[R-G] Re: Rad-Green digest, Vol 1 #182 - 8 msgs
Shifra Lawner
revshif at taconic.net
Mon Oct 7 04:58:47 MDT 2002
your entire newsletter was unintelligible - see below
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> 1. Venezuela's President Says New Coup Plot Against Him Was Foiled
(shniad at sfu.ca)
> 2. 10,000 Dockworkers Are Counting On Us (shniad at sfu.ca)
> 3. Pro-Israel Group Puts Academics In Its Site (shniad at sfu.ca)
> 4. The Case for Regime Change (Macdonald Stainsby)
> 5. No Case for War Against Iraq! and Lessons from Ontario (Macdonald
Stainsby)
> 6. Thousands gather in Central Park against war (ProletarianNews)
> 7. NYT: Venezuela's President Says New Coup Plot Against Him Was Foiled
(Macdonald Stainsby)
> 8. Thousands rally for peace in San Francisco (ProletarianNews)
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> Message: 1
> To: shniad at sfu.ca
> From: shniad at sfu.ca
> Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 14:45:59 PDT
> Subject: [R-G] Venezuela's President Says New Coup Plot Against Him Was
Foiled
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> Message: 2
> To: shniad at sfu.ca
> From: shniad at sfu.ca
> Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 14:46:46 PDT
> Subject: [R-G] 10,000 Dockworkers Are Counting On Us
> Reply-To: rad-green at lists.econ.utah.edu
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> Message: 3
> To: shniad at sfu.ca
> From: shniad at sfu.ca
> Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 14:47:36 PDT
> Subject: [R-G] Pro-Israel Group Puts Academics In Its Site
> Reply-To: rad-green at lists.econ.utah.edu
>
> The Washington Post October 6, 2002
>
> Pro-Israel Group Puts Academics In Its Site
>
> Web Dossiers Decried as McCarthyism
>
> Ron Todt, Associated Press
>
> PHILADELPHIA - A pro-Israel organization has set up a Web site to monitor
> professors and universities for pro-Arab, anti-Israel bias -- a move some
> academics are decrying as campus McCarthyism and attempted intimidation.
>
> The Philadelphia-based Middle East Forum said it organized the Campus
Watch
> site to counter what it considers pervasive bias in universities' Middle
> Eastern studies.
>
> The site names schools and specific professors. Forum director Daniel
Pipes
> said the think tank hopes to eventually monitor 250 North American
academic
> institutions. "Our goal is to monitor, critique and improve Middle East
> studies," Pipes said. "We're not at universities because our views are not
> welcome. We're trying to create an alternative voice within the field."
>
> Scholars whose articles are compiled into dossiers on the Web site include
> Hamid Dabashi and Joseph Massad of Columbia, John Esposito of Georgetown,
> Juan Cole of the University of Michigan and Snehal Shingavi of University
of
>
> California at Berkeley. Dossiers on those institutions as well as on a
dozen
>
> others are also listed, including Stanford, Northeastern, the University
of
> Chicago and the University of North Carolina.
>
> Opponents immediately called the effort "McCarthy-like" and an attempt to
> stifle opposition to U.S. policy in the Middle East. Professors listed on
> the site said they were bombarded with e-mail over the weekend.
>
> In a show of support for those named on the site, about 100 other
academics
> have asked to be added to the list.
>
> Judith Butler, a gender theorist at Berkeley, wrote that she would like to
> be included in the list of U.S. academics "who oppose the Israeli
occupation
>
> and its brutality, actively support Palestinian rights of
> self-determination" and support an informed view of Islam.
>
> The Campus Watch site accuses American Middle Eastern scholars of
generally
> being biased against the United States and being apologists for unfriendly
> regimes.
>
> University of Chicago historian Rashid Khalidi, who is quoted on the Web
> site as sympathizing with the Palestinian cause, said the site is "slimy"
> and is intended to chill opposition.
>
> "What they're trying to do is exclude from public debate opinions that go
> against the neo-conservative consensus that dominates discussion of policy
> on Iraq or policy on the Israeli conflict by smearing us and calling us
> aliens," he said.
>
> Pipes said he will not remove a "Keep Us Informed" page on the site that
> opponents say is an attempt to get students to turn in their professors.
He
> said it gives students a place to complain about mistreatment.
>
> "What you have in university is exclusion of alternate points of view,"
> Pipes said. "You've got to subscribe to the party line and then you can
make
>
> your career; if you don't, you're out."
