[PEN-L:8189] Re: Without Modern Communism The Workers And People Cannot Find Their

1997-01-11 Thread Robert Malecki
Shawgi Tell; What is modern Communism? Extremely interested in how it got their also. Bob malecki Why is it that not a day goes by without the bourgeoisie attacking communism, through its media, think-tanks, universities and in a million and one other ways? If communism is "finished," "dead,"

[PEN-L:8188] The Undertime Tax (2/2)

1997-01-11 Thread Tom Walker
In my previous message I explained what I mean by the "undertime tax". In this second message, I will explore the effects that removing the undertime tax could have on unemployment in Canada. In an article titled "Working Less and Enjoying it More" (Family Security in Insecure Times, Canadian

[PEN-L:8187] The Undertime Tax (1/2)

1997-01-11 Thread Tom Walker
In this first of two messages, I will explain what I mean by the "undertime tax". In the second message, I will explore the effects that removing the undertime tax could have on unemployment in Canada. Everyone's heard of "overtime premiums" -- such as the widespread provisions for time and a

[PEN-L:8186] averages and Marx

1997-01-11 Thread JDevine
Eric Nilsson writes: RE this discussion of Marx's theory of the interest rate. I've been considering recently the notion of "averages" in Marx's theory and its possible relationship to the notion of "averages" in mid-19th century statistical theory ... Marx invokes this same Quetelet [a

[PEN-L:8184] Without Modern Communism The Workers And People Cannot Find Their

1997-01-11 Thread SHAWGI TELL
Why is it that not a day goes by without the bourgeoisie attacking communism, through its media, think-tanks, universities and in a million and one other ways? If communism is "finished," "dead," "utopian," "dictatorial," "totalitarian," "the antithesis of human rights" and any number of other

[PEN-L:8183] Moscow/Paris study trips deadline

1997-01-11 Thread Eric Fenster
If you might want to participate on the study trips to Moscow and/or Paris that examine the political, economic and social changes in Russia and/or the European Union, please contact me directly by e-mail to receive the details and draft schedules. Adults, not just students, from any country are

[PEN-L:8182] Re:Re: an extremely modest proposal

1997-01-11 Thread Max B. Sawicky
This is moving into a reform vs. revolution argument which will not be resolved, but a few secondary points: Father Devine said, I've never believed that EVERYTHING that the right says is wrong, so that's no argument. (To say that something is wrong because a rightist says so is analogous

[PEN-L:8180] Re: Fwd: Re: long waves -- and a better question

1997-01-11 Thread Michael Perelman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some yes, some no. The cotton gin in the south transformed cotton production almost over night. However, the sewing machine was around for a few decades before it came into wide use in shoe binding and ready made clothing. Crompton's mule (mechanized yarn

[PEN-L:8179] The Anti-Social Offensive

1997-01-11 Thread SHAWGI TELL
ABSOLUTISM AND THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE ANTI-SOCIAL OFFENSIVE The essence of the anti-social offensive is to compel the working class to do the bidding of the financial oligarchy. Whether the actions and demands of the financial oligarchy harm the general interests of the society, or the

[PEN-L:8178] M.I.A.: the latest and potentially most dangerous (fwd)

1997-01-11 Thread Michael Hoover
Forwarded message: Date: 10 Jan 1997 19:02:27 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: M.I.A.: the latest and potentially most dangerous To: Recipients of conference [EMAIL PROTECTED] M.I.A. Culpa In popular mythology, economic globalization is a natural phenomenon, like continental drift:

[PEN-L:8177] Re: Fwd: Re: long waves -- and a better question

1997-01-11 Thread Gerald Levy
Maggie wrote: I think with the case of computers that most businesses truly did not realize how they could be applied to their particular circumstances for many years. While I agree with your general point that historically one can observe different paces associated with the diffusion of