[Fwd: Swans' Release: August 2, 2004]

2004-08-01 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.swans.com/ August 2, 2004 -- In this issue: Note from the Editor: My fellow Americans, this is the most important election of our lifetime. The stakes are high. We are a nation at war -- a global war on terror against an enemy unlike we've ever known before, said Mr. Bush the other

FW: [Marxism] Fwd: Michael Moore letter to las vegas

2004-07-22 Thread Craven, Jim
From Michael Moore's letter to Las Vegas: What country do you live in? Last time I checked, Las Vegas is still in the United States. And in the United States, we have something called The First Amendment. This constitutional right gives everyone here the right to say whatever they want to say.

[Fwd: [Marxism] The Case for Nader-Camejo, by L. Proyect]

2004-07-19 Thread Louis Proyect
Swans The Case for Nader-Camejo by Louis Proyect (Swans - July 19, 2004) Although liberal attacks on Ralph Nader have been marked by a level of vituperation usually reserved for such as Slobodan Milosevic, Greg Bates's Ralph's Revolt is completely rancor-free by contrast. It is a calm,

Re: [Fwd: [Marxism] The Case for Nader-Camejo, by L. Proyect]

2004-07-19 Thread Max B. Sawicky
On budget deficits, Kerry is as bad as Clinton, which is pretty bad. But Nader has never been particularly good and clear on this issue, though I think that overall his programmatic message goes in the right direction. mbs In that chapter, titled Appease the Bond Market: the Kerry Plan to Make

Re: [Fwd: Swans' Release: July 19, 2004]

2004-07-19 Thread Michael Hoover
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/18/04 5:23 PM Michael wrote: i've a hunch that some left interest in nader is reflection of absence of actual left alternatives, as panelist at forum i attended in ann arbor said yesterday: 'he's best known option, lousy way to develop actual left alternative... I think

[Fwd: Swans' Release: July 19, 2004]

2004-07-18 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.swans.com/ July 19, 2004 -- In this issue: Note from the Editor: Barbara Ehrenreich, the gray lady filling in for Thomas Friedman at The Gray Lady, does a nice little hatchet job on Ralph Nader in It's Over, Ralph (NYT, Op-Ed, July 18). She writes, A whole slew of candidates -- Dean,

Re: [Fwd: Swans' Release: July 19, 2004]

2004-07-18 Thread Michael Hoover
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/18/04 3:46 PM http://www.swans.com/ July 19, 2004 -- In this issue: http://www.swans.com/library/art10/lproy17.html The Case for Nader-Camejo - by Louis Proyect Unlike the DLC-backed candidates of recent years, Nader is not afraid to represent himself as an old-fashioned

Re: [Fwd: Swans' Release: July 19, 2004]

2004-07-18 Thread Louis Proyect
Michael Hoover wrote: another panelist referred with reverence to eugene debs, well i dig debs too but real importance at that time was neither his 6% of prez vote in 1912 or million votes he got in 1920 while in prison, more significant was over 1300 - mostly local - elected socialists prior to

Re: [Fwd: Swans' Release: July 19, 2004]

2004-07-18 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
Michael wrote: i've a hunch that some left interest in nader is reflection of absence of actual left alternatives, as panelist at forum i attended in ann arbor said yesterday: 'he's best known option, lousy way to develop actual left alternative... I think that those who are seriously interested

Re: [Fwd: Swans' Release: July 19, 2004]

2004-07-18 Thread Craven, Jim
Michael wrote: i've a hunch that some left interest in nader is reflection of absence of actual left alternatives, as panelist at forum i attended in ann arbor said yesterday: 'he's best known option, lousy way to develop actual left alternative... I think that those who are seriously

Re: [Fwd: Swans' Release: July 19, 2004]

2004-07-18 Thread Michael Hoover
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/18/04 4:33 PM Michael Hoover wrote: another panelist referred with reverence to eugene debs, well i dig debs too but real importance at that time was neither his 6% of prez vote in 1912 or million votes he got in 1920 while in prison, more significant was over 1300 -

Re: [Fwd: Swans' Release: July 19, 2004]

2004-07-18 Thread sartesian
I've stay out of this discussion, to everybody's relief (and my own), but is it possible that anyone can really endorse voting for a national Democratic candidate as progressive, or even the lesser evil? I guess so, but it takes a complete disavowal of history to do so. It takes a deliberate

