michael,
I am commenting on the lack of personal virtues
of Milosevic's cronies, not of him personally. I agree
that there is little-to-no evidence of him personally
being engaged in the corrupt activities reported in
the article beyond such petty stuff as buying some
property in Belgrade at a favorable price, an "outhouse
and a garden" as it was put.
Barkley Rosser
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Subject: [PEN-L:9762] Re: Re: Re: Once again history is stranger than
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> Please. We have been over the personal virtues of Mr. M. a number of
> times.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 01:33:40PM -0500, J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. wrote:
> > Louis,
> > You are right that the article does not provide
> > much evidence of thievery by Milosevic personally.
> > But it certainly provides quite a bit of it regarding
> > his cronies. To say that most of those millions
> > abroad were strictly for getting around the embargo
> > is naivete at the worst.
> > The issue of corrupt privatizations by his cronies
> > was discussed at length. One of the more bizarre
> > remarks you made in connection with all this was your
> > complaint about "illegal" seizures by workers of enterprises
> > in Serbia. Once again, most of those were to undo the
> > corrupt privatizations carried out by Milosevic's cronies.
> > The reporting of this has been extensive.
> > Barkley Rosser
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Louis Proyect" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 8:40 AM
> > Subject: [PEN-L:9726] Re: Once again history is stranger than fiction
> >
> >
> > >
>http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/serbia/article/0,2479,464930,00.html
> > > >Ian Traynor in Belgrade
> > > >Thursday March 29, 2001
> > > >The Guardian
> > > >
> > > >Search for the missing millions
> > >
> > > If you read this article carefully, you will find that there is not a
> > shred
> > > of hard evidence that Milosevic was a thief. In order to work around a
> > > strangling embargo, the Yugoslav government concealed money in foreign
> > > banks to buy manufactured goods. Big deal. I am sure that Cuba does
the
> > > same thing.
> > >
> > > Louis Proyect
> > > Marxism mailing list: http://www.marxmail.org
> > >
> > >
> >
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> Michael Perelman
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> California State University
> Chico, CA 95929
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