I found this to be very useful and informative. It's long but Mumia life
could be VERY SHORT. Paul
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Below is a message I have received that the Mumia support ad
appeared in the New York Times yesterday.
Below that I include the resolution in support of a retrail for Mumia
which passed the UUP Delegate Assembly--the faculty and professional
staff union of SUNY.
In Solidarity, Paul Zarembka
We know about William Jefferson Clinton. What about Thomas Jefferson, who
OWNED several of his own children born to his slaves? (Gore Vidal, The
American Presidency).
Paul
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see anyone recommend
this film, which I guess is the classic anti-war movie, up there with
"Catch 22".
Eric, I am sorry about your father's Alzheimer's. My mother has it also
and I think I understand you a little.
Paul
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If they are checking under the hood...could they also place the Pen-l# in
the subject line and the end of the line. It means that those of us who
sort by thread will be able to follow Pen-l again. With the hyper postings
of lbo, mail management is a real problem. Our dear Pen-l gets
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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 16:38:39 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regarding where to send funds for support of Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Equal
Justice situation.
What follows is a letter from Mumia naming the two places he has authorized to
raise funds for him.
This response from Mumia's attorney to a NYT ad surveys the deficiencies
of the state's case for killing Mumia and provides a basis for
understanding a demand for Mumia's immediate release.
Paul Zarembka
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Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 10:23:09 EDT
From: [EMAIL
lack of evidence) is thought
needed by those who administer this society. Mumia's case has received
considerable international attention, including from heads of state.
If Mumia dies, the state wins, the people lose.
Paul Zarembka
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and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I
didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the
Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they
came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up&qu
and influences people for the
REVOLUTION, maybe I'll be permitted a rewrite of a famous quote: "First
they came for the gays, but I am not a gay; then they came for the
Trotskyists, but I am not a Trotskyite; then they came...; then they came
for me and no one was left".
Paul
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Date: Tue, 26 M
The inaccuracies in this AFP news story are amazing. "Das Kapital" was
published in 1848 and is an economic analysis of "Socialism"! Paul
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incipled" doesn't tell
us much. And to go so far as to describe a person as "totally
principled", whoa! That's four times better than being a person "who
cannot be bribed".
So, if you can put substance into your statement that Louis is "totally
principled" and
I was simulated by the newsletter of Committee on the Status of Women in
the Economics Profession and found the answer to the fourth question
particularly interesting (right after the voting-rights amendment, women
were getting Ph.D.s in Economics in the U.S. more so than later). Paul
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11 a.m. with
representative(s) of the class action complaint.
If you would like further news bulletins about this class-action age
discrimination complaint or want to help save the rights of workers over
40 in New York State, contact the age-discrimination complaint
coordinators (Georgiana Jungels and P
San Francisco had a working-class mayor around the turn of the century; I
believe he was also a socialist. Once I knew the story, but it has
slipped my mind.
Paul
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ping world, millions of deaths (mostly
children in Latin America and Africa) could have been avoided but for the
adjustment crises since 1980.
I imagine that most on this list would also agree that these crises were not
inevitable. I believe Roy Medvedev once wrote a book entitled "Let History
Judge&q
of a centralized instrument of
capital's domination?
Paul
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This e-mail captured my attention and I thought others would be
interested.
Paul Zarembka
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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 00:18:35 EST
From: Susan1218 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Open Letter from Assata Shakur
Open Letter from Assata Shakur
My name
Until I read this report in the Miami Herald, I got migraines thinking
about those Cuban commies coming up here to Buffalo, New York, and
destroying everything I hold precious in life. I am SO!! relieved.
Paul Z
, the AFL is business unionism.
Tom Ferguson says that Baruch was behind 7(a). Do you know anything about
that?
Paul
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Hi Paul, Chris,
Please forward this to any appropriate lists. Thank you.
They should reply to me at:
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Cary Nelson (Will Teach for Food will be the keynoter on fri nite.
More details will be coming out next week.
Thanks.
