FYI: WORLD BANK IN BARCELONA

Call to action against World Bank in Barcelona (22 - 27 june) On June 25th-27th the World Bank will be holding its Annual conference on Economic Development in Barcelona (Catalonia-Spain)... and we want to give them a welcome. Following the example of Seattle, Melbourne, Prague, and so many oth

Re: Re: What Is Going On?

--- Rob Schaap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe it's just because I did fall in love with Turkey (falling in love > always > induces pessimism in me), but I can't see a road heading anywhere good from > here. If Dervis wins, half the population will be getting dinner off the > tip, > and if

Re: Re: Great Plains Depopulation

--- Ken Hanly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are a number of factors influencing the > depopulation of the plains. > Even during early settlement there was a lot of land > that was cultivated > that was not really suitable for cultivation and > farmers gave up. Other > areas were productive i

Re: What Is Going On?

G'day all, Wrote Michael a few days back: >We have people on the list from Turkey, Argentina, Korea, and many>other places where very important changes are taking place. >Unfortunately, we hear almost nothing from the people on the ground in >days places. Well, I hope Sabri will t

Re: Great Plains Depopulation

There are a number of factors influencing the depopulation of the plains. Even during early settlement there was a lot of land that was cultivated that was not really suitable for cultivation and farmers gave up. Other areas were productive in wet years and farmers made money during some years but

U.S. Decision Near on Arms for Taiwan

U.S. Decision Near on Arms for Taiwan Sunday, April 22, 2001 By Charles Aldinger WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With U.S.-China ties under major strain over an American spy plane, President Bush must decide by Tuesday whether to sell the world's most advanced warships to Taiwan over opposition from

Re: Great Plains Depopulation

Cattle ranching is not doing too well. Not only the imports of meat from the rain forests, but meat processing industry is increasing centralized. More important: People can earn higher salaries in the cities. You can find a few high rent locations -- Jackson Hole, where Ian hangs out. A fe

Re: Dalton Camp..again...

>Of course, no one ever said Juarez was Acapulco, for God's sake, and while the people >who work in the new economic order for the American branch plants live in shacks, get their water off a truck and are routinely exploited and abused, they have jobs, don't they?< that's capitalism. Institute

Great Plains Depopulation

Interesting article in the SF Chronicle today about the depopulation of the great plains at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/04/22/MN39309.DTL What's the economics behind this? Is it simply the globalization of the cattle trade, or is there more to it? Much

Re: Re: What is going on?

>brad, thanks for your response. your answers are helpful but perhaps >i should also mention the hidden question: do you see this rise in >growth/GDP as a "good thing" (for india)? Yes... > do these numbers translate >to anything for the common man? Not (or not yet) for the bottom 40% (or the

Oops the tape was still running

Sun Apr 22, 2001 - Toronto Star Summit leaders taped during closed-door session Bush upbraided for chauvinism by female Panamanian president QUEBEC (CP) - The prying lenses and sharp pencils of the press had been shooed out of the meeting hall. Prime Minister Jean Chretien assured his fellow

Re: Exporting rubbish

I know I read a good article on Russia importing Western toxic waste, possibly nuclear, a while back. See these "hits" on google for grim reading. http://www.google.com/search?q=russia+importing+toxic+waste Michael Pugliese - Original Message - From: "Chris Burford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Malaria & DDT (was Re: Arsenic)

> >Take a look at Physicians for Social Responsibility's "Public Health >Statement on Malaria and the Use of DDT" at >. Thanks, interesting link and I was apparently low on my understanding of the havoc that malaria causes. I note that they use one of t

Exporting rubbish

Nothing could illustrate more vividly the massive gradient in the value of labour power in different parts of the world, than the fact that, according to a Dutch economist on a television programme tonight, rubbish is being exported from countries like Europe. In countries like China labour pow

The "New " Environmentalism

Despite losing Ted Turner, CNN seems to be keeping its self-consciously liberal progressive perspective. They have just held an impressive interview on "Earth Day", coinciding with the close of the Quebec Summit with two youngish (less than 40) anti-capitalist leaders: Amit Srivastava from Cor

Re: Prison-industrial system

At 10:01 AM 4/22/2001 -0400, you wrote: >NY Times Book Review, April 22, 2001 > >Everybody Wants One > >All over America, the author finds, new prisons are the answer to local >economic revival. Yup. One of the reasons why it is so hard to end this insane war on (some) drugs. >Best, John R H

Re: Barbie -- but not Klaus

> >"Summer of Love" Barbie -- has gonorrhea. > >"People's Park" Barbie -- free, but smells of teargas. > >"Woodstock" Barbie -- slowly melts, due to the bad acid. > >"Altamont" Barbie -- the less said, the better. > >"Patty Hearst" Barbie -- put her in a closet for a couple of days and she >says

