[PEN-L:7831] Foreign Hostility- (joke)

1999-06-08 Thread Henry C.K. Liu
Paper Urges China To Rally Behind Leaders Amid "Foreign Hostility" BEIJING, Jun 8, 1999 -- (Agence France Presse) China's communist party mouthpiece, citing "hostile Western forces on lbo and pen-l," urged

[PEN-L:7825] Re: Comparing Clinton regime to Hitler regime

1999-06-08 Thread Sam Pawlett
michael perelman wrote: So Japan does not have to build large prison complexes to house young Koreans or does not have to contend with a large undeducated Korean or untouchable class who are not give the opportunity to contribute to society. That reminds me, what is a Japanese pachinko

[PEN-L:7823] Re: Maoist Economics

1999-06-08 Thread Peter Dorman
I recall this article quite clearly and remember really liking it at the time. It is *highly critical* of Maoist economic strategy; the comparison to Stalinism is *not* a compliment. And now we know (due to the debate opened up two decades ago by Michael Ellman) that it is questionable if

[PEN-L:7819] Re: Daring the list

1999-06-08 Thread Henry C.K. Liu
Brad De Long wrote: I have no "data" for you to accept. True. No one does. Not true. Even I posted data on grain production during the period of 1958-62. The Mao-Liu-Chou regime established at the Lushan Plenum had a strong interest in there being no data. It made sure that we do

[PEN-L:7817] NATO escalates attack on Yugoslav sovereignty

1999-06-08 Thread Seth Sandronsky
WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : The Balkan Crisis NATO escalates attack on Yugoslav sovereignty By Barry Grey 8 June 1999 Use this version to

[PEN-L:7815] BLS Daily Report

1999-06-08 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1999 __Nonfarm payroll employment increased a scant 11,000 in May, despite a jobless rate that returned to a 29-year low of 4.2 percent, BLS reports. Analysts expected a stronger May job gain, but upward revisions to March and April's employment numbers indicate

[PEN-L:7813] (Fwd) THE PEACE THAT BETRAYS THE KOSOVAR CAUSE - Robert Fisk

1999-06-08 Thread ts99u-1.cc.umanitoba.ca [130.179.154.224]
--- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 13:35:30 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:THE PEACE THAT BETRAYS THE KOSOVAR CAUSE - Robert Fisk The

[PEN-L:7812] (Fwd) RUSSIAN MILITARY BLAME NATO FOR COLLAPSE OF KOSOVO PULLO

1999-06-08 Thread ts99u-1.cc.umanitoba.ca [130.179.154.224]
pen-l pen-l pen-l --- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 16:43:41 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RUSSIAN MILITARY BLAME NATO FOR COLLAPSE OF KOSOVO

[PEN-L:7810] (Fwd) PROTESTS IN SUPPORT OF YUGOSLAVIA IN UNITED STATES - Bor

1999-06-08 Thread ts99u-1.cc.umanitoba.ca [130.179.154.224]
--- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 13:26:12 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:PROTESTS IN SUPPORT OF YUGOSLAVIA IN UNITED STATES - Borba News of

[PEN-L:7808] (Fwd) KOSOVO CONFLICT GIVES RAYTHEON BIG CONTRACTS

1999-06-08 Thread ts99u-1.cc.umanitoba.ca [130.179.154.224]
--- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 13:26:34 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:KOSOVO CONFLICT GIVES RAYTHEON BIG CONTRACTS The Associated Press

[PEN-L:7805] (Fwd) YUGOSLAVIA 'HAS BEEN BOMBED BACK TO 1945'

1999-06-08 Thread ts99u-1.cc.umanitoba.ca [130.179.154.224]
--- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 10:55:28 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:YUGOSLAVIA 'HAS BEEN BOMBED BACK TO 1945' The Daily Telegraph

[PEN-L:7803] (Fwd) Of G-8, Rambouillet, Compromise and Surrender - Stratfor

1999-06-08 Thread ts99u-1.cc.umanitoba.ca [130.179.154.224]
--- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 12:35:35 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Of G-8, Rambouillet, Compromise and Surrender - Stratfor Of G-8, Rambouillet,

[PEN-L:7801] Re: Kosovar Attack on Gypsies Reveals Desire for Revenge (from NYT)

1999-06-08 Thread rc-am
Yoshie wrote: What do you think of the following article--both its content and the very fact that the New York Times printed it? Doesn't it say something about both the nature of Albanian 'nationalism' a la KLA _and_ how NATO is planning to treat Albanians (that is, not as "innocent victims" of

