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Searchlight magazine

You strike me as someone who knows some stuff about UK left wing campains/org's. Could you have look at Searchlight magazine. I am trying to keep facist POV from creeping in. Hope you can help. --JK the unwise 11:40, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

ASALA

Information can be cleaned from POV. I think he is trying to refer to the first incident regading the ASALA activities. --Cool Cat ^{My Talk} 00:46, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

ASALA revision history

• 09:59, 4 Mar 2005
  • Cc's Cc's first edit to Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia changed cede territory in the north of the country for an autonomous Armenian state to be unified with the existing Armenian SSR to cede territory to Armenian SSR. which eliminates Nationalist context and introduces anti-Communist argument.

• 10:02, 4 Mar 2005
  • Cc's second edit to Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia removed link to the duplicate ASALA page, rather than create a redirect.

• 21:28, 11 Mar 2005
  • User:139.179.26.29 added lengthy POV text of unsubstanitated assertions. Sockpuppet?

• 14:30, 12 Mar 2005
  • I moved the POV text to the ASALA talk page.

• 00:40, 23 Mar 2005
  • I added internal links to nationalism Disaspora (sic) and Armenian Disaspora (sic).

• 00:46, 23 Mar 2005
  • Cc comments on excized POV text' saying: Information can be cleaned from POV. I think he is trying to refer to the first incident regading the ASALA activities. However, US Govt history of ASALA mentions only attacks outside the U.S.

• 00:41, 23 Mar 2005
  • Cc deleted my internal links saying that they "did not relate". The links did have spelling errors which should have been corrected.

Talk:Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia revisions

Revision as of 00:46, 23 Mar 2005

Cc appraises the excised text as containing good information, despite the lack of NPOV.
I did some web searches and posted what I found. Not only could I not substantiate anything in the POV paragraph, but some information directly undermined its claims. There's no mention of ASALA attacks in the US in the official US govt entry on the ASALA, for example.
DJ Silverfish 20:41, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

UE

I hate to tell you, but there is no comma after Radio in the name of the UE, which is the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. That's what the union's website says and that's how Labor's Untold Story names it. In addition, the alternative form—United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America—wouldn't let you insert a comma no matter how hard you tried. While some of the locals insert a comma, that's their mistake. I'm fixing your changes. On a more important point, I'm looking forward to your article on the TWUA and the UTW. I liked your article on the ABB, as I've mentioned elsewhere.Italo Svevo 03:54, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Neruda

Hi, I was wondering whether you could add Pablo Neruda to your watchlist. Another user is insisting on inserting text which defames him for his "stalinist sympathies". I am quite aware that Neruda was a member of the Chilean Communist Party and wrote a poem in honor of Stalin, but it would be helpful if you could help defend that article from further degradation. If you are interested in the topic, perhaps you could help me develop a more accurate portrayal of Neruda's socialism and his attitude towards Stalin. If you don't have the time or inclination, that's ok too. -- Viajero 18:57, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

FWIW: the above-mentioned user appears to be drawing largely on this highly unsympathetic article in the Weekly Standard [1] -- Viajero 19:05, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

COINTELPRO

Well, I made an attempt.  :-) --Cberlet 02:58, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

RfC TDC

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/TDC-2: Please help out. Thanks. -- Viajero 13:57, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

TWU, ILWU, UE

The TWU experience is covered by Freeman in his book In Transit. The ILWU experience is covered, but in less detail, in Larrowe's bio of Harry Bridges; I also drew from some internet sources (since forgotten) to cover the old controversy over the B list. The UE discussion comes from Schatz' book on electrical industry unions. I also have copies of Foner's and Bruce Nelson's books on black workers in white unions, but I have not opened either of them; Nelson's book should give some more detail on the ILWU.

Looking back, I can see that this section needs some historical depth: the TWU was advancing affirmative action in the early 1940s, the ILWU was allowing de facto segregation to creep back in during the 1950s and 1960s, when the ranks of A list longshoremen were closed and the B list arose, while the UE discussion relates to the late 1940s, when the CP took the position that black workers were the vanguard and the UE was nervous about losing more members to the IUE. Please improve it as you see fit.

