GLOBALIZATION VERSUS DEMOCRACY
[WHO WINS, WHO LOSES]
Michael Parenti
speaks out, in a special
Vancouver appearance
/* Written 6:55 PM Feb 24, 1997
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From: John MacDougall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IN: AP - Nike Machine Runs into Protest
Well-oiled Nike machine runs into SF protest machine
By RICHARD COLE, Associated Press Writer
Feb 20
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The
At 12:59 PM 2/25/97 -0800, you wrote:
>capitalist legislation). The point that this is a psecial problems
>for planned socialism is that in it, the whole economy is
>politicized; there's no room for any nonpoliticized
>decisionmaking. I agree that rich coops exercising power in virtue
>of the
Hot flash --
Sen. Torricelli of NJ announced his opposition to the generic G.O.P.
Balanced Budget Amendment. If senators maintain their announced
positions, the amendment cannot pass the Senate. It was in even more
trouble in the House, so conditions for killing it good in this
Congress loo
At 10:03 AM 2/26/97 -0800, Jim Devine wrote:
>I wrote:>in the US, if I am not mistaken, the big increases in
>the progressiveness of the tax system coincide with wars. <
etc.
I fully agree. There are only two conditions that pose a REAL threat to the
oligarchy: a lots of unhappy people with g
I've just added a bunch of new stuff to the LBO web site (see URL below).
* A new article (http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/Jobless_future.html) - "How
Jobless the Future?," a response to the thesis of a jobless future
circulated by Stanley Aronowitz, among others. (Aronowitz responded angrily
to t
I would like to get a series for the evolution of the organic composition
of capital in the U.S.. Please send references to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I intend to use these series for the purpose of teaching a course on
Technology and Economics. Thanks. Victor.
It seems that a discussion of the relative degree of progressiveness in
the tax structure cannot take place without an understanding of the way
in which the government redistributes taxes. For instance, the proportion
of income (earned and property) paid in taxes may increase as income
increa
I wrote:>in the US, if I am not mistaken, the big increases in
the progressiveness of the tax system coincide with wars. <
Nathan Newman writes >>I don't think this is accurate. THe really
progressive nature of our tax system was created during the
depression.<<
I don't have a table or graph
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>From: Michael Eisenscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [Fwd: please post - High Cost of High Tech]
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The new U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has been on a
"round-the-world tour" designed to push U.S. interests abroad.
Everywhere she goes, the hooliganism of U.S. diplomacy is clearly
evident.
Following talks in Seoul, the news agencies quote Albright
saying that "the success of Ko
A two-day seminar was held in Mexico City on February 2-3 on the
important topic of Political Parties and a New Society. Organized
by the Party of Labor of Mexico (PT), the Seminar was attended
by the following political parties: Argentinian Movement of
Everybody for the Country; Communist Party
The NABE proposal to combine the statistical agencies is a good one.
Unfortunately, it has been proposed by more important people in the
past and gone nowhere.
Dave
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BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.3 percent in
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