Re: [Fwd: Swans' Release: July 19, 2004]

2004-07-18 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 7/18/2004 5:05:30 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've stay out of this discussion, to everybody's relief (and my own), but is it possible that anyone can really endorse voting for a national Democratic candidate as progressive, or even the lesser

Re: [Fwd: Swans' Release: July 19, 2004]

2004-07-18 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 7/18/2004 4:33:01 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Response Jim C: "The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." (Josef Stalin) Comment This is true and how it playsitself out in real life and

Re: [Fwd: Swans' Release: July 19, 2004]

2004-07-18 Thread Carrol Cox
sartesian wrote: I've stay out of this discussion, to everybody's relief (and my own), but is it possible that anyone can really endorse voting for a national Democratic candidate as progressive, or even the lesser evil? I guess so, but it takes a complete disavowal of history to do so. It

[Fwd: TNR Online | July Surprise?]

2004-07-08 Thread ravi
Original Message http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040719s=aaj071904 PAKISTAN FOR BUSH. July Surprise? by John B. Judis, Spencer Ackerman Massoud Ansari [...] This spring, the administration significantly increased its pressure on Pakistan to kill or capture Osama bin Laden,

Re: [Fwd: RE: [Marxism] Kerry: no drivers licenses for illegals]

2004-07-04 Thread Michael Hoover
---Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon

[Fwd: Swans' Release: July 5, 2004]

2004-07-04 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.swans.com/ July 5, 2004 -- In this Issue: Note from the Editor: Since its inception some eight years ago, Swans has been a commercial-free zone; no annoying pop-ups to support our efforts, no advertisements to feed the corporate machine...until today, that is. Yes, in honor of The

[Fwd: The myth of the self-made millionaire]

2004-06-29 Thread ravi
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo/story.asp?guid=%7BB4FBCBBD-1278-4421-889C-1D4B7982B9C3%7Dsiteid=myyahoodist=myyahoo The self-made myth Societal support key to much wealth creation, report says By Thomas Kostigen, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 8:55 PM ET June 28, 2004 SANTA MONICA,

[Fwd: [Marxism] Re: Thomas Frank on Kansas]

2004-06-28 Thread Louis Proyect
Posted by Suresh to Marxmail: The Baffler's preoccupation with pop culture and its role in sustaining bourgeois ideology made for pleasant enough reading, yet somewhere beneath the post-modern, vaguely radical-sounding articles lay a wishy-washy liberalism. I guess it's in this sense that Thomas

[Fwd: [Marxism] Interview with Richard Heinberg]

2004-06-22 Thread Louis Proyect
.It's been done before, albeit on a smaller scale. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, Cuba, which imported almost all of its oil from the U.S.S.R., suddenly faced an annual energy shortage of 25 percent. Fidel Castro's communist government immediately went to work, breaking up

Re: [Fwd: [Marxism] Interview with Richard Heinberg]

2004-06-22 Thread sartesian
- From: Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 3:10 PM Subject: [PEN-L] [Fwd: [Marxism] Interview with Richard Heinberg] .It's been done before, albeit on a smaller scale. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, Cuba, which imported

[Fwd: Swans' Release: June 21, 2004]

2004-06-20 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.swans.com/ June 21, 2004 -- In this Issue: Note from the Editor:Let's begin with something special, shall we? Curious about Yiddishkayt? Interested in the connection between Jewish popular culture and the American Left? Fascinated by the urban Jewish milieu of New York City's lower

Re: [POHG] the whole country has dementia hollywoodius fwd

2004-06-12 Thread Chris Burford
- Original Message - From: alex scott-samuel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 6:24 PM Subject: [POHG] [spiritof1848] the whole country has dementia hollywoodius fwd --- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 17:31:23 -0400 From: Thompson

[Fwd: Swans' Release: June 7, 2004]

2004-06-06 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.swans.com/ June 7, 2004 -- In this issue: Note from the Editor:Found in the e-mail box on this sunny Sunday morning: How does it feel to be in the ash bin of history? We won. Your thinking lost. Good riddance. On to killing terrorists; there aren't many communists left to kill. --

