[MP is with UFE; some good tidbits below if you substitute terms
etc written fall 2000]
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Creating an Integrated Organizing Model
by Mike Prokosch
Since the spectacular 'shutdown in Seattle' a year ago, the US
moveme
Seth responds:
In California, the struggle to save Berkeley's KPFA radio from the maws of
the Pacifica National Board (PNB) continues. A fuller history of this
struggle needs to be discussed. In this way, the listener-sponsors of WBAI
and KPFA can better put current events into historical c
NY Times, June 6, 2001
C.I.A. Director Is Going to Israel in Effort to Maintain Calm
By JANE PERLEZ
WASHINGTON, June 5 - The Bush administration announced today that it was
sending the director of central intelligence to the Middle East to meet
with leaders of Israeli and Palestinian security
Jim Devine says:
[*] I do worry how pen-l will do without when I'm gone. ;-)
=
Yeah, who's gonna defend Pauly Shore?
G'day Jim,
>I'm afraid there are some important issues -- such as the implications of
one's own death -- that can't be dealt with in a rational or empirical way.<
You stop. And then they incinerate your carcass whilst Billy Bragg's
Internationale plays in the chapel. And then the bereaved get
"MOSCOW TRIBUNE", May 25, 2001
REFORM WILL MAKE ELECTRICITY MORE EXPENSIVE
Net Result of the Battle for Control
By Stanislav Menshikov
Over the last weekend the government approved the latest version of the
electricity reform. It might well not be the final word. Another month is
provided to incl
Anthony D'Costa wrote:
>
> May be I wasn't clear enough: there is one thing as organized religion and
> then there is spirituality. I meant the
Spirituality, not organized religion, is the evil. The left (when we get
a left) must _of course_ include all religious leftists, even among the
lea
I'm afraid I don't find PFW of much use down
here either. Aside from the exceptional Amy
Goodman, it consists of not very interesting
call-in shows and music that I happen to like
but is not commercially viable (blues, 'old-
school', bluegrass). Its loss would be mostly
a matter of what might ha
Jim D. says:
>I'm afraid there are some important issues -- such as the
>implications of one's own death -- that can't be dealt with in a
>rational or empirical way. (Science and religion deal with different
>spheres and don't have to be in conflict.)
Thoughts on death (one's own death, one's
At 12:54 AM 6/7/01 +, you wrote:
>G'day Jim,
>
> >I'm afraid there are some important issues -- such as the implications of
>one's own death -- that can't be dealt with in a rational or empirical way.<
>
>You stop. And then they incinerate your carcass whilst Billy Bragg's
>Internationale pla
At 10:04 AM 6/6/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > May be I wasn't clear enough: there is one thing as organized religion and
> > then there is spirituality. I meant the
>
>Spirituality, not organized religion, is the evil. The left (when we get
>a left) must _of course_ include all religious leftists,
>Anthony D'Costa wrote:
>>
>> May be I wasn't clear enough: there is one thing as organized religion and
>> then there is spirituality. I meant the
>
>Spirituality, not organized religion, is the evil. The left (when we get
>a left) must _of course_ include all religious leftists, even among th
yes, this makes sense. Of course, over-investment in a dependent country
such as Zimbabwe would be manifested differently than in the U.S. (though
the latter is slowly becoming a dependent country itself).
At 09:09 AM 6/6/01 +, you wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 09:04:41 -0700
>
NY Times, June 6, 2001
West's Slump and Intifada Hit Israel's Pocketbook
By WILLIAM A. ORME Jr.
JERUSALEM, June 5 - Before last fall, the Israeli economy was in the best
shape of its history. Now, battered by eight months of violence and
bludgeoned by Nasdaq, it is slowing to a crawl.
The si
"Every day is a great day when you're the president." -- George W. Bush
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
from SLATE:
>The LA [TIMES] fronts word that 11 Guatemalan communities are going to
>file suit today against a former president, accusing him
>of genocide. More than 200,000 Guatemalans were killed during a civil war
>in the 1980s. According to the LAT, the suit charges that former President
>E
China is the third largest country in the world with an area of 3,657,
765 square miles. Canada is the second with 3,843,144, and the
US is fourth, after Brazil, with 3,022, 387 square miles.
