Re: Lenin Quote

1998-05-05 Thread Das, Raju
Can you please suggest some readings on the political economy approaches to the study of structural adjustment, world bank etc.? Raju J Das

Comment on Jewish Art, Jewish Politics

1998-05-05 Thread Louis Proyect
(posted originally on apst newsgroup) As both a Jewish artist and communist, I wanted to throw in a few words on Proyect's comments on the Jewish cultural and political scene. My band has performed on one of John Zorn's "Radical Jewish Culture" Festivals at the Knitting Factory. And in case

RCN: Paramilitary group slaughters 21 people in Colombia

1998-05-05 Thread Dennis Grammenos
=== ...the paramilitaries accused all the population of being guerrilla collaborators, and warned the

knocking unions out of the initiative process (fwd)

1998-05-05 Thread michael
Forwarded message: Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 14:12:56 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Bacon) Subject: knocking unions out of the initiative process PROPOSITION 226 WOULD KNOCK UNIONS OUT OF THE

Re: BLS Daly Report

1998-05-05 Thread Peter Dorman
Is this article available electronically? If so, does anyone have a location for it? Thanks. Peter Dorman Richardson_D wrote: BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1998 Labor economists with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago say workers' anxiety over job security, driven primarily by

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1998-05-05 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BD786B.909C1A90 BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: In February 1998, there were 969 mass layoff actions by

Re: Lenin Quote: Thanks!!!

1998-05-05 Thread Rosser Jr, John Barkley
The concept of "animal spirits" goes back at least to Descartes and has had a long and tangled history as to how it got to Keynes. Barkley Rosser On Tue, 5 May 1998 15:52:11 EDT Jay Hecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to all those that set me straight on the Keynes' "Lenin Quote."

Re: Ganja III

1998-05-05 Thread James Devine
valis writes: I don't think you've gotten a good look at the enemy, from the drug cops on up: I've seen higher forms of life crawling on shithouse walls. You can have visions of Gandhian masses shaming courtly Etonian Brits into capitulation if you want, but this is America, trump card of the

Re: Is Socialism Dead? - a reply

1998-05-05 Thread Wojtek Sokolowski
At 11:32 AM 5/5/98 -0400, Lou Proyect quoted: Socialism's Dead by Roger Burbach (Reprinted from the November/December 1997 issue of NACLA Report on the Americas. For subscription information, email NACLA at [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Twentieth century socialism is moribund. -- snip My general

Re: The trance on campus

1998-05-05 Thread Michael Eisenscher
Ellen, Obviously you were not at San Francisco State University in the Sixties, or the University of Wisconsin, or Kent State, or Jackson State, or any number of other junior and state colleges where the majority of college-bound working class kids went. You may have spent too much time at

Re: Query: Kim Moody

1998-05-05 Thread Mike Yates
Friends, Kim Moody can be reached at Labor Notes, 7435 Michigan Ave., Detroit, MI 48210. Phone: 313-842-6262. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] michael yates Thomas Kruse wrote: Dear PEN-Lers: Anyone have an email (or regular mail) address for Kim Moody? Much appreciated. Tom Tom Kruse /

Re: Lenin Quote

1998-05-05 Thread James Devine
I had written: IMHO, the complete Marxist theory of inflation would see inflation as reflecting societal conflicts (cf. Burdekin and Burkett). Patrick asks: Jim, what about a theory of inflation that takes as a starting point the overaccumulation tendency, the displacement of crisis into the

RE: Jewish art, Jewish politics

1998-05-05 Thread Wojtek Sokolowski
At 06:12 PM 5/4/98 -0400, Max Sawicky wrote: . . . among Jews today. Secularist Judaism in mixed marriages looks to be a one-generational affair. I don't see the kids I know of in such marriages turning out Jewish in hardly any respects. My hunch is they will look at us as lovable but

Re: Lenin Quote

1998-05-05 Thread Patrick Bond
IMHO, the complete Marxist theory of inflation would see inflation as reflecting societal conflicts (cf. Burdekin and Burkett). Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clawww.lmu.edu/Departments/ECON/jdevine.html Jim, what about a theory of inflation that takes as a starting point

