Yesterday's Sunday Telegraph had a banner front page:
I was one of the Taliban's torturers: I crucified people.
At one level this was an attempt to ride the tide of revenge in
anticipation of attacks on the Taliban, and indeed to fan them, by the UK's
most right wing newspaper, that caters
At 30/09/01 21:38 -0700, you wrote:
[next thing you know 9-11 will be blamed for any increase in
hemorrhoids]
http://www.iht.com
Vast Global Toll Forecast From the Sept. 11 Attacks
Alan Friedman International Herald Tribune
Monday, October 1, 2001
Shock Reverberates in Developing World
ROME
Not Osama, but one of his 53 or so siblings...
Michael Pugliese
http://www.google.com/search?q=James+R.+Bath.+Bush+bin+Laden+Time+
[Sheikh Kalid bin] Mahfouz and another BCCI-connected Saudi, Sheikh bin
Laden according to Time correspondents Jonathan Beaty and S.C. Gwynne. Of
special note is
Chris wrote:
While left opportunist voices may have ridiculed talk of global
governance, yesterday we saw a historic step from global governance to
global government, in the unanimous vote in the UN Security Council for the
statement against terrorism proposed by the USA just two weeks after
- Original Message -
From: Chris Burford [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nothing can illustrate the reactionary political nature of terrorism more,
than the fact that this weekend's demonstrations against drastically
truncated IMF/World Bank meetings, were expected to attract 100,000
militant
Heh, Yoshie just like me overloaded with e-mail! Here on pen-l the WSJ
story was posted here,
http://csf.colorado.edu/pen-l/2001III/msg03387.html
While you digest that I'll find the Time magazine story and one from the
S.F. Weekly on the same.
Michael Pugliese
- Original Message -
New union's Labour bid
ROY RODGERS
The Herald, 1 October 2001
AMICUS, the one-million strong union being
formed by a merger between the AEEU and
MSF, is angling to increase influence over the
Labour Party by becoming its landlord.
In searching for a new central
The liberal Guardian once again leads the way in New Labour's
modernisation of Britain. Peter Preston was editor of the Guardian
from 1975-95.
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The case for ID cards is now overwhelming
We have so many bits of plastic already - one more won't hurt
Peter Preston
Monday October 1, 2001
The
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011015s=greider
Questions to Mark:
I am trying to understand your point on oil. I came to a conclusion, which I think is
certain:
Those who say not to worry about oil reserves 'cause we have oil reserves for 50 or
60 years are making a fantastic and childish error (I suspect it is something
worse). Why?
This article is excellent. We should discuss such matters in more detail.
Would it not be better to give a few lines of text which might indicate
whether the URL is of interest or not?
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 07:39:42AM -0700, Ian Murray wrote:
Peter Preston wrote:
So, as a white-faced world carries on waiting, what will all good civil
libertarians be doing this week? Packing their bags and heading
for Brighton to demonstrate against David Blunkett's sudden passion for
national identity cards? Perhaps. But let's do logistics first.
Businesses bailed out; unemployed left in cold
Attacks puncture already soft job market
By Jeff Plungis, and Gary Heinlein / The Detroit News
Daniel Mears / The Detroit News
WASHINGTON -- Donald Hawley was laid off a few months ago after seven years on the
job from an auto supplier
Rob wrote:
Well, It doesn't look like too much growing is in the offing (see short report
on Japanese consumption projections and consumer sentiment) until some capital
eats itself towards new profitability and investment possibilities (look for
major indigestion in both the domestic banking
- Original Message -
From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This article is excellent. We should discuss such matters in more
detail.
Would it not be better to give a few lines of text which might
indicate
whether the URL is of interest or not?
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at
From SLATE's news summary --
The NY [TIMES] leads with President Bush's approval of a covert effort to
provide aid... Also, the paper reports, the anti-Taliban forces seem to be
coalescing around the former king of Afghanistan.
How covert can it be if it's reported on the front page of the
As someone said, next they'll be blaming hemorrhoids on 911:
again, from the SLATE new summary --
The [Washington POST] front reports that because of the increase in
general stress created by the terror attacks, there's been a dramatic rise
in problems among chronic pain patients who before
Tim Bousquet wrote:
There was an anti-war demonstration in Chico today,
attended by about 100 people.
snip here is the report from la
A successful anti-war march occurred today, Saturday Sept 29 in
Westwood. In fact there were two actions, one downtown that was more
concerned with
Is Westwood the neighborhood in LA, or the town up in
the mountains? It's tough to get 100 people together
for *anything* in Chico...
tim
--- Marta Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tim Bousquet wrote:
There was an anti-war demonstration in Chico
today,
attended by about 100 people.
A Strange Alliance With Saudi and Pakistani Foes of Modernity
William Pfaff International Herald Tribune Monday, October 1, 2001
PARIS The fundamentalism that inspires Osama bin Laden is shared by the two
Muslim states that are America's most important allies in its war against
terrorism.
Mark has unsubbed, but maybe he is lurking out there. I think that the
distinction is semantic. Oilism would suggest that the physical structure
of petroleum is at the core. I suspect that Mark is arguing that the
social relations are a fundamental part of the equation -- not much
different
- Original Message -
From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Serious planning could allow us to start beginning to save oil by
reorganizing the way that we live and work, but that is a very long,
drawn-out process that will not begin to pay off for a while.