The genie of capitalist agriculture

("Genie" not "Genius") Just as the daily total of new cases of foot and mouth disease seems to have peaked, the UK government is torn between local people who object to reports of buried cattle polluting local streams (including with possible undetected BSE!), and those getting bronchitis fro

A20 in Brazil

The A20 protests in São Paulo, Brazil became quite violent. Allegations of police aggression have been made. Photos are available at: (Internet Explorer recommended for this site, but it still takes a while to load.) With Bush's new

Re: Re: Barbie -- but not Klaus

ann li wrote: >sorry, I didn't complete my thought on the Klaus Barbie... aside from the >bad taste holocaust jokes, I was thinking more of Klaus(sp) von Bulowbut >have thought better of any further jokes, recalling my once coming across >the bronze plaque memorializing his contributions to t

Malaria & DDT (was Re: Arsenic)

>It is an excellent and graphic example of tradeoffs that people seem >to ignore. Prior to the widespread use of DDT in the late 40's India >had half a million malaria deaths per year. After using DDT for a >few years it was down to a couple thousand per year. > >After they stopped using DDT in

Dalton Camp..again...

First casualty of summit should be propaganda Dalton Camp POLITICAL COMMENTATOR Toronto Star April 22, 2001 Who will rid us of these meddlesome priests? They have wandered about in Mexico - a gaggle of Catholic and Anglican priests, a former moderator of the United Church, even a few Presbyterian

pen-l@galaxy.csuchico.edu

>my point was that i do not see how a transition to a socialist >society is in any way encouraged by a vocabulary in which we speak >of the "state" as providing "free" education (or whatever) and, >conversely, the same ill effects are accomplished by laying the >blame for all at the feet of th

Re: Re: Re: Re:Arsenic

John Henry: >I wasn't aware that there was ever *any* evidence linking DDT to any kind >of cancer in animals or humans. There were a couple of reports about 10 >years ago that there might be some link to breast cancer but I understand >that proved to be a false alarm. No, you are wrong. The st

Israel Divestment Campaign (was Re: Palestine: present and clearreality)

> >With regard to Israel, why not organize a campaign that is akin to >>the divestment campaign against South African apartheid, targeting >>both governments & corporations? Israel is an outpost of the >>American Empire, helping the USA police the Middle East, just as >>South Africa played the s

Quebec report

My carload returned to the Vermont side of the border late last night. We went up early a.m. and got to Quebec City around 11 a.m. The four of us didn't have any difficulty, although they checked our IDs closely running us through a computer data base, getting across the border at Derby Line. Ho

Re: Re: Re:Arsenic

>we can do is point to overwhelming circumstantial evidence linking tobacco, >PCB's, DDT, arsenic, etc. to cancer. But these sorts of substances are I wasn't aware that there was ever *any* evidence linking DDT to any kind of cancer in animals or humans. There were a couple of reports about 10

Drugs & South Africa

Drugs: Round One to Africa http://www.observer.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,476408,00.html Nick Mathiason explains why the pharmas gave way, and why South Africa's joy may be short-lived Sunday April 22, 2001 The Observer Fear drove the world's largest drug companies to abandon their legal action

Debate: a radical magazine from South Africa

I was pleasantly surprised to find a sample copy of the revamped version of "Debate" in my mailbox yesterday. The last time I saw "Debate" was when it was a rather dry looking journal--although the content was hard-hitting. Now "Debate" has the same kind of leading-edge commentary in a highly attr

Quebec protests and "traditional rural lifestyles"

In an op-ed broadside (www.nytimes.com/2001/04/22/opinion/22KRUG.html) against protesters in Quebec, Paul Krugman states that their movement is based on some kind of romanticization of rural life: "At a conference last week I heard paeans to the superiority of traditional rural lifestyles over mo

Reports from several Canadian Newspapers

Here are several reports taken from the Toronto Star and the Toronto Globe and Mail. Toronto Star, April 20, 2001 Cops fire rubber bullets, lob tear gas at summit Crowds tear down sections of controversial security fence Protesters mounted and felled a wire fence outside the Summit permiter.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re Arsenic

At 09:11 AM 4/21/2001 -0700, you wrote: >Much of the arsenic would have to be removed by the mining companies and >others that create the problem. It is very dangerous in small amounts. >Again, the WSJ article makes it seem like an airtight case. I read the article. You are right about much of

Stop the Tuition Hike! -- Walkout on April 25 in Columbus, OH

* STOP THE TUITION HIKE! Demand Increased Funding for Higher Education! Students, Staff, & Faculty WALKOUT Wednesday, April 25th, 10:30 a.m. Rally at 15th Ave. & High St., 10:45 a.m. March to the State Capital, 11:00 a.m. It's time to make the Ohio State University, & the other public Uni

Prison-industrial system

NY Times Book Review, April 22, 2001 Everybody Wants One All over America, the author finds, new prisons are the answer to local economic revival. Related Link First Chapter: 'Going Up the River: http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hallinan-river.html By MICHAEL MASSING Just before the s