[PEN-L:4657] prepare public opinion for ground war

1999-03-30 Thread Frank Durgin
World Socialist Web Site US, NATO prepare public opinion for ground war against Serbia By the Editorial Board 30 March 1999 Less than one week ago, according to no less an authority

[PEN-L:4634] Mass graves hold the secrets of

1999-03-29 Thread Frank Durgin
From Eectronic Telegraph Mass graves hold the secrets of American race massacre By James Langton in New York

[PEN-L:4124] Impeach for the right reasons

1999-03-04 Thread Frank Durgin
-- From: John P. Lacny [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Students in Solidarity Left List [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:3806] End Iraq Sanctions NYT Signature Ad (fwd) Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 11:08 AM There's already an "editorial

[PEN-L:4125] U.S. Condemned For Sex Abuse Of Women Prisoners

1999-03-04 Thread Frank Durgin
Yahoo! News Thursday March 4 1:57 AM ET U.S. Condemned For Sex Abuse Of Women Prisoners By Astrid Zweynert LONDON (Reuters) - Women prisoners in the United States are subjected to serious sexual abuse, including

[PEN-L:4242] U.S. Jets Bomb Targets In Northern, Southern Iraq

1999-03-09 Thread Frank Durgin
Yahoo! News Top Stories Headlines Tuesday March 9 12:11 AM ET U.S. Jets Bomb Targets In Northern, Southern Iraq WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. fighter jets dropped laser-guided bombs on Iraqi

[PEN-L:4305] U.S. Jets Bomb again and again and again

1999-03-14 Thread Frank Durgin
Sunday March 14 8:05 AM ET U.S. Jets Bomb Iraqi Artillery In North ANKARA, Turkey (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes bombed Iraqi air defenses in the no-fly zone over northern Iraq Sunday, said a spokesman at the base in southern Turkey from which the jets operate. He told Reuters the planes

[PEN-L:4355] U.S. Jets Bomb ``in self defense''

1999-03-16 Thread Frank Durgin
Top Stories Headlines Tuesday March 16 6:27 AM ET U.S. Jets Bomb North Iraqi Artillery Sites ISTANBUL (Reuters) -

[PEN-L:4417] Fw: Lynn Turgeon

1999-03-18 Thread Frank Durgin
Barkley: Thank you very much for that real life portrait of Lynn you painted. I've printed it out and am sending it to two of his very good friends who do not have E-mail access. Sincerely Frank -- From: J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];

[PEN-L:4496] Account of McCarthy period slanderssocialist opponents of Stalinism

1999-03-24 Thread Frank Durgin
From World Socialist Web Site WSWS : History Account of McCarthy period slanders socialist opponents of Stalinism Review of Ellen Schrecker's Many are the Crimes: McCarthyism in

[PEN-L:4597] Fw: Ground war next?

1999-03-27 Thread Frank Durgin
It would, seem based on the multiplication of the number of news reporrts comming over the line about Serb "atrocities" in Kosovo. that the ground war is not far off. Attached is the type of report I have been seeing quite a few of. Frank = Saturday March 27 1:52 PM ET NATO Fears 'Dark

[PEN-L:4968] $100bn Bill Gates richer than most countries

1999-04-08 Thread Frank Durgin
From Electronic Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk: April 7, 1999 $100bn Bill Gates richer than most countries By Robert Uhlig, Technology Correspondent

[PEN-L:4971] Review of Russian Press

1999-04-08 Thread Frank Durgin
Here are two items from Russia Today"s (http://www.russiatoday.com/)review of the Russian press for April 7 Russia Pressing Issues on Apr. 07, 1999 From IZVESTIYA Russia Does Not Owe Anything to Serbia Summary A deputy prime minister in the Serbian government has demanded that Russia offer

[PEN-L:5101] Cossacks Vow To Help Serbs Defeat The West

1999-04-11 Thread Frank Durgin
Saturday April 10 8:08 PM ET Cossacks Vow To Help Serbs Defeat The West By Philippa Fletcher BELGRADE (Reuters) - Russian Cossacks joined groups of Serbs trying to shield Yugoslavia's bridges from NATO bombing Saturday and promised to help them defeat the West. ``Russian love and Russian