[PEN-L:7804] (Fwd) NOTHING BUT INDEPENDENCE WILL DO, GUERRILLA ARMY INSISTS

1999-06-08 Thread ts99u-1.cc.umanitoba.ca [130.179.154.224]
--- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 10:46:39 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:NOTHING BUT INDEPENDENCE WILL DO, GUERRILLA ARMY INSISTS - Daily

[PEN-L:7811] (Fwd) MILOSEVIC SILENT ON A PULLOUT AS NATO-SERB TALKS GO ON -

1999-06-08 Thread ts99u-1.cc.umanitoba.ca [130.179.154.224]
--- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 16:54:18 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:MILOSEVIC SILENT ON A PULLOUT AS NATO-SERB TALKS GO ON - IHT The

[PEN-L:7809] (Fwd) Of G-8, Rambouillet, Compromise and Surrender

1999-06-08 Thread ts99u-1.cc.umanitoba.ca [130.179.154.224]
--- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 15:10:17 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Of G-8, Rambouillet, Compromise and Surrender STRATFOR's Global

[PEN-L:7820] Re: (Fwd) PROTESTS IN SUPPORT OF YUGOSLAVIA INUNITED STATES - Bor

1999-06-08 Thread Doug Henwood
I hate to complain, but I was already getting two copies of Sid's stuff (from his list the Socialist Register list), and now I'm getting a third. It's all very useful, but triplicate is a bit much. DOug

[PEN-L:7822] Re: (Fwd) TEXT OF PEACE AGREEMENT

1999-06-08 Thread Jim Devine
The Associate PressThursday, June 3, 1999 TEXT OF PEACE AGREEMENT BELGRADE, Yugoslavia -- A copy of the Kosovo peace plan approved by the Serb parliament today, obtained by The Associated Press from parliamentary sources. The text was in Serbian and translated by

[PEN-L:7830] China Cracks Down on Corruption

1999-06-08 Thread Henry C.K. Liu
Report: Former Beijing Police Chief Held Over Smuggling Probe HONG KONG, Jun 8, 1999 -- (Agence France Presse) Beijing's ex-police chief has been detained as part of investigations into corruption charges

[PEN-L:7826] TimeWork face lift

1999-06-08 Thread Tom Walker
To celebrate the fourth anniversary online of the TimeWork Web, I've updated its internal navigation and uploaded several research papers that haven't previously been available on the web. The new papers include one on trade union contract costing and a qualitative survey of attitudes toward work

[PEN-L:7818] Re: Comparing Clinton regime to Hitler regime

1999-06-08 Thread Henry C.K. Liu
It is very hard to defend IMF policies. Even the World Bank is critical of the IMF. The current feud between the World Bank and the IMF is not new. The two have maintained institutional differences in approach and constituency even though they were sister institution created by Bretton Woods.

[PEN-L:7816] From the world bank

1999-06-08 Thread michael
Dear Economist, The Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics Europe, organised by the World Bank and the French Prime Minister's Conseil d'Analyse Economique, will beheld in Paris on June 21-23, 1999. The subject is Governance, Equity and Global Markets. Please see the attached

[PEN-L:7807] (Fwd) TEXT OF PEACE AGREEMENT

1999-06-08 Thread ts99u-1.cc.umanitoba.ca [130.179.154.224]
--- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 13:57:39 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:TEXT OF PEACE AGREEMENT The Associate Press

[PEN-L:7802] (Fwd) SERBS FEAR MASS KILLINGS BY THE KLA - Daily Telegraph

1999-06-08 Thread ts99u-1.cc.umanitoba.ca [130.179.154.224]
--- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 10:48:57 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:SERBS FEAR MASS KILLINGS BY THE KLA - Daily Telegraph The Daily Telegraph

[PEN-L:7827] More on Racism

1999-06-08 Thread Henry C.K. Liu
Thanks in part to the efforts of Rev. Jackson, Wall Street has open its door a crack for blacks. Two sensational cases are worth noting: that of Joseph Jett and Christian Curry. The latter has a mega buck discrimination suit against his employer, Morgan Stanley. Jett's book "Black and White on

[PEN-L:7829] Re: which socialism? (II)

1999-06-08 Thread Henry C.K. Liu
Jim Devine wrote: I am hoping we can get away from social engineering, so that the mass of working class and oppressed people can remake society along democratic rather than bureaucratic lines. Obviously, we are far from that point, but my point is that we need to go in that direction. I