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I'm
not sure about "sympathy" here, I guess the question is individual options and
broader social changes. The argument was, as you point out, that the car
workers could retrain (or their kids could be trained) for higher valued jobs as
the lower level jobs were transferred
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But
surely, Harry, societies/economies/polities have other goals than economic
efficiency.
Nothing wrong with economic efficiency, but what about things like
domestic harmony, equity, public well-being, "peace, order and good government",
even "homeland security"... all are
Swiss vote after 'ugly' campaign
By Imogen Foulkes
BBC News, Bern
Swiss voters go to the polls on Sunday after a general election campaign
marred by riots and accusations of racism.
Riot police in Bern
Riot police were deployed when violence flared at a Bern poll rally
The right-wing Swiss
Why is Vancouver eating its young? Nothing cool about that
DAVID BEERS
From Monday's Globe and Mail
October 22, 2007 at 9:15 AM EDT
When Vancouver advertises itself, the faces on the condominium billboards
are young and smiling, poised to Live! Work! Play! And yet, is there any
other Canadian
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From: Sid Shniad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: October 23, 2007 1:02 PM
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Subject: Reaganomics Finally Trickles Down To Area Man
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/reaganomics_finally_trickles_down
The Onion October 13, 2007 | Issue 43�41
In a somewhat parallel experience (but I was never a hippy ;-)) I had
occasion several years ago to interact quite intensively over a couple of
days with the senior staff of the US Army (4 star general down)!
My experience of those folks directly parallels John's in that I found them
to be among
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From: InRoads: A Journal of Opinion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Alastair Sweeny
Sent: January 28, 2008 10:02 AM
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Here's a good rational explanation of the subprime meltdown:
Hmm... Interesting... Mr. Deeds goes to Washington...
The (US) Poli Sci texts all say that the fundamental strength of the US
system (democracy?) is its capacity to innovate/adapt...
Interesting test.
MG
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Subject: [TriumphOfContent] Facing Default, Some Walk Out on New Homes (The
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/us/29walks.html
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Subject: nettime Globalisation Rulez? 100 Indian shipyard workers walk out
in Missisipi
Globalisation of the workforce always been a bit
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Subject: [TriumphOfContent] Rescue Me: A Fed Bailout Crosses a Line (The NY
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/business/16gret.html
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From: Sid Shniad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: March 19, 2008 11:19 AM
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Subject: Global capitalism teeters on the brink
Globe and Mail March 19, 2008
The financial crisis
Global capitalism
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Cairo Grappling with Bread Crisis
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Worth knowing...
MG
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Sent: March 23, 2008 8:26 AM
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Subject: [TriumphOfContent] At Megastores, Hagglers Find Prices Are Flexible
A very very interesting article.
MG
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Subject: [Reader-list] China's new intelligentsia
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European Left Demands Control of Finance Capital
Speculation and Collapse: Enough !
By Stop-Finance.org
Yep... $1.57 an hour is always going to trump $35 an hour...
MG
Gurstein, Michael (2007) What is Community Informatics (and Why Does It
Matter)? POLIMETRICA, Milan
http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00012372/01/WHAT_IS_COMMUNITY_INFORMATICS_
reading.pdf
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7336744.stm
Credit crunch costs '$1 trillion'
By Steve Schifferes
Economics reporter, BBC News
Mr Strauss-Kahn will head IMF talks in Washington.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that potential losses from
the credit crunch will reach
The Bush tax cuts start coming home to roost... Interesting that even the
Washington Post doesn't connect these most obvious of dots...
MG
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Subject: Most Needy Hit
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Subject: nettime Dropping like a lead imperialist balloon
Dropping like a lead imperialist balloon
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Subject: [TriumphOfContent] Losing Our Will (Bob Herbert - The NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/12/opinion/12herbert.html
The New
Fyi.
MG
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Subject: [Reader-list] Fisher people demand justice for climate refugees
Press release19-04-2008
Fisher people demand justice for climate refugees
From: Ram Narayanan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 9:52 AM
To: David Farber
Subject: The World's Most Innovative Companies
Dear Dave:
BUSINESSWEEK Magazine has published its list of the world's 50 most
innovative companies in its issue
Gurstein, Michael (2007) What is Community Informatics (and Why Does It
Matter)? POLIMETRICA, Milan
http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00012372/01/WHAT_IS_COMMUNITY_INFORMATICS_r
eading.pdf
Michael Gurstein, Ph.D.
Centre for Community Informatics Research, Training and Development
Ste. 2101-989
http://nysun.com/news/food-rationing-confroFood
Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World
By JOSH GERSTEIN, Staff Reporter of the Sun | April 21, 2008
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Many parts of America, long considered the
breadbasket of the world, are now confronting a once unthinkable
As I understood it, the rationale (and to a degree the origins) of the
labour movement were that management was prepared to trade-off the
opportunity for collective action and some degree of co-power (collective
bargaining, shop rules, etc.etc.) with unions in return for the unions
undertaking to
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Subject: [TriumphOfContent] FW: Guerrilla gardeners green their city on
secret moonlit missions
Guerrilla gardeners green their city on secret moonlit
Yep, control trumps commerce even in modern day China...
MG
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If you have trouble seeing this
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