[PEN-L:5116] Fw: random thoughts on the slaughter

1999-04-11 Thread Frank Durgin
Michael Perelman wrote "I am very appreciative of all the intelligent analysis I am reading on this list, although I am a loss to see how anyone in their right mind could credit Clinton and company with some humanitarian concerns." I too am very appreciative,. Were it not for the the

[PEN-L:5284] News from Serbia

1999-04-14 Thread Frank Durgin
someone may have already posted this but just in case they have not the following to sites give news in English from the Serbian point of view http://www.borba.co.yu/daily.html http://www.tanjug.co.yu/

[PEN-L:5203] Yougoslavia bid to Join Russia

1999-04-13 Thread Frank Durgin
These are some items from the April 13 Russia Today's (http://www.russiatoday.com/) review of the Russian press for April 12, 1999. IZVESTIYA Lead Story Yugoslavia Wants to Join Russia to Itself THIS IS BE THE PAY FOR DECLINE OF IMPEACHMENT Summary President

[PEN-L:5103] 500 KLA recruits leave London

1999-04-11 Thread Frank Durgin
ISSUE 1416 Sunday 11 April 1999 KLA recruits leave

[PEN-L:5102] 80 SAS men in Kosovo to target

1999-04-11 Thread Frank Durgin
Electronic Telegraph ISSUE 1416 Sunday 11 April 1999 80 SAS men in Kosovo to target death

[PEN-L:5478] Russian press on yugoslovia

1999-04-19 Thread Frank Durgin
From Russia Today http://www.russiatoday.com Updated Mon., Apr. 19, 1999 at: NY 9:17 a.m. Lon 2:17 p.m. Pra 3:17 p.m. Mos 5:17 p.m. Review of Russian Press Apr. 19, 1999

[PEN-L:4591] US military uses Yugoslavia as testing ground for high-tech

1999-03-27 Thread Frank Durgin
WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : The Balkan Crisis US military uses Yugoslavia as testing ground for high-tech weaponry By Jerry White 27 March 1999 The US military has

[PEN-L:4540] World War II and Recovery

1999-03-25 Thread Frank Durgin
Wojtek Sokolowski (PEN-l 4537 wrote on Martch 25th If I recall correctly, Baran Sweezy (_Monopoly Capital_) counter that argument by saying that all measures to revive the US economy through peaceful demand stimulation (cf. auto industry + infrastructure) had failed - it was the 2nd

[PEN-L:4526] Fw: Account of McCarthy period slanders socialist opponents ofStalinism

1999-03-25 Thread Frank Durgin
Louis: Yesterday Pen-1 4499 you wrote the folloing description of people behind the WSWS: A word or two about the people behind this web site. They were founded and led by an Englishman Gerry Healy, who was thrown out of the organization for forcing himself sexually on young women in

[PEN-L:4471] Fw: Holocaust against Iraq

1999-03-22 Thread Frank Durgin
Charles: Thank you for the excellent posting on Iraq. I would be interested in knowing the Economist's source of the statement that "Just prior to the Gulf War, Iraq's GDP was more than ten times higher--around $60 billion." US Statistical Abstract states that in 1990 it was

[PEN-L:4366] Fw: Re: NYT Obit for Lynn Turgeon

1999-03-16 Thread Frank Durgin
I am utterly baffled by William Lear's posting. Bill, just what do you mean by "hand-picked" and "unwashed"? You are touching a raw nerve here. I am very fortunate in having been able to consider Lynn a friend. He was one hell of a nice guy, highly energetic, highly personable, great sense of

[PEN-L:4316] U.S. Jets Fire At North Iraqi

1999-03-15 Thread Frank Durgin
Monday March 15 5:48 AM ET U.S. Jets Fire At North Iraqi Air Defenses ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes attacked Iraqi sites in the no-fly zone over northern Iraq Monday, a statement from the jets' home base in southern Turkey said. It said the warplanes ``responded in self-defense to Iraqi

