Allow me to reveal my ignorance.  Who/What is John Pilger and what's the
controversy?

Bob




At 10:40 AM 2/17/2000 +1100, you wrote:
>Thanks Bob!
>
>There are two short threads in progress in the aus.politics
>newsgroup about the reliability of John Pilger as an
>academic source. See the threads "USA Immediate Post-WW2
>Agenda" and "John Pilger An Accurate Source"
>
>I'll get to your essay shortly...
>
>God Bless!
>
>Craig
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: buzzanco [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: 16 February 2000 23:21
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [CHOMSKY] Sources for Pilger/Hitler Quotes
>
>
>The Kennan quote can be found in the State Department's collection of U.S.
>documents, FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. I quote it in an article
>I wrote that's on the web which you can access at
>http://vi.uh.edu/pages/buzzmat/bernathlecture.htm
>
>Don't know the source of Hitler quote.
>
>Bob Buzzanco
>Univ. of Houston
>
>
>
>
>At 05:08 PM 2/16/2000 +1100, you wrote:
>>Hi People,
>>
>>        I am looking for exact primary sources for the following quotes
>from
>>the ZNET User Quotes Page. Can anyone help?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Craig
>>
>>"We have 50 per cent of the world's wealth, but only
>>6.3 per cent of its population. In this situation,
>>our real job in the coming period is to devise a
>>pattern of relationships which permit us to maintain
>>this position of disparity. To do so,
>>we have to dispense with alll sentimentality
>>. . . we should cease thinking about human
>>rights, the raising of living
>>standards and democratisation."
>>
>>- George Kennan, US Cold War Planner, 1948
>>
>>"We stand for the maintenance of private property...We shall protect
>>free enterprise as the most expedient, or rather the sole possible
>>economic order. - Adolf Hitler
>>
>Bob Buzzanco
>Associate Prof. of History
>University of Houston
>Department of History
>Houston, TX  77204-3785
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>http://vi.uh.edu/pages/buzzmat/buzzanco.htm
>713.743.3093
>713.743.3216 [fax]
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>
Bob Buzzanco
Associate Prof. of History
University of Houston
Department of History
Houston, TX  77204-3785
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