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Why can't we say that Eisner is a capitalist, whether or not he works?
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Yoshie
Definitions of capitalist on the Web:
a conservative advocate of capitalism
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn
a person who invests capital in a business (especially a
Michael Perelman wrote:
The ascent of the right depended upon a (hard capitalist or cultural
conservative)
vision of society, a long-term perspective, and lots of money. If we had
our own
vision and a long-term perspective, we could compensate for our lack of
money. The
right was able to hold
I agree with Lou that the Nation attacks on the left were despicable. I don't
believe, however, that the appropriate response is to demonize the Nation. I think
that we can be critical, but to treat them as enemies is a mistake.
The Nation is not just the people who write for the magazine, but
Michael Perelman wrote:
I agree with Lou that the Nation attacks on the left were despicable. I don't
believe, however, that the appropriate response is to demonize the Nation.
Under Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation has opposed every U.S. war.
Doug
I canceled at the time of the Pacifica crisis. I guess I agree with what I read
there much of the time, but I find the disagreements to be particularly painful.
On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 03:33:49PM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
Michael Perelman wrote:
I agree with Lou that the Nation attacks on
publish there.
(Author X must be a real sh*t to get published there!)
Jim Devine
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From: Michael Perelman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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ew one of my books.I bitched to the editor once but got no
response. Luminaries like Stanley Aronowitz have better luck.
Michael Yates
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MICHAEL YATES wrote:
I bitched to the editor once but got no response.
The editor has no control over book reviews. Bitch to the literary
editor, Adam Shatz.
Doug
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From: Doug Henwood
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MICHAEL YATES wrote:I bitched to the editor once
but got no response.The editor has no control over book reviews. Bitch
to the literaryeditor, Adam
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
Why can't we say that Eisner is a capitalist, whether or not he works?
We can, and I would (and do). Why do you think otherwise?
Doug
I asked because you said, by way of example, Even Michael Eisner is
a worker, at least for a little while longer. A good number of
Marvin Gandall wrote:
Teixeira first propounded the thesis with co-author John Judis in The
Emerging Democratic Majority, which appeared shortly before the US
mid-term elections in 2002 unfortunate timing, because these saw a
sharp swing to the Republicans. But Teixeira says the election was an
As D.C. goes TCF is pretty liberal on tax, budget, health,
and Social Security stuff. Worth reading, I would say.
I don't follow Texeira or their other material, which included
a big project on homeland security.
Of course the center moves all the time. In DC I'm a crazy
left-winger. In a
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From: Doug Henwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Max B. Sawicky wrote:
In a meeting at EPI I said you could define
Acceptable to whom?
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Max B. Sawicky wrote:
In a meeting at EPI I said you could define
the working class as those who must work to finance a standard
of living, and somebody said that was a marxist definition.
What's the acceptable definition of the working
Max B. Sawicky wrote:
Oh. They like to define things with numbers.
So do I, but you've got to have some conceptual scheme if you're
classifying workers into working class and not working-class.
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
Why classify workers into working class and not working class?
You meant to say classify people into 'working class' and 'not
working class'?
Even Michael Eisner is a worker, at least for a little while longer.
So are bond traders.
Doug
Michael Hoover wrote:
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Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
Why classify workers into working class and not working class?
You meant to say classify people into 'working class' and 'not
working class'?
Even Michael Eisner is a worker, at least for a little while longer.
So
D. Henwood wrote:
I'm not saying that worker = working class. A worker is someone who
works; a member of the working class is someone with little or no
property who must earn a paycheck to stay alive.
Doug
So a person who works and does not sell her or his labor-power in the labor
market is
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From: Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Max B. Sawicky wrote:
Oh. They like to define things with numbers.
So do I, but you've got to have some conceptual scheme if you're
classifying workers into working class and not working-class.
Damn, Quine
Doug Henwood wrote:
Max B. Sawicky wrote:
Oh. They like to define things with numbers.
So do I, but you've got to have some conceptual scheme if you're
classifying workers into working class and not working-class.
This finally sank through to me only a couple days ago while reading
some
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From: Carrol Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This finally sank through to me only a couple days ago while reading
some material on class. I haven't got it clear yet, but this is a start.
Why do we _want_ to classify people into classes? Answer: No reason at
all.
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
Why classify workers into working class and not working class?
You meant to say classify people into 'working class' and 'not
working class'?
Even Michael Eisner is a worker, at least for a little while longer.
So are bond traders.
Doug
Why can't we say that Eisner is a
Ian,
This bloody The Classless Society book by Paul W.
Kingston costs $21.95. Moreover, this is the papeback
price. The hardcover price is $49.50.
I am not going to buy it, of course.
Too expensive for a working class CEO.
By the way, I also happen to be the President as well
as the only
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