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[People.tribe.net] My Blog - tribe.net: It's very interesting how the words socialism and communism have been vilified by our culture, and by our government. Of course there have been tyrannical dictatorships that have not exactly been positive publicity for communism and socialism.
[Metafilter.com] Archives | MetaFilter: I was unable to come up with some flash item to go with martinis so instead posted this. "The draft constitution of Afghanistan seeks stability in an ethnically diverse country whose infrastructure barely survived 22 years of constant war.
[D-anconia.com] d’Anconia Online: In fact, though Jefferson and others never contemplated, much less endorsed, a biracial American society (based on their inherent categorization of the races), Franklin had spoken out against the claim that blacks were innately inferior or that racial categories were immutable. So while Jefferson's confidant used this opportunity to hasten the end of any debate on slavery forever in the Congress (by steering the language of key provisions resulting from committee reports on the Quaker petition), Franklin was arguing against the very foundation that made slavery impractical for the South.
[Blog.washingtonpost.com] Can Israel Defeat Hezbollah? - World Opinion Roundup: The first is the assassination in February 2005 of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, Mr Chirac's 'best friend abroad,' according to one of his advisers, an assassination probably planned, according to the initial observations of the international committee of inquiry, by Syrian and pro-Syrian Lebanese agents. The second is the ensuing Franco-US rapprochement.
[Markinbookreview.blogspot.com] AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY: August 2006: Many of the events such as the disputes within the Russian revolutionary movement, the attempts by the Western Powers to overthrow the Bolsheviks in the Civil War after their seizure of power and the struggle of the various tendencies inside the Russian Communist Party and in the Communist International discussed in the book may not be familiar to today's audience. Nevertheless one can still learn something from the strength of Trotsky's commitment to his cause and the fight to preserve his personal and political integrity against overwhelming odds.
[Katin] The Chomsky/Blankfort Polemic: Back in 1984, I was able to place an Israeli soldier, a reservist, who refused to serve in Lebanon, on the biggest radio talk show in San Francisco. He told the truth about the Lebanon war, that the Palestinians were not shelling Lebanon, and in second hour of the program, which was broadcast to a national audience, someone, with a strong accent, called and asked "who is responsible for putting this communist on the air?" The talk show host said that he was, but in fact it was the producer who had arranged for my friend to be on the air.
[LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts] Vale to Babylon IV: What allows America to act as it does is both a cultural unity, and an economic system which that cultural unity supports and feeds from. It is the image to the rest of the world that we place in the minds of billions which is before, and behind, any exposure to specific actions.
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