A couple of months ago, I edited my general news bookmarks down by 90% (it's
easier to do than you think, and simply required in this day and age, I
suggest), and found myself, for what it's worth, left with the following
sites.
Must haves:
http://www.theage.com.au/ I agree with Eugene;
I left Australia off the end of the address:
www.theage.com.au
Ian Murray wrote:
Also, try the Melbourne daily: WWW.theage.com
Andrew Hagen wrote:
Utterly shameless plug: I keep a bunch of news links, including
international ones, on
The concrete and contradictory position of Iran is extremely instructive
about the development of the Coalition against Terrorism.
My point of observation is the subtle way the British government has used
information about Iran to influence the subtext and shape of the emerging
international
G'day Doug,
For the record, Comrade Coyle, here's what I had to say in LBO #97,
written in May. The only way I've changed my tune since then is
towards greater gloom.
Good article, Doug. 'No ordinary business cycle' nails it, for mine. Core
synchronisation, and the triumph of 'shareholder
More from the curiously informed Herald:
CIA paid Saudi to poison bin Laden
IAN BRUCE
The Herald, 25 September 2001
THE CIA paid a Saudi intelligence agent
£140,000 to poison Osama bin Laden in 1998
after the failure of a missile attack on his Afghan
bases in
Who is we in your response, Rob.
Presumptuous of me, I'll admit. I was talking about the ranked economists
enliste. I shouldn't be surprised if some of 'em find people suddenly taking
notice of 'em, and was idly speculating at the sort of things a newly-fledged
left-Keynesian or
Rally March against the WAR
Rally on Saturday, September 29, from 1:00 p.m. at 15th Ave. and High
St. in Columbus, OH
March at 2:00 p.m. to Oppose Racist Attacks in the Community.
An ad-hoc coalition to oppose racism, war, and the loss of civil
rights and liberties has been formed in
Penners
Previous posts with this and other subject headings have broached the
subject of Britain's dilemma vis a vis the US and the EU. Interesting
that the Liberal Democrats, Britain's third party and positioning itself
as the future opposition, given the likely further decline of the punk
Best hospitals win greater freedom
Spin-off firms to capitalise on services planned to boost income
John Carvel, social affairs editor
Tuesday September 25, 2001
The Guardian
The best performing hospitals are to be allowed to set up spin-off
companies to sell catering and laundry to the
At 25/09/2001 05:52, Christian wrote:
Last week, you said that the market price was not indicative of the coming
crisis of oil production, because it's not functioning like a normal price
should. Now, you're saying that if it moves in the direction you think it
should, then the market price
At 25/09/2001 00:10, Chris wrote:
The article says
The Saudi royal family has long been concerned about the
rise of Islamic radicalism within its own kingdom.
This isn't the first time King Fahd has been sent to Geneva for health
reasons, is it? Didn't he also have a diplomatic illness
PEN-L/M-FEM:
Hello. Below is an update on anti-war activism in Sacramento/Davis:
Seth Sandronsky
The Call for Peace Coalition spearheaded by Sacramento/Yolo Peace Action
will sponsor another rally, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 4 to 7 p.m. in front of the
Memorial Auditorium, 16th and J Streets.
At 25/09/2001 09:02, Michael Keaney wrote:
Penners
Previous posts with this and other subject headings have broached the
subject of Britain's dilemma vis a vis the US and the EU.
I've been following with great interest these postings by Michael
Keaney. One of the reasons why the talk about
ECONOMIC NOTES
NEWS AND ANALYSIS FROM THE LABOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
http://www.LaborResearch.org
Sep. 17, 2001
As the nation comes to terms with the horrendous events that took place on
September 11, one of the areas that is falling under intense scrutiny is
airport security. What has been
Typically, a recession is defined by whether
friends/acquaintances lose their jobs. When we personally loose a job,
that's depression.
Robert D. Manning
Rochester Institute of Technology
I'd agree -- except I think the terms have shifted. Remember,
Depression was orginally
Los Angeles Times:
AFTER THE ATTACK
Airline Won't Give Workers Severance
By LISA GIRION and NANCY CLEELAND, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
American Airlines said Monday that it is invoking an emergency clause in its union
contracts that will allow it to forgo paying severance to the 20,000
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From the Minnesotat Daily, U-Minnesota's College Paper
www.mndaily.com Sept. 25,2001
Airline discrimination unreasonable
Santa Claus came early for Northwest and the nationÕs other airlines, and
like children who no longer feel the need to behave after
Michael noted:
I don't know what ICU is, but the gloating, muted as it might be given the
circumstances, has to do with the puncturing of the triumphalism of
neoliberalism, which has probably done more damage than the World Tradebombers.
