Louis Proyect writes: The FLN in Algeria caved in to pressures from the
Algerian bourgeoisie.
My impression was that the FLN caved because the "battle of Algiers" (the
grass-roots popular rebellion against French rule, portrayed in the famous
movie of the same name) was defeated by the French.
On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, michael perelman wrote:
During most U.S. depression, capital has succeeded in preserving part of
its prior gains by bearing down harder on workers, farmers, etc. Such was
not the case during the Great Depression.
Was there any reason, other than the existence of an
Thanks for all the comments and responses. I am tempted but cannot
respond to all of them. Just some comments on Singapore: the strength of
Singapore is the leadership's udnerstanding of its vulnerability. Second,
it believes in good governance and economic management. It has met the
basic
At 04:10 PM 9/29/97 -0700, Jason wrote:
Folks,
Sorry to repeat: Addison-Wesley has discontinued publishing "Understanding
Kism!"
Anyone know who is picking it up?
jason
I forwarded Jason's question to Sam Bowles. _ Understanding Kism _ is indeed
out of print and does not have a new
The New York Daily News - OpEd Page - Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1997
Scandal may be CIA's conduct
By Lars-Erik Nelson
Washington -- In their obsession with which telephone Vice President Gore
may have used to raise campaign money, Senate investigators have glided
past a far bigger
I didn't want to get into this, but Maxime Rodinson has argued that Leon's
history is not accurate for the pre-feudal period when there was class
differentiation according to recent scholarship. Rodinson says that the
people-class only emerges at the time of the Crusades when ceased being
farmers
At 02:15 PM 9/29/97 -0700, Romain Kroes wrote:
I agree with that conclusion : unless men find a way to put an end to
capitalism, the survival of society and humanity remains in question.
Nazism, as long as we're informed of history, was the first acting out
against civilization. The law was no
Folks,
Sorry to repeat: Addison-Wesley has discontinued publishing "Understanding
Kism!"
Anyone know who is picking it up?
jason
During most U.S. depression, capital has succeeded in preserving part of
its prior gains by bearing down harder on workers, farmers, etc. Such was
not the case during the Great Depression.
Was there any reason, other than the existence of an alternative system,
that made these concessions
Bravo, Louis. Very interesting. One question. I know virtually nothing
about Jewish history. I get the picture from your account that the Jewish
people in ancient times were virtually all afluent. Have I misread your
post?
Also, I found Sohn-Rethel's account fairly convincing: The old-line
If the Sandinistas abandoned their original revolutionary project, the
question then becomes one of what caused their retreat? Was this shift to
the right attributable primarily to factors within Nicaragua or was it
caused by external pressure? If it is a combination of the two factors,
how much
Louis N Proyect wrote:
Unless the socialist movement finds a way to put an end to capitalism and
disarm the war-makers, the survival of the planet remains in question.
While we can not "explain" the genocide adequately no matter how sharp our
theoretical weapons, one thing is for sure.
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Unless the socialist movement finds a way to put an end to capitalism and
disarm the war-makers, the survival of the planet remains in question.
While we can not "explain" the genocide adequately no matter how sharp our
theoretical weapons, one thing is for sure. We have a sufficient
Louis, whatever else can be said about Nicaragua during the revolutionary
era, it was not (to my way of thinking) "non-capitalist". There never
was an attempt to break the power of capital during the revolution there,
as far as I know.
This is not to condemn them. Just to clarify.
Sid Shniad
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Reprinted from the October 2, 1997
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THANKS A BILLION, TED
By Hillel Cohen
With Mother Teresa and
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 08:10:02 -0700 (PDT)
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The National Commission for Democracy in Mexico is looking for any pictures,
art etc. that fits the theme "Resistance to
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Saturday (September 27, 1997), 35,000 workers marched=20
through the streets of North Bay, Ontario in a show of force. =20
North Bay is city of 56,000 and gateway to
At 11:46 AM 9/29/97 -0700, you wrote:
Here's a "New Russian" joke that my parents shared with me.
One New Russian, proudly wearing a fancy new tie, walks up to another
New Russian and says, "Look, Sergei, I went to New York and bought this
beautiful tie for $2,000."
The second New Russian
Saturday (September 27, 1997), 35,000 workers marched
through the streets of North Bay, Ontario in a show of force.
