The BBC reported this of the latest online YouGov opinion poll, but that
90% think Saddam has only done as much as he has because of the threat of
force.
At least two of the speakers at the London demonstration Jackson and Bianca
Jagger seemed to be arguing the same thing.
Below is a
From institutional investors at Citigroup:
- In terms of overall strategy, global equity markets remain in a sort
of 'twilight zone' of enormous uncertainty ahead of a potential US
conflict with Iraq. However, emerging markets continue to outperform
developed markets.
- If our expectation for a
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am aware that you are indexing the history of the Nation magazine.
Maybe someday I can record my brief dealing with Hamilton Fish III
during the old American Writers Congress of the early 1980s. His family
had owned the Nation Magazine and I wrote a brief letter that
In a message dated 2/14/03 1:19:08 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Could it not be that the continued heightened crisis is reducing the general category of resisting global capital to the particular category of resisting national capital because of the rising trend in the
Dear Ian McEwan,
Although I am pleased that your heart is with the peace movement, I
can't understand why your brain would be with the warmongerers. The
arguments that you find seductive on behalf of war in
http://www.nyobserver.com/pages/frontpage5.asp are preposterous at best.
You state,
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Louis Proyect wrote:
Dear Ian McEwan,
Quite so. I know it's bad taste to bring up Vietnam,
apparently, but if that's not permissible, surely we
have the example of Latin America to suggest that human
rights in the world might be better off without the
creation of yet
[New York Times]
February 19, 2003
Turkey Demands $32 Billion U.S. Aid Package if It Is to Take Part in a War on
Iraq
By DEXTER FILKINS with ERIC SCHMITT
ISTANBUL, Feb. 18 - Turkish and American officials continued their diplomatic
brinkmanship today, as the Turks said they were waiting for the
Iraqis in Exile Against War - Open Statement of August 2002
This statement was launched on 12 August 2002 by the individuals listed at
the end of the text. Iraqis who wish to endorse this statement should
contact one of these individuals. Once signatures have been collected, the
statement will be
Dear Ladies Gentlemen,
We would be most grateful if you could kindly help us disseminate the
following message.
Respectfully,
Helen Kantarelis
***
2003 BESI CONFERENCE SAN FRANCISCO / USA
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS / PAPERS. The 2003 Business
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/02/19/antibush.tshirt.ap/index.html
Anti-Bush T-shirt banned at Michigan school
DEARBORN, Michigan (AP) --School officials ordered a 16-year-old student
to either take off a T-shirt emblazoned with the words International
Terrorist and a picture of President
Press ReleaseSource: Canadian Union of Public Employees
American government notified of request to inspect U.S. weapons facilities
Monday February 17, 8:01 am ET
INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF WEAPONS INSPECTORS TO VISIT EDGEWOOD FACILITY IN
MARYLAND
TORONTO, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ - Rooting Out
The peace movement cannot stop Bush going to war. But it is putting enough
pressure on the make it impossible for USA's allies to go to war without a
resolution at the UN.
Britain is the swing state, whose problems have induced Bush to agree to
seek a second UN resolution, even though his
Rakesh Bhandari suggested that I forward this. I am not sure if
Cyrus is here now.
The Following is Cyrus Binas position on Iraq, Oil, and War in
response to Rakesh Bhandari on [EMAIL PROTECTED],
February 18, 2003
Copyright © Cyrus Bina and Rakesh Bhandari
My position (both theoretically
Tuesday, 18 February, 2003, 11:41 GMT
Rwanda denies DRC plundering
By Stefan Armbruster
BBC News Online business reporter
The Rwandan government has denied UN accusations that it is plundering the
natural resources of neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
A UN report last year
Cyrus Bina wrote:
Would you call this
hegemony? On the contrary, I would argue that these trigger-happy
positions are as the result of the US appreciable weakness, not
its strength. These postures are none other than sorry gestures
against the lost hegemony.
This is Wallerstein and
Donaldson of the SEC says that he wants to put a stop to such things.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In a message dated 2/19/03 6:23:31 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Honestly, I didn't go into the archives looking for this kind of rot,
but to simply find out who started the magazine and why. But I think it
will be important for the left to find out about the politics of
As I was reading an earlier post Ian named Turkey; more cash
please, it felt as if I was watching a negotiation between a
prostitute and a desperate client who needs to have sex
immediately. What is interesting is that this negotiation is
taking place in front of the eyes of billions of people.
Sabri, you should be proud of Turkey. Most of the prostitutes don't even
haggle.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bush's war timetable unravelling
Owen Bowcott, Ewen MacAskill, Gary Younge in New York and Suzanne Goldenberg
in Baghdad
Thursday February 20, 2003
The Guardian
The Bush administration's determination to keep to a tight timetable that
would see its forces ready to go to war against Iraq by early
Important article forwarded by Ian
The revolutionary left used to have a turn round time of two weeks to
reappraise a complex situation: time for a meeting and then to get a
monthly publication out in which it cursed capitalism or imperialism in
general. However the skirmishing between
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