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7396 [lbo-talk] London congestion charge, part three in a sixteen part serieszzzz.... -- rank: 1000

On May 2, 2008, at 7:11 PM, James Heartfield wrote: > Bus-travelling Congestion charge candidate Ken Livingstone failed > to convince Greater Londoners that he was a better mayor than > suburban motorist Boris Johnson in the elections just declared tonight Isn't Johnson a right-wing racist twit?

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Date:	Fri May 2 16:45:00 PDT 2008

7397 [lbo-talk] Jesus Against Empire: Wright and Obama Reconsidered -- rank: 1000

On May 2, 2008, at 3:51 PM, Dwayne Monroe wrote: > Which, on the face of it, seems reasonable. If you look more closely > however, questions arise. > > Charles -- like many others -- assumes that Wright's challenge to, and > unflinching description of white supremacy and imperial violence comes > from little else than "anger". In fact, it's the core of a consistent > and well reasoned *liberation theology* response to ongoing forms of > oppression. Like Charle ...

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Date:	Fri May 2 13:23:08 PDT 2008

7398 [lbo-talk] poaching? -- rank: 1000

[man, this is getting ugly] New York State Nurses Association <http://www.nysna.org/news/press/050208.htm> For Immediate Release 1199/SEIU tries to raid NYSNA unit FAR ROCKWAY, NY, May 2, 2008 1199/SEIU has filed a petition to decertify the New York State Nurses Association as the collective bargaining agent for registered nurses at Peninsula Hospital. This is the first attempted "raid" at a NYSNA facility in nearly a decade, and follows New York's disaffiliation (along with ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 2 11:04:48 PDT 2008

7399 [lbo-talk] The latest outrage from Rev. Wright -- rank: 1000

On May 1, 2008, at 10:08 PM, (Chuck Grimes) wrote: > Reading between the lines, it sounds like Obama wanted to pick up on > how to approach very liberal views in ordinary language from Wright > and that is precisely what he got. Adolph Reed's interpretation was that Obama was looking for black cred so he could run for mayor. He had the Hyde Park white liberals in his pocket, but needed to broaden his base.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu May 1 18:17:27 PDT 2008

7400 [lbo-talk] happy b'day lbo-talk (and Marxmail) -- rank: 1000

On May 1, 2008, at 6:27 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > HAWKES!!! I think he was pretty good at mocking Fred. Where is he > now? Arizona State: <http://www.asu.edu/clas/english/who/hawkes.html>. We saw him just before he left the east coast (he'd been at Lehigh). Doug

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Date:	Thu May 1 15:40:52 PDT 2008

7401 [lbo-talk] AFL-CIO: May Day! -- rank: 1000

On May 1, 2008, at 6:22 PM, Joseph Catron wrote: > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> > wrote: > >> Well, they'll say nice things about May Day and the ILWU, but then >> they'll write checks to warmonger Dems. > > Who do you think the ILWU writes its checks to? Warmonger Dems, I guess, since you asked the question.

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Date:	Thu May 1 15:39:32 PDT 2008

7402 [lbo-talk] May 1, in the home of May Day -- rank: 1000

<http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/05/20080501.html> For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary May 1, 2008 Law Day, U.S.A., 2008 A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America The right of ordinary men and women to determine their own future, protected by the rule of law, lies at the heart of America's founding principles. As our country celebrates the 50th anniversary of Law Day, we renew our commitment to the ideals on which this great Nation was ...

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Date:	Thu May 1 14:45:29 PDT 2008

7403 [lbo-talk] AFL-CIO: May Day! -- rank: 1000

On May 1, 2008, at 4:56 PM, Alex Hogan wrote: > Why so surprised. What kind of person do you think goes to work for > the AFL-CIO these days. A bunch of cigar-chompin little George Meanys? Well, they'll say nice things about May Day and the ILWU, but then they'll write checks to warmonger Dems. Doug

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Date:	Thu May 1 14:37:21 PDT 2008

7404 [lbo-talk] plea for blood, NYC area -- rank: 1000

A friend of a friend who's got some sort of lymphoma with strange complications is in desperate need of blood donations. If you're in the NYC area and have a spare pint, contact me offlist for details. Doug

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Date:	Thu May 1 13:10:34 PDT 2008

7405 [lbo-talk] happy b'day lbo-talk (and Marxmail) -- rank: 1000

On May 1, 2008, at 6:36 PM, farmelantj at juno.com wrote: > We also shouldn't forget the great Bob Malecki > of the Swedish Arctic. I'll never forget Malecki. And there was that other nut, Rolf Martens, who hated queers and loved nuclear power. Doug

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Date:	Thu May 1 11:44:15 PDT 2008

7406 [lbo-talk] happy b'day lbo-talk (and Marxmail) -- rank: 1000

On May 1, 2008, at 1:39 PM, / dave / quoted me, from 10 years ago: > Apologies for the high tone, and the ban on > tentacles. You had to > experience one Thomas P Murray - aka Noor Khan, Liam > Flynn, Tunguska, > exoteric, L.V. Trahn, and Frank Simons - on the > Spoons Marxism lists to > understand. Wow. I completely forgot all those names. I guess their spirit lives on in Jan Carowan and Abu Hartal. Doug

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Date:	Thu May 1 10:52:28 PDT 2008

7407 [lbo-talk] AFL-CIO: May Day! -- rank: 1000

[the AFL-CIO?!?!?!?!} Begin forwarded message: From: "AFL-CIO Now blog" <aflcioblognews at aflcio.org> Date: May 1, 2008 3:54:09 PM EDT To: "" <dhenwood at panix.com> Subject: May Day! Reply-To: notice-reply-e7e4r7nkk6id at unionvoice.org May 1, 2008 May 1, the international day to honor workers, is not an official U.S. holiday. But thousands of dockworkers are marking the day with a voluntary action demanding that the United States immediately end the war and occ ...

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Date:	Thu May 1 08:57:36 PDT 2008

7408 [lbo-talk] happy b'day lbo-talk (and Marxmail) -- rank: 1000

On May 1, 2008, at 11:05 AM, B. wrote: > Marxmail and BO-Talk were both inaugurated on May Day? > Was that intentional...? BO? Yuck! Yes, it was intentional. Lou & I conceived the lists together, and went for a simultaneous launch on Mayday. Oh, and Americans - don't forget that today is Loyalty Day and Law Day, too! Doug

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Date:	Thu May 1 08:33:17 PDT 2008

7409 [lbo-talk] happy b'day lbo-talk (and Marxmail) -- rank: 1000

Lou Proyect's note reminds me that lbo-talk, which shares a birthday with Marxmail, is 10 years old today! Happy birthday to both of us!! I have to finish reading the Enemy of Nature to interview Joel Kovel in an hour, so these are truncated auto-greetings. Doug

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Date:	Thu May 1 07:50:27 PDT 2008

7410 [lbo-talk] B of E calls a bottom -- rank: 1000

Financial Times [Lex] - May 1, 2008 <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/26fccd3c-175a-11dd-b98a-0000779fd2ac.html> Bank of England calls the bottom Is the financial sector now so dependent on central banks that it needs to be told when assets are cheap? That is one possible conclusion from the Bank of England s latest Financial Stability Report. The key piece of analysis is a comparison of the global aggregate market prices of subprime securities, with an estimate of their fundamental value. T ...

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Date:	Thu May 1 07:48:46 PDT 2008