Thanks for the invitation to work on COINTELPRO. I deferred to others, such as Chip Berlet, with more chops; it looked last week as if it was okay.-- Italo Svevo 18:05, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Pablo Neruda

Please explain your recent revert on the Talk page. Thanks. Anonip 23:24, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Allan Nairn/FRAPH

Hi, if you have a moment, I could use some support. User Trey Stone keeps trying to sanitize Allan Nairn, an article I wrote a few months ago. Please see the discussion on the Talk page. If you don't have time or the subject isn't on your radar, that's ok. -- Viajero 22:07, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

F Kahlo

Hi, I have my doubts about this line in Frida Kahlo:

After Trotsky's death, Frida denounced Stalin and became a Stalinist/Anti-Revisionist, calling Mao's China "the new socialist hope". (emphasis mine)

Does this make sense? Thanks, -- Viajero 13:15, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism by 85.99.245.252 & 219.93.72.38

My notes on an edit war on the Armenian Genocide page and associated pages were being reverted, so I've stored them here. DJ Silverfish 20:50, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

85.99.245.252 engaged in unexplained deletions of references to the Armenian Genocide on various websites. I attempted to start discussion, but 85.99.245.252 has 3RR deleted my comments from his/her talk page and the Talk:Armenian Genocide page.

• 85.99.245.252 Armenian Genocide edits

• Revision as of 16:42, 12 May 2005
• Revision as of 18:14, 12 May 2005
• Revision as of 18:38, 12 May 2005
• Revision as of 18:42, 12 May 2005
• Revision as of 18:55, 12 May 2005
• Revision as of 18:59, 12 May 2005

• 85.99.245.252 was blocked, and notified on User_talk:85.99.245.252 page:

• 19:01, 12 May 2005

• 219.93.72.38's identical edit to 85.99.245.252's Armenian Genocide edits.

• Revision as of 19:18, 12 May 2005

3RR on 85.99.245.252 Talk page:

• 18:05, 12 May 2005
• 12 May 2005
• 18:58, 12 May 2005

DJ Silverfish 19:32, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

• 85.99.245.252 reversions to comments on Talk:Armenian Genocide page

• 18:27, 12 May 2005
• 18:49, 12 May 2005
• 18:57, 12 May 2005

• 85.99.245.252 was blocked, 219.93.72.38 reverted comments to Talk:Armenian Genocide page:

• 19:08, 12 May 2005

DJ Silverfish 19:48, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

• 85.99.245.252 was blocked, 219.93.72.38 reverted comments to User_talk:85.99.245.252 page:

• Revision as of 19:36, 12 May 2005

DJ Silverfish 20:03, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Both IPs are blocked. Mikkalai 20:39, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

New Left

Hi again, I came across this article earlier today and it was tagged for cleanup. I tweaked it a little, primarily by giving it an intro, but it probably still needs work. Care to take a look? -- Viajero 14:34, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Your additions were very useful, particularly that section on origins. It is great having someone around with such knowledge of leftist movements; Wikipedia is lucky to have you on board! Perhaps the term isn't used much these days, but many articles (60-70?) link to it, so it is worth having a solid text. All the best, -- Viajero 10:56, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

RfC

Hi again, largely in response to his atrocious behaviour over the Fidel Castro article, I have opened an RfC on Kapil: Wikipedia:Requests for comment/KapilTagore It would be most helpful if you could certify sign it. Thanks, -- Viajero 00:17, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

Its has been certified now. -- Viajero

Luis Posada Carriles

Hey, Just want to say that I think you've done an excellent job with the Luis Posada Carriles article. Nice work!! TitaniumDreads 04:07, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

radio show about Wikipedia

Hi

My name is Robin Amer and I’m a producer for an American public radio show called Open Source, which you can check out at www.radioopensource.org.

I’m writing you because this week we’re doing a show on Wikipedia including an interview with Jim Wales. We’re also looking for some particularly passionate and interesting Wikipedia users to talk to. I would love to talk to you about your involvement with the site.

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Revolutionary Government of Cuba

Hi, the other day, as you many have seen, we moved a lot of material from the Castro article to The Revolutionary Government of Cuba. It has the potential to become a repository of very useful information about Cuba, not just the usual propaganda, but it needs a lot of work. Please help out, if you have any affinity for the subject. Thanks. -- Viajero | Talk 17:21, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Anti-war

Given your interests and edit history I thought you might be interested in this new wikiproject, Wikipedia:WikiProject Anti-war. --JK the unwise 12:55, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Friends of Soviet Russia

Hi. You note on Talk:Friends of Soviet Russia that 'I do have email permission from the author, Tim Davenport, to place his "organizational history" texts on Wikipedia'. Can you please provide me with a copy of this correspondence so it can be filed?

