Chris Thanks for this opportunity to add a little as I find myself in agreement with
your comments.
At 21/10/01 10:48 +0800, you wrote:
"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
third-world-women-digest Monday, October 22 2001 Volume 01 : Number 375
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Outlook India October 29, 2001
FRONTLINES
War Is Peace
The world doesn't have to choose between the Taliban and the
US government. All the
None of the New Zealand alerts have proved to have any basis.
Bill
Michael Keaney wrote:
Anthrax scares hit postal centers in New Zealand and Australia
Associated Press
The Independent, 17 October 2001
Fresh anthrax alerts hit postal centers in New Zealand and
Australia ,
Bill Rosenberg writes:
None of the New Zealand alerts have proved to have any basis.
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As didn't those in Britain, Belgium, Finland, Sweden, Lithuania (!),
etc.
The sudden, supposedly spontaneous outbreak of hoaxes involving talcum
powder, baby milk, etc., is probably a mixture of
Bill Rosenberg wrote:
None of the New Zealand alerts have proved to have any basis.
Same here. Cops, firemen, a closed mailroom and a suddenly switched off
air-conditioning system at work today, though. None of it quite tense enough
to get anyone the afternoon off, though. Even if things
Nazi jibe fuels Labour dissent
Lucy Ward, political correspondent
Monday October 22, 2001
The Guardian
Labour's backbench critics of the bombing of Afghanistan warned last
night of hardening opposition to the military action after
ministers compared outspoken anti-war MPs to appeasers of the
Spot the contradictions in this. How compatible are Straw's four key
principles? Interesting development of the UK's efforts to keep the
initiative as regards the coalition agenda.
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West must help rebuild 'failed states', says Straw
Matthew Tempest, political correspondent
Monday October
'Those that are not with us are against us'
Monday October 22, 2001
The Guardian
The following is an edited transcript of the conversation between the
chief whip, Hilary Armstrong, and Shrewsbury MP Paul
Marsden, as recorded by Mr Marsden in the Mail on Sunday.
Hilary Armstrong: Paul, we are
Discussion of Empire/ Imperial Cannibalism
by Carrol Cox
21 October 2001 17:52 UTC
A common way of abusing Lenin (practiced by both friends and enemies) is
to misjudge the level of abstraction at which, in any given case, he was
operating. I think Greg does that here. _Imperialism_, I
We've been notified by Building Security that there have been 4
suspected terrorists working at our office. Three of the four, Bin Sleepin,
Bin Loafin, and Bin Hidin, have been taken into custody. Security advised
us that they could find no one fitting the description of the fourth cell
Who's who?
Confused? Having difficulty telling the good guys from the bad guys? Use
this handy guide to differences between Terrorists and the U.S. Government:
TERRORISTS:
Supposed leader is the spoiled son of a powerful politician, from
extremely wealthy oil family
US GOVERNMENT:
Supposed
Karl Carlile wrote:
In many ways then the Taliban's success in establishing a state in the
extraordinary
way that it has is the only way possible given the tremendously
contradictory nature
of Afghanistan. In many ways it constitutes an extraordinary achievement
on the part
of the Taliban. In
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
rose 0.5 percent in September, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of
178.3 (1982-84=100). For the 12-month period ended in September, the
CPI-U
Forwarded by Nestor to the Marxism list, reply to follow:
On May 1st., 1974, Perón delivered his last Presidential address to the
Chambers. During this speech, he established which were his goals and
the
objectives that he set to his third term in government (unfortunately he
was to
die in a
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, OCTOBER 18, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: Of the 315 largest counties in the United States, 138 had
rates of employment growth above the national average of 2.3 percent in
2000, and 23 experienced declines in employment, according to preliminary
data
from Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff: This is going to be a very, very long campaign. It may take till
next spring. It may take till next summer. It may take longer than that in
Afghanistan.
(exerpted from
- Original Message -
From: Greg Schofield [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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
Fear of Recession Tips Hand of Cautious Firms
From Wait and See to Cut Back Now
By Steven Pearlstein
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, October 22, 2001; Page A01
Traffic has returned to the malls, airline seats and hotels are
beginning to fill up again, neighborhood restaurants are
Federal officials are considering using drugs on
uncooperating suspects, or sending them to other
countries (read: Israel) that emply torture to extract
information. See:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/10/22/MN151077.DTL
tim
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Check out the Chico Examiner listserves
[no googling! :-)]
Overwhelmed with the increasing scientific knowledge base, our
universities are going to have to struggle to prevent the liberal arts
curricula from being swamped by technology and science. It is crucial
that that not happen.
Sharp rise in British business support for the euro Business: support for
the euro has risen by 17% over the last 3 months, according to a survey
published on 10.10.01.
The survey by Reed Accountancy showed that 50% of Finance Directors support
British membership of the euro, with 36%
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, OCTOBER 22, 2001:
A rise in gasoline prices in September pushed consumer prices up by 0.4
percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The consumer price index
for all urban consumers rose to 178.3 in September, following a 0.1
percent
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2001:
Industrial production fell 1.0 percent in September, the 12th month in a
row that the industrial sector has declined, the Federal Reserve reports.
