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31 [lbo-talk] Slogans Demands etc -- rank: 1000

> On Jan 23, 2016, at 5:52 PM, JOANNA A. <123hop at comcast.net> wrote: > > Land, Peace, Bread! That has obvious appeal. Ending prisons is a rare taste.

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32 [lbo-talk] Angela Davis on Prisons & Police -- rank: 1000

> On Jan 22, 2016, at 11:35 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: > > Some years ago when I proposed the slogan, Abolish the Prison System, among > the 'rebuttals' was one citing Davis as proposing reforms rather than > abolishing. > > Well. She spoke here tonight, and her first word on prisons was that they > could not be reformed; we had to demand their abolition. > > Ditto for Police. That sounds very militant. Did she have any more to say about how it ...

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33 [lbo-talk] The question of superdelegates -- rank: 1000

> On Dec 24, 2015, at 12:33 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: > > When in 2004, when everyone was drooling over Obama's Convention speech, Carl Estabrook and I were called purists for our dubts. I never liked Obama from the first. So this critique doesn t apply to me.

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Date:	Thu Dec 24 09:56:56 PST 2015

34 [lbo-talk] The question of superdelegates -- rank: 1000

> On Dec 23, 2015, at 12:13 PM, Shane Mage <shmage at pipeline.com> wrote: > > If they overrode the primary voters it might well be to choose Frau Clinton, which would be the best possible outcome since it would unleash a Green Wave in the actual election and put an end to the Demoncrudic gang. No it wouldn t. Loyal Dems will jump and shout stop the fascist threat! Vote for Hillary! Charles Brown is doing that already.

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Date:	Thu Dec 24 09:09:46 PST 2015

35 [lbo-talk] The question of superdelegates -- rank: 1000

> On Dec 22, 2015, at 7:54 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: > > He is an unqualified scoundrel and a perfect exemplum of The More Effective > Evil. Actually he s a qualified scoundrel. Why can t you see him as somewhat better than nothing right now, and his support as something to work with over the longer term?

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36 [lbo-talk] The question of superdelegates -- rank: 1000

> On Dec 22, 2015, at 7:10 PM, JOANNA A. <123hop at comcast.net> wrote: > > So, is it the case that Sanders can't win because Hillary has the super delegates all sewn up? Not really. They're a problem, but not an insuperable obstacle. Historically, pundits say, they've always gone with the primary winner, though Bernie may be an exception.

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Date:	Wed Dec 23 05:57:47 PST 2015

37 [lbo-talk] Thank dog, intelligent conversation again. -- rank: 1000

> On Dec 17, 2015, at 5:20 PM, JOANNA A. <123hop at comcast.net> wrote: > > Thanks all... don't jinx it!

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38 [lbo-talk] this list -- rank: 1000

> On Dec 14, 2015, at 5:43 PM, Marv Gandall <marvgand2 at gmail.com> wrote: > > It s called LOB Alum. Kelley started it. It s more active than the list is right now. That's pretty funny, given that her annoying behavior was half the reason I seriously lost interest in the list. I've blocked her on Facebook so this is the first I've learned of it. Doug

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Date:	Tue Dec 15 05:42:39 PST 2015

39 [lbo-talk] Lestor Thurow? -- rank: 1000

> On Dec 13, 2015, at 9:57 AM, Jim Farmelant <farmelantj at juno.com> wrote: > > What ever happed to Lestor Thurow? I remember back in the 1980's, he was ubiquitous. He was always on TV, he always had op-ed pieces in the NY Times, his books were on the bestseller's lists. During those days, he was one of the Democrats' leading point men on economic policy. > > Nowadays, you hardly ever hear a peep from him or about him. What happened? I've wondered the same thing myself. He' ...

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Date:	Sun Dec 13 08:35:30 PST 2015

40 [lbo-talk] this list -- rank: 1000

Is there any reason to keep this list going? It's almost dead, and Jordan tells me there are fresh technical challenges (e.g. Yahoo thinks posts are spam). Doug

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41 [lbo-talk] Seeking an article on the "security economy" (or something like that) -- rank: 1000

> On Nov 25, 2015, at 2:50 PM, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote: > > I remember an article from several years ago that critically examined how > much of the economy and its workforce are now dedicated to the protection > of property, from security companies to cashiers. I'm pretty sure it was > posted to one of these lists. David Gordon did work on this years ago - he called it "guard labor." Google "David Gordon guard labor" and you'll get ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 25 12:12:12 PST 2015

42 [lbo-talk] Are you going to spend the next year shilling for Hillary, Charles? -- rank: 1000

> On Nov 10, 2015, at 2:26 PM, Sean Andrews <cultstud76 at gmail.com> wrote: > > Some fact checking is clearly needed here. AFAIK, Doug Henwood has only > cats, and at least one of them he rarely gets close enough to beat > properly. exactly correct

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Date:	Tue Nov 10 13:21:36 PST 2015

43 [lbo-talk] Are you going to spend the next year shilling for Hillary, Charles? -- rank: 1000

> On Nov 10, 2015, at 12:03 PM, James Creegan <turbulo at aol.com> wrote: > > Charles Brown wrote:Doug Henwood said : "Are you going to spend the > next year shilling for Hillary, Charles ?" > > Charles responds : When did you > stop beating your dog , Doug Henwood ? > > ********************** > These two questions are in no way similar, comparable, parallel, analogous or homologous. I think the answer is clearly "yes."

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44 [lbo-talk] American plutocracy -- rank: 1000

> On Oct 12, 2015, at 7:15 AM, Marv Gandall <marvgand2 at gmail.com> wrote: > > The Times report correctly notes that the US electoral system serves to check the demographic forces that have been nudging the electorate toward support for the Democratic Party and its economic policies . The major donors are overwhelmingly white, rich, older and male, in a nation that is being remade by the young, by women, and by black and brown voters. They just can't talk about class without co ...

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Date:	Mon Oct 12 05:25:36 PDT 2015

45 [lbo-talk] Owners of the world unite -- rank: 1000

> On Oct 6, 2015, at 7:51 PM, JOANNA A. <123hop at comcast.net> wrote: > > But the only thing anybody remembers about that movie was the "I could have been a contender" scene between Brando and Rod Steiger. And the union stuff drops away. Was that true when it came out?

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