[PEN-L:1418] Re: the new AFL-CIO

On Mon, 13 Nov 1995, John L Gulick] wrote: For those of you interested in U.S. organized labor's "new direction" under the Sweeney/Trumka leadership, see the article in today's _NYT_ about the labor bosses paying a visit to the Boeing strike in Everett, WA. Renewed militancy, perhaps, but

[PEN-L:1419] Re: Medicaid Note [Re: Wattenberg and Values]

Thanks to Jim Westrich for that note. I didn't get your personal address so I apologize for replying to the list. In terms of understanding the reasons for Medicaid growth since 1988, what do you think of Holohan, et al's book _Medicaid Since 1980_ put out by the Urban Institute. I have it,

[PEN-L:1420] A Real Boycott...

Boycotting Shell is a great idea but I don't think I could buy Shell oil if I wanted to. Exxon appears to have the DC market locked up. I'd have a hard time convincing myself that shifting my business from Shell to Exxon produced a net political gain anyway. The Nigerian experience is not

[PEN-L:1421] Re: the new AFL-C

The argument in favor of contracting out (with reference to the Boeing strike) is very similar to the argument against unionism in general. Conservative opponents of unions claim that they are simply organizations designed to privilege their own members, erecting a wall against competition from

[PEN-L:1422] Call Clinton re budget cuts

Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 00:28:50 GMT X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 To: distribution:;; (see end of body) From: John Aravosis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CDF: Flash Update CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND November 13, 1995 ***FLASH

[PEN-L:1423] Overview of US military involvement in Mexico (fwd)

September 1995 Lightning at the End of the Tunnel: U.S. Military Involvement in Mexico's Quagmire Deepens by Peter Lumsdaine [ Global Exchange . 2017 Mission St., Suite 303 . San Francisco, CA 94110 . 415-255-7296] "Satellites, telecommunications equipment, infrared rays

[PEN-L:1424] Re: Press Release on the Hangings

Calls for a boycott of Shell and an oil embargo certainly would be a potent symbol of moral outrage, but its not at all clear that they would be effective. Can anyone thing of an oil embargo that successfully brought down a regime? The embargo against Iraq has yet to appreciably change

[PEN-L:1426] Alexander Buzgalin on the Left; lecture, NYC

The Brecht Forum The New York Marxist School 122 West 27 Street, 10 floor New York, New York 10001 (212) 242-4201 (212) 741-4563 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:1425] State taxes

You may have noticed the op-ed in the Wall St Journal by a Richard Vedder, who apparently creating arguments for the Joint Economic Committee in favor on abandoning progressivity in federal taxation. His article makes several claims about state taxation: 1. "A state can dramatically improve

[PEN-L:1427] Elimination of States or at least State Taxes: A Proposal

I have been kicking around the idea of eleminating the states as an economic initiative. While I realize that this is not a feasible initiative, I have also considered the possibility of a federal ban on all state taxation. I believe that there would be considerable benefit to this sort of

[PEN-L:1429] COSATU'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

COSATU DECLARES INDEPENDENCE FROM AFL-CIO After a dispute with the African American Labor Center -- which is run by the AFL-CIO but funded mainly by the U.S. government -- the South African labor federation COSATU refused to send a representative to October's AFL-CIO convention. COSATU

[PEN-L:1428] Re: State taxes

On Wed, 15 Nov 1995, Richard Ira Lavine wrote: You may have noticed the op-ed in the Wall St Journal by a Richard Vedder, who apparently creating arguments for the Joint Economic Committee in favor on abandoning progressivity in federal taxation. His article makes several claims about