Re: Re: Kostunica releases Kosovo woman activist

2000-10-23 Thread Chris Burford
At 22:16 22/10/00 -0400, Proyect wrote: I do not doubt there is some truth behind the OSCE report on defects of human rights and the criminal justice system in Kosovo (Oct 20) The following reports also show some of the potential advantages of bourgeois legality, over distortions of

The Right in Europe

2000-10-23 Thread Keaney Michael
Right out of order Recent poor election results are forcing European extremists to moderate their rhetoric. But the threat to democracy remains Cas Mudde The Guardian Wednesday October 18, 2000 Last Sunday Jörg Haider's party did surprisingly poorly in regional elections in Styria. Its support

Haider Mk II

2000-10-23 Thread Keaney Michael
Power in prospect for Norwegian right The Progress party under 'King Carl' Hagen is soaring in the polls. It wants a vote on halting all immigration Andrew Osborn in Oslo Guardian Friday October 6, 2000 For the first time since the second world war the far right is on the march in Norway, and

Re: Re: Re: Brenner Redux (was Re: Russell R. Menard on Eric Williams)

2000-10-23 Thread Justin Schwartz
When I said that Louis likes drawing lines and pushing people over them, Michael said I was being inappropriately personal. Here we see Louis raising this practice to a principle allegedly derived from revolutionary Marxism. Who knows, maybe he is right that is is: which might explain

Re: Re: Re: Re: Brenner Redux (was Re: Russell R. Menard on Eric Williams)

2000-10-23 Thread Louis Proyect
When I said that Louis likes drawing lines and pushing people over them, Michael said I was being inappropriately personal. Here we see Louis raising this practice to a principle allegedly derived from revolutionary Marxism. Who knows, maybe he is right that is is: which might explain

Re: Re: Re: Re: Brenner Redux (was Re: Russell R. Menard on Eric Williams)

2000-10-23 Thread Doug Henwood
Jim Devine wrote: I've always felt that some of the "god that failed" people (like Sidney Hook or Max Schactman or Jay Lovestone) took some of their sectarian style and used it as part of the anti-communist crusade. Or, as Isaac Deutscher said, when Stalinists turn bourgeois, they do so with

BLS Daily Report

2000-10-23 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2000: Today's News Release: "Regional and State Employment and Unemployment: September 2000" indicates that regional and state unemployment rates were stable in September. All four regions registered little or no change over the month, and 42 states

RE: fun book

2000-10-23 Thread Max Sawicky
Anybody read his book on risk? Looks like fun too. Too bad I don't read books anymore. Now I just reinstall Windows 98. mbs I am reading Bernstein, Peter L. 2000. The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession (NY: John Wiley Sons). Maybe some of you with more historical knowledge will find

Bourgeois doubletalk

2000-10-23 Thread Charles Brown
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/23/00 11:44AM Jim Devine wrote: I've always felt that some of the "god that failed" people (like Sidney Hook or Max Schactman or Jay Lovestone) took some of their sectarian style and used it as part of the anti-communist crusade. Or, as Isaac Deutscher said, when

Job Openings

2000-10-23 Thread Douglas Koritz
Hello Pen-Lers, We are hiring on two, tenure-track job openings. Please forward this message to potential candidates. Candidates who see this announcement should e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Doug Koritz BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE (State University of New York) Buffalo, New York C0

E.Wood's defence of Brenner

2000-10-23 Thread Ricardo Duchesne
A week ago I told Michael I was going to sub again, and he has allowed me (or so I think since he did not block my attempt). Maybe I have another chance. I have been under probation before, as a BA student at McGill when my GPA was under 1 point. But I failed again and was dismissed. I just

(Fwd) Re: E.Wood's defence of Brenner

2000-10-23 Thread Ricardo Duchesne
--- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 05:16:42 +1100 To: "Ricardo Duchesne" [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Rob Schaap [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [PEN-L:3420] E.Wood's defence of Brenner (Pass this on

Re: RE: fun book

2000-10-23 Thread Michael Perelman
Max, yes, it was also good. I can't figure you out. One minute you are telling us about TK's shack and then intalling linux and now windows. Whose side are you on? Max Sawicky wrote: Anybody read his book on risk? Looks like fun too. Too bad I don't read books anymore. Now I just

Re: E.Wood's defence of Brenner

2000-10-23 Thread Ricardo Duchesne
Before I respond to Rob, I should correct big blunder I made below when I suggested that Brenner privileges 17th century; he does not, it is the 16th, which thus means that Wood is following Brenner closely on this point as well: except that it [Wood's book] no longer privileges the

RE: Re: RE: fun book

2000-10-23 Thread Max Sawicky
My Linux went kablooey. I got an idea on how to get my Win98 up again. It worked, and then it didn't. Now the best I've got at home is my daughter's Etch-a-sketch. mbs Max, yes, it was also good. I can't figure you out. One minute you are telling us about TK's shack and then intalling

Re: E.Wood's defence of Brenner

2000-10-23 Thread Ricardo Duchesne
Rob: Sez the big fella of the late 15th and early 16th centuries: 'In insolent conflict with king and parliament, the great feudal lords created an incomparably larger proletariat by the forcible driving of the peasantry from the land, to which the latter had the same feudal right as the lord

