What is the best source that discusses the pre-reform
political and economic developments in China. The Monthly Review special issue
focuses almost entirely on post-1978. Would a comparison of
directions/developments pre- and post -978 be worthwhile?
Joel Wendland
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/21/04 3:07 AM
I think if you really wanted to take over the state, you'd be better off
with a state-wide IRV campaign. Probably equally doomed, but at least
the
interim incentives would make more sense: you'd build up an organization
outside their grasp that could affect
The south and the elections
By John Slaughter
The benchmark of American democracy since its inception has been
the vote. While the masses of the people who participated in the revolution of
1776 -- the workers fresh from the debtor's prisons of Europe, indentured
servants, farmers, slaves,
In a message dated 7/20/2004 1:20:58 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Just one more thing: Is apologizing for the occupation
part of being a great "uniter" rather than a "divider" of the working class?
Just curious, you know, because my experience with union
Ted Winslow writes:
Is Marx making an empirical point?
Yes. It's an empirical claim about the psychology dominant in
capitalism. The idea of greed' as an irrational passion is ancient.
As Marx points out in Capital, it can be found in Aristotle.
Aristotle opposes Oeconomic to
Woosh! It's boom time!
RUSSIAN POPULATION: INCOMES GROW 9.8 PERCENT
MOSCOW, July 21 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian
population's real incomes
(those minus mandatory payments, adjusted to the index
of consumer prices)
have gone up over the past six months by 9.8 percent
in comparison with the
same
I wrote, referring to Chechen nutball ideologist
Nukhayev:
Read the book!
As it turns out, however, unless you read Russian, you
can't. Klebnikov's book Razgovor s varvorom, his
interviews with Nukhayev, has not been translated into
English. Therefore probably not available on
Lexis-Nexis
Thanks for that Brother Melvin. Damned if I didn't think that Fraser
tried to fight his way into Jefferson Avenue. But I was out of Detroit in
1973, and heard about it, and the other battles, from friends. 1970-73
were the years, though, weren't they. Funny how it coincides with a peak
in
There is a Marxian metaphyisc in the principle " nothing is constant but change" but it is aworrysome religion to hold because it implies that freedom lies in the appreciation of necessity or neccesity to change things. building onto a logic that calls for a constant detection of what needs to
July 22, 2004
PEN-L:
When the state Democratic Party held its annual convention last year in
Sacramento, young followers of LL attempted to disrupt a public event at the
Capitol building. Democratic presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun was
one of the speakers. It was the eve of the U.S.
Michael Hoover wrote:
A person who puts forward a proposal should be prepared to act on it.
Otherwise, others will simply conclude that, if the idea is not even
worth the proposer's time, then, it's not worth their time either.
--
Yoshie
people do different things, as for doug, he's a reporter
by Ted Winslow
The ontological idea of internal relations, the idea that makes Marx's
analysis of capitalism dialectical, leads to the treatment of law as
immanent. The nature of individuals, in the case of human individuals the
degree of their rational self-consciousness as expressed in their
NY Times, July 22, 2004
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
More Jobs, Worse Work
By Stephen S. Roach
The state of the American labor market remains the defining issue of the
current economic debate. Through February, the United States was mired
in the depths of the worst jobless recovery of the post-World War II
LA Weekly, July 23-29, 2004
15 Weeks and Counting
Its Not Just the Stupid Economy
Can Kerry, soon to be anointed the anti-Bush, find a message to carry
the Democrats to victory?
by Howard Blume
But can this man give a straight
answer to a probing question?
So how are things in Ohio?
With any
Check this out:
www.jibjab.com
As probably the sole member of Frank Furedi's posse that retains a shred
of Marxist credibility, his essay that appeared in a journal called
interventions is worth considering:
http://www.heartfield.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/interventions.pdf
It tries to come to terms with the anti-globalization,
by Doug Henwood
That was long ago, in the HDI's early days. In the first iteration,
the U.S. scored badly. As someone in the UN told me, orders came
down from the top - the White House - to make the numbers look
better. And they were remade to look better in subsequent years.
One reason - the
Charles Brown wrote:
CB: I notice they seem to just assume a 99% literacy rate for the U.S. (
footnote e ?) ? Is this a fudge ?
Yup. I used to have the Bush 41-era literacy reports - they were
appalling. Really high percentages of grownups who couldn't read a
bus schedule, a simple bar graph, or
Thanks to Louis and to Ulhas for pointing out the recently released Human
Development Index 2004 and Doug for his comments. I want to make a
somewhat different point about indexes themselves - caution about their use.