IT'S BY HIS GRACE I RECEIVED CHRIST (fwd)

2004-06-04 Thread Anthony D'Costa
Here's one that came in right after my mail on spam...The stories get more creative I must say! xxx Anthony P. D'Costa, Professor Comparative International Development University of Washington

Fwd: Who is Ahmed Chalabi

2004-05-24 Thread michael a. lebowitz
www.globalresearch.ca Centre for Research on Globalisation Centre de recherche sur la mondialisation Global Research (Canada) Feature Article WHO IS AHMED CHALABI? by Michel Chossudovsky www.globalresearch.ca 21 May 2004 The URL of this article is: http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO405D.html

[Fwd: Swans' Release: May 24, 2004]

2004-05-23 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.swans.com/ May 24, 2004 -- In this issue: Note from the Editor: Before you begin accusing the French of once more sticking it to America for awarding the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival to Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 documentary, be aware that only one out of nine jurors

[Fwd: [Marxism] The Nader Factor: Democrat Fat Cats toy with anti-war voters]

2004-05-22 Thread Louis Proyect
Slept with Nader woke up with Bush in 2000? The Nader Factor: Democrat Fat Cats toy with anti-war voters By Walt Contreras Sheasby Were it not for a loophole in the McCain-Feingold Act and the somersaults of defeated candidates Howard Dean, Gen. Wesley Clark,

FW: After the World Tribunal on Iraq, New York Session (fwd)

2004-05-12 Thread Sabri Oncu
WTI New York session has successfully commenced last Saturday. You can read the final statement of the jury of conscience, the press release, and the presentations in the first two parts of the session from the following link: http://www.worldtribunal-nyc.org/Document/index.htm The third part,

[Fwd: [SIXTIES-L] Flawed Classic Displays Mumia’s PantherPassion]

2004-05-10 Thread Carrol Cox
Original Message Subject: [SIXTIES-L] Flawed Classic Displays Mumia's PantherPassion Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 13:52:00 -0700 From: the moderator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Recipient list suppressed Flawed Classic Displays Mumia's Panther Passion

[Fwd: Swans Release: May 10, 2004]

2004-05-09 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.swans.com/ May 10, 2004 -- In this issue: Note from the Editor: What's all this fuss with the pictures of inhuman treatment of Iraqi prisoners? Nothing that has not happened before; whether at Guantánamo Bay or in Afghanistan, back to Vietnam, the Philippines, chattel slavery and

[Fwd: Fw: Why the torture at Abu Ghraib should be no surprise]

2004-05-07 Thread Carrol Cox
I wish some of those who argue that Out Now! is too simplistic could give some reason to believe that there is any possibility whatever of the U.S. occupation remedying _any_ of the evil it has created; how any other policy than simple withdrawal (any policy, that is, that we could reasonably

[Fwd: [Marxism] US military situation perilous]

2004-04-30 Thread Louis Proyect
The Magazine of Future Warfare May Issue, 2004 Carlton Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] A careful reader of the limited news coming out of Iraq will discover the US military situation is perilous and a few more bad moves could send the US Army and Marines retreating back to Kuwait in the same manner they

[Fwd: McReynolds article on Iraq]

2004-04-23 Thread Louis Proyect
Iraq: A Deepening Tragedy By David McReynolds (former Chair, War Resisters International, Socialist Party candidate for President 1980, 2000. He visited Baghdad in 1991, just before the start of the first Gulf War as part of a team from the Fellowship of Reconciliation) // this article can be

[Fwd: New Economics Student Journal At the New SchooL]

2004-04-09 Thread paul phillips
I am forwarding a couple of messages Fred Lee circulated on his post keynesian list that I thought would be equally of interest to those on pen-l. Paul Phillips --- Forwarded message follows --- Subject:New Economics Student Journal At the New SchooL Date sent:

[Fwd: corporate felons]

2004-04-09 Thread paul phillips
I am forwarding a couple of messages Fred Lee circulated on his post keynesian list that I thought would be equally of interest to those on pen-l. Paul Phillips Original Message --- Forwarded message follows --- Subject:corporate felons Date sent:

Re: [Fwd: corporate felons]

