Our computer center here identifies the Good Times email virus
discussed on this list as a sophisticated hoax.
Terry McDonough
(what a weird world. Here I am stuck at home with a six 6-year-old
all day, but I can communicate with the computer at work to
download Patrick's message, and then upload and send my reply.)
Now I know why you make so much sense. There's nothing like active parenting
to keep the ungrounded
I am teaching a course to undergraduates in the spring titled "The History of
American Business." My idea is to break it up into studying a few cases such
as:
*The transformation of the shoe industry in nineteenth century Lynn,
Mass.(Blewett)
* The history of railroads (Chandler).
My questions
I said earlier that single parenting is by its nature more difficult
than dual parenting, and is compounded by the low wages and or welfare
benefits single women in particular can expect. I would also say that
children are better
off if they have two rather than one loving parent. In many
Patrick B. takes Jim D. to task over the respective roles of
contingency and theory.
First, it is one of the tasks of theory to specify the role of
contingency.
In relation to the question of accumulation, theory tells us that
because of class struggle and capitalist competition, long term
Along those lines, there's a pull-quote in the new issue of Socialist
Review that describes capitalism as more racist and patriarchal than ever.
Is that really true? On a global scale, Third World elites are being
brought into the club, and in the First World, women are increasingly all
over the
"Rifkin suggests we may have to take the existing work and spread it around.
He says we have to look once more at the question of reduced work time.
I agree with D Henwood's comments that this is nothing new, however I would
suggest that this is already happening. Corporations operating in
At 9:53 PM 11/26/96, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, generally, even in an equitable relationship, a woman can be
severely constrained by marriage. Of course, one can always find the
occasional exception.
Put another way, I don't think it is necessarily always individual men who
constrain women
The record pace of bankruptcies among consumers and businesses
continued in September. This has been the trend throughout the year
with the total number of bankruptcies up 20 percent over last year,
which itself was the year of the greatest number of bankruptcies in
the history of Canada.
On the issue of whether teen pregnancy is a "social problem", one can
support the *right* of teenage women to have children and _still_ note
that it is (or can be) a social problem. It _can_ be a problem for the
living standard and welfare of the young mother and her child. It can (and
this
At 6:45 AM 11/27/96, Gerald Levy wrote:
Consequently, although I think we should support the right of teen women
to have children, we can not ignore the tremendous cost (in financial and
other terms) that having children at that age has for the prospects of
increased income and job opportunities
Terry, what is your definition of rational? Are you saying that
rational does not coincide with good and justifiable? Or are you saying that
teenage women are incapable of rationality and only deserving of pity from us
more rational, older, academic beings? Are you saying that
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Date: 24 Nov 96 22:18:20 EST
From: Eric Fenster [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Concerning the Paris study trip
I have written before that a study trip to
Paris-Brussels can be organized from 6-22
June to examine political economic changes
in
Margarita Cerrato wrote,
I agree with D Henwood's comments that this [redistributing work time] is
nothing new, however I would
suggest that this is already happening. Corporations operating in growth
industries in Australia for example services and hospitality are
increasingly providing
On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Gerald Levy wrote:
On the issue of whether teen pregnancy is a "social problem", one can
support the *right* of teenage women to have children and _still_ note
that it is (or can be) a social problem. It _can_ be a problem for the
living standard and welfare of the
Introductory remarks: Strike breaking and union busting in the
1990s: What can we learn from the past to combat it?
Ask yourself, "what is a strike?"
If your answer is something like "a tactical withdrawal of labour", ask
yourself, "how effective is a tactical withdrawal of labour likely to be
Doug Henwood wrote,
Metanarratives are evil, man. Just ask Lyotard.
Sorry for the deviation from the strict Lyotard usage, but I use
metanarrative to refer to a analytical result that somehow makes sense of
the disparate policy stories and counter-stories. Lyotard uses metanarrative
to refer to
At 9:33 PM 11/26/96, Tom Walker wrote:
With all due respect, if you're going to react to a message, read it first.
I didn't write the words you quoted, B.C. Premier Glen Clark said them.
And you'll note that I corrected the misattribution in the response I
posted to LABOR-L.
This Rifkin line -
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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 16:26:26 -0600
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Sender: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Jim Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How to win strikes in the 90s conference
Detroit
Dear PEN:
The Winter 1996-97 issue of SCIENCE SOCIETY has just arrived.
For the TINY MINORITY of PEN participants who are not subscribers ;-)
;-) I provide a list of the contents:
Editorial Perspectives: Science and Its Cultural Critics; or,
Hermeneutical Gravity and Quantum Levity
One of the recommendations contained in the report of the Royal
Commission on Aboriginal Peoples is for a new Royal Proclamation,
to be signed by the Monarch, and to enshrine a "new relationship"
between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. The summary report
published by the Commission People
Doug, I agree and disagree (hee, hee, hee, how's THAT for a pomo
answer?). Seriously, though, I think for women in the United States it is
easier to enter and leave marriage than it was 15 or 20 years ago. And I do
think that patriarchy has diminished in many areas of our society with
I wrote that The basic idea [of SSAs or modes of regulation]
makes sense, however. Given the underlying tendency toward
instability and crisis of the laws of motion of capital, one can
posit certain institutional forms that stabilize the system,
explaining the so-called "Golden Age" of the
Upon returning to my e-mail from my various child minding tasks, hence the delay in
responding, I see that my query to Patrick Bond,
³While there is little doubt that the use of the term fordism is
problematic, both in Harvey's and general usage, I am curious to know
what you find unfortunate
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1996
RELEASED TODAY: Unemployment rates for most states showed little change in
October, as 45 states and the District of Columbia recorded shifts of 0.3
percentage point or less. Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 38
states over the month
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION PRESS RELEASE
Simultaneously released in Geneva and Washington D.C.
Tuesday 26 November 1996 (ILO/96/40)
GLOBAL UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS CONTINUES; WAGE INEQUALITIES
RISING, SAYS ILO RENEWED INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENT TO
FULL EMPLOYMENT IS NEEDED
GENEVA (ILO News) -
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