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346 [lbo-talk] Michael Lerner tattles: the state of the antiwar movement -- rank: 608

If Michael Lerner is "[a] well-known anti-war leader," I'm "a universally-despised Zionist agitator," very much like him. Does anyone ... at > <http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/eavesdropping-on-a- > phone-conference/>. > The original transcript is at > <http://www.spiritualprogressives ... By: Mike Allen > September 10, 2007 07:32 PM EST > > A well-known anti-war leader has gone public with the transcript of a > priv

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Author:	Joseph Catron
Date:	Tue Sep 11 12:22:03 PDT 2007

347 Lies of Desperation: Answering Friedman -- rank: 608

... absurd notion that Friedman has good politics, but below is a good example of why he doesn't. A Palestinian activist at a march I attended yesterday demolished another Friedman piece. When Friedman ... positions that include the Palestinian right of return, calls for a single secular state, etc. In this country we're still ...

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Author:	Chris Kromm
Date:	Sat Apr 6 10:18:27 PST 2002

348 [lbo-talk] LA Times editorial on Bollinger/Ahmadinejad -- rank: 608

... Angeles Times The Bollinger/Ahmadinejad farce If the Columbia University president were to introduce Bush the way he did the Iranian president, that would be an act of free-speech bravery. Rosa ... 28, 2007 Imagine the scene: As angry protesters march outside, a nation's unpopular president prepares to address students and faculty at a prestigious university. Introducing the president, the head of the university is bluntly critical of ...

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Author:	Marvin Gandall
Date:	Fri Sep 28 10:42:15 PDT 2007

349 [lbo-talk] Obama letter -- rank: 608

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, a list lurker passed on an article in the (New Jersey) Jewish Standard on Obama's letter to Khalizad (which included a facsimile of the letter) > http://www.jstandard.com/articles/3790 ... York.) But to the aggravation of his supporters, he has a much lower approval rating am

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Author:	Michael Pollak
Date:	Sat Jan 26 11:07:43 PST 2008

350 Stan Goff, "Victories Overruled" -- rank: 608

... the area of human aggression and violence includes service as a West Point psychology professor, a professor of military science, the author of a Pulitzer nominated book and numerous peer reviewed encyclopedia entries on ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Sun Dec 15 14:42:36 PST 2002

351 feingold for prez? -- rank: 608

The Dems could do a lot worse. My main beef is he is bad on ... issue I think is very important -- budget deficits. Electability is a bit problematic because he is jewish w/o the shield of an ultra-piety facade. But ... some kind of juggernaught. The 'war' will become something of a two-edged sword, IMO, since it is quite likely he ... could face some strong negatives. mbs How about feingold as a dem candidate? He's young. He's popular and competent ... our times." He picks up the Nader vote. He has a reputation for integrity (I've heard). Whaddaya think? Feingold ...

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Author:	Max B. Sawicky
Date:	Sun Feb 10 10:42:54 PST 2002

352 [lbo-talk] Israel may be subordinated to wider US strategic interests -- rank: 608

... relations, the United States and Israel may be headed for a period of increased strain, particularly as it appears likely that ... will be more hawkish than its predecessor. Iran, with which President Barack Obama has pledged to engage in a "constructive dialogue", and the future of its nuclear program will ... greatest source of tension between the two allies. The new president's commitment to achieving real progress on a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict may also ... provoke serious friction. This will particularly be the case should a reunified Arab League launch a major new push for ...

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Author:	Marv Gandall
Date:	Sat Feb 21 05:19:05 PST 2009

353 [lbo-talk] Changiness ? -- rank: 608

... relations, the United States and Israel may be headed for a period of increased strain, particularly as it appears likely that ... will be more hawkish than its predecessor. Iran, with which President Barack Obama has pledged to engage in a "constructive dialogue", and the future of its nuclear program will ... greatest source of tension between the two allies. The new president's commitment to achieving real progress on a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict may also ... provoke serious friction. This will particularly be the case should a reunified Arab League launch a major new push for ...

