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7081 [lbo-talk] reply to Ulhas - as Shiv Sena & prospects for India: In 2218 &2219: Indology: Vandalism and preservation -- rank: 46

Hi Ulhas: You pointed out that the Shiv Sena are openly fascist. But I think you will not be surprised that I might at least challenge his view that: I) The Shiv Sena is a minority force of little consequence; or that: II) That nationalism is a pent force in India ...

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Author:	Hari Kumar
Date:	Sun Jan 18 09:55:33 PST 2004

7082 [lbo-talk] Tips For Limiting The KB Size Of Your Posts -- rank: 46

... have to be approved, so the work of the volume police has gotten easier as well. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Jan 17 10:46:20 PST 2004

7083 [lbo-talk] conspiracies, not theories -- rank: 46

To avoid the problems of a previous thread, i propose to discuss about plain facts, not deductions or suppositions, like this article, which reaches quite disturbing conclusions. If we self censor ourselves fearing to be labeled conspiraciest, we are playing the conspiracist game :-) >From a radical point of view, dismissing conspiracies ...

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Author:	overqualified
Date:	Sat Jan 17 02:35:03 PST 2004

7084 [lbo-talk] the autumn of the communes? -- rank: 46

It's a mighty good thing people don't read, innit. That way, they'll just take your word for it. Nice trick, that. Contra Doug's claim, the author does not argue that communes are full fledged economic system s or even full fledged communes. Rather, the function of a ...

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Author:	shag carpet bomb
Date:	Sat Oct 29 04:58:50 PDT 2011

7085 [lbo-talk] Sean Penn in Iraq -- rank: 46

Excellent. Politically sharp, great storyteller, funny and alive to the complexities, tragedies, hopes and drama. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi- bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/01/15/DDGPB49B271.DTL or http://tinyurl.com/3gzbo My Dad worked for Computer Sciences Corp., mentioned below, for a couple yrs. in the ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Thu Jan 15 18:42:45 PST 2004

7086 [lbo-talk] Chalmers Johnson On America's Empire Of Bases -- rank: 46

An excellent essay which provides us with a solid, down-to-earth explanation of what sort of empire the US is. That is to say, nearly everyone uses *empire* these days, but few seem to have a concrete idea of the architectural details. I believe this essay helps fill in some ...

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Author:	Dwayne Monroe
Date:	Thu Jan 15 07:41:45 PST 2004

7087 [lbo-talk] occupation and situationists was Re: enemy's turf -- rank: 46

... same as that of the liberal mayor of San Diego - police batons and teargas grenades. Jim Farmelant http://independent.academia.edu ...

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Author:	Jim Farmelant
Date:	Sat Oct 29 08:40:15 PDT 2011

7088 [lbo-talk] Nah, they're not Nazis.. -- rank: 46

...that would be to insult the memory of the survivors of the Nazi Holocaust. Actually, the real insult to their memory is this retro colonial settler 'entity', for which no one is under any moral obligation to recognize as the legitimate state of Jews, Israelis or anybody else outside a ...

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Author:	Brad Mayer
Date:	Tue Jan 13 10:59:09 PST 2004

7089 [lbo-talk] USS Liberty inquiry--the cover-up continues -- rank: 46

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [PEN-L] USS Liberty inquiry--the cover-up continues Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:21:53 -0800 From: "Craven, Jim" <JCraven at CLARK.EDU> Reply-To: PEN-L list <PEN-L at SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU> To: PEN-L at SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Tempers flare over US ...

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Author:	joanna bujes
Date:	Tue Jan 13 11:18:15 PST 2004

7090 [lbo-talk] How the state (and high oil prices) consolidated Russian capitalism - Part I -- rank: 46

Below an interesting analysis by Financial Times' correspondents Neil Buckley and Arkady Ostrovsky of the reassertion of state control over the Russian economy. The process was never aimed at the restoration of the publicly-owned and planned economy of the USSR, but at placing nascent post-Soviet Russian capitalism on more ...

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Author:	Marvin Gandall
Date:	Sun Jun 18 17:56:46 PDT 2006

7091 [lbo-talk] How the state (and high oil prices) consolidated Russian capitalism - Part II -- rank: 46

(Continued from Part I) As the Yeltsin-era oligarchs have declined, the "state" oligarchs have emerged. One reason is Mr Putin's propensity for using trusted acquaintances or former KGB colleagues in every aspect of his attempt to re-establish state power. He packed the presidential administration and government with ...

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Author:	Marvin Gandall
Date:	Sun Jun 18 17:57:38 PDT 2006

7092 [lbo-talk] WSJrnl: Morgan Stanley tax farming in China -- rank: 46

They're picking up bad loans for about a nickel on the dollar. The court system is used more to incur political costs and embarrassment than for enforcement. ------------------------------ In China, Foreign Firms Chip Away at Mountain Of Bad, Overdue Debt By KAREN RICHARDSON and KARBY LEGGETT 1/13/04 NANKOU VILLAGE ...

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Author:	RE
Date:	Tue Jan 13 05:08:30 PST 2004

7093 Serbs dug in; Blair isolated -- rank: 46

Times (London) - May 21 1999 Relentless bombing fails to cut Serb strength in Kosovo BY MICHAEL EVANS, TOM BALDWIN AND PHILIP WEBSTER SERB troops in Kosovo have suffered only "light casualties" after eight weeks of Nato bombing, although the daily attacks are substantially restricting their movements, Ministry of Defence sources admitted ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu May 20 20:36:02 PDT 1999

7094 [lbo-talk] Mid East studies: academic politics redux -- rank: 46

Middle East Studies Under Scrutiny in U.S. Watchdog Groups Allege Left-Wing Bias By Michael Dobbs Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, January 13, 2004; Page A01 When Rashid Khalidi took over the newly established Edward Said Chair of Middle East Studies at Columbia University last fall, the appointment was generally ...

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Author:	Eubulides
Date:	Mon Jan 12 22:00:36 PST 2004

7095 [lbo-talk] "The Earth of Priyatin," by Ilya Ehrenburg -- rank: 46

... been prepared there. They undressed the Jews. The Germans and police then separated th

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Thu Jun 22 08:00:16 PDT 2006