<DIV>Hobsbawm's communism came to this long ago, from what I understand. He loved the conservative days of the Popular Front and still openly praises FDR in his memoirs, "Interesting Times". </DIV>
<DIV><BR><B><I>Doug Henwood <dhenwood@panix.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">uvj@vsnl.com quoted Hobsbawm:<BR><BR>>George Soros, of whom I approve<BR><BR>Wow. So Communism has come to this.<BR><BR>Doug<BR><BR>PS: I actually saw the two of them - Soros & Hobsbawm - in the same <BR>room at the launch party for Stiglitz' globalization book. I hadn't <BR>realized that fandom was part of the relationship!<BR>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com