Re: [PEN-L:6034] Attack on tenure

t position in the academia. wojtek sokolowski johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: rethinking overdetermination

the armies of labour, and that is reflected in the production of "imperial" music. wojtek sokolowski johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Nonmarket environmentalism

y the existing balance on the conditions I originally accepted. Working Assets may devote 1% of its proceeds to green charity, but the remaining 17% will be duly directed toward corporate profits and executive salaries. I will trully miss the Ben Jerry coupons they periodically sent me in appreciati

Anyone care to respond?

uman need as opposed, say, to the display of corporate splendor, planned obsolescence, exotic weaponry that will never be used and other forms of surplus absorption under monopoly capitalism. wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [PEN-L:8197] Econometric Advice for Novice

no relationship. This is not exactly econometrics, more of a conceptual exposition aimed at debunking of the neo-classical economic models and their bastardized popular versions, but very interesting. wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL

[PEN-L:9437] Re: CDF: CHILD Act introduced (fwd)

if GOP and their tobacco sponsors decide to play that card. PS. Thanx for the Chernick / Reshkovsky cite. I'll try to find it via the econolit database. wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax:

[PEN-L:9449] Re: [DEMSOC-L] Fwd: Wesleyan War tax protest: telephone tax resist idea

OTECTED] Box 4480, Wesleyan University Middletown, CT 06459 -- wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233 *

[PEN-L:9609] Re: civil society

inspired many Eastern European "velvet revolutionaries" -- but let us not confuse it with the Reaganite-Thatcherite notion of charity as a solution to social problems. wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (4

[PEN-L:9648] Re: AOL4FREE incident

s. wojtek sokolowski ______ wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233 ** REDUCE MENTAL POLLUTION - LOBOTOMI

[PEN-L:9430] CDF: CHILD Act introduced (fwd)

change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead -END- wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 51

Re: Market Socialism Question

d economic abstractions. It is a sad day when the generation of former war protesters, civil rights activists, and the purveyors of social change cries "uncle" and starts debating whether social justice can be profitable. wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins univ

Re: [PEN-L:8852] POPULATION CONTROL AND RACISM

lem: the environemnt (Lebensraum), the surplus population (Juden) and rational public policy (the final solution). And some of them even have a Black friend. wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax

Re: 'Open the Social Sciences'

s temporary mental workers in private teaching and research factories called universities =96 this is a serious concern. An that concern did not even get an honorary mention in the Gulbenkian Commission report. wojtek sokolowski=20 institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore

Re: [PEN-L:8766] market socialism, cont.

t problem to understand that things do not get done by the sheer power of the will and imagination, without getting one's hands dirty. wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax

Re: [PEN-L:8772] re: progressiveness of taxes

that the oligarchy feels free to dismantle whatever is left or our social safety net system. And they are laughing all the way to the bank. wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233

Sieg Heil, Bill Gates!

u have any problems with Windows 95, please post it. Let's give the Fuehrer Gates some bad publicity before we all end up in an electronic Auschwitz of his creation, when we will have to ask him for a permission to even touch the keyboard. wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins

Re: [PEN-L:8765] Romania and Lyndon Larouche

international following. On the other hand, his supporters look too cultish to my taste. Can anyone supply reliable information on Larouche and his position on monetarism and international development? wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL

Planned obsolescence, computers, academia

azines, and make sure that your department is not wasting any money on that junk; - popularize the "Ockham razor" principle that underlies scientific research and apply it to research technology -- make sure that your students and otgher faculty undersdtand that it is desirable not to multi

Re: Planned obsolescence, computers, academia

Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 11:12:03 -0400 To: Arthur Wilke [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Wojtek Sokolowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Planned obsolescence, computers, academia Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arthur, I was away for several dayas, so I could not respond to your message immediately. YOur

Re: [PEN-L:9063] Re: more market socialism

m without any blue prints, a system where everyone has a chance to influence the outcome -- an internet with the material resources attached to it. regards, wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins univer

Re: [PEN-L:9063] Re: more market socialism

plight and a promise of a better future. wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233 ** REDUCE MENTAL POLLUTION

UWindsor cupe 1001 appeal (fwd) (reformatted)

