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Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Santosh Helekar wrote: > Sonal Shah, a member of the Obama transition team was accused by a Marxist > intellectual named Vijay Prashad > on political grounds, which included claims that she was linked with the >worst symbols of fraud and criminality in > capitalism, and of violent intolerance in Hindu religious fundamentalism - > the Enron debacle and the 2002 carnage > against Muslims following the Godhra incident, respectively. Links such as > these when made against another intellectual, > Rashid Khalidi, one of Obama's Chicago acquaintances, Prashad himself had > railed against as a smear in an article entitled > "Smearing Rashid Khalidi" (http://www.counterpunch.org/prashad10302008.html). Santosh, What on earth is a "Marxist intellectual"? I did a goggle of the term and it seems like only two people have used it before. I did a search of "capitalist intellectual" for good measure, and came up with nothing. Mervyn3.0 __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/
