Re: Diamonds and colonialism (fwd)

[Anthony DCosta <dcosta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wouldn't say it's the best paper but certainly the best in the US.  Its
editorial stance is another matter altogether.

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On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Louis Proyect wrote:

> >I really wonder why New York Times and bourgeois sources like
> >this suddenly rediscover Africa's heritage of colonalism!! Overall, it
> >does not seem to me more than an "orientalist" sympaty of reconstructing
> >the "other": we killed the folks, and let's do something to compansate it.
> >
> >ohhhh!!..
> >
> >Mine
>
> The NY Times is much more complex. There are continual battles going on
> over how to report, either in the interests of the truth or in the
> interests of the State Department. Raymond Bonner was an honest reporter
> who dared to question the Reaganite line on Central America. Finally he was
> purged. I think everybody should read the NY Times on a daily basis, either
> in print or on the web. It is the best newspaper in the world, regardless
> of its editorial stance.
>
> Louis Proyect
>
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