[PEN-L:4275] Air strikes at Iraq go on and on and on

1999-03-12 Thread Frank Durgin
Friday March 12 7:11 AM ET U.S. Jets Fire At Iraqi Target In North No-Fly Zone ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. air force jets patrolling Iraq's northern no-fly zone bombed at least one target Friday, a

[PEN-L:4200] the U.S. has been bombing Iraq for the past 10 weeks

1999-03-07 Thread Frank Durgin
WHY THE SILENCE? The New York Times March 7, 1999 Weeks of Bombing Leave Iraq's Power Structure Unshaken

[PEN-L:4119] No End Is in Sight to U.S. Air Campaign Over Iraq

1999-03-03 Thread Frank Durgin
Los Angeles Times Wednesday, March 3, 1999 No End Is in Sight to U.S. Air Campaign Over Iraq Military: Attacks in 'no-fly' zones continue in low-key fashion so as not to stir criticism here and in Arab world. By PAUL RICHTER, Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON—Initially envisioned as a simple

[PEN-L:7471] U.S. Jet Bombed North Iraq

1999-05-31 Thread Frank Durgin
Top Stories Headlines Monday May 31 7:18 AM ET U.S. Says Jet Bombed Radar Site In North Iraq ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes attacked Iraqi air defenses near Mosul Monday after being fired

[PEN-L:7443] PEN-L:5412] Rambouillet Agreement

1999-05-29 Thread Frank Durgin
I just got around to perusing the Rambouillet Agreeement that Michael Eisenscher posted on April 15. It may have been commented on before. If so I missed it. The first sentence of Article 1 of Chapter 4 reads: 1. The economy of Kosovo shall function in accordance with free market

[PEN-L:7398] Milosevic indictment a pretext for invasion

1999-05-28 Thread Frank Durgin
From World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : The Balkan Crisis Milosevic indictment provides pretext for invasion By the editorial board 28 May 1999 The indictment of Slobodan Milosevic by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is

[PEN-L:6787] Fw: Re: Re: EPR, prison, interest rates

1999-05-13 Thread Frank Durgin
What would it be if we counted the homeless? Unemployment count, like the poverty count I think, is a household count. They are not counted in the poverty count. There are millions of them Frank -- From: Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:6783] Re: Re:

[PEN-L:7379] Action Against Iraq Escalating

1999-05-28 Thread Frank Durgin
Friday, May 28, 1999 MIDEAST Overshadowed by Kosovo War, Action Against Iraq Escalating By JOHN DANISZEWSKI, Times Staff Writer

[PEN-L:6866] U.S. Says Jets Strike North Iraq

1999-05-15 Thread Frank Durgin
Sat. May 15, 15 9:53 AM ET U.S. Says Jets Strike Air Defenses In North Iraq ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes bombed a range of Iraqi air defense sites Saturday after being tracked by radar in the no-fly zone above northern Iraq, said a statement from the

[PEN-L:6500] Best posting of the week

1999-05-07 Thread Frank Durgin
Following is my nomination for the Best Post of the week. It was posted on Johnson's Russian List #3273 of May 7, 199 From: Wayne Merry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: 3271-Cohen/Yugoslavia, Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 Stephen F. Cohen has

[PEN-L:6570] U.S. Jets Attack North Iraq

1999-05-10 Thread Frank Durgin
Yahoo! News Top Stories Headlines Monday May 10 6:21 AM ET U.S. Says Jets Attack North Iraqi Air Defenses ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes based in southern Turkey hit Iraqi artillery and

[PEN-L:6706] No comment

1999-05-12 Thread Frank Durgin
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

[PEN-L:2096] Fw: OWC URGENT APPEAL: LANDLESS PEASANTS BRAZIL

1999-01-12 Thread Frank Durgin
-- From: Western Hemisphere Conference [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: undisclosed-recipients:;@mail-atm.maine.rr.com Subject: OWC URGENT APPEAL: LANDLESS PEASANTS BRAZIL Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 6:35 AM OWC URGENT APPEAL: LANDLESS PEASANTS BRAZIL * To

