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14416 [lbo-talk] Madeleine Bunting on the social history of UK Miripuris -- rank: 46

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1530581,00.html Monday July 18, 2005 The Guardian Orphans of Islam The history of Britain's Mirpur population may help to explain why some became suicide bombers Madeleine Bunting The room is packed, the discussions go on way beyond the allotted ...

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Author:	Michael Pollak
Date:	Fri Jul 22 09:35:07 PDT 2005

14417 [lbo-talk] Castro supporters mob dissident homes -- rank: 46

Reuters.com Castro supporters mob dissident homes Fri Aug 12, 2005 HAVANA, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Supporters of President Fidel Castro staged angry demonstrations outside the homes of two dissidents on Friday in response to the Cuban leader's call to block opposition activity. About 100 people chanted "Fidel, Fidel" outside the ...

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Author:	uvj at vsnl.com
Date:	Tue Sep 27 16:33:43 PDT 2005

14418 [lbo-talk] Cindy Sheehan Arrested at White House -- rank: 46

Yes, it was a bad idea to arrest Sheehan. It was also a great idea for the administration, and the event should remind us that anyone who interferes with the propaganda message of the day/week/month WILL be taken care of, whether by arrest, murder, or co-optation. One can ...

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Author:	amadeus amadeus
Date:	Wed Sep 28 06:23:18 PDT 2005

14419 [lbo-talk] Changing to Win? -- rank: 46

Washington Post - September 27, 2005 Anna Burger to Head Breakaway Labor Group Coalition hopes to reverse setbacks and organize more women and minorities. By Thomas B. Edsall In 1972, the year Anna Burger started a wildcat strike of Philadelphia social workers, organized labor did not look like a promising career for ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 28 07:02:01 PDT 2005

14420 [lbo-talk] Lyndie England -- rank: 46

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: I think you missed his point, Doug. We are a nation of "twinkie defense" excuse makers - there is an army of professional excuse makers supplying every imaginable excuse for every conceivable kind of slack, delinquency, vice, or dereliction of duty. The bottom line is, however, that people should ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 28 10:40:58 PDT 2005

14421 [lbo-talk] Modern reading comprehension via FB -- rank: 46

... am worried though about one of the narratives that the police forced the group onto the bridge. If my reading of ...

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Author:	// ravi
Date:	Sun Oct 2 06:09:08 PDT 2011

14422 East Timor and Kosovo -- rank: 46

I can't imagine any argument against both. Both I would call for. Steve On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Chris Burford wrote: > Steve wrote clearly, > > >Why not start with a demand that the West, i.e. the US, immediately cease > >all military aid to Indonesai right away. Were the US even ...

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Author:	Stephen E Philion
Date:	Mon Sep 6 15:21:20 PDT 1999

14423 [lbo-talk] Lyndie England -- rank: 46

Doug quoted: > What we've all learned from Tailhook and from the > Air Force Academy rape revelations and from > Watergate and from My Lai, what we've learned but > what we need to keep relearning is: always ask > about the entire organizational decision-making > process, the entire institutional culture. What > is ...

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Wed Sep 28 11:00:41 PDT 2005

14424 [lbo-talk] Mexican peasants save forest after several deaths -- rank: 46

(Also, apparently Czechoslovakia is legalizing prostitution? -B.) ---- http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/environment_mexico_dc;_ylt=Atgj2kUN4T2zpmQEwAaU_vIDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl Peasants pay with blood to save Mexico forest By Lorraine Orlandi Thu Jul 21, 8:20 AM ET Reyna Mojica saw her two boys shot to death just weeks ...

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Author:	B.
Date:	Thu Jul 21 11:01:19 PDT 2005

14425 [lbo-talk] Western states have created the biggest wars in history -- rank: 46

... that was dealt them is down to them. And the brutality imposed upon them from outside was easily a match for ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Thu Jul 21 09:12:08 PDT 2005

14426 [lbo-talk] London bombs 21st July. -- rank: 46

... experience of the 7th. I see from this link that "Police advise London workers to stagger their journeys home." I suspect ...

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Author:	Carl Remick
Date:	Thu Jul 21 09:08:08 PDT 2005

14427 [lbo-talk] New explosions on London tube -- rank: 46

... as he ran into a park, the BBC report said. Police then cordoned off the area." PC N P Childs 'I ...

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Author:	paul childs
Date:	Thu Jul 21 07:53:54 PDT 2005

14428 [lbo-talk] Western states have created the biggest wars in history (was fartback) -- rank: 46

... violence > sometimes coming from local factors such as criminals and police, and other times > coming from the wars they're fighting ...

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Wed Jul 20 15:17:18 PDT 2005

14429 East Timor and Kosovo -- rank: 46

Steve wrote clearly, >Why not start with a demand that the West, i.e. the US, immediately cease >all military aid to Indonesai right away. Were the US even willing to do >that much, we might see Indonesian generals finding ways to sway the >militias to cool it. > >Indonesia is far ...

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Author:	Chris Burford
Date:	Mon Sep 6 14:51:49 PDT 1999

14430 [lbo-talk] Western states have created the biggest wars in history ( was fartback) -- rank: 46

... violence sometimes coming from local factors such as criminals and police, and other times coming from the wars they're fighting ...

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Author:	Dwayne Monroe
Date:	Wed Jul 20 10:12:42 PDT 2005