Social, economic and political indexes have become a popular tool among
think
Paul wrote:
It is not that I am against all indexes for all uses (and the HDI is among
the most benign).
I should have added that part of the impulse behind the development
of the HDI was to reduce pressure for redistribution - to shift the
focus from economic to social indicators. Of course,
Paul wrote:
Thanks to Louis and to Ulhas for pointing out the recently released Human
Development Index 2004 and Doug for his comments. I want to make a
somewhat different point about indexes themselves - caution about their
use.
Social, economic and political indexes have become a popular tool
Anthony D'Costa wrote:
There are other splits, which have been better handled, for example language.
Thus far 20 languages or so have been recognized by the government.
How widely used is English?
Doug
http://www.jibjab.com/-- a funny two-minute
flick.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
Title: BOROWITZ report.com
OSAMA FOUND IN SANDY BERGER'S PANTS [by Andy
Borowitz]War on Terror Over
The war on terror came to an unexpectedly abrupt end today as
the al-Qaeda network kingpin Osama bin Laden was found hiding in the pants of
former national security adviser Sandy Berger.While
mh writes:i've always thought that wallace's assertion was incorrect, there's at
least a quarter's worth of difference between 2 major parties...
a better metaphor: the GOPsters are the hard cop, while the Dems are the soft cop. But
if you're the prisoner, they're both against you.
jd
Chronicle of Higher Education, July 23, 2004
OBSERVER
Keeping the Faith
By SHANNON HODGES
In 1965, at age 5, I was swept away, with my four brothers, from Kansas
City to our grandparents' rural Arkansas home. My mother was at a Kansas
State psychiatric hospital in Osawatomie, and, having recently
In a message dated 7/22/2004 4:36:59 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Thanks for that Brother Melvin. Damned if I didn't
think that Fraser tried to fight his way into Jefferson Avenue. But I was
out of Detroit in 1973, and heard about it, and the other battles, from
Anthony D'Costa wrote:
The Hindu-Muslim divide is India's least problematic
cultural divide.
Hindu-Muslim divide has the potential to threaten
India's unity and democratic structure. Caste divide
does not have that potential.
The Indian government has generally handled demands
for autonomy
This is hard to estimate but the numbers that float around, are 3-4% of
the population, which is not a small number by any means. English has
been both a uniting factor (in a national sense) but also one that sets
the rural-urban and class divide more forcefully. Indians want their
children to
[Michael Hoover rightly pointed out that New York State's politics were
worse than most other states, so people in other states might have
opportunities that we in New York don't. Apropos, here's an article on a
recent study that claims to show that our state political system in New
York politics
(Talk about cognitive dissonance. Marc Cooper, one of the most strident
anti-Nader voices, practically makes the case for Nader in this baleful
account of the upcoming DP convention. Meanwhile, this issue of the LA
Weekly contains an article by Micah Sifry--referred to below by
Cooper--who I
testing
http://www.juancole.com/2004_07_01_juancole_archive.html#109044887342331691
Professor Thomas Naylor of McGill writes:
quote
This is certainly not the the first time these tales about Iran cooperating
with al-Qa'idah have surfaced. About two years ago US spooks floated via the
Washington Post and
URL: http://www.sundayherald.com/43461
Sunday Herald - 18 July 2004
Regime change in Iran now in Bush's sights
By Jenifer Johnston
_
PRESIDENT George Bush has promised that if re-elected in November he
will make
[That would be delicious and completely deserved. The Halliburton
subsidiary in Iran had its the Halliburton name on it! It's the kind of
gossamer thin disguise that is used all the time to get around offshore
regulations -- but which also get enforced from time to time when people
decide to
test
Doug writes:
I should have added that part of the impulse behind the development
of the HDI was to reduce pressure for redistribution - to shift the
focus from economic to social indicators. Of course, there are
virtues to foregrounding social over economic indicators, and lots of
people use the
How Kerry Can Win
By Kevin Phillips
(The Nation, July 15) -- John Kerry can win, given George W. Bush's
incompetence, and White House strategists realize that. All the
Democrats need to do is to peel away some of the Republican unbase
-- the most wobbly members of the GOP coalition. The caveat is
Title: Message
available at http://aradicalblackfoot.blogspot.com
James M. Craven
Blackfoot Name: Omahkohkiaayo-i'poyi
Professor/Consultant,Economics;Business
Division Chair
Clark College, 1800 E. McLoughlin
Blvd.