I can say at this point to Herr Ron Ianni scores of other administrators, execs government offcials pursuing the ideal of "economic efficiency without morality" is "Sieg Heil! You are in good company." disrespectfully, wojtek sokolowski johns hopkins university baltimo

testing

testing wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233 ** REDUCE MENTAL POLLUTION - LOBOTOMIZE PUNDITS

Re: [PEN-L:9052] grad programs in international development

at the institute for policy studies (we have a master's program as well) although I would not (regretfully, especially after Patricia Fernandez Kelly left for Princeton) call it "anti-imperialist". For more info contact Jane Sundius at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wojtek sokolowski institute for poli

Re: [PEN-L:8998] Foucault Hayek

ese theories as a form of cultural script, a cultural artifact that can reveal the nature of social relations in a society studied by an anthropologist or an 'archaeologist of knowledge' (as Foucault called himself). wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university balti

[Fwd: please post - High Cost of High Tech]

ato Bas. "It is high time we held these companies accountable." end www.corpwatch.org wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410)

Re: [PEN-L:8761] Re: QUERY: Service Sector Wages

. It contains very useful information about manufacturing but nothing about services. You may also want to check the Census of Service Industries (I think it's published by Dept of Commerce, but I can be wrong) -- it provides the information about wages and revenues by SIC. wojtek sokolowski institute

Re: [PEN-L:8754] Re: mkt socialism and sustainability of economicgrowth

doses to stimulate our immune system to fight the more potent forms. Now an examination question: What was the last time you heard a scholarly debate on substantive issues ("courtesy" questions do not count!) at: a) your department___ b) a scholarly conference___ c) a s

Re: [PEN-L:8752] President Zyuganov?

shington oligarchy? We would have: a) military oligarchy a la Guatemala El Salvador b) debt slavery a la India c) race relations a la South Africa d) social safety net a la Wild West e) religious freedom a la Iran f) class structure a la Brazil g) all of the above wojtek sokolowski inst

Re: [PEN-L:8720] Re: market socialism, planned socialism, ut

esigned goes beyond the issue of product distribution. The solution of that issue seems to be the essence of socialism. Once that issue is resolved, the distribution of the product, through markets, administrative hierarchies, or a combination thereof, seems to be a secondary problem. wojtek sokolowsk

[PEN-L:9768] Essentialist humor

hite coloring. Eats shoots and leaves. wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233 ** REDUCE MENTAL POLLUTION

[PEN-L:9774] Re: Barbara Ehrenreich on War

intain their hegemony and keep the lower classes in line. But that fact does not yet explain why and how the lower classes are fascinated with the military and weapons (cf. the militias) despite the fact that these are the proverbial Damocles' sword hanging over their heads. In that respect, Echrenre

[PEN-L:9768] Essentialist humor

hite coloring. Eats shoots and leaves. wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233 ** REDUCE MENTAL POLLUTION

[PEN-L:9774] Re: Barbara Ehrenreich on War

intain their hegemony and keep the lower classes in line. But that fact does not yet explain why and how the lower classes are fascinated with the military and weapons (cf. the militias) despite the fact that these are the proverbial Damocles' sword hanging over their heads. In that respect, Echrenre

[PEN-L:10446] Re: bio-determinism

orrectly pointed out the common ground between pomo and creationism -- that is maintaining the unique position of "man" in the universe -- which in my view was her main thesis. If she had some hidden agenda re her book, well, too bad, but it still does not contradict her main point. regar

[PEN-L:10403] Re: New creationism

here this kind of crap can thrive. (BTW, since when NYT sets the standards for what passes for science?) regards, wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233

[PEN-L:10405] IKEA

better than the crap at Levitz or kindred "All_American" furniture stores. Thus, self-made furniture is trick to control the transaction cost and only indirectly the cost of manufacturing (by moving it to the sweatshops of the Third World). wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies john

[PEN-L:10404] Re: Gender roles

At 04:24 PM 5/28/97 -0700, Bill Lear wrote: That notwithstanding, please read Barbara Ehrenreich's article in the latest issue of The Nation... Which issue, precisely? June 7 if I am not mistaken. wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218

[PEN-L:10386] Re: Greenwashing Times: Working Assets update 4/29/97

e deregulation of the energy market is more likely to increase rather than reduce the cost of energy to an average consumer, isn't it? Any comments? wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233

[PEN-L:10382] Re: Gender roles

s known as idealism). They both signify the rise of the entire class of quasi-professional scribblers, half-doctors and quacks who equate scientific validity of their intellectual commodity with its marketablity. regards, wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233

[PEN-L:10215] Re: locality -- loyalty?

ir revolutions. The oppressive nature of Soviet or Cuban revolution was implemented later and, I presume, gradually. Therefore, it is interesting to examine that process because it can tell us a lot abou tthe process whereby participatory democracy is destroyed. regards, wojtek sokolowski institu

[PEN-L:10169] Re: locality -- loyalty?

