expected UK government resignations

2003-03-16 Thread Chris Burford
Commentators assume that Clare Short will be joined in resigning by Robin Cook, former secretary for Foreign Affairs, and now Leader of the House of Commons. Cook is a europhile and in favour of proportional representation and dialogue with the Liberal Democrats so he is not in the ascendant

trust fund for Iraqi oil?

2003-03-16 Thread Chris Burford
In the course of a fluent interview this morning, Gordon Brown dropped the information that both he and Tony Blair favoured a trust fund for Iraqi oil. thereby allegedly removing any suspicion that the war is for the sake of oil. It sounded like a bit of quiet skirmishing with the Bush

Re: RE: Re: Re: dubya dip?

2003-03-16 Thread soula avramidis
The Two Towers of the conventional wisdom (over-emphasis on expectations and nationalism/neo-liberalism) distract the observers from the fundamentals that are amiss, i.e., for the US low profit rates, high corporate debt, unused capacity, high consumer debt, a housing bubble, a large deficit on

The Arab street keeps its protest mutedftarticle

2003-03-16 Thread soula avramidis
How to brake the bonds of arab patriarchial society in the fight against colonialism? if the the war takes a tad longer than expected, the economic crisis in the arab world worsens, ad hoc protestmovement organise, then, it would be impossible through the same system of patriarchial articulation

Thank you

2003-03-16 Thread Hari Kumar
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The Arab street keeps its protest mutedftarticle

2003-03-16 Thread soula avramidis
How to brake the bonds of arab patriarchial society in the fight against colonialism? if the the war takes a tad longer than expected, the economic crisis in the arab world worsens, ad hoc protestmovement organise, then, it would be impossible through the same system of patriarchial articulation

Parecon in the News!

2003-03-16 Thread Devine, James
Title: Parecon in the News! [from the entertainment section of the L.A. TIMES!] http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/suncal/cl-ca-donnegan16mar16.story STYLE CULTURE His economic plan: Start from scratch Capitalism not working for you? Michael Albert may be tilting at

Pledge of Allegiance revised

2003-03-16 Thread Devine, James
Title: Pledge of Allegiance revised According to rumors, following the advice of Attorney General John Ashcroft, President Bush has accepted a revision of the Pledge of Allegiance, to settle the current controversy: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

Re: Re: Commodity production 8000 years ago?

2003-03-16 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 3/14/03 12:14:05 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: according to Marx, commodity exchange and thus commodity production is as old as the hills, though I don't know if he thought in terms of 8000 years ago and Australian natives. "In order that this alienation

Re: expected UK government resignations

2003-03-16 Thread k hanly
Why is the legality of the issue such a big concern in the UK. I can see that there is the possibility of trials before the International Criminal Court but this seems quite remote and unlikely. Bush seems to be able to lie about 1441 claiming it gives legal authority for the invasion without

Bush is looking Nappy

2003-03-16 Thread Devine, James
Title: Bush is looking Nappy http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-op-atwood16mar16,1,5974439.story Napoleon's Blunders A tale of preemptive strikes gone wrong By Margaret Atwood Margaret Atwood won the Booker Prize for her novel The Blind Assassin. Her latest book, Oryx

Re: Re: expected UK government resignations

2003-03-16 Thread andie nachgeborenen
The legality issue is an excuse for giving into popular revuksion against the war without saying that is what they are doing, obviously. jks k hanly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why is the legality of the issue such a big concern in the UK. I can seethat there is the possibility of trials before the

American Woman Peace Activist Killed by Israeli Army

2003-03-16 Thread Seth Sandronsky
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0316-01.htm Published on Sunday, March 16, 2003 by the Associated Press American Woman Peace Activist Killed by Israeli Army by Ibrahim Barzak Seth Sandronsky http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0316-01.htm Published on Sunday, March 16, 2003 by the

Re: expected UK government resignations

2003-03-16 Thread Chris Burford
Good question, and good answer. Yes the question is a proxy for the desire to play an honourable imperialist role but not at the dictate of Bush. The UK has shifted in its imperialistic expectations. There is no backlash against negotiating with the IRA. The population is used to terrorism. It

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Re: Bush is looking Nappy

2003-03-16 Thread Carrol Cox
Devine, James wrote: Napoleon's Blunders A tale of preemptive strikes gone wrong By Margaret Atwood Napoleon was a brilliant soldier who rose like a bubble during a time of unrest and bloodletting, won many battles and was thus able -- like Julius Caesar -- to grab

