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It is time this whole putrid 'string' about whether jews are capitalists dissapeared. It should never have gottern started. If it does not I am going to contact the Jewish anti-defamation league. Blech. Tim R. Come on Ed, Jews = Capitalists? I am well able to differentiate between "capital" and "capitalism". It does not sound as if you can. It is not capital that causes people to suffer. But capitalism does punish people and tells them they should like it. And capitalists do profit from that suffering. Some capitalists I know are "good" people but they still do bad things to other people -- it's what capitalists do. Do you support the bad that they do? Do you support the McD owner because (s)he does not give his/her employees health care? Because he/she does not pay a living wage? Because (s)he tries to sell us us crap and calls it food? Because (s)he sells us beef filled with hormones? I could go on. This is "good" behavior? These are good choices? I don't think so! Bruce Leier - Original Message - From: "Ed Weick" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Ed Goertzen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 5:15 PM Subject: Re: torn: Reply to Ed Wieck Ed, The posting you comment on seems to have been misunderstood by a lot of people. It was intended as irony and as a demonstration of how laying the blame for a wide range of woes and human failings on a single group or class can lead to absurd and dangerous conclusions. My point is that the world was in a sorry state long before there was an identifiable capitalist class. My reference to the Jews was intended to illustrate that, if you can trump up enough charges and make them sound credible, you can get away with just about anything. Historically, many charges were trumped up against the Jews. In ancient times, they killed Christ. In medieval times they desecrated the host and participated in blood libels, and worst of all, poisoned wells and thereby brought on the plague. The 19th century witnessed things like the Dreyfuss affair, and in the 20th we had the trumped up Protocols of Zion. The fact that some Jews, including Trotsky and some other leading Bolsheviks, were communists did not help them either. As Goldhagen demonstrates, convincingly in my opinion, so many nefarious labels had been pinned on the Jews by the 1930s that they became easy victims. Translate that into some of the things posted on the internet recently and you could have a crusade against anyone you label a capitalist, including the guy who operates a Macdonalds or Starbucks franchise in Seattle. I'm not saying that the Seattle protests were such a crusade, but some of the so-called protesters could easily have become one. So, to summarize, my quarrel is not with Jews or capitalists or any other group, but with pinning labels on people and unjustifiably blaming them for things they may not have had much to do with. Crusaders did not kill Jews and other infidels because the crusaders were capitalists. They killed them because within medieval society they had been conditioned to do so. It assured them of a path to heaven. Right now, Russians are not killing Chechyns because of capital. They are doing so out of animosity going way back into czarist times, because they're afraid that if the Chechyns go, much of the Caucuses could follow and perhaps also because they want to demonstrate to the world that they are still a military power (a very sorry way of doing it!!). To justify what they are doing they've pinned a convenient label on the Chechyns, that of "terrorists". Hope this clarifies what I was trying to say. Ed Weick
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Some thoughts on Aberattions I was trying to explain the other day, to my 9 year old daughter about wages, value, work and welfare. Quite a challenge. I found coming out of my mouth some interesting thoughts. Has it every occured that when you are on welfare, their seems to be a principle in which if you are single, you recieve one amount of money - while if you have dependants, you recieve more money. But, once you move into the waged economy, your income is based on the job, not on the number of dependants you have. Which creates and interesting anomaly. Take a job - truck driver - value of job $15 per hour. Now, if a single man does this job, he is allowed to keep the whole $15 for himself and spend it however he chooses. We accept that idea without a question - right. Now, what if his co-worker has 3 children and a wife and one of his children requires additional costs, let's say drugs. The system is set up so that he recieves the same $15, but is expected to spread that around to cover 5 dependants. Why would we chose to make the job the deciding factor rather than a persons needs in regards to dependants. Especially when in other areas of income, we have accepted the thought that those with more dependants require more money, such as welfare? Well, it is the difference between two ways of thought - isn't it. One is the thought of socialism and the other is the thought of capitialism. Take for a point of interest housing. We often see two middle aged people living in suburban splendor - 20,000 sq ft of tastefully decorated, heated and convienced comfort while we look at people raising kids who find themselves in limited space, restricted furniture, living one on top of the other. How do we rationalize that? Well, we do it through the capitalistic model, which says as you gain experience, get older and have more responsibility in the work world, you get paid more - in other words, by the job. Perhaps in a socialistic society, the family of children would be alloted the big house on the basis of their needs and as the children grew, the living quarters might be reduced as the needs grow less. Now, if you were put in the position of a new world and you became the economic god. How would you decide. The job is the determiner of wealth and use of resources - or the needs of people become the determinant of wealth and use resources? Might not a very rational and humane system be devised based on needs rather than qualifications? What would be the downside - well perhaps, some