Ian's URL from Greider
Westwood is where UCLA is located. It is on the westside of LA off
the 405 freeway.
Marta
Tim Bousquet wrote:
Is Westwood the neighborhood in LA, or the town up in
the mountains? It's tough to get 100 people together
for *anything* in Chico...
tim
--- Marta Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
manages to be sobering without recourse to depletion, chronically scarce
investment opportunities, and bad debt crunches) just in from Morgan Stanley's
Steve Roach (excerpted from
http://www.morganstanley.com/GEFdata/digests/20011001-mon.html#anchor0 ):
Increasingly risk-averse investors may
Ian Murray wrote:
[next thing you know 9-11 will be blamed for any increase in
hemorrhoids]
I think there is a footnote someplace in _Capital_ in which Marx says
that the economists blamed the U.S. Civil War for a slump that was
coming anyhow.
Carrol
I think there is a footnote someplace in _Capital_ in which Marx says
that the economists blamed the U.S. Civil War for a slump that was
coming anyhow.
In his POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE COTTON SOUTH, Gavin Wright argues that the
prosperity of the slaveowners before the Civil War would have ended
At 09:10 AM 10/1/01 -0700, you wrote:
Is Westwood the neighborhood in LA, or the town up in
the mountains? It's tough to get 100 people together
for *anything* in Chico...
Westwood is right in the middle of the highly-populated West Side of L.A.
However, it's sometimes as hard to get to as a
At 09:38 AM 10/1/01 -0700, you wrote:
Mark has unsubbed, but maybe he is lurking out there. I think that the
distinction is semantic. Oilism would suggest that the physical structure
of petroleum is at the core. I suspect that Mark is arguing that the
social relations are a fundamental part of
A little organizing work outside Sept 11. Please
forward to appropriate lists
.-- Nathan
News
Release
New York University Charged with
Illegal Workplace Retaliation Before National Labor Board for Denial of
Tenure
Monday, October 1, 2001
From the United Auto Workers, Local 2110, the
Published on Thursday, September 27, 2001 in the Los Angeles Times
Foreign News Shrinks in Era of Globalization
Print and broadcast have severely cut back international coverage. The focus
has shifted to 'soft' news
by David Shaw
Coverage of international news by the U.S. media has declined
Jim Devine wrote:
sales of Prozac are also up.
This could only come from a delusion on the part of the 'buyers': It
takes a minimum of three weeks for the _correct_ dosage to take effect,
to a maximum of 6 months. And it takes sometimes as much as 3 or months
to determine the correct
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2001:
For the fourth consecutive year, the San Jose metropolitan area had the
highest average -- $76,076-- annual earnings of any area in the United
States in 2000, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics figures. This
Now that the immediate rush to war has been blunted perhaps the progressive
slogan
Peace and Justice
needs to change to
Economic and Social Justice
Here is an extract from the analysis by Will Hutton, reforming progressive
capitalist, in this Sunday's UK Observer:
I clip it as a
It's times like these we should thank the anonymous knowledge
workers that makes for the internet being a tool for informed
agitation and organizing
http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1820/18200170.htm
Ian
Defining Terrorism Stirs Words of Dispute
By DAVID G. SAVAGE and GREG MILLER
Times Staff Writers
October 1 2001 - LA Times
WASHINGTON -- One of the hardest issues facing lawmakers who are writing new
antiterrorism legislation is the one that many might see as the easiest: What
is terrorism?
Genocide or peace
We can feed the starving Afghan millions or mount a military campaign.
We can't do both
George Monbiot
Tuesday October 2, 2001
The Guardian
Peace has been declared before the war has begun. Those who advocated
the obliteration of Kabul and Baghdad have retreated in the face
War against the weak
Draconian laws are more likely to deny basic rights to the vulnerable than
to catch any terrorists.
Special report: human rights in the UK
Gary Younge in Washington
Monday October 1, 2001
The Guardian
In Through the Looking Glass, the Queen tells Alice, I've believed as
[from Washington Post.if the average is a 25% markup.]
FEDERAL CONTRACTS
States News Service
Monday, October 1, 2001; Page E09
KPMG Consulting Inc. of McLean won a contract worth up to $277 million
from the Army to provide program management support services for
Standard Army
David E Spiro, The Hidden Hand of American Hegemony:Petrodollar
Recycling
and International Markets. Cornell University Press, 1999. [the same
series
in which Gregory Nowell's book appears]
From the inside jacket: Between 73 and 80, the cost of crude oil rose
suddently and
Lawmakers Tone Down Terror Bill
By GREG MILLER, Times Staff Writer
October 2 2001 - LA Times
WASHINGTON -- Key lawmakers reached a compromise Monday on anti-terrorism
legislation that would deny Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft some of the more
sweeping powers he is seeking from Congress, but it
... it looks like the earliest beneficiary of increased government
spending will be business, as a variation on lemon socialism comes to the
fore. E.g., as things stand now, a bailout of the airline industry (which
was tottering well before 9/11 because of the folly of deregulation) would
mean a
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