US wants to privatise Iraq oilfields: Yamani

2003-03-16 Thread k hanly
From dailytelegraph, Money, (UK) Cheers, Ken Hanly Yamani: US wants to privatise Iraqi oilfields By Mary Fagan (Filed: 16/03/2003) The US is examining ways of privatising the Iraqi oilfields, according to Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, the former Saudi oil minister. Speaking to The Telegraph,

Re: Upper East Side vigil

2003-03-16 Thread Sabri Oncu
Throughout the 1960s and 70s nothing like this ever happened on the Upper East Side, as far as I know. Not only were there vigils in our neighborhood, but all around the city. I was also informed that the churches were having 7pm peace services. All in all, a sign of the times. And this is

Fictitious capital

2003-03-16 Thread michael perelman
MARKET WATCH From WorldCom, an Amazing View of a Bloated Industry By GRETCHEN MORGENSON VER since WorldCom toppled into bankruptcy last summer, the company has been teaching stunned investors one lesson after another. Not only have we learned how easy it is to cook up a monumental accounting

Re: Fictitious capital

2003-03-16 Thread soula avramidis
Just as an aside, the kuwaiti stock market has been heating up for the last few years because of exess liquidity from iraq, the money is in compensation for the 1990 war, 25% of the the oil for food, nearly all of which goes to kuwait.Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business

Re: Fictitious capital

2003-03-16 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: michael perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 9:51 PM Subject: [PEN-L:35636] Fictitious capital MARKET WATCH From WorldCom, an Amazing View of a Bloated Industry By GRETCHEN MORGENSON [snip] Thanks to WorldCom, we are

farewell, long run...

2003-03-16 Thread Ian Murray
From bombs to beggar-my-neighbour Larry Elliott Monday March 17, 2003 The Guardian As the world's financial markets showed with startling clarity last week, the long term has ceased to exist. The short-term is the next nano second, the medium term is the next minute and the long term is what

Re: Iraq's money supply

2003-03-16 Thread soula avramidis
The potential iraqi opposition economist in the pro american iraqi governemnt wrote a paper that was never published in which he says that it was not the war and the embargo that are killing people in iraq, it was sadam's money supply policy, too loose.Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting -

centralizaton

2003-03-16 Thread Ian Murray
Big Banks In the Mood To Acquire By Nicholas Johnston Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, March 17, 2003; Page E01 Within days last fall, MT Bank Corp. said it would buy Allfirst Financial Inc. for $2.8 billion and BBT Corp., the Winston-Salem banking giant, agreed to buy Wheaton's Equitable

Re: Re: Re: Re: Is war illegal without a second UN resolution?

2003-03-16 Thread soula avramidis
the article cited below makes for positive law, similar to positive economics it laissez faire law. all analytically is undetermined, all in reality is overdetermined. contradictions pile up in thought only, in real life they get resolved. Ian Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [earlier I

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Is war illegal without a second UN resolution?

2003-03-16 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: soula avramidis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 10:17 PM Subject: [PEN-L:35642] Re: Re: Re: Re: Is war illegal without a second UN resolution? the article cited below makes for positive law, similar to positive economics

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Is war illegal without a second UN resolution?

2003-03-16 Thread soula avramidis
=Yes, and the Chicago Cubs are going to win the World Series this year.WOW, i am making my bets early. no need to make this leap of faith, i was simply being modest, human rights are for the living not for the dead so to speak. i mean the argument was that the UN is not of itself,

US starts worrying about Turkey's own agenda

2003-03-16 Thread Sabri Oncu
IRAQ CRISIS: US starts worrying about Turkey's own agenda By Stephen Fidler Financial Times; Mar 17, 2003 Turkey has over the past week shifted from being a source of frustration in Washington to a cause of the deepest concern. Enough is enough, said one senior State Department official,

Socialist Scholars 2003

2003-03-16 Thread Louis Proyect
Over the past two years, I've limited my attendance to the Socialist Scholars Conference to Saturday sessions so these notes are based on only a partial view. That being said, the character of the event this year was marked indelibly by the impending war with Iraq. This meant specifically that

Upper East Side vigil

2003-03-16 Thread Louis Proyect
I just returned from a candlelight vigil consisting of about 50 people 2 blocks from my apartment building. This in itself is not so significant. What is significant is that this gathering took place on Park Avenue and 92nd Street in the midst of the most wealthy neighborhood in NYC and