dear Leo, Thank you in advance for calling again for "spririted but civil debate" on this list. Personal and insulting attacks like "You really ought not to...
Jim, Why was the anti-war movement focused on the war against Iraq? Aren't we against all wars? My field is Africa and I'm an Africa advocate. I regularly do...
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Apr 25, 2003 5:47 pm
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I absolutely reject Itzhak's overt characterization of me as a "militant" and "Judeophobe." I refuse to accept his latest suggestion that I am "anti-Jewish."...
... Itzhak, I think Thomas has a point here, up to a point. He invoked a stereotype which has a reality (the late Meir Kahane, e.g.) not in order to smear all...
clowe@...
Apr 25, 2003 8:24 pm
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Normally, I don't like political poetry. But as didactic as this one is, it's pretty good as poetry goes. At least I think so. It's about apathy and ...
kirk@...
Apr 25, 2003 8:46 pm
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I know that the question of Israel and Palestine raises passions like no other issue here. As a consequence, our generally permissive standards of free...
Wasnt that Jeane Kirkpatrick defending the support of Somoza and ARENA? ... -- *********** Justice, not war. No more innocent victims. *********** The world is...
This is a great demonstration of how much harm is done by the airheaded actions of liberal people. I mean, for the love of pete, the 2000 ELECITON had a...
Thanks Chris! You state that my comment about "Torah-Kissing" was objectionable, and although I think I have explained the point of that statement, I accept...
It wasn't FDR. The late Illinois progressive Senator Paul Douglas said that a 1930s Chicago mayor told him that in defense of putting up a bad candidate for...
Michael Hirsch
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Apr 25, 2003 10:42 pm
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Andrew and others interested, I am not an expert on Cuba, but I am aware of the Stalinist influence on the Cuban government and am not a supporter of the Cuban...
In response to the San Friedman comment posted by Michael: I too am for real workers democracy and I agree that Cba does not have it, but that does not justify...
In opposing the 2 petiotions I am in no way supporting any actions of the Cuban govt. justified or not. I am saying the petitions aid our domestic enemy, the...
Chris: You got it. It was the "Torah kissing" part that made me hit the ceiling. Had Thomas written "and a gun toting [fundumentalist] or [messianic] or...
What about the poets, intellectuals, journalists and human rights activists who are now sitting in jail, most for 20+ years. Don't they count for anything?...
... So, therefore, you feel compelled to aid and comfort the fascist administration HERE. Excellent thinking. -- Bush patriotism honors the flag the way...
Thanks Irene. This is eloquent and valuable at this historical moment not only in regard to Cuba. Chris Lowe...
clowe@...
Apr 26, 2003 3:26 am
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Are there any persons on either/both these lists who knows German? I get stuff from the PDS and would be willing to forward it to the lists if there is...
Donald Todd
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Apr 26, 2003 4:36 am
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Donald Todd
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Apr 26, 2003 4:37 am
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When I make some remark on someone's apparent incapacity for respectable logical inferences, that is not an insult. It is a professional judgement, and I am...
Donald Todd
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Apr 26, 2003 4:37 am
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a perceptive portrait from one of America's best political reporters. Dave The Progressive magazine http://www.progressive.org The Progressive | May 2003 Issue...
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Apr 26, 2003 7:42 am
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San Francisco's finest Stalinoid. Neither Van Morrision, then of Them, singing G-L-O-R-I-A, or patti smith, could or would want to imagine this Gloria. A...
Newly found Iraqi files raise heat on British MP Documents indicate payments of more than $10 million for support of Labour Party official. By Philip Smucker |...
Criticism From Leftists Surprises Cuba Filed at 2:24 p.m. ET MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Carlos Fuentes called Cuba a ``suffocating dictatorship.'' Jose Saramago said...
... Yeah, sure blah-blah-blah. Don't suffocate up there where the oxygen is so scarce. -- Bush patriotism honors the flag the way Christmas sales honor Jesus....
"Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who lives part-time in Cuba, has been silent on the issue. But his magazine, Cambio, published an article...
"AI Index: ASA 16/013/2003 (Public) News Service No: 075 1 April 2003 Myanmar: Limited human rights improvements -- serious concerns persist Almost two months...
Excellent Nation column by Alterman on Bush vs. real domestic security. This is the kind of stuff the Dems should be playing up. --Andy English "The Spirit of...
If Castro want to reduce chances of a US invasion, then he needs to reverse course and democratize, and win back the friends the Cuban revolution used to have...
