[PEN-L:7383] RM Gala Conference Updated Announcement

1996-11-12 Thread blairs
"POLITICS AND LANGUAGES OF CONTEMPORARY MARXISM" December 5-8, 1996 University of Massachusetts, Amherst Full logistical information and preliminary schedule can be found at our web site: http://www.nd.edu/~plofmarx For furthe

[PEN-L:7382] Re: science

1996-11-12 Thread Doug Henwood
At 3:56 PM 11/12/96, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >The important _caveat_ (which should also apply to the social >sciences) is that science should be subject to more questions than >Aronowitz lists. Sciences have to jump through more hoops that >literary criticism does: is the theory in question cons

[PEN-L:7381] science

1996-11-12 Thread JDevine
(this is a response to an old message, but at least it's short.) Stanley Aronowitz writes: >> "I want to insist that the convention of treating natural and human sciences according to a different standard be dropped I want to treat the controversies within each domain as aspects of the sam

[PEN-L:7380] Murder Incorporated

1996-11-12 Thread D Shniad
Z Magazine WAR CRIMINALS (ECONOMICS DIVISION): THE DIRTY TWENTY Edward S. Herman Identifying any kind of war criminal is tricky. It is common to latch on to the hit men, or the ones issuing the immediate orders, while ignoring the planners and decision-makers, the funders, and those provid

[PEN-L:7379] Canadian company flaunts Helms-Burton

1996-11-12 Thread D Shniad
The Globe and Mail November 12, 1996 SHERRITT TO SINK $300-MILLION INTO CUBA Takes aim at country's infrastructure By Brent Jang, Alberta Bureau CALGARY -- Standing firm in the face of U.S. pressure, Sherritt International Corp. is raising more than $300- million to

[PEN-L:7378] Child labour

1996-11-12 Thread D Shniad
The Saskatoon StarPhoenix November 12, 19996 250 MILLION CHILDREN IN LABOR FORCE: ILO GENEVA (AP) - From the brothels of Asia to the carpet factories of Pakistan, nearly twice as many children are working full time in developing countries as previously thought, the International Labor O

[PEN-L:7377] FW: BLS Daily Report

1996-11-12 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1996: RELEASED TODAY: Average annual pay of employees in metropolitan areas increased 3.5 percent from 1994 to 1995, according to preliminary data. The average annual pay level for jobs in the nation's 311 metropolitan areas was $29,105 in 1995, up from $2