The latest decline brought the industrial production index down to 140.3
People Before Profits - PWW
Hardship in America
By Reed Smith
A recent study confirms what many working class families know from experience - the
official Federal poverty level is inadequate to meet their bare minimum needs.
Released by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), it studies the
Wednesday October 17, 9:59 pm Eastern Time
AFL-CIO offers plan to stimulate U.S. economy
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The American labor movement unveiled its own
brand of economic stimulus on Wednesday that has as its core a $60 billion package of
direct support for unemployed workers.
Monday October 22 1:06 PM ET
WTO Rules for U.S. on Shrimp Dispute
GENEVA (AP) - The World Trade Organization on Monday rejected for a
second time complaints by Malaysia that the United States is imposing
illegal trade restrictions on shrimp imports through a law aimed at
protecting endangered
Greenspan minus the gobbledegook
Larry Elliott
Monday October 22, 2001
The Guardian
For years, codebreakers have been struggling to unravel the secret language
of Alan Greenspan. The best brains from the world's elite universities have
burned the midnight oil to crack the code. But to no
The Economist/October 20, 2001
EDITORIAL: The risks are worsening
SUPPOSE that the second-hand car you bought kept breaking down. Would you
buy another from the same dealer? The same question might apply to economic
forecasters. A year ago, most expected the American economy to grow by 3.5%
For Immediate Release
October 22, 2001
Peace Coalition Calls for Cross Canada Day of Action Against War and
Corporate Globalization
The September Eleventh Peace Coalition has called on groups across the
country to join a cross Canada day of non-violent action for Global
Peace and Justice
Has there been a serious effort to consider Engels' _Origin of the Family,
Private Property, and the State_ from the perspective of recent
anthropology, i.e., to present a serious critique (rather than a trashing)
and reconciliation? (The effort by Evelyn Reed in the edition that I own
seems
Ian I had always assumed that the raw inter-state rivalry (most
obviously 1914-1945) had overtime given way to oligopolies
securing markets via state intervention and hence Imperialism
persisted. Indeed up until the 1970s there is good reason to see
this as a simple outgrowth.
However,
[Patrick Bond, if you're 'out there' what's up with this? Ian]
ANC fears union plot to launch rival party
South Africa's ruling movement claims it faces 'systematic assault'
from ultra-leftists
Chris McGreal in Johannesburg
Tuesday October 23, 2001
The Guardian
South Africa's trade union
Jim you have touched on an old friend (Engels OSPPFS).
I am sorry I do not know of a recent work and I agree with you on
Reed, but have you read George Thomson's The Prehistoric
Aegean and Aesceplus in Athens (his First Philosophers is
worth a read also). Thomson actually employs Engels
[the Independent]
Miles Kington:
Love is all you need (to kill your enemies)
'President Putin doesn't know it yet, but I think American support
will prove his death warrant'
23 October 2001
The news that President Bush may have given the go-ahead for Osama bin
Laden to be assassinated has
NOTE: I have seen one report that claims Omar's son is not dead...cheers,
Ken Hanly
Robert Fisk: As the refugees crowd the borders, we'll be blaming someone
else
'It is palpably evident that they are not fleeing the Taliban but our bombs
and missiles'
23 October 2001
Mullah Mohammed Omar's
- Original Message -
From: Ian Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Patrick Bond, if you're 'out there' what's up with this? Ian]
ANC fears union plot to launch rival party
(Can I advertise my book on this topic of the new ultra-left - we jokingly
call each other, Hey, m'ooltra' to make it sound
[ I posted the statistics link for the ITC, the publications page and
at the end of the article. Why should workers get screwed because of
the $ policy?]
[Financial Times]
Ruling opens way for curbs on steel imports
By Edward Alden in Washington
Published: October 23 2001 01:55 | Last
I wonder how they establish the existence of dumping. It always seemed
pretty arbitrary.
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: michael perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I wonder how they establish the existence of dumping. It always
seemed
pretty arbitrary.
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If the producers in question do not conform to oligopolistic norms of
self-restraint, they face the threat of
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2001/Oct/22/ln/ln07a.html
This ridiulousness seems to know no end...
Steve
Stephen Philion
Lecturer/PhD Candidate
Department of Sociology
2424 Maile Way
Social Sciences Bldg. # 247
Honolulu, HI 96822
Zoellick's Aggressive Push For Trade Bill Draws Fire
By Paul Blustein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 23, 2001; Page E01
Put on the back burner, postponed, held in abeyance: That is what has
happened since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to many of the Bush
administration's most
America's pipe dream
A pro-western regime in Kabul should give the US an Afghan route for
Caspian oil
George Monbiot
Tuesday October 23, 2001
The Guardian
Is there any man, is there any woman, let me say any child here,
Woodrow Wilson asked a year after the first world war ended, that
does not
Nestor wrote:
But these three paragraphs, extracted from his most interesting address
to the
Chambers, explains why the 1976 coup took place, and why can, say, Fidel
resort
to foreign capital and market measures without abandoning revolution.
Etc.
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Nestor, thanks for this. The
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