The maker of the motion would accept that as a friendly amendment. Relatedly, I'm curious why, given the popularity of the social networking sites, some group of folks have not come up with an open, not-for-profit competitor. Such a site could fulfill the same functions, and redirect the rents now being collected by the commercial sites to socially beneficial purposes.
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Perelman, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Better one to celebrate people like that before they pass away. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Naiman > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 4:57 PM > To: Progressive Economics > Subject: Re: [Pen-l] David Landes > > There should we a web site that would serve the function of > "WikiActivistMemorial." When an activist passes, activist friends and > comrades could edit the entry, which would be a nice way of > memorializing the person and their contributions. Plus, over time, it > would become an incredible resource for future radical historians. > > Then, when informing people of the passing, one could send around the > link. > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 6:07 PM, Eugene Coyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> I'm sorry for the confusion about David L. Landes, NOT the historian. >> >> I incorrectly assumed that my friend David was widely known to many on > this >> list. He was a fixture of the Bay Area progressives. >> >> David L. Landes. Born on a co-op farm in the south, grew up in his > beloved >> Yellow Springs, Ohio. A student and later colleague of Jim > O'Connor's. >> We'd been friends for years but I learned only recently that David > was >> Minsky's TA at Washington University, where David met Jim. David was > one of >> the group purged from San Jose State's economics department in > Governor >> Reagan's era. (1974) An early member of URPE. >> >> Mostly, David was a wonderful friend, lots of fun and funny. >> >> He traveled to Nicaragua during the revolution there, and to Cuba, and > he >> was always out locally for whatever event or cause needed him. Or > just for >> lunch. >> >> Sorry for my assumption that his fame was more widespread than it was. >> >> Gene Coyle >> >> >> >> On Oct 14, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Matthijs Krul wrote: >> >>> Eugene Coyle schreef: >>>> >>>> David Landes has passed away. >>>> >>>> Daphne Muse, David's wife phoned early this morning with the very > sad >>>> news that David died last evening. >>>> >>>> David was a stalwart comrade. A quiet, modest, generous, loving > man. >>>> >>>> Those of you who knew David know what a great loss the left > community has >>>> suffered. >>>> >>>> Gene Coyle >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> pen-l mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >>>> >>> Is this the historian David Landes? And if so, why does/did he count > as >>> 'left'? >>> >>> Matthijs Krul >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pen-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >> > > > > -- > Robert Naiman > Just Foreign Policy > www.justforeignpolicy.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Ambassador Pickering on Iran Talks and Multinational Enrichment > http://youtube.com/watch?v=kGZFrFxVg8A > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Robert Naiman Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ambassador Pickering on Iran Talks and Multinational Enrichment http://youtube.com/watch?v=kGZFrFxVg8A _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