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Author:	Charles Brown
Date:	Sun Feb 22 07:49:07 PST 2009

354 Sharon's Best Weapon: The Left Must Confront Anti-Semitism Head-on -- rank: 608

... new went on in Washington in the middle of April. A demonstration against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund was joined by an anti-war march, as well as a demonstration against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. In the ... I turned on my television in the hopes of catching a glimpse of this historic protest. I saw something else instead ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Wed May 8 12:48:35 PDT 2002

355 Fw: David Corn: troubling origins of the anti-war movement -- rank: 608

... of Ben & Jerry's also spoke at the protest -- for a long time. I'm tired of these people like Corn who make a living off what others do, in this case bashing the ... www.laweekly.com/ink/02/50/news-corn.php >------ > >L.A. Weekly | NOVEMBER 1 - 7, 2002 >Behind the Placards >The odd ... Brown, >the former Black Panther convicted in March of killing a sheriffís >deputy in 2000). And free Leonard Peltier. Also, defeat ... while weíre at it, letís bring the capitalist system to a halt. > > >When tens of thousands of people gathered near the ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu Oct 31 22:50:33 PST 2002

356 [lbo-talk] Ahmadinejad's letter -- rank: 608

... Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > > > No, but both types of speculation are a fool's errand. As Travis > > says, these are serious times, so the President of Iran CANNOT afford > > to look foolish (though the POTUS ... But I don't quite understand who you think the President of Iran is (or > should be) addressing. I presume that the message is addressed to a > global audience, and considering the implications of the earlier > described Chavez visit, not necessarily a 'ruling class' audience. > > Martin Of course, Ahmadinejad should be speaking ... troops put into "harm's way," and presented himself as a man in solidarity with global struggles against oppress

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Thu May 11 07:30:22 PDT 2006

357 [lbo-talk] Them there American Jews and Yees-raw-ail -- rank: 608

... nor to refrain from expressing criticism of it, according to a new study on their involvement in the Jewish community and their concern with Israel in particular. The study, conducted by Frank Luntz, a leading Republican pollster who visited Israel recently, indicates that 80 ... university age have no connection to the life of the Jewish community or to Israel. In fact, their attitude toward Israel ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Sun Jun 1 04:10:53 PDT 2003

358 [lbo-talk] new right-wing pro-Israel group -- rank: 608

... 12, 2010 03:54 PM EDT Leading conservatives will launch a new pro-Israel group this week with a scathing attack on Rep. Joe Sestak, the Democratic Senate candidate ... Pennsylvania, the first shot in what they say will be a confrontational campaign against the Obama administration s Mideast policy and ... s leadership unites two major strands of support for the Jewish state: The hawkish, neoconservative wing of the Republican Party, many of whom are Jewish; and conservative Evangelical Christians who have become increasingly outspoken in ... leads the group American Values, as well as Rachel Abrams, a conservative writer and activist. Former McCain aide Michael Gold

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 12 13:27:04 PDT 2010

359 Hitch: Keep Our Nerve -- rank: 608

... Robert Fisk is in Baghdad Hitch -- why aren't you? A few words from the former Christopher Hitchens, a leading exemplar of the "cretinization of the mass media" that ... MINORITY REPORT Christopher Hitchens On December 28 last, I pulled a long face as I cut out and kept a front-page story by the Washington bureau chief of the ... war as it would be fought at home. It reported a conversation with "two officials involved with Bush in Persian Gulf ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Mar 26 12:02:48 PST 2003

360 [lbo-talk] Pat Robertson: PM's stroke result of God's 'enmity' for Gaza pullout -- rank: 608

... my land.'" Sharon who is fighting for his life on a respirator after suffering a severe stroke and cerebral hemorrhage. "He was dividing God's ... say woe unto any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course to appease the EU, the United Nations, or ... to me. You better leave it alone.'" Last year, Sharon, a longtime hawk and supporter of Jewish settlements in occupied Palestinian territories

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Author:	Michael Givel
Date:	Fri Jan 6 07:16:39 PST 2006