[PEN-L] Ethanol gasoline emissions no cleaner than standard gasoline

Although this test is limited in nature it shows that the benefits of ethanol in gasoline are probably over-rated in terms of the environment. Of course the subsidies will help ADM and corn farmers! To be fair it would make sense to test cars that run on pure ethanol and gasoline. However,

Re: [PEN-L] self-promotion

For most university presses, it's about a 1000 hardcover, which is difficult because libraries have stopped buying everything that comes off the presses. At places like Oxford that are supposed to make money, the numbers are higher--probably 2500 in hardcover and 5000 in paper. Didn't someone on

[PEN-L] Kaveh L Afrasiabi: Iran ahead of the Game -- for Now

Kaveh L Afrasiabi argues that Iran's arrest of the British sailors has worked in Iran's favor in its relation to the Arab world, Russia, and China. -- Yoshie http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IC30Ak03.html Mar 30, 2007 Iran ahead of the game - for now By Kaveh L Afrasiabi The US is not

Re: [PEN-L] Financiers' activities and wealth creation

Louis P. writes: Marvin wrote: ...We can continue to disagree about whether the accomodations by the mass parties have been due to failures of leadership, as you contend, or to the unexpected historical resiliency of capitalism and extension of the universal franchise which have combined to

[PEN-L] Muslim National Communism in the Soviet Union

Muslims shouldn't automatically trust Marxists and vice versa. But there's a lot to be learned from the history of productive and counter-productive revisionisms and opportunisms of both sides, and I hope both sides -- from Egypt to the Philippines, from India to Lebanon to Palestine -- will

Re: [PEN-L] Imperial Sunset?

On 3/31/07, Jayson Funke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Imperial sunset? By AIJAZ AHMAD The Hindu snip The main problem, however, is that his [Hugo Chavez's] domestic and continental projects are highly capital-intensive and presume high and growing petrodollar incomes. Venezuela's oil exports

Re: [PEN-L] self-promotion

what I wonder is how much comrade Lebowitz paid Chavez for the unsolicited endorsement. ;-) On 3/30/07, michael a. lebowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 18:02 30/03/2007, michael p. wrote: Martin would deserve a reprimand if he had failed to notify us. Michael Lebowitz waited for someone else

Re: [PEN-L] self-promotion

Paying, comrade! It's breaking me because ad and product placement rates are based on audience size! m At 12:14 31/03/2007, you wrote: what I wonder is how much comrade Lebowitz paid Chavez for the unsolicited endorsement. ;-) On 3/30/07, michael a. lebowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At

Re: [PEN-L] self-promotion

You people are so 20th century--I am currently in negotiations over who will play me in the movie version of my book. Marty michael a. lebowitz wrote: Paying, comrade! It's breaking me because ad and product placement rates are based on audience size! m At 12:14 31/03/2007, you wrote:

Re: [PEN-L] another radio product dept.

On 3/30/07, michael a. lebowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This could run with the header, 'shameless promotion', but this interview [taped last month] on Vancouver Co-operative Radio's Saturday morning programme, 'Redeye' is a radio product and is available on internet:

[PEN-L] Pork goes to war

IHT: Op-Ed chart: Pork goes to war Thomas Schatz Friday, March 30, 2007 Emergency spending bills are called Christmas trees for the unrelated ornaments that are added by members of Congress. They are exempt from budget rules and are almost never vetoed, making them magnets for pork. The U.S.

Re: [PEN-L] India and labor

On 3/30/07, Martin Hart-Landsberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At issue is whether workers are wise to support the export-led growth models that their governments are pursing. It is not a question of whether a particular worker gets a job, but whether the growth process really offers workers

Re: [PEN-L] self-promotion

At around 31/3/07 12:33 pm, Martin Hart-Landsberg wrote: You people are so 20th century--I am currently in negotiations over who will play me in the movie version of my book. That is so late 20th century. My hagiography is already virally planted as a e-documentary through cross-media

Re: [PEN-L] India and labor

At around 31/3/07 1:08 pm, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: Most workers, intellectuals, and others on the Left in India who vote for the CPI(M), the Congress, etc. probably do so not to celebrate the Indian model of neoliberal capitalism but to back the lesser evil in fear of the BJP-led right-wing

[PEN-L] Terry Jones: Call That Humiliation?

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2047110,00.html Call that humiliation? No hoods. No electric shocks. No beatings. These Iranians clearly are a very uncivilised bunch Terry Jones Saturday March 31, 2007 The Guardian I share the outrage expressed in the British press over the

[PEN-L] UK Has Doubled Naval Presence in Persian Gulf since October

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/25/ngulf125.xml UK doubles naval presence in Persian Gulf By Damien McElroy in Manama, Bahrain Last Updated: 1:34am GMT 26/02/2007 Britain's senior naval officer in the Persian Gulf has revealed that Royal Navy deployments in the

Re: [PEN-L] India and labor

On 3/31/07, ravi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At around 31/3/07 1:08 pm, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: Most workers, intellectuals, and others on the Left in India who vote for the CPI(M), the Congress, etc. probably do so not to celebrate the Indian model of neoliberal capitalism but to back the

Re: [PEN-L] another radio product dept.

