[PEN-L:5089] Re: Brits> NZ too

1995-05-14 Thread Bruce Cronin
> On Fri, 12 May 1995, Robert Peter Burns wrote: > > > Ellen Dannin and others who haven't seen it > > should take a look at the transcript of > > the CBC program "Ideas" on New Zealand which > > is available in the pen-l archives. . . . . > > In my view (jaded of course) we should pay attenti

[PEN-L:5088] Re: profit-rate equalization

1995-05-14 Thread ECAS
My concern is not primarily to understand Marx, but to understand what he himself was trying to understand - the realities of capitalism. The assumption of an equal rate of profit was an attempt to approach a closer to these realities than the assumptions made in Vol 1. But in the end, I think

[PEN-L:5087] Re: Americas Cup and Maiori Protest

1995-05-14 Thread Bruce Cronin
> I could not let Bill's comments (below) pass without comment. Your comment is at least as distorted as the original. I would say the original expresses the attitudes of many young Maori. > The Waitangi day celebrations that were disrupted, were the > celebrations by Maori. The Prime Mini

[PEN-L:5086] Re: profit rate equalization

1995-05-14 Thread ECAS
Ajit writes: "The *Law of Chaos* crowd seems to be obsessed with "actual prices"--appearances, appearances, appearances-- what Marx called the obsession of vulgar economics." As a member of that "crowd," I must reject that characterization. Rather, my view is that there are two fundmental tenden

[PEN-L:5085] Re: It makes you sick

1995-05-14 Thread Jeff Oman
> >Makes ya sick, don't it? Understatment ^^^ Jeff Oman >Peter Burns SJ >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >

[PEN-L:5084] Americas Cup and Maiori Protest

1995-05-14 Thread peter_robertson
I could not let Bill's comments (below) pass without comment. The Waitangi day celebrations that were disrupted, were the celebrations by Maori. The Prime Minister and Govoner General were invited guests. The protesters then, as with more recent protests, were representaives of a particular

[PEN-L:5083] Re: NZ - the alliance?

1995-05-14 Thread Bruce Cronin
> On Sat, 13 May 1995, Doug Henwood wrote: > > > On a recent fly-by in NYC, Peter Camejo, the former SWP presidential > > candidate turned stockbroker (though still a self-identified socialist), > > said that very interesting things were happening in New Zealand - a left > > party called, I think

[PEN-L:5082] It makes you sick

1995-05-14 Thread Robert Peter Burns
Here's an excerpt from today's Los Angeles Times "Column Left" article by Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh, entitled "Living Well at Workers' Expense". The authors are fellows at the Institute for Policy Studies. BEGIN EXCERPT: Mexico's currency crisis has created a windfall for U.S. companies t