[PEN-L:504] Cuban nostalgia

There are some very interesting things going on with Cuban music in the United States. For the better part of two years, Cubans have performed without incident in major venues in NYC. I reported on a "Dos Alas" (Two Wings) concert a few weeks ago, which co-starred a Puerto Rican Bomba band and

Re: [PEN-L:508] Re: Re: Re: Cuban nostalgia

Try Meeting by the River (I think) with Bhatt. Anthony P. D'Costa Associate Professor Comparative International Development University of Washington 1900 Commerce Street Tacoma, WA 98402, USA Phone: (253) 692-4462 Fax : (253) 692-5612 On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Thomas Kruse wrote: I completely

Re: [PEN-L:510] Howard Zinn on Private Ryan36238ECA.283733DE@netlink.com.au 3.0.1.32.19981013145800.008ed048@popserver.panix.com

One other quick comment on Spielberg's movie. I agree with the critics who have pointed to the dehumanization of the Germans in this film, which is of a piece with nearly all other war movies, and which provides the underlying psychology for militarism. There is one exception, however: the

[PEN-L:513] BLS Daily Report

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[PEN-L:514] BLS Daily Report

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[PEN-L:516] The casino crumbles (fwd)

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[PEN-L:515] job announcement fwd (fwd)

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[PEN-L:512] banks and hedge funds?

In today's SF Chronicle there is an article suggesting that BofA will lose $100 M in the D.E. Shaw hedge fund. I understand that banks that had made loans to Long Term Capital (sic) Limited were at risk of losing money in loan defaults, but the Chronicle article suggests that BofA is losing

[PEN-L:511] Re: Howard Zinn on Private Ryan

Two comments on Zinn: 1) The cemetary was not Arlington but the one above Omaha Beach. 2) "All Quiet on the Western Front" has an easier time of it because it is not at all clear that WW I was a "good war." It was pretty pointless, a fact that led to the angst of the "Lost

[PEN-L:510] Howard Zinn on Private Ryan

The Progressive October 1998 Issue Private Ryan Saves War by Howard Zinn Like so many World War II veterans (I could see them all around me in the theater audience), I was drawn to see Saving Private Ryan. I had volunteered for the Air Force at the age of twenty. After training as a

[PEN-L:508] Re: Re: Re: Cuban nostalgia

I completely agree. BTW, his album with Ali Farka Toure "Talking Timbuktu" is also great. At 14:08 13/10/98 -0400, you wrote: It is excellent. Cooder, unlike David Byrne, knows how to stay in the background. At 02:06 PM 10/13/98 -0400, you wrote: Lou: While we're on the subject, what do you

[PEN-L:507] Re: Re: Cuban nostalgia

It is excellent. Cooder, unlike David Byrne, knows how to stay in the background. At 02:06 PM 10/13/98 -0400, you wrote: Lou: While we're on the subject, what do you think of the Buena Vista Social Club album with Ry Cooder? Tom Tom Kruse / Casilla 5812 / Cochabamba, Bolivia Tel/Fax: (591-4)

[PEN-L:506] Re: Cuban nostalgia

Lou: While we're on the subject, what do you think of the Buena Vista Social Club album with Ry Cooder? Tom Tom Kruse / Casilla 5812 / Cochabamba, Bolivia Tel/Fax: (591-4) 248242 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:505] employer sanctions - bringing back sweatshop conditions (fwd)

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[PEN-L:503] BLS Daily Report

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