On Mar 31, 2007, at 10:01 AM, Jim Devine wrote: good interview. Too bad it was flawed by the interviewer's heavy Canadian accent, which so often prevents communication with us and the following of our or eh?

Re: [PEN-L] another radio product dept.

those bastids refuse to get rid of that single-payer that makes our health-care system look so bad! On 3/31/07, Dan Scanlan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 31, 2007, at 10:01 AM, Jim Devine wrote: good interview. Too bad it was flawed by the interviewer's heavy Canadian accent, which so

[PEN-L] RFI / RFC: American Monetary Institute

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[PEN-L] Natanz

Note that [n]o enrichment is taking place at Natanz, but diplomats accredited to the agency [International Atomic Energy Agency] said Friday that it might start within days (Associated Press, Iran Says It Rebuffed U.N. Because It Feared U.S. Attack, 31 March 2007,

Re: [PEN-L] conditions in Korea

Wasn't it recently being touted as a great sign of progress that Koreans were taking to credit cards? Martin Hart-Landsberg wrote: Park Jong-kyu, a research fellow with the Korea Institute of Finance, called on the poor households to cut down expenses to curb the growing deficits. He pointed

[PEN-L] Iraqi Singer Wins Arab 'Pop Idol'

Finally, happy news. -- Yoshie Shada Hassoun Video of Chirin Abdel Wahab Song: http://www.lebanonlinks.com/society/video_shada_hassoun_star_academy_4.html http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A8DB97F3-F70D-4E15-8F2D-63158CA74788.htm Iraqi singer wins Arab 'Pop Idol'

Re: [PEN-L] conditions in Korea

The celebration of credit card consumerism in Korea ended in 2003--when the government took steps to slow down the use of credit cards (reversing their earlier policy). Koreans were running up horrendous debts and growing numbers were unable to pay, thereby threatening the financial system. The

[PEN-L] UK: Ministers Seek Deal with Iran for Captives

Well, my beloved Islamic Republic -- and its left Islamists -- can come out ahead in the conflict over the UK sailors: Ministers are preparing a compromise deal to allow Iran to save face and release its 15 British military captives by promising that the Royal Navy will never

Re: [PEN-L] Samuel Farber, the state capitalists and Cuba

At 21:54 28/03/2007, Jim wrote: On 3/28/07, Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For state capitalists or Shachtmanites, the notion of socialism from below serves as a kind of litmus test for revolutions. FWIW, socialism from below is a post-Schachtman view (developed by Hal Draper, partly

Re: [PEN-L] Samuel Farber, the state capitalists and Cuba

Michael Lebowitz wrote: I've never quite grasped what produced the political split between the 'state-capitalists' and the 'bureaucratic collectivists' (eg., in the US). I understand that there are significant differences in interpretation but they managed to co-exist for a while, so what was

[PEN-L] outsourcing to India?

IT Execs Look Beyond India for Possible Offshore Sites Patrick Thibodeau http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasicarticleId=287171intsrc=news_list March 26, 2007 (Computerworld) DALLAS -- At Gartner Inc..s Outsourcing Summit here last week, the consulting firm said

Re: [PEN-L] 40 million US Jobs ar risk from trade

A quick answer is that representative politics does work except some interests are overrepresented and some underrepresented (read class and caste politics). So when the underrepresented interests are in power, which they are in several states and can easily bring the neoliberals in Delhi does

Re: [PEN-L] 40 million US Jobs ar risk from trade

Correction: Should be: bring the neoliberals in Delhi DOWN Anthony P. D'Costa, Professor Comparative International Development University of Washington 1900 Commerce Street Tacoma, WA 98402, USA Phone: (253) 692-4462 Fax :

Re: [PEN-L] India and labor

The puzzle of Indian employment growth. 1. The ISI strategy did not generate employment as anticipated. The reason is technological change and demand growth. ISI did not generate growth either. 2. The ISI strategy created its own vested interests both within the state and in the private

[PEN-L] Toronto Auto Workers (CAW) Occupy Closing Plant, Demand Severance Pay

International Herald Tribune Workers occupy Collins Aikman plant in Toronto The Associated Press Saturday, March 31, 2007 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/31/business/NA-FIN-US-Collins---Aikman-Toronto.php TORONTO: Disgruntled autoworkers occupied a Collins Aikman Corp. plant on