Steve Diamond wrote,
>A few days ago I posted a brief critique of the direct action and anarchist
>elements' role in the anti-globalization movement. The following "defense" of
>the tactics of the Black Bloc is being circulated by sympathizers with this
>milieu. As a law professor I can only
G'day Pen-pals,
Have been watching ABC's 'Lateline' - bleak'n'dismal, so I watched hard.
Says Ken Courtis of Goldman Sachs (and it's all paraphrased as they're talking
me towards the bottle) ...
Thailand shook the world when it went belly-up, and Japan sports 42 times the
economy - in twice t
Shanghai's Great Leap
FEER
By David Murphy/SHANGHAI
Issue cover-dated August 09, 2001
IT MAY YET ADD UP to Shanghai's sale of the century. A city government
enterprise has been tasked with selling off stakes in state assets and
shares in order to fund Shanghai's plans to build up a hi-tech ind
< "What violence does breaking a window at Nike Town cause? It makes a
loud noise; maybe that is what is considered violent. It creates broken
glass, which could hurt people, although most of the time those surrounding
the window are only Black Bloc protesters who are aware of the risks of
br
Here is my contribution to the analysis of tactics and where to go after
Genoa:
==
>From the Progressive Populist www.populist.com
NATHAN NEWMAN
A Death in Genoa: Who killed Carlo Guiliani?
Who killed Carlo Guiliani?
In one sense, a death in Genoa was predictable, practically predicted
>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/02/01 01:56PM >>>
URGENT ACTION NEEDED TO SAVE THE LIFE
OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
The attempted state execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal exemplifies
everything that is wrong with capital punishment in this country,
especially its racist nature as the most barbaric act of a leg
> BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, AUGUST 2, 2001:
>
> New claims for state unemployment insurance fell last week, the third
> sharp decline in a row, suggesting the rash of layoffs seen in recent
> months may be moderating a bit. The number of workers filing new
> applications for jobl
Too bad Dollars & Sense did not update the pre-print to include
disability discrimination and the vast inequality that exists between
our population and the so called able-bodied.
Just to let you know, there is a discussion going on now on a
bioethics list serve which focuses on disablement about
> . . .
> What are the members of the mainstream cult afraid of? What are YOU
afraid
> of? What am I afraid of? The G8? The WTO? The IMF? Globalization?
The cops?
> The Black Bloc? The Almighty Dollar? The Apocalypse?
> nope
> Tom Walker
>
>
> you'll have to bring this down from poetry
> to pro
. . .
What are the members of the mainstream cult afraid of? What are YOU afraid
of? What am I afraid of? The G8? The WTO? The IMF? Globalization? The cops?
The Black Bloc? The Almighty Dollar? The Apocalypse?
nope
Tom Walker
you'll have to bring this down from poetry
to prose for the more dense
It is not just discipline that is lacking. It is also strategy. The
globalization protests are like a dog chasing a car. What would they do with
it if they caught it?
Nathan writes about the protesters, the police, the elites and the media as
if they are the actors in the drama. The public makes
Max Sawicky wrote,
>> you'll have to bring this down from poetry
>> to prose for the more dense among us.
Ian Murray wrote,
>He's talking about the big, bad wolf, Little Red Riding Hood.
You better believe it's the big, bad wolf. But who and what is the big bad
wolf? Death? Living unloved? Mak
Ian Murray asked,
>So is the lump-of-labor the Absolute?
Absolute-ly.
Tom Walker
Bowen Island, BC
604 947 2213
> The broken window fable is part and parcel of the
luddism/lump-of-labour
> refrain. It is the bulwark defence of the mainstream cult. It is a
clever
> concoction of half-truths, straw men and abstract theorizing posing
as
> empirical fact.
So is the lump-of-labor the Absolute?
Ian
David Shemano asked,
>As the resident reactionary, I have to ask, does this mean that the
>anarchists do not do readings of Bastiat and Henry Hazlitt at their strategy
>sessions?
As the resident non-reactionary, non-anarchist reader of Henry Hazlitt and
Bastiat, I am sorry to confirm David's sus
> If we eliminated lawyers, what would aggressive, argumentative, anal,
> overeducated liberal arts types do?
I find a well-balanced mailing-list subscription regime answers tolerably well ...
Cheers,
Rob.
Today, watched the SFPD arrest a street dealer while walking to lunch.
His girlfriend (?) was across the street crying. His "Third Strike" felony.
Unless, there is prosecutorial leeway (our local DA is from the legendary
lefty clan the Hallinans. Terrance, routinely, declines to prosecute low
l
Tom Walker writes:
<<>>
I agree entirely.
Well, not entirely. The conservative side of me agrees with you. But the
libertarian side of me believes that any proposed cure would be worse than
the disease.
If we eliminated lawyers, what would aggressive, argumentative, anal,
overeducated libera
Greetings Economists,
Marta's quick commentary on the Dollar and Sense article and discussion
on an ethics list was interesting in regard to how ableism gets neglected in
progressive lists of exploitation in capitalist social structure.
Marta,
I've bought the issue of disability up in a 'libe
> Well, not entirely. The conservative side of me agrees with you.
But the
> libertarian side of me believes that any proposed cure would be
worse than
> the disease.
>
> If we eliminated lawyers, what would aggressive, argumentative,
anal,
> overeducated liberal arts types do?
>
> David Shemano
> BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, AUGUST 1, 2001:
>
> RELEASED TODAY: In June, 208 metropolitan areas recorded unemployment
> rates below the U.S. average (4.7 percent, not seasonally adjusted), and
> 112 areas registered higher rates, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.
> Of the s
> BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, JULY 31, 2001:
>
> About 70 percent of turnover in information technology comes from workers
> with less than 3 years tenure, says a survey of 190 employers by People3
> Inc., a unit of Gartner Inc., Stamford, Conn. ("Work Week" feature, The
> Wall Stre
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