[lbo-talk] Re: invasion of the body counters

[Michael Pugliese]

On Fri, 30 May 2003 11:13:14 -0400, Chris Doss <itschris13 at hotmail.com> 
wrote:


> I think it's because everbody already knows about Stalinist and Maoist 
> slaughters. It's like posting something saying "News Flash: Nazis Killed 
> Six Million!"

   Then why the huge scandal in France when, "The Black Book of Communism, 
" edited by ex-maoist Coutois, bacame a best seller? That ex-Trot Premier 
Jospin attacked in their Parliament?

   http://www.fiu.edu/~yaf/coomunismbooksells.html

   http://www.fiu.edu/~yaf/teflon.html

   http://www.nybooks.com/contents/20030612

   Orlando Figes, Reconstructing Hell
Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum
-- 
Michael Pugliese

"Without knowing that we knew nothing, we went on talking without listening 
to each other. Sometimes we flattered and praised each other, understanding 
that we would be flattered and praised in return. Other times we abused and 
shouted at each other, as if we were in a madhouse."
-Tolstoy