At 10:39 PM 3/28/00 -1000, you wrote:
I'm convinced it'll fail because of the well laid out arguments of people
like Bacon and Tabb (see March issue of Monthly Review). The strategy is
short sighted and will not jive with the American populace, who don't
blame China or trade with China for their
I agree with this text, of course. Note that the source is the same kind
of source that Henry has so passionately attacked Doug for using when
making criticisms of the labor regime in China. It's nice to see that it
is alright to quote from the beast after all when discussing China
Steve
On
Jim Devine wrote:
I'm not going to comment on any of the details of this thread (especially
the unnecessary rudeness),
Steve writes:
Thanks for your comments.
I'd like to respond to this above comment however. I've tried to not be
rude toward Max, I respect his work at EPI and him even when I
Louis Proyect wrote:
But Henry is correct. There is an enormous propaganda offensive that is
attempting to demonize the Chinese government.
Damn it. All sorts of leftists are attacking the Anti-China crusade. Being
against the AFL-CIO on this is no more praiseworthy than being
against child
I agree with Henry about Harry Wu. I think his attacks on Doug are based
on much less valid reasoning. Henry might not like Doug's critical
comments on aspects of China's labor regime, but Henry can't even bring
himself to acknowledge that Doug also is critical of the AFL-CIO's positin
on
Henry Liu is a very contentious subject here. I think that we could do well to
not try to characterize him here.
Louis Proyect wrote:
Steve Philion:
I agree with this text, of course. Note that the source is the same kind
of source that Henry has so passionately attacked Doug for using when
Louis Proyect wrote:
I believe there are some personal matters beneath the surface that explain
this. Henry was Doug's broker 2 years ago involving a Hong Kong pork belly
derivatives deal that went sour. Since it was based on a butterfly spread
type margin call, Doug was short the broker and
I wrote:
Suppose one is in favor of "free trade." This is a venerable leftist and
internationalist position,
Mine Aysen Doyran writes:
Respectfully, I don't think so. Not every leftist would agree on this
definition.
I didn't say _the_ venerable leftist and international position but _a_
Stephen,
The Monthly Review article is right in principle. however, from a world systemic
perspective, I am much more interested in why the US steel workers cooperate with
the big US steel companies to keep their wages high in the core. if you remember
that in anti-WTO protests, AFL-CIO head
After the current anti-China strategy fails, hopefully when the labor
movement is thinking about which way to go next, it will consider views
such as this more seriously. I think Doug reported recently that there is
considerable tension within the AFL-CIO about the 'yellow peril' strategy,
so
Max,
Noone is calling anyone racist. But relying on Harry Wu to justify an
attack on China? Tibetan nuns? What does this have to do with the issue of
labor rights in China? Maybe in ads against China trade they can also
include pictures of Wen Ho Lee, my sense is the strategy is 'whatever it
Max,
Noone is calling anyone racist.
Oh come on. What is 'yellow peril' supposed to connote?
But relying on Harry Wu to justify an
attack on China? Tibetan nuns?
Why not? I got nothing against Tibetan
nuns. I just hope they stay away from Al Gore.
What's wrong w/Harry Wu screaming about
Zealand's and Tony Blair's
conversion to WTO-ism. Ugh!
Paul
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
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