[PEN-L:7903] Re: Comparing regimes

1999-06-11 Thread rc-am
i'm taking a break from the lists so i can do some work. outstanding abuse can be fwd/d. Angela --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ps. a gratuitous citation: 'Critical Notes on the Article "The King of Prussia and Social Reform. By a Prussian" ' Marx, _Vorwarts!_ No.63, August 7 1844 "The state will

[PEN-L:7912] Re: Re: Re: Re: Galbraith: schizophrenic apologist?

1999-06-11 Thread Michael Keaney
Rod Hay wrote: Galbraith came from a agricultural setting but hardly from the backwoods. He grew up in a rich agricultural area in south western Ontario, about 30 minutes drive from Detroit. Please forgive my poor knowledge of Canadian geography, and the implication of my evocative

[PEN-L:7913] Re: technocracy

1999-06-11 Thread Michael Keaney
Jim Devine wrote: Michael Keaney wrote: More generally, this demarcation of intellectuals and the masses is not very helpful. I was pointing to the demarcation as being in Galbraith, not one that I was applying. However, let's apply it. No, I apologise if I gave that impression. In fact, it's

[PEN-L:7914] Re: Homogenizing Americans

1999-06-11 Thread Mathew Forstater
not just the u.s. corporation. organized labor also was very active in this area. gompers used this exact phrase and spoke about the importance of workers becoming "americanized." he also listed some groups that he believed were incapable of "americanization," e.g. blacks, asians, etc.,

[PEN-L:7915] Re: Re: Homogenizing Americans

1999-06-11 Thread Henry C.K. Liu
Not just factory workers but intellectual workers as well. The recent blatant ethnic profiling on Chinese American scientists in the sensationalized espionage scandal has created a reverse brain drain of Asian scientists back to Asia that will sure result in more systemic transfer of American

[PEN-L:7918] Progressive Response Vol.3, No. 21

1999-06-11 Thread Interhemispheric Resource Center
The Progressive Response 10 June 1999 Vol. 3, No. 21 Editor: Tom Barry The Progressive Response (PR) is a weekly service of

[PEN-L:7920] Beware of Worm

1999-06-11 Thread Michael Perelman
Louis Proyect posted this warning to his list Fast-spreading 'worm' deletes Word, PowerPoint files By Ann Harrison A fast-spreading Internet worm, which propagates via e-mail and destroys files on a user's local hard drive, has hit companies in three countries, an antivirus company said

[PEN-L:7921] Clark College: Amended/Applicable Freedom From Fear

1999-06-11 Thread Craven, Jim
Dear Folks, Freedom of Speech is meaningless without the courage to use/demand it and without the courage to fight for it; the same can be said for Freedom of Association, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Creed, Freedom From any Form of Discrimination. Further, when anyone keeps secret, that

[PEN-L:7923] Re: Law of Value Information

1999-06-11 Thread Tom Walker
Rob Schaap wrote: all depend entirely on IP protection in concert with unfettered access to global markets . . . Waddya reckon? Could it be possible that the law of value has been repealed? "It is self-evident that the contradictory nature of capitalist society, which is leading the latter to

[PEN-L:7925] Antidote

1999-06-11 Thread Max Sawicky
After studying works of Mao Tse-Tung, report immediately to this web site: http://www.hampsterdance.com/

[PEN-L:7928] G7: DROP THE DEBT OR STAND ASIDE

1999-06-11 Thread Robert Naiman
Sunday Journal, Washington, DC June 13, 1999 Robert Naiman, Preamble Center G7: DROP THE DEBT OR STAND ASIDE NATO's war in Yugoslavia, in addition to causing needless death and destruction, swept many urgent issues under the rug. One issue whose resolution is long overdue is the

[PEN-L:7929] Re: Antidote

1999-06-11 Thread Henry C.K. Liu
Virus alert! Capitalist worm on the loose. Max Sawicky wrote: After studying works of Mao Tse-Tung, report immediately to this web site:

[PEN-L:7930] Re: Antidote

1999-06-11 Thread Michael Perelman
I have started my travels and can only browse e-mail. I asked people to stop the provocations. I noticed that Doug threatened to boot those who are trying to start flame wars. I will follow his policy. Max Sawicky wrote: After studying works of Mao Tse-Tung, report immediately to this web

