Taiwan's election

Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian's controversial reelection, being contested by the opposition, has left the island’s business interests and the Chinese government disgruntled, according to Business Week. Chen narrowly defeated Kuomintang (KMT) leader Lien Chan on March 20, following an assassin

Giovanni Mazetti on the autonomist/anarchist left

Social Amnesia in the Movement? An Interview with Giovanni Mazzetti Gloves Off editors Claudio Puty and Sara Burke emailed Giovanni Mazzetti after learning of a history of polemics between Mazzetti and members of the anarchist movement in Italy. We wanted to learn more about his views on the pol

Polish farmers face ruin under EU

NY Times, March 27, 2004 After May 1, East Europe's 'Haves' May Have More By ALAN COWELL SYTNA GORA, Poland — For 60 years in this place of lakes and forests, Gerard Pakura's life has unfolded in step with Europe's history, from the Nazi occupation of his land to the rise and fall of Soviet Commu

Iraqi public opinion

NY Times, March 27, 2004 Up to 16 Die in Gun Battles in Sunni Areas of Iraq By DEXTER FILKINS FALLUJA, Iraq, March 26 — As many as 16 people, including a United States marine, were killed in a series of gun battles on Friday, as guerrilla violence swept the Sunni-dominated areas north and west of

Intense worries about US troop morale

In Army Survey, Troops in Iraq Report Low Morale By Thomas E. Ricks Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, March 26, 2004; Page A18 A slim majority of Army soldiers in Iraq -- 52 percent -- reported that their morale was low, and three-fourths of them said they felt poorly led by their officers, acc

Release versions of the Iraq war

War Rationale: Version 10.0 http://www.tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/10143 Here then, in Silicon Valley terms, is a review of the Bush administration's year in Iraq: Saddam Hussein poses an 'imminent threat' to the American people. * Version 1.0 - Saddam Hussein is an imminent threat * Versio

Nader the Condorcet Winner in 2000

The virtue of the Condorcet method is its ability to eliminate the pressure on voters to vote to defeat the least desirable candidate rather than reveal their true preferences, by allowing voters to rank the candidates (like Instant Runoff Voting) and by refusing to eliminate the candidate with the

Re: Nader the Condorcet Winner in 2000

of course, the main parties won't change the current electoral system as long as they both think they gain from it (and there's no serious pressure on them to change). So don't expect Condorcet's criterion to apply in practice. Jim D. -Original Message- From: Yoshie Fu

insourcing

The Repugs have been outstanding in using language to distort reality. The Death Tax is one of my favorites. Insourcing seems pretty lame, yet they are pushing it to the fullest. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail micha

new radio product

Just added to my radio archive : March 25, 2004 DH on outsourcing - as big a deal as they say? * Leo Panitch, co-editor of The Socialist Register 2004, on the American empire it joins: March 18, 2004 Luciana Castellina on Italian politics - g

The lighter side of Hans Blix

URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/28/magazine/28QUESTIONS.html

JFK's Secret Strategy revealed

The STRATWHOR INTELLIGENCE BRIEF has revealed Dumbocratic presidential candidate John F Kerry's four-step plan to take over the White House: 1.) Change his name to John F Kerredy and his campaign slogan from "The Real Deal" to "JFK-The Real Second Coming," and nominate Senator John McC

Re: Milan Rai on UN occupation of Iraq

As I recall the polls showed more trusted Saddam than Chalabi, and Chalabi was the most distrusted Iraqi politician. Saddam was a distant second. Neither response would gladden the hearts of the occupiers.. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Doug Henwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> T

Re: More on LNG

--- Grant Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > We must have that beer some time soon. Perhaps Tuesday. > > > Is LNG the same as what's being promoted in > Australia > > as LPG? So as when "we" run low on petrol (peak > oil), > > "we" can sell zeez nice carbon based stuff for the > > bu