Doug has correctly reminded us that the downturn also will
September 14, 2001
The Bill Comes Due
By Gerald Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Some economists have argued that what has made the fabled
U.S. economy what it is today is easy credit: buy now, pay
later.
In light of the tragic and horrendous events of 11
September, it is also possible to say that
From today's Minnesota Daily, the college paper at U-Minn.
Student loses friend in attack
I had a close friend who was on Flight 11, one of the planes that crashed
into the World Trade Center. I am very angry about it, but IÕm not sure
who to be angry with. I donÕt think itÕs as simple as the
ECONOMIC NOTES
NEWS AND ANALYSIS FROM THE LABOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
http://www.LaborResearch.org
Sep. 24, 2001
Hotel Workers' Union Facing Massive Layoffs; Seeks Relief Package (Sep.
24, 2001)
With U.S. airlines having laid off nearly 100,000 workers following the
terrorist attacks on the
I am new to this list and may well be covering old ground, but having seen
Mark A Jones' posting of 25 September 2001 12:57 UTC I felt the urge to
subscribe and reply.
If anything has demonstrated the how far Marxism has been left behind by
social developments this last two weeks has shown us
Typos left in!
From the Mandelite Fourth International list, FI-P. To be published in
International Viewpoint their monthly.
Michael Pugliese
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 6:32 AM
Subject: [FI-P] Trans. : fresh
From the Indian Journal Frontline
Aijaz Ahmad, author of *In Theory: Classes, Nations, and Literature*,
Verso Press.
A Task That Never Ends
Bush Proposes Perpetual War
*
The date of 11 September has a powerful resonance in the annals of modern
history. Twenty-eight years ago on this date, the
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: Average hourly compensation costs in U.S. dollars for
production workers in manufacturing in 28 foreign economies declined to 76
percent of the U.S. level in 2000 from 80 percent in 1999, according to
For Jim Devine; I tried sending it to him directly 3 times but it was
bouncing. Jim can you let us know if you get this, it's my non-comedic
list [btw I don't read those things--haven't since I was 16, maybe I
should start up again].
- Original Message -
From: Ian Murray [EMAIL
At 26/09/01 00:19 +0800, Greg wrote:
Was it not Lenin in Imperialism the Highest
Stage of Capitalism who noted the emergence of some then
unstable international cartels as precursors of the next
stage? I trust no one has missed the fact that this form of combine is
now both stable and
Not only do we not see a single untied International Capitalist class;
in the U.S. at least we do not see a single united U.S. capitalist
class. To make a simple minded argument -- if capitalists were
completely united, we would already be in concentration camps.
Chris Burford wrote:
At
My apologies if this has been already posted. My mail system has been down
from time to time.I think Nimda may be part of the cause. A new virus has a
file named WTC.exe. Here is a technical description from Symantec:
W32.Vote.A@mm is a mass-mailing worm written in the Visual Basic language.
It
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Please do not consider me in anyway with Hardt and Negri who's book I have
not read and from my browsing of it find little reason to ever do so. I
thought all I was stating was classic Historical Materialism as developed
by Lenin (on which we may well disagree without bringing in extraneous
A number of superb anti-war posters that you can begin using right
away are available from http://reclaimthestreetsnyc.tao.ca/posters/.
Yoshie
This is from The Nation---no the one in Pakistan...
Cheers, Ken Hanly
Pakistan warns against help to Northern Alliance
From Our Correspondent
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Tuesday warned the foreign countries which are plotting
the installation of a puppet regime in Afghanistan that architects of such
Again from the Nation (Pakistan) -cheers, Ken Hanly
Iran warns against war on Afghans
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian President Mohammed Khatami warned Tuesday against a
war on Afghanistan to combat terrorism, telling British Foreign Secretary
Jack Straw that 'one disaster should not be met by
Dear Jeremiah,
Can you link a summary of Maude Barlow's last two via an Amazon or
Barnes Noble posting, at least for this week.
Also, in the Topics section, Could you link to the site below with the
heading: Media Sources.
http://clam.rutgers.edu/~ahagen/news.html
Thanks.
bob
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