Re: Re: Diamonds and colonialism (fwd)

2000-04-07 Thread Jim Devine
At 06:52 PM 4/6/00 -0700, you wrote: I wouldn't say it's [the New York TIMES] the best paper but certainly the best in the US. Its editorial stance is another matter altogether. today's TIMES has a front-page story about how Israel's harsh treatment of Arabs is mellowing. They never mentioned

Diamonds and colonialism (fwd)

2000-04-06 Thread Louis Proyect
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. o!!.. Mine

Re: Diamonds and colonialism (fwd)

2000-04-06 Thread Anthony DCosta
I wouldn't say it's the best paper but certainly the best in the US. Its editorial stance is another matter altogether. Anthony P. D'Costa Associate Professor Ph: (253) 692-4462