[PEN-L:3160] Hunger and homelessness plague US working families

1999-02-10 Thread Frank Durgin
ON THE WSWS Home New Today News Analysis Workers Struggles Arts Review History Polemics Correspondence Archive " WSWS : News Analysis : North America Hunger and homelessness plague US working families By Debra

[PEN-L:3439] America's workplaces--among the deadliest in the

1999-02-16 Thread Frank Durgin
From World Soicialist Web Site WSWS : Workers Struggles : North America America's workplaces--among the deadliest in the industrialized world By Jerry White 13 February 1999

[PEN-L:3440] Death toll mounts in blast at US

1999-02-16 Thread Frank Durgin
" Death toll mounts in blast at US auto plant By Helen Halyard 16 February 1999 On Sunday 44-year-old Ken Anderson of Wyandotte, Michigan became the fourth worker to die as a result of the

[PEN-L:3381] Violence Hits American Indians at Highest Rate Among Ethnic

1999-02-15 Thread Frank Durgin
Violence Hits American Indians at Highest Rate Among Ethnic Groups By William Claiborne Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, February 15, 1999; Page A02 American Indians are victims of violent crimes at more than twice the rate of all U.S. residents and in nearly three-quarters of the cases

[PEN-L:2993] Fw: CLINTON ALLIES KEEP POVERTY OFF THE NATIONAL AGENDA (fwd)

1999-02-06 Thread Frank Durgin
In connection with Michael's excellent posting, it is interesting to note that Time magazine (Feb. 8 1999) in an article devoted to the growing numbers of homeless wrote: ""A few minutes into his inaugural Address, on Jan 20, 1989, George Bush- a Republican president often derided for his

[PEN-L:3990] the wrong enemy

1999-03-01 Thread Frank Durgin
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_01BE6410.5961F980 While overspending to contain Saddam, we neglect programs that could save us from nuclear annihilation. --=_NextPart_000_01BE6410.5961F980

[PEN-L:5753] Iraq reports air attacks in northern zone

1999-04-22 Thread Frank Durgin
Iraq reports air attacks in northern zone Baghdad cites deaths from jet debris By Reuters, 04/22/99 AGHDAD - Iraq said Western warplanes attacked Iraqi civilian and military sites in

[PEN-L:5595] U.S. Jets Hit Iraqi Targets

1999-04-20 Thread Frank Durgin
AP Headlines Monday April 19 12:48 PM ET U.S. Jets Hit Iraqi Targets ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - U.S. fighter planes attacked Iraqi defense sites in northern Iraq today after being targeted by Iraqi radar, U.S. officials said. It was the second confrontation in the northern no-fly zone in

[PEN-L:4783] Re: Re: Assistance to the Refugees

1999-04-03 Thread Frank Durgin
Carol, Thanks for the response. I guess there are some people out there screaming. This is from the electronic telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

[PEN-L:4782] Russian Press on Kosovo

1999-04-03 Thread Frank Durgin
Following is Russia Today's http://www.russiatoday.com/ review of the Russian Press for April 2. I have deleted reviews of articles not dealing with Kosovo Updated Fri., Apr. 02, 1999 Russia Pressing Issues on Apr. 02, 1999

[PEN-L:4797] A first group of Russian volunteers

1999-04-05 Thread Frank Durgin
BELGRADE, Apr. 05, 1999 -- (Agence France Presse) A first group of Russian volunteers arrived Sunday in the northern Serbian town of Novi Sad to defend Yugoslavia, the official Tanjug news agency said. P "The Russian volunteers are waiting to be posted to defend Yugoslavia against the

[PEN-L:4777] Assistance to the Refugees

1999-04-03 Thread Frank Durgin
Why is no one out there screaming to Clinton and and his NATO lackies, "Get tents, blankets ,food, and medical assistance to the refugees, and fast"? I can not believe the horror which is unfolding there. Frank

