maybe he should be put in the new Potemkin Prison in Iraq
the US harkens back to the bad old days of the USSR -- According to the LA [TIMES], a California National Guard sergeant claims he knew soldiers were regularly beating Iraqi prisoners last summer in Samarra. When he reported the alleged abuse, he says he was rushed out of the country to military hospitals for mental evaluations, which he calls a cover-up. His commander claims he was suffering from combat stress. [from MS SLATE's news summary] JD
Cyber Prank
Recently, either I in particular or a local campus Green listserv has become a victim of a cyber prank, hijacking postings to the Green listserv [EMAIL PROTECTED] and switching their Reply-to address to a local peace activist listserv that I moderate: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Could PEN-l computer experts help me what to do? Return-path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from mail-mta3.service.ohio-state.edu (mail-mta3.service.ohio-state.edu [128.146.216.43]) by mail1.service.ohio-state.edu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 10:24:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lists.acs.ohio-state.edu (lists.acs.ohio-state.edu [128.146.214.27]) by mail-mta3.service.ohio-state.edu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 10:24:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from host (localhost [127.0.0.1])by lists.acs.ohio-state.edu (Postfix) with SMTP id 8B7EC8EC0; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 10:24:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from n38.grp.scd.yahoo.com (n38.grp.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.66.106]) by lists.acs.ohio-state.edu (Postfix) with SMTP id BD5F38C7Ffor [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 10:24:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [66.218.66.96] by n38.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 14:24:05 + Received: (qmail 51682 invoked from network); Fri, 04 Jun 2004 14:24:03 + Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m13.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 14:24:03 + Received: from unknown (HELO mail-mta2.service.ohio-state.edu) (128.146.216.42) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 14:24:02 + Received: from [140.254.114.208] (ts36-10.homenet.ohio-state.edu [140.254.114.209]) by mail-mta2.service.ohio-state.edu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED] for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 09:23:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 09:24:46 -0400 From: Yoshie Furuhashi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [cgp-osu] Fri., 6/4: OSU Cancels the 1st Amendment (Press Conference) Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk X-Original-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-eGroups-Return: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Apparently-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 128.146.216.42 X-Yahoo-Profile: yoshie_furuhashi X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN -- Yoshie * Critical Montages: http://montages.blogspot.com/ * Bring Them Home Now! http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/ * Calendars of Events in Columbus: http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/calendar.html, http://www.freepress.org/calendar.php, http://www.cpanews.org/ * Student International Forum: http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/ * Committee for Justice in Palestine: http://www.osudivest.org/ * Al-Awda-Ohio: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Al-Awda-Ohio * Solidarity: http://www.solidarity-us.org/
Re: screwing the hegemons
The hegemons presumably calculate that abject surrender is best achieved as promptly as possible so that the technicalities will not be noticed against the backdrop of Bush meeting the Pope. It is a mark of their defeat that they have to pretend they are not being screwed. Crude domination is not an option now:] - therefore they have actively to adopt a tone of noble dignity. Chris Burford
On the Home Front
Links to articles on interest rates and housing bubbles: http://montages.blogspot.com/2004/06/day-of-reckoning-on-home-front.html. -- Yoshie * Critical Montages: http://montages.blogspot.com/ * Bring Them Home Now! http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/ * Calendars of Events in Columbus: http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/calendar.html, http://www.freepress.org/calendar.php, http://www.cpanews.org/ * Student International Forum: http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/ * Committee for Justice in Palestine: http://www.osudivest.org/ * Al-Awda-Ohio: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Al-Awda-Ohio * Solidarity: http://www.solidarity-us.org/
Reagan dead
Did anyone else see the CNN hagiography? He was 93 - how many people died as a result of his policies? Mark Dr Mark Laffey Department of Politics and International Studies SOAS, University of London [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0207 898 4744
Re: Reagan dead
Mark Laffey wrote: Did anyone else see the CNN hagiography? He was 93 - how many people died as a result of his policies? Mark Most or all of the Reagan policies that led to so many deaths were policies initiated during the Carter administration. I think it especially important to recall this in the midst of the current ABB hysteria. It was Carter above all who sponsored the slaughter in East Timor. It was Carter who in effect approved in advance of the murder of Bishop Romero and of the ongoing massacres in Central America. It was Carter who began the war in Afghanistan that led directly to the present horrors. It was Carter who began the military build-up that Reagan merely continued. It was Carter who began the deregulation process that Reagan merely continued. Carrol
Re: Reagan dead