would say that all those lazy people who don't want to work, would just have a lot of children. Ha, anyone who thinks that has never had to deal with children 24 hours a day. A job is infinitely easier than being around 2 or 3 young children for ten years or so. On the other hand, one could argue that perhaps many of the problems of society would be eliminated if there was no poverty in families and children had adequate family resources, parents who might be able to spend more time in the family and that over time, many of the costs of the capitalistic society would just not be incurred. Of course, ruiminations like this come down to the hard fact, that those who benefit from the current situation, also hold the bureaucratic power, academic power, financial power and when in government the political power. Now the argument might be made that if this was truly wanted, then there would be a political movement towards this. But most who hold jobs, who have been brought up in the capitalistic way of thinking, cannot and will not engage in a discussions of this manner, nor provide the money or the structure which would allow an honest polling of the populace through a vote. Rather, the media, the academics, the rich, derail such thoughts and aspirations by sheer neglect - they won't talk about it, promote it, argue it or in any manner do anything but avoid it and riducule it. And so the world goes on, following a particular philosophy - without debate or experiment into other ideas. After I had went through this with my 9 year old, she sat quietly for awhile and finally said, "I understand what you mean Dad and it sounds really good. How come people don't pay you to talk about this? To which I could only reply - they don't want to hear. Respectfully, Thomas Lunde --
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Thomas Lunde wrote: Some thoughts on Aberattions I was trying to explain the other day, to my 9 year old daughter about wages, value, work and welfare. Quite a challenge. I found coming out of my mouth some interesting thoughts. Has it every occured that when you are on welfare, their seems to be a principle in which if you are single, you recieve one amount of money - while if you have dependants, you recieve more money. But, once you move into the waged economy, your income is based on the job, not on the number of dependants you have. Which creates and interesting anomaly. Yes, doesn't it: Capitalism's "maw" needs ever new input of new workers to replace those who exit the system for whatever reason (death, retirement, etc.). But, like so many other "commons", it doesn't pay for it, or at least it doesn't pay for it altogether. My proposal: (1) Pay children to go to school, i.e., to become usable labor power. But where will the money to do this come from? Obviously, by lessening the income of workers, via increased corporate taxes. The way it works now is inequitable (I know -- there can't be much equity anywhere in a capitalist system, but we're engaging in a process-of-thinking here...): Let's take the paradigmatic Ozzie and Harriett family as our example: Father earns all the money and thus exerts a coercive force over mother and the kids, who each do work for which *he* gets paid. Mother does unpaid housework and childrearing. The kids do unpaid schoolwork. Parents would start to shape up if kids could go buy their childrearing from competitive bidders! Take a job - truck driver - value of job $15 per hour. Now, if a single man does this job, he is allowed to keep the whole $15 for himself and spend it however he chooses. We accept that idea without a question - right. Now, what if his co-worker has 3 children and a wife and one of his children requires additional costs, let's say drugs. (Prescription or the other kind?) The system is set up so that he recieves the same $15, but is expected to spread that around to cover 5 dependants. Why would we chose to make the job the deciding factor rather than a persons needs in regards to dependants. Oops, I think your logic is not so good here: The job may be the deciding factor, but the decision may be between (1) not enough income to support the family, and (2) even less income. Especially when in other areas of income, we have accepted the thought that those with more dependants require more money, such as welfare? Well, it is the difference between two ways of thought - isn't it. One is the thought of socialism and the other is the thought of capitialism. Take for a point of interest housing. We often see two middle aged people living in suburban splendor - 20,000 sq ft of tastefully decorated, heated and convienced comfort while we look at people raising kids who find themselves in limited space, restricted furniture, living one on top of the other. How do we rationalize that? Well, we do it through the capitalistic model, which says as you gain experience, get older and have more responsibility in the work world, you get paid more [snip] My proposal for a more economically rational distribution of costs / income would help a bit here And don't forget the idea put forth by some "anarchists" at the beginning of this now worn down century: That working / poor people should stop having children, to force the problems of labor back "up" the capitalist power hierarchy. As all the poor / working people died off, the rich would have to decide whether to send their own children into the mines or figure out some other way to live without anybody going down in the mines. [snip] Of course, ruiminations like this come down to the hard fact, that those who benefit from the current situation, also hold the bureaucratic power, academic power, financial power and when in government the political power. Now the argument might be made that if this was truly wanted, then there would be a political movement towards this. But most who hold jobs, who have been brought up in the capitalistic way of thinking, cannot and will not engage in a discussions of this manner, nor provide the money or the structure which would allow an honest polling of the populace through a vote. Rather, the media, the academics, the rich, derail such thoughts and aspirations by sheer neglect - they won't talk about it, promote it, argue it or in any manner do anything but avoid it and riducule it. And so the world goes on, following a particular philosophy - without debate or experiment into other ideas. It's far more pleasant to deceive oneself than to actually *lie* and have to accept the fact that one is a *liar*. And being paid well to promulgate the self-deceptions (well -- I'm calling them self-deceptions, whereas to the person so "self-deceived", they're "obvious" -- see Edward Hall's
