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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (16742)	7/1/2000 3:29:16 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 17770

In Russia, invoking the name of "the people" is a useful tool when it comes to waging wars in the corridors of power. Kremlin officials need "the people" as something in whose name they can make the state "great and mighty." Liberal intellectuals need "the people" because it is sometimes useful to call on them to help defend things important to liberals, like freedom of speech. russiatoday.com

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (16742)	7/2/2000 8:39:42 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

On Post-Fascism: bostonreview.mit.edu

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (16742)	7/2/2000 11:34:08 AM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Futbol Hooliganism? British Vandals? Un-sophisticated..<ggg> Seattle Celebrity Bové, a self-described humble sheep farmer who produces milk for Roquefort cheese, also made headlines in the United States last year. He and supporters were part of the crush at the World Trade Organization conference in Seattle last December, launching a carnival of protests. Business Week magazine has named him one of the top 50 movers and shakers shaping European policy. And he has become a sort of latter-day folk hero in France, so popular that politicians who once scorned him — including President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin — are now anxious to be photographed shaking his hand. The outcome of his trial could have international ramifications. “Any sentence would be something unacceptable,” Bové said, “At any rate, the verdict will be political. We are fighting for the dismissal of this case.” Feisty And Festive There is a festival-like atmosphere in Millau. Protesters have filled the streets beating drums and waving banners saying, “The World is Not For Sale.” Some 30,000 supporters have already arrived in this town of 20,000. They have filled the town and set up camp. They are threatening to try the case in the streets if they don’t like the verdict abcnews.go.com PS Bove is a Western version of Lech Walesa..if you know what I mean...Hero Redneck taking on establishment.... Much more fun to be a Western redneck version than Eastern no doubt...

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (16742)	7/2/2000 12:12:06 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Accident, not design, sets the agenda for most EU presidencies. Germany, the last big country to hold the reins, had to deal with the collapse of the European Commission and the Kosovo war -- all while freshly inaugurated Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was pushing out his finance minister in a power struggle in early 1999. It fell to Britain the year before to do the final spadework on the euro, a venture of which it is not a member. Prime Minister Tony Blair botched the job of mediating between France and Germany at the May 1998 summit that picked the euro-11 and cut the much- criticized deal to split the term of the European Central Bank president. Date With Destiny Whether Britain embraces or moves further away from the euro could be decided during France's six months. A key element of Chirac's ``pioneer'' idea is to give the committee of euro-11 finance ministers policy-making clout, further demoting Britain. quote.bloomberg.com