At 02:28 PM 5/15/97 -0700, Bill Lear wrote: On Thu, May 15, 1997 at 09:40:22 (PST) Wojtek Sokolowski writes: You say these production units "provided an actual opportunity" for democratic action, which was "mandated by law", and was, if I read you correctly, operatin

[PEN-L:10132] Re: locality -- loyalty?

ay. In my view, we need to focus more on those particular uses and perceptions of various social institutions instead of inferring such uses and perceptions from abstract principles. cheers, wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233 ***DROGI KURWA BUDUJA, A NIE MA DOKAD ISC***

[PEN-L:9892] Re: jobless growth

At 09:47 AM 5/5/97 -0700, Jim Devine wrote: Wojtek Sokolowski writes that: Rising consumption is but a shorthand for economic growth, so the real question is how can the growth be maintained without the accompanying change in its traditional Keynesian corelate -- employment/real wage increase

[PEN-L:9928] Re: jobless growth

.g. how the production is being organised in the developing countries) rather than watching trends in economic aggregates which, paraphrasin Plato, are but shadows cast on the wall of a cave populated by economists. regards, wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins unive

[PEN-L:10006] Re: shadows on the cave wall

At 11:24 AM 5/8/97 -0700, Jim Devine wrote: Awhile back, wojtek sokolowski said that it is better to analyse social institutions (e.g. how the production is being organised in the developing countries) rather than watching trends in economic aggregates which, paraphrasin Plato, are but shadows

[PEN-L:10350] Free market or corporate welfare?

quot; involves double standards: welfare state for the rich, and cut-throat competiton for the poor. wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233

[PEN-L:10374] New creationism

fluence of the forces of material production on the production and distribution of ideas of our age. wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233

[PEN-L:10365] Re: Working Assets Labor

At 11:22 AM 5/27/97 -0700, Doug Henwood wrote: Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: To all who use Workings Assets (WALD) as their long distance phone company. As you know WALD has program funding nonprofit organisations working for progressive causes. However, they are yet to provide funding to any

[PEN-L:10358] Working Assets Labor

workers' rights and economic democracy in the US. Given the dismal state of workers' rights in this country that are further eroded by concerted corporate efforts, this omission is simply unacceptable. Sincerely, S. Wojciech Sokolowski wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns

[PEN-L:10248] Re: that says it all

age by bleeding heart liberals in fedral gov't and courts, the US educational institutions finally work the way they were designed to -- reproducing the caste system by maintaining seggregated schools. wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMA

[PEN-L:10245] Re: locality -- loyalty?

end the dichotomy of anarcho-syndicalism on the one hand, and determinism of central planning on the other. Otherwise capitalism of the Keynesian or the libertarian variety will indeed be the only two viable alternatives on the table. wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopki

[PEN-L:10105] Re: Kasparov's defeat

ed its integrity while everything else around changed may provide some insights here. cheers, wojtek sokolowski At 11:20 AM 5/14/97 -0700, you wrote: On Wed, May 14, 1997 at 10:30:34 (-0700) Max B. Sawicky writes: From: "William S. Lear" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PE

[PEN-L:10091] Re: Kasparov's defeat

vices" are allowed to feed bullshit to the processing units, no processing system, even one with the zillions-Deep-Blues processing capability, can solve the resource allocation problem. That is true of both, central planning and Keynesian capitalism, as we know them. cheers, wojtek

[PEN-L:10083] Re: Brainpower

that is neither folksy babbling nor bow-ties-and-tweeds pretensions. In fact, both forms of behaviour can be more properly described as posturising than conveying ideas. regards, wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice

[PEN-L:10075] Brainpower

thirtysomething-mentally-seven boys with overblown salaries, no sense of responsibility that usually comes with adulthood, and demanding a free ride. Wojtek Sokolowski Institute for Policy Studies Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wojtek sokolowski institute for policy st

