Ted Honderich and Oxfam

Ted Honderich is a British philosophy professor originally from Canada. In a book titled After the Terror, he tried to get at the roots of 9/11--particularly with respect to global inequality--but without endorsing acts of terror. After he pledged 5000 pounds to Oxfam from the sales proceeds

Vito Marcantonio

NY Times, Dec. 1, 2002 CITY LORE 'The Loneliest Man in Congress' By JIM O'GRADY IT'S hard to believe, in this era of the Republican Party ascendant, that there once dwelt in East Harlem a radical left-wing congressman named Vito Marcantonio. But Marcantonio is remembered by many surviving New

Democratic Design for a Class That Is Going Nowhere

* Slavoj Zizek, Seize the Day: Lenin's Legacy, _The Guardian_ 23 July 2002, http://books.guardian.co.uk/lrb/articles/0,6109,761903,00.html ...John Berger recently wrote about a French advert for an internet broker called Selftrade. Under an image of a solid gold hammer and sickle

hunger and plenty

http://www.latimes.com THE NATION Hunger Hits Hard in Pacific Northwest Demand for assistance is among the nation's highest, overwhelming food banks. Residents accustomed to self-reliance accept charity reluctantly. By Scott Martelle Times Staff Writer December 1 2002 THE DALLES, Ore. -- Chris

Turkey: No to imperialist aggression. No to war.

But: Observers say Ankara, struggling to overcome deep financial crisis with the help of billions of dollars of International Monetary Fund loans, will almost certainly cooperate at least by offering use of airbases and airspace. Two articles follow. The first one reports 5,000 demonstrators

Rawls redux

The stone to turn dross into gold Only the greedy reject Rawls's and Tawney's practical egalitarianism Roy Hattersley Monday December 2, 2002 The Guardian I t is almost 20 years since John Rawls - after a great deal of persuasion by a mutual acquaintance - agreed to read a draft chapter of a

Re: Turkey: No to imperialist aggression. No to war.

My God, the US papers give more space to Turkish antiwar demos. than the bigger ones here. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

yet another swipe at the wto

Local councils attack WTO Planning laws 'under threat from trade liberalisation' Charlotte Denny, economics correspondent Monday December 2, 2002 The Guardian The government was accused last night of giving up control of issues at the core of local government in World Trade Organisation

Chris Groner, Split [Croatia]: Going to Extremes

* Chris Groner, Split: Going to Extremes, _Central Europe Review_ 3.31 (3 December 2001), http://www.ce-review.org/01/31/groner31.html Split, Croatia's second largest city, has gained notoriety for numerous patriotic rallies and is increasingly perceived as the exile for war veterans

A question to FMC: Housing Bubble?

Hello Friends, My family and I are contemplating about moving to New York, so we spent the Thanksgiving in New York looking at some properties in Manhattan and Hoboken. As I gathered from the realtors, house prices have fallen of about 10-25% over the past three to four months in both places. A