[PEN-L:4774] Moscow Times

1999-04-03 Thread Frank Durgin
Jim Mosow times is published by Independent Media. http://www.moscowtimes.ru/im/indmed.htm They also publish the St Petersburg Times. http://www.times.spb.ru/about/index.htm Here is what they say about themselves, Take a peek sometime at the Global Eye column of

[PEN-L:4759] Moscow Times Article

1999-04-02 Thread Frank Durgin
I got this off of Johnson's Russia List. Moscow Times April 1, 1999 DEFENSE DOSSIER: NATO Joins Balkan Sinners By Pavel Felgenhauer After a week of war in the Balkans, with thousands of people killed, wounded or displaced, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Yugoslav military

[PEN-L:4750] bombing of Iraq continues

1999-04-02 Thread Frank Durgin
Friday April 2 6:07 AM ET Iraq Says Two Injured In Western Air Strike BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq said two people were injured Friday when Western warplanes bombed targets in the Western-imposed no-fly zone in

[PEN-L:4725] A question

1999-04-01 Thread Frank Durgin
It is agonizing for all of us here to watch the Kosovians flow into Albania. If the object of creating the inferno was the well being of the people of Kosova, why isn't NATO dropping tents, field kitchens, blankets, stocks of food , medical units etc. into the refugee holding areas rather

[PEN-L:1415] Re- The Countdown to Armageddon

1998-09-02 Thread Frank Durgin
Taken from RUSSIA TODAY russiatoday.com Wednesday, September 02, 1998 at: NY 7:33 a.m. Lon 12:33 p.m. Pra 1:33 p.m. Mos 3:33 p.m. Lebed: Popular Uprising Against Yeltsin Possible Picture: lebed17.gifMOSCOW -- (Agence France Presse) Kremlin hopeful Aleksander Lebed (pictured) warned

[PEN-L:243] re PEN-L:238] [Fwd: The Agribusiness Examiner #4]

1998-09-25 Thread Frank Durgin
Folloiwng are what I consider some very significant US Farm Statistics Total number of farms in US in 1992: 1,925,000 The largest 16,000 (0.8% of all US farms) accounted for 33% of all farm sales. The largest 47,000 (2.4 % of all US farms) accounted for 45.9% of all farm sales. The largest

[PEN-L:18] Fw: Russia's long awaited change of course

1998-09-08 Thread Frank Durgin
-- From: Frank Durgin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pen-1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Russia's long awaited change of course Date: Saturday, September 05, 1998 1:22 PM Chernomyrdin finally caught on! He now proposes to change course and pay off the debts for government

[PEN-L:129] Re: Indigenous peoples and death by acciden

1998-09-11 Thread Frank Durgin
I have absolutley no expertise what so ever regaarding the question of indigenous peoples.. I recall, however, many years back someone referred me to Jackson's Third (I think it was the Third) address to Congress. A portion of that address was devoted to the Indian question. I recall reading

[PEN-L:194] Two reports highlight the growth of global

1998-09-23 Thread Frank Durgin
I got this from "http://www.wsws.org/news/" Regards Frank WSWS : News Analysis : Medicine Health Two reports highlight the growth of global poverty and ill-health By Tania Kent 23 September

[PEN-L:1518] re- the countdown to Armageddon

1998-09-04 Thread Frank Durgin
The following item was taken from Russia Today (www.russiatoday.com) Aug. 31, 1998. It deals with, not just a Russia domestic matter, but rather with the sword of Democles which has been hanging over the world for sometime now, and on a thread which beomces weaker with each passing day. As Lebed

[PEN-L:1516] countdown to Amargeddon

1998-09-04 Thread Frank Durgin
-- Taken from "russiatoday.com" Date: Friday, September 04, 1998 11:44 AM Lubyanka Was Disarmed Summary According to Segodnya, all members of the Federal Security Service's (FSB's) Second Department, which is responsible for fighting terrorism, were ordered to turn in their

