Hubbert's Peak

2001-10-21 Thread Chris Burford
For Mark:- positive review of book in New Scientist by Kenneth Deffeyes http://www.newscientist.com/opinion/opbooks.jsp?id=ns23137 Chris Burford London

Soros supports Empire

2001-10-21 Thread Chris Burford
Interviewed on the Frost Programme (BBC1) this morning, George Soros welcomed countercyclical measures such as the lowering of interest rates by the central banks, but thought the ECB should do more. Mainly he spoke of the gap between markets which have become global, and the political system

Drug War Teach-In: Plan Colombia, Plan of Death (Monday, October22, 7:00 p.m.)

2001-10-21 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
Monday, October 22 Drug War Teach-In: Plan Colombia, Plan of Death 7:00 PM Frank W Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center The Ohio State University 153 W. 12th Ave, Columbus, OH Join Students for Sensible Drug Policy and guest speaker Professor Mary Hershberger of Capital University for a viewing of

Enduring Freedom Bombs

2001-10-21 Thread Ken Hanly
The US planes were no doubt from the Ministry of Enduring Freedom formerly known as the Ministry of Infinite Justice as well as the Ministry for Prevention of Terrorism. Cheers, Ken Hanly CHAMAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Afghan refugees fleeing U.S. air raids said Saturday the strikes destroyed

Re: Fw: terrorist attacks against clinics

2001-10-21 Thread Ann Li
Hmmm, them Army O'God folks do sound like the religion of someone else we're trying to git on the other side of the world. a nation under the power of Evil - Satan, who prowls about the world seeking the ruin of the souls of mankind A nation ruled by a godless civil authority that is

Question about Isbister's Capitalism and Justice

2001-10-21 Thread Eric Nilsson
Has anyone read the book in the subject line? It was published in Jan 2001. I'm thinking of using for a public finance course but only know the name of the book and that he is a progressive. Thanks. Eric Nilsson Economics CSUSB

Re: Re: Re: Re: Discussion of Empire 26.10.01

2001-10-21 Thread Carrol Cox
Greg Schofield wrote: Ian, I would put to you that given the concept of Imperialism developed by Lenin (which I believe lies at the core of our collective understanding) - the evidence is in a sense just in such an exhaustion of the means of Imperialist competition. Bear with me a

Re: unmet needs

2001-10-21 Thread Charles Brown
by Doug Henwood 19 October 2001 23:32 UTC Doug Henwood wrote: [Here's what Callinocos says (International Socialism #92, pp. 40-41)] Negri's reading of Marx involves in fact a systematic rewriting of some of his key propositions. Three examples will suffice: (1) The law of the

Re: Stiglitz again

2001-10-21 Thread Charles Brown
Re: Stiglitz again by Carl Remick 20 October 2001 22:58 UTC Rebalancing priorities By Joseph Stiglitz ... America has heralded globalization. But it should now recognize that with globalization comes interdependence, and with interdependence comes the need for collective decision making in

Two 10 year old sons

2001-10-21 Thread Chris Burford
I note that last night a ten year old son was chosen to make a statement at the Concert for New York organised by Paul McCartney, about his father Tom, who was a fireman killed at the WTC. Around the same time we now know a ten year old son of Mullah Omar died of injuries in a bombing raid.

Re: Re: unmet needs

2001-10-21 Thread Chris Burford
At 21/10/01 14:00 -0400, you wrote: by Doug Henwood 19 October 2001 23:32 UTC Doug Henwood wrote: [Here's what Callinocos says (International Socialism #92, pp. 40-41)] Negri's reading of Marx involves in fact a systematic rewriting of some of his key propositions. Three examples will

Re: An invitation to the graveside to bury the past

2001-10-21 Thread Chris Burford
At 21/10/01 10:48 +0800, you wrote: Having just sent a posting (to Discussion of Empire 26.10.01) I thought I would follow it up. Although not in the language of Hardt and Negri (which I also find difficult) you seem to be calling for as radical a rethink. But can it succeed in a compete

Fw: a just war?

2001-10-21 Thread Michael Pugliese
New at www.theglobalsite.ac.uk/justpeace: Richard Falk, veteran radical international scholar, writes on Defining a Just War: 'The destruction of both the Taliban regime and the Al Qaeda network are appropriate goals. ... (But) the justice of the cause and of the limited ends will be negated by

UN calls for bombing pause

2001-10-21 Thread Ken Hanly
UN set to appeal for halt in the bombing War on Terrorism: Observer special War in Afghanistan: Observer special Islam and the West: Observer special Jason Burke, Peshawar Sunday October 21, 2001 The Observer The United Nations is set to issue an unprecedented appeal to the United States and

Conditions and the Taliban

2001-10-21 Thread Karl Carlile
Conditions are such in Afghanistan that the only basis for unity is the army and religion. These two forces constitute the cohesive unity that unifies this society.They are the only institutions that have a universal character that spreads itself across the length and breadth of Afghanistan.

Re: Discussion of Empire 26.10.01

2001-10-21 Thread Greg Schofield
Carrol how good to hear from you and I would like to start off by agreeing with you - that, vis a vis Lenin's Imperialism, the level of abstraction is a determining point. Whether or not we are beyond Lenin is a loaded phrase, I would say we are certainly beyond Lenin's Imperialism but

Teach-in on America's New War with Prof. John Quigley

2001-10-21 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
Teach-in on America's New War with Prof. John Quigley Legal and Political Contexts of the Afghanistan War Professor John Quigley teaches international law at the Ohio State University College of Law. Prof. Quigley is widely acclaimed for his distinguished record of scholarly activist work

Well sometimes we might go through ur windows...

2001-10-21 Thread Ken Hanly
Propoganda leaflets inform the Taliban that US bombs are so accurate they can drop them right through their windows. But the official Pentagon DOD web site tells a slightly different story: cheers, Ken Hanly (Info from Cursor) JDAM MISSES INTENDED TARGET IN AFGHANISTAN At approximately 6:30

US Ground Mission a failure

2001-10-21 Thread Tim Bousquet
The Russian press is reporting that the ground missions failed. See: http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=408659872 = Check out the Chico Examiner listserves at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DisorderlyConduct http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChicoLeft Subscribe to the Chico