On Sun, 18 Jan 1998 08:17:13 GMT, Colin Stark wrote:
What's the use of Direct Democracy if the people is brainwashed by
corporate media and misinformed to take the wrong decisions ?
Is it not likely that "the people" are less brainwashed than those who are
doing the brainwashing? 'Cos it is
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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 17:18:11 EST
From: Das GOAT [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: "Shortage" of Skilled Labor in US
Recently there was a full-page article in the local newspaper about how
employers
across the board are complaining there's a shortage of
Mike,
Thanks for posting this. Interesting range of views, but mostly holy right
and santimonious left. Very little that recognizes that their are both
benefits and risks. I sometimes wonder if our views on this kind of thing
aren't being influenced by the coming millenium, much like the
With regard to the origins and activities of The World Bank, an excellent
---albeit out-of-date -- critique was published about 15 years ago. The
book is *Aid as Imperialism* authored by Theresa Hayter and published by
Penguin Books.
Michael Gurstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] forwarded:
From: Andrea Durbin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [csdgen] Financial Times Article on MAI
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Source: Financial Times, Monday January 19, 1998 (page 5)
From: pete [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Some business lobbyists are worried that strengthening labour
standards provisions in the MAI could make it harder for governments
to adopt policies designed to create more flexible labour markets.
This is the best news I've yet heard in this long sordid saga.
If
Patrick Ainley asked the following:
Can anyone out there tell me about or refer me to information
about the World Bank? Who set up this small body of people
with such immense influence in the world and when, for
instance and how do they relate to these other world financial
bodies, like the
jay I have long been ambivalent about the MAI. These kinds of
jay international agreements have the potential to contain the
jay transnationals, which is something national governments can
jay not do.
The problem with the MAI is that it commits signatories *not* to
contain the TNC, to submit
From: Michael Spencer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think the MAI is an attempt to wedge the gears of any possible
democratic governance before it become clear just what 100% free flow
of capital means. What it really means isI think I feel a rant
coming on and I want to keep this short. :-)
I do