[PEN-L:310] Churchill Planned Third World War

1998-10-01 Thread Frank Durgin
The Folloiwng is taken from russia today (www.russiatoday.com) Thu., Oct. 01, 1998 at: NY 7:14 a.m. 3:14 p.m. Churchill "Planned Third World War

[PEN-L:319] Churchill Planned Third World War

1998-10-01 Thread Frank Durgin
This is a repeat of a message I sent some 20 minutes ago which for some reason came out jagged and difficult to read. Soory Frank Russia Today Thu., Oct. 01, 1998 at: NY 7:14 a.m. Lon 12:14 p.m. Pra 1:14 p.m. Mos 3:14 p.m.

[PEN-L:335] Crashed airliner carried

1998-10-02 Thread Frank Durgin
From Electronic Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk Crashed airliner carried chemical used in nerve gas By Paul

[PEN-L:359] The prosperous live longer

1998-10-02 Thread Frank Durgin
WSWS : News Analysis : North America US Department of Health and Human Services report The prosperous live longer By Debra Watson 2 October, 1998 Income inequality has created a

[PEN-L:721] re- 770 redefining poverty

1998-10-28 Thread Frank Durgin
The last part of my message (pen 1-770 redefining poverty got cut off. It shoud read And to end on an ironic note, today's Portland Press Herald announced a "new tool for easing poverty" It reported that Maine is part of a grant program that encourages the poor to save. In the words of

[PEN-L:720] re-redefining porverty

1998-10-28 Thread Frank Durgin
James Devine Pen 1-707 October 27, provided us with a good explanation of how poverty is derived in the US. I'd like to carry his explanation a step further in order to demonstrate just how draconian the definition is. From Devine's message At 04:44 PM 10/27/98 -0500, you wrote: By the

[PEN-L:719] Further criminalization of the poor in the US

1998-10-28 Thread Frank Durgin
WSWS : News Analysis : North America Further criminalization of the poor in the US Working class couple charged for the accidental deaths of their children By Paul Scherrer 28

[PEN-L:472] Yeltsin is 'suffering senile dementia'

1998-10-09 Thread Frank Durgin
Yeltsin is 'suffering senile dementia' By Marcus Warren in Moscow Russia Today October 9, 1998 citing the Eletronic Telegraph

[PEN-L:581] Re: message for tom cruse

1998-10-19 Thread Frank Durgin
Michael: Speaking for my self, the reason I do not contribute answers to questions is because I simply lack the expertise to answer them within the Marxists framework as seems to be de riguer on this list. The sum total of my knowledge about Marx came from having read and learned

[PEN-L:628] Re: What are we doing here

1998-10-23 Thread Frank Durgin
I know its not gemane to the central issue of the debate (and is in fact nit picking), but in reading the exchanges (Yen vrs Pound etc0 I have seen the following statement repeated uncritically several times: "the Bank of Japan reduces the supply of money

[PEN-L:579] re what are we doing

1998-10-19 Thread Frank Durgin
Michael: Speaking for my self, the reason I do not contribute answers to questions is because I simply lack the expertise to answer them within the Marxists framework as seems to be de riguer on this list. The sum total of my knowledge about Marx came from having read and learned

[PEN-L:566] US cited for widespread human

1998-10-18 Thread Frank Durgin
From World Socialist Web www.wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : North America US cited for widespread human rights abuses First in a series of articles on Amnesty International report By Kate

[PEN-L:556] re-no comment, II (investing in defense)

1998-10-17 Thread Frank Durgin
I watched the Leher report last night. Lots of discussion about a lot of things I can't remember now, but nothing about this. My only prior awareness of it came from reading Tom Kruse's Pen-l554 message. The following report is from the English Electronic Telegraph

[PEN-L:544] Lincoln Brigade Is Honored

1998-10-16 Thread Frank Durgin
The New York Times October 16, 1998 SEATTLE JOURNAL 60 Years After Spain, Lincoln Brigade Is