North Bay is city of 56,000 and gateway to Ontario's Near
North mining region. Chanting workers carrying union banners
and picket signs flowed into Thompson Park where they
I would have thought that the term "first nation" referred
more to the collective groups (i.e. the tribal councils are
refered to as "first nations" as in the Manitoba "Assembly
of First Nations". Here I would think that the term
aboriginal (rather than indiginous) is in common use to
refer to
Here's a "New Russian" joke that my parents shared with me.
One New Russian, proudly wearing a fancy new tie, walks up to another
New Russian and says, "Look, Sergei, I went to New York and bought this
beautiful tie for $2,000."
The second New Russian responds, "Fool! You could have stayed in
Abram Leon wrote "The Jewish Question: A Marxist Interpretation" in 1941
when he was all of 24 years old and at a time when his hands were filled
leading the Belgian Trotskyist movement under conditions of fascist
repression. Eventually, the Gestapo captured him and sent him to
Auschwitz. He did
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At 12:34 25/09/97 -0700, Ricardo wrote:
Yes, Kant is
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Here are several points in response to thoughtful
I thought I saw something recently about College Grads landing High School
jobs because the college folk were not being trained as well as they once
were. Does anyone recall this? I would appreciate the reference -- you
can send it directly to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Many thanks.
Larry Shute
BTW, Anthony, I already knew that Los Angeles was quite different from
(much richer than) the vast majority of other third-world cities.
Anthony asks: What sort of non-capitalist growth is there? At least in
historical terms, we have have the pre-capitalist, feudal, whatever, if it
was growth
At 02:13 PM 9/28/97 -0700, you wrote:
Folks,
Does anyone know who is publishing Bowles Edwards "Understanding
Capitalism?"
Thanks,
Jason
Second edition was published by HarperCollins in 1993. ISBN# 0-06-500645-3.
Rich
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In Canada, the term 'Native American' is never used, presumably because
of the association
between 'America' and U.S.
The CBC (Canadian public radio) uses the the term 'Indigenous Peoples'
most of the time;
'First Nations Peoples' seems to be the preferred term in official
statements by, uh,
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1997
Long-lived economic expansion is unlikely to end soon, thanks to
investment-led productivity growth and a healthy financial sector that
should be able to absorb unexpected shocks, says Janet Yellen, who
chairs the Council of Economic Advisers
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1997
Close to 10 million low-paid employees got a raise this year, with the
increase in the federal minimum wage that took effect Sept. 1. For
millions of other workers, their pay is regulated by state laws and
regulations that vary widely in their
On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Doug Henwood wrote:
Lou, it's a bit more complicated than this. South Korean and Taiwanese
firms have become pretty formidable technically and financially and are
themselves now investing abroad, in their poorer neighboring countries and
also in the U.S. and Europe.
Katha Pollitt in The Nation (courtesy of Jim Devine):
"What depresses me about the outpouring of emotion on the death of Diana is
what it says about how little so many millions of people expect of life.
It's pathetic, really, all those grown men and women telling reporters about
how much it
On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, Anthony P D'Costa wrote:
But here's the problem. What sort of non-capitalist growth is there?
Well, there was Nicaragua. It had the fastest growing economy in Central
America in the early years of the Sandinista revolution. The government
was also opposed to
Ajit Sinha wrote:
My general sense is that it won't be
too difficult for a Derrida to deconstruct 'reason' and reveal its
extratheoretical grounds.
Deconstructing something exposes its origins and presuppositions, but
doesn't necessarily mean you can't use it anyway.
Moreover, I think we
Anthony P D'Costa wrote:
Growing unemployment? Where? The S'pore PM wants foreigners to drive
the economy, obviously under a controlled system. The govt is worried
that Singapore's won't be reproducing itself so the govt is getting
educated people together (matchmaking through the
In response to Colin's statement:
Ajit is working toward the question of commitment and the degree of
involvement and understanding that responsible and good-faith critique
requires. He has tried to draw a distinction between a sort of
from-the-outside critique that expresses disgust and
At 12:34 25/09/97 -0700, Ricardo wrote:
Yes, Kant is a central figure in the formation of a critical
discourse on ethics. I believe he was right to argue that ethics
must be grounded on reason, not feelings, otherwise ethics is
left open to the whims of the individual. But Kant's
categorical
On Sun, September 28, 1997 at 19:53:26 (-0700) James Devine writes:
I can't be snobby toward them, since I'm not immune to the charm of the
famous. I recently got an autograph from Michael Moore on my copy of his
DOWNSIZE THIS! and still feel good about it. BTW, his book is a good example
of how
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