At 07:42 22/09/97 -0700, you wrote:
Or, should we be offended by this "non-committal" criticism of one who
*cannot* ever join Black culture in any meaningful sense (this notion
of "becoming a part of [a] culture" on which you comment is, to me,
ridiculous) on the grounds that he dared to make a
Having just received the reassuring call to easy wealth shown below,
I worry about the mock blandishments preceding Michael Eisenscher's
petition. Once escaping the modest gravity well of our sensible
little planet Pen, it will no doubt crash through eons of cyberspace
as an acceptable chain
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1997
The BLS experimental geometric mean version of the CPI rose 2 percent in
the year ended in August, the agency reports. The official CPI-U has
risen 2.2 percent in the year ended in August (Daily Labor Report,
page A-4).
In an article about
Regarding the spurt in new business investment in Canada, it is important to
look at at where (geographically and sectorally[?]) this investment is
going. (I'm going by memory here- it's late- so don't quote me...) Alberta
and Ontario are leading the pack, with petroleum and pipelines being two
Subject: General strike in Israel - unofficial home page
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The Histadrut (Israel's national trade union centre) doesn't have a home
page yet, but I've created an unofficial daily news page about the
impending (and unprecedented) general strike, due to break out on
For immediate releaseSeptember 25, 1997
NDP CALLS FOR EMERGENCY DEBATE ON MAI
Ottawa --- NDP Trade Critic Bill Blaikie will call today for an emergency
debate in the House of Commons on the Multilateral Agreement on Investments
(MAI).
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Date sent: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 23:42:29 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject:[PEN-L:12562] re:culture
Ajit writes:
Why not be interested in comprehensive
WORLD BANK HEAD ISSUES CHALLENGE OF NEW AGENDA
HONG KONG -- World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn has
challenged governments and development agencies to join him in
a new approach to narrow the gap between rich and poor, or
invite a time bomb which "could explode in our children's
WORLD BANK HEAD ISSUES CHALLENGE OF NEW AGENDA
HONG KONG -- World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn has
challenged governments and development agencies to join him in
a new approach to narrow the gap between rich and poor, or
invite a time bomb which "could explode in our children's
Here's what it says on the bcak of the ELP "I'm in it for the long haul" shirts:
First they came for people on welfare, and I did not speak
because I was not poor;
Then they came for employment equity, and I did not speak
because I was not a member of a minority;
Then they
An interesting article from THE ECONOMIST on the growth of the state and
public spending, despite all the rhetoric of the "end of government."
SPEND, SPEND, SPENDSept. 20-28
DID somebody say the age of big government was dead? At the beginning of
this century government spending in
Date sent: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 14:13:09 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject:[PEN-L:12532] Re: nature of culture
Colin writes:
Just 3 notes re culture and
ANNOUNCEMENT: "The Multinational Agreement on Investment (MAI) and
Sustainabililty" will be the topic of the next "Communications for a
Sustainable Future" Online Seminar, starting Monday, September 29 and
ending October 10, 1997. The seminar inaugurates CSF's new series in
"Sustainable
On Thu, September 25, 1997 at 03:17:47 (-0700) Ajit Sinha writes:
At 07:42 22/09/97 -0700, you wrote:
Or, should we be offended by this "non-committal" criticism of one who
*cannot* ever join Black culture in any meaningful sense (this notion
of "becoming a part of [a] culture" on which you
I am joining this midstream--so, sorry if this point has already been made.
I think that the extension of slavery to new territory was favored not only
by plantationers as such, who may have neede more fresh soil, but also by
Eastern Southeners who did not plan to have plantations but who had
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Marx's own analysis of the Civil War (written during the early stages) is
very much worth reading and cannot be condensed into a short post, but he
shows how the issue of extension of slavery was critical for Southern
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