I agree, I believe the speaker was the author of "The Black Book of
Communism" As I told Michael when he identified the author for me, how come
nobody has written "The Black Book of Capitalism"?
A fine idea for Verso, and a book to be condemned from the Times on down. Indeed, I'm part of the discussion boards at the Times, which is dominated by extreme rightwingers, and the Black Book is brought up all the time. Apart from the fact that the 100 million figure is laced with inaccuracies (2 million in Cambodia, which even the CIA doesn't buy; and 1 million in Latin America by "communists" -- which ones? I always ask, citing Cuban numbers which are miniscule compared to US client states, and I never get an answer), I always counter with my black pamphlet of capitalism. This either sends them into frothy denials and nasty counterattacks, or subdued acceptance and statements like "Humans do horrible things." In any event, OUR Black Book would not be ignored. But who best to write it?
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