According to PCWEEK, the Clinton administration is involved in
developing a universal identification "smart" card, and Clinton
is considering "signing a pair of executive orders that
would facilitate the connection of individuals' bank accounts
and federal records to a government identification
_Covert Action Information Bulletin_ Number 37 (Summer 1991)
ran a six-page article by Mili Kang: "North Korea, the Next
Target?" The article ended with the address of a Korea Support
Network--33 Central Ave, Albany NY 12210, (518) 434-4037.
_Covert Action Quarterly_: ISSN 0275-309X (University
I didn't quote this message because of its length, but it denounced World
Bank financing for dams as environmentally destructive and destructive as
well of indigenous communities and ways of life.
The anti-damsters have an important point here, but I've never heard any
views on a positive
Ben Crow makes some very good points. The distinction between the enviros
and the forces of productivity is important - to oversimplify a bit, it's
what separates the greens from the reds. I see in a lot of green critique
an unexamined nostalgia for traditional ways of life, a variant on noble
On Fri, 10 Jun 1994 07:17:01 -0700, Doug Henwood wrote, regarding the
question of Worl Bank funding of large dams in India:
The anti-damsters have an important point here, but I've never heard any
views on a positive development model to replace them. Are traditional
ways of life to be
in addition, you might want to look at Bruce Cuming's article in
today's L.A. TIMES (op-ed piece, in the Metro section, p. 7).
Marty Hart-Landsburg had an interesting piece in MONTHLY REVIEW's
supporter newsletter on the Korea crisis that looks at things
in terms of their impact on S. Korea.
Young Koreans Union in Washington, DC has also been very active in the left wing
analysis and activism regarding the Korean Crisis.
Paul Burkett is a pen-l participant, so I won't try to explain
his thought (I don't remember the context of the quote, either).
The article is good worth reading. I really like the revealing
quotes from Greenspan.
As for the "ideological bias" of MONTHLY REVIEW, they clearly
don't have one.
On Fri, 10 Jun 1994, Doug Henwood wrote:
Ben Crow makes some very good points. The distinction between the enviros
and the forces of productivity is important - to oversimplify a bit, it's
what separates the greens from the reds. I see in a lot of green critique
an unexamined nostalgia
Bruce Cumings is at Northwest University.
Anthony D'Costa
On Thu, 9 Jun 1994, Arthur MacEwan wrote:
Try Bruce Cummings in the history department at the University of
Chicago. He is the left expert on Korea, a good speaker with
interesting tings to say.
I thank Ben for bringing this up before I could.
Anthony D'Costa
On Thu, 9 Jun 1994, Ben Crow wrote:
Andrew Sessions has posted the 'Manibeli Declaration', a proposal from the
International Rivers Network, of Berkeley CA, that there be a
moratorium on World Bank funding of large dams.
Some comments on responses to my earlier message:
On Bill Mitchell's comments:
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"NZ merely has translated the idea of a welfare state for all into a welfare
state for a few privileged..."
In substance, of course, the romantic notion of a NZ welfare state for all
re: conservatism of rock group Rush
We should take further discussion to alt.music.rush or somewhere else,
but suffice to say that since the 1970s Rush's lyrics have progressed
from Randian to socially liberal.
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Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
One resource not mentioned yet for the person interested in issues
on Korea (Choson-un hanada) is the Korea Information Resource Center
in Washington, D.C. They publish a periodic newsletter that gives
information on US/Korean relations, analysis of the labor/student
movements in south Korea,
I saw this on the Progressive Sociology Network and recall that PEN-L has at
least one UAW activist. Thought I would pass this on.
Dear Friends,
I am a PhD student at Warwick
(IRRU,IROB) in England.
I am looking for any E-Mail contact to the
UAW (Union of Automobile Workers) in
Detroit.
A quick thank you to all who have responded (or intend to respond) to my
request on information on Korea.
Andrew Sessions
I'm not sure exactly what the point of Anthony D'Costa is, but it is
important to note that in the case of the Narmada and other big dams in
India, the issue is not of whether or not to do something to feed more
people, since the small scale alternatives would do that. In the case of
the Narmada
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