-vinny tirelli
a case could be made that this is approach
is much more prone
to ideological "contamination" than the sort of modeling physicists do
(the difference in subject
matter is relevant, of course).
Any thoughts???
-Paul Meyer
? Membership check-off at
registration? If so, those without a box are less likely to check-off, I
think I forgot to. Also, cross-membership is not accounted for. Do URPE
members have anything to gain by joining other associations, like AEA,
to have more influence in the profession?
Paul Bartlett
By the way, I find it ironic that the jesuit schools in the U.S. are among
the most open in the country. They even employ a Jim Devine -- or maybe
Jim just spelt his name wrong to slip in.
Also, Terry McDonough earlier at Canisius College, Buffalo, NY.
Right, Terry?! Paul
relationship with President Clinton, officials at the college
in Portland, Ore., said Sunday.
Copyright (c) 1998 The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc.
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ough about
(and I don't mean mainly what did or did not happen between Lewinsky and
Clinton, but rather the whole dynamic which can unfold, legally and
politically).
Paul Z.
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At 07:49 PM 1/8/98 -0800, Michael Perelman wrote:
Does anybody have any thoughts on the critique of the IMF by Stiglitz
and Sachs -- that the IMF is creating a deflationary economy to save the
banks?
It is hard to comment without knowing the specifics (could you provide the
citations or a
st
heap before feeling free to meddle in others'. Learn to relax a little;
we're not going to change the problems of the world in our brief lifetimes.
Pet a cat. Meditate. Work in our gardens. Take a walk. Get a massage. Give
ourselves more orgasms and appreciate how far we have come in only 30
years. Let us see past our antagonisms and look toward a common ground so
that we may build a solid foundation for future generations of feminists to
build upon.
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kneisel)
At 14:05 1/1/98 D. Henwood wrote:
"I think someone interested in economic power and class could apply these
techniques [of Foucault's] to the construction of economic subjects, the
socio-psychological creation of Homo economicus."
I am not sure that Foucault's specific techniques would be
the attached .exe file (no virus, not to
worry). Enjoy the holidays.
Paul Zarembka
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certainly do not agree with
your sentence as written, for then there is really no point in any
revolutionary politics, as any and all such politics is doomed to failure
(the bourgeoisie would just buy the workers off). [Paul]
Yes, my opinion, as attested by history. [Ricardo]
Ricardo, you may
interests.
I don't think Lenin thought the workers as "incapable" as described
above. Maybe it is correct that spending 8-12 hours a day in a factory
burns one's energy up, but...
Paul
I saw a similar message to this one which was subsequently stated to be a
fraud. I believe one should verify such messages before circulation and
I doubt the authenticity of this one.
Paul
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not be so much the level
of investments but the qualitative nature. Are we not far from saying that
some investments produce a "value" while others only achieve shifting some
value around? Wish we could pin down that word "value".
Paul Altesman
ttawa is the capital of Canada? On what BASIS do you make that
assertion? I say it is Washington, D.C. Now what?
Paul
At 09:49 10/17/97 EDT, you wrote to PEN-L on how they handled header
postings and expressed concerns about missing personal mail.
I share your concerns in this area since I am on about 30 lists and get up
to 300 posts a day. I solved the problem with establishing multiple filters
in my mail
or to what anyone else says about anything?
Jesus Christ, Great Buddha, help me out of this one! Great Charlie Marx,
tell me how to EVALUATE your "Theses on Feuerbach"! I am so alone in my
own headspace (do I have a headspace?)
Paul Zarembka
"This computer kills fascists: #24: Sunday 14 Sep 1997"
CYBERFASCIST ACTIVISM:
FROM USENET TO THE WEB / FROM ANTI-SEMITISM TO HOMOPHOBIA
I was originally scheduled to give a presentation at the recent
International Symposium on Fighting Hate on the Internet sponsored
A number of you have written me after the Shel Epstein case died down
asking what I've been doing.
The first has been recovering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
The second has been exploring ways of defeating fascist organizing on the
Internet. To this end I'm gearing up my old "This computer
by many European experiences I have had so I am not sure it is
"West" versus "East".
