Get ready Washington, DC, for Seattle, part II, on April 16, 2000
See the comments from the press.
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From: "Laura Jones"
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Subject: [a16-dc-planning] Press Conference Hits
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 12:54:55 -0500
Hello all--
The charter thing is a little more ambiguous
than it is being made out to be.
It is quite possible under charter systems
for the teachers in a school, or for a teachers
union, to set up as a charter. This unfolded
similarly with some schools in New York City
some years ago, before anybody knew
Wasn't the charter for the Edison school in San Franciso given to the Edison
Corp. under the cover of a charter?
"Max B. Sawicky" wrote:
The charter thing is a little more ambiguous
than it is being made out to be.
It is quite possible under charter systems
for the teachers in a school, or
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2000
RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index rose 1.9 percent in February.
The increase -- the largest since October 1990 -- was primarily led by
higher prices for imported petroleum products. Nonpetroleum import prices
were also up in February.
Should the CIA be allowed to plant stories, some of which lies, a few of
them true stories exaggerated for political purposes?
If we simply abolished the CIA, this issue would no longer be relevant. In
any event, freedom of speech isn't supposed to apply to the government and
its agencies.
Picked up from a campus maillist:
***The classically minded among us may have noted a new TV ad for
Microsoft's Internet Explorer e-mail program which uses the musical
theme of the "Confutatis Maledictis" from Mozart's Requiem." Where do
you want to go today?" is the cheery line on the screen.
On Thursday, March 16, 2000 at 18:37:13 (-0500) Yoshie Furuhashi writes:
Bill wrote:
On Thursday, March 16, 2000 at 14:32:47 (-0600) Carrol Cox writes:
Perhaps it can't be
done, but I am willing to argue that so far as possible in all left
Bill:
In the above cases, those subject to the speech have no costless way
to avoid it. I feel that the freedom to avoid the speech must also be
present to grant protection to the speaker.
You see, you are not defending the freedom of racist speech _absolutely_.
Education of children, for
At 10:35 PM 3/15/00 -0500, you wrote:
In a message dated 00-03-15 19:48:58 EST, you write:
t is my opinion that one of the most important tasks for socialists is
the protection of the public education system. A defeat of any attempt
to undermine it is an important victory.
Jim D. could
Pilger argues that the present rise in oil due to OPEC coordination is in
fact being covertly sanctioned by the US, as it is helping to shore up the
creaking Saudi economy and thus stave off even more unwanted instability, as
well as strengthen a wobbly ally. Sanctions against Iraq serves this
neil wrote:
It caters to the "decentraliization of bureacracracy" movement but
is NO real solution to Public school crisis at all-- there is little
increase in funds for inner city "charters" --except in wealthier school
areas where PTAs can take up a hefty collection of local funds and
local
Like in 1973? In reality, anything that can rock the boat (up or down) can, but
not necessarily will, destabilize an economy.
Jim Devine wrote:
falling primary commodity prices (along with the preexisting nominal debts
and the like) helped make the Great Depression so great, according to
On the issue of school control, favour a system which has central standards and
guidelines that have to be met by all schools. Certain material that has to be
mastered. Certain principles (such as open access, equality of opportunity,
additional attention to those that need it), etc. But would
Hey, Brad! You're speaking on a radio in a spider-infested little shed in
New South Wales's southern highlands! You're rhetorically scratching your
head at the empirical demise of homo economicus as I tap away (he may still
be autonomous, acquisitive and competitive - but he ain't being
I wrote:
falling primary commodity prices (along with the preexisting nominal debts
and the like) helped make the Great Depression so great, according to
Kindleberger (THE WORLD IN DEPRESSION, 1st 2nd eds.) So keeping oil
prices high helps stabilize the system, no?
Michael P writes:
Like in
Here's an interesting opinion from the March 5 LA TIMES:
U.S. Must Stop Being a KLA Pawn
Kosovo: An ongoing guerrilla campaign to provoke Serbian retaliation is
intended to draw NATO into renewed fighting.
By CHRISTOPHER LAYNE
Kosovska Mitrovica--scene of ethnic fighting between Serbs and
Jim Devine wrote:
Here's an interesting opinion from the March 5 LA TIMES:
U.S. Must Stop Being a KLA Pawn
Kosovo: An ongoing guerrilla campaign to provoke Serbian retaliation is
intended to draw NATO into renewed fighting.
By CHRISTOPHER LAYNE
[SNIP] the current
crisis illustrates:
Doug Henwood wrote:
Uh, Carrol, you can say that and no one will arrest you. Of course no
one will listen to you either, but still, doesn't non-arrest count
for something?
It means *two* things:
1. Non-arrest means a hell of a lot and we should fight for keeping it
and expanding it.
2. It
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