Re: My views on Stalin

2002-08-14 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 8/13/02 6:06:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The party we need to be build in the United States will have to build exactly the same kinds of ties to labor, the black community and artists and intellectuals. Except this time we will not have to answer to

Bankruptcy bill

2002-08-14 Thread Robert Manning
The point that the bankruptcy bill is a PAC cash cow for the U.S. Congress is quite accurrate. However, thispassage is misleading because it sounds like the commentator is referring to the the specific bill that passed the Rep controlled House of Representatives rather than the current effort to

Re: Re: My views on Stalin

2002-08-14 Thread Louis Proyect
Waistline: Your condemnation of Mr. Stalin as a theoretician on the National Colonial Question cannot be substantiated. Surely, you are not implying that his specific conception of the law of value was in error or did not conform to that of Marx. Perhaps you take exception to his Questions

RE: underemployment?

2002-08-14 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:29425] underemployment? We have to watch this. One fuel for Al Quaida, I believe, was the existence of a bunch of underemployed college grads in Egypt and Saudi Arabia... Jim -Original Message- From: Ian Murray To: pen-l Sent: 8/13/2002 8:00 PM Subject:

Re: Re: Re: My views on Stalin

2002-08-14 Thread Michael Perelman
I think that we have had enough of Stalin. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: Re: Re: My views on Stalin

2002-08-14 Thread Shane Mage
I think that we have had enough of Stalin. As Lenin said 80 years ago... Shane Mage immortals mortals, mortals immortals, living their deaths, dying their lives Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 62

Re: Re: RE: Big Labor?s Enron

2002-08-14 Thread Nomiprins
In a message dated 8/14/2002 1:05:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's just the only in-depth description of the charges I've been able to find, and this is pretty significant news IMO. The notes from the House subcommittee of the financial services committee from May

American anti-terrorist drive targets Filipino Communist in Holland

2002-08-14 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
The US Government demands that The Netherlands takes measures against the Communist Party of the Philippines. The USA would make a formal request this afternoon. The founder of the party lives in Utrecht. The CPP is classified by Washington as a terrorist organisation. The Phillippines

Stiglitz on IMF Brazil

2002-08-14 Thread Devine, James
Title: Stiglitz on IMF Brazil New York TIMES/op-ed/August 14, 2002 A Second Chance for Brazil and the I.M.F. By JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ The world is waiting to see how the market will judge Brazil and whether the International Monetary Fund's rescue package, announced over the weekend, will

Re: Stiglitz on IMF Brazil

2002-08-14 Thread Louis Proyect
Stiglitz: In recent years, Brazil has created a vibrant democracy with a strong economy. Differences of opinion exist, but on Brazil's key issues a broad consensus prevails, one that includes all the major contenders in the country's presidential election in October. A reference to Lula's

Re: RE: underemployment?

2002-08-14 Thread Eugene Coyle
"Devine, James" wrote: We have to watch this. One fuel for Al Quaida, I believe, was the existence of a bunch of underemployed college grads in Egypt and Saudi Arabia... Jim Are we watching this for Ashcroft? What's that 800 number again? What do you mean by "watching this"? When Reagan was

RE: Re: RE: underemployment?

2002-08-14 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:29441] Re: RE: underemployment? I wrote: We have to watch this. One fuel for Al Quaida, I believe, was the existence of a bunch of underemployed college grads in Egypt and Saudi Arabia... Gene asks:Are we watching this for Ashcroft? What's that 800 number again? no,

Turkey through the eyes of a Blogorrhoea patient - III

2002-08-14 Thread Sabri Oncu
Let me start with a correction to Part II of my summary. The mentioned military takeover there took place on September 12, 1980, not on September 12, 2002. We will see what will happen on September 12, 2002 when we get there. In an article that appeared in Asia Times today, Henry K. Liu asks

new postings to radio archive

2002-08-14 Thread Doug Henwood
I've just posted two more individual interviews to my radio archive site: Bill Robinson (recorded February 2002, broadcast March 14, 2002, 15:05, 5.2 mb) Robinson, a professor of sociology at the University of California-Santa Barbara, talks about the emergence of a global ruling class. He is

FDI in China continues to show robust growth

2002-08-14 Thread Ulhas Joglekar
The Economic Times Tuesday, August 13, 2002 FDI in China continues to show robust growth AFP BEIJING: Foreign direct investment in China surged 22 per cent year-on-year in the first seven months of 2002, well up on the 18.7 per cent recorded in the first half of the year, official figures

the return of anti-americanism

2002-08-14 Thread Ian Murray
08/14/2002 - Updated 02:16 AM ET Global warmth for U.S. after 9/11 turns to frost By Ellen Hale, USA TODAY OXFORD, England - On a packed train out of London recently to this historic college town, a young American woman struck up a conversation with her seatmate, a nattily dressed older