Paul
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r.
They eat every day."
-- Harry Hopkins
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Di Marries Elvis Aboard Flying Saucer After CIA Assassination Attempt!
At 05:11 9/5/97 -0700, you wrote:
Dumbest comment I've heard on Diana:
Bob Edwards on NPR this a.m. (Friday) about the
situation in London:
"It's almost a social revolution."
MBS
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At 13:21 9/2/97 -0700, Doug Henwood wrote:
Does anyone have more info on this: "Princeton Survey Research Associates."
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs: Princeton Survey
Research Associates, via:
http://www.wws.princeton.edu/programs/survey.html
Information request
ouls" who made the Parasite a
focus of feature articles. Said anti-ghoul feature articles are still
taking up at least half the time on New York City's WINS news radio,
normally focusing on local NYC news.
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1) Doug Henwood wrote:
U.S. part-time employment (economic noneconomic) as percent of total
employment:
1960 11.1%
1970 13.7%
1980 16.4%
1990 16.5%
1997 16.6%
2) Michael Eisenscher wrote:
Last year 14.9 percent of workers belonged to a union, down from 23.8
percent in 1977.
URGENT ATTENTION REQUIRED. P.Z.
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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 16:35:03 -0400
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Organization: The Quixote Center
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: visit of Amnesty head to Mumia Abu-Jamal
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Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 21:48:36 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: FALSE AND DANGEROUS REPORT OF DEATH WARRANT SIGNED FOR MUMIA
ALERT ALERT ALERT
The following e-mail has been circulating. THIS IS A FALSE RUMOR
elections is to analyze what opportunites
are being opened up for genuine working class politics.
Paul
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Michael,
I remember the first Mitterand/Socialist victory and the cheering in the
streets. We all know now what followed!
I think your point is a very valuable everywhere, including in the United
States when people think voting Democratic is progressive.
Paul
cals issues of the 1980s and
1990s. He realized that environmental debates were often shrouded
in scientific jargon to deflect public scrutiny, and he championed
the idea of empowering citizens by providing them with accurate and
useful information. Time Magazine in its February 2, 1970, cover
stor
Very fine remember, Roger, and will read your entire text for my class
which begins in one hour. There is no question that April 30 was a
watershed. Paul
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On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Louis Proyect wrote:
...
Over here on PEN-L we have Paul Zarembka forwarding the thoughts of some
"progressive U.S. social scientist" in favor of peaceful political
organization. Peru has had such types of peaceful political intiatives for
the better part of f
My contact in Lima offers the following commentary on the MRTA in Lima:
"I think in general, revolutionaries should be treated as such. I am
very sad they all died. But these people took their action very seriously,
they were prepared to kill both hostages and military. They knew what
Jim, I have some info direct from Peru, but have deleted the name and
identifying info. Paul Z.
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Something was about to happen, but no one expected that this would
happen today
What I have heard since has changed a number of my opinions on the hostage
crisis
If it is possible for a Marxist Economic theory class, Robin, then I'd
like to see the table of contents. Paul
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John, go to the Web site in my signature below and the link to Capital
Vol. 1 is highlighted so just click on it. Any search can be only for a
specific work or for all works in the library. If you have troubles, let
me know. Paul Z
Gil, I decided to give it a try. 7 matches to Quixote from 6 documents
surfaced. Paul
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At 12:41 PM 3/31/97 -0800, Rosser Jr, John Barkley wrote:
To Paul Altesman:
Would you please give us even one reference where
anybody has ever declared the soft budget constraint to be
a problem for socialist planning in general as opposed to
some sort of market socialism without command
I had a bit of the same reaction.
In fact, it really goes far beyond just SSA. Most of Asia have enormous
"hinterlands" - just India and China alone could keep foreign investors
profitably busy for decades; even tigers like Thailand have only seen some
provinces move into the semi-periphery;
ut to impose mkt discipline on the capitalist sector and finally end its
domestic non-capitalist arrangements. If we got it wrong in Yugoslavia and
that helped to lead to war and genocide, imagine the stakes for the world in
China.
