Re: Foster-Harvey debate

1998-04-24 Thread hoov
Is it not also the case that in hurricanes, tornadoes, etc. trailer parks and similar such structures are the worst hit? Who lives in these, rich or poor? michael yates I read somewhere recently that more than a few US folks (don't recall %) believe that such storms are attracted to mobile

Re: Foster-Harvey debate

1998-04-23 Thread Louis Proyect
At 06:39 PM 4/22/98 -0400, you wrote: Friends, Is it not also the case that in hurricanes, tornadoes, etc. trailer parks and similar such structures are the worst hit? Who lives in these, rich or poor? michael yates An important point that I neglected to make in my original post: the

Re: Foster-Harvey debate

1998-04-22 Thread Mike Yates
Friends, Is it not also the case that in hurricanes, tornadoes, etc. trailer parks and similar such structures are the worst hit? Who lives in these, rich or poor? michael yates James Devine wrote: Louis writes: Cholera may strike rich and poor alike, but it actually tended to afflict the

Re: Foster-Harvey debate

1998-04-22 Thread James Devine
Louis writes: Cholera may strike rich and poor alike, but it actually tended to afflict the poor more grievously. Like TB and Smallpox, it is a disease that is much more endemic to poverty-ridden slums,... It's interesting (and truly disgusting) that HIV/AIDS is becoming more and more of a

Foster-Harvey debate

1998-04-22 Thread Louis Proyect
The latest copy of Monthly Review, which contains a debate between David Harvey and John Bellamy Foster is once again proof that this is the most important Marxist journal in the United States and absolutely mandatory for anybody with a commitment to Marxism. (MR, 122 W. 27, NYC 10001; $28,