2004-04-09 Thread andie nachgeborenen
Have you checked with Russell Mokhiber's Corporate Crime Reporter? http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/ jks --- paul phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am forwarding a couple of messages Fred Lee circulated on his post keynesian list that I thought would be equally of interest to

Support the NewStandard FWD: Update; Corporation Coverage; Dahr Jamail Returns to Iraq

2004-04-02 Thread troy cochrane
This project needs support, in my humble estimation.Note: forwarded message attached.Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals---BeginMessage--- Dear Friends of The NewStandard, Despite our irregular publishing schedule, we at The NewStandard have remained very busy of late. While our

[Fwd: Cuban Media, Response from Dangl and Howard]

2004-04-01 Thread Louis Proyect
This is a reply from Benjamin Dangl and April Howard, who co-authored a critique of Cuban media on Counterpunch that I critiqued on Marxmail a week or so ago. They mention the Gehry Art Center at Bard below. I should add that the building had a cost overrun of $45 million, conceivably more than

Fwd: A MILLION WORKERS MARCH ON WASHINGTON

2004-03-30 Thread Sabri Oncu
RESOLUTION PROPOSING A MILLION WORKERS MARCH ON WASHINGTON ADOPTED BY ILWU LOCAL Whereas: our ancestors fought tirelessly in this country for the right to organize unions and ensure that our government recognized this right because it is a cornerstone of democracy, and Whereas: that because of

Fwd: Ian Buruma on Occidentalism

2004-03-17 Thread Louis Proyect
Dear sir, This afternoon IanBuruma was a guest on NPR's Talk Of The Nation. I wish you had the opportunity to listen to him. He was there for a few minutes and much of what he said went unchallenged. The funny thing is that he has chosen such a deceiving and provocative title for his book, perhaps

[Fwd: [Fwd: Dr Seuss]]

2004-03-04 Thread paul phillips
Enjoy For the 100th anniversity of Dr. Seuss The Whos down in Whoville liked people a lot, But the Grinch in the White House most certainly did not. He didn't arrive there by the will of the Whos, But stole the election that he really did lose. Vowed to

Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: Dr Seuss]]

2004-03-04 Thread joanna bujes
That was wonderful. Thanks. Joanna paul phillips wrote: Enjoy For the 100th anniversity of Dr. Seuss The Whos down in Whoville liked people a lot, But the Grinch in the White House most certainly did not. He didn't arrive there by the will of the Whos, But stole the election that he

[Fwd: Join me in supporting marriage equality!]

2004-02-24 Thread joanna bujes
Original Message Subject: Join me in supporting marriage equality! Date: 24 Feb 2004 23:41:38 - From: Jill Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Friend, I believe that ALL Americans, including gays and lesbians, deserve the rights, responsibilities, and

Re: [Fwd: Join me in supporting marriage equality!]

2004-02-24 Thread Devine, James
/~jdevine -Original Message- From: joanna bujes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 4:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L] [Fwd: Join me in supporting marriage equality!] Original Message Subject: Join me in supporting marriage

[Fwd: Unionbuster Safeway's Burd Serves As Advisor To Ridge]

2004-02-22 Thread Eugene Coyle
Original Message Subject: Unionbuster Safeway's Burd Serves As Advisor To Ridge Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 15:53:12 -0800 From: steve zeltzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Campaign Against

Fwd: Why U.S. Labor Law Has Become a Paper Tiger

2004-02-22 Thread andie nachgeborenen
Note: forwarded message attached. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools---BeginMessage--- Why U.S. Labor Law Has Become a Paper Tiger Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 21:50:01 -0500 Message-Id: [EMAIL

Fwd: [pga] Divisions and missed opportunities in Bombay

2004-02-11 Thread Sabri Oncu
Forwarded from: Oliver de Marcellus [EMAIL PROTECTED] ++ Divisions and missed opportunities in Bombay I generally see the positive side of things, but if we are to advance, it is also necessary to recognise errors. Whatever its positive aspects (which other reports have amply

[Fwd: Re: Howard Dean, Nader, Chomsky and Stalin]

2004-01-27 Thread Louis Proyect
Original Message Subject: Re: Howard Dean, Nader, Chomsky and Stalin Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 08:50:47 -0600 From: Saul Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did you notice that Alterman brings up Stalin three times on that blog page? We get the Nader, Dean, Chomsky and