Paul Altesman
At 11:25 AM 3/27/97 -0800, Rosser Jr, John Bar
At 09:48 PM 3/26/97 -0800, Rosser Jr, John Barkley wrote:
Paul,
Guess you don't know what a soft budget constraint is.
These enterprises to whom the loans were being made were
owned by the state. Thus, ultimately the state was
responsible and the enterprises knew it. They counted
When speaking of Yugo as one of the 10 most debt distressed countries of the
debt crisis of the 80's and in the same boat as Lat. Am. - I hope it was
clear that I was focussing on the role of *external* debt and the
international debt crisis. Apologies if this wan't clear enough.
ntra-firm arrangements, in its international
economic arrangements (and its large international debt) Yugo had become a
full fledged member of the periphery - and was crushed by the usual forces?
Paul Altesman
At 03:07 PM 3/26/97 -0800, Rosser Jr, John Barkley wrote:
The question of Yugoslav
rectly to the rise of virulent ethnic nationalism and human
tragedy. Sadly, most of the media played to "ancient rivalries" as an
explanation (for Africa they say "tribal conflict"), but in truth this is
not the first time Europe has seen ruinous neo-classical "solutions&
I haven't seen as much followup on this as I would expect. Anyone know
more. There is a Mumia Website but I don't recall the address. Paul
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ternatives.
Paul
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Apologies for the posting to the wrong list.
he calls for putting protectionism under international control
("as proposed by the Cuban delegation to the World Economic Conf.") and for
a system of national controls on investment that are coordinated
internationally. What did Keynes think reading that
Paul Altesman
ts
of the E Asia boom ("no one is making money in China"), will try to keep up
with financial capital, obviating the possibility of them playing a
transformative role abroad.
Does this sound sensible?
Paul Altesman
P.S. Doug: I missed the tittle\publisher of your book when it was posted way
bac
h of their
funds into the "money as commodity" sphere that they be indistinguishable
from the financial entities (Doug's and Blairs leanings) and disinvestment
in productive capital accelerates.
2) the cumulative effect of the effort in the productive sphere to
restructure cap
h of their
funds into the "money as commodity" sphere that they be indistinguishable
from the financial entities (Doug's and Blairs leanings) and disinvestment
in productive capital accelerates.
2) the cumulative effect of the effort in the productive sphere to
restructure cap
I know it's impolite to write to this address for this, but can somebody
tell me how to suspend my pen-l list over the holiday so that my mailbox
doesn't jam up?
Many thanks,
Paul Cheney
The R.P.E. Web site now includes tables of contents for all issues and
more links to other relevant sites. Further suggestions are welcome.
Thanks, Paul Z.
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o be added, but at lower level of abstraction,
and therefore the reason why Marx really doesn't spend much of Capital,
Volume I, on competition.
Paul Z.
On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Ajit Sinha wrote:
Regarding the law of value
you seem pretty close to equating competition with commodity production
its
ty close to equating competition with commodity production
itself. Am I correct?
Paul Z.
On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Ajit Sinha wrote:
In other words, I believe that all of Capital, Volume I, takes competition
as a support for exploitation and not the reverse (as you seem to have
it).
Paul Zarembka
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I'm not talking about "essence" o
that all of Capital, Volume I, takes competition
as a support for exploitation and not the reverse (as you seem to have
it).
Paul Zarembka
for improvements, please do not hesitate to
contact me.
Paul Zarembka, Editor
ows
others to still get the material.
Paul Zarembka
Michael, The issue is whether we should accept our professional
marginalization that is implicit in the lists covered and not covered with
Feldstein/Jensen. This is not helped by our free service. On the other
hand, if few of us want to pursue this, then it should not be pursued.
Paul Z
or
radical political economy. Should URPE be fighting for presence here? If
so, are there enough workpapers which would qualify?
The thought occurs to me since URPE fought for presence at the Allied
Social Sciences meetings and got it.
