[PEN-L:5965] Re: New project for pen-l some good news

Congratulations, Steven! Sid Shniad Dear Michael and pen-lers, I like the idea of setting up a parallel list to receive information requests. For me, PEN-L is often at its best when participants focus on taking political action. Hopefully the parallel list will be a means to

[PEN-L:5966] Re: Marxist critiques of the USSR

This summer I read Istvan Meszaros' _Beyond Capital_ which contains lots of really good analytical stuff on the ex-USSR. I would commend this work to everyone on Pen-l because he puts forth the provocative thesis that Actually Existing Socialism should be considered part of the system of

[PEN-L:5964] Ban Depleted Uranium- Pentagon's Latest Assault (fwd)

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[PEN-L:5967] Believe it or not

Edmonton Journal September 5, 1996 ALBERTA PRIVATIZES LABOR STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT Canadian Press EDMONTON - Alberta is planning to privatize enforcement of labor standards so workers claiming everything from unjust dismissal to inadequate maternity leave will have to take

[PEN-L:5968] voter turnout

The key to the whole issue is that only 40-50 percent of the electorate in the U.S. bothers to vote on election day. In the last elections barely 40 percent voted. The pollsters and the party strategeists know that these are the people that count. Most of these are upper middle class

[PEN-L:5969] Re: voter turnout

Date sent: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 12:12:32 -0700 (PDT) Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Lynch) Subject:[PEN-L:5968] voter turnout The key to the whole issue is that only 40-50 percent of the electorate in the U.S. bothers to vote on

[PEN-L:5970] Re: voter turnout

[People have been positing opinions about non-voting] Some people at the school of journalism at Northwestern U. (Ellen Shearer I think was involved) just finished a large and quite interesting national study of the U. S. non voter. I do not have the results in front of me, but I do remember

[PEN-L:5971] overdetermination redux

sorry if you think this irrelevant, but it's easy to erase. It's also short... If I understand him correctly, Steve Cullenberg summarized the main message for research of the Wolf/Resnick overdetermination theory (i.e., that all entities in society determine the character of all other

Re: [PEN-L:5971] Korea

I apologize for not responding to Jim's points. His being upset is understandable. I am trying to get a paper out for a workshop to be held in another non-secular and undemocratic society (Taiwan in less than a month). No pun intended here. I should have some time off next week, although I

[PEN-L:5972] article in Monthly Review

cheers to our comrade, doug henwood, for his fine article in the sept. issue of "monthly review." not bad for the graduate of, as doug put it, "a piggishly union-busting university in connecticut." in solidarity, michael yates

[PEN-L:5973] Americans want protection from corporations

7 AMERICANS ARE ANGRY AT CORPORATE EXCESS AND WANT THEIR GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN Focus groups and an opinion poll, conducted in May- June, 1996, show Americans are so frightened by their economic vulnerability they are willing to take a chance on government intervention. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Anger

[PEN-L:5974] Re: overdetermination redux: come on, Jim, at least hit the

This is a response to Jim Devine's message, copied below. I frankly did not understood what Steve meant by his off-the-cuff, tongue-in-cheek (?) comment about "what you see is what you get." I didn't think it helped explain anything, and I don't think your snide (so it seems to me) response

[PEN-L:5976] Fwd: Re: New project for pen-l some good news

Steve; Congrats! I just graduate in May so I know how hard you worked!!! maggie coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] p.s. I taught two classes today for the first time. Did I ever feel like an old bat in front of all those college freshkids! - Forwarded message: From: [EMAIL

[PEN-L:5977] Re: overdetermination redux

Jim Devine recently wrote: If I understand him correctly, Steve Cullenberg summarized the main message for research of the Wolf/Resnick overdetermination theory (i.e., that all entities in society determine the character of all other entities, just as the characters of all entities are

[PEN-L:5978] Big Brother

Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 03:44:14 -0600 (MDT) From: Bear Giles [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Government database correlations According to a sidenote on the minimum-wage bill recently passed, starting FY 98 (?) the federal government will maintain a list of _all_ court ordered child support payments

[PEN-L:5979] Re: article in Monthly Review

At 4:13 PM 9/5/96, Michael D Yates wrote: cheers to our comrade, doug henwood, for his fine article in the sept. issue of "monthly review." not bad for the graduate of, as doug put it, "a piggishly union-busting university in connecticut." Thanks. Speaking of union-busting universities,