Re: Re: Chemical weapons alert

2000-10-23 Thread Jim Devine
Drunk U.S. soldier blames behaviour on our strong beer I encountered this problem when I first had Mexican beer in Mexico, where it hadn't been watered down. I think that the 3.2 % laws are anti-patriotic. They make the pride of Amurrican Manhood into a bunch of wimps who aren't ready to

Lunch with Ralph

2000-10-23 Thread Michael Perelman
Nader came to Chico today. He gave a short talk to a small group of us had lunch. Much of what he said would have resonated with 19th century populists. In fact, one of the Lundberg brothers -- who grow most of the organic rice sold in the U.S. -- was probably the most enthusiastic person in

Re: RE: fun book

2000-10-23 Thread Peter Dorman
I made the mistake of assigning this book (Against the Gods) in a course with an intro statistics component. Parts of it are interesting, but there is an overall air of triumphalism (rational, enlightened capitalism has conquered the world and now we can look back on the great struggle to arrive

Re: Time Magazine: Nader runs what's essentially a pro-union campaign

2000-10-23 Thread Jim Devine
it's hard to tell if this is an opinion piece or a news story. It reads like the former, but looking at TIME on-line, it appears to be a news story. That's pretty bad. At 06:35 PM 10/23/2000 -0400, you wrote: To Gore, He's Darth Nader — and Dangerous The crusading gadfly looks poised to tip a

In defense of Bernstein

2000-10-23 Thread Michael Perelman
Like Peter, I would not recommend Bernstein's books as texts. They contain lots of interesting stories and information. Just as I would not consider his book on risk as a source of knowledge of statistics, his book on gold is worthless as an analysis of monitarism. -- Michael Perelman

The Internet Anti-Fascist -- Action Alerts -- #479

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Re: Re: Time Magazine: Nader runswhat's essentiallya pro-union campaign

2000-10-23 Thread Michael Perelman
This morning Nader referred to the Washington Post article favorably. He regarded it as an acknowledgment that his campaign was achieving some success. Jim Devine wrote: it's hard to tell if this is an opinion piece or a news story. It reads like the former, but looking at TIME on-line, it

Mafia Run University

2000-10-23 Thread Michael Perelman
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003681399542256rtmo=qXRtpqM9atmo=tttdpg=/et/00/10/22/wmaf22.html Crackdown at univeristy run by Mafia for 25 years by Julian Coman in Messina 'Ndrangheta - The Alleged Mafia Site University of Messina [in Italian] Italian organized crime groups -

Privatizing Universities All the Way

2000-10-23 Thread Michael Perelman
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/23/nyregion/23COLL.html After Charter School, Charter College? By KAREN W. ARENSON With charter schools — public schools managed by private entities — firmly established and multiplying, some of their advocates are floating a new idea: charter colleges. The aim,

Re: Re: Re: Chemical weapons alert

2000-10-23 Thread Ken Hanly
So which states are against altered states? Utah? Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 4:09 PM Subject: [PEN-L:3429] Re: Re: Chemical weapons alert Drunk U.S. soldier blames behaviour on our

Re: Engels' (non)reply to Wicksteed

2000-10-23 Thread Tom Walker
"'To-Day' has become a mere 'symposium', i.e. a review in which everyone can write for and against socialism. Next No. a critique of 'Capital'! I was supposed to reply to this anonymous writer, but declined with thanks." -- Engels to Kautsky, Sept. 20, 1884. I've read Wicksteed's critique

[fla-left] [globalization] Thousands of protestors slam Asia-Europe summit (fwd)

2000-10-23 Thread Michael Hoover
forwarded by Michael Hoover Thursday, October 19 9:55 PM SGT Thousands of protestors slam Asia-Europe summit SEOUL, Oct 19 (AFP) - Thousands of protestors staged a boisterous anti-globalization rally Thursday as Asian and European leaders gathered in Seoul for a cross-continent

Brenner, C. L. R. James, José Carlos Mariátegui (was Re: Brenner Redux)

2000-10-23 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
Hi Lou: In other words, do your questions (e.g., "Is X capitalist or pre-capitalist?") fit the social formations that you seek to analyze? Should the choices _only_ be "capitalist or pre-capitalist"? Why? Isn't that a residue of "stagism"? :) Do your questions help us learn from concrete

Re: Brenner Redux (was Re: Russell R. Menard onEric Williams)

2000-10-23 Thread Charles Brown
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/23/00 01:19AM Well, I've already quoted a lot from Brenner, but here goes again: -clip- Now, this is a very subtle nuanced criticism of one school of Marxists by another. Allow me to go on a little further: ((( CB: Yoshie, the section of Brenner you quote

Re: Brenner Redux (was Re: Russell R. Menard on Eric Williams)

2000-10-23 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/23/00 01:19AM Well, I've already quoted a lot from Brenner, but here goes again: -clip- Now, this is a very subtle nuanced criticism of one school of Marxists by another. Allow me to go on a little further: ((( CB: Yoshie, the section of Brenner you quote is a

Time Magazine: Nader runs what's essentially a pro-union campaign

2000-10-23 Thread Louis Proyect
To Gore, He's Darth Nader — and Dangerous The crusading gadfly looks poised to tip a half-dozen swing states to Bush. Can Gore appeal to Nader voters' sensible side? BY FRANK PELLEGRINI Ralph Nader meets the litmus test for a true gadfly candidate: He doesn't give a crap if he spoils the