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7291 [lbo-talk] street-level racism -- rank: 1000

[via Mike Allen] TALKER DU JOUR - WashPost A1, "Racist Incidents Give Some Obama Campaigners Pause: "For all the hope and excitement Obama's candidacy is generating, some of his field workers, phone-bank volunteers and campaign surrogates are encountering a raw racism and hostility that have gone largely unnoticed - and unreported - this election season. Doors have been slammed in their faces. They've been called racially derogatory names (including the white volunteers). And the ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 13 05:07:29 PDT 2008

7292 [lbo-talk] presidency -- rank: 1000

On May 12, 2008, at 7:11 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > Saying this to dead-end Democratic Party addicts is like telling > a junkie his habit is fine as long as it doesn't interfere with the > rest > of his life. William Burroughs said that was possible, though he might not be the most reliable source. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 13 04:52:43 PDT 2008

7293 [lbo-talk] presidency -- rank: 1000

> Watch out, Doug, you're coming dangerously close to 'paying attention > to the presidency' there. Keep thinking this way and you'll wind up > wanting to defeat the far-right in all sorts of elections! I'm not unsympathetic to the position, as long as one is honest and clear-eyed about the possibilities, and it doesn't detract from excessively from worthwhile efforts. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 12 15:59:33 PDT 2008

7294 [lbo-talk] McCain's War on "Islamic Terror" and the Chicago Iran Hearings -- rank: 1000

On May 12, 2008, at 3:19 PM, Robert Naiman wrote: > As UPI reported but few seemed to notice, McCain is "more royalist > than the > King" in promoting a war on "Islamic terror." > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/mccains-war-on-islamic- > te_b_101372.html > > http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/12/145227/510 As Anatol Lieven said recently, if McCain becomes president, we'll look back on the Bush years with nostalgia. McCain would support ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 12 13:19:13 PDT 2008

7295 [lbo-talk] NASCAR romances -- rank: 1000

On May 12, 2008, at 2:25 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >> love of Apple Computer products, > > > [WS:] Check this out > http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant Wow, that's tightly argued!

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 12 11:49:19 PDT 2008

7296 [lbo-talk] URPE summer conference -- rank: 1000

[oh, yay!, FOLK MUSIC!] 2008 URPE Summer Conference Poverty & Unemployment: The Permanent Violence of Capitalism August 15-18, 2008 Camp Deer Run, Pine Bush, NY BELOW IS A VERY PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE -- Our full schedule of workshops and meetings will be posted later. See our Summer Conference webpages -- http://urpe.org/conferences/ summer.html -- for information on the camp: location, directions, facilities, rates, registration form, transportation, etc. While you are there, see our othe ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 12 11:20:55 PDT 2008

7297 [lbo-talk] Translation help! -- rank: 1000

On May 12, 2008, at 12:18 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > The context here is that the author is talking about > the overuse of the term "fascism": Batista and Somosa > were not fascists, they were tsarki. There's always that fave euphemism, "strongman" (a despot who's one of Us). Or caudillo.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 12 09:35:40 PDT 2008

7298 [lbo-talk] Nir Rosen on Iraq -- rank: 1000

[from testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by Nir Rosen] At the same time that the Sunnis were realizing they had lost the civil war, Muqtada al Sadr realized his militia was out of his control, and he feared its clashes with Americans, Sunnis and fellow Shiites would threaten his own power. Moreover he knew that his militia was the main target for the increased American troops. So he imposed a "freeze," often mistranslated as a ceasefire his powerful militia so th ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 12 06:51:59 PDT 2008

7299 [lbo-talk] Obama's consigliere -- rank: 1000

Wall Street Journal - May 12, 2008 For Obama, Advice Straight Up Valerie Jarrett Is Essential Member of Inner Set By DOUGLAS BELKIN In one of the small, rural towns where Barack Obama was campaigning this year, he asked an aide for a slice of pecan pie to go with his usual dinner of salmon, broccoli and brown rice. But there was none on the menu, and the aide was loath to disappoint him. Valerie Jarrett had no such qualms. Mr. Obama's even-keeled senior adviser and longtime friend told the a ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 12 06:41:21 PDT 2008

7300 [lbo-talk] Frenchification -- rank: 1000

[via Politico's The Huddle] MITCH McCONNELL says Democrats want to 'turn us into France.'

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 12 06:33:47 PDT 2008

7301 [lbo-talk] NASCAR romances -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2008, at 11:41 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Incidentally, "the working class" is almost as > stupid as "The Left." I love quoting out of context.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 12 05:20:38 PDT 2008

7302 [lbo-talk] a final offensive against Venezuela? -- rank: 1000

[anyone know anything about this?] For more on William Brownfield: http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/ john_negroponte_william_brownfield_and_death_squads_inc.htm Uribe Would Be Involved in the "Final Offensive" Against Venezuela May 8th 2008, by Últimas Noticias First published April 25, 2008 The so-called "final offensive" against Venezuela (the purpose of which is to take President Chávez out of power) is being planned presumably from Colombia, and would be executed by that ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun May 11 17:17:03 PDT 2008

7303 [lbo-talk] Barack Obama's crafty rise -- rank: 1000

New York Times - May 11, 2008 <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/us/politics/11chicago.html> THE LONG RUN Pragmatic Politics, Forged on the South Side by JO BECKER and CHRISTOPHER DREW In August 1999, Barack Obama strolled amid the floats and bands making their way down Martin Luther King Drive on Chicago's South Side. Billed as the largest African-American parade in the country, the summer rite was a draw over the years to boxing heroes like Muhammad Ali and jazz greats like Duke Elli ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun May 11 05:35:50 PDT 2008

7304 [lbo-talk] CNA responds on Tenet organizing agreement -- rank: 1000

[I asked Chuck Idelson, the CNA's press person, to respond to the Houston Chronicle article about an agreement between CNA and Tenet that Mark Rickling posted here. Here are his comments, along with an article. I haven't included the NYSNA release because I'd posted it already.] We have never signed a deal that: 1- has the employer file for an election without a single signed union card - so that it is the employer, not the workers, who choose the union 2- bars the workers from campaigning ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat May 10 14:26:32 PDT 2008

7305 [lbo-talk] Getting some business that Magic Barry ain't got -- rank: 1000

On May 10, 2008, at 3:53 PM, Shane Mage wrote: > And in this election that means > Nader-Gonzalez. Oh yeah, that'll show 'em! It'll show 'em just how weak and marginal we are, especially if we really try. I'm sure there are maybe 200 people who'll tell you that Nader's a sellout and we should really be going for McKinney. This is just my point about presidential politics. The Green Party should be focusing on building a nationally linked but locally aimed movement. Elect people to ci ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat May 10 14:12:39 PDT 2008