[PEN-L:3906] Emergency request for data

1995-01-23 Thread Marianne Hill
Mississippi is the only state in the nation where there is no law regarding distribution of assets upon divorce. Here, if the man has put all assets in his name, he'll get everything, unless the woman can afford a lawyer to contest this 'settlement'. Tomorrow there will be a hearing on a

[PEN-L:3907] A CALL FOR PAPERS

1995-01-23 Thread William S Strauss
A SYMPOSIUM ON INTERNATIONAL CHANGE Sponsored by=20 The Department of Economics and The Center for the Humanities=20 at=20 The University of New Hampshire THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT: WHY IS THE FUTURE NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE? THIS IS

[PEN-L:3908] Frank Baum, Oz, and gold

1995-01-23 Thread Doug Henwood
I think I saw this discussion here before, but I lost it. Anyone know the line on the Wizard of Oz as a populist anti-gold tract? (Oz=oz., Yellow Brick Road, etc.) Doug Henwood [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA 212-874-4020 voice 212-874-3137 fax

[PEN-L:3909] Labor Bucks for 'BAI '95 (fwd)

1995-01-23 Thread D Shniad
ANNOUNCEMENT Fundraising Reception for WBAI - Pacifica Radio, 99.5 F.M. (NYC) Special Guest! James Butler, Local 420, DC 37, AFSCME Speaking of the continuting fight to save NYC public hospital system. Wednesday, January 25, 1995 6:00 - 9:00 pm DC 37 AFSCME, 125 Barclay St. (City

[PEN-L:3913] Re: papal economics

1995-01-23 Thread bill mitchell
Nathan's right: anti-clericalism fought the _established_ church. Now we don't have that any more. It's fine as far as I'm concerned if some people have religion. That doesn't alwsys always mean that they're closed to reason. Jim: religion is one of things that it is difficult to have choice

[PEN-L:3911] Re: Frank Baum, Oz, and gold

1995-01-23 Thread Francis Thompson
On Mon, 23 Jan 1995, Doug Henwood wrote: I think I saw this discussion here before, but I lost it. Anyone know the line on the Wizard of Oz as a populist anti-gold tract? (Oz=oz., Yellow Brick Road, etc.) Gore Vidal had a highly entertaining essay quite a few years ago about how the

[PEN-L:3910] WAGE LEGISLATION ACTION NEEDED (fwd)

1995-01-23 Thread D Shniad
Forwarded message: Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 09:06:12 -0800 Reply-To: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Ellen Dannin [EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: WAGE LEGISLATION ACTION NEEDED

[PEN-L:3912] Re: papal economics

1995-01-23 Thread Jim Devine
Nathan's right: anti-clericalism fought the _established_ church. Now we don't have that any more. It's fine as far as I'm concerned if some people have religion. That doesn't alwsys always mean that they're closed to reason. Marx thought that religion was the p opiate of the people, but that