[PEN-L:519] on the lighter side

1998-10-14 Thread Frank Durgin
I thought the list members might get a chuckle or two out of this Global Eye column of the St. Petersburg Times (Russia) #407, Tuesday, October 13, 1998. It a publication for the expatriate English speaking colony in St. Petersburg. It can be found at http://www.time.spb.ru GLOBAL EYE

[PEN-L:501] Huger in Russia

1998-10-12 Thread Frank Durgin
#3 From: "Frank Durgin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 10 Oct Subject: Hunger in Russia Anne Applebaum, in her Intellectual Capital piece (Vol 3, Issue 40 October8-14 "Don't forget about the Real Russians" , wrote "It is not true, for example, that people are starv

[PEN-L:471] Re: Fw: Re: Kagarlitsky responds to Hiatt

1998-10-09 Thread Frank Durgin
On October 7 Dennis Redmond wrote. -- The Soviet Union sold a hell of a lot of oil and gas on world markets, but that's all it was able to sell. In an attempt to show that gas and oil was not "all it was able to sell" on world markets Frank Durgin, On Th, 8 Oct 1

[PEN-L:445] Second Day of Protest Begins in Russian Far East

1998-10-08 Thread Frank Durgin
From russia today Oct. 8 1998 Mos 1:58 p.m. Second Day of Protest Begins in Russian Far East Picture: r100803.jpgMOSCOW -- (Agence France Presse) Communist predictions that nationwide protests would continue were being borne out at least in part on Thursday morning, as mass demonstrations

[PEN-L:444] Fw: Re: Kagarlitsky responds to Hiatt

1998-10-08 Thread Frank Durgin
On october 7 Dennis Redmond wrote. -- The Soviet Union sold a hell of a lot of oil and gas on world markets, but that's all it was able to sell. Here are some figures necessay to place that statement in context Oil and gas accounted for between 40 and 50% of

[PEN-L:443] Protesters in Moscow Say Yeltsin

1998-10-08 Thread Frank Durgin
From "Russia Today russiatoday.com. Thu., Oct. 08, 1998 Mos 1:58 p.m. Protesters in Moscow Say Yeltsin Guilty of Treason MOSCOW

[PEN-L:794] re re defining poverty

1998-11-01 Thread Frank Durgin
In my posting "re redefining poverty "(PEN l 720 10/28/98), I attempted to illustrate how miserly the official definition of poverty is. In the course of explaining the Census Bureau's methodology, I mistakenly stated that the Census Bureau uses the cost of the USDA's current year "emergency

[PEN-L:803] A real tear jerker

1998-11-02 Thread Frank Durgin
Mon., Nov. 02, 1998 at: NY 7:05 a.m. Lon 12:05 p.m. Pra 1:05 p.m. Mos 3:05 p.m. - Previous article (Special Section: worldlyinvestor.com )

[PEN-L:806] re-posting of A Real Tear Jerker

1998-11-02 Thread Frank Durgin
The format of my previous posting of this article was difficult to read. Hopefully this format will be easier. Mon., Nov. 02, 1998 at: NY 7:05 a.m. Lon 12:05 p.m. Pra 1:05 p.m. Mos 3:05 p.m. - (Special Section:

[PEN-L:1133] Washington presses ahead with war against Iraq

1998-11-18 Thread Frank Durgin
WSWS : News Analysis : Middle East : Iraq Washington presses ahead with war plans against Iraq By the Editorial Board 18 November 1998 Following the

[PEN-L:1111] New Caspian oil interests fuel US war drive against Iraq

1998-11-17 Thread Frank Durgin
WSWS : News Analysis : Middle East : Iraq New Caspian oil interests fuel US war drive against Iraq By Barry Grey 16 November 1998 Iraq's decision to allow the resumption of UN weapons

[PEN-L:939] Re unemployed PhD's

1998-11-07 Thread Frank Durgin
This Book Review from New York Times fits into the unemployed PhD thread I think. Without a Parachute Date: May 18, 1997, Late Edition

