<DIV>Will it be time to support the invasion in the hope that the US will "restore democracy" while respecting the wishes of the Cuban people? When does wishful thinking and self-deception stop, Natahn? You want to make a difference to victims of human rights abuses, write letters for Amnesty. It works, demonstrably, I have never seen any evidence that petitions of this sort do anything except draw lines in the sand here at home, telling folks here at home where you think the rightminded person should stand. What the Cuban govt is doing is wrong. Tell them in the the way that matters without generating support for Cuba's next rile as a Bush target for intervention. jks  Nathan Newman <nathanne@nathannewman.org> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">This is exactly the time to sign such petitions-- if Cuba is being so idiotic as to start handing ammunition to the Bush folks, it's about time for those who are friends of the Cuban people to send a message to Castro to back off. -- Nathan Newman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max B. Sawicky" <SAWICKY@BELLATLANTIC.NET> I have to say that any impulse to sign any human rights petition in any country the U.S. might want to invade is very weak in me these days. mbs > > CB: Left in form, right in content. Truly a fifth column on the left. You want mre to send you my copy of the International Publishers pamphlet from WWII, when the CPUSA was squelching sit-down strikes and wild-cats and the Trotskyists were helping to lead them, "The Trotskyite Fifth Column In The Labor Movement, " by George Morris? The Abraham Lincoln Brigade vet I know that just died, Bill Sennett, who was a leader of the Illinois CP, long ago had shed his Stalinoid tendencies. Other dinosaurs never will I guess ^^^^^^^^ Charles: I'm fresh as a daisy. Undermining the war against the Nazis was left in form , right in content then. Cuba-baiting the American neo-fascist regime when it is in an invading mode is left in form, right in content now. "Fifth Column" is an accurate description of both, J. Edgar. Just cause you know about the arguments against you doesn't mean they don't have force and validity. ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!? <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/mailsig/*http://tax.yahoo.com">Yahoo! Tax Center</a> - File online, calculators, forms, and more