[PEN-L:4068] Re: May First

Happy May Day everyone. maggie coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:4067] re: Beijing meetings

pen-l Dear Femeconners and Pen-lers; A woman I work with is doing a school project on the Beijing meetings. For background, she is looking for information from the 1985 women's meetings in Nairobi. Specifically, she would like the text of the "Nairobi Forward looking strategy for the advancemen

[PEN-L:4066] Downsizing Conference

-- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 19:22:10 EDT From: "Seth Wigderson, H-Labor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: H-Net Labor History discussion list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Wages and Jobs in an Era of Downsizing (fwd) From: "Nelson N. Lichtenstein" <[EMAIL PROT

[PEN-L:4065] Re: Capitalism & Corruption

At 6:40 AM 5/1/96, Mike Meeropol wrote: >Charles Bettleheim's _Class Struggles in the USSR_ and E.H. Carr's mammoth >_A History of Soviet Russia_ gives the lie to this absurd dichotomy which >argues that Lenin and Stalin established "socialism" and from Khrushchev >through Gorbachev the "misleade

[PEN-L:4064] Re: SHAWGI TELL

At 1:49 PM 5/1/96, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >This may seem sectarian, but the fact is that one of the reasons >why the socialist movement is doing so poorly nowadays is that we >made some major mistakes, like those who saw (or see!) the old >USSR or the old Albania as models of the way the world s

[PEN-L:4063] Re: References

I forget to mention another reference: - Ludo Martens, "Another View of Stalin," 1995? I have not read this book, but hear that it is reasonable. Shawgi Tell University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:4062] Re: References

To Shawgi Tell: Right. Here we go again. Well, giving out a list of references is probably better than reprinting half- baked lengthy denunciations of mysterious Canadian individuals. I am not going to go through all the arguments or all the references, but will just note two points:

[PEN-L:4061] SHAWGI TELL

Awhile back, there was one of those pointless discussions on the P-news discussion list (is it still around?), one that was echoed on the Marxism list: I used the word "stalinism" to refer to the general phenomenon of the authoritarian kind of socialism from above that had held ideological swa

[PEN-L:4060] Re: export of north shore oil

At 12:12 PM 5/1/96, Lisa Rogers wrote: >I heard this morning on the radio that Clinton has authorized the >release of some US strategic reserve oil, to combat the recent rise >in gasoline prices, and ordered up a study on the price rise to see >if any illegal collusion was involved. [Previous go

[PEN-L:4059] Re: References

SHAWGI TELL wrote: > Subject: Communism, Soviet References > - Bruce Franklin, "The Essential Stalin,: (London: Croom Helm, 1973). > [This book, "The Essential Stalin," is a good place for beginners to start.] > - Enver Hoxha, "With Stalin," 1979. > - Enver Hoxha, "Imperialism and the Revolution

[PEN-L:4058] export of north shore oil

I heard this morning on the radio that Clinton has authorized the release of some US strategic reserve oil, to combat the recent rise in gasoline prices, and ordered up a study on the price rise to see if any illegal collusion was involved. [Previous gov. studies have never found any _illegal_ co

[PEN-L:4057] MEXICO CITY: HOMELESSNESS BOOMS; ECONOMIC CRISIS SHAKES SOCIAL NET

> Mexico Barbaro by John Ross > > > TO DIE IN THE STREET - MEXICO CITY'S HOMELESS POPULATION BOOMS AS ECONOMIC > CRISIS SHAKES SOCIAL PROTECTIONS > > >Period: Feb. 11th-21st, 1996 > >MEXICO CITY - Meo and Julio live under an overhang outside Saint >Dismis chapel on

[PEN-L:4056] References

Subject: Communism, Soviet References - - Victor Perlo and Ellen Perlo, "Dynamic Stability: The Soviet Economy Today" (New York: International Publishers, 1980). - Christopher Simpson, "Blowback: America's Recruitment

[PEN-L:4055] Oregon economists letter on BBA

5/1/96 Dear Oregon Colleagues; Senator Wyden has recently declared that he is undecided on the Balanced Budget Amendment. If you would like to sign the following letter urging him to oppose the amendment please let me know vi

[PEN-L:4054] Re: Cornel West lecture NYC 5-3

> > Bill, > > How can we get a copy or tape of Cornel's presentation. That's one I'd > shell out some dough for ... I live to far from NYC to come just for that! Thanks for writing. Contact Liz Mestres at 212 242-4201, or just send a check for $8 to the Brecht Forum, 122 West 27 Street, 10 fl

[PEN-L:4053] IRRA Web

Netters: Early this week I announced the new Website for the Industrial Relations Research Association. We have made a small change in the address. Please set your browsers to: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/irra/ This site is under construction, but we welcome you to visit and pass along your

[PEN-L:4052] export of North Slope oil

Anyone know what to make of Clinton's order allowing the export of Alaskan oil? Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web:

[PEN-L:4051] 1996-04-30 Law Day, U.S.A., 1996

How we celebrate May Day in the US of A: > THE WHITE HOUSE >Office of the Press Secretary > ___ > For Immediate ReleaseApril 30, 1996 > >

[PEN-L:4050] Re: The massacre in Brazil

> Date sent: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 14:00:52 -0700 > Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: D Shniad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject:[PEN-L:4016] The massacre in Brazil > I received a bounced copy of a copyrighted newsletter giving details > about the massacre in Brazil. But I

[PEN-L:4049] FW: BLS Daily Report

BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1996 RELEASED TODAY: On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Employment Cost Index rose 0.7 percent in the December-March period, compared with 0.8 percent in the September-December period. ECI wages and salaries rose 1.0 percent in the December-March period, u

[PEN-L:4048] Re: Cornel West lecture NYC 5-3

Bill, How can we get a copy or tape of Cornel's presentation. That's one I'd shell out some dough for ... I live to far from NYC to come just for that! -- Mike Meeropol Economics Department Cultures Past and Present Program Western New England College Springfield, Massachusetts "Don't blame us,

[PEN-L:4047] Re: Capitalism & Corruption

WARNING: I am responding to part of a post from S. Tell. SHAWGI TELL wrote: > -- lots of stuff deleted -- > In terms of establishing an economic and political system to > serve the interests of the people, there is rich experience from > the twentieth century. The only system which had n

[PEN-L:4046] Cornel West lecture NYC 5-3

The Brecht Forum The New York Marxist School 122 West 27 Street, 10 floor New York, New York 10001 (212) 242-4201 (212) 741-4563 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (e-mail) Race Matters and the Role of "Public Intellectuals" a talk by Cornel West Friday, May 3 at 7:30 pm Especially in this right-wing