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Pance Stojkovski | 1 Apr 01:40
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Azmi Bishara on Israeli Apartheid

From the launch event in Soweto this year. An excellent speech.

http://www.canadiandimension.com/blog/2008/03/azmi-bishara-on-israeli-aparth
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Pance.

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Greg McDonald | 1 Apr 01:42
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Ecuador sues Colombia over anti-drug spraying

Ecuador sues Colombia over anti-drug spraying

Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:20pm EDT
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN3141011820080331

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador said on Monday it had sued Colombia in  
international court over drug crop fumigation along its frontier in  
reaction to a Colombian raid that killed a rebel leader across the  
border earlier this month.

The March 1 bomb attack on a Colombian rebel camp inside Ecuador has  
frayed ties between both countries, and briefly raised the threat of  
war after Ecuador and Venezuela moved troops to their borders with  
Colombia.

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa had warned he would take action  
against Colombia on Monday and tensions between the Andean neighbors  
remained high after Quito accused Bogota of waging a smear campaign  
to tie Correa to the leftist rebels.

"Ecuador asks the court to declare Colombia's air fumigation a  
violation of Ecuador's sovereignty," Foreign Minister Maria Salvador  
told reporters in Quito.

Ecuadorean authorities have put their case before the International  
Court of Justice in the Hague, she said.

The minister demanded Colombia halt all fumigation near the border  
and pay the government compensation for more than 7 years of spraying
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Louis Proyect | 1 Apr 02:59
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Doug Henwood on Barack Obama

http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Obama.html

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Dbachmozart | 1 Apr 04:27
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Re: The relentless and obsessive opposition to Obama


Walter writes --

The relentless and obsessive opposition to Obama which we see on
the  Internet by some on the ultraleft side of the political world
is indeed quite  telling. None of the critics of Obama seem to be
investing any time or energy  in opposition to Clinton or McCain.

reply -

So to criticize Obama and his Clintonesque program is ultra left?  Obamaism, 
not McCain or Hillary Clinton is co-opting the left, that is why  we oppose 
it, as we have with every Democrat "lesser evil". Was Walter  "relentless and 
obsessive" when he opposed McGovern in 1972, Kennedy in  1980, Gore in 2000, 
Kerry in 2004?? That's what the liberal Democrats would have  accused him of. 
Once again, it is mind blowing that this ABC of Marxism has  to be repeated - on 
a Marxist discussion list!

Walter -

The Obamaphobes have set themselves on a virtual jihad against 
what  they have decided are the illusions of others. It's tiring
to be lectured  about our alleged illusions by the self-appointed
guardians of our souls.  These people, presumably, consider that
they, of course, are completely free  of illusions while we are
suffering under the weight of our illusions. We are  sick, we are
ill, according to these voices, while they are healthy and  quite
lacking in illusions, they self-congratulatorily pat themselves
on  the back.
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Walter Lippmann | 1 Apr 04:50
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Re: The relentless and obsessive opposition to Obama

Have a nice day, Dennis.

I'm sure that you enjoy
thinking that this is a
form of discussion, but
it isn't. 

Best wishes,

Walter Lippmann
Last night in Nueva York.

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>From: Dbachmozart <at> aol.com
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>To: walterlx <at> earthlink.net
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>All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it  is 
>violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." Arthur  
>Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
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     WALTER LIPPMANN
     Los Angeles, California
     Editor-in-Chief, CubaNews
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/
     "Cuba - Un Paraíso bajo el bloqueo"
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Shane Mage | 1 Apr 04:58
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Re: The relentless and obsessive opposition to Obama


On Mar 31, 2008, at 10:27 PM, Dbachmozart <at> aol.com wrote:
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> ...Certainly white racism vis a vis Obama, and sexism vis a vis  
> Clinton are
> behind a good deal of the criticism that their candidacies have been  
> subjected  to...

The racist attacks on Obama are obvious, ranging from the blatant (the  
Wright videos) to the direct (Limbaugh recruiting white Republicans  
for Frau Clinton) to the barely disguised (Herr Clinton, Ferraro,  
Carville).  In contradistinction, I have yet to see anything sexist in  
the commentary about her.  There is nothing "historic" about an  
American Thatcher.  For an African-American to become president of  
this slavery-conceived country would be historic indeed.  This  
cavalier equating of Clinton and Obama, leading to preferential  
condemnation of Obama, is indeed indicative of profound inability to  
see the actual political ferment at work.

Shane Mage

"Thunderbolt steers all things...it consents and does not consent to  
be called Zeus."

Herakleitos of Ephesos

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Louis Proyect | 1 Apr 05:12
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Re: The relentless and obsessive opposition to Obama

Shane Mage wrote:
>In contradistinction, I have yet to see anything sexist in
>the commentary about her.

Ha, that's really funny! Great joke. 

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Dbachmozart | 1 Apr 05:21
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EGYPT: Can't Wait a Generation to Eat


CAIRO - A World Bank official said this month it could take as long as  "a 
generation" for the effects of Egypt's recent economic growth to be felt by  the 
poorest segments of the population. But as "neo-liberal" economists urge  
patience, retail prices for essential foodstuffs continue to skyrocket,  
stretching many household salaries to breaking  point.
<http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41744>

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Walter Lippmann | 1 Apr 05:42
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Re: The relentless and obsessive opposition to Obama

Wonderful commentary by Mumia on Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Jr.:
http://www.prisonradio.org/MumiaCrazyUncleKing.htm
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So it's not only the positive things which Obama says and does,
it's the vacuous paucity of ideas from the Clinton campaign 
which is stoking so much energy against her. Certainly there
is an element of sexist prejudice against women involved, but
she has made herself so obvious a target.

Also wonderful to watch as so many of the ruling class pundits
line up either for Obama or against Clinton. The NY Daily News
endorsed Clinton, but runs stinging columns against her like
that by conservative music and cultural critic Stanley Crouch
published in today's print edition (March 31, 2008):
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/columnists/crouch/index.html 

Here's a sample of the anti-Clinton comments from the WSJ:

The Wall Street Journal   	    	

March 28, 2008
	
DECLARATIONS
By PEGGY NOONAN 	

Getting Mrs. Clinton
March 28, 2008; Page W18

I think we've reached a signal point in the campaign. This is the
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Dbachmozart | 1 Apr 06:08
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UPDATE FROM THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA


http://electronicIntifada.net
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Palestine  : Opinion/Editorial:

THE SENATOR, HIS PASTOR AND THE ISRAEL LOBBY
By  Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 31 March 2008

For months, even  before most Americans had heard of
Senator Barack Obama's pastor, Reverend  Jeremiah Wright,
prominent pro-Israel activists were hounding Obama  over
Wright's views on Israel and ties to Nation of Islam
leader Louis  Farrakhan. In January, Abraham Foxman,
National Director of the  Anti-Defamation League, demanded
that Obama denounce Farrakhan as an  anti-Semite. The
senator duly did so, but that was not enough.  EI
co-founder Ali Abunimah  comments.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9427.shtml

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Palestine  : Multimedia:

CROSSING THE LINE INTERVIEWS JOURNALIST JONATHAN  COOK
Podcast, The Electronic Intifada, 31 March 2008

This week on  Crossing the Line: According to much of the
international media, Israeli  Deputy Defense Minister Matan
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