Isn't Living Marxism now dead and the narcissistic controversialists
bankrupt, after the magazine was successfully sued? Among other things the
magazine said some ugly but true things about some media coverage in
Yugoslavia that could damage reputations. But under British law being true
may not be a sufficient defence against libel.
Cheers, Ken Hanly
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From: Keaney Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 12:33 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:8777] The Independent Institute
> Penners
>
> Thanks to everyone who replied on this.
>
> Louis recently complained with justification about the soft soap given to
> Mexico's foreign minister Castaneda in the latest New Left Review. Last
> night as I was wading through yet another piece by Stefan Collini I
noticed
> that Cockburn is listed as one of NLR's editorial board. Perhaps that,
even
> more than Anderson's editorial last year, is indicative of the changes
afoot
> there. Gene Coyle's point about dogs and fleas was never more succinctly
> demonstrated than by the evolution of the "Living Marxism" crowd into a
> bunch of narcissistic controversialists. I detect a similar whiff from
> Cockburn.
>
> Michael K.
>
