<DIV>So, I listed some, which you snipped. jks Doug Henwood <dhenwood@panix.com> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">andie nachgeborenen wrote: >It's a problem, and one that I for one acknowledge, but the >alternatives have not been properly explored by progressive govts. >Clearly, any govt as open as Nicaragua under the Sandinistas will >not only get no credit for that from the pro-US liberals (right >Brad?), but will also find that the US takes advantage of its >openness to destroy the govt by fair means and foul. However, it >doesn't follow that the only alternative is a single party state, >censorship, long prison sentences for dissent (disguised as being >for various crimes), the death penalty, etc. Never said it did. I'm not at all fond of single-party states, official lines, censorship, and all that dreadful crap. I'm all ears when it comes to suggesting alternatives. Doug ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><hr SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!? <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/search/mailsig/*http://search.yahoo.com">The New Yahoo! Search</a> - Faster. Easier. Bingo.