current cannot be overstated,
Paul Sweezy presente!!
Peter Bohmer
MICHAEL YATES wrote:
Friends,
I first came to know Paul Sweezy in the early 1970s. He was
always a very kind critic, and when I got to know him personally, a
very kind and generous man. I mourn his death
To Julio, thanks for your thoughtful responses. I think your point about
also putting at the center the needs of landless peasants and
farmworkers is really important and much appreciated, Peter
Julio Huato wrote:
[Part II]
Peter Bohmer continues:
To this end, I support protectionism
strongly oppose
subsidies for agribusiness but not necessarily ones in the North
tailored to help the family farm and the small farmer. I realize care
will have to be given in tailoring the policies. to further these
objectives.
Peter Bohmer
Doug Henwood wrote:
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i
While the overall unemployment rate was slightly below 4% in the late
1960's, I remember that in a study of several black communities in
major urban centers in 1967, the official unemployment rate there was
10% or more and the underemployment rate, which the labor department
calculated at that
This article from NYTimes.com
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The adds to the earlier post from Michael P. from Dollars and Sense about the
increasing holding of the U.S. foreign debt in the form of U.S. government bonds.
Furthermore as pointed out in this article, this undermines
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It is important to point out the Western media exaggerations. However, I find
the comments you cite somewhat insensitive to what has happened in Kosovo. Let
us say "only 10,000" Kosovan Albanian men were killed as Slate reports, rather
than 100,000. There are also reports of many women being
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I thought people might find this interesting. Please publicize this at
your college, other interested placenbsp; and on other email lists. In
solidarity, Peter Bohmer
pbfont size=+2Mumia Abu-Jamal's presence at the Everg
Hi Jim, There are two one year full-time appointments teachiong MPA next year.
Tell your friend to apply.Last time his application was not complete so he
wasn't considered. The school is quite bureaucratic in that the apllication must
inlcude all things requested before anybody looks at it.
For
equality, employment, local production?
Thanks, Peter Bohmer
Jim Devine wrote:
from yesterday's SLATE:
The LA TIMES's "Column One" describes the blooming of a little-known
economic phenomenon cropping up here and there in small communities
threatened by the outflow of local cash t
quot;Attica", "Freedom on My Mind", part of "Eyes on the Prize",
particularly the one on Attica and Fred Hampton to list a few.
Peter Bohmer
Sam Pawlett wrote:
Also;
Kate Millet Sexual Politics
S. Firestone The Dialectics of Sex
Erica Jong Fear of Flying
D.Cooper ed.
for Spanish by attending. Estela had met the
same day with a group of unemployed steel workers in McKeesport, near Pittsburgh,
and she told me how much more open they were to what she was saying than the public
school teachers.
In solidarity,
Peter Bohmer
Michael Yates wrote:
Friends,
Yes, I do
Hi Gar, Happy Holidays to you and your mom, Peter
Gar Lipow wrote:
For some reason this season made me think not about the real meaning
of Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanza, Ramadan, Solstice or any other
holiday, but about the real meaning of Santa Claus -- and all the
valuable lesson Santa
to
surrender all of its sovereignty, when even allowing total
interference in their society is not sufficient to end the
sanctions.
Peter Bohmer
to the
administration of Clark College, the trustees and maybe to the
human rights commission of the State of Washington. Writing to
Pen-L is good but let us also get it beyond ourselves..
Peter Bohmer
"Rosser Jr, John Barkley" wrote:
I am concerned now that the administrators at Clar
Please send me the most current email for James Craven. The
email listed for him on the Pen-L subscription list does
not seem to work.
He seems to be under a strong attack from the administration
at Clark and I want to send him a letter of support. Peter
Bohmer
Note: i sent this before but don't believe it got posted. Please ignore if you
already received it.
Peter Bohmer wrote:
James Devine wrote:
Frank presented a useful understanding of how draconian the "poverty level"
cut-off is. But he missed another factor. The poverty cut-off
nel, ABC's of Political
Economy that was very well received by the 45 students in the class. So
far, he hasn't found a publisher.
There is a strong need for a book such as the above. I would be willing
to read a manuscript and make comments but not at this time do more than
that.
JUST DO IT!
Peter Bohmer
to thank each and every one of you for making pen-l the valuable
experience that it has been.
Let us make sure Pen-L doesn't expire.
In solidarity, peter Bohmer
Is there a good book or article on the theory of the state you would
recommend, particularly ones written in the last 10 years, and that deal
with state repression, state violence within the U.S. or internally.
Thanks, peter Bohmer
See the book edited by Annette James, "The State of Native America". It
was published by South End press in 1992 or 1993. there ar many excellent
articles dealing with land, fishing rights, water, governance, and
resistance.
On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Doug Henwood wrote:
Thanks to everyone who's
Is there a recent book you would recommend as a good recent left analysis on
the causes of the growing inequality of income and wealth in the United
States for an undergraduate program in political eocnomy.
Thanks, peter Bohmer
It also includes the FARC of Colombia which is probably the group you
meant in your last e-mail. They have a similar politics to the Communist
Party of Colombia and hold some territory.
On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, john gulick wrote:
Pen-l'ers,
While I'm on the subject of guerillas, did anyone
not send me the application, see below, Peter Bohmer
REGULAR FACULTY POSITION 1998-99
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS/
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
ABOUT EVERGREEN:
Evergreen is a non-traditional public liberal arts college emphasizing
intensive interdisciplinary study and collaborative team teaching
Gordon Taylor made a few mistakes on his history of slavery and I
disagree with his analysis of Communism.
