In a message dated 08/12/2000 12:14:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << Today, as hundreds remain in jail in Philadelphia, simply for protesting against the plutocratic practices of the Republican party, we might well consider the degree to which freedom of assembly and freedom of speech are under serious threat. Which side would Pound be on? (Did he ever side with ANY demonstrators who protested the rule of Mussolini? Did he ever side with any trade union organization which protested labor conditions in the US or in Italy, during the era of fascism? >> as we have long suspected, Ezra Pound is responsible for the arrests and setting of high bails for protesters of the Republican National Convention. although there is no record of Pound being against unions or trade organizations, we can infer from his support of poetry that he was indeed against them, just as we can infer that he was against motherhood and baked goods. it's not important that there is no evidence, as long as one can merely think such things, that is sufficient. I propose that we dig up Pound's skeletal remains and hang them for these offenses, preferably in China. jb....