Lust, longing and labour

Three days ago, I received a book in the mail called The Four-Hour Day. It was a self-published, semi-autobiographical utopian novel sent as a gift by the author, Gabe Sinclair, a Baltimore machinist. Besides writing the book and publishing it himself, he even paid the $3.75 postage. One

Genoa and Beyond

Some of the postings on PEN seem to indicate that the recent events in Genoa, following the events in Seattle, Nice, etc. augur for a new global social war. I think this is a misguided assessment and a dangerous one for this emerging global social movement. This movement has very

Re: Lust, longing and labour

Well, elephants refuse to work more than four hours a day; the rest of the time they are petted, washed and fed by their handlers. I always thought they were on to something. Thanks for the good words on Sinclair's book, Tom -- and may he prosper. Joanna At 23:53 29-07-01, you wrote: Three

Fw: Genoa and Beyond

Same guy? http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=ensafe=offth=1727bb4d606d41d8,15 Messages from the thread Hegel, Marxism and determinism. Message 3 in thread From: Stephen R. Diamond ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Subject: Re: Hegel, Marxism and determinism. Newsgroups: alt.politics.socialism.trotsky Date:

The pre-history of Darth Vader

[gotta shorten that circulation time...] Bush plans 'space bomber' Special report: George Bush's America The Bush files - Observer special Ed Vulliamy in New York Sunday July 29, 2001 The Observer The United States is exploring the development of a 'space-bomber' which could destroy targets

ICFTU Calls Nov. 9 Day of Action!

ICFTU Calls Nov. 9 Day of Action! INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS (ICFTU) ICFTU Online... 132/190701/JH Global Unions at Genoa G8 Summit Trade Unions declare Global Day of Action for 4th WTO Ministerial Conference Genoa, July 19 (ICFTU OnLine): Trade union leaders from

Re: Re: Lust, longing and labour

Well, elephants refuse to work more than four hours a day; the rest of the time they are petted, washed and fed by their handlers. I always thought they were on to something. I like my boss, but I wouldn't want to be petted, washed, and fed by her. Well, maybe fed. But Kells can pet me and

Re: Genoa and Beyond

Stephen Diamond wrote: Blame the media, blame the state, but realize that these tactics are precisely what they have been hoping for. The anti-globalization movement must defeat this approach - clearly and unequivocally. This fall the World Bank and IMF meetings in Washington D.C. will

EC's position on 'core labor standards'

http://europa.eu.int/comm/trade/miti/devel/cls.htm Trade and Development The European Commission adopts strategy to promote core labour standards and social governance globally Press release, Brussels, 18 July 2001 Trade Development The European Commission on 18 July adopted a

When Cheney drops dead

When a vice president dies, doesn't the president get to pick the successor? If so, my guess for the successor when Cheney drops dead is Donald Rumsfeld. Not my hope, my guess. Gene Coyle

Genoa

I just spent an afternoon with a solid Italian leftist. He told me that Berlisconi's defense in parliament was that he had only carried through with plans that the previous government had set in place. My friend tells me that the only major difference was the the new government made the

Re: Genoa

Michael, A little like the Democratic National Committee being the saviour of Social Security http://www.SaveOurSecurity.org, no? Genoa by Michael Perelman 30 July 2001 I just spent an afternoon with a solid Italian leftist. He told me that Berlisconi's defense in parliament was that he had

Re: [ASDnet] Papers Show U.S. Role in Indonesian Purge.

www.nsarchive.org Damn, wish I'd known you were looking for docs on Indonesia 1965, earlier. The National Security Archive has in the series published by the New Press, which includes vols. on the Bay of Pigs, Iran-Contra and other perfidious sheeit, has a volume on Indonesia edited by George T.