Sid:
I love good satire. But I must object to posting unlabeled satirical
pieces on pen-l. I do not have the time to worry about the authenticity
of each item you present on pen-l. The more you post these pieces, the
more skeptical I become of the other interesting articles you provide.
The
In message l03102801b0ee9eb90a06@[166.84.250.86], Doug Henwood
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Tom Walker wrote:
It's only a matter of time before Clinton's current scandal becomes known as
"ForniGate"
On another list, "Tailgate" was suggested.
Doug
On the cover of today's Daily Mirror newspaper
Louis,
If you still have the file, could you re-post the speech.
Or, if it is in the archive, could you send me the site name?
Thanks a million,
Jason
The official translation of Cuban President Fidel Castro's statement of
welcome to Pope John Paul II:
Holy Father,
The land you have just kissed is honored by your presence. You will not
find here the peaceful and generous native people who inhabited this island
when the first Europeans
Hi, Jeff. Please clarify. Do you want me to label satirical pieces before
posting them? Or do you want me not to post them? (I didn't understand
what "remove the braces" meant.)
Sid
Sid:
I love good satire. But I must object to posting unlabeled satirical
pieces on pen-l. I do not have
The Irish Times
WORLD NEWS Thursday, January 22, 1998
Jospin shivers in
winter of discontent
Lara Marlowe looks at the unemployment protests that are still
gathering momentum and are not confined to those
Yes I know you have a lot more meaty stuff to
think about right now. But you all know damn well
that the "Re Utopias" thread may return
eventually. These are just some useful on-line
resources to keep on file for when that happens.
The first item on the list is by me -- because I
don't DO
Sid Schniad:
PS -- please, Louis, try to address the substantive issues that I'm trying
to raise without engaging in ad hominem attacks on me for raising them.
You and Brian aren't raising any new issues as far as I'm concerned.
Anybody who reads a newspaper is aware of the problems in Cuba. As
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If the range of choices is limited to emulating the NEP, then prospects
for the future appear pretty bleak, don't they?
Sid Schniad
As I suspected, Sid and Brian Green are more interested in discussing how
socialism can be achieved rather than the particular problems of the Cuban
revolution. My
Dear Michael,
Glad to hear the book is coming out!
If in the category of resources you include rank-and-file newsletters
(and Websites), could you mention the Health Care Worker Monitor
(www.igc.org/hcwm)? I can give you copies and details if it's relevant
(and also have addresses for NY
What do pen-l'ers make of the argument propounded by pro-EMU social democrats
that w/o EMU global financial markets will discipline expansionary/welfare
initiatives, and at the very least w/EMU some weak version of EC-wide
expansionary/welfare initiatives can be achieved, as long as the EC
On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, john gulick wrote:
What do pen-l'ers make of the argument propounded by pro-EMU social democrats
that w/o EMU global financial markets will discipline expansionary/welfare
initiatives, and at the very least w/EMU some weak version of EC-wide
expansionary/welfare
Louis --Hope you don't mind this addition to a
discussion you have officially retired from.
But, you are a long time activist (probably
including on this issue). I'm sure it was
purely accidental that your brilliant theoretical
analysis of Cuba's suffering under global
capitalism omitted
Friends,
Mao wrote about several kinds of contradictions. Some are primary at a given
time and some are not. In Cuba, the main contradiction I believe is that
between the US and Cuba. We here in the US can do little about Cuba's internal
contradictions, although we can offer principled
Dear Andy,
I hate to send this over the list but I could not get a messge through to you
at the email address listed. Please resend me the list of sources for my
appendix plus anything else you think would be good. Thanks.
Michael yates
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Andrew C. Pollack wrote:
On Sat, 24
as long as the EC central
bank does not resemble the Bundesbank ?
John, will not a strict interpretation of the Maastricht convergence
criteria ensure that the Euro will indeed be managed according to an
economic policy reflecting and fostering the interests of German capital.
E.g., the single
Lou,
All your posts on Indian history and conditions have been interesting in
themselves, but as you proceed along this line beware of a possibility
that I would image as follows: Getting from here (central Illinois) to New
York by hitchhiking along I55 to Los Angeles, then signing on to the
Louis, I'm not taken with the answer that I've "added nothing new" here.
The problem we're all grappling with in this discussion of Cuba is the
pattern of elites (ostensibly progressive) who, acting in the name of
the people, carry out policies that are detrimental to the people.
To say that
At 04:27 PM 1/24/98 -0500, Louis Proyect wrote:
[SNIP]
I don't mind discussing these questions, but if people are serious about
it, they're going to have to approach them in a rigorous and scholarly
fashion. Otherwise, I will treat them with the contempt they deserve. I
have been following Cuban
In analyzing America's nineteenth century dilemma, Veblen concluded that
vested interests did not bear their share of environmental costs because
the "doing business" rationale of wealthy Americans caused rapid social
losses for the nation at large. As an eyewitness to wasteful farming
practices
Further to the (very interesting) discussion between Louis and Brian, the
national CBC news had a piece last night showing Cuban women teachers and
physicians being forced to engage in prostitution in order to supplement
their meagre salaries. As they saw it, the choice was to allow their kids
to
Brian Green:
So let's cut through the talk and get to the reality -- Cuba is
pursuing a logic very similar to those espoused by Canadian and US
governments. And following that logic, its course of action is the same -
cutback on workers' gains, bolster disiplinary institutions, and court
private
lifting the blockade is not going the
be the death-knell of socialism in Cuba, because any meaningful socialism is
already dead!
Either dead or alive... Either black or white... Either good or bad...
Learn to think dialectically, Brian.
Socialism as it has existed - from the Soviet Union to
Paul Fitzgerald:
It is interesting to note that Seymour Hersh states in The Dark Side of
Camelot that Szulc was a central figure in CIA efforts to kill Castro
during the Kennedy era.
Why I believe you're right. As I recall, Oliver Stone dealt with this in
one of the byzantine subplots of the
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