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> From: Laura Simson <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Semantics Quiz
> Date: Tuesday, April 29, 1997 10:00 PM
>
> Okay, gang, I want to get this straight once and for all. Please, if you
will,
> provide a 4-line maximum definition to the following terms. My head is a
grey
> mire of contradictory terms, euphisms, Orwellian doublespeak, and lies.
Below
> are terms that I have seen employed various ways to describe various
things,
> good and bad. In one essay/article/manifesto, I'll see one of the
following
> terms emplyed one way. In another article, the same term will be used
> another.... Ready?
>
> 1) Libertarian Socialism

Not up to that one...at the moment, someone's fever dream, I think.

>
>
>
> 2) Council Communism

Gee, I guess I should know this one...is that "pot luck" buffet at a PTA
meeting?


> 3) Neoliberalism

Fascism with a human (albeit ugly) face.


> 4) Right Wing Anarchism

What was Libertarian Socialism again?


> 5) Leninism

An attempt to build a socialist society upon the structure of Imperial
Russia, drawing upon the experience of the Paris Commune. Lasted as a
political structure approximately 73 years.


> 6) Anarchosyndicalism

A crminal accusation made against many people who resisted the oppression
of late 19th and early 20th century capitalism, regardless of any other
aspects of the political philosophy of the defendant/decedant.


- DDeBar

>         Thank you for your time. You can either submit your answers to
the list or
> e-mail me personally. I'm doing this to help myself understand, but if
you want
> to present your answers to the group, go ahead.
>
>
>                                         Sincerely,
>
>                                         Brian
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