Query: Kim Moody

1998-05-05 Thread Thomas Kruse
Dear PEN-Lers: Anyone have an email (or regular mail) address for Kim Moody? Much appreciated. Tom Tom Kruse / Casilla 5812 / Cochabamba, Bolivia Tel/Fax: (591-42) 48242 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The Karl Marx Question

1998-05-05 Thread Das, Raju
I would like to get some information on the following: the literature on the critical studies -- preferably from a political-economy standpoint -- of World Bank and IMF policies in the Third World in general and in India and the Caribbean in particular. Raju J Das

Remembering the prophet from Trier

1998-05-05 Thread valis
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Social movement against Indian dam (endorse, please!)

1998-05-05 Thread Patrick Bond
Comrades, You regularly get mail asking for a quick read and endorsement. Can I appeal to you to take this one seriously, as many thousands of people are today putting their lives on the line for social and environmental justice in India, and your signature below -- as an individual even --

RE: Jewish art, Jewish politics

1998-05-05 Thread Louis Proyect
One other consideration on this question of Jews who have "made it" and forgotten their humble roots, as Max alluded to yesterday. At the risk of sounding like an economic determinist, it is important to take note of the fact that recent college graduates--including Jews--don't have a red carpet

Lenin Quote: Thanks!!!

1998-05-05 Thread Jay Hecht
Thanks to all those that set me straight on the Keynes' "Lenin Quote." BTW, I am fairly certain that JMK got the phrase "animal spirits" from Marx!! Thanks again, Jason

Re: BLS Daily Report

1998-05-05 Thread michael
Does anyone believe this. Gingrich's friend, Richard Berman, just won't quit. Richardson_D wrote: BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1998 More than 146,000 jobs were eliminated in the restaurant industry as a result of the minimum wage increases in 1996 and 1997, the National Restaurant

Rental Housing Assistance report -Reply

1998-05-05 Thread Tim Stroshane
John, you are essentially correct regarding the torrid rental market in the Bay Area. Job growth is outstripping housing supply here, and really has (statistically speaking) since the 1970s. This is compounded in Berkeley (where I work as a housing planner) by the state legislature's

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1998-05-05 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BD7853.2BB0D5E0 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1998 A peek into Washington paychecks -- The average

CHIQUITA BANANA EXPOSE

1998-05-05 Thread Dennis Grammenos
I encourage netters to visit Cincinnati Enquirer's webpage where that newspaper has an 18-page expose on Chiquita Banana (used to be United Fruit Company). The address is: http://enquirer.com/chiquita/index.html Solidarity, Dennis Grammenos Urbana, Illinois

Re: Ganja III

1998-05-05 Thread valis
Quoth Jim D: valis, who are you kidding? do you really think that "propaganda of the deed" (to use the old anarchist phrase) works? do you think that the media couldn't easily put a reactionary spin on the sabotage of a TV relay tower, especially since McVeigh is/was a reactionary of the

Re: Ganja II

1998-05-05 Thread MScoleman
In a message dated 98-05-05 00:14:59 EDT, Jim Devine writes in response to Valis: do you really think that "propaganda of the deed" (to use the old anarchist phrase) works? do you think that the media couldn't easily put a reactionary spin on the sabotage of a TV relay tower, especially

Is Socialism Dead?

1998-05-05 Thread Louis Proyect
Socialism's Dead by Roger Burbach (Reprinted from the November/December 1997 issue of NACLA Report on the Americas. For subscription information, email NACLA at [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Twentieth century socialism is moribund. In the Americas, socialist- oriented movements were dealt severe blows

Blackfeet declare confederacy

1998-05-05 Thread Louis Proyect
Press Release - for immediate release - May 4, 1998 Chief Yellow Horn descendants and others announce re-creation of Blackfoot Confederacy. The Blackfoot Nation - For many years members of the Blackfoot people and others have been meeting in what now is called Canada and the United States.