[PEN-L:9952] Re: Indian Software Industry

programmers may lack the skills of their domestic counterparts -- but they have two highly desirable (from the management's view point) qualities: they are cheap, and they are alienated from the local labour force -- which makes it unlikely that they will organize. wojtek sokolowski institute for

[PEN-L:9933] Re: Feudalism?

sts cannot take advantage of the feudal institutions, such as slavery, patriarchy or, as I have argued, legal arrangements limiting labour mobility. regards, wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax:

[PEN-L:9932] Re: feudal exploitation

n mentality that seems to increase its popular appeal. It may well be the case that post-modern economy may revive the pre-modern forms of exploitation (cf. slavery that remained dormant after the fall of the Roman Empire only to be resurrected as the American path to modernity). regards, wo

[PEN-L:9917] Re: jobless growth

Yugoslavia was in the best interest of the European Community that did everything it could to prolong that conflict). regards, wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax:

[PEN-L:9910] Re: jobless growth

ld order. What we are facing is 21st century hi-tech feudalism akin to Japan-style development (modernization that preserved rather than destroyed feudal institutions). regards, wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice

[PEN-L:10498] Re: bio-determinism

. I reply: In my postings, I did not debate with pomo of any variety. I merley commented on Echrenreich article's who traced "new creationism" to a certain variety of pomo -- hence the presence of the term in my posting. regards, wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233

[PEN-L:12686] Re: Can Marxism explain the Holocaust?

details, the reference is: Richard L. Rubenstein, _The Cunning of History_, 1975. wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233 POLITICS IS THE SHADOW CAST ON SOCIETY BY BIG BUSINESS. AND AS

[PEN-L:12102] Her Majesty vs. Katarina Blum

dirty swine Rupert Murdoch or his agents would actually be a greater service to humanity than removing land mines. Or better yet, use media pundits as human triggers to expolde those mines... wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED

[PEN-L:11974] Re: Swing

es -- they are perceived as a vox dei (or vox populi which is one and the same thing), yet they mean whatever those who answer or interpret them want them to mean, that is, they have no empirical meaning at all. cheers, wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins universit

[PEN-L:12100] Re: Surveys

y. Perhaps there is something I missed, but I simply cannot see how a method using standardized cues (ie. the same cues given to a number of Rs - and every survey by definition must rely on that, because it gurantees its "generalizability") can avoid giving anything but standardized ans

[PEN-L:12152] Re: jobs jobs jobs

. Or it could be a combination of all these factors. Any comments? wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233 POLITICS IS THE SHADOW CAST ON SOCIETY BY BIG BUSINESS. AND AS LONG AS THIS IS SO

[PEN-L:12242] Re: New Democrat got her ass kicked

from NY Haitian groups -- says something about the popular discontent with the business as usual approach espoused by Democrats. In a country where Republicratic political machines thoroughly dominate the electoral process -- forcing a runoff is a victory of grassroots organizing. regards, wojtek so

[PEN-L:12247] Re: Ruth and DSA

lly) speaking, Comrade Saute was correct. I agree though that Manhattan, like most parts of NYC, is very culturally, socially, and economically diverse. Simple statements like Manhattan Up = Minority Poor Manhattan Down = White Wealthy do not portray the reality very well at all. cheers, woj

[PEN-L:12257] Ruth NYPD - clarification

anything in return is worse than a sellout (which implies a quid pro quo) -- it means kow-towing to the police state mentality, as The Nation's editiorial suggests. wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056

[PEN-L:12187] Re: Can You Top This

mere substitues for real good life. Their opiating qualities notwithstanding, myths are a form of rationality -- and in that respect they play the same role as, say, mathematics for the neoclassical economists -- they impose an order on otherwise disorderly reality. regards, wojtek sokolowski inst

[PEN-L:12246] Re: Ruth and DSA

Robert: Thanks for the infor on Ruth Messinger. As to BTW, I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think Messinger got support from the police unions. I got that info from The Nation, if I rember correctly -- I can verify that when I get home. regards, wojtek sokolowski institute for policy

