Re: M-TH: Livingstone stands in London

2000-03-06 Thread Hugh Rodwell
Chris B informs us that Ken Livingstone has taken the plunge, broken his word, and announced he is standing for the new post of Mayor of London, against the official Labour candidate Frank Dobson. Very briefly cos I'm absolutely whacked... While Livingstone has indeed gone back on what he said

M-TH: Lionel Jospin; Bad Faith and Duplicity

2000-03-06 Thread Tony Abdo
In this commentary by Edward Said, he centers his attack against the betrayal of the European Left historically, along with its latest manifestation in Lebanon. However, the "bad faith and duplicity" of the Left extends to the American Left, too. And left unmentioned, is the passive

M-TH: VISA new Maoite communist movement family tree

2000-03-06 Thread Gerald Levy
(snip) Also sometimes called the modern anti-revisionist movement, it was largely Maoist in its flavor.) Peace Eric Odell PERFORM CPR ON YOUR APR! Get a NextCard Visa, in 30 seconds! Get rates as low as 0.0% Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR and no hidden fees. Apply NOW! "[C]apital

Re: M-TH: VISA new Maoite communist movement family tree

2000-03-06 Thread Michael Pugliese
Hope your making an ironic comment, Gerald. And is your suffix, "ite, "instead of , "ist, " an unconscious echo of the stalinist usage of trotskyite, rather than trotskyist? The listserv this was taken from on the onelist.com website, just like egroups.com or deja.com, always puts those

M-TH: Re: [PEN-L:16920] Livingstone stands in London

2000-03-06 Thread Chris Burford
At 00:15 07/03/00 +, I wrote: A snap telephone opinion poll for the Guardian tonight reports him to be over 40 % ahead of his nearest rival, Dobson, who has 13%, with the Conservative candidate Norris on 11%. Whoops! I have already slandered him. It must be my New Labour proclivities!

M-TH: Livingstone stands in London

2000-03-06 Thread Chris Burford
Ken Livingstone has taken the plunge, broken his word, and announced he is standing for the new post of Mayor of London, against the official Labour candidate Frank Dobson. A snap telephone opinion poll for the Guardian tonight reports him to be over 40 % ahead of his nearest rival, Dobson, who

Re: M-TH: Fw: [marxist] new communist movement family tree!

2000-03-06 Thread Chris Burford
Subject: [marxist] new communist movement family tree! Interesting concept. Could also be applied to e-mail lists. But where is the ruthless battle against revisionism and opportunism in this frankly pluralistic description of marxist history? Is it not an invitation for everyone to join