[PEN-L:9652] WIREDness: Save or delete?

1997-04-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
===> This appeared in the March issue of Perspective, a liberal magazine at Harvard. Time out to note what some students are actually thinking about. valis Occupied Ameri

[PEN-L:9651] Addition on Peru

1997-04-24 Thread Paul Zarembka
My contact in Lima offers the following commentary on the MRTA in Lima: "I think in general, revolutionaries should be treated as such. I am very sad they all died. But these people took their action very seriously, they were prepared to kill both hostages and military. They knew what they

[PEN-L:9650] Re: Ports 'crossing the threshold of

1997-04-24 Thread Marshall Feldman
Could someone fill me in? I must have missed the earlier posts about this. What is the URL for COSIPA's web site? What is COSIPA? What are the issues here? How is the state giving capital the keys to the plant? Etc. If an earlier posting covered this, could you please just tell me the subjec

[PEN-L:9649] FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-04-24 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1997 RELEASED TODAY: Labor productivity -- as measured by output per hour -- increased from 1994 to 1995 in 69 percent of the industries measured by BLS Industries measured were in manufacturing; transportation, communications, and utilities; trade;

[PEN-L:9648] Re: AOL4FREE incident

1997-04-24 Thread Wojtek Sokolowski
At 11:05 AM 4/24/97 -0700, you wrote: > >The DENVER POST actually carried a warning about the AOL4FREE virus in its >business section, citing someone in the U.S. Department of Energy as its >source. I myself cannot evaluate whether this is part of a hoax or a >myth, but I found it interesting tha

[PEN-L:9647] AOL4FREE incident

1997-04-24 Thread ZAHNISER STEVEN SCOTT
The DENVER POST actually carried a warning about the AOL4FREE virus in its business section, citing someone in the U.S. Department of Energy as its source. I myself cannot evaluate whether this is part of a hoax or a myth, but I found it interesting that the POST is trying to be cyber-hip by car

[PEN-L:9646] Mexico human Rights Sign-o Letter (re-sent). (fwd)

1997-04-24 Thread D Shniad
Forwarded message: Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 23:28:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Global Exchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mexico human Rights Sign-o Letter (re-sent). Dear list subscriber, PLEASE NOTE: In recent days our internet srver (Peacenet) has been experiencing delivery pr

[PEN-L:9645] Brief Comment on Civil Society

1997-04-24 Thread ZAHNISER STEVEN SCOTT
With respect to Mexico, newspaper columnist Luis Javier Garrido frequently poses the efforts to bring democracy to Mexico as a struggle between civil society and the PRI-government. Steven Zahniser [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:9644] Ports "crossing the threshold of globalization" (fwd)

1997-04-24 Thread D Shniad
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[PEN-L:9643] Forwarded mail...

1997-04-24 Thread D Shniad
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[PEN-L:9642] Re: civil society -Reply

1997-04-24 Thread Patrick Bond
On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > In that capacity, the nonprofit sector has nothing to do with the role of > civil society envisioned by deTocqueville (and later Gramsci). The former > is merely an ancilliary mechanism of manufacturing public goods, the latter > -- the mechanism fa

[PEN-L:9641] New Journal devoted to classical Marxism

1997-04-24 Thread Louis Proyect
HISTORICAL MATERIALISM: RESEARCH IN CRITICAL MARXIST THEORY Historical Materialism is a new journal which seeks to play a part in the recovery and renewal of the critical and explanatory potential of classical Marxism. Historical Materialism will provide a forum for: - The reappropriation and

[PEN-L:9640] Re: Peru

1997-04-24 Thread Alan Cibils
Argentine daily Clarin (http://www.clarin.com.ar) says that when the bomb went off under the indoor soccer room, two young women tried to surrender and shouted "Don't kill us" just before they were gunned down. Nestor Cerpa Cartolini, the leader, was unarmed and tried to flee up the stairs, but wa

[PEN-L:9639] Re: Peru

1997-04-24 Thread Louis Proyect
April 24, 1997 Doomed Young Rebel's Change of Heart Saved Lives of Hostages By JULIA PRESTON LIMA, Peru -- Moments after a thundering explosion signaled the beginning of the military raid to rescue the 72 hostages in the residence of the Japanese ambassador, a young guerrilla burst into the sec

[PEN-L:9638] Peru

1997-04-24 Thread Alex Izurieta
Just received this through the A-infos list. I extracted the piece that touches upon the issues raised by Jim and myself. Alex ** Interview With Norma Velazco, European Spokeswoman For The Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) Q: How do you explain the fact that during

[PEN-L:9637] conference news from Canada

1997-04-24 Thread VORST4
>From The Society fo Socialist Studies National Office: The conference on human etc. rights, planned for Winnipeg in November 1997, has been postponed/cancelled in order to encourage people to go to the APECRIN conference in Vancouver which will deal, among others, with the rights issue. For info