[PEN-L:12439] Nonprofit organizations in Maryland

timore, MD 21230 ($35). regards, wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233 POLITICS IS THE SHADOW CAST ON SOCIETY BY BIG BUSINESS. AND AS LONG AS THIS IS SO, THE ATTENUATI0N OF

[PEN-L:12549] re:civil war

usefulness. Following this logic, if I were a Northern businessman, I'd do everything humanly possible to make the South keep that peculiar institution, rather than going to war to abolish it. regards, wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218

[PEN-L:12522] Re: happy American toilers

At 11:14 PM 9/19/97 -0700, Maggie Coleman wrote: Bravo, spoke like a brilliant statistician!~ one question though, what are "symbol manipulators?" maggie coleman Most subscribers to this listserv and, for that matter, internet users will fit. wojtek sokolowski

[PEN-L:12511] Public television again

her poorly reflecting on the sorry state of public broadcasting in this country. Dr. S. Wojciech Sokolowski Institute for Policy Studies Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 21218 voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233 wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university b

[PEN-L:12428] Re: August Unemployment Figures (Canada)

ently from those we know: that there is an actual loss of skilled jobs to the hi-tech- equipment-low-IQ-operators kind of jobs. regards, wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-823

[PEN-L:12383] Re: Affluenza

r." PS. This post should not be construed as an endorsement of the so-called rat-choice approach to human behaviour which, IMHO, obscures rather than explains that behaviour. regards, wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTEC

[PEN-L:4391] Re: Re: civil society

At 12:43 PM 3/17/99 -0800, Tom Walker asked: Beg your partner: Swiftian satire or garden club poverty pimping? Probably neither - just an effort to prevent unemployment among European academicians -- or "academic keynesianism" if you will (still preferable to the military variety prevalent in

[PEN-L:4571] Re: RE: Protest against the Bombing

At 10:18 PM 3/25/99 -0800, Max wrote: That the word from any U.S. Administration on justifications for military action is untrustworthy is obvious enough. Even testimony on simple facts is not credible, judging by the consistent historical record. You just can't trust a secretary of state. But

[PEN-L:4931] Re: Bleeding Heart Gazette

At 12:14 PM 4/7/99 -0400, Max wrote: KOSOVANS RECOUNT MASSACRES 6 Apr. 99 – Max, I am almost certain that if the US has decided to bomb, say, Canada - the reports of Canadian attrocities against its Native population would innundate the mainstream media. Many of them would not even be much

[PEN-L:5092] Re: Re: Who bombed Pristina's downtown?

At 03:59 PM 4/9/99 -0400, Barkley wrote: My own guess is 75/25 that it was NATO and not the Serbs. But the fact that the second number is greater than the boundary of statistical insignificance of 5% is a measure of how low in mind the credibility of the Serbs is in K-M. Again, let's

[PEN-L:5315] Re: Palestinian NGO analysis (fwd)

At 05:01 PM 4/14/99 -0500, you wrote: Hi Wojtek, Thanks for also e-mailing me your comments. The only thing I would add is that even though, as you yourself wrote, NGOs come out of and are thus opportune tools against capital, this leaves unsolved the problem of who is the subjective

[PEN-L:5389] Re: The enemy is at home

At 01:58 AM 4/16/99 +0100, Jim heartfield wrote: doesn't hand out welfare payments. It blows up trains and convoys of refugees. There is no way to make war progressively. You can only make war destructively. And the only way that you can justify that is by dehumanising your enemies. While I

[PEN-L:5393] Re: Overhyping the US Ecoomic System- from THE ECONOMIST

At 05:40 PM 4/15/99 -0400, Nathan Newman quoted: The Economist Saturday, April 10, 1999 SUPERMODELS beware: a serial killer is on the loose. In recent -- snip --- The only area where America clearly outperforms is in

[PEN-L:5405] Re: What's the Alternative to NATO?

