Re: M-TH: British intervention in Sierra Leone

2000-05-12 Thread Chris Burford
At 08:43 12/05/00 +0100, you wrote: >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris >Burford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > > > What Jim is > >opposing is any discrimination between the different actions of imperialist > >powers as to which are progressive and which are not. This is childish > >leftism, ridi

M-TH: Re: British intervention in Sierra Leone

2000-05-12 Thread Rob Schaap
G'day Jim, Sez you: >As I read it Lenin's characterisation of imperialism was not simply a >euphemism for military intervention, but precisely the predomination of >capitalism's reactionary side over its progressive. Lenin proposes as an >example of the progressive side, the application of scien

Re: M-TH: Third Socialist Councillor elected in Britain

2000-05-12 Thread David Welch
On Wed, 10 May 2000, Socialist Party wrote: > > Would this be the democratic right to stand under the name of a long-time > pre-existing party? > I think anyone considering voting for either the SPGB or Socialist Party (aka Militant) would be able to tell them apart. What is not democratic is

M-TH: COMP: Honor System Virus (mutation)

2000-05-12 Thread Hugh Rodwell
=== This virus works on the honor system If you are running a Macintosh, OS/2, Unix, or Linux computer, please randomly delete several files from your hard disk drive and forward this message to everyone you know. = ---

Re: M-TH: British intervention in Sierra Leone

2000-05-12 Thread Jim heartfield
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris Burford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > What Jim is >opposing is any discrimination between the different actions of imperialist >powers as to which are progressive and which are not. This is childish >leftism, ridiculed by Lenin. Progressive imperialism? I