Slavery lasted into the 1880's in Cuba and Brazil.
Equating Communism and Nazism is a favorite ploy of those who are
downplaying the genocidal nature of Nazism, see the excellent
There is some mistaken information in the message from Tavcis Barr. For
those who are interested, Geronimo Pratt's case, was totally distinct from
Angela Davis. Angela Davis was indicted and acquitted in the case related
to the action where Jonathan Jackson was killed at the Marin County
You are probably thinking about Geronimo Pratt, a leader of the Black
Panther Party, who had been falsely imprisoned for over 25 years. He was
released last week but may still face a new trial.
Peter
On Mon, 16 Jun 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was also wondering about this report. I
with more information to respond to. Do not post it as fact.
Peter Bohmer
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Paul Zarembka wrote:
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Has this been cofirmed. Could somebody post any more details on this. I
hadn't heard it before, Peter Bohmer
On Sat, 14 Jun 1997, Michael Eisenscher wrote:
Subject: Fwd: Stop press! Mumia Abu Jamal sentenced to die in 2 months time!
Mumia Abu-Jamal's death warrant has been signed! He
I am co-teaching a 32 credit program at the Evergreen State College for
sophomores and up in the fall and winter and am trying to get my book list
together. The program is in political economy, defined broadly--much more
than radical economics. Anyway, I am looking for a really good book
(books)
decision to withdraw. Peter Bohmer
On Thu, 27 Mar 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear friends,
After Louis' last piece of venom that attacked, not only me, but
my acquaitances that may (or may not) agree with me, but who have
never heard of Louis Proyet, I must withdraw from further discussion
, telephone number, e-mail and Web site for
the Citizens for Tax Justice in D.C.? Please send it to me!
Thanks, Peter Bohmer
I also went to grad school in U. Mass. in economics and have a very
different opinion of the faculty there than that expressed by Steve
Cullenberg and Blair Sandler. I don't think I know Rhon Baiman but my
experiences with Rick Wolff there do not seem all that different from what
Rhon claims he
On Sun, 3 Nov 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 96-11-03 04:23:31 EST, you write:
Finally, I expect the people on this list who consider Rick Wolff to be an
infallible god and guru to be incensed by my criticisms of him and respond
with a lot of verbiage. Given the
and neither one has convinced the other. Peter Bohmer
--
Antonio:
Peter Bohmer was kind enough to forward your pen-l message to me and I
thought perhaps I ought to offer a brief reply.
In the first part you relate how for you pomo made it possible to see the
importance of organizing
On Tue, 12 Dec 1995, Trond Andresen wrote:
If it is true that the PC term originated in the U.S. left as a
self-ironic thing, I stand corrected. Seeen from Norway however, to the
(until now) weak degree the term has been employed here, it has been as
a demagogic instrument to turn the
caused a shift to a position lauding U.S. corporate
domination and dependence.
My main interest is in discussion of my first point, contracting out of
work and the boeing strike.
Peter Bohmer
rticpatory self management, and yet be
efficient and productive. We could of course have it all wrong. But
amorphous? What does that mean?
BOLater in the year I will review the politics of the Z current and post a
BOnumber of articles to this list. Peter Bohmer can either forward them on to
BOyou,
Here is more reply to the materials I was sent re the discussion on
PEN-L:
BOZ magazine has been getting a
BOfree ride for years and that's about to end.
You have a strange way of expressing yourself, or at least I have
difficulty understanding your comments. What could this possibly mean?
I
What follows is Michael Albert's response to Louis Proyect's criticism of
LBBS of 10/6/95. Michael is co-editor of Z magazine, founder of Left on
Line (LBBS) and co-author of many important books and articles on
alternatives to capitalism and many other important areas. Peter Bohmer
Do you know of any books from a left perspective on the history of GATT,
particularly its formation and its relation to the post World War II
global political and economic structure. Thanks, peter Bohmer
ven't seen anything in the New York Times. Has it been in your
newspaper, on the TV news? Maybe you should ask them why?
I hope somebody investigates and publicizes this further.
Peter Bohmer
On Sat, 7 Jan 1995, Paul Harrison wrote:
Is there a way to stay on this list but not receive Peter Pflaum's posts?
I don't think so but I immediately delete anything I see from Peter Pflaum.
pete Bohmer
On Thu, 27 Oct 1994 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I realize that this question has come up in the past, but I haven't
saved EVERY msg from Pen-L! Can someone recommend some good readings
for advanced undergraduates on the the economics of race? I am interested
in both readings on theories
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The U.S. has invaded Haiti, it began way before the troops started
I also endorse the single-payer plan on the ballot in California. I used to
live there.
My name, title and address are:
Peter Bohmer
Faculty in Political Economy
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, WA 98505
tel. 206 866-6000 X6431
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a degree (ph.D
I have not seen the article in the June, 1994 Journal Of Economic
Literature on unemployment referred to by Alan Isaac. Does this article
discuss whether unemployment rates are calculated similarly in the U.S.,
the EC and the non EC countires? In other words, would the U.S.
unemployment rates be
I would appreciate any good information in English or Spanish on the
uprising in Chiapas in the last few days beyond what is in the New York
Times, CNN, CBS, etc.
These armed actions appear to be a very significant and inspiring event by
an organized group of people who have in a powerful and
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