It was Ford, not Carter that ok's the slaughter in E. Timor. Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carrol Cox Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 2:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Reagan dead Mark Laffey wrote: Did anyone else see the CNN hagiography? He was 93 - how many people died as a result of his policies? Mark Most or all of the Reagan policies that led to so many deaths were policies initiated during the Carter administration. I think it especially important to recall this in the midst of the current ABB hysteria. It was Carter above all who sponsored the slaughter in East Timor. It was Carter who in effect approved in advance of the murder of Bishop Romero and of the ongoing massacres in Central America. It was Carter who began the war in Afghanistan that led directly to the present horrors. It was Carter who began the military build-up that Reagan merely continued. It was Carter who began the deregulation process that Reagan merely continued. Carrol
Venezuela: prospects for recall (5 June 04)
Re: new megafraud controversy raging in Venezuela: imperialism or Chavez by Perelman, Michael 04 June 2004 21:26 UTC Thread Index What a wonderful example of American imperialism! On a more serious note, Michael, what are the prospects for a recall? -- Hi Michael, I've dated my response because I can only say what it looks like at this very moment. Any discussion of the prospects has to recognise that there is a long history of electoral fraud here, that in addition to the domestic tradition there is the support that can be expected from the usual suspect (which won't bother to function through the National Endowment for Destruction) and, of course, that there is the potential and likelihood of further disruptions to the economy with the idea of creating despair in the population which currently supports Chavez. That said, it is essential to recognise that all that was necessary to trigger the recall referendum was 20% (or roughly 2.4 million) of the electorate from the last time. Very few semi-objective observers last year thought it unlikely that the opposition had much less than 30% support. Although the opposition goal during the signature campaign at the end of last November was to get 3.8 million (thus giving them more than Chavez had received to win--- which would have allowed them to say, Chavez out now!), despite an incredible amount of fraud they were well below this. Because of irregularities (some innocent), the Electoral Council threw out many signatures and assigned others to be 'repaired' (ie., people had to show up and prove their legitimacy); in the end, they barely got their necessary signatures. On this count, the opposition does not look especially strong. But, they are organised--- the NED-financed SUMATE organisation has extensive computer records on the electorate, and the party organisations that compose the opposition have experienced, committed and disciplined cadres able to bring out their support. In contrast, the Chavist supporters, although likely more in number, demonstrated on this occasion that they were very poorly organised. The Commando Ayacucho, the group assembled from the various Chavist parties to coordinate this recent campaign (which included the attempt to recall opposition legislators), revealed that it had strong individual spokespeople able to attack the opposition and to make rousing, confident speeches but that it lacked the organisation and discipline to deliver what it promised. (This has led to considerable criticism from the barrios and elsewhere.) So, the central question, I think, is whether the Chavist forces will learn adequately from these events. The referendum campaign is an excellent opportunity to deepen the Bolivarian Revolution and to raise both the consciousness and the organisational capacity of those who support it. It is important to recognise that at every step of the way, the process here has been propelled forward by the action of the opposition. In achieving the threshold for a recall referendum on Chavez, the opposition has provided the government with a gift--- the opportunity to turn this into a request for a mandate on its education, health and social programmes, on its attempt to create a new social economy, indeed into a mandate on the constitution itself. Chavez himself will certainly frame the issues this way. But, the results will depend on the concrete steps taken at the base to organise the masses of poor who have been the principal beneficiaries of the government; if new, effective forms of organisation are not developed--- in the face of everything that the opposition, the Bush government and capital will throw at the government, then a successful recall is possible. In short, to coin a phrase, pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. in solidarity, michael Michael A. Lebowitz Professor Emeritus Economics Department Simon Fraser University Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6 Currently based in Venezuela. Can be reached at Residencias Anauco Suites Departamento 601 Parque Central, Zona Postal 1010, Oficina 1 Caracas, Venezuela (58-212) 573-4111 fax: (58-212) 573-7724
Nicolás Guillén's Politics of Language
About Caliban's curse and Nicolás Guillén's Politics of Language: http://montages.blogspot.com/2004/06/nicols-guillns-politics-of-language.html -- Yoshie * Critical Montages: http://montages.blogspot.com/ * Bring Them Home Now! http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/ * Calendars of Events in Columbus: http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/calendar.html, http://www.freepress.org/calendar.php, http://www.cpanews.org/ * Student International Forum: http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/ * Committee for Justice in Palestine: http://www.osudivest.org/ * Al-Awda-Ohio: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Al-Awda-Ohio * Solidarity: http://www.solidarity-us.org/
Oil on Trouble Waters
Try this: http://thewolfatthedoor.blogspot.com/
More Oil on Trouble Waters
From the World Bank Survey of the Russian Economy: 30. Russia's economy remains fundamentally dependent on oil and gas. According to offical statistics, approximately 80 percent of Russian exports in 2003 were natural resources, and 55 percent of all exports were from the oil and gas sector. More than 60 percent of Russia's fixed capital investments either go into the hydrocarbon industries or are in one way or another related to the public purse. The budget itself is dependent on oil and gas: 37 percent of federal budget revenues originate from hydrocarbons
