Dear Mr. Williamson,
I have enjoyed reading your posts on PEN-l. Recently I looked at
your web page and noting your background wondered if you might
help me with the following:
Request #1. Perhaps with your contacts you could help me locate
a book. Sometime ago I heard about a manuscript by D
Sorry. I accidentally sent to the list what was meant to be an off-line message
to thwilliamson. Curtis Moore
Greetings,
The ruling class puts forward the notion that the "free market
system," "free and fair elections," and the "multi-party system" are
cornerstones of democracy. Clinton and the US Government go around the
world insisting that a country can only be democratic if they have these
On Thu, June 19, 1997 at 09:44:33 (-0700) Wojtek Sokolowski writes:
>I do not claim expertise in US history, but to my understanding, the US
>party system is indeed democratic, albeit in a somewhat perverted way.
> ...
>Although the system itself is a perversion of democracy, it is nonetheless
>de
Max writes:>> Clearly prisoners are being exploited as workers and this
diminishes the well-being of workers who aren't incarcerated. At the same
time, for some convicts the chance to work at some jobs, even for a
pittance, is probably seen as very valuable.<<
I do think it's good for convicts to
If they're allowed to work, unions should be allowed to unionize'em.
Steve
>
> Clearly prisoners are being exploited as workers and this
> diminishes the well-being of workers who aren't incarcerated. At
> the same time, for some convicts the chance to work at some jobs,
> even for a pittan
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 14:43:53 -0400 (EDT)
> From: sage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ENDORSES KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION
>
> TORONTO, June 18 /CNW/ - More than 1,400 people involved in
> international development and information techn
The issue of prison labor is actually a fairly
tricky one. Human rights groups, and others
generally do not seek to ban prison labor (as
it's often one of the few things that make time
in prison livable). But they recognize the problem
of "forced prison labor" and it's competition and
underminin
> On the persistence of slavery, what about the use of prison labor to
> produce commodities, both in the US and, under the aegis of the
> multinationals, in market-stalinist China?
There are also the reports of slavery in some African nations, and
some prison is clearly coerced, so I agree th
James Devine wrote:
>On the persistence of slavery, what about the use of prison labor to
>produce commodities, both in the US and, under the aegis of the
>multinationals, in market-stalinist China?
Robin Blackburn quoted an estimate from the ILO of 150 million slaves
and/or bonded workers worl
Thanks for the outpouring of information on Juneteenth. It's quite
appropriate that today the L.A. TIMES notes the spread of the celebration
of this holiday to Southern California.
On the persistence of slavery, what about the use of prison labor to
produce commodities, both in the US and, under
I want to make clear that I was not for one nano-second denying the genoicdal
nature of Nazism. I am well aware that the crimes of the Third Reich are even m
more inhumane then anything that happened under Stalin or Mao. The Nazis plan
was to wipe entire races off the face of the earth, and were q
ken, sid, other canadian comrades
do you have any recent canadian poll data on public attitudes towards
NAFTA?
thanks,
-bob
Robert Naiman
Senior Researcher
Public Citizen -- Global Trade Watch
215 Pennsylvania Ave SE
Washington, DC 20003
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
202-546-4996 x 302
Jim Devine wrote,
>I think that one basis for the persistence of religion can be seen in the
>following adult/child dialogue, which I believe is fairly typical:
>
>adult: don't do that!
>
.. . .
>
>adult: because God said to honor your father and mother.
>
>Not only do parents find themselves
Greetings,
On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, Peter Bohmer wrote:
> Gordon Taylor made a few mistakes on his history of slavery and I
> disagree with his analysis of Communism.
>
> Slavery lasted into the 1880's in Cuba and Brazil.
>
> Equating Communism and Nazism is a favorite ploy of those who are
>
Greetings,
On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, Gordon Taylor wrote:
> In response to the person who was wondering if the US was the last nation to
> abolish slavery: A number of Islamic nations OFFICIALLY maintained the
> "peculiar institution" into the 1960's, until world opinion forced them to stop
> the pr
Gordon Taylor made a few mistakes on his history of slavery and I
disagree with his analysis of Communism.
Slavery lasted into the 1880's in Cuba and Brazil.
Equating Communism and Nazism is a favorite ploy of those who are
downplaying the genocidal nature of Nazism, see the excellent column
In response to the person who was wondering if the US was the last nation to
abolish slavery: A number of Islamic nations OFFICIALLY maintained the
"peculiar institution" into the 1960's, until world opinion forced them to stop
the practice. Many Islamic nations still allow it to go on unofficiall
At 04:00 PM 6/18/97 -0700, Bill Lear wrote:
>On Wed, June 18, 1997 at 11:27:01 (-0700) Wojtek Sokolowski writes:
>>While I share Bill's principle of honest and open debate, I also recognise
>>the limits of the rational discourse. ...
>
>There is a difference between visions of the future and myth
Dave Richardson wrote:
> 3) It is generally thought that we under adjust for quality. How my
> I obtain a copy of the article so that I can consider Moulton's
> arguments?
Charles Hulton, "Quality Change in the CPI: Some Missing Links,"
_Challenge_, March-April 1997, pp. 48-74.
Charles Hult
I think that one basis for the persistence of religion can be seen in the
following adult/child dialogue, which I believe is fairly typical:
adult: don't do that!
kid: why not?
adult: it's not safe!
kid: why not?
adult: you could poke out your eye.
kid: no I won't.
adult: don't do it anyw
Other web sites:
Cyner Picket Line, a global union site based in the UK[D[D[D
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Juneteenth celebrates the date that news of the
emancipation proclamation reached Black slaves
in the southwest, which was later than in the
rest of the Union-controlled territory.
It is celebrated in the African-American
communities in Texas and Arizona, and possibly
other states.
-Andy Englis
June 19th 1865, I believe, is the day slaves were freed in Texas -- which
was in a more than usually ambiguous status during and right after the
Civil War. I wonder if that makes Texas the last place on earth to have
abolished slavery? Brazil?
There is a celebration of June teenth in Anacostia, a
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