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Thomas Lunde wrote: Well, it is the difference between two ways of thought - isn't it. One is the thought of socialism and the other is the thought of capitialism. Take for a point of interest housing. We often see two middle aged people living in suburban splendor - 20,000 sq ft of tastefully decorated, heated and convienced comfort while we look at people raising kids who find themselves in limited space, restricted furniture, living one on top of the other. How do we rationalize that? Well, we do it through the capitalistic model, which says as you gain experience, get older and have more responsibility in the work world, you get paid more - in other words, by the job. Perhaps in a socialistic society, the family of children would be alloted the big house on the basis of their needs and as the children grew, the living quarters might be reduced as the needs grow less. Right on, Thomas. I have often reflected on this irony. The parents of my best friend lived in a tiny two-bedroom house with two big football-player-sized sons. After the boys were finished their education--a long time as my friend got a Ph.D. in chemistry and his brother became an obstetrician--the parents were able to buy a huge house on a quarter-acre lot. They were in their mid-fifties then. Only about two years later the mother began to manifest signs of Parkinson's disease, and soon after her husband had to change to a much smaller house, as he couldn't keep up with the house work and look after his wife. Victor Milne
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you look for article on globalism and information? Why not visit: A HUMANE Information Society or Information War? Reflections about Societies, Cultures, Human Potentials and Tools such as: Filters, Brokers, Agents, Knowbots, and Maps http://www.ceptualinstitute.com/genre/benking/humane-info.htm or: Embodying Situations Issues, Sharing Contexts, and Encouraging Dialogue it is about local and global compassion - how to get there.. http://www.ceptualinstitute.com/genre/benking/ifsr/IFSRnov98pp.htm and that we are in the wrong film as we use "flat" or dangerous metaphors, picture which makle us afraid and stop us from searching meaning and overview/context. as it has mcuh to do with library scientes "concept adn context mapping!" you may definitely dig deeper: http://www.ceptualinstitute.com/genre/benking/term/terminology.htm TKE '96 Terminology and Knowledge Engineering Vienna 26-28 August 1996 Section 1: Terminology and Philosophy of Science CONCEPT AND CONTEXT MAPPING - TOWARDS COMMON FRAMES OF REFERENCE by4now heiner From: "Jan Matthieu" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "mcluhan-l" [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fw: Subject: online articles Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 15:30:02 +0200 --- Forwarded Message Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 15:29:29 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Hope Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: online articles Dear colleagues, I am seeking assistance in finding full-text articles on the web for a course I will be teaching this September. The course is Feminism and Library and Information Studies and will be taught over the internet using web resources and a listserv (the web page for an earlier version of the course is at http://www.ualberta.ca/~holson/589/outline.htm in case anyone wants to take a look). For readings my preference is to use as many web-based texts as possible since not all of the students will be physically located at my institution. Therefore, I am looking for good articles available on the web in the following areas (or related ones): feminist theory -- all kinds; I like the class to have a range of background at least collectively also queer theory, postcolonialism, etc. ethic of care essentialism diversity -- interpreted generously canonicity female-intensive professions women working in organizations (e.g. hierarchical institutions like most libraries) librarianship as a female-intensive profession feminist perspectives on: collection management organization of information public service any other library/information service functions information as a commodity, including intellectual property intellectual freedom (pornography issues only in moderation or it consumes the discussion) globalization of information information technology If you know of good quality readings on any of these topics that are available via the web I would appreciate very much hearing about them. Please answer me directly at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will produce a list of assigned and optional readings for the course which I will post on the web page. I'll notify the listserv when it is ready. Additionally, anyone interested in taking the course for credit or audit can get in touch with me directly. It is a regular 3-credit course in an MLIS program accredited by the American Library Association's Committee on Accreditation so it is likely to be transferrable to programs at other library schools. It will be offered in the fall semester 1999 and is planned to be offered annually. Hope Hope A. Olson, PhD Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator School of Library Information Studies 3-20 Rutherford South University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2J4 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ualberta.ca/~holson/ phone: 780/492-2814 fax: 780/492-2430 --- End of Forwarded Message __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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--- Forwarded MessageDate: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 15:29:29 -0600To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]From: Hope Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: online articlesDear colleagues,I am seeking assistance in finding full-text articles on the web for acourse I will be teaching this September. The course is Feminism andLibrary and Information Studies and will be taught over the internet usingweb resources and a listserv (the web page for an earlier version of thecourse is at http://www.ualberta.ca/~holson/589/outline.htm in case anyonewants to take a look). For readings my preference is to use as manyweb-based texts as possible since not all of the students will bephysically located at my institution.Therefore, I am looking for good articles available on the web in thefollowing areas (or related ones): feminist theory -- all kinds; I like the class to have a range ofbackground at least collectively also queer theory, postcolonialism, etc. ethic of care essentialism diversity -- interpreted generously canonicity female-intensive professions women working in organizations (e.g. hierarchical institutions like mostlibraries) librarianship as a female-intensive profession feminist perspectives on: collection management organization of information public service any other library/information service functions information as a commodity, including intellectual property intellectual freedom (pornography issues only in moderation or itconsumes the discussion) globalization of information information technologyIf you know of good quality readings on any of these topics that areavailable via the web I would appreciate very much hearing about them.Please answer me directly at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]I will produce a list of assigned and optional readings for the coursewhich I will post on the web page. I'll notify the listserv when it is ready.Additionally, anyone interested in taking the course for credit or auditcan get in touch with me directly. It is a regular 3-credit course in anMLIS program accredited by the American Library Association's Committee onAccreditation so it is likely to be transferrable to programs at otherlibrary schools. It will be offered in the fall semester 1999 and isplanned to be offered annually.HopeHope A. Olson, PhDAssociate Professor and Graduate CoordinatorSchool of Library Information Studies3-20 Rutherford SouthUniversity of AlbertaEdmonton, Alberta, CanadaT6G 2J4e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.ualberta.ca/~holson/phone: 780/492-2814fax: 780/492-2430--- End of Forwarded Message
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Minister threatens independent media International Freedom Of Expression Exchange (Toronto) June 8, 1999 Toronto - The following document was released by Reporters sans frontieres (RSF), Paris: RSF is condemning threats against independent media by Information Minister Pedro Hendrik Vaal Neto during a 1 June 1999 press conference. He notably stated that his government was contemplating "resorting to violence" against independent media which do not support the government in its war against UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola), while accusing certain media of being "the fifth column of Jonas Savimbi's rebel movement." He added that he may ban certain publications. These statements, which RSF considers to be of particular concern, follow a series of attacks against Angolan and foreign journalists. On 5 May, Joaquim Alves, a journalist with the weekly "Actual Fax", was assaulted close to his residence in a Luanda suburb by three armed individuals, including one who was wearing an Angolan army uniform. The journalist was beaten. His attackers accused him of having written an article, published in April, in which a businessman, Mr. Kamakongo, was referred to as a "Savimbist". On 13 May, Lara Pawson, a correspondent with the Reuters press agency and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Radio, was attacked by several men while leaving a restaurant in Luanda. One of the men held her face and threatened her with repercussions if her reports became more critical of the government, reminding her that "Angola belongs to Eduardo Dos Santos." On 14 May, two men who introduced themselves as members of the special security forces searched the residence of Herculano Coroado Bumba, a correspondent with Portuguese Radio TSF. The two men, who did not have a warrant, explained that they were searching for arms. This incident occured at a time when the journalist had been receiving regular telephone threats in connection with his reports. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Send appeals to the information minister: - protesting his threats against independent media, which are simply exercising their right to inform - recalling that Angola has ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which guarantees the right to inform and to be informed - urging him to see to it that physical and verbal threats against journalists cease and that those responsible for attacks against Coroado Bumba, Pawson and Alves be identified and punished - recalling the case of William Tonet, editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper "Folha 8", prosecuted for "slander, insulting the army, libel, incitement to subversion and desertion", after publishing a series of articles concerning the Angolan army's mobilisation order (see IFEX alert of 22 April 1999) APPEALS TO: Pedro Hendrik Vaal Neto Minister of Information Luanda, Angola Please copy appeals to the source if possible. For further information, contact Jean-Francois Julliard or Vincent Brossel at RSF, rue Geoffroy Marie, Paris 75009, France, tel: +33 1 44 83 84 84, fax: +33 1 45 23 11 51, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Internet: http://www.rsf.fr The information contained in this action alert is the sole responsibility of RSF. In citing this material for broadcast or publication, please credit RSF. Distributed by The International Freedom Of Expression Exchange Clearing House, 489 College St. Suite 403, Toronto, Ontario M6G 1A5 CANADA, tel: +1 416 515 9622, fax: +1 416 515 7879, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Internet site: http://www.ifex.org/.