Secondly, please don't remove copyvio notices from articles, even in cases like this. You can develop articles listed as copyright violations at the temporary subpage linked to from the copyvio notice. Overwriting the notice just means extra work for the administrator processing the violation.

Thanks! --Ngb ^?!? 07:19, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

LPMCOTW

Hi,

have a look at Wikipedia:Leftist Parties and Movements Collaboration of the Week. --Soman 20:42, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

LPMCOTW

You showed support for Leftist Parties and Movements Colloboration of the Week. This week Socialist Party USA was selected to be improved to featured article status. Hope you can help…

Max Shachtman

Hi, I saw your well-referenced comments at Talk:Max Shachtman. Why not expand the article with your knowledge. I'm more of an imperialist running dog type myself, and came there via neoconservatism, but I think the article could use attention from someone who knows more than I, POV notwithstanding. Cheers, Kaisershatner 16:57, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Re: AfD

See my talk. Redwolf24 (talk) Attention Washingtonians! 03:07, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Socialist Party of America: Reversal of meaning

Could I ask you to come take a look at Talk:Socialist_Party_of_America#Reversal_of_meaning? I am trying to avoid an edit war with Jacrosse. I believe that he is changing a passage in the article in a way that makes it actively misleading. I have now reverted him three times and laid out my reasoning. He has not really responded, except to revert back, although one can get some clue to his reasoning through his edit summaries. I'm trying to get a couple of other people who are likely to be knowledgable on the topic to take a look, so I've contacted you and Fred Bauder. - Jmabel | Talk 20:15, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

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American Civil Rights Movement (1896-1954)

You were right to revert my delete. As it turns out, there 'is a timelline page and I was in the process of merging and adding to talk pages but got distracted by some other articles that needed attention. I am redoing the delete but being sure to add something that says see the timeline. the timeline tlak page, by the way, now has a subpage that is this section from this article. It asks users to verify and merge, though I think most of the timeliine info in this article is from that timeline. Thanks! Avraham 16:04, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

CPUSA

Your reversion of my edits to Communist Party USA leaves the article with a very POV, and factually inaccurate, introduction. I am going to re-write the introduction again. Please do not revert my edits unless you can provide sources for your claims.

• The claim "played a defining role in the first phase of the US Labor movement" is ridiculous on its face, because the first phase of the US Labor movement occured in the 19th Century, before there was a CPUSA. The phrase "defining role" is also rather strong, given the evidence presented in the link.
• The claim that the CPUSA "organized and led most major industrial unions" is also not supported by the evidence at the link, nor by the article on industrial unionss or the article on the Congress of Industrial Unions. The CP did play an important part in organizing some industrial unions, but not most.
• You present no evidence in favor of your simplistic statement:

However, by the 1950s, the combined effects of the second Red Scare, McCarthyism, and the Cold War began to break apart the party's internal structure and confidence. Many members who did not wind up in long-term prison for party activity either quietly disappeared from its ranks or adopted more moderate political positions that were at odds with the CPUSA's basic program.

over my formulation

while the second Red Scare, McCarthyism, and the Cold War caused many of the party's former allies to distance themselves from the party, or to expel party members, diminishing the party's effectiveness.

The CPUSA says [2] that some of its leaders were jailed, but their version of history agrees more with my statement than yours.

• You deleted my statement that "However, by the 1950s, the combined effects of Stalin dictatorship, the suppression of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, and the publication of Kchrushchev's "Secret Speech" began to break apart the party's internal structure and confidence", though evidence can be found in the History of the CPUSA over at Marxists.org], which reads in part:

Two international events of 1956 brought new chaos to the Party: the Soviet suppression of the Hungarian Revolution and revelations of Stalin’s misdeeds at the Twentieth Soviet Congress. Individuals long faithful to the Party now felt betrayed and wondered privately and openly if their political lives had been built upon self-delusion.

Self-appointed reformers centered around the Daily Worker briefly sought an internal transformation into an open, democratic movement. An unprecedented wave of collective self-criticism appeared in the pages of the Party’s national organ. The departure of many like-minded members, filled with despair or disgust, contributed to their defeat by doctrinaire loyalists. With the victors stood a considerable section of the ethnic faithful, many of whom had personally experienced the Palmer era repressions and now refused to be cowed by or to accept the various revelations as sufficient cause to leave the movement. Their now increasingly prominent presence, in a smaller organization, revealed a new demographic reality: the Party had been aging. This process was not as abrupt as it seemed. Recruitment of young people had peaked in the 1930s. That tendency would now become a dominant trend.