But this great landmass is circumscribed by major geographic
limits. Far in the eastern side of Eur
http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/1696.html
The Guatemalan Military Project
A Violence Called Democracy
Jennifer Schirmer
368 pages / 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Cloth 1998 / 0-8122-3325-5 / $47.50s / £33.50
Paper 1999 / 0-8122-1730-6 / $22.50s / £16.00
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Winner of the 199
I'm not sure how things work in SoCal, but up north
here "spirituality" is sorta religion-lite. We've got
non-alcohol beer, non-fat milk, and non-God religion,
otherwise known as the Unitarians. The Unitarians
appararently can't give up the structure of the
church.
Further out, there's lots of p
At 09:32 AM 6/6/01 -0700, you wrote:
>We've got
>non-alcohol beer, non-fat milk, and non-God religion,
>otherwise known as the Unitarians. The Unitarians
>appararently can't give up the structure of the
>church.
as an excommunicated Unitarian and as a current goyisher participant in a
secular Je
NY Times, June 6, 2001
Management: Behind Bars and on the Clock
By EDWARD WONG
PENDLETON, Ore. - The workday begins on a patch of black asphalt ringed by
razor-wire fence. This is where more than 200 inmates of the Eastern Oregon
Correctional Institution line up at 7:45 on weekdays. They are c
http://www.hrw.org/hrw/reports/1999/enron/
Yes, this is indeed a long debate. But since when did the left have a
monopoly on clarity? Surely the "sheep", and their being "asleep" in
eonic times are not signs of it:)
As for CA, I have never been there, well almost. A couple of nights at a
LA hotel during a conference, an alumni dinner i
Federal Tax Rebates in 9 States May be Taxed
>From Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa -- When taxpayers in Iowa and eight other states get
their federal rebate checks this summer, they may have to turn around
and give some of the money back to the government.
Nine state laws make the rebat
Stanislav Menshikov, is the only person I know who appears in both MR and at
Lyndon LaRouche events!
http://www.google.com/search?q=Stanislav+Menshikov+EIR
What's the deal with this guy? "Millionaires and Managers, " by Menshikov by
him in the late 60's is not a bad book.
Michael Pugliese
- O
> http://www.hrw.org/hrw/reports/1999/enron/
[And now a word from Enron's apologist at the Cato Institute]
http://www.latimes.com/news/comment/20010606/t47050.html
Wednesday, June 6, 2001 | Print this story
'Hi, My Name Isn't Justice, Honey,' and Shame on Lockyer
By
Carrol Cox wrote:
But the core of the left always has been and
> > always will be materialist. "Spirituality" (in _all_ of its forms)
> > leads to confused thinking and confused feeling.
Just repeating one is a materialist does not make one. A
metaphysical spiritualism - about history, nature,
Polish Left Make Rate Cut Pressure Personal
By Wojciech Moskwa
Reuters
Wednesday, June 6, 2001; 11:46 AM
WARSAW, June 6-A plan to slash the pay of Polish central bankers, who
refuse to lower interest rates to stimulate growth, could backfire by
pushing monetary officials into keeping rates high
>Stanislav Menshikov, is the only person I know who appears in both MR and at
>Lyndon LaRouche events!
>http://www.google.com/search?q=Stanislav+Menshikov+EIR
>What's the deal with this guy? "Millionaires and Managers, " by Menshikov by
>him in the late 60's is not a bad book.
>Michael Pugliese
W
http://www.washingtonpost.com
Policy Doctors Provide Early Warnings, Prescriptions for International
Crises
By Nora Boustany
Wednesday, June 6, 2001; Page A22
They see themselves as policy doctors without borders.
If government officials and opinion makers wanted an early read on how
Indonesia
Carrol Cox wrote:
>
> Anthony D'Costa wrote:
>
>>May be I wasn't clear enough: there is one thing as organized religion and
>>then there is spirituality. I meant the
>>
>
> Spirituality, not organized religion, is the evil. The left (when we get
> a left) must _of course_ include all religio
NY Times, June 6, 2001
Bush Moves Against Steel Imports
By JOSEPH KAHN
WASHINGTON, June 5 - President Bush took the first steps today toward
imposing broad restrictions on imported steel, handing a victory to
American steel companies and unions that have long urged the government to
grant reli
I wish I could. But we make a living while we grade:) Why be dismayed
with spirituality? Coming from the Indian south I would have thought Ravi
would have had a better grasp of spirituality in general or has the pace
of alienation for him been faster being here than normal? On a more
serious n
It's gotten hot in NYC this week. Although I work for Columbia University,
my office is in a Teachers College building. Today we had a meeting on the
4th floor, one flight up from me, to discuss the technical architecture for
a web-based verson of the Financial Front-end client-server system I wor
I agree with the double standards. But the dilemma is quite apparent, we
still have nation states and hegemons and in an era of "globalization"
organized labor in playing out its traditional role become partners of
the bourgeoisie. Of course what is "fair trade" itself is highly
problematic. I
> From: "Ian Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 10:31:54 -0700
> ICG President Gareth Evans, a former foreign minister of
> Australia.