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Title: no subject Good points Ed and I stand corrected. I have just being reading Chossodovsky's second posting on Albania which has brought to the forefront of memory just how different the real world is from CNN and CBC with their so called in-depth coverage. Respectfully, Thomas Lunde -- From: Ed Weick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Thomas Lunde [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Destruction of Albania (Part I) Date: Fri, May 14, 1999, 6:08 PM Hi Thomas, Nice to know you are alive. I don't see how my comments are irrelevant today. Ireland is part of Europe, and continues to be in a state of war or rebellion or whatever. Russia is part of Europe, and is a powder keg when it comes to inter-ethnic relations. When I was there four years ago, the Chechyn war got all the publicity, but there were others going on at the same time. The Balkans are part of Europe, and you know what is going on there. There are strong right-wing, meaning fascist movements in France and Germany. Just because the latter has behaved like a model democracy for the past few decades does not mean that the old Prussian model of superiority couldn't emerge again. German skinheads are causing all kinds of problems for non-German immigrants -- they can no longer go after the Jews because most of them have cleared out to Israel, but they are ever alert for new victims. Europeans have been notorious for getting along when times are good, but let them turn bad and all of the old hatreds emerge. Those hatreds are still there, latent for the moment, but by no means dead. What got me about Reuss's comments was their sheer smugness. The Swiss have been peaceful and stable for the past few centuries, but, as a safe haven for money, have gained from everybodies else's problems. They've held themselves nuetral and have got very very rich by turning a blind eye to whether the wealth that poured in for safe keeping came from the mouths of Jews killed in the gas chambers or some other vile source. Best regards, Ed -Original Message- From: Thomas Lunde [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ed Weick [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, May 14, 1999 9:46 AM Subject: Re: Destruction of Albania (Part I) Dear Ed: It's a good argument Ed but the first comment is current time and your comment is relevant 50 years ago. I'm inclined to give the Europeans the benefit of doubt and grant that many countries have been trying to address some of the social problems that our neighbour to the South ignores and which spills over into our culture. Respectfully, Thomas Lunde -- From: Ed Weick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: List Futurework [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Destruction of Albania (Part I) Date: Fri, May 14, 1999, 12:32 PM Funny, but here in Europe we don't have an army that has bombed 21 countries during the last 50 years (without having been attacked once). We also don't have the high rates of murder and prisoners that your peaceful country has. Nor do we need metal detectors in our schools to protect the kids from each other, or security guards on our campus to prevent the kids from massacrating their peers on Hitler's birthday. We also don't have militia-men who kill dozens of civilians by blowing up a gov't building. Geez, we don't even have racial riots in large cities after some state officers have beaten up a citizen for his race. But I'm sure we'll have all that pretty soon if we follow the lead of your peace-loving and tolerant country, Ray. How beautifully smug! I understand that your bankers made quite a lot of money from the gold and jewelry that the Nazis took from death-camp victims. Europe, if you read its history, was a cesspool of wars, repressions and mass exterminations. And it was Europeans who brought diseases and enslavement to the Americas, accounting for the destruction of civilizations and the deaths of perhaps 100 million people. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get into this one, but on reading the above self-congratulatory puffery, I just couldn't help it. But perhaps I misunderstood. Perhaps you intent was some form of comic irony. Ed Weick
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The attached seems to signal a potentially significant development in thinking about a post neo-liberal approach to global governance. A stray ray of sun doesn't make a spring morning but but it does suggest that winter may not be eternal. M WHO SHOULD DEVISE AND OWN THE PROPOSED GLOBAL SOCIAL POLICY CODE? The UK government, through the intervention of the Chancellor Gordon Brown, has made a significant contribution to the debate about how to regulate the global economy not only in terms of financial flows but also in terms of the social dimension of globalization. He has argued for a GLOBAL SOCIAL POLICY CODE. This would be a "code of global best practice in social policy which will apply for every country, will set minimum standards and will ensure that when IMF and WORLD BANK help a country in trouble the agreed programme of reform will preserve investments in the social, education, and employment programmes which are essential for growth" Moreover this code "should not be seen in narrow terms as merely the creation of social safety nets. We should see it as creating opportunities for all by investing more not less in education, employment and vital public services".