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1336 [lbo-talk] more on Graeber -- rank: 247

... What were the most important human rights violations committed by Stalin? 6. What were the most important human rights violations perpetrated by the Soviet Union during the post-Stalin era? 7. What were Mao's greatest crimes agains

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Wed May 11 14:34:25 PDT 2005

1337 [lbo-talk] Chip Berlet in the news -- rank: 247

... had banished the veil. And I can see, as how Stalin's politburo

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Author:	Mike Ballard
Date:	Fri May 6 17:03:33 PDT 2005

1338 [lbo-talk] Zizek on the Frankfurt School and Stalinism -- rank: 247

Plus, the comparative analyses I've read is based on something quite plausible (and very persuasie, to me, though I admit it's that fondness for the order imposed by Grand Theory): the two were the result of a crisis of finance capital and the social changes brought on by rapid ...

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Author:	snitsnat
Date:	Wed Mar 23 14:25:05 PST 2005

1339 [lbo-talk] Zizek on the Frankfurt School and Stalinism -- rank: 247

... dont understand why it is irrational to compare Hitler and Stalin. Compare does not mean we absolutely equate them. I, for ... we might make is that in both the cases of Stalin and Hitler, there was too much power at the disposal ...

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Author:	Thomas Seay
Date:	Wed Mar 23 12:03:08 PST 2005

1340 [lbo-talk] Zizek on the Frankfurt School and Stalinism -- rank: 247

... March issue of LRB) by flatly declaring that Hitler and Stalin are NOT comparable, that attempts to compare them are in ...

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Author:	Carrol Cox
Date:	Wed Mar 23 11:05:19 PST 2005

1341 [lbo-talk] Gorbachev: out in the cold -- rank: 247

The Guardian (UK) March 8, 2005 Portrait Out in the cold They don't like Mikhail Gorbachev in Russia, but on the world stage he is still a hero. Twenty years after perestroika, Sophie Arie finds its architect troubled by America's plans for the Arab world and standing up for ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Tue Mar 8 10:32:29 PST 2005

1342 [lbo-talk] RE: Kazimierz Witaszewski -- rank: 247

Everything I remember about life in Romania before 1963 (when I left) supports Woj's description. My father was Jewish and so were most of his friends. In fact, if you look at a map of Jewish emancipation in Europe, you will note that this happened in lock-step with other ...

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Author:	joanna bujes
Date:	Wed Mar 2 08:24:56 PST 2005

1343 [lbo-talk] RE: Kazimierz Witaszewski -- rank: 247

Michael: The quote you sent me is a bunch of crap. Its support of the anti-Semitism charge rests on a flimsy translation of the misspelled Polish word "gazrurka." When translated literally, it indeed means "gas pipe" but its common usage has nothing to do with "gas." It refers to using ...

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Wed Mar 2 06:51:22 PST 2005

1344 [lbo-talk] Gulag Construction Continues despite quibbling about terminology -- rank: 247

Oops, that was meant as offlist to Leigh. Anyway, having a gig for the next month starting tomorrow, my overposting will get re-equilibriated to nada for this week or near that. What I sent Leigh, that he replied to, in a way. I've read however there have been something ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Sun Jun 19 19:16:43 PDT 2005

1345 [lbo-talk] Yukos: The Big Ugly -- rank: 247

Geez! What have I been writing for a good part of 2 years? Exactly what the eXile printed! The eXile is marginalized because it intentional wants to be. There are some great articles to be found there, but most of its material include gags aimed to insult. For the last two ...

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Author:	Peter Lavelle
Date:	Sun Jun 19 09:28:45 PDT 2005

1346 [lbo-talk] Yukos: The Big Ugly -- rank: 247

... think that _1984_ was simply based on a critique of Stalin's USSR. But if read carefully, it's clear that ...

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Author:	Jim Devine
Date:	Sun Jun 19 08:35:32 PDT 2005

1347 [lbo-talk] world-historic icepick found! -- rank: 247

... with the blood of > the Russian revolutionary. > > Exiled by Joseph Stalin, Trotsky lived a relatively > settled life in a > leafy suburb ... 1940. > > Trotsky was always fearful of assassination attempts > organised by > Stalin. He was finally caught off guard by Ramon > Mercader, who ...

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Author:	andie nachgeborenen
Date:	Thu Jun 16 10:01:44 PDT 2005

1348 [lbo-talk] world-historic icepick found! -- rank: 247

... with the blood of the Russian revolutionary. Exiled by Joseph Stalin, Trotsky lived a relatively settled life in a leafy suburb ... 1940. Trotsky was always fearful of assassination attempts organised by Stalin. He was finally caught off guard by Ramon Mercader, who ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jun 16 09:44:34 PDT 2005

1349 [lbo-talk] Hiroshima bomb may have carried hidden agenda (kickstart a cold war) -- rank: 247

Leigh Meyers wrote: > I'm not sure this is news to anyone, but it's significance > might lie in the fact that NewScientist published it. > (as a reminder to scientists, perhaps?) > > Hiroshima bomb may have carried hidden agenda > > 13:46 21 July 2005 > NewScientist.com news service > Rob Edwards > > http://www ...

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Author:	Mycos
Date:	Mon Jul 25 19:04:26 PDT 2005

1350 [lbo-talk] Great Whites - Polish jokes not appreciated. -- rank: 247

... Perrin <dperrin at comcast.net> wrote: > > Has anyone ever collected Stalin's witticisms? > > Someone should: "Stalin After Dark," with Comrade > Joe on the cover wearing a ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Sat Jul 16 06:15:40 PDT 2005