Re: [Fwd: Re: Howard Dean, Nader, Chomsky and Stalin]

2004-01-27 Thread andie nachgeborenen
The Alterboy is very strange. Sticking together a centrist Democratic governor and Prez candidate, a disaffected populist pro-market but anticorporate consumer advocate and protest politician, an anarchist linguistics scholar abnd radical foreign policy analyst with a multi-decade passionate

Fwd: [DK] CORRECTING MICHAEL MOORE

2004-01-16 Thread Louis Proyect
Louis, FYI, regarding the assertion by someone on the list that Kucinich had only abstained on the war resolution vote in October 2002. Thanks. Robb Chavez CORRECTING MICHAEL MOORE Michael Moore has sent out a misleading Email that has many people asking if Dennis voted for the war

Re: [Marxism] Fwd: [DK] CORRECTING MICHAEL MOORE

2004-01-16 Thread Louis Proyect
Counterpunch, January 16, 2004 The General's Henchman Michael Moore Smears Kucinich By DAVE LINDORFF Film producer and journalist Michael Moore, who has decided to endorse and actively campaign for retired Gen. Wesley Clark for the Democratic presidential nomination, has crossed the line in

[Fwd: A view on California electricity

2003-12-29 Thread Eugene Coyle
Here's a perspective from Local Power on the unfolding California electric scene. Gene Coyle Original Message Subject: local power news: REGULATORS DELAY $ MULTI-BILLION UTILITY POWER CONTRACT DECISION UNTIL JANUARY 8 Date: Mon,

[Fwd: Lbo-talk digest, Vol 1 #2013 - 9 msgs]

2003-12-19 Thread joanna bujes
I got an e-mail this morning from a parishioner about an online poll being taken by the American Family Assn. about homosexual marriage, the results of which they are going to submit to Congress. The parishioner hoped that if enough people responded in favor, the whole thing might

Re: [Fwd: Lbo-talk digest, Vol 1 #2013 - 9 msgs]

2003-12-19 Thread Joel Blau
The poll seems to have to backfired on the American Family Association. Two days ago, a constitutional amendment banning homosexual marriage led 75% to 20%. Now, support for gay marriage has catapulted into the lead by something like 149,000 to 145,000 votes. Joel Blau joanna bujes wrote:

[Fwd: Neal Wood, 1922-2003]

2003-12-09 Thread Carrol Cox
I missed any reference to this at the time. Carrol Original Message Subject: Neal Wood, 1922-2003 Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 09:23:02 -0500 From: Richard Fidler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Discussions on the Socialist Register and its articles[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Fwd: Neal Wood, 1922-2003]

2003-12-09 Thread Michael Hoover
i think i posted a notice to list but, then again, maybe that was one more thing i intended to do but didn't... michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/09/03 03:18PM I missed any reference to this at the time. Carrol Original Message Subject: Neal Wood, 1922-2003 Date: Tue, 09 Dec

H-ASIA: Death of Hamza Alavi reported (fwd)

2003-12-06 Thread Anthony D'Costa
FYI xxx Anthony P. D'Costa, Associate Professor Comparative International Development University of WashingtonCampus Box 358436 1900 Commerce Street Tacoma, WA 98402, USA Phone: (253) 692-4462 Fax

[Fwd: Climate Equity Observer #7]

2003-12-02 Thread Eugene Coyle
Tom Athanasiou asked me to forward this. Gene Coyle Original Message Subject: Climate Equity Observer #7 Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 20:54:37 -0800 From: Tom Athanasiou [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

[Fwd: [Marxism] Krugman and capitalist successes]

2003-12-01 Thread Louis Proyect
Original Message Subject: [Marxism] Krugman and capitalist successes Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 18:19:46 +1300 From: Philip Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Activists and scholars in Marxist tradition [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] One of the things about Krugmann and

[Fwd: [Marxism] Swans' Release: December 1, 2003]

2003-12-01 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.swans.com/ December 1, 2003 -- In this issue: Note from the Editor: Welcome to Silly Season 2004, that time of year when Americans are the consummate patrons of the temples of consumerism where out of indulgence and economic patriotism they keep emptying their already-empty wallets.