(Speech entitled Rediscovering Public Purpose in the Global Economy, Harvard, Dec 15th 1998.) It is suggested by him that this code should be agreed at the next meeting of the World Bank meeting in spring1999. The question, therefore, is posed as to who and how will this code be devised. It has fallen to Robert Holzmann as Director of the newly created Social Protection division of the Human Resources Network of the Bank to formulate this. Some initial thinking was provided by the Social Development Section of the DFID of the UK government. It suggested that best practice in social policy involved a)equitable access to basic social services health, education, water and sanitation, shelter; b)social protection enabling individuals to reduce their vulnerability to shocks: and c)core labour standards. Two questions arise. First what does the track record of Bank policy making in this field suggest might be the slant of this new global code if left to them? For a final answer we must await the articulation within the next few months of the World Bank's Social Protection sector strategy paper. Some clues as to its orientation already exist. The social protection section, in the terms of its own publicity material, says it is meeting the challenge of inclusion by focusing on risk management by 'helping people manage risks proactively in their households and communities'. Within this remit it is working on labour market reform, pension reform and social assistance strategies including supporting NGO and community social funds in many countries. This suggests a strategy which emphasizes individual responsibility to insure themselves against the increased risks and uncertainties of globalization rather than one that puts emphasis on governmental responsibilities to pool risks and to universalize provision. Holzmann concentrates on pension policy (1997a,1997b,1997c,1997d) and has lent his support to the multi-pillar approach to pension reform (1997b) which would reduce the state PAYG schemes to a minimal role of basic pension provision, supplemented by a compulsory and fully funded and individualized second pillar and a voluntary third pillar. Second how should other global actors with a right to a view on this code: ILO, UNICEF, WHO, UNESCO, UNDP, the UN Economic and Social Secretariat, global trade unions, global civil society etc. have their say? If we are to build a global economy that takes the social dimension seriously then we need forms of global social policy formulation that stand in the tradition of consensus politics and tripartism. The initiative by the UN Social Policy and Social Development Secretariat to formulate a policy for the social dimension of globalization needs to engage with this GLOBAL CODE OF SOCIAL POLICY . The ILO and other UN social agencies need to make their input. A wide ranging discussion is needed , not a quick fix at the next meeting of the Bank. A code owned by all could be agreed at the Copenhagen plus 5 meeting scheduled for June 2000. A code for best practice in social policy should not slant too far in the direction of targeting and privatisation. It would have to explicate what the alternative poles of universalism and public responsibility might mean for countries at different levels of development. At the same time such an approach of universalism appropriate to the level of development needs to be coupled with explicit pro poor development polices to avoid the charge that the poor countries should settle for less. Chen and Desai (1997, pp 432) reminded us recently, having reviewed the positive experiences of those countries that combined economic growth with conscious social development (Botswana, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, the Indian State of Kerala, Sri Lanka, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia,
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(JAY:) These "egalitarian" societies work because they are small. Community members must be able to "recognize" other community memebers. That limits them to 300 or 400 individuals. me: If everyone have information about the trackrecord of somebody's capabilities in a directly any time open information system, we do not need to "recognize" community members in the larger community. And in the smaller one - such as living place and workplace control, such choosing people relying on personal experience is more efficient than the present system where the supervisors are pushed on from the top. By the way, I would call a hierarchy democracy, if it is built bottom-up, everyone is instantly recallable and everyone have the same access to information and life's necessities. Besides not being based on physical strength and darwinism, it seems a very natural social way to me, too... Ray: It not a question wheither or not human will have rulers, the only question is who shall rule. We are presently ruled by the rich. I would like to see different criteria. It's a fact of life that democracy (no matter how one defines it) is on the way out. me: it cannot be on the way out, as it hasn't been in yet! We should be ruled by ourselves, that's the best way to being ouselves; the most individualistic system there is... Eva
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Eva: There was an article on this in the Guardian Weekly 2 or 3 months ago.
