Reform? -- rank: 1000

On Dec 7, 2010, at 11:54 AM, James Heartfield wrote: > Anyone come across this crew before? Their boss seems to be one Leah Durant > > http://www.progressivesforimmigrationreform.org/ Yikes. They sound like Malthusians and nativists with a black coloration. Doug

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