Re: M-TH: Is NZ a bloated semi-colony?

1999-10-07 Thread Dave Bedggood
Bill, I would appreciate that reference. It didnt mean to say, did I? that deregulation was driven by multinational capital. I see the drive coming from the limits of the internal market for NZ national productive capital - the LOV asserting itself.. That's where I differ from the MNC bogey the

SV: M-TH: Chechnya

1999-10-07 Thread Bob Malecki
Trouble with this theory is that, back during Yeltsin's first war against Chechnya, Clinton's U.S. backed Russia all the way. The imperialists know their comrades-in-blood when they see them in action. Walter Daum Did they Walter? I doubt it. More of a realization that a military confro

M-TH: Washington's anxieties

1999-10-07 Thread George Pennefather
The antagonism shown by Washington to both Iran and Iraq is further evidence that Washington does not  mount opposition to a power simply because it is state socialist,  or revolutionary socialist. Neither Iran nor Iraq  fit into any of these categories in any comprehensive sense. Washington

Re: M-TH: Is NZ a bloated semi-colony?

1999-10-07 Thread Bill Cochrane
Gidday Dave Yeah I pretty much agree with the first paragraph, from my perspective differential rent on pastoral production was the basis for NZ's sad and deeply flawed little variant of fordism - fordism in the sense that Jessop has advanced (Bastard keynesian economics+welfare state+some way of

M-TH: Chechnya

1999-10-07 Thread kh
Trouble with this theory is that, back during Yeltsin's first war against Chechnya, Clinton's U.S. backed Russia all the way. The imperialists know their comrades-in-blood when they see them in action. Walter Daum On Wed, 06 Oct 1999 15:13:10 PDT Macdonald Stainsby said: > [...] > >Actually, Bo