Sunday Journal, Suburban DC
July 25, 1999
Robert Naiman, Preamble Center
"On the Left"
Sweatshops Won't Get Rid of Poverty
This month President Clinton toured poor communities in the
United States. Some praised Clinton for highlighting the
fact that the benefits of the recent economic expansio
Self exploitation of Gen-X continues. The situation is nowhere near as rosy
as Greenhouse portrays it.
$50,000 a year at 70 hour weeks come to a little over $14 an hour
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/07/biztech/articles/26labo.html
July 26, 1999
High-Technology Sector Unmoved by
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In following Louis' link to the Bill McKibben
piece, I found one by Gary Wills on Jesse
the Body which I thought quite good. Here's
a choice excerpt regarding Pat Buchanan's
abortive attempt to curry favor w/Jesse and
the Reform Party:
"It is a measure of
Buchanan's desperation that, after his
Jim Craven wrote: >What social systems engineering is all about is creating
a new "status quo" that turns a whole society into an appendage of an
imperial system. They use "social scientists", "journalists", missionaries,
trade unions (AFL-CIA), "educational exchanges", spies, military
exchanges/"
>>> "Charles Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/26/99
Thus, there may not be smoking gun evidence of intent to kill or cause premature
deaths in setting up Indian reservations or slave plantations , but the deaths and
torture are foreseeable and necessary consequences of creating such conditions an
I agree with Judge Craven here. In construing the U.S. tort law concept of
recklessness, I think it was Supreme Court Justice Louis Powell who said that a person
is presumed to intend the necessary and foreseeable consequences of their actions.
This is substantially equivalent to Judge Craven's
Jim C:
" . . . Yes, these debates are indeed "tiresome" for those removed from the
ugly realities of genocide that occurs every day in the US. . . . "
For the record, removed as I am, the word "tiresome" in
reference to this topic was employed by Brother Perelman,
and by no other (except insofar
Has anyone ever heard of the American Economic Group? Apparently, they
conduct tobacco-friendly research for the Tobacco Institute, and recently
may have published a report suggesting that the tobacco industry generated
$54.3 billion in wages and other compensation in 1994.
I would greatly apprec
The original (excellent) report was
Wasted Energy: How U.S. Companies And Suharto's Circle Electrified
Indonesia
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Power Deals That Cut In First Family and Friends Are Now Under Attack
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Mission-GE Sets the Tone
By Peter Waldman and Jay Solomon
12/23/98, The Wall Street Journal, Page A1
-Original Message-
From: Jim Devine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 10:28 AM
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Subject: [PEN-L:9628] Re: RE: US Gears Up
Jim Devine writes:
Concerning the Falun Gong cult in China, Jim Craven writes:
>I smell another "Lord of the Second Adven
Max,
We must be telepathic. While in Canada this weekend, I too reflected on your
comments. I must say that you too have a point. As you noted, just as some
Zionists may cynically use/misuse--and in my opinion desecrate--the true
dimensions, lessons and scope of the nazi Holocaust for hidden or
n
It is disingenuous to suggest that mens rea ("evil mind) or intent is
inferred or even established legally (domestic or international law) from
professed stated or written intentions alone. In law, if there are
inexorable highly probable consequences from a given act or set of policies,
that are f
>didn't the Trotskyist Hugo Blanco organize (and arm) peasants in Peru? If I
>remember correctly, some Trotskyists were criticized by the Left in general
>because they organized and armed peasants and then left them to defend
>themselves against the Army. And some of the armed movements in Latin
>
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Subject: Russia's 'October Surprise' Report
Consortiumnews.com - http://www.consortiumnews.com
The full text of Russia's classified "October Surprise" report to
Yes, these debates are indeed "tiresome" for those removed from the ugly
realities of genocide that occurs every day in the US.
To get the facts straight. In response to the "homogenizing" imperatives and
dynamics of neoliberal globalism, the UN, and international law
distinguished between "ethno
Fast track this year is extremely unlikely.
The AFL and the Dem (House) leadership have drawn a line in the sand on this. So have
the free-trade Rs. The free-trade Rs won't even give anything fake that the libs could
claim they won. Big business is not that invested. As we always said, they don
>From http://www.nybooks.com
Nature Without People?
BILL MCKIBBEN August 12, 1999
1) Requiem for Nature by John Terborgh 234 pages, $24.95 (hardcover)
published by Island Press
2) The Condor's Shadow: The Loss and Recovery of Wildlife in America by
David S. Wilcove 339 pages, $24.95 (hardco
> Simon BolĂvar tried valiantly to carry out a bourgeois-democratic
> revolution in Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador, but the cowardly and
> unpatriotic bourgeoisie would not lead it, let alone cooperate.
> civilian political rule, divided between the two major parties, Liberal and
> Conservative,
Concerning the Falun Gong cult in China, Jim Craven writes:
>I smell another "Lord of the Second Advent" or "Perfect Father" like Sun
>Myung Moon. ...
>I read about one person who was a member of this Falun Gong cult who ripped
>his stomach open with a knife looking for "the Wheel of Energy". The
I smell another "Lord of the Second Advent" or "Perfect Father" like Sun
Myung Moon. Under the banner of "freedom of religion" the Moonies have been
involved in material support of all sorts of neo-fascist cults and support
of wanted nazi war criminals. They use all sorts of mind control technique
Monday July 26 9:12 AM ET
U.S. Says It Bombed Target In Northern Iraq
BONN (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes bombed a communications center in northern
Iraq Monday after coming under attack from
anti-aircraft batteries, a spokeswoman for the U.S. European Command in
Germany said.
All aircraft retur
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>from July-August Industrial Worker (newspaper of the IWW)
>
>BOYCOTT
>May 22, Tampa, FL
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>by Cris D'Angelo
>
>They rallied at noon beneath a sweltering Florida sun, but after
>thirty years working in the fields of North Carolina an
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Greetings,
Here is the text version of an article I posted early to
Dear John,
I totally agree and regret that I forgot to mention
our address:
http://www.unitedpeoples.net
Ole
Date:
Mon, 26 Jul 1999 12:14:48 +1000
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>The
>Communists and Trotskyists have concentrated their forces in the urban
>trade union movement, but most of the serious fighting in the class
>struggle, except for Argentina, has taken place in the countryside.
didn't the Trotskyist Hugo Blanco organize (and arm) peasants in Peru? If I
rememb
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