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 15:08:35 -0700
> From: Macdonald Stainsby <mstainsby at tao.ca>
> To: Rad Green <rad-green at lists.econ.utah.edu>
> Subject: [R-G] The Case for Regime Change
> Reply-To: rad-green at lists.econ.utah.edu
>
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory2&u=3D/020927/7/2bxul.ht=
> ml
>
> September 26, 2002
>
> Op/Ed
>
> The Case for Regime Change
>
> By Ted Rall
>
> NEW YORK--Making the case for United Nations ( news - web sites)
> intervention against the United States, Iranian President Mohammad Kh=
> atami (
> news - web sites) told the organization yesterday that military actio=
> n will
> be "unavoidable" unless the U.S. agrees to destroy its weapons of mas=
> s
> destruction.
>
> In a much-anticipated speech to a special session of the U.N. General
> Assembly held in Brussels, Khatami launched a blistering attack again=
> st
> American leader George W. Bush, accusing him of defying U.N. resoluti=
> ons and
> using his country's wealth to line the pockets of wealthy cronies at =
> a time
> when the people of his country make do without such basic social prog=
> rams as
> national health insurance.
>
> "Nearly two years ago, the civilized world watched as this evil and c=
> orrupt
> dictator subverted the world's oldest representative democracy in an =
> illegal
> coup d'=E9tat," said Khatami. "Since then the Bush regime has continu=
> ed
> America's systematic repression of ethnic and religious minorities an=
> d
> threatened international peace and security throughout the world. Tho=
> usands
> of political opponents and ordinary citizens have been subjected to
> arbitrary arrest and imprisonment. Basic civil rights have been viola=
> ted.
> This rogue state has flouted the international community on legal, ec=
> onomic
> and environmental issues. It has even ignored the Geneva Conventions =
> on the
> treatment of prisoners of war by denying that its illegal invasion of
> Afghanistan ( news - web sites)--which has had a destabilizing influe=
> nce
> throughout Central Asia--was a war at all."
>
> Khatami said the U.S. possesses the world's largest arsenal of nuclea=
> r
> weapons, weapons "that, when first developed, were used immediately t=
> o kill
> half a million innocent civilians just months after acquiring them. N=
> o
> nation that has committed nuclear genocide can be entrusted with weap=
> ons of
> mass destruction."
>
> "Bush has invaded Afghanistan and is now threatening Iraq. We cannot =
> stand
> by and do nothing while danger gathers. We can't allow this tyrant to=
> strike
> first. We have an obligation to act pre-emptively to protect the worl=
> d from
> this evildoer," Khatami said.
>
> As delegates punctuated his words with bursts of applause, Khatami no=
> ted
> that U.S. intelligence agencies had helped establish and fund the wor=
> ld's
> most virulent terrorist organizations, including Al Qaeda, and the Ta=
> liban
> regime that harbored them. "The U.S. created the Islamist extremists =
> who
> attacked its people on September 11,2001," he stated, "and Bush's
> illegitimate junta cynically exploited those attacks to repress polit=
> ical
> dissidents, make sweetheart deals with politically-connected corporat=
> ions
> and revive 19th century-style colonial imperialism."
>
> Khatami asked the U.N. to set a deadline for Bush to step down in fav=
> or of
> president-in-exile Al Gore ( news - web sites), the legitimate winner=
> of the
> 2000 election, the results of which were subverted through widespread=
> voting
> irregularities and intimidation. "We favor not regime change, but rat=
> her
> restoration and liberation," he said. In addition, Khatami said, the =
> U.S.
> must dismantle its weapons of mass destruction, guarantee basic human=
> rights
> to all citizens and agree to abide by international law or "face the
> consequences."
>
> Most observers agree that those "consequences" would likely include a
> prolonged bombing campaign targeting major U.S. cities and military
> installations, followed by a ground invasion led by European
> forces."Civilian casualties would likely be substantial," said a Fren=
> ch
> military analyst. "But the American people must be liberated from tyr=
> anny."
>
>
> Khatami's charges, which were detailed in a dossier prepared by Frenc=
> h
> President Jacques Chirac, were dismissed by a representative of the A=
> merican
> strongman as "lies, half-truths and misguided beliefs, motivated by t=
> he
> desire to control a country with oil, natural gas and other natural
> resources." National Security Minister Condoleezza Rice ( news - web =
> sites)
> denied that the U.S. maintains weapons of mass destruction and invite=
> d U.N.
> inspectors to visit Washington to "see for themselves that our weapon=
> s are
> designed only to keep the peace, subject of course to full respect fo=
> r
> American sovereignty."
>
> The U.N. is expected to reject any conditions for or restrictions on =
> arms
> inspections.
