If it is true that the PC term originated in the U.S. left as a
self-ironic thing, I stand corrected. Seeen from Norway however, to the
(until now) weak degree the term has been employed here, it has been as
a demagogic instrument to turn the tables on issues which have been won
by the left, and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says
I cannot agree more strongly with John Gulick's and Doug Henwood's
characterization of the US left/liberal obsession with "decentralization.
...
Significant elements within the organic agriculture "movement" have
long forwarded a neo-populist vision of the future
On Tue, 12 Dec 1995, Trond Andresen wrote:
If it is true that the PC term originated in the U.S. left as a
self-ironic thing, I stand corrected. Seeen from Norway however, to the
(until now) weak degree the term has been employed here, it has been as
a demagogic instrument to turn the
On Mon, 11 Dec 1995, D Shniad wrote:
Personally, Bill, I can't stand the tension any longer -- are you in
favour of or opposed to the strike in France?
Sid Shniad
Is Sid serious? I can't believe that one would ask such a question. There
are many issues involved in the current French
Dear pen-lers,
A Wall Street operator called Michael Dingman is currently buying up
control over a large chunk of Czech industry - 7 of the biggest
companies so far. He claims he's going to 'restructure' etc., but
many suspect he's planning a form of greenmail and looking to cream
off
I must say, I find Bill Mitchell's post about the strikes in France both
confusing and arrogant.
Confusing because he is putting the rips offs of the medical system by
doctors and pharmaceutical companies on exactly the same level as workers
demanding protection of benefits. So, is he saying
maggie wrote (her first message after talking to Louis! = tone!):
I must say, I find Bill Mitchell's post about the strikes in France both
confusing and arrogant.
Confusing because he is putting the rips offs of the medical system by
doctors and pharmaceutical companies on exactly the same
bill's comments (and his quoting of Bob Rowthorn) reminds me of a
useful analogy by Rosa Luxemburg on unionism: she argued that
unionism's task is like the labors of Sisyphus. Every time a
victory is achieved (and the rock gets up to the top of the
hill), the institutional power of capital
Home with the flu over the weekend, I was browsing through
some material on the bookshelf when I came across the 1994
issue of the _Socialist Register_. The title of this issue
was "Between Globalism and Nationalism."
I remembered having read and been impressed by a copy of Leo
Panitch's
On a separate but related topic, here on Pen (and elsewhere)
folks have expressed the hope that a more humane model of
economic integration can be put in place in the European
Union. (Most recently, this hope was expressed here by Hugo
Radice.) In the same article mentioned in my earlier
I cannot comprehend the position taken by Penners who have
contempt and disdain for the "progressive nationalist"
position (the term was Tom Weiskopf's if I'm not mistaken)
that economic integration on terms dictated by capital is
something that can and should be resisted.
Doug Henwood's earlier
Dear A.S.,
For myself and countless contacts that I have on the left and in the
labour movement, the struggle in France -- for all its imperfections and
inability to address the fundamental contradictions of capitalism -- is
very exciting and worthy of support.
It does not follow that
Louis:
The new issue of this journal (12/95) arrived in my mailbox last night.
Here is some of what you will find inside:
1. "Marxism and Ecology" by Joel Kovel:
Marxism as it is now commonly constituted appears as a stranger in
ecological circles. This is not as it should be, but it is a
Sid wrote:
PS -- There's an old union song entitled "Which Side Are You On?"
"they say in Harlan County there are no neutrals there. You'll either be
a union man or a thug for J.H. Blair."
"My daddy was a miner and I'm a miner's son and I'll stick with the union
till every battle's won."
glevy 12/12, overcome by nostalgia, cites "Which Side Are You On?" for
the proposition that it would be wicked indeed to challenge the motives,
good faith, need, or relevance of whoever happens to claim to be on the
side of The Union.
Well, such a "principle" does have the
While the percentage of GDP spent on health care by France is larger than that
of most European countries it is less than Canada and far less than the US.
The US has inferior life expectancy than either country. If Canada is any
example the cure for the bloat seems to be rough surgery with no
Bill, I wholeheartedly agree with the statement that "workers must go
beyond purely economic struggle and must fight at the political level to
exert control over production itself." (Ironically, Canadian and
American workers who engaged in the political struggle against NAFTA
were condemned
I think one point that is being over-looked is that what
most of the striking groups have been holding out for is
"a round table": they want to be consulted, to come to some
agreement. The strike is so successful, I think, because
there is a general
U.S. RICH-POOR GAP IS WIDEST
The United States has the widest gap between
rich and poor of any of the world's largest
industrial countries, according to a report by the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development.
The report was more comprehensive than earlier
studies that had
I'm forwarding this to the erudite crew in PEN-L. Perhaps y'all
can help:
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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 95 23:05:57 +0100 (CET)
From: Aniello Margiotta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: chase manatthan bank
Hi,
I need a report about Chase
This is a little late but ...
Several people mentioned the rightwing use of political correctness as a
tactic to discredit the left and were interested in the history of this
phenomenon. The best discussion of this I have seen is in a book called
Generation at the Crossroads by Paul Rogat Loeb,
On Mon, 11 Dec 1995, Louis N Proyect wrote:
Ellen Meiksins Wood's latest book is "Democracy Vs Capitalism", Verso. It
is a defense of a Marxist understanding of democracy. Terms such as
"dictatorship of the proletariat" are explored. I haven't read it yet,
but heard her in a seminar
On Tue, 12 Dec 1995, Martin Hart-Landsberg wrote:
Several people mentioned the rightwing use of political correctness as a
tactic to discredit the left and were interested in the history of this
phenomenon. The best discussion of this I have seen is in a book called
Generation at the
On Mon, 11 Dec 1995 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote to Louis Proyect:
It is certainly true that you have
driven off most of the academics, so I have been told offnet,
much to the disgust of the list co-moderators, I might add.
That may very well be true, but I must say that it's my opinion
These are some comments from Noam Chomsky on PC (from _Year 501_,
South End Press, 1993).
The [extent of the ] hysteria about "political correctness" ... is
truly something to behold, including a stream of best-sellers with
anecdotes, many concocted, about alleged horrors in the universities,
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