[PEN-L:12563] Re: Job security is in the eyes of the beholder

In a message dated 97-09-21 15:24:42 EDT, Laurie Dougherty writes: My ballpark (and conservative) estimate is that at least 85% of hourly employees will be eligible to retire by the year 2000. I doubt that GE will make any serious attempt to replace them. For that 85%, who have

[PEN-L:12564] FW: BLS Daily Report

BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1997 Higher job-related death rates and health insurance costs are creating barriers to hiring older workers, despite widespread labor shortages. Older workers are more than twice as likely as younger ones to die of job-related causes, recent BLS studies

documentary on the wobblies

Does anyone know of a good documentary film/video on the wobblies? I would prefer shorter to longer, if there is a choice. Thanks. Peter Dorman

[PEN-L:12567] re:culture

In a message dated 97-09-22 23:06:59 EDT, you write: Why is the pet example of non-western cultural brutality genital mutiliation? Anthony D'Costa Good Question since FMG was practiced in the Good Ole' USA right up until the eve of World War Two. The last hospital to stop this practice was

[PEN-L:12572] censorship!

I noticed at our local Pavillions (a.k.a. Von's grocery store) that no tabloid newspapers are being sold, because of the horror of the Papapazzi. Amazingly, this censorship extended to include the WEEKLY WORLD NEWS! That rag has never, to my knowledge, even mentioned Princess Di on their front

[PEN-L:12574] Re: FW: BLS Daily Report

Overtime persists at near-record levels, and many workers are chafing. Manufacturing overtime reached a record average 4.9 hours a week in March and April, slipped, and climbed again -- to 4.8 hours in August, the Labor Department says. Many companies want to avoid hiring that could mean layoffs

[PEN-L:12576] Propaganda About A Booming Economy (Canada)

According to a report released September 5, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) the value of all goods and services produced in the country grew at an annual rate of 4.9 percent in the second quarter of 1997, up from 3.4 percent in the first three months of the year. The growth was triggered by

[PEN-L:12578] Tax break for Student Loans?

RECEIVED FROM A FRIEND: (PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHERS) Subject: SCHOOL LOANS TAX WRITE-OFF PENDING! I am forwarding this along...Please do the same SCHOOL LOANS TAX WRITE-OFF PENDING! Lets help to get this bill passed and get some of this burden off of ourselves!!

[PEN-L:12577] NEA Gives Up Tax Break on HQ; AFL-CIO Sets Up Center for

Teachers' union to give up $1 million tax break September 23, 1997 Web posted at: 11:32 p.m. EDT (2332 GMT) WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's largest teachers union is ready to give up a tax break on its headquarters and target the $1.1 million in revenues to help struggling schools in the

[PEN-L:12573] consumerism

Dear Pen-Lrs, Relevant to the recent discussion of the "Affluenza" program, I went back and found an old staff memo ('94) done reviewing literature on the causes and nature of "consumerism"--I just pass along here some of the concluding findings that may or may not be of interest. If you want

[PEN-L:12571] re: culture

Anthony D'Costa asks: Why is the pet example of non-western cultural brutality genital mutiliation? Since I brought up that disgusting practice in the current discussion, here goes: it's the "pet example" because it's an extreme case of the conflict between "Western" morals -- including

[PEN-L:12568] re:civil war

In a message dated 97-09-23 15:37:54 EDT, Ricardo writes: Maggie, I am not sure my very general comment deserved such a careful, reasoned response, but now that the ball has started to roll, let me keep an eye over it. I take the structure of your argument to be as follows: I didn't mean to

[PEN-L:12570] re:civil war

In a message dated 97-09-23 17:16:41 EDT, Wojtek writes: Methinks, there is no single cause, economic or otherwise, behind abolition or, for that matter, the Civil War. Slavery was basically an high moral ground seized to support one's position in Civil War -- but the real reasons most likely

[PEN-L:12569] Fast Track and Free Trade

There was a blue moon last night and today the Washington Post ran an op-ed critical of free trade. The column nicely encapsulates the left's position. MBS == Tied to The Fast Track By John Cavanagh and Sarah Anderson

[PEN-L:12566] Re: POMO on Social Classes

Larry, Sorry to have been so personally **intense** (vituperative, um, etc.), and rereading some of the messages, they were a little too individuated. I do feel, however that there is a false division between marxism and pomoism--with blame for the division falling on both sides. As someone

[PEN-L:12565] Re: nature of culture

In a message dated 97-09-22 03:49:42 EDT, you write: Now, let me take the historicity and the aspect of cultural practice of the latter first, which is known as *sati pratha*. Though the reference of Sati is found in rig veda (circa 1700-1500 B.C.), the practice was quite different from literal

[PEN-L:12562] re:culture

At 10:51 22/09/97 -0700, you Ricardo wrote: Thanks Ajit for the historical information. Yet I think your conception of culture is strictly descriptive in that it breaks down the term "culture" into a multiplicity of currents, thus disallowing any comprehensive theoretical assessment.