[Fwd: small world of big war profiteers]

2003-11-24 Thread Eugene Coyle
Original Message Subject: small world of big war profiteers Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 23:12:32 -0800 From: Wally Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; At

[Fwd: small world of big war profiteers]

2003-11-22 Thread Eugene Coyle
Original Message Subject: small world of big war profiteers Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 23:12:32 -0800 From: Wally Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; At

[Fwd: [Fwd: Fwd: Bring Halliburton Home]]

2003-11-17 Thread joanna bujes
Bring Halliburton Home lookout by Naomi Klein [from the November 24, 2003 issue of The Nation] This article can be found on the web at http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20031124s=klein Cancel the contracts. Ditch the deals. Rip up the rules. Those are a few suggestions for slogans that

[Fwd: Convocatoria revista mexicana]

2003-09-30 Thread Alejandro Valle Baeza
CONVOCATORIA El Comité Editorial de la revista Política y Cultura convoca a los(las) investigadores(as) de las ciencias sociales y las humanidades a enviar propuestas de artículos para ser publicados en el número 22 (otoño 2004). Los artículos deberán inscribirse en cualquiera de las líneas

[Fwd: Current events]

2003-09-30 Thread ravi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 did this already do the rounds? --ravi - Original Message Finally, a candidate who can explain the Bush administration's positions on civil liberties in the original German. -- Bill Maher, on Schwarzenegger running

[Fwd: FWD: the death of Edward W. Said]

2003-09-25 Thread e. ahmet tonak
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-obit-said,0,2511480.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines Palestinian Scholar Edward W. Said Dies By Associated Press September 25, 2003, 10:49 AM EDT NEW YORK -- Edward W. Said, a Columbia University professor, literary critic

[Fwd: Oct 25 March on Washington - - Impeachment Contingent]

2003-09-19 Thread ravi
Original Message Subject: Oct 25 March on Washington - - Impeachment Contingent Date: fri, 19 sep 2003 13:08:23 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear VoteToImpeach member, In the last months the Impeach Bush campaign has made incredible progress.

Fwd: WSF: Behind the Invasion of Mumbai

2003-09-16 Thread Louis Proyect
A devastating critique of the upcoming World Social Forum-Mumbai appears in the current issue of Aspects of India's Economy, published by the Research Unit on Political Economy -- the folks who brought you Behind the Invasion of Iraq. It's available on the web at http://www.rupe-india.org/ . The

Re: [Fwd: FW: Empire of Capital by Ellen Meiksins Wood]

2003-08-31 Thread Sabri Oncu
Louis: It is hard for me to get any sense whether pen-l has attracted new subscribers in the past couple of years since it seems like the same-old same-old who post. I have the same feeling. Why so? Why is it that we don't hear from new voices but hear about more or less the same stuff over

Re: [Fwd: FW: Empire of Capital by Ellen Meiksins Wood]

2003-08-31 Thread Devine, James
PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: Re: [PEN-L] [Fwd: FW: Empire of Capital by Ellen Meiksins Wood] Louis: It is hard for me to get any sense whether pen-l has attracted new subscribers in the past couple of years since it seems like

Re: [Fwd: FW: Empire of Capital by Ellen Meiksins Wood]

2003-08-31 Thread Michael Perelman
I wish that I had some answer. A long time ago, I tried to take a day or so in which none of the regulars were allowed to post, only new people. I also tried to set aside a day in which people from outside the US were allowed to post -- so that we would learn more about what is going on

Re: [Fwd: FW: Empire of Capital by Ellen Meiksins Wood]

2003-08-31 Thread Martin Hart-Landsberg
I know this is a big question but I am still not clear about what people on the left mean by the terms empire and imperialism. By that I mean what is the political significane of people writing about say the American empire rather than talking about American imperialism? Is this terminology

Re: [Fwd: FW: Empire of Capital by Ellen Meiksins Wood]

2003-08-31 Thread joanna bujes
I have been subscribed for about a year. The reason I seldom post or reply is that much of the virtual conversation on this list takes place among professional/academic economists and I am not familiar with that jargon. This is not a complaint, just a description. Joanna Michael Perelman wrote:

Re: [Fwd: FW: Empire of Capital by Ellen Meiksins Wood]