Ho Chi Minh's death date

Your reversion of my changes as "vandalism" are unwarranted. I've provided sources for my changes. DHN 20:59, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

List of State Green Parties

Hey there...

I may have started the list, but its up to others to keep it alive and kicking, so by all means, do what you will and be bold.

Colby 16:11, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Mailcars

I sort of slightly disagree with your revert on Eugene V. Debs. The section says that he got in trouble for blocking the mail, but fails to explain why. Hence my addition. I am going to put it back in a way that may work for you gramatically, so please provide a better explanation before reverting again. Diagonalfish 05:34, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Would you please explain to me how it makes sense to say in the next paragraph "the strike was hindering the delivery of the mail" when the proceeding one fails to explain where the mail in question actually was? It's nonsensical. Diagonalfish 15:55, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Trade union vs Labor union

Hi DJ Silverfish, thanks for your note. Labor union is indeed the preferred term in the US, but you'll have to be more specific about which changes you are referring to. Unless I have made an error, all the changes I have made recently in the article space have been merely to avoid redirects. There simply isn't an article for "labor unions" it is just a redirect to trade unions. For example, [[labor union]] is now [[trade union|labor union]]. There should not be any change to the visible text. Please let me know if this is not the case. The other change I have been making is to move historical unions from Category:Trade unions of the United States to Category:Former United States labor unions, but I don't think that is what you are referring to. Cheers.--Bookandcoffee 08:28, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Your user page

You've listed Great Britain and Scotland. Scotland is, and always has been since its inception, a part of Great Britain.

Please stop reversion

Why are you blocking my edits saying I did not use an Edit Summary when I did?

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.194.62.27 (talk • contribs) 19:25, 16 October 2006.

CPUSA

Hoping to avoid an edit war, I have let your version stand for the moment, but would you please reply at Talk:Communist Party USA#McCarthyism / Second Red Scare? Thanks. - Jmabel | Talk 22:14, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Kent State undo

The op-ed piece is about the current US policy and war in Iraq. It has nothing to do with the history or fallout of the Kent State Shootings. --Knulclunk 06:11, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I understand your edit to delink the Globe editorial. Perhaps there is another way in which it can be referenced? DJ Silverfish 06:17, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Why? The the op-ed's inclusion in the Kent State Shootings article needs to be defended. I can see no reason for it to be here. --Knulclunk 15:50, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

ASALA

I'll create the category. Give me a second.--Doktor Gonzo 14:15, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I created the category. If you have any objections please discuss. Regards.--Doktor Gonzo 14:28, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

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Clements

No problem, Clements and other well-established third party candidates should be represented in the infoboxes, at least prior to the election. Good to see you commented here as well. Best of luck--TM 18:53, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

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Re:

I dunno how a compromise would work, but I've pretty much learned from example, particularly the Libertarian page, that the Wikipedia community is hostile and unwelcome, and the RfC system in and of itself is dysfunctional. Currently, Clements has showed no signs of polling, and pretty much fails reasonable notability guidelines. I'm not doubting he might get 4-5% of the vote; however, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball; we can't predict the future, and adding a candidate before he shows any signs of being a major candidate is a violation of said policy. Currently, only the Republican and Democratic candidate are notable, as they have shown significant polling and media attention. Clements, on the other hand, has shown neither. Toa Nidhiki05 22:21, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Independent Greens of Virginia

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Browder

Hiya. It looks like you've been taking a break from WP for a while... Pity. In any event, this is a quick heads-up to let you know that I just pulled down your UNDUE flag from the Earl Browder piece that you put up last July. The article is soon to become big and fat, which will render the size of the "Espionage" segment proportionally appropriate. Drop me a line directly if you have concerns. best, —Tim //// Carrite (talk) 19:09, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Conference for Progressive Political Action

You probably want to take a look at the recent edits of User:Ericl to Conference for Progressive Political Action. I think he is wrongly conflating the first convention of CPPA with a nominating convention for LaFollette. Carrite (talk) 15:21, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Congratulations on your forthcoming 10th anniversary at WP, by the way! Carrite (talk) 15:22, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

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