Re: AUT: Students Against Terrorism

[Tom Messmer <messmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was hoping to myself that it was a piece of satire which lost
something in translation. yikes.

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 12:30:26AM +0000, Scott Hamilton wrote:
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> Crikey. Is this representative of the Russian
> intelligentsia? I heard they have become very
> reactionary since 1991. Is Solzhyenitsyn's reactionary
> Slavism a big influence? Here's something else for the
> weird file:
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> http://www.ainfos.ca/en/ainfos10861.html
> "Anti-Authoritarians and National Liberation:
> Study Group and Forum on Algeria & Palestine
> ============================================
> Wednesdays, January 22nd through February 12th
>
> RACE: Revolutionary Anti-Authoritarians of Color
> presents a series of events on anarchists and
> movements for national liberation.
> [snip]
> ...The discussion will be broad-ranging and inclusive,
> but will not extend to the question of whether the
> liberation of the Palestinian, Algerian, or Berber
> peoples is desirable"
>
> What the...? is all I can say.
>
> Cheers
> Scott
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>  --- Aleksei <itasitihki@xxxxxx> wrote: > Here is
> translation of a leaflet which appeared
> > in People's Friendship University of Russia
> > (formerly named after Patrice Lumumba), located
> > in Moscow.
> >
> > Students of PFUR!
> >
> > Civilization, human rights, democracy, market
> > economy and oil industry are
> > in danger! Everyone of us should do whatever we can
> > to protect these basic
> > values of our society!
> >
> > War agaist terrorism gives Russia a chance to regain
> > status
> > of a state, which plays a decisive role in making
> > decisions of international
> > importance.  It also gives us a chance to get
> > further integrated to
> > Western highly cultural and developed society.Irak,
> > for sure,
> > has not slightest connection with the Al-Qaeda
> > network, but in
> > any case the war against terrorism demands decisive
> > action.
> >
> > War against terror and evil is not only our common
> > responsability, but it
> > also gives us a wonderful
> > opportunity to boost Russian military-industrial
> > complex, since we get a
> > chance to test and
> > show international community our most developed high
> > technologies.
> > Solidarity with the people of America in the war
> > against terror is for sure
> > very important, but Russia
> > should take care about itself. It is necessary to
> > trick USA and to win at
> > least a little piece
> > of power and oil for us as well.
> >
> > A considerable amount of destroyed objects and
> > subjects is an unavoidable
> > result of the
> > military action. The plan about development and
> > reconstruction of Iraq (for
> > sure to be
> > agreed with the Russian part of the coming-up
> > governement of Iraq) demands
> > considerable demand for investiment to Iraq economy
> > to clean up the mess.
> > Favourable climatic
> > conditions, as well as political situation in Iraq
> > after the war give
> > enormous opportunities to
> > develop tourism and leisure business as well.
> >
> > All this gives huge perspectives to develop small
> > and medium size business
> > of Russia.
> > The political stabilization of Iraq also requires
> > setting up a highly
> > sophisticated network of
> > filtration camps, which gives an opportunity to
> > export internationally
> > recognized Russian experience gained during the
> > anti-terrorist operation in
> > Chechnya.
> >
> > We, Students Against Terrorism, express our full
> > support to Russian
> > governement, to president
> > Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and to his beloved wife
> > Lyudmila Putina in this
> > most decisive moment of the history of our nation!
> >
> > Join Us!
> > Students Against Terrorism
> > P. O. Box 13
> > 109028 Moscow Russia
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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"Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on
a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it
is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people
don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in
Germany. That is understood.  But after all, it is the leaders of the country
who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the
people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or
a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.  Voice or no voice the people
can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.  That is easy. All you
have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the
pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the
same in any country."

   -- Hermann Goering, April 18, 1946, head of the Nazi army's equivalent of the
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