2003-08-31 Thread Doyle Saylor
Hello All, James Devine wrote, for what it's worth, Jurriaan is new to pen-l and posts a lot of stuff that seems new to me. And then some complain that he posts too much! Jim Doyle I agree with this point, but I would like to dilate on this also. For Michael, how much people post may be

Re: [Fwd: FW: Empire of Capital by Ellen Meiksins Wood]

2003-08-31 Thread michael
Doyle Saylor wrote: For Michael, how much people post may be directly related to how much the list costs, The list costs me nothing, but some people -- especially those outside of the US -- pay a great deal to use the net. so I am not asking for someone to bear a greater burden for the

[Fwd: FW: Empire of Capital by Ellen Meiksins Wood]

2003-08-29 Thread Carrol Cox
Original Message Subject: FW: Empire of Capital by Ellen Meiksins Wood Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 01:04:56 +0100 From: Tim Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Discussions on the Socialist Register and its articles[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Human Nature Review 2003

Re: [Fwd: FW: Empire of Capital by Ellen Meiksins Wood]

2003-08-29 Thread Louis Proyect
In chapter 2, 'The Empire of Property,' Wood uses historical arguments, referring to the Roman, Chinese and Spanish empires, to show that military power (extra economic force) constituted the essence of the 'empire of property.' Yes, I would recommend that pen-l'ers rent the excellent video Quo

Re: [Fwd: FW: Empire of Capital by Ellen Meiksins Wood]

2003-08-29 Thread Devine, James
Even though some on pen-l have attacked Meiksins Wood unfairly, this book looks very good. When is it coming out in paperback? Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine Human Nature Review 2003 Volume 3: 376-378 ( 6 August ) URL of this

Re: [Fwd: FW: Empire of Capital by Ellen Meiksins Wood]

2003-08-29 Thread Louis Proyect
Even though some on pen-l have attacked Meiksins Wood unfairly, this book looks very good. When is it coming out in paperback? What's unfair? To describe the notion of capitalism originating in the British countryside in the 16th century as tendentious at best? It is hard for me to get any sense

Re: [Fwd: FW: Empire of Capital by Ellen Meiksins Wood]

2003-08-29 Thread Carrol Cox
Devine, James wrote: Even though some on pen-l have attacked Meiksins Wood unfairly, this book looks very good. When is it coming out in paperback? Don't know about the paperback, but the book is really good. Good enough to make even careful excerpting of single passages misleading, but I'll

Re: [Fwd: FW: Empire of Capital by Ellen Meiksins Wood]

2003-08-29 Thread Doug Henwood
Carrol Cox wrote: That is, though capitalism has now spread throughout the world, the fundamental perception of Lenin and Luxemburg still holds, for even now there is no possibility within capitalism for matching, outside the imperialist core, the successes of that core. The last three chapters

Re: [Fwd: FW: Empire of Capital by Ellen Meiksins Wood]

2003-08-29 Thread Carrol Cox
Doug Henwood wrote: This sounds like you've got a master theory, and the actual events of the real world represent its inevitable unfolding. Dunno. I wrote a quick post off the top of my head attempting to describe some of my first responses to a fine book. Carrol

Fwd: URGENT APPEAL From Korean Peace Movement

2003-08-19 Thread Sabri Oncu
Dear All, I just received this from a friend in the Turkish Peace Movement and am forwarding to you. Sabri Forwarded Message Below In This Issue: Korean Peace Movement's Appeal - Please Sign and Forward August 18, 2003 Friends, As you will see from the list of

Fwd: Info on Arg debt illegitimacy as background to WP´s article you have posted on Marxmail

2003-08-10 Thread Louis Proyect
Dear Lou, The links below give lots of food for thought as a background to the WPost article on Wall Street and Argentinean debt. I guess Marxmail readers might be interested in them. http://www.jubilee2000uk.org/analysis/reports/it_takes_two_to_tango.pdf (illustrated with a beautiful tango pic)

[Fwd: Questions on Cuba by Ernesto Cardenal - El Nuevo Diario]

2003-07-09 Thread Carrol Cox
Original Message Subject: Questions on Cuba by Ernesto Cardenal - El Nuevo Diario Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 14:29:16 -1000 From: Ralph Johansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Discussions on the Socialist Register and its articles[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] QUESTIONS ON

Fwd: [MARXISM-INTERNATIONAL] The current situation on Peru - Article by A. Olaechea

