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Dear Gregory, There has been some debate on the issue of this collective letter about MR on another mailing list which I belong to. Personally, I agree with the position expressed by one comrade, that I do not know anything about the situation at MR, and I am therefore not prepared to sign this letter. To expand on this a bit, I think it is frankly something of an insult to my intelligence, to expect me to sign a letter which contains no information about the exact reasons for the supposed moves to remove Ellen Meiksins-Wood. The letter even starts with a statement that implies that this move is only "reported". If and when the writer of this letter can provide (a) bona fide evidence that such a move is being undertaken, (b) the actual "charges" against the comrade, and (c) a rebuttal of such charges, then I might consider signing. But I do NOT sign letters just because they have been signed by "Chomsky, Brenner, Aijiz Ahmad" or whomsoever!! Sincerely, Hugo Radice Hugo Radice Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy, Institute for Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. tel: 44-113-233-4507 fax: 44-113-233-4400 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%