[PEN-L:10482] re: gender and biology

1997-06-01 Thread MScoleman
Jim, I wasn't disagreeing with you, I just wanted to point out that the development of bodily 'strength' and 'weakness' are as much determined by socially defined gender activities (such as participation in sports) as by biology--though I do not dispute that there are differing biological

[PEN-L:10483] Re: Junk Mail

1997-06-01 Thread Doug Henwood
Tavis Barr wrote: I've noticed a dramatic increase in the amount of junk email arriving to my accounts, like from one a week to five a day, in the last month. I don't know if it's just me or if it's happening to other people on the net. I have a feeling it's the latter. I'm writing to find

[PEN-L:10485] source of quote in 1944 SOU message

1997-06-01 Thread J. Zaccone
Who said, "Necessitous men are not free men"? It was quoted by Roosevelt in his 1944 State of the Union address (the one including the Economic Bill of Rights). Thanks. June Zaccone, National Jobs for All Coalition

[PEN-L:10486] French election

1997-06-01 Thread Tom Walker
French election results (from Liberation, http://www.liberation.com/): Gauche: 323 seats PC 36 PS+allies 279 Verts 8 Droite: 253 UDF 109 RPR 127 DVD 17 FN 1 Regards, Tom Walker ^^ knoW Ware Communications | Vancouver,

[PEN-L:10480] Re: Labor films

1997-06-01 Thread Robin Hahnel
Matewan is a great labor movie.

[PEN-L:10481] Re: Labor films

1997-06-01 Thread Gerald Levy
Nobody has mentioned any documentaries yet. "Harlan County USA" should be considered. There are also some good films on the United Farm Workers, including a pretty good biography of Cesar Chavez that aired recently on PBS. My vote would go, though, for a documentary on the role of the "Women's

[PEN-L:10484] Re: Funny Business in Moscow

1997-06-01 Thread Doug Henwood
I've got some clips I've accumulated from Johnson's Russia List on this scandal that I don't want to forward to PEN-L for length and copyright reasons. Anyone interested, email me. And, in a phrase or two: yes it was insider trading of a sort, but there's also a political context - a fight over