[PEN-L:993] Made in USA prisons

1998-11-11 Thread Frank Durgin
Christian Science Monitor TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1998 Made in USA prisons MARKETABLE SKILLS: Prisoners at Liberty Correctional Institution in Bristol,

[PEN-L:1015] Ramsey Clark's Letter to the UN Regarding Latest Military Threats on Iraq

1998-11-12 Thread Frank Durgin
Ramsey Clark's Letter to the UN Regarding Latest Military Threats on Iraq International Action Center 39 West 14th Street, #206, NY, NY 10011 212-633-6646 fax:212-633-2889 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   web page: www.iacenter.org H.E. Sir John Weston Permanent Mission of UK to the UN 885

[PEN-L:1030] Facts About the Sanctions War

1998-11-13 Thread Frank Durgin
http://leb.net/IAC/ The IAC endorses the Global Movement to End the War Against Iraq Last Updated -- 11 November 1998 "They

[PEN-L:1033] Let your voice be heard!

1998-11-13 Thread Frank Durgin
Help End the War Against Iraq: Say NO! to Bombs and NO! to Sanctions Let your voice be heard! The message below can be found at http://leb.net/iac/letterwar.html It takes just a minute to fill out the form, and they will send copies of this

[PEN-L:1032] Situation Analysis of Children and Women in Iraq*

1998-11-13 Thread Frank Durgin
UNICEF Report, 30 April 1998 "Situation Analysis of Children and Women in Iraq"* Direct quotations and summary* information: Health - increase of approximately 90,000 deaths yearly due to the sanctions (more than 250 people die every day) (pg. 42) "The increase

[PEN-L:945] Detroit Living Wage

1998-11-08 Thread Frank Durgin
From World Socialist Web Site WSWS : News Analysis : North America The political issues raised by the Detroit Living Wage Ordinance Comment by Jerry White 7 November 1998

[PEN-L:1356] Destroyed Sudanese factory produces only drugs:

1998-08-31 Thread Frank Durgin
International News Electronic Telegraph Monday 31 August 1998 Issue 1193 German envoy challenges Sudan arms plant claim By Andrew Gimson in Berlin Destroyed Sudanese factory produces only drugs: German Ambassador [30 Aug '98] - Sudan Net GERMANY'S ambassador to Sudan has challenged the

[PEN-L:1355] The countdown to Armagedon

1998-08-31 Thread Frank Durgin
A summary by Russia Today of an article in today's Komsomolskaya Pravda Monday, August 31, 1998 at: NY 1:11 p.m. Lon 6:11 p.m. Pra 7:11 p.m. Mos 9:11 p.m. Lead story Interior Ministry and the Army Are Prepared to Cut Short Massive Civil Unrest Summary A highly positioned source at the

[PEN-L:1333] WOW!

1998-08-30 Thread Frank Durgin
-- From: David Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Johnson's Russia List #2334 30 August 1998   Presidential delegation to Russia EDGARTOWN, Massachusetts, Aug 29 (AFP) - The official delegation accompanying US President Bill Clinton on his official visit to Russia

[PEN-L:1331] Fw: http://www.wsws.org/news/1998/aug1998/sud-a29.shtml

1998-08-30 Thread Frank Durgin
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[PEN-L:1330] Fw: http://www.wsws.org/news/1998/aug1998/nuke-a26.shtml

1998-08-30 Thread Frank Durgin
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[PEN-L:1306] on the lighter side

1998-08-28 Thread Frank Durgin
From The St. Peterburg Times(www.times.spb.ru) #393, Tuesday, August 25, 1998 Global Eye section Iron Curtain Call One woman who, it is safe to say, has probably not committed hanky-panky with Bill Clinton was also putting herself on display last week, flashing a bit of flesh for big money in

[PEN-L:1305] re-three articles on Russia

1998-08-28 Thread Frank Durgin
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent:Thu, 27 Aug 1998 18:14:53 -0400 Subject: RRR-Internet Edition (27 August 1998) IEWS Russian Regional Report **Internet Edition**

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