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2356 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy (now question of consent) -- rank: 156

The point is Mr Timberlake, that I have always read both Chris and Yoshie to be saying, both in the case of Russia and Iran respectively, that life in both countries has improved for the citizens in those countries. Note: I am even in less of a position to argue about ...

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Author:	tfast
Date:	Thu May 10 03:16:55 PDT 2007

2357 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy (now question of consent) -- rank: 156

... the matter, or we;' have to concede that Hitler and Stalin, both of whom were very popular while they were winning ...

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Thu May 10 07:16:17 PDT 2007

2358 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy (now question of consent) -- rank: 156

Even if you think that a legitimate government is one that promotes human flourishing as best as possible in the circumstances (eudaimonism), what's human flourishing? Ari's own version of eudaimonism is extremely vexed, particularly since there are at least two versions of it -- the "political" version (N.E. I ...

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Author:	andie nachgeborenen
Date:	Thu May 10 08:20:11 PDT 2007

2359 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy (now question of consent) -- rank: 156

--- tfast <tfast at yorku.ca> wrote: > The point is Mr Timberlake, Are you deliberately trying to be annoying? The name is Andie, please. You may not agree with my attempt to maintain some anonymity here, but you may not be aware of the circumstances that lead me to operate under ...

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Author:	andie nachgeborenen
Date:	Thu May 10 08:52:41 PDT 2007

2360 [lbo-talk] Why Were The Hussein Boys Killed? -- rank: 156

--- Bryan Atinsky <bryan at indymedia.org.il> wrote: > > >From: "Shane Taylor" <s-t-t at juno.com> > > > > Who *is* Israel Shamir?? Recently on the Israel Shamir readers at yahoogroups.com list, Shamir has said, "We must listen to the voices of such as David Duke." Duke, for those outside the ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Fri Jul 25 13:45:13 PDT 2003

2361 [lbo-talk] "Life and death under Russian capitalism" -- rank: 156

[Saw this floating on the web. A $121 book? Yow... -B.] Life and death under Russian capitalism Barry Healy 5 May 2007 Men in Contemporary Russia: The Fallen Heroes of Post-Soviet Change? by Rebecca Kay Ashgate, 2006 236 pages, $121.50 Life in the Stalinist Soviet Union was never ...

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Author:	B.
Date:	Thu May 10 14:14:18 PDT 2007

2362 [lbo-talk] FW: My Very, Very Allergic Reaction To Brad Delong On Chomsky (from ZNet) -- rank: 156

... last thing we need now, on top of the usual Stalin controversializing, is to refight the Chomsky-Faurisson affair. Enough! Stop ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Jul 25 11:28:16 PDT 2003

2363 [lbo-talk] Iran's Economic Change (was Russia's economy) -- rank: 156

... being a repressive and mysogynist theocracy. As I have said, Stalin's Russia improved material living standards over all. That buys ...

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Author:	andie nachgeborenen
Date:	Fri May 11 06:57:07 PDT 2007

2364 OFFLIST: Re: [lbo-talk] Re: Law Student With a History of Taking Left Turns -- rank: 156

... monster? > Doug The nuts tend to come early (e.g. Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot). North Korea, as a modern de facto ...

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Author:	Luke Benjamin Weiger
Date:	Fri Jul 25 10:04:03 PDT 2003

2365 [lbo-talk] Why Were The Hussein Boys Killed? -- rank: 156

For a (in my opinion way over the top) condemnation of the assasination of Udai and Kusai, read below. Check out this quote full of sycophantic hyperbole, from the end of the article: "Noble and brave, the sons of Saddam Hussein did not escape to a faraway land; they did not ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Fri Jul 25 09:41:40 PDT 2003

2366 OFFLIST: Re: [lbo-talk] Re: Law Student With a History of Taking Left Turns -- rank: 156

... Doug wrote: > >>A problem for anyone who believes in democracy: Stalin was broadly popular >>(and still is among lots of Russians ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Fri Jul 25 08:30:42 PDT 2003

2367 OFFLIST: Re: [lbo-talk] Re: Law Student With a History of Taking Left Turns -- rank: 156

Doug wrote: > A problem for anyone who believes in democracy: Stalin was broadly > popular (and still is among lots of Russians ...

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Author:	Ted Winslow
Date:	Fri Jul 25 08:13:42 PDT 2003

2368 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy -- rank: 156

... first trial samples of M-72 motorcycles were shown to Stalin, who immediately approved production of the motorcycles."

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 11 14:41:11 PDT 2007

2369 [lbo-talk] My Day in the Land of Oppression -- rank: 156

--- joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote: > > > Never mind Perry Anderson, but life in Moscow is not > the equivalent of > life in Russia, right? > > Joanna > I was taking the piss, not being serious! Not even life in Russia is equivalent to life in Russia. The place is huge. It's like ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Sat May 12 03:23:07 PDT 2007

2370 [lbo-talk] bulldozer barbarians sacking Moscow -- rank: 156

... commissioned to design the building had shown two designs to Stalin, who was in a hurry and scrawled his signature across ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Thu May 17 08:18:18 PDT 2007