writers rights & electronic books

1994-04-24 Thread Philip Mattera
Some of you PEN-L authors might be interested in the following: WRITERS UNION CALLS FOR FULL RECOGNITION OF WRITERS RIGHTS IN ELECTRONIC-BOOK CONTRACTS New York, April 24, 1994--The National Writers Union (NWU) today called on electronic publishers to accept a strong set of principles on writer

NEW: Ecol-Econ - Ecological Economics (fwd)

1994-04-24 Thread Steffanie D Scott
I thought some of you might be interested in this new list... __ Steffanie Scott Dept. of Sociology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 Canada <[EMAIL PR

Re: MTV--- a reply to Hugo and Ajit

1994-04-24 Thread Ajit Sinha
Mike, How do you add 2hrs. of farming labor with 3hrs. of manufacturing labor and call it 5hrs. of abstract labor, without reducing them to a commensurate measure before hand? For example, we can have 2 apples and 3 oranges and add them up as 5 fruits. Here fruit is an abstract generalization and

Re: transit villages; reply to Boone

1994-04-24 Thread Martha Bianco, H-Urban Co-Moderator
H-Urban Co-moderator, Wendy Plotkin, wrote: > Have you looked at the attitudes of the transit workers unions in > Portland, New York City, Rio de Janeiro, and other other cities > mentioned (if there were unions in those cities)? Where were the > transit union's loyalties -- with the higher fare

OAH Report--Session on E.P. Thompson

1994-04-24 Thread Jim Oberly, History Dept., U of Wisc-Eau Claire
Crossposted from H-Post.. Thanks to Mel Dubofsky for submitting this report. + + + + + + + + + On Friday afternoon 15 April about 100 people attended a panel at the annual meeting of the Organization of American

Re: Mandela touts stox

1994-04-24 Thread Doug Henwood
Patrick Bond offers an excerpt from the ANC's Reconstruction and Development Programme as a response to my citation of a Financial Times story reporting Mandela's soothing words to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The same FT article, by Mark Suzman, also says: "[Mandela] cited the ANVC's proposed

Re: Health Care Demystified article

1994-04-24 Thread Doug Henwood
Sorry. Got it. Thanks. Doug Doug Henwood [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Left Business Observer 212-874-4020 (voice) 212-874-3137 (fax) On Sat, 23 Apr 1994 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Fellow Pen-lers, > > Percentage of recipients of "Health Care Reform Demystified" who were > asked to acknowledge receipt

Re: Mandela touts stox

1994-04-24 Thread JTREACY
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 07:34:30 -0700 From: Doug Henwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Mandela touts stox Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mr Mandela was at pains to emphasise the 'critical role of business in building our economy.'" A grateful exchange, which the ANC once denounce

Re: Mandela touts stox

1994-04-24 Thread Planact
(From Patrick Bond, Planact, Johannesburg) Doug Henwood notes Cde Mandela's appearance at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and its soothing effect on the world's worst speculators and parasites. I for one simply hope Mandela's telling them what they want to hear, and that next week after a resoun