>
> Experts believe that the liberation of the United States will require=
> a
> large ground force of European and other international troops, follow=
> ed by a
> massive rebuilding program costing billions of euros. "Even before Bu=
> sh, the
> American political system was a shambles," said Prof. Salvatore Delun=
> a of
> the University of Madrid. "Their single-party plutocracy will have to=
> be
> reshaped into true parliamentary-style democracy. Moreover, the econo=
> my will
> have to be retooled from its current military dictatorship model--in =
> which a
> third of the federal budget goes to arms, and taxes are paid almost
> exclusively by the working class--to one in which basic human needs s=
> uch as
> education and poverty are addressed. Their infrastructure is a mess; =
> they
> don't even have a national passenger train system. Fixing a failed st=
> ate of
> this size will require many years."
>
> -------------------------------------------
> Macdonald Stainsby
> http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/rad-green
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> In the contradiction lies the hope.
> --Bertholt Brecht
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 15:38:57 -0700
> From: Macdonald Stainsby <mstainsby at tao.ca>
> To: Rad Green <rad-green at lists.econ.utah.edu>
> Subject: [R-G] No Case for War Against Iraq! and Lessons from Ontario
> Reply-To: rad-green at lists.econ.utah.edu
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "working TV" <workingtv at telus.net>
>
> NEW ON THE WEB FROM working TV
>
> NO CASE FOR WAR!
> http://www.workingtv.com/nocaseforwar.html
>
> Former United Nations Chief Weapons Inspector in Iraq, Scott Ritter,
speaks out
> against Bush administration war propaganda, taped Friday October 4 in
Vancouver.
> Includes MP Svend Robinson ( Burnaby-Douglas, NDP ).
>
> In RealVideo, RealAudio and Windows Media Player formats.
>
>
> LESSONS FROM ONTARIO
> http://www.workingtv.com/ontariolessons.html
>
> With the Campbell Government planning increased privatization of health
care in
> this province, the BC Nurses' Union brought Health Coalition activists
from
> Ontario to a public meeting in Nanaimo, to describe their experience.
>
> In RealVideo, RealAudio and Windows Media Player formats.
> -------------------------------------------
> Macdonald Stainsby
> http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/rad-green
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> --
> In the contradiction lies the hope.
> --Bertholt Brecht
>
>
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 18:43:11 -0400
> From: ProletarianNews <bstoller at utopia2000.org>
> To: ANTINATO at topica.com, rad-green at lists.econ.utah.edu,
> AWIP at lists.mutualaid.org
> Subject: [R-G] Thousands gather in Central Park against war
> Reply-To: rad-green at lists.econ.utah.edu
>
> ABC. 6 October 2002. Thousands of anti-war protesters converge on
> Central Park.
>
> NEW YORK -- Around 20,000 people have converged on New York's Central
> Park to voice their opposition to a possible war against Iraq.
>
> The protest was one of over 20 held across the United States organised
> by the group Not in Our Name.
>
> Protesters gave a pledge of resistance not to allow their government to
> wage endless war in their name.
>
> The attendance at the gathering ranges from university students to the
> elderly to young families.
>
> Participants vowed that war against Iraq would not be waged in their
> names.
>
> Similar rallies have been held all over the US, from California to
Wisconsin.
>
> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
>
> ProletarianNews
> http://www.utopia2000.org
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 17:02:10 -0700
> From: Macdonald Stainsby <mstainsby at tao.ca>
> To: Rad Green <rad-green at lists.econ.utah.edu>
> Subject: [R-G] NYT: Venezuela's President Says New Coup Plot Against Him
Was Foiled
> Reply-To: rad-green at lists.econ.utah.edu
>
>
> The New York Times October 6, 2002
>
> Venezuela's President Says New Coup Plot Against Him Was Foiled
>
> CARACAS - President Hugo Ch=E1vez, who six months ago survived a bung=
> led coup
> by rebel officers, said today that his government had foiled another =
> attempt
> to topple him as fears of fresh upheaval rattled the world's fifth-la=
> rgest
> oil exporter.
>
> Mr. Ch=E1vez, a retired paratrooper who faces fierce opposition to hi=
> s
> left-leaning rule, said security officials had uncovered a plot by mi=
> litary
> officers and civilians to destabilize the country within the next wee=
> k.
>
> "We have stopped a coup; I have little doubt about that," Mr. Ch=E1ve=
> z,
> accompanied by top cabinet ministers, told a meeting of mayors and go=
> vernors
> here.
>
> "Though we aborted this one, the threat from fascist coup-plotters an=
> d
> reactionaries has not disappeared and we must remain alert 24 hours
> everyday," he said.
>
> The capital, Caracas, remained calm and residents were going about th=
> eir
> daily business as the National Guard and military police sent small p=
> atrols
> onto the streets. Mr. Ch=E1vez said the government had beefed up secu=
> rity
> because of a strike over pay by metropolitan police officers.
