It's like open season on Russian billionaires or something. Jeez, how many are left?
Business Day (South Africa)
May 3, 2004
Writing in the snow for Norilsk Nickel
By John Helmer
In the snow, Russian peasants still say, the law is like a sleigh. A clever judge can
steer it either way.
Vladimir
According to the New York Times, military lawyers assigned by the
Pentagon to defend Guantánamo detainees have been giving an
unexpectedly vigorous defense in public, not only in asserting their
clients' innocence but also in denouncing the tribunal system as
inherently unfair and rigged (Neil A.
I know Doug has presented strong arguments against superprofits being used
to buy off some of the U.S. working class, but is there none of that at all
? Why is the mass standard of living in the U.S. higher than most other
places ? Is it just higher U.S. productivity ?
With respect to England at
NY Times, May 4, 2004
A Doctor Who Also Wields a Pen, Writing of a Brave New World
By ALAN RIDING
PARIS, May 3 In French literary circles, Jean-Christophe Rufin is
definitely an outsider. Trained as a physician, he joined Doctors
Without Borders in his 20's; he served two conservative
The Power of a Peace Candidate
By Jackson Diehl
Washington Post, Sunday, May 2, 2004; Page B07
When Ralph Nader announced his independent candidacy for president in
February, he claimed his chief target would be the giant corporation in
the White House . . . George W. Bush. Two months later, a
Chris probably means
there is one "regime" that the U.S.couldn't terminate without having the U.S.
regime terminated in retaliation, and so the U.S. is deterred from terminating
that regime.
Charles
^
There are no contradictions between the statements below.It's
not saying
only the
Charles Brown wrote:
I know Doug has presented strong arguments against superprofits being used
to buy off some of the U.S. working class, but is there none of that at all
? Why is the mass standard of living in the U.S. higher than most other
places ? Is it just higher U.S. productivity ?
Yeah.
As the scandal of torture at Abu Ghraib unfolded, on Thursday, the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the nomination of John D.
Negroponte as the first U.S. ambassador to post-Saddam Hussein Iraq.
Negroponte is expected to be confirmed by the Senate next week
(Crucial Bush Envoy Quits for
One idea is that of unequal exchange. One version of this is as follows: in an
imaginary world, labor-power would be totally mobile, as would capital. Thus, wages
would be equalized around the world (for workers with similar skills, etc.) But
compared to this counterfactual (hypothetical)
Charles Brown wrote:
I know Doug has presented strong arguments against superprofits being used
to buy off some of the U.S. working class, but is there none of that at all
? Why is the mass standard of living in the U.S. higher than most other
places ? Is it just higher U.S. productivity ?
Bingo.
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Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 09:20:25 -0400
Subject: [PEN-L] The Empire Falls Back - Niall Ferguson
Chris probably means there is one regime that the U.S.couldn't terminate
without having the U.S. regime
Devine, James wrote:
In this view, the unequal exchange benefits the core workers at the
expense of the periphery workers as a whole. However, both groups of
workers are exploited by the capitalists (or, in the periphery,
non-capitalist ruling classes).
I have no idea why there is so much
Statement on Abu Ghraib Atrocities by the Center for Human Rights (Iraqi
Communist Party)
Iraqi Communist Party Calls for Effective UN Supervision of Human Rights
during the Transitional Period
The Centre for Human Rights of the Iraqi Communist Party issued a statement
condemning the torture of
Nowadays, most socialist organizations profess to be democratic.
Judged by the websites of socialist organizations (including the one
of which I am a member), however, our practice of democracy leaves
much to be desired, in comparison to the best practice of our
anarchist brethren and sistren, for
A friend has a question:
I have a question for you: what is the welfare-warfare state thesis?
I thought it had been advocated by some left faction in the 70s, but
also know that Austrian and ultra-rightists talk about this. What do
you know about this term? I would be very grateful for any ideas
The talk about torture is diverting opinion from occupation.. typical Israeli tactic create new facts on the grounds to make old ones go away.. western public opinion is mesmerized by torture because essentially western working classes are benefiting to varying degrees from the subordination of
There is now an effort from many communist parties to denounce the Iraqi communist party for collaborating with the US in the invasion. It seems that theircollaboration purposely or not with the US and the CIA goes back to their vehement fight against the pan Arab project because the minorities
soula avramidis wrote:
The talk about torture is diverting opinion from occupation.. typical
Israeli tactic create new facts on the grounds to make old ones go
away.. western public opinion is mesmerized by torture because
essentially western working classes are benefiting to varying degrees
from
good./joanna
soula avramidis wrote:
There is now an effort from many communist parties to denounce the
Iraqi communist party for collaborating with the US in the invasion.
It seems that their collaboration purposely or not with the US and the
CIA goes back to their vehement fight against the pan
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