At 01:50 PM 5/12/99 -0700, you wrote:
This seems like a very important message - if it's at all true.
Michael Eisenscher - what is the URL from whence this message
came, and what is the International Strategic Studies
Association?
Came from THE GOLEM site:
The short answer to Tom's question is, no. Several times, I have raised the
possibility of a quality of employment index to counter the idea that labor
markets are healthy because unemployment is low. Jim Devine just mentioned Bob
Pollin's piece, observing that U.S. labor markets are coming to
William Mandel read an article on KPFA a few months ago, in which some
intellectual was also suggesting the alliance between China, India and
Russia.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Doug Henwood wrote,
Most studies of turnover/instability/tenure I've seen for the U.S. show no
significant increase from the 1970s. I know this is counterintuitive, and
it pisses people off when I say it sometimes, but it seems to be true. What
may have happened is that some instability has
Ajit:
The Russian foreign minister floated the idea last year while in India.
It did not go very far.
The idea is not without merit, but it has a lot of historical baggage to
overcome.
USSR-India alliance against China had been operative until the fall of
the USSR.
India, a great friend of China
IN THIS MESSAGE: ANALYSIS--Labor/inflation theory nears last breath...
Monday May 3, 3:15 pm Eastern Time
ANALYSIS--Labor/inflation theory nears last breath
By Isabelle Clary
NEW YORK, May 3 (Reuters) - It seems like just about everyone is working in
the United States, except the Phillips
Missile attack damages military relations
CHINESE outrage at the US bombing of the Belgrade embassy is taking a
toll on one of the most sensitive aspects of US-China relations: an
effort to build closer military co-operation.
The Pentagon said on Tuesday that China had cancelled a planned visit
Nato has not told enough: Schroeder
GERMAN Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder offered China an ``unconditional
apology'' on behalf of his country and Nato for the bombing of the
embassy in Belgrade and said alliance explanations had been
``far from enough''.
Mr Schroeder also said in a meeting with
This seems like a very important message - if it's at all true.
Michael Eisenscher - what is the URL from whence this message
came, and what is the International Strategic Studies
Association?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (A. Krstanovic)
Subject: US shuts down Yugoslav Internet - For immediate release
Dear sirs,
We have reliable information that the US Government ordered Loral Orion
company to shut down its satellite feeds for Internet customers in
Yugoslavia.
This action
The George Meany Center is hosting a reception and Chatauqua discussion for
the photography exhibit, Every Worker is an Organizer - Farm Labor and the
Resurgence of the United Farm Workers. David Bacon, the photographer, will
talk about how and why the photographs were taken, and the current
The National Post Monday, May 03, 1999
NATO: UNITED TO SUCCEED
By Javier Solana
Our aims remain clear. The Washington summit wholeheartedly
confirmed NATO's continuing commitment to them.
But let us be clear -- the aims we set out on April 12 are
Charles,
Perhaps I should have made myself clearer.
I do not see something in the Post and go,"oh,
that's it!" One has to read between the lines very
carefully. But the fact of the matter is that the W.
Post has the best reporting there is on the inside
shenanigans in Washington, including
Henry,
I take his views very seriously. This is
no laughing matter. Not at all.
Barkley Rosser
-Original Message-
From: Henry C.K. Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 4:03 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:6723] Re: Re: People's Daily
"J. Barkley Rosser, Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/12/99 03:30PM
Barkley:
I get my versions from the Washington Post
which reports stuff that is not just from "official
spokespersons."
Charles: This is not very critical thinking. To buy the
idea that the monopoly media is independent from the
In politics, perception is reality.
Jiang's perception is every bit as credible as Clinton's. At least Jiang has
never been caught lying.
Jiang is the leader of over one billion people of this world. His perception
is of some significant, may be not as important as Greensapn's perception on
the
Why is the non-Pentagon CIA getting all the blame
for this while the Pentagon-NIMA is getting let off
the hook entirely?
perhaps it's part of the CIA's job to take the blame? and the Pentagon and
NIMA have been playing bureaucratic politics well enough to avoid having to
take on that job?
Jim
At 03:03 PM 5/12/99 -0400, you wrote:
Louis,
Thank you for reminding us of the role of
His Excellency in the tragic breakup of Yugoslavia.
Your "explanations" fail to hide the fact that His
Excellency's oppression of the Albanians in
Kosovo-Metohija was a central factor in the
breakup. The
--- Forwarded Message Follows ---
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 15:06:26 -0400
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: "Slobodan M. Pesic" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Open letter to Tony Blair
HUGH MACDONALD
Just like if the Official Spokesperson of the United States Government says it was a
"mistake" or "accident" that certainly makes it so. Obviously, you ARE very impressed
by source.
Big Brother media control is in the U.S. just as much as anywhere.
Charles Brown
"J. Barkley Rosser, Jr."
Louis,
Thank you for reminding us of the role of
His Excellency in the tragic breakup of Yugoslavia.
Your "explanations" fail to hide the fact that His
Excellency's oppression of the Albanians in
Kosovo-Metohija was a central factor in the
breakup. The man is a war criminal and
responsible
Henry,
Ooh. Well, if His Excellency, President
Jiang Zemin declares that "mistaken bombing"
or "accident" is "prevarication" and "can never be
accepted" as explanations, that certainly makes
it so. I am very impressed.
