Re: Marx making a comeback?

1997-10-16 Thread Michael Perelman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the original e-mail text, written by Sif Schniad? Michael Perelman? whom...?): "Marx was clearly mistaken on several points, including his theory that labor is the sourc e of value I did not write it; not did Sid. It was forwarded from elsewhere. I wish I knew how

Rhizome and Mahler

1997-10-16 Thread William S. Lear
"Rhizome", the first essay in the book _A Thousand Plateaus_ by Deleuze and Guattari, is a work not far from free association, built in a similar manner to how Mahler built his third symphony. DG (inseparable, they claim, from one another, being dissolved in some sort of intellectually cloaking

APEC: research and education forum

1997-10-16 Thread Sid Shniad
The following is a draft program for the education and research forum for the People's Summit on APEC. This forum will be held on Nov. 19-20 and the registration fee is $50 plus $25 for the People's Summit. The Labour forum is on November 20 (pm)-21, Women's Conference on Nov. 17-18. Hope

Re: public confidence in unions

1997-10-16 Thread Michael Eisenscher
Much appreciated. Thanks. Actually, my primary interest is within the U.S. as regards how changes in public perception of labor affect labor's prospects for revitalization. Cross-national comparisons are only of casual interest to me at this time. Michael At 12:34 PM 10/16/97 -0400, Wojtek

Re: truth

1997-10-16 Thread Ricardo Duchesne
The following is an original message, despite the citation marks. The debate on "truth" is showing signs of dissipation, and that's indicative of how difficult it is to talk about "objective truth". Ajit's remarks on

Re: public confidence in unions

1997-10-16 Thread Wojtek Sokolowski
At 08:59 AM 10/16/97 -0700, you wrote: Wojtek, Thanks ever so much for these data. Given that these confidence levels are measured against all other institutions, can any conclusions be drawn by comparing the level of confidence expressed in the U.S. in corporations vs. that regarding unions?

Re: public confidence in unions

1997-10-16 Thread Michael Eisenscher
Wojtek, Thanks ever so much for these data. Given that these confidence levels are measured against all other institutions, can any conclusions be drawn by comparing the level of confidence expressed in the U.S. in corporations vs. that regarding unions? Given that in the U.S. the confidence

Re:Weber

1997-10-16 Thread Ricardo Duchesne
Date sent: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 15:13:33 -0400 Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Wojtek Sokolowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re:Weber At 01:48 PM 10/10/97 -0400, Ricardo Duchesne wrote: I agree with you that Weber should not be

re: truth

1997-10-16 Thread Ajit Sinha
At 13:41 14/10/97 -0700, Jim Devine wrote: Ajit Sinha writes: As anyone could see in Jim's response, he fumbled almost every second line. Ajit tells us that _all_ statements of truth are arbitrary (i.e., "coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as as a capricious and unreasonable act

Book reviews of Thernstrom?

1997-10-16 Thread R. Anders Schneiderman
Dear Penlrs, Now that James Glassman and other right-wing idiots are using the new book by the Thernstroms to argue that racism is bascially gone, I guess it's time to take a quick look at it. Anybody seen a decent review? Anders Schneiderman Research and Education Director Financial Markets

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1997-10-16 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BCDA19.AB3C3AE0 charset="iso-8859-1" Let us all shed a tear for the managers, as per USA Today, item 1. The CPI was up 0.2% in

public confidence in unions

1997-10-16 Thread Wojtek Sokolowski
At 11:25 PM 10/14/97 -0700, you wrote: I would be interested to see how unions faired against all other institutions and then the difference between how unions and companies scored. Michael: Per your request, I am enclosing a comparison of confidence in unions vis vis that in other major

Re: Ted Turner the multiplier

1997-10-16 Thread Jeffrey Fellows
Is that the multiplier effect of susbequent spending on programs or the multiplier effect of the extraction of these millions from labor? Jeff Fellows On Wed, 15 Oct 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been wondering, since Ted Turner intends to donate about a million a year for the next ten

Re: public confidence in unions

1997-10-16 Thread Wojtek Sokolowski
At 08:59 AM 10/16/97 -0700, you wrote: Wojtek, Thanks ever so much for these data. Given that these confidence levels are measured against all other institutions, can any conclusions be drawn by comparing the level of confidence expressed in the U.S. in corporations vs. that regarding unions?

Re: Truth?

1997-10-16 Thread zarembka
** Reply to note from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed, 15 Oct 1997 16:22:33 +1000 I'll take up the last point first, because I think this is the most important point. The question is: can one make 'sense' without making a claim to 'absolute truth' or 'objective truth'. I do not pretend to have a

NYT:For First Time, U.S. Discloses Budget on Spying: $26.6 Billion

1997-10-16 Thread Robert Naiman
NYT October 16, 1997 For First Time, U.S. Discloses Budget on Spying: $26.6 Billion By TIM WEINER WASHINGTON -- Abruptly abandoning 50 years of secrecy, the CIA disclosed Wednesday how much money the United States spends annually

Re: Marx making a comeback?

1997-10-16 Thread Eric . A . Schutz
You know, the single thing that finally pissed me off enough to get me to read Marx's Capital and see for myself so many years ago -- like so many others, in a small group of similarly disgruntled economics grad' students -- was this phrase I kept seeing in all the textbooks hearing from all

re: third world revolutions II

1997-10-16 Thread valis
Quoth WS: To my knowledge, there is not a single instance of a bourgeois democracy (= absence of feudal-like agrarian sector, and fairly advanced industrialization) falling to a communist revolution. That is the exclusive domain of fascist coup d'etats -- which are a reaction of the

Re: Marx making a comeback?

1997-10-16 Thread Sid Shniad
Whaddya want from the Village Voice? Sid Shniad You know, the single thing that finally pissed me off enough to get me to read Marx's Capital and see for myself so many years ago -- like so many others, in a small group of similarly disgruntled economics grad' students -- was this

Re: Truth?

1997-10-16 Thread tom wood
Ajit Sinha writes: I think coherence and internal consistency of an argument is good enough to make 'sense' without any claim to 'objective truth'. Any argument makes sense when you're trapped inside its parameters. Ask my wife the therapist how coherent and consistent some of her clients are