[PEN-L:9748] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Mumford

1999-07-30 Thread Peter Dorman
Well, yes, exactly, and I think that was the point of my ps. But that is not how Nussbaum thinks about her list. (That is also not how Marx thought about creative/productive activity, either.) Peter Jim Devine wrote: > > Peter Dorman wrote: > >Actually, [Nussbaum's] list [of the objective con

[PEN-L:9747] 1/3 of Russians in Poverty; US Blocks Query on VX Gas;Colombian Strike Looms

1999-07-30 Thread meisenscher
IN THIS MESSAGE: 1/3 of Russians in Poverty; US Blocks Query on VX Gas; Colombian Strike Looms Study: 1/3 of Russians in Poverty By Nick Wadhams Associated Press Writer Friday, July 30, 1999; 11:20 a.m. EDT MOSCOW (AP) -- More than one in three Russians is living below the official poverty l

[PEN-L:9746] KPFA Staff: "Put it in writing."

1999-07-30 Thread meisenscher
KPFA Employees Say They Won't Come Back Just Yet Workers want budget, no-sale clarified Charles Burress, Chronicle Staff Writer

[PEN-L:9744] NET LOSS- Ebook on the Web

1999-07-30 Thread Nathan Newman
Hi folks, I've done a revision of my diss on the economics of the Internet and put it up on the Web. Here is the URL link, summary of argument and chapter outline. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Please Repost --Nathan Newman

[PEN-L:9743] NET LOSS- Ebook on the Web

1999-07-30 Thread Nathan Newman
Hi folks, I've done a revision on my diss on the economics of the Internet. Here's the URL link and summary of the argument with chapter outline. --Nathan Newman = NEW BOOK ON THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE INTERNET,

[PEN-L:9741] China: U.S. Target

1999-07-30 Thread Charles Brown
China: U.S. target By Victor Perlo Anti-China propaganda by the U.S. government, the establishment media and various private organizations has escalated sharply. Washington has taken important anti-China actions: blocking China's entry into the World Trade Organization; trying to break awa

[PEN-L:9739] US embassy in SA responds to critics on AIDS drug dispute

1999-07-30 Thread Robert Naiman
BUSINESS DAY, July 29 1999 Letter to the editor Dear Sir I Regret that US embassy officials did not have the same opportunity as the AIDS Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) leaders to express an opinion on our meeting in the caption to your photos of (27 July 1999). We regarded the meeting as a c

[PEN-L:9738] BLS Daily Report

1999-07-30 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1999 RELEASED TODAY: On a seasonally adjusted basis, the 3-month increase in compensation costs for civilian workers was 1.1 percent during QII99. The QII99 increase in wages and salaries was 1.2 percent, following a 0.5 percent increase in QI99. Benefit co

[PEN-L:9742] Easier than bombing

1999-07-30 Thread Michael Perelman
Another California oil refinery exploded today. Is that 4 in one year? Why does the U.S. bother with cruise missles. Why couldn't they dispatch their managers to teach American production techniques to our enemies, thereby guaranteeing that they self-destruct. The response of the government is

[PEN-L:9740] shoot the moon

1999-07-30 Thread Jim Devine
from "Today's Papers," in SLATE, 7/30/99: >The shooter [in Atlanta] was a chemist-turned-day-trader who had reportedly run up some big losses, although the coverage points out that the murders of his wife and children preceded by at least a day Thursday's big market downturn. The LA [TIMES] point

[PEN-L:9737] KPFA Workers To Return?; ILWU Res. on Pacifica

1999-07-30 Thread meisenscher
"Goodwill gesture' tempers KPFA fight July 29, 1999 Julie Chao and Larry D. Hatfield OF THE SF EXAMINER STAFF Pacifica Foundation to reopen station In at least a partial surrender to

[PEN-L:9734] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Mumford

1999-07-30 Thread ann li
While I agree with the changing contingency of democracy that Peter cites, and the need for finding a reasonable frame of references for (in)action that Frances has listed, I'd like to add Don Ihde's later works to the list, if only because ( and without (wart(sic)s and all)) the phenomenological

[PEN-L:9736] Re: Great sources on China's political Economy

1999-07-30 Thread Jim Devine
Steve, can you paraphrase his conclusions? At 06:22 PM 7/29/99 -1000, you wrote: >For those who are interested in analyses of the political economy of >China, here are two bang-up articles from the Hong Kong Marxist Raymond >WK Lau. Any discussions of China that don't make mention of thi

[PEN-L:9735] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Mumford

1999-07-30 Thread Jim Devine
Peter Dorman wrote: >Actually, [Nussbaum's] list [of the objective conditions needed for human flourishing] is pretty good, as far as it goes. Any such list, however, puts people in the position of objects: we will give you this set of conditions and you will have the opportunity to liberate/fulf

[PEN-L:9731] Re: Re: Re: Mumford

1999-07-30 Thread frances bolton
Peter wrote: > Mumford gives technology >an extraordinarily political reading; he thinks through the implications >of technical choices for human liberation and healthy lifeways (which he >sees as linked). Enjoyed your comments on Mumford, Peter. Whenever I start thinking about this stuff, I be