[lbo-talk] Russia confiscates papers that have a "political look"

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So, Chris, if the FBI visits your paper, scaring off the investors, that's not the government shutting it down? If the Red Squad visits your employer, saying, "Did you know that X is a known member of twelve Communist Front associations, do you want someone like that working for you, and by the way, expect a visit from the IRS next week," and you are terminated, that isn't the government firing you? 

--- On Sat, 8/30/08, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


> From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Russia confiscates papers that have a "political look"
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Saturday, August 30, 2008, 3:51 PM
> On Aug 30, 2008, at 2:25 PM, Chris Doss wrote:
> 
> > I'm refering to his accounts at the time and
> elsewhere, which were  
> > that the paper became economically unviable after
> investors pulled  
> > out after the paper had a visit from the inspectorate,
> which  
> > supposedly scared off the investors. That's why
> they had a  
> > fundraiser. If he says something different now, I
> suppose something  
> > must have changed. I don't see what your
> disagreement is. They were  
> > investigated, but they weren't actually shut down.
> The shutting down  
> > was because of no money.
> 
> Ok. The gov didn't shut them down directly, but the
> visit from the  
> guys in Soviet-style suits caused all the money people to
> run away,  
> bankrupting the paper. Which means that the gov shut down
> the paper  
> indirectly because they didn't like its contents. What
> do you call that?
> 
> Doug
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