[lit-ideas] Re: How did Benjamin die?
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 06:22:57 -0700 (PDT)
That's true, but this was before McCarthy and the Cold War. Unfortunately I
cannot find the source where I read this.
O.K.
On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 11:49 AM, palma <palmaadriano@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
here m d mcevoy points out to something not very visible to most, there was one
period in which everyone was a soviet spy, to name a few t kollek, a koestler,
pontecorvo Sr., willy brandt, kalugin, p. secchia, not to mention the usual
suspects philby father and son....assorted kings
I do honestly think that a recasting of the problem would be welcome.
the soviet/anybody else conflict is not quite a "300" like battle of good and
evil with biceps replaced by nukes and spies.
was benjamin someone that would have given information to the Nkvd? possibly
about lingerie shosp in the arcade,s so what...
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 8:57 AM, Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>Many thanks, archives in Washington D.C as well as others show that he was a
>>Soviet spy.>
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>Don't archives in Washington D.C. show that, at some time or other, most
>people were Soviet spies?
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>Donal
>Asking on behalf of Pete Seeger
>London
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>On Monday, 17 March 2014, 23:10, Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>Many thanks, archives in Washington D.C as well as others show that he was a
>Soviet spy. It's hardly a philosophical issue.
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>O.K.
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>On Monday, March 17, 2014 11:28 PM, Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>*In a recent book I'm now sorry I mentioned it was said that Benjamin
>committed suicide,
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>'It wasn't a suicide, but then he was a Soviet spy. This looks like some
>elementary school textbook.'
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>*I asked Omar how this was known, that Benjamin was a 'Soviet spy,' and then
>posted links to three accounts of Benjamin's death just in case anyone would
>be interested in the controversy surrounding it.
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>'I am saying it because he was. Not sure why you would ask for additional
>reasons for saying it.'
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>*This is, I grant, a powerful argument.
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>Robert Paul
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