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I think I did have a similar question before - I don't think that the "home-industry" style production can satisfy the needs of the present number of people. Also, if we can find the sustainable means of cutting down on the soul-numbing jobs, why shouldn't we? Lets keep the capitalism created wonders of science and technology, through democratic control, let's make sure it is done sustainably and with minimal environmental degregation. I picture the next era witha minimum of rotated unwanted task, and full individual creative development. Eva Eva, why would we want to keep mass production; which is a particular manifestation of capitalist production relations pertaining to a particular accumulation regime of a particular era in the techno-eco omic history of capitalism, for a sustainable world may I ask. I am sorry if I am out of context here because I didn't listen well... baha "Durant" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/12/98 12:51 Mass production and globalisation is necessary if we want to sustain sustainably the earth's population. That is why we cannot go back to some quaint early form of capitalism. Eva [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Dear discussion group members: I am eager to learn Taiwanese, a dialect spoken in Taiwan and Fujian Province, China, but haven't had much luck finding language instruction. If you know of any books, tapes, or courses in the New York City area, information will be much appreciated. Thank you.
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I am attaching some advance information about a new publication which may be useful for your educational or political work. The files are in dos text ascii. Please circulate or post this information to your distribution lists as you deem appropriate. Ordering information: toll free order number in Canada: 1-800-565-9523 in USA: 1-800-283-3572 in Europe: 0-800-1066-00 in Australia: fax 02 9566-4411 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: 514 849 1956 The Politics of Sustainable Development: Citizens, Unions and the Corporations LAURIE E. ADKIN Using documentary evidence, interviews and surveys, Laurie Adkin examines the potential of new social movements and the labour movement to pose radical challenges to the model of development in the West. Although there are considerable obstacles on both sides, the author believes that the potential exists for a convergence between a radicalized `social unionism' and the popular democratic discourse of political ecology. "The most difficult, yet most needed, of research projects is one that moves from the theoretical to the "real" in all its detail, complexity, and contradictions. This book takes on that challenge, contributing to a rethink of both the theoretical and practical. It is especially important in recognizing the constraints on action yet showing that activists' conceptions of unionism, union culture, and ideas do matter. It will, no doubt, be of great relevance to both academics and CAW activists struggling with the politics and tensions of more successfully addressing the issue of the environment." - Sam Gindin, Director of Research, Canadian Auto Workers Union "This is a well-researched and politically astute study which illuminates the challenges faced by activists and movements that strive to break through the enclosures of conventional politics. In a sober yet hopeful voice, Adkin records the struggles of trade unionists and citizens groups to find common ground around a democratic-ecological project that might well fuel a resurgent counter-hegemony in Canada and elsewhere." -- William K. Carroll, Professor of Sociology, University of Victoria "A rare example, nowadays, of meticulous scholarship in the service of political engagement, and a key text for all those who are seriously concerned with the real possibilities--and the real obstacles--to the emergence of a new progressive politics based on the new social movements and the labour movement. The book makes the abstractions of social science come alive in its account of the real, stressful efforts of ordinary people to understand and overcome what industry is doing to their health and their jobs. It also breaks new ground in showing how crucial ideological 'discourses' are in building the necessary alliances to do this." - Colin Leys, Professor of Political Studies, Queen's University at Kingston, 1976-1996, and co-editor of the Socialist Register Laurie E. Adkin holds a PhD from Queen's University in Political Studies and currently teaches Comparative Politics at the University of Alberta. She has published articles on new social movements, the Canadian labour and environmental movements, and on Latin America. Paperback ISBN: 1-55164-080-5 $28.99 Hardcover ISBN: 1-55164-081-3 $57.99 Laurie E. Adkin, The Politics of Sustainable Development: Citizens, Unions, and the Corporations(Montreal; New York; London: Black Rose Books, 1998) The attitudes and actions of citizens' groups, unions and corporations reflect not only their stakes in protecting particular interests, but also the limits of their abilities to envision, or mobilize support for, alternatives to the prevailing mode of economic growth. Growing public concern about toxic chemicals and industrial issues coincided in the 1980s with a peak in environmental activism and government initiatives. These developments are examined alongside the complex problem of labour movement responses. How successful have these various interests been in shaping the economic-environmental regulatory framework? Analyses of the roles of actors such as citizens' groups and unions in the formation of public policy have been notably lacking in Canada. The regulatory battles studied here include: the amendment to the Ontario Environmental Protection Act which became known as the "Spills Bill"; Ontario's Municipal-Industrial Strategy of Abatement for pollution entering waterways; the introduction of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act; the public review of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement; and the public participation process for the Remedial Action Plans for the "areas of concern" in the Great Lakes Basin. Also compared are the responses of two industrial trade unions to environmental regulation of industry and the growing influence of the environmental movement. These are: the Energy and Chemical Workers Union (ECWU) and the Canadian Auto Workers
