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1 politics of lord of rings -- rank: 1000

Here's an article about how the far right -- neo-fascists, really -- in Italy have appropriated Tolkien ... A while back, someone send in some links to discussions of the politics of Lord of the Rings. Does anyone still have those links? Thanks, ...

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Author:	Heer, Jeet
Date:	Fri Jan 18 12:29:02 PST 2002

2 [lbo-talk] USA 2003 -- rank: 962

... were spotty: as a Catholic conservative he admired Franco as the saviour of Spain from red ruin. Yet, percisely because of his religous beliefs, Tolkien was way of Nazism, with its mixture of neo-paganism and racial pseudo-science. So one way to ... say he was a fascist, but not a Nazi. But of course an author's books can mean something very ...

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Author:	Jeet Heer
Date:	Mon Sep 15 16:41:34 PDT 2003

3 [lbo-talk] Britain and the EU was re: stereotype -- rank: 925

The way that many people in Britain would like the European Union to work can be best summed up by the word 'parasitic'; they would like the benefits of free trade and free movement, but when the time comes to allow others the same privileges, they ...

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Author:	Simon Huxtable
Date:	Thu Jun 10 03:20:41 PDT 2004

4 [lbo-talk] Lord of the Rings musical in London -- rank: 910

NDTV.com http://www.ndtv.com/homepage/default.asp Lord of the Rings musical in London http://www.ndtvmusic.com/story.asp?id=ENTEN20070016272 People have read the book, seen the movie and now they watched the story unfold on ...

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Author:	uvj at vsnl.com
Date:	Wed Jun 27 15:56:06 PDT 2007

5 Fw: [The Grip] Re: The Symbolic Snake of Judaism -- rank: 861

Did this guy miss anything? Don't miss the reference to the Franklin S&L/kiddie porn/CIA drug running scandal. You know the story line. Barney Frank and ex-President Bush engaging in ... Original Message ----- From: Dave Kuehne <dkuehne at erols.com> To: The Grip <kirk1 at jps.net> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 2:38 PM Subject: [The Grip] Re: The Symbolic Snake of Judaism > Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Tue Oct 24 16:36:27 PDT 2000

6 [lbo-talk] George W. Bush is not Lord. -- rank: 861

Worship as Higher Politics Political priorities for citizens of the kingdom. A Christianity Today editorial | posted 06/23/2005 09:00 a.m. George W. Bush is not Lord. The Declaration of Independence is not an infallible guide to Christian faith and practice. Nor is the U.S. Constitution, nor the U.N. Universal Declaration ...

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Author:	snitsnat
Date:	Fri Jun 24 08:44:00 PDT 2005

7 ... lbo-talk] Slaughter in Iraq soon seems to be part of normal life -- rank: 851

... war Published: 28 November 2006 Iraq is rending itself apart. The signs of collapse are everywhere. In Baghdad, the police often pick up more than 100 tortured and mutilated ... war on each other. A new and ominous stage in the disintegration of the Iraqi state came earlier this month when police commandos ...

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Author:	Ira Glazer
Date:	Tue Nov 28 13:15:03 PST 2006

8 [lbo-talk] Soft on the Empire -- rank: 833

I hear that Gibson's film is soft on the empire and tough on the "mob" and the national elite. It's a fitting blockbuster for the New American Century. ***** 'Passion' Enjoys Blockbuster Bow Thu Feb 26 ... By Brian Fuson LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" grossed an estimated $15 million-$20 million ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Thu Feb 26 09:30:25 PST 2004

9 [lbo-talk] Re: Film Notes -- rank: 827

... 1) When I first joined there was a discussion about The Lord of the Rings films. On January 11, 2004 they will all be playing at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. The Director's Cut of the first two will be ...

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Author:	BklynMagus
Date:	Tue Oct 21 10:09:57 PDT 2003

10 [lbo-talk] Faith at Work -- rank: 827

... Turnout >By Shannon Henry >Thursday, November 18, 2004; Page E01 > >The guest speakers appearing before a sold-out breakfast of 600 tech >executives usually hold forth on such topics as ... and early-stage venture funding. But on this morning in the >well-appointed ballroom of the Ritz-Carlton at Tysons Corner, Gary >T. McCollum, vice president and general manager of Cox >Communications Northern Virginia, and April Young, senior vice > ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Fri Nov 19 14:43:58 PST 2004

11 Lord of the Rings:A Libertarian Fable or Fascist Agit-Prop? -- rank: 820

I would never have dreamed that a movie about "Lord of the Rings" could be done so well. The first 30 minutes or so were a bit slow but then it was wonderful. "Fascist agit-prop"? Hardly! The movie looks at power...and shows how difficult it ...

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Author:	Thomas Seay
Date:	Thu Dec 27 11:21:12 PST 2001

12 Lord of the Rings:A Libertarian Fable or Fascist Agit-Prop? -- rank: 811

... wrote: > I would never have dreamed that a movie about "Lord of > the Rings" could be done so well. Haven't seen the flick, but Tolkien is sort of the godfather of Brit postmodernism, i.e. the text ...

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Author:	Dennis Robert Redmond
Date:	Thu Dec 27 13:54:31 PST 2001

13 Installment 3. Was: Re: Butler (Re: cop sh... -- rank: 808

... s up with this "oh but is it good for the left?" litmus test, anyway?" <Identity, cont.> 3. 'The self-same thing.' *Obs. rare.* 1616 BULLOKAR. *Identitie*, the selfe same thing. a1619 FOTHERBY *Atheom*. II.iii #2 (1622) 216 Lif is not the cause of its own liuing, but the very same identity with its liuing. 4. *Alg.* a. ...

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Author:	Carrol Cox
Date:	Fri Feb 19 14:14:21 PST 1999

14 Fwd: Betty Bowers' State of the Union -- rank: 805

... Best_Christian at lb.bcentral.com> >Subject: Betty Bowers' State of the Union > >This newsletter can be accessed online at >http://www ... and Real Americans: > >Well, I watched President Bush's State of the Union address last night. >Our nation is at war, our economy is in recession and the civilized world >faces unprecedented dangers! No wonder the President's niece Noelle was in >such a rush ...

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Author:	mongoH at earthlink.net
Date:	Wed Jan 30 12:33:24 PST 2002

15 [lbo-talk] [Fwd: Postmodern Generator] -- rank: 796

... twentieth century > ====================== Ditto for modernism and mo/pomo antagonistic binary............... The end of the world as we know it (maybe) Martin Rees, the astronomer royal, believes our civilisation will be lucky to survive the century. Simon Hattenstone hears why. Thursday April 24, 2003 The Guardian Martin Rees is rather chirpy for a horseman ...

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Author:	Ian Murray
Date:	Wed Apr 23 20:43:22 PDT 2003