>
> Six months after the coup in April, Venezuela is mired in political t=
> urmoil
> as persistent rumors of military rebellion and tensions between the
> president's supporters and opponents keep the nation on edge.
>
> Mr. Ch=E1vez, who has often denounced conspiracies and vague coup plo=
> ts, did
> not provide details on how the alleged plotters planned to oust him. =
> But he
> said an army officer who took part in meetings at which the plan was
> discussed had alerted officials to a scheme to overthrow him sometime=
> before
> Oct. 10.
>
> Mr. Ch=E1vez said security officials had searched the home of Enrique=
> Tejera
> Paris, the former foreign minister, whom the president accused of lea=
> ding
> the plot. Mr. Paris was not arrested, but remained under investigatio=
> n.
>
> Agents found pamphlets and documents referring to a coup and plans fo=
> r a new
> government, the president said. Mr. Paris, an octogenarian law profes=
> sor,
> told reporters he was not part of a conspiracy against Mr. Ch=E1vez.
>
> The announcement came as opposition leaders, scrambling for ways to r=
> emove
> Ch=E1vez from power before his mandate ends in 2007, were preparing a=
> large
> antigovernment march on Oct. 10. Union and business leaders have said=
> they
> would call a national economic shutdown to demand that the president =
> resign.
>
>
> Elected in 1998 with promises to ease poverty, Mr. Ch=E1vez is now lo=
> cked in a
> political battle with critics who blame his interventionist policies =
> for
> driving Venezuela into recession. They accuse the fiery, populist pre=
> sident
> of autocratic rule and fear he will install a Cuba-style Communist sy=
> stem.
>
> Despite a recent increase in oil prices, Venezuela is struggling with=
> a deep
> recession. Inflation and unemployment are climbing and the local curr=
> ency,
> the boliv=E1r, has lost nearly 50 percent of its value against the Am=
> erican
> dollar this year.
>
> Attempts at reconciliation between the two sides have fallen into squ=
> abbling
> over who is to blame for the April coup, during which more than 60 pe=
> ople
> died in street violence.
>
> Since loyal troops restored Mr. Ch=E1vez to power after the April upr=
> ising, he
> has repeatedly insisted that he retains popular support and the backi=
> ng of
> the armed forces. He has scoffed at opposition attempts remove him an=
> d urged
> them to wait until August 2003, when the Constitution allows a refere=
> ndum on
> his rule.
>
> REUTERS
>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/06/international/americas/06VENE.html?=
> tntemail
> -------------------------------------------
> Macdonald Stainsby
> http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/rad-green
> http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
> --
> In the contradiction lies the hope.
> --Bertholt Brecht
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 8
> Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 20:12:42 -0400
> From: ProletarianNews <bstoller at utopia2000.org>
> To: ANTINATO at topica.com, rad-green at lists.econ.utah.edu,
> AWIP at lists.mutualaid.org
> Subject: [R-G] Thousands rally for peace in San Francisco
> Reply-To: rad-green at lists.econ.utah.edu
>
> AP. 6 October 2002. Thousands rally for peace in San Francisco.
>
> SAN FRANCISCO -- A sweaty throng of thousands of anti-war protesters
> jammed the city's Union Square on Sunday, beating drums, hoisting signs
> and proclaiming their opposition to war with Iraq.
>
> It was one of dozens of anti-war rallies across the country organized by
> the Not in Our Name Project, a grassroots group opposing a range of Bush
> administration actions. Demonstrations also were held in New York,
> Chicago, Portland, Ore., and many smaller communities.
>
> Marchers used a thesaurus of adjectives to describe their
> disenchantment, calling the president a "warmonger," "racist,"
> "irresponsible," and "stoopid."
>
> Women in designer jeans and high-heeled shoes marched next to students
> in tie-dyed T-shirts and Birkenstocks. The driver of a cable car
> surrounded by the throng clanged his bell in time to pulsating reggae
> music, joined by the honking of dozens of trapped taxis.
>
> "We don't want war. It's clearly for fabricated reasons," said Taliya
> Ansari of Hercules, Calif., who came with her family after hearing of
> the rally at her mosque.
>
> "We don't want people to die. (Iraq is) not doing anything to us."
>
> San Francisco police added several dozen officers to handle the crowd,
> which was feisty but peaceful, waving their signs before a backdrop of
> Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Tiffany & Co., Levi's and Macy's.
>
> "This is a country full of people that won't let the government start
> this immoral war in our name," rally organizer Tanya Mayo yelled from a
> stage swathed in peace banners, blue balloons and the names of victims
> of past wars.
>
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