I am trying to polish off an article tonight. All that remains is
tracking down a few wayward references, and perhaps some folks on pen-l
can lend a hand. I am trying to establish the argument that many on the
left regard the globalization discourse as a distraction. It was
reported here many
Previously, I wrote:
Susan Flack wrote:
May only ye who hath no sin cast the 1st stone.
Does this mean that you think we should all stay silent in the presence
of homophobia, cop-baiting, etc.?
Michael answered:
Yes, by all means.
A few days ago someone on pen-l commented on the sad
Michael Perelman responds to Jerry Levy that we should all keep silent in
the face of homophobia, cop-baiting, etc. Well, Michael, that represents
a sharp turn to the right which I won't be joining either on this list or
elsewhere in my life.
And if you think such silence wins friends and
A friend of mine who teaches American studies wrote:
"My only major disagreement with CLR [James]: we should be happy that
the ship goes down, even if the workers mostly die and Ahab is
the one that pulls it down; it was not only the first factory
and the first multicultural one at that, but the
Paul Zarembka wrote:
First
they came for the gays, but I am not a gay; then they came for the
Trotskyists, but I am not a Trotskyite; then they came...; then they came
for me and no one was left".
This would be the men in flapping white coats, presumably.
Mark
This flame is ridiculous. Jerry asked should we be silent . I answered,
"by all means." No one is asking anybody to condone oppression.
Jerry has already made his case about Louis. People on this list can either
conclude that Louis is a bad person and should be shunned or that we have
The Fifth Estate," Detroit, MI, whatever the hell
that is] [ Reputedly now defunct ]
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It was an underground paper some time
ago.
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Sid Shniad wrote:
http://www.nea.org/society/unions.html
Why Unions Matter
This is an excellent piece written by Elaine Bernard, the director of the
Trade Union Program at Harvard University. Well worth
I am forwarding to pen-l a series of nine messages that have been exchanged
in the past few days on the uk-policy list. I have numbered the messages in
roughly the order I have received them and given them the same subject
heading. The original messages and subsequent discussion can be retrieved
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From: Tom Walker
I'd like to raise three point with regard to Dr. David Chapman's proposal
for a work-spreading tax and then elaborate on a proposal of my own.
First, I agree with Dr. Chapman that the progressive income tax contains a
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From: David Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: uk-policy Working Time
On 26/5/98, Gavin Cameron wrote.
..job sharing or a 'work-spreading tax' could not have very
much effect on total unemployment. Indeed, economists
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Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 12:21:54 +0100 (BST)
From: Gavin Cameron [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: uk-policy work-spreading tax
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Following on from my previous posting, perhaps I should clarify why the
Work-Spreading Tax would
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From: Portes, Jonathan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 10:02:51 -0400
There seems to be some confusion here. The work spreading tax doesn't
increase "employment", in the sense of hours worked; but it does
potentially reduce
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Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 16:07:19 +0100 (BST)
From: David Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: uk-policy Working Time
In our discussion of excessive working time, one explanation for it which
was put forward was that employers
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From: Tom Walker
I agree with Gavin Cameron's point that the nominal incidence of a tax is
not the same as its economic incidence. That is the argument underlying my
proposal to arbitrage free time.
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Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 07:35:08 +0100 (BST)
From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: uk-policy unemployment and inequality
I am sure Gavin Cameron is right. If only we were all
economists
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Gavin Cameron ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Tue, 26 May 1998 09:19:56 +0100 (BST)
While the recent postings on unemployment and inequality have been
interesting, I thought an economist's perspective might be helpful.
To take unemployment first of all, a good
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Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 18:58:41 +0100
From: Jim Monaghan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Communist Quiz
Sender: Marxism International
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Marxism International
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David Walters dug this up, thought it
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Eric Lee wrote:
The following are news headlines as of 10:50 GMT, according to LabourStart:
Thousands on strike
Hyundai motor workers vote for walkout
Daewoo workers vote for 2 day partial strike
Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 03:32:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gerald Levy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PEN-L:247] Re: principles
Previously, I wrote:
A few days ago someone on pen-l commented on the sad
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BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1998
Unemployment rates fell in April in all four regions of the U.S., with
the
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There seem to be at least two salient reasons that the Right
hates Clinton so much. They have tried to force him into
the mold of the ultimate DP'er, dixiecrat cum machine politician.
Their image of him is pure archetype(s). While I obviously have
lots of problems with Willie's politics, he is
The caesura that the French Enlightenment represents (and which
allowed the distancing from the existential moment which enabled
Voltaire, Rousseau etc to THINK 'the noble savage') is supposed
to mean this:
Unlike us, Primitive Man is immersed in the world, convinced that
the Universe
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