Monday, April 04, 2005
- DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA: THE PRIVATE AND THE PUBLIC
Lecturer: Eduard van de Bilt
Rough Comparison Between Post-Lenin USSR and Post-Lewinsky USA: Soviet Union & United States of America
By William, João, & Gejo
. Stalinism & Elections. From 1917 to 1990, people voted in elections but it was actually a pro forma. In reality, a leader was appointed by the members of a Supreme Soviet, members that followed the policy lines of the Politburo bureaucrats that had placed them there.
. Neoconservatives & Elections. In 2000, people voted in elections but it was actually a pro forma. In reality, a leader was appointed by the members of a Supreme Court, members that followed the policy lines of the Administration bureaucrats that had placed them there.
. Stalinism & the Geneva Conventions. From 1934 to 1987, those that were considered "counterrevolutionaries" were, without regard for the Geneva Conventions, placed in concentration camps in remote locations (Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia) where they were tortured, abused and killed.
. Neoconservatives & the Geneva Conventions. From 2001 onwards, those that are considered "unlawful combatants" have been, without regard for the Geneva Conventions, placed in concentration camps in remote locations (Guantanamo, Iraq, Egypt) where they are tortured, abused and killed.
. Stalinism & Foreign Policy. The Brezhnev Doctrine defines that a country harboring forces that threaten socialist interests is a justified target for a preemptive attack because “it becomes not only a problem of the country concerned, but a common problem and concern of all socialist countries." The invasions of Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan were justified according to this doctrine. The underlying rationale is dialectics that command: "Each man must choose between joining our side or the other side." (V.I. Lenin)
. Neoconservatives & Foreign Policy. The Bush Doctrine defines that a country harboring forces that threaten American interests is a justified target for a preemptive attack because "any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime [and] we will […] exercise our right of selfdefense by acting preemptively against such terrorists." The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan were justified according to this doctrine. The underlying rationale is dialectics that command: "You're either with us or against us." (G.W. Bush)
Lecturer: Eduard van de Bilt
Rough Comparison Between Post-Lenin USSR and Post-Lewinsky USA: Soviet Union & United States of America
By William, João, & Gejo
. Stalinism & Elections. From 1917 to 1990, people voted in elections but it was actually a pro forma. In reality, a leader was appointed by the members of a Supreme Soviet, members that followed the policy lines of the Politburo bureaucrats that had placed them there.
. Neoconservatives & Elections. In 2000, people voted in elections but it was actually a pro forma. In reality, a leader was appointed by the members of a Supreme Court, members that followed the policy lines of the Administration bureaucrats that had placed them there.
. Stalinism & the Geneva Conventions. From 1934 to 1987, those that were considered "counterrevolutionaries" were, without regard for the Geneva Conventions, placed in concentration camps in remote locations (Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia) where they were tortured, abused and killed.
. Neoconservatives & the Geneva Conventions. From 2001 onwards, those that are considered "unlawful combatants" have been, without regard for the Geneva Conventions, placed in concentration camps in remote locations (Guantanamo, Iraq, Egypt) where they are tortured, abused and killed.
. Stalinism & Foreign Policy. The Brezhnev Doctrine defines that a country harboring forces that threaten socialist interests is a justified target for a preemptive attack because “it becomes not only a problem of the country concerned, but a common problem and concern of all socialist countries." The invasions of Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan were justified according to this doctrine. The underlying rationale is dialectics that command: "Each man must choose between joining our side or the other side." (V.I. Lenin)
. Neoconservatives & Foreign Policy. The Bush Doctrine defines that a country harboring forces that threaten American interests is a justified target for a preemptive attack because "any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime [and] we will […] exercise our right of selfdefense by acting preemptively against such terrorists." The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan were justified according to this doctrine. The underlying rationale is dialectics that command: "You're either with us or against us." (G.W. Bush)
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