[PEN-L:8605] 55th Anniversary Of The Birth Of Kim Jong Il

On the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il, great leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Workers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, February 16, 1997, marks the 55th

[PEN-L:8607] Re: World Banquet

At 3:25 PM -0800 2/13/97, D Shniad wrote: Following dinner, World Bank president Barber Constable I see my dear friend David Korten is keeping up with the latest developments. Conable, not Constable, left the WB presidency something like five years ago. He was succeeded by Lewis Preston, who

[PEN-L:8609] Re:World Banquet

doug henwood wrote, I see my dear friend David Korten is keeping up with the latest developments. Conable, not Constable, left the WB presidency something like five years ago. He was succeeded by Lewis Preston, who has since died, and then by James Wolfensohn, who is very much alive, and a

[PEN-L:8610] FW: BLS Daily Report

BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1997 RELEASED TODAY: In October 1996, there were 1,262 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

[PEN-L:8615] Fwd: 137 arrested in Viqueque (fwd)

EAST TIMOR HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE 124 Napier St Fitzroy 3065 Australia PO BOX 1413 Collingwood 3066 Australia Tel: 61 3 9415 8225 Fax: 61 3 9416 2746 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Director: Ms Maria Brett Chair: Bishop Hilton Deakin

[PEN-L:8616] Ed Herman on Krugman

Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 15:23:46 -0500 (EST) From: Ed Herman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: letter to NYT Feb. 13, 1997 To the Editor The New York Times 226 W. 43rd St. Dear Sir: Paul Krugman in "We Are Not the World" (Feb. 13) puts forward Great Britain

[PEN-L:8619] Moscow/Paris: last chance

Anybody interested in participating on the Moscow and/or Paris study trip whose draft schedule is below and who could decide before the end of the month may contact me BY EMAIL for details. The planned dates of the different options are: a. Moscow 09 May-07 Jun b. Paris 06 Jun-22 Jun c.

[PEN-L:8618] Fwd: Workshop: Death Penalty Street Theatre

For you new yorkers. maggie coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE DISTRIBUTE, FORWARD, POST: The legendary political theatre company The Living Theatre is conducting a workshop on our short 14 minute street theatre play "Not In My Name" we are looking for activists and

[PEN-L:8617] Re: Money, technology fetish

Barkley Rosser wrote: A curious detail about "The English Patient," which I loved btw, I thought "The English Patient" was boring. The only thing that could have saved it would have been the strangling of Count Almasy by the Canadien who pursued him.Gene Coyle

[PEN-L:8614] Famous for 15 Minutes

List'ers in the New York area are referred to my op-ed in Newsday this coming Sunday (2/16). All comments will be welcome. The subject is the Federal budget and deficit reduction. MBS === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL

[PEN-L:8613] Re: 55th Anniversary Of The Birth Of Kim Jong Il

Yeah, right, the world's largest single customer of Hennessey cognac. Not only that, but the man who was the keynote speaker at his birthday celebration in Tokyo, Hwang Jang Yop, Kim Jong Il's professor of Marxism-Leninism, former President of Kim Il Sung University, and a member of

[PEN-L:8612] New York City: A Region At Risk (fwd)

* NEW YORK CITY: "A REGION AT RISK" Responding to the Third Regional Plan * Tuesday, February 18, 1997, 9:00-5:30 Confirmed speakers include: Robert Yaro, Regional Plan Association Hon. Jerrold Nadler Andrew White, City

[PEN-L:8611] Hours of Work Policy Brief

ANNOUNCEMENT: POLICY BRIEF AND PUBLIC FORUM "Not only is the overtime premium ('time and a half') ineffective in discouraging regularly scheduled overtime, it's now producing an effect opposite to its intent."

[PEN-L:8608] Misunderstanding Marx (Again)

In a message dated 97-02-05 13:00:53 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Laurence Shute) writes: "Karl Marx argued that capitalism needs a 'reserve army' of unemployed labor to restrain wage demands and safeguard profits. Most economic policy makers still think the same way, but recent experience in

[PEN-L:8606] Re: Macroeconomics of advertising

At 10:42 AM 2/13/97 -0800, Maggie wrote: Actually, there is a rather large grouping of literature in main stream industrial organization which deals with different aspects of advertising. The following cites are from photo copies articles and don't always have dates and journal, but they give

[PEN-L:8604] U.S. Imperialist State Of The Union Address: Shameless Expression Of

Judging by what U.S. imperialist chieftain William Clinton told the joint houses of the Congress on February 4 in his "State of the Union" Address, an unmistakeable impression was created that everything is hunky dory in the U.S. and around the world. Clinton was so euphoric that he analyzed

[PEN-L:8603] Re: market socialism, planned socialism, ut

At 11:03 AM 2/13/97 -0800, you wrote: Ajit, In response to your questions on "capitalist technology" and "socialist ideology". I agree completely that these are key issues for "market socialism". I have focused particulary on the latter, i.e. the contradiction between "market