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10216 [lbo-talk] Hungarians protest privatization of healthcare -- rank: 46

... Budapest's > Kossuth Square outside > parliament after protesters refused a police order > to disperse, but there > were no immediate reports of ...

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Author:	ken hanly
Date:	Thu Nov 22 08:26:10 PST 2007

10217 [lbo-talk] Guardian recap on the French transport strike -- rank: 46

Round one to Sarkozy but president still faces fight for reform As personal cost of action mounts, unions may find concessions hard to resist in return for new work ethic and pension deal Angelique Chrisafis in Paris The Guardian Saturday November 24, 2007 In the 5am darkness outside a bus depot ...

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Author:	Steven L. Robinson
Date:	Fri Nov 23 21:48:25 PST 2007

10218 How Should the Left Respond---get fucked -- rank: 46

The Questions 1. Do you support an American war against the current Iraqi regime? If so, under what circumstances? And should this be a war for disarmament or for `regime change'? 2. Do you favor a UN-imposed inspection system for Iraq? Would you support he threat or the use of ...

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Author:	Chuck Grimes
Date:	Tue Dec 17 17:47:38 PST 2002

10219 Chavez Followers Stay Loyal Despite Venezuela Crisis -- rank: 46

Chavez followers stay loyal despite Venezuela crisis Clashes between supporters, critics rage in Caracas By Mike Ceaser, Globe Correspondent, 12/17/2002 CARACAS - The neighborhood called January 23d has massive apartment blocks with faded, flaking paint, high unemployment, poverty, and violence - and tremendous support for President Hugo Chavez, on whose watch ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Tue Dec 17 16:36:38 PST 2002

10220 How Should the Left Respond to a U.S. War Against Iraq? -- rank: 46

From: mike larkin <mike_larkin2001 at yahoo.com> Subject: Re: How Should the Left Respond to a U.S. War Against Iraq? who cares what these hand-wringers think?*   (*berman excepted)  (Marshall not Paul, M.P.) Well thren it's all settled! So EZ. Use ZSoap and wring those questions away ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Tue Dec 17 15:29:36 PST 2002

10221 Venezuela Lockout Fails, 32 American States Reject US Initiative, & US Backpedals -- rank: 46

Gar Lipow wrote: >So has the strike been borken or not? Production Halt in Venezuela Drives Crude Prices Higher A WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE NEWS ROUNDUP NEW YORK -- Crude prices inched higher in late-afternoon trading Tuesday, after one of the world's largest oil refineries temporarily halted operations due to ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 17 14:03:02 PST 2002

10222 Breslin on Toussaint -- rank: 46

[So the NYC transit workers did not so bad really. The bourgeoisie wanted to crush them, and they didn't. It wasn't a triumph for the working class, but these days, not getting crushed is a major achievement.] Newsday - December 17, 2002 From Rank & File, Straight to the Top ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 17 11:07:09 PST 2002

10223 How Should the Left Respond to a U.S. War Against Iraq? Walzer, Berman, Cohen, Hoffman, Makiya, Rule, Snitow and Willis -- rank: 46

http://www.dissentmagazine.org/ie_index.html Symposium Introduction Drums of War, Calls for Peace How Should the Left Respond to a U.S. War Against Iraq? by Michael Walzer  We sent the five questions printed below to a group of editors and friends in November, as the UN Security Council ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Tue Dec 17 07:47:44 PST 2002

10224 India -- rank: 46

Ian Murray wrote: > [ Ulhas, what's your take on this one?] > Dark days for India > > Luke Harding looks at how the BJP's election victory in Gujarat will > affect India's future as a secular state I think this article overstates the significance of Gujarat elections. BJP has lost every election ...

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Author:	Ulhas Joglekar
Date:	Tue Dec 17 06:15:29 PST 2002

10225 India -- rank: 46

[ Ulhas, what's your take on this one?] Dark days for India Luke Harding looks at how the BJP's election victory in Gujarat will affect India's future as a secular state The Guardian Monday December 16, 2002 It was, the Hindu newspaper pointed out, a "stupendous victory". The ...

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Author:	Ian Murray
Date:	Mon Dec 16 16:16:05 PST 2002

10226 [lbo-talk] "MALICIOUS LIAR" -- rank: 46

... terms. After while they started accusing each other of being police spies and CIA agents. > > --- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com ...

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Author:	Jim Farmelant
Date:	Sun Nov 25 09:15:00 PST 2007

10227 MERIP: Iraq and geostrategy -- rank: 46

http://www.merip.org/mer/mer225/mer225.html In the Shadow of War: Iraq, Israel and Palestine (Middle East Report 225, Winter 2002) Editorial If there is to be a US-led conquest of Iraq, the American public and the world are entitled to know why. Unable to demonstrate that Iraq ...

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Author:	Michael Pollak
Date:	Sun Dec 15 16:32:14 PST 2002

10228 Fwd: Please sign on to this anti-war statement -- rank: 46

From: DavidMcR at aol.com Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 00:03:45 EST Subject: Please sign on to this anti-war statement Dear Friend, Please join Barbara Ehrenreich, Adolph Reed, Michael Albert, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Naomi Weisstein, Edward Said, Stephen Shalom, Katha Pollitt, John Leonard, Sue Leonard, James Weinstein, Daniel ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Dec 15 13:23:23 PST 2002

10229 Stan Goff, "Victories Overruled" -- rank: 46

Statement Of Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman http://www.fradical.com/statement_of_lieutenant_colonel_dave_Grossman.htm Before the New York State Legislature Case Study The Case Against Video Games I am Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, U.S. Army, (Retired). My expertise in the area of human aggression and violence includes ...

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

10230 Stan Goff, "Victories Overruled" -- rank: 46

>>>>Doug Henwood wrote: >>>Didn't you post something a while back - maybe even by Goff - >>>saying that modern training techniques have gotten firing rates >>>way up - that even in WW2, soldiers were reluctant to fire, but >>>thanks to operant conditioning, now they've got itchy fingers. >>Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >>That ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Sun Dec 15 09:56:38 PST 2002