Vancouver, WA. USA 98663
Tel: (360) 992-2283; Fax: (360)
992-2863
EDITOR'S CHOICE:
JUST ADD URINE
Chicken cooked in urine Sir? Food scientists have developed a dried
food ration that military troops can rehydrate by adding the
filthiest of muddy swamp water, or even by peeing in it. The idea is
to reduce the amount of water soldiers trekking for miles have to
These claims about how a subjectivity willing and able to
transform productive relations into rational relations are mistaken. Individuals
immiserized in this way would ( not) be subjects of this kind. there is no
necessity, however, for capitalism to produce immiserization. The organic
Louis wrote:
...it is remarkable that Cuba has climbed up
into the first tier of nations. Could you imagine if the USA had a
hostile neighbor to the North that was nearly 30 times the size in
population and had about 500 times greater GDP and was bent on destroying
our economy? The USA would
Diane writes:
I mean, even the pigs are
in good shape, and there are plenty of pigs around -- on leashes no less -- as
pork is a major meat source in Cuba.
did you see
any cats or dogs? when I was in Cuba in the late 1970s, I didn't see any of
them. I was wondering if someone had decided
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/21/04 1:19 PM
I think maybe I've over-interpreted your question. I seem to be going a
level of specficity beyond what you're looking for. If all you meant to
ask was is it useful for lefties to engage in electoral politics with
some of their energies? then my answer's yes,
Kerry's war didn't end in the Mekong
Tarred as a flip-flopper by Bush, he hasn't wavered since Vietnam
Sidney Blumenthal
Thursday July 22, 2004
The Guardian
John Kerry's political education is far deeper than that of senators who
have merely legislated. He has journeyed to the heart of darkness
The Pakistan connection
There is evidence of foreign intelligence backing for the 9/11
hijackers. Why is the US government so keen to cover it up?
Michael Meacher
Thursday July 22, 2004
The Guardian
Omar Sheikh, a British-born Islamist militant, is waiting to be hanged
in Pakistan for a murder
Be All You Can Be (the US military offers its personnel free
cosmetic surgery -- including breast augmentations):
http://montages.blogspot.com/2004/07/be-all-you-can-be.html
--
Yoshie
* Critical Montages: http://montages.blogspot.com/
* Greens for Nader: http://greensfornader.net/
* Bring Them
Devine, James wrote:
Kerry's war didn't end in the Mekong
Tarred as a flip-flopper by Bush, he hasn't wavered since Vietnam
Sidney Blumenthal
Thursday July 22, 2004
The Guardian
In his first month as a senator, in January 1985, he discovered the
thread that would unravel the Iran-contra scandal -
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/22/04 8:26 AM
I'm asking if anyone will be doing it, because it's not a new idea,
and a lot of people -- from famous guys like Michael Moore to local
activists -- have proposed exactly the same thing, but they never do
it themselves, much less try to make it a nationwide
(Bill Bowles was a Tecnica volunteer who worked with the ANC.)
http://www.williambowles.info/ini/ini-0252.html
Book Review: Ralphs Revolt: The Case for Joining Naders Rebellion by
Greg Bates
[The] Progressive Policy Institute, an arm of the Democratic Leadership
Council, published a 19-page
California is pretty bad.
Gene Coyle
Michael Pollak wrote:
[Michael Hoover rightly pointed out that New York State's politics were
worse than most other states, so people in other states might have
opportunities that we in New York don't. Apropos, here's an article on a
recent study that claims
Wow. I cannot imagine karl rove thinking how that will win him votes as a campaign
issue.
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 02:14:55PM -0400, Michael Pollak wrote:
The official said: If George Bush is re-elected there will be much
more intervention in the internal affairs of Iran.
Full at:
People's Daily Online
Life
UPDATED: 17:34, June 26, 2004
41 million Chinese believed to have hepatitis C virus:
report
An estimated 41 million people in China have
contracted the hepatitis C
virus, which could become a fatal quiet epidemic,
according to Professor
Xu Daozheng, a liver disease
From Michael Moore's letter to Las Vegas:
What country do you live in? Last time I checked, Las Vegas is still in
the United States. And in the United States, we have something called
The First Amendment. This constitutional right gives everyone here the
right to say whatever they want to say.