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There appear to be some private conversations occuring on the list. Would it be possible for contributors to address their comments to the entire list, or to communicate directly with each other when two people are carrying on a conversation? It is frustrating to open messages and, only after perusal, realize that that are not for the list. It's not as easy as just a simple delete. Thanks. Alan Scharf
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possibility of a "soft landing". "IMF surveillance" of debtor countries' macro-economic policy tends to further heighten the risks of financial meltdown. The present economic crisis is far more complex than that of the interwar period. Because national economies are interlocked in a system of global trade and investment, its impact is potentially far more devastating. The technological revolution (combined with delocation and corporate restructuring) has dramatically lowered the costs of production while at same time impoverishing millions of people. Macro-economic policies are internationalised: the same austerity measures are applied all over the World. In turn, large corporations have the power to move entire branches of industry from one country to another. Factories are closed down in the developed countries and production is transferred to the Third World where workers are often paid less than a dollar a day. The social consequences and geo-political implications of the economic crisis are far-reaching particularly in the uncertain aftermath of the Cold War. In the developing World and in the former Soviet block, entire countries have been destabilised as a consequence of the collapse of national currencies often resulting in the outbreak of social strife, ethnic conflicts and civil war... In the former Soviet Union as a whole, industrial output has plummeted by 48.8 percent and GDP by 44.0 percent over the 1989-1995 period. (Official data compiled by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe). In some cases, wages have fallen to less than ten dollars a month; in Bulgaria, old age pensioners receive two dollars a month. Budget austerity, plant closures, deregulation and trade liberalisation have contributed to precipitating entire national economies into poverty and stagnation. In turn, the evolution of financial markets has reached a dangerous cross-roads. The massive trade in derivatives undermines the conduct of monetary policy in both the developing and developed countries. Dangerous Cross-Roads The speculative surge of stock values is totally at variance with the movement of the real economy. Stock markets "cannot lead their own life" indefinitely. Business confidence cannot be "sustained by recession". The price to earnings ratio (P/E) on the SP 500 has risen dangerously to 25.8, well above the P/E level of 22.4 prevailing in the months prior to the October 1987 crash. In many regards, the stock market frenzy is analogous to the Albanian "ponzi" pyramid schemes. People who have invested their private savings will "get rich" while the market rises and as long as they leave their money in the stock market. As soon as financial markets crumble, life-long savings in stocks, mutual funds, pension and insurance funds are wiped out. More than forty percent of the American adult population has investments in the stock market. A financial meltdown would lead to massive loan default sending a cold shiver through the entire banking system; it would also result in bank failures as well as a tumble of pension and retirement savings funds. Financial Disarmament Market forces left to their own devices lead to financial upheaval. Close scrutiny of the role of major speculative instruments (including option trading, short sales, non-trading derivatives, hedge funds, non deliverable currency transactions, programme trading, index futures, etc.) should be undertaken. A report published by the Bundesbank had already warned in 1993 that trade in derivatives could potentially "trigger chain reactions and endanger the financial system as a whole". (Martin Khor, " Baring and the Search for a Rogue Culprit, Third World Economics, No. 108, 1-15 March 1995, p. 10). Regulation cannot be limited to the disclosure and reporting of trade in derivatives as recommended by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS); concrete measures applied globally and agreed by governments of both developed and developing countries are required to prohibit the use of specific speculative instruments. The risks associated with the electronic order routing systems should also be the subject of careful examination. Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board admits that "the efficiency of global financial markets, has the capability of transmitting mistakes at a far faster pace throughout the financial system in ways which were unknown a generation ago..."(BIS Review, No. 46, 1997). It is essential that the World community acknowledge an increasingly dangerous situation and adopt without delay a coherent structure of financial regulation (and inter-governmental cooperation). This is a broad and complex political issue requiring substantial changes in the balance of political power within national societies. Those in the seat of political authority often have a vested interest in upholding dominant financial interests
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Please do use the identifiers at the beginning of the subject line when you post. Also, can anyone explain to me why the posting re Jesse Helms were relevant to FW. I am open to instruction. Sally Lerner
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