>As an aside it is inaccurate to state that Ms Waring was the >only women member of parliament at the time of her election and >I would be interested in the source of this particular >statement. I thought this was stated in the video. I could be mistaken. I happened to watch this Marilyn Waring video on Public TV last Tuesday evening here in SF. Because they did not give the date of Marilyn Waring's book, or the date of the video (at the beginning of the thing -- I didn't watch til the very end -- and I am a little miffed at KQED about this because I feel they misled the viewer into thinking that the video was recent), I managed to assume that this was a new book, currently published, and a new video. I thought I was telling everybody something new, but very abruptly discovered that it was old hat. 1988 seems like the stone age to me at this point. Soo, I'm a little embarrassed about all this. Also, I have not been a close follower of "feminist economics." Thus the Waring name was new to me. However, I now know much more about Marilyn Waring. Thank you for your information. Curtis Moore San Francisco facilitator of the conference <econ.democracy> on PeaceNet Original message:---------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 14:34:24 -0800 (PST) Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Bill Cochrane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [PEN-L:8910] Re:Marilyn Waring Comrades I write this with some trepidation, given the view in many quarters that Marilyn Waring should be elevated to the status of at least saint, perhaps a medium league deity. Marliyn Waring is and always has been a tory, albeit of a liberal kind. She is no friend of unions or a number of other traditional "left" progressive organizations and IMHO it would be ill advised to expect much in the way of progressive, in the left wing sense, thought from this individual and even less in the way of deed, despite what some of her apologists might say. As an aside it is inaccurate to state that Ms Waring was the only women member of parliament at the time of her election and I would be interested in the source of this particular statement. If one wanted to single out a women in NZ politics who is both intelligent, capable, hard working and has at least a residual commitment to social democratic principles I would nominate the current leader of the Labour party Helen Clark. If you like academics then try Jane kelsey. I say this largely because when tory scum masquerade as progressives it makes me want to vomit. Cheers Bill Cochrane Centre for Labour and Trade Union Studies University of Waikato Hamilton New Zealand [EMAIL PROTECTED]