Michael Moore writes: Last time I checked, Las Vegas is still in
the United States. And in the United States, we have something called
The First Amendment. This constitutional right gives everyone here the
right to say whatever they want to say. All Americans hold this right as
sacred.
isn't
Sorry for the delay.
Our line is that it's a Very Good Thing.
First, because the anti-Chavez forces in the U.S. Administration, Miami
and Caracas want to spread, without evidence, the notion that the
government of Venezuela is supporting the FARC, is a threat to its
neighbors, etc.
So, this
greed describes an aspect of a personality, whereas rational profit maximization
is simply behavior. Economics can't deal with personality issues. It simply assumes
that people are sociopaths (without the charming personality) and leaves it at that.
Jim Devine [EMAIL
Michael Moore writes: Last time I checked, Las Vegas is still in the
United States. And in the United States, we have something called The
First Amendment. This constitutional right gives everyone here the
right to say whatever they want to say. All Americans hold this right as
sacred.
isn't
Diane Monaco wrote:
Cuba IS a remarkable country
Hi Diane ! Mexico is not far behind Cuba in HDI,
AFAIK.
Btw, 75% Singaporeans, 50% Malaysians 33% of Thais
have cell phones. How many cell phones Cuba has?
Ulhas
Yahoo!
[was: RE: [PEN-L] Cuba: siempre con combate]
Ulhas writes: 75% Singaporeans, 50% Malaysians 33% of Thais
have cell phones. How many cell phones Cuba has?
it seems to me that cell phones are at best a mixed blessing. (I have one, but I hate
it: it rings when I'm driving, so I either have to
Yes, I think that would have been a better point for Moore to make.
Remind people they don't have free speech at work.
Gene Coyle
Devine, James wrote:
Michael Moore writes: Last time I checked, Las Vegas is still in
the United States. And in the United States, we have something called
The First
The point I think Ulhas is driving at is the really interesting thing in
those HDI statistics; Cuba has managed to achieve first world life
expectancy and literacy on a GDP of just over $5k per head. I think that
the next lowet on the list is close to $8k. That's the really interesting
thing
The Hindu
Tuesday, Jul 20, 2004
Slave labour in Brazil
By Paul Brown
An unpublished report for the ILO says that despite
the best efforts of the
Brazilian Government, slave labour continues in the
country's interior.
AN ESTIMATED 25,000 people are working as slave
labourers in Brazil clearing
Devine, James wrote:
In any event, there's no way one could reduce human
welfare to either cell phones or all phones.
300 million Indians watch CTVs today, but I know there
is no way one could reduce human welfare to CTVs.
Ulhas
[An obvious point but a good one to keep in mind: there are always at
least two very strong incentives toward threat assessment inflation: CYA
and the drive for institutional expansion]
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/16/international/16DISPATCHES.html
The New York Times
July 16, 2004
DISPATCHES
Michael Pollak writes: [An obvious point but a good one to keep in mind: there are
always at
least two very strong incentives toward threat assessment inflation: CYA
and the drive for institutional expansion]
speaking of threat assessment inflation, there was an ad by the Committee on the
Vancouver Sun July 22, 2004
Silence shrouds the moral abyss spawned by the war against Iraq
By Stephen Hume
On what appeared to be its website last week, the British newspaper The
Independent carried a four-paragraph item dated July 16.
I say appeared, because who knows anymore what's real and
This is one of the best threads on the list for a long time. Valuable information.
No acrimony. Am I dreaming?
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, Devine, James wrote:
speaking of threat assessment inflation, there was an ad by the
Committee on the Present Danger in the NY TIMES yesterday. That kind of
inflation is their business.
some of them were called honorable as their titles. What makes someone
officially
I recently read that nominal housing prices have never declined in the US
since WWII. Real prices have declined three times, durind the mid and
late seventies and the early 90s, but nominal prices never. Is that
really true? It makes it look as if people who think they're ever-rising,
rather
Jim Devine asks:
...there was an ad by the Committee on the Present Danger in the NY
TIMES yesterday...some of them were called honorable as their
titles. What makes someone officially honorable?
When someone is introduced to me as 'the honorable'
I hold fast to my wallet...Mark Twain
there is a high functional illiteracy in the US as opposed to utter illiteracy elsewhere. the difference is minute but could make a world of difference in the HDICharles Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
by Doug HenwoodThat was long ago, in the HDI's early days. In the first iteration,the U.S. scored
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