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Re: Hatlen on Wei
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Carrol Cox <[log in to unmask]>
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- Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 12 Aug 2000 23:05:10 -0500
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Leon Surette wrote:

>  To
> me the "left" means socialism. Perhaps my usage is idiosyncratic.

Political language in the U.S. is as flabby as a day-old Big Mac. When there
*is* a left, "Left" means socialism. But while there are leftists in the U.S.
there is no "Left." How can there be when the word is used to describe
anti-labor war criminals such as Gore and Clinton.

Carrol

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