You know, in any place in which "comrade" was regularly used as a form of address, it lost its political significance long ago. People say it, but it just means "dude."
> On Nov 10, 2008, at 10:38 AM, Patrick Bond wrote:
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> > No comrade, let me rephrase like this: shouldn't
> part of the task of a left in such a period be to point out
> that the Volcker is another neolib/dereg'er, oriented to
> maximising financial power?
>