This is a slick chappie, remembered in these parts as a key promoter
of financial sanctions against apartheid-era South Africa
> BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2001:
>
> RELEASED TODAY; Labor productivity rose in 1999 in most of the U.S.
> service-producing and mining industries studied by the Bureau of Labor
> Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. Nearly half of the industries
> that
> The US continues to use 301 and Super 301 to badger other economies,
> violating the WTO rules blatantly. More double standards...
>
> Cheers, Anthony
===
Those were challenged in WTO and the US won...
Ian
Our view is Georgie did the right thing.
But you always knew we are too preoccupied with
the U.S. working class.
Herewith an intra-office exchange:
NY Times, June 6, 2001
Bush Moves Against Steel Imports
By JOSEPH KAHN . . .
Did Bush stumble into the right policy?
What's your take on this?
m
- please circulate widely. All inquires should go to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -
Following the original WTO Shrink or Sink statement
(http://www.tradewatch.org/gattwto/ShrinkSink/shrinksinkhome.html)
signed by
many hundreds of groups and first issued in March 2000, there have
been new
developments in the
One of the advantages of working at Columbia University is that it gives me
access to one of the most superb research libraries in the world. As Mine
Doyran had recommended Ronald Chilcote's recent books on imperialism, I
checked the card catalog to see what was available. Besides the titles on
im
Greetings Economists,
Yoshie Furuhashi writes about Buddha,
Yoshie,
BTW, the Buddha didn't have any "gospel," in that the ex-prince had
no good tidings from God to preach. His teachings concerned how to
achieve individual enlightenment in the world of sufferings, not
unlike approaches of Stoic
- Original Message -
From: Ricardo Duchesne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 11:08 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:12875] Re: Basic Theme of Chinese History
If China is third and the US is after Brazil doesnt that make the US fifth?
Cheers, Ken Hanly
> C
There are Unitarians and Unitarians. The Unitarian Churches in New England
are sort of an establishment are they not. Seems to me in Iceland they are
more of less THE church. Unitarian fellowships on the other hand tend to be
more radical a half-way house for people moving from Christianity to sec
Greetings Economists,
Maggie Coleman writes,
The unemployment rate fell by a tenth last month, instead of going up as
everyone predicted. This is despite all the tech closings and lay
offs. Anyone want to guess why? I think that the layoffs this time are
amongst the white collar, skilled worke
http://wizard.ucr.edu/lap/home.html
You should like the issue on David Stoll re: R. Menchu.
Chilcote> good books on the Brazilian CP and a new one, "Theories of
Comparitive Political Economy, " and an older one, "Theories of Comparitive
Politics."
M. Pugliese
- Original Message -
From:
Some off the cuff remarks inserted below:
xxx
Anthony P. D'Costa, Associate Professor
Comparative International Development
University of WashingtonCampus Box 358436
1900 Commerce Street
Tacoma, WA
June 7, 2001
Spending on Drugs Seen Doubling by '06
By REUTERS
Spending on prescription drugs in the United States will double over
the next five years as baby boomers seek early treatment of central
nervous system and cardiovascular disorders, according to a report
released yesterday by a unit o
There are not as bad as the utilitarians.
On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 08:39:23PM -0500, Ken Hanly wrote:
> There are Unitarians and Unitarians. The Unitarian Churches in New England
> are sort of an establishment are they not. Seems to me in Iceland they are
> more of less THE church. Unitarian fello
Patrick Bond on Gareth Evans:
This is a slick chappie, remembered in these parts as a key promoter
of financial sanctions against apartheid-era South Africa, but with
the explicit aim (as he was oft quoted saying a decade ago) of
ensuring that after financial pressure had squeezed out the Afri
7:10am London
As the voting booths open this morning it is hard to predict the result of
the election despite opinion polls consistently reporting a large Labour
lead, because of the likelihood that many people will not vote.
New Labour deliberately avoids appealing to sectarian divisions betw
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