2003-07-06 Thread Chris Burford
Time has moved on in Peru and so has Adolfo Olaechea's analysis. First a covering note by Louis Godena Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 21:09:36 -0400 Sender: Marxism International [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Louis R Godena [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MARXISM-INTERNATIONAL] The current situation on

Fwd: Protest Bush in Dayton, 7/4, 10 AM (Update from Dayton AFSC)

2003-07-02 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
Info about the protest against Bush in Dayton from Dayton AFSC: * Dear Friends: Please send this email to everyone you know who might be interested and then check your email again on Thursday evening (11:00 pm) for a final update on the demonstration. Plans as they now stand:

Re: Fwd: FW: Sad News about NICHD/NIH: The Deconstruction of America's Sci entific

2003-06-16 Thread Michael Perelman
I am sorry that nobody has picked up on Martin's post, which just arrived tonight. I doesn't matter if the second coming is going to occur in a year or so, but it if does not... Is this happening with all government supported science? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State

Re: Fwd: FW: Sad News about NICHD/NIH: The Deconstruction of America's Sci entific

2003-06-16 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Fwd: FW: Sad News about NICHD/NIH: The Deconstruction of America's Sci entific I am sorry that nobody has picked up on Martin's post, which just

Fwd: FW: Sad News about NICHD/NIH: The Deconstruction of America's Sci entific

2003-06-13 Thread Martin Brown
pen-l's might find the following of interest. It shows how deeply the current administration is willing to go to enforce right wing ideology in the federal government. Traditionally NIH has been relatively exempt from this kind of this. But the there are now no limits on imposing a business

Re: Fwd: Waiting for Godot

2003-06-10 Thread Devine, James
: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Fwd: Waiting for Godot "Marxists" are, unfortunately, currently very depressing. They are likea braukellar gang crying in their beer about the old days. That's right, which is why there is no point in calling oneself that an

Re: Fwd: Waiting for Godot

2003-06-09 Thread Kenneth Campbell
Hi Aldo -- I enjoyed your post. I like the 3 chaps you happened to mention in the opening, so that part wasn't my fave. Aside from that, I agree, and I like the style. I have often thought of the Godot parallel. That was the thing that attracted me most to Mr. Marx, the early idea of his about

Re: Fwd: Waiting for Godot

2003-06-09 Thread Kenneth Campbell
Sabri the anarcho-Sufi-Leninist writes: This is why I call myself an anarcho-Leninist with a touch of Yunus Emre, the sufi humanist That explains where the good humor comes from in your posts. :) We could all use more sufi influence... Ken. -- Fundamentally, there is no more morality in world

Re: Fwd: Waiting for Godot

2003-06-09 Thread andie nachgeborenen
"Marxists" are, unfortunately, currently very depressing. They are likea braukellar gang crying in their beer about the old days. That's right, which is why there is no point in calling oneself that any more. It's sort of sad and sorry. I can support many things without becoming an "-ist" of

Re: Fwd: Waiting for Godot

2003-06-09 Thread Sabri Oncu
Sabri the anarchy-Sufi-Leninist writes: This is why I call myself an Leninist-Leninist with a touch of Yunus Emre, the sufi humanist That explains where the good humor comes from in your posts. :) We could all use more sufi influence... Ken. Thanks! Let me tell you that you don't need

Re: Fwd: Waiting for Godot

2003-06-09 Thread Eugene Coyle
Sabri, don't worry about reading all those books in the library. Ian has read them all and will tell us about them. Gene Sabri Oncu wrote: Sabri the anarchy-Sufi-Leninist writes: This is why I call myself an Leninist-Leninist with a touch of Yunus Emre, the sufi

Re: Fwd: Waiting for Godot

2003-06-09 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: Eugene Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sabri, don't worry about reading all those books in the library. Ian has read them all and will tell us about them. Gene == I'm on a futile quest to catch up with Michael P. but there's not enough tea in

Re: Fwd: Waiting for Godot

2003-06-08 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L] Fwd: Waiting for Godot Jim, Ian, and Michael in different ways and words all refer to the mounting tide of revolution as a necessary precondition for success. Till then - it seems - it's waiting for Godot. I never said anything about mounting tide of revolution, nor

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