I'm just throwing the issue open. Paul
--it makes a huge difference is what rate is calculated
(see, for example, Ed Wolff, "Unproductive Labor and the Rate of Surplus
Value in the United States, 1947-1967", Research in Political Economy,
Vol. 1, 1977).
Paul Z.
of weekly work as so impossible,
even within capitalism, as you do.
Paul Z.
may want take the issue up with him. Reed and I
may disagree on some things, but not on this one. The convention, by the
way, found a $10 minimum wage non-controversial and there were 1400
delegates there.
Paul Z.
P.S. Please define "faux Marxoid sophistry". That's a new form of
attack.
The posting below didn't seem to get on the list for I repeat it. P.Z.
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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 21:49:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Paul Zarembka [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PEN-L:6550] Re: why raise the minimum wage
But, Doug, last Winter you opposed raising
y had only the choice of $10 minimum wage or revolution,
would easily choose $10 and still live a pretty life and still
accumulate capital.
In sum, $10 minimum wages is not the functional equivalent of demanding
revolution. And that is my "honest" statement (see your last sentence).
Paul
[the Internim National Council?] decided that doing so could be unfair
to individuals who may have voted out of genuine ignorance of what the
Convention had passed.
Paul Zarembka
peful, not of
the LP leadership, but the level of dialogue among ordinary LP members and
among ordinary delegates at the convention.
Paul Zarembka
message!!!
4. Stated that these bylaws are amendable by that Council but are
unamendable by any party convention, yet are supposed to "co-equal" to the
Constitution.
Is this a democratic party of workers that you see in front of you?
Paul Zarembka, ex-chair-in-disgrace, ex-Buffalo-chapter-in-disgrace of the
Labor Party.
of unionist and union officer I have been. For the time being, I
reproduce the below from the LP list RE: a union chapter of 1600 members.
Paul Zarembka
P.S. Doug, you don't know me. I've never had trouble with you. Why do
you just reproduce for Pen-L wide distribution whatever Reed sends you RE
ou to call for
Tony Mazzocchi's expulsion faster than for those violating a policy
statement. (Article II.2 of the Labor Party Constitution reads:
"Individual membership shall be open to anyone who agrees to abide by the
Constitution of the Labor Party.&q
Given the interest in the CIA and Cocaine into the black communities of
LA, I thought this item might be of also interest. Paul
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Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 16:48:33 -0400
From: Geoffrey Stewart Nimmo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: THE NIMMO NETWORK / Is the CIA
.S. based on workers,
but it is not so obvious to me that the best way to get there is to have
such party turn its back on unionists who have yet broken from Democrats.
In any case, what the LP leadership did to the Buffalo Chapter is a very
clear message how they want to run the show.
Paul
On Sun, 8 Sep 1996, Michael Perelman wrote:
Paul, Why?
Michael,
The Buffalo Chapter of the LP endorsed a UAW Regional Director to run for
Congress against Bill Paxon (chair of the Republican House Campaign
Committee and very right-wing; also husband to Susan Moliarni). That UAW
officer
for the LP because of its ambiguous language on
choice (to the right of the Democratic Party language). But if you
want even more, let me know you saw 6040 and where I can help. Paul
On Mon, 9 Sep 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Paul, Hey, that's not fair :), you can NOT tell us you've been
ex
If they are true, where is the money going?
As the UAW said in the early post WW2 period: Open the Books!
Opened books at public universities would show, in many cases, decreased
state support to pay for tax cuts to the wealthy and adminstrative bloat.
Paul Zarembka
On Sun, 8 Sep 1996, Gerald Levy wrote:
PS: BTW, I've voted for you (Paul) in past United University Professions
(UUP) elections.
Jerry, Thank you ever so much!!
But, if you want to vote for me for Labor Party chapter chair, ...
Well, the Buffalo chapter and myself personally as former
Case--A Marxian Perspective
Vol. 13, Paul Zarembka, "The Development of State Capitalism in the Soviet
System".
Vol. 12, Hillel Ticktin, "The Nature of the Disintegration of the
Stalinist System of the USSR".
Vol. 12, Patrick Flaherty, "The State and the Dominant Class in
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