>
> To deal with a related matter, I have been thinking about the question of
> relatively poor people who support rightwingers even though it is really
> contrary to their own self-interest. I view this as a form of blind
> religious faith, though these people may or may not be adherents of a
>
I agree with Victor and others about the need to "reform" the
civil/public service if the ideology is to be rolled back.
In New Zealand, and I suspect this applies in Canada as well as
elsewhere,
at least half the public servants have been appointed to the new
right agenda
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/public/interact/index.html
(no spoof...
M
China and the West
Tony Blair on 09/10/1998 at 08:23
Suzi Clark on 09/10/1998 at 09:46
Suzi Clark on 12/10/1998 at 11:00
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From: Sid Shniad
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Disgruntled
Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 2:07PM
San Francisco Examiner SaturdayOct 24, 1998
DISGRUNTLED
First with an on-line magazine and now with a
book, East Bay author finds there i
I agree with Arthur Cordell. "Reform" occurs by changing the thrust of
government's agenda, and this means "speaking truth to power",
clarifying publlic perceptions, not letting half truths or wooly
theories take the place of realistic socio-political concepts and
effective political action, and,
The civil service is downsized but with strong unions there is a greater
degree of job security. (They are often left in place since someone has to
carry out the work of elected officials) Since the bureacrats can't be
shuffled out of sight, they are left in place, tolerated. In an environment
"The Terminator will allow companies like Monsanto to privatize one of
the last great commons in nature --the genetics of the crop plants that
civilization has developed over the past 10,000 years."
A remarkable story of further enclosure of the commons, and total
abdication by goernment.
Forwar
At 08:59 am 28/10/1998 , Tom Walker wrote:
>Arthur Cordell wrote,
>
>>A great posting from Ed. I guess citizens all over the world are wondering
>>the same thing. It is one thing for governments to embrace the corporate
>>agenda it is quite another to say to its citizens, 'you are on your own.'
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At 08:59 am 28/10/1998 , Tom Walker wrote:
>Arthur Cordell wrote,
>
>>A great posting from Ed. I guess citizens all over the world are wondering
>>the same thing. It is one thing for governments to embrace the corporate
>>agenda it is quite another to say to its citizens, 'you are on your own.'
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From: Victor Milne
To: futurework
Subject: civil service
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 9:28PM
That was a great posting from Ed Weick on the civil service. It is another
institution that needs to be rebuilt if we ever wrest control of this
country from the business cult.
I think
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From: Ian Ritchie
To: futurework
Subject: RE: civil service
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 10:25PM
I agree with Victor and others about the need to "reform" the
civil/public service if the ideology is to be rolled back.
In New Zealand, and I suspect this applies in
Arthur, et al., I find the argument for dispirited civil servants rings
true for Hawaii as well as the points on either side.
But I do have a question: since the private sectors employees are
downsized with even greater frequency and ease than the public workers,
are those in the private sectors
From: Terry Cottam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: fw: Avoiding Panic: The Real Challenge of Y2K
This warning from Robert Theobald seems timely with yesterday's front-page
Globe and Mail article, "Army fears civil chaos from millennium bu
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