"There was a peace-loving race of Chechens living in harmony with their neighbors. A quaint, pastoral and exotic people rather like Ewoks. Then, the Russians, having nothing better to do with their time than pointlessly kill and maim, decided for no discernable reason to invade Chechnya (not the other way around, no matter what the Dagestanis say). I am a great hero for breaking this news to a cowardly and ignorant West." What a prick.
>From: Michael Pugliese <debsian at pacbell.net>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] radio Henwood & Levy
>Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 01:10:19 -0700
>
>On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 03:00:32 -0400, Chris Doss <itschris13 at hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>I don't know anything about Levy, but Glucksmann, who makes a living
>>peddling disinformation about as serious a matter as the Chechen War,
>>deserves to be booted in the head. Repeatedly. Wjat a monster dickhead. No
>>shame whatsoever.
>
> http://www.radicalparty.org/monitor/glucksman.htm
>Chechnya: Conversation with Andre Glucksmann
>Johnson's Russia List
>12 July 2000
>davidjohnson at erols.com
>From: "Galina Ackerman" Subject: About Andre Glucksmann
>Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000
>
>
>
>Dear Mr. Johnson, As you probably know, the French philosopher Andrè
>Glucksmann is one of the most outspoken opponents of the war in Chechnya.
>He organized several protests of French and European intellectuals, and is
>very active himself in this domain. Last week he returned from a five weeks
>trip to Chechnya and Daghestan where he went with the help of Chechen
>fighters, without a visa from Russian authorities (which he was refused a
>few days before going there through Azerbaidjan). I interviewed him the day
>he came back, asked by an independant journal, Novaya Gazeta. The text will
>probably appear tomorrow, but this is not sure, and it is sure they will
>make cuts, because of some passages about Mr. Putin. However, I think Mr.
>Glucksmann analysis is very interesting and contains some new points. I am
>sending you the text of this interview both in Russian (slightly shortened
>by myself) and in French (this is practically the transcription of the
>interview). May be you would be interested to publish it in your list.
>Sincerely, Galina Ackerman
>
>
>Conversation with Andre Glucksmann by Galia Ackerman
>
>
>G.A. You have just returned from a rather dangerous five-week trip to
>Chechnya and Dagestan. Why did you go there?
><SNIP>
>
>
>--
>Michael Pugliese
>
>
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