At 02:02 PM 4/16/99 -0400, you wrote: In an ideal world, international law backed by a global set of institutions run democratically outside the dominance of great powers would address such incidents of mass murder, ethnic clensing and genocide. But at the moment, that isn't an alternative. The

[PEN-L:5384] Re: The Nation on Kosovo - Pro-intervention

At 04:54 PM 4/15/99 -0400, Nathan quoted: an opinion by Bogdan Denitch and Ian Williams --- The Nation, April 26, 1999 The Case Against Inaction Sadly, some on the left are angrier about NATO's bombing than they are about the Serbian forces'

[PEN-L:5339] PEACE TAX FUND: Reps. Lewis And Leach Reintroduce The Peace Tax FundInto Congress

Any comments? Wojtek Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 14:35:25 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund) Subject: PEACE TAX FUND: Reps. Lewis And Leach Reintroduce The Peace Tax Fund Into Congress To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund Mailing List)

[PEN-L:5335] Re: Re: NGO analysis by Salvadoran and James Petras (fwd)

At 10:49 AM 4/15/99 -0700, Sam Pawlett wrote: " A director of a research centre invited his motehr from the provinces to Santiago. He drove to the airport in his new Peugeot to pick her up. "Where did you get this beautiful car?" she exclaimed as she observed all the gadgets on the dashboard.

[PEN-L:5298] Re: NGO analysis by Salvadoran and James Petras (fwd)

I'll try to answer numerous concerns raised in replies to the original posting in this thread. 1. Most people who responded agree that NGOs can be many diffrent things, some of them better than others. That is precisely the point I tried to get across. NGOs are not predestined to be a tool of

[PEN-L:4541] Re: World War II and Recovery

At 04:40 PM 3/25/99 -0500, you wrote: Wojtek Sokolowski (PEN-l 4537 wrote on Martch 25th If I recall correctly, Baran Sweezy (_Monopoly Capital_) counter that argument by saying that all measures to revive the US economy through peaceful demand stimulation (cf. auto industry

[PEN-L:4537] Re: Re: Why Kosovo

At 02:43 PM 3/25/99 -0500, Doug wrote: Louis Proyect wrote: He states that WWII was the major factor in creating the boom that lasted until the early 70s. Don't forget the depression that preceded it. First the financial, and then the physical destruction of lots of capital laid down a good

[PEN-L:4444] Re: Work Time

Max Sawicky asked: Finally read your piece. If it is true that, in some given instances, a shorter work-week can increase output per week, which is plausible enough, how do you address the issue of a new regime where one dude has to work four days and another five for the same pay? Another

[PEN-L:7448] WOC Alert 5/28/99 - Young Women Win One, Lose One; Wal-Mart's

Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 22:00:54 -0400 From: Women Leaders Online [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: WOC Alert 5/28/99 - Young Women Win One, Lose One; Wal-Mart's Sender: "Women Organizing for Change Alert List (USA)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Priority: normal

[PEN-L:7116] Re: Re: Re: Re: Creative Destruction

At 02:39 PM 5/21/99 -0400, Jim Devine wrote: Schumpeter was neither an econometrician nor a mathematical economist. He _was_ a conservative but open-minded economist who learned a lot from Marx. His belief that socialism -- by which he meant government planning of the economy -- is inevitable

[PEN-L:7241] NATO question?

This may sound like a naive question, but does anyone know what was the role, if any, of the new Eastern European NATO members in making the decision on the air campaign against Serbia? Were they even consulted, or simply learned from the CNN what the "NATO proper" had decided? wojtek

[PEN-L:7388] Modest proposal to end the war

While my respect for electoral politics approaches zero, methinks the process can be useful as a form of anti-war demonstration - a bit more effective than the street variety. The idea is simple - do not wait until 2000, start voting your disapproval with the Fifth-Column, Cruise-Missile

[PEN-L:6336] May Day

The Incomplete, True, Authentic and Wonderful History of MAY DAY is now at: http://parsons.iww.org/~red/mayday.html This radical social history of both red and green roots of May Day includes select graphics and is beautifully written. From the beginning: "Green is a relationship to the earth

[PEN-L:6338] Re: Re: Why Nato needs to destroy Serbia

At 04:26 PM 4/30/99 -0400, Charles Brown wrote: Wojtek Sokolowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/30/99 03:55PM Again I do not think that there is an overall master plan or capitalist conspiracy to take over CEE. I view it as a rather incoherent process of muddling through, with no master plan

[PEN-L:6409] Re: Re: Re: FWD: Appendix B to RambouilletAccordproposal;Kosovo's

At 02:04 PM 5/4/99 -0400, Charles Brown wrote: Are you saying that this war has no material cause or combination of material causes whatsoever ? No main material cause or main combination of causes ? That its main cause is not material ? That it is random ? Charles, why is it so difficult to

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