[PEN-L:9614] Job openings at QMW

1997-04-23 Thread Gerald Levy
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 10:24:19 +0100 (BST) From: "S.Mohun" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Job openings at QMW snip Dear Colleague Please find below an advertisement for at least 3 Lectureships which I would be grateful if you would bring to the attention of

[PEN-L:9615] Re: civil society

1997-04-23 Thread Louis N Proyect
On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: In that capacity, the nonprofit sector has nothing to do with the role of civil society envisioned by deTocqueville (and later Gramsci). The former is merely an ancilliary mechanism of manufacturing public goods, the latter -- the mechanism

[PEN-L:9616] Re: German liberalism

1997-04-23 Thread Michael Perelman
Rieter and Smolz. 1993. "The Idea of German Ordoliberalism " European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1: 1. Other sources on the subject take note that part of the German context was a much more paternalistic corporate system. In this sense, we can compare them with the U.S.

[PEN-L:9617] Re: civil society

1997-04-23 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:9594] civil society . . . market. Since so much of the "third sector" is ruled by big-money foundations, it seems to me that present usage is unconsciously acknowledging the term's

[PEN-L:9621] FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-04-23 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1997 The inflation-adjusted median weekly earnings of the nation's 90.7 million full-time wage and salary workers edged up 0.1 percent in the first quarter of 1997, BLS reports (Daily Labor Report, page D-1). Budget negotiations are seriously considering

[PEN-L:9623] thanks

1997-04-23 Thread Doug Henwood
Thanks to all those who advised me on Latin American Marxism and civil society. An overwhelming response. Now I have a lot of reading to do Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: mailto:[EMAIL

[PEN-L:9625] FW: Asian Studies Conference

1997-04-23 Thread Bove, Roger E.
Anyone want more information? Roger -- From: Gould, Marguerite To: Faculty Subject: Asian Studies Conference Date: Thursday, February 27, 1997 4:21PM Message to All Faculty from Dr. Robert Young, Department of History The Mid-Atlantic Region

[PEN-L:9627] LatAm Marxism (fwd)

1997-04-23 Thread D Shniad
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Apr 23 10:22 PDT 1997 Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 10:22:21 -0700 (PDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sid: Thanks for all this - it's great to hear about some new names, and recall a few I should probably re-read. The glaring omission I see in the suggestions so far has to

[PEN-L:9628] Re: Peru

1997-04-23 Thread Paul Zarembka
Jim, I have some info direct from Peru, but have deleted the name and identifying info. Paul Z. -- Something was about to happen, but no one expected that this would happen today What I have heard since has changed a number of my opinions on the hostage crisis.

[PEN-L:9630] Re: DARWIN AWARDS

1997-04-23 Thread jtreacy
Treacy: As a guy who used to drink a lot of beer and roar off on my BMW bike, I would say a lot of this behavior is just youthful machismo. After laying down the bike and smelling my self burn a couple of times it occurred to me that I might be courting death.

[PEN-L:9632] Lynn Turgeon report

1997-04-23 Thread Michael Perelman
Forwarded message: Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 12:49:23 -0400 (EDT) From: "LYNN TURGEON, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ECONOMICS, HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, [EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Send it to pen-l if you think they are interested. Lynn To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-UID: 876 From: VAXD::ECOELT

[PEN-L:9635] Urgent Action Mexico (fwd)

1997-04-23 Thread D Shniad
Forwarded message: Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 12:51:53 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Judy Michaud) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christian Task Force on Central America) Subject: Urgent Action Mexico [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre), [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL

[PEN-L:9634] Re: Peru

1997-04-23 Thread ZAHNISER STEVEN SCOTT
Given Fujimori's zeal in his efforts to destroy Peru's guerrilla movements, it would have seemed suspicious had they not all been killed. Steven Zahniser On Wed, 23 Apr 1997, James Devine wrote: does anyone on pen-l have any special information about the government raid on the Japanese

[PEN-L:9633] West Bank Teachers Protest PA Detention of Co-Workers

1997-04-23 Thread Robert R Naiman
eyewitness report from hebron... ___ Robert Naiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 16:55:38 -0400 (EDT) From: CPTeam Subject: West BankTeachers Protest PA Detention of Co-Workers 23 April 1997 HEBRON: West

[PEN-L:9629] Requiem for T. Blair?

1997-04-23 Thread Max B. Sawicky
A little bird told me that new polls in the UK put Tony Blair only five points ahead of the Tories. Major's campaign against the EU, in contrast to Blair's more qualified waffling, may be the cause. Since Blair has moved about as far right as one could imagine, maybe the defeat of Blair frees

[PEN-L:9626] Peru

1997-04-23 Thread James Devine
does anyone on pen-l have any special information about the government raid on the Japanese ambassador's mansion (ending the hostage sitation)? it seems very suspicious that ALL of the hostage-takers were killed. It sure sounds like some of the hostage-takers were killed after they were taken

[PEN-L:9624] Peru

1997-04-23 Thread Doug Henwood
I'm looking for someone to talk about the political economy of Peru on my radio show Thursday night, at around 5 PM New York City time. Any volunteers or nominees? Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax

[PEN-L:9622] FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-04-23 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1997: RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 1.4 percent in March. The decline followed decreases of 0.8 percent and 0.3 percent in February and January, respectively, and was led by a further sharp drop in petroleum prices. The U.S.

[PEN-L:9619] re: civil society

1997-04-23 Thread James Devine
Michael Perleman writes that (or quotes Thernborn that): To Hobbes and Locke, civil society was contrasted with a state of nature and was synonymous with a politically organized society. For Locke, the "state of nature" (ch. 2 of the 2nd TREATISE OF GOVERNMENT) was extremely different from

[PEN-L:9620] Internet Humor

1997-04-23 Thread Marshall Feldman
I hope you'll appreciate this: Posted on 14 Dec 1996 at 23:45:10 by TELEC List Distributor (011802) FW: Christmas restructuring... Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 23:45:05 -0500 Reply-To: URI Faculty Senate List [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: David Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'Tis the

[PEN-L:9618] Fw: Palestine Teachers Urgent Appeal (fwd)

1997-04-23 Thread D Shniad
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 09:50:57 GMT Reply-To: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: LabourNet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fw: Palestine Teachers Urgent Appeal Comments: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],

[PEN-L:9613] A true internationalist -Reply

1997-04-23 Thread Patrick Bond
And of course the big auto companies provided products used to oppress folk here in South Africa for many decades. An issue of the SA Labour Bulletin in the late 1970s was entitled "Working for Ford" and included shopfloor as well as ethical critiques. I was rooming at college then with the son