BTW, let us be very clear that "explanation" is
most
Michael,
I said that that is what the textbook stories tell
us we should do. I did not say that that is in fact
what we should do. Although, it generally does
not hurt to have some idea of what the relationships
one are looking for (or not for) are, and why one
might expect to find them
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1999:
Today's News Release: "Productivity and Costs: First Quarter 1999"
indicates that the annual rates of productivity change -- as measured by
output per hour of all persons -- for the first quarter of 1999 were 4.7
percent in the business sector and
Is there a documented figure for NATO casualties?
This says "there are reports," etc.
At 07:49 AM 5/12/99 -0700, you wrote:
NATO Losses
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Posted by TheGolem on May 11, 1999 at 23:15:03:
What they're not telling us. This is from The
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Last night I attended a dinner meeting of the Association of Iron and Steel
Engineers.nbsp; The union picked up the tab for me to go and break bread
with this august group.nbsp; My job was to pay special attention to the
speech by
[This article is extraordinary for the way it obfuscates what was occurring
in former Yugoslavia on the eve of the outbreak of war, while still
providing useful information that can be gleaned by reading between the
lines. My "Translations" are interspersed, surrounded by brackets, in an
attempt
NATO Losses
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Posted by TheGolem on May 11, 1999 at 23:15:03:
What they're not telling us. This is from The International Strategic Studies
Association.
NATO Losses and the Military Costs: It is clear from the amount and quality of
To China, its policies of the past decades has gradually led to
the US
treatment of China as a weak nation with no consequence. US
judgment
that the growing Chinese trade surplus with the US entitles the
US to
bully China is deeply resented by China. The China leadership
cannot
afford
People's Daily: NATO, Serious Threat to World Peace
BEIJING, May 11 (Xinhua) -- China's leading newspaper, the People's
Daily, has accused the U.S.-led NATO strikes against the Chinese Embassy
in Belgrade as brutal infringement upon
China's sovereignty and national dignity, and a serious threat
US-led NATO Bombing Against Yugoslavia Casts Shadow on Disarmament, Says
Chinese Official
GENEVA, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The United States-led NATO bombardment
against Yugoslavia is among a series of development which has cast a
deep shadow over the work of the Conference
on Disarmament (CD), said
Updated Mon., May. 10, 1999 at: Lon 1:55 p.m.
Pra 2:55 p.m. NY 8:55 a.m. HK
8:55 p.m.
China embassy bombing: Incompetence or
conspiracy?
BRUSSELS -- Was
USIA
10 May 1999
U.S. ENVOYS TO CASPIAN BASIN TOUT INVESTMENT PROSPECTS
(Say financial payoff requires long-term commitment) (900)
By Phillip Kurata
USIA Staff Writer
Washington -- U.S. ambassadors assigned to energy-rich countries
surrounding the Caspian Sea are offering "gold key" service
Yea,
In law there are torts (or civil wrongs) and crimes. Lets just call them all wrongs
for this discussion. There are intentional wrongs and unintentional wrongs. In other
words, they have mental elements. The mental element of unintentional wrongs is called
neglegance or gross neglegence
an addendum to my comments on Brenner's book:
Robert Brenner's excellent 1998 book, _The Economics of Global Turbulence_,
published in New Left Review #229 and to be published as a separate book in
1999 titled _Turbulence in the World Economy_ (Verso press), provides a
very complete analysis of
This is from a son of Karl Mark, hypothesizing bourgeois, vulgarly materialist
motivation for the war on Yugoslavia.
Charles Brown
(Excerpt)
The consequences of the Kosovo debacle will take time to work themselves
out. But the chances of disgraced Nato being resurrected seem
Beware of bourgeoisie bearing gifts.
Charles Brown
"Michael Hoover" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/12/99 05:00PM
The National Post Monday, May 03, 1999
NATO: UNITED TO SUCCEED
By Javier Solana
Our aims remain clear. The Washington summit wholeheartedly
Bear Chief,
Perhaps for the next edition of the Pikanii Sun?
Imagine...
by James M.S. Craven
There is a great deal of sensitivity to one of the most notorious of the
many Holocausts humankind has suffered: the Nazi Holocaust against Jews,
Gypsies and others.
We read:
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1999
RELEASED TODAY: In January 1999, there were 2,209 mass layoff actions by
employers as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits
during the month. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single
establishment, and the
Come to think of it, people with not-so-good jobs are holding on to them
longer because nothing better is coming along. I've heard stories of people
working ten or more years in on-call, part-time positions because they just
didn't have anywhere else to go.
regards,
Tom Walker
Thomas Kruse wrote:
Employment may be steady, unemployment low, but these kind of numbers
suggest a lot of turn over. I know that when I have to hustle up work,
living on year-to-year contracts as I do, it is very stressful. Sennett's
recent book illustrates how such hustling makes life pretty
"We declare that the limitation of the working day is a preliminary
condition without which all further attempts at improvement and emancipation
must prove abortive."
-- Resolution of the Congress of the International Working Men's
Association, drafted by Marx, 1866.
"The general conclusion is
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