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      <title>Update: A mortar in the hands of Spartacus (Kasama and the need for </title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:26:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Ben Seattle</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/theorist/message/299</link>
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      <description>Hi folks, Mike created a blog page for my short essay.  It is here: http://mikeely.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/online-war-over-ideas-a-communis t-deus-ex-machina/</description>
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      <title>A mortar in the hands of Spartacus (Kasama and the need for a self-m</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:01:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Ben Seattle</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/theorist/message/298</link>
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      <description>Hi folks, Below is an exceprt from a letter I wrote to a Kasama supporter concerning the need for a self-moving community -- Ben ... From: Ben Seattle Sent:</description>
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      <title>(Kasama forum) Conscious Forces thread (reply to Luis)</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:54:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Ben Seattle</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/theorist/message/297</link>
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      <description>Hi folks, This is a reply to Luis on Kasama.  His posts were more objective than the previous guy. Topics are: (1) the influence of social-democratic ideology</description>
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      <title>Concise overview of my work at: http://struggle.net/ben/concise.htm</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:36:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Ben Seattle</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/theorist/message/296</link>
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      <description>Hi folks, As part of preparation for work in new communities, I created a concise overview of my work today: http://struggle.net/ben/concise.htm My main index</description>
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      <title>How to create a revolutionary mass organization (reply to Les)</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:44:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Ben Seattle</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/theorist/message/295</link>
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      <description>... From: les evenchick To: pof-200@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [pof-200] (Kasama forum) The Ozymandias argument Ben wrote: We need a revolutionary mass</description>
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      <title>(Kasama forum) The Ozymandias argument</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:08:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Ben Seattle</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/theorist/message/294</link>
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      <description>Hi folks, (this is the only substantive response to my &quot;Conscious Forces&quot; essay I have gotten so far--Ben) </description>
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      <title>(Annual Report 2009) Conscious Forces Will Bring Us Certain Victory</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:48:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Ben Seattle</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/theorist/message/293</link>
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      <description>Hi folks, My annual report is now online (along with a substantial essay): Conscious Forces Will Bring Us Certain Victory How, in the coming period of</description>
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      <title>powerful agitation requires an open community (reply to SAIC support</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:30:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Ben Seattle</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/theorist/message/292</link>
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      <description>Posted to the SAIC blog at: http://www.seattleaic.org/?p=137 Ben Seattle Mar 11th, 2009 at 2:14 am Let me see if I have this right. You oppose the use of coal </description>
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      <title>Democracy and workers&#39; rule (reply to David)</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:00:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Ben Seattle</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/theorist/message/291</link>
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      <description>To other readers: In his post, David is referring to my response in May of last year to Eric (a supporter of the Communist Voice Organization).  My response</description>
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      <title>Reply to Wood re: The Attention Refinery project</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:44:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Ben Seattle</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/theorist/message/290</link>
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      <description>Note to other readers:  Wood is referring to the project described at: http://AttentionRefinery.com hi there Wood, First, many thanks for your thoughtful</description>
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      <title>(seaimc) Carl Dix, Frank and the kind of organization we need</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:09:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Ben Seattle</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/theorist/message/289</link>
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      <description>Hi Paul, My comment on the Seattle Indymedia thread included a link to your encouraging comments. -- Ben from: </description>
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      <title>SAIC&#39;s Jan 21 meeting -- and Ben&#39;s 3 laws of mass democratic organiz</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:30:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Ben Seattle</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/theorist/message/288</link>
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      <description>Hi folks, The Seattle Anti-Imperialist Committee (SAIC) had its first &quot;monthly&quot; public meeting last night in six months.  I asked for discussion concerning the</description>
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      <title>open letter to Mike Ely (Kasama) re: community and moderation</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:09:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Ben Seattle</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/theorist/message/287</link>
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      <description>Hi folks, Here is the open letter I sent to Mike Ely of the Kasama blog.  Following that (for reference) are the reports I made of this to the Media Weapon</description>
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      <title>Re: [pof-300] RE: Community, engagement and moderation on Kasama</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:54:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Ben Seattle</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/theorist/message/286</link>
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      <description>Hi folks, A quick update.  Mike deleted my post (see below: &quot;Community, engagement and moderation on Kasama&quot;) from the thread he created on moderation.  It</description>
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      <title>Re: Community, engagement and moderation on Kasama</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:52:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Ben Seattle</dc:creator>
      <link>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/theorist/message/285</link>
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      <description>Hi folks, I heard back from Mike that he created a thread for these kinds of issues. This is now posted at: </description>
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