[PEN-L:7931] WTO -- an issue that should interest us

1999-06-11 Thread Michael Perelman
[from Sid Shniad] Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 From: Ellen Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: U.S. bombshell re WTO The U.S. has just dropped a bombshell into discussions leading up to this fall's World Trade Organization negotiations in Seattle. U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky announced

[PEN-L:7933] Re: WTO -- an issue that should interest us

1999-06-11 Thread Henry C.K. Liu
This so-called top down approach on services negotiation is not new. US officials have been actively pushing that for a couple of years and informally promoting it for almost a decade. What is new is the momentum. Becasue of the Asian Crises and its global contagion, the US market has taken on

[PEN-L:7932] World's largest on-line globalization archive

1999-06-11 Thread Michael Perelman
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 03:05:10 -0400 Subject: World's largest on-line globalization archive World's largest on-line archive of news, documents and discussion of globalization issues, starting with the MAI and expanding from there, can be found at http://mai.flora.org/homepage.htm

[PEN-L:7927] you've got mail (movie review)

1999-06-11 Thread Jim Devine
Being one of those strange creatures called parents, I saw the hit movie "You've got Mail!" about one year after normal people did. It stars Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks, America's Cutest People (TM). Hanks is a top exec (due to nepotism) in a ravenous Borders-style bookstore chain that sets up a

[PEN-L:7926] Re: Beware of Worm

1999-06-11 Thread Max Sawicky
McAffee has a fix for this virus. Just make sure the file you use matches your operating system. mbs

[PEN-L:7924] Recent US Arms Exports

1999-06-11 Thread Michael Hoover
*Resist* newsletter that arrived in postal mail the other day includes story that mentions recent US 'small' arms sales to Albania, Bosnia, and Macedonia...any listers with more info on this stuff?...Michael Hoover

[PEN-L:7922] Off-List Request

1999-06-11 Thread Seth Sandronsky
Pen-Friends, It would make my day if a kind heart could email me: "The Business of Crime and the Crimes of Business: Globalization and the Criminalization of Economic Activity" by Michel Chossudovsky in the Fall 1996 Covert Action Quarterly. I gave my copy away Thanks in advance. Seth

[PEN-L:7919] FW: Makah whale hunt - analysis

1999-06-11 Thread Craven, Jim
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 9:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Makah whale hunt - analysis :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:Forwarded message:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 09:48:25 -0700 From:

[PEN-L:7917] technostructure

1999-06-11 Thread Jim Devine
(title was: Re: [PEN-L:7913] Re: technocracy) Michael Keaney paraphrases Galbraith's NEW INDUSTRIAL STATE and related works: In this case, there is an ever-developing division of labour, with a resultant problem of coordination. Greater technological complexity and organisational size requires,

[PEN-L:7916] Re: Re: Re: Galbraith: schizophrenic apologist?

1999-06-11 Thread Charles Brown
"Michael Keaney" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/11/99 06:24AM Charles Brown wrote: Charles: I don't know if you meant this, but Marxism does not pose an uncrossable demarcation between intellectuals and the masses. Engels, Marx, Lenin and Mao were all intellectuals connecting with the masses . I

[PEN-L:7911] Re: Re: Re: Galbraith: schizophrenic apologist?

1999-06-11 Thread Michael Keaney
Charles Brown wrote: Charles: I don't know if you meant this, but Marxism does not pose an uncrossable demarcation between intellectuals and the masses. Engels, Marx, Lenin and Mao were all intellectuals connecting with the masses . I didn't mean this at all. I am concerned, however, with a

[PEN-L:7910] (Fwd) listserv entry

1999-06-11 Thread ts99u-1.cc.umanitoba.ca [130.179.154.224]
--- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:17:58 -0400 From: Carmen MacDougall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Carnegie Endowment To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:listserv

[PEN-L:7902] Re: Re: race ethnicity

1999-06-11 Thread rc-am
from below:"the continuing force of the nation-state ... seeking to promote accumulation processes within the national economy at the same time ... to constitute the integrity of the nation and define the form and character of the national labour market." liberals may whine about the nationalism