On Wed, 26 Jul 1995, R. Anders Schneiderman wrote: > On Sat, 22 Jul 1995, Paul Cockshott wrote: > > > Um, Paul, not to spoil your fun or anything, but the WHOLE POINT of this > exercise was to come up with something like our version of a "Contract W/ > America" (remember the subject line?). I realize it may be asking a lot > to expect a progressive academic economist to write something that's > actually fun to read, that would actually be useful in a political > campaign or a social movement, but that was the idea behind my post. > > Anders Schneiderman > Center for Community Economic Research > UCB > > P.S. In case you forgot, my original suggestion was: > Suppose Jackson decides to take a run at Clinton, and many groups use his > campaign as an opportunity to put jobs back on the table. What five or so > top proposals should they push for creating real jobs, and how should they > sell them--what catchy slogans/metaphors should they use? No namby-pamby > proposals allowed: either the substance or the slogans oughta make the > Republicans and the Democrats sweat a bit. > > Thank you Anders for reminidng us the original suggestion which I have missed as I have just joined it. Thus, this is my temporary list Health not wealth Play not work Disposible time not working time Homes not Jails (from Blair) Brothers and Sisters not alien immigrants Self-organized community center, not Copital-Hill Massimo De Angelis - - London
