[Financial Times]
S African workers launch $100bn lawsuit
By Nicol Degli Innocenti in Johannesburg
Published: October 13 2003 5:00 | Last Updated: October 13 2003 5:00
A $100bn (?85bn, £60bn) lawsuit seeking compensation for workers employed
in South Africa during the apartheid era will be filed
In any case, the Green Party needs to prioritize where its activists
should spend their time and energy, mapping the political geography
of race and class, and to set numerical targets (how many campaign
workers, how many votes, etc. in each precinct), in order to garner
more than 2-5% of the
Hydrogen is most definitely not a pure energy source for earth-bound
inhabitants. and that is beacause most all of hydrogen is locked up
with oxygen in water, for example. to be available as hydrogen, one
needs to seperate the water molecule into components, and that takes
-- drum roll -- ENERGY.
Because bourgeois economists understand economic and social indicators
differently from socialists, have Cuban universities actually made an
attempt to find an expression of social facts about their society as
economic indicators which foreign economists could understand, to facilitate
Al Jazeera reports (14 November) that Condoleezza Rice stated that:
We know there are a lot of people who are using the travel opportunities to
go to Cuba in ways that wind up enriching the Cuban government because the
Cubans are able to take the money in hard currency to then pay the workers
Please read the thread you were replying to before reprinting
official drivel. This is what I posted yesterday:
I am repeatedly surprised by the fascination many environmentalists
have with the wonderful future world of hydrogen. Let's see, we build
power plants to generate electricity to
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/home/
Sky-high request? 7E7 bidders asked to provide freighters
By Katie Pfleger and Dominic Gates
Seattle Times staff reporters
In an unusual twist on the corporate-incentive game, Boeing has asked
states competing for the 7E7 assembly line to provide a
In a message dated 10/13/03 3:10:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Cuba is a model for such a process. After the revolution took power, it
prioritized rural development. To this day Havana remains neglected.
Large-scale farming enterprises were the beneficiaries of clinics,
While not wanting to short circuit Marty's excellent suggestion, one
dimension missing from the ag. subsidy discussion is just how much these
subsidies reflect class power. Small farmers -- yes, I know many are rock
ribbed conservatives -- are failing rapidly. Yes, some because they are
not on
The question is not Stalin but why is and was Soviet industrialization an
imitation of the industrialization that took place in Britain, which
evolved from the slave trade?
It imitates the US and Great Britain because it is driven from above.
Actually, even before Stalin took power there was an
NY Times, October 14, 2003
THE CHANGING CHURCH
Where Faith Grows, Fired by Pentecostalism
By SOMINI SENGUPTA and LARRY ROHTER
ON THE LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY, Nigeria For many, this highway leads to
the future of the Christian faith, and at 9 o'clock on a Friday night,
traffic is heavier than
NY Times, October 14, 2003
Bolivian President Remains Defiant as Protests Intensify
By LARRY ROHTER
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Oct. 13 Thousands of demonstrators marched in Bolivia's
capital and other nearby cities on Monday, calling for the president's
resignation. But they were dispersed by military
In a message dated 10/14/03 3:34:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It imitates the US and Great Britain because it is driven from above.
What is driven from above? As I understand matters the bourgeois property relations is driven from below on the basis of the small
Melvin:
What is driven from above? As I understand matters the bourgeois property
relations is driven from below on the basis of the small producer and a
manual form of labor, which in real time history coincided with the
process of manufacture and its transition to industrial forms of
production.
I'm hoping pen-l-ers will take a look at my new
book and help spread the word. I'm aiming to improve left coherence on
issues of corporate marketing and the commercialization and commodification of
societies. I try to do for "consumption" what Braverman did for labor
issues. Chomsky
In a message dated 10/14/03 4:12:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What do I mean by above? I mean by force--like cops or soldiers. In Cuba no
farmer was ever forced off the land. They left voluntarily.
Actually, leaving the land as toilers is a historical process because
In a message dated 10/14/03 4:12:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I don't know about prehistory. Capitalism begins with naked force. The army
enforces laws about hunting, etc. People are driven from their land.
Last comment.
Capital as a social power or what is called
On Tuesday, October 14, 2003 at 16:24:41 (-0700) Michael Dawson writes:
I'm hoping pen-l-ers will take a look at my new book and help spread the word. I'm
aiming to improve left coherence on issues of corporate marketing and the
commercialization and commodification of societies. I try to do
Title: econ aid
an economist's aid...
http://costofwar.com/
- Original Message -
From: Martin Hart-Landsberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The discussion of Cancun is interesting but...
snip
...the question I would like to pose concerns how best to deal with
this situation. Should our conversations about the WTO remain focused
on agriculture and the
Unnatural disasters
Global warming could create 150 million environmental refugees - but the
countries responsible are in no hurry to carry their share of the costs
Andrew Simms
Wednesday October 15, 2003
The Guardian
The number of people seeking refuge as a result of environmental disaster
is
SADDAM SEEN AT KARAOKE NIGHT IN TIKRIT
Ex-Dictator In Good Health But Off-key [by Andy Borowitz]
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been sighted many times at a popular
karaoke club in his hometown of Tikrit this month, U.S. intelligence officials
confirmed today, and appears to be in
Chinese Leaders Endorse Property Rights
In Break From Founding Ideals, Party Also Decides to Allow Large Land
Holdings
By John Pomfret
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, October 15, 2003; Page A17
BEIJING, Oct. 14 -- China's top Communist Party leaders ended a four-day
meeting Tuesday
He looked from pig to man, and man to pig
(quoting from memory)
Joanna
Eubulides wrote:
Chinese Leaders Endorse Property Rights
In Break From Founding Ideals, Party Also Decides to Allow Large Land
Holdings
2003/10/15
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