SUSAN TOMPOR: Spend, save, but also plan to survive the tumble

2001-11-01 Thread Charles Brown
SUSAN TOMPOR: Spend, save, but also plan to survive the tumble November 1, 2001 BY SUSAN TOMPOR FREE PRESS COLUMNIST Everybody from the congressional leaders to the advertising team at General Motors Corp. is urging us to go shopping to get the economy hopping. And that's OK if you want

Enduring freedom campaign in Afghanistan

2001-11-01 Thread Ken Hanly
From the Guardian (UK) ...cheers, Ken Hanly 2.30pm update Pakistani political leader arrested Staff and agencies Thursday November 1, 2001 The head of Pakistan's leading political party was today arrested

BLS Daily Report

2001-11-01 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2001: RELEASED TODAY: In September, 219 metropolitan areas recorded unemployment rates below the U.S. average (4.7 percent, not seasonally adjusted), and 106 areas posted higher rates, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.

Re: Imperialism? Yes, please....

2001-11-01 Thread Jim Devine
Welcome the new imperialism The US must make the transition from informal to formal empire Niall Ferguson Wednesday October 31, 2001 The Guardian ... Lurking inside us all there is a little Marxist who would like to believe that the complex political world around us can be explained by

New Scientist says Anthrax preparation indicates home-grownorigin

2001-11-01 Thread Charles Brown
New Scientist says Anthrax preparation indicates home-grown origin by Tim Bousquet 31 October 2001 06:49 ...anthrax produced by the old US biologicalweapons programme that ended in 1969 ... CB: Yea, right, the U.S. ended its biologicalweapons in 1969, yea sure (

BLS Daily Report

2001-11-01 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2001: The U.S. economy declined at an annual rate of 0.4 percent in the third quarter, the first quarterly decrease in 8 years, the Commerce Department reports. The decrease in real gross domestic product -- the output of

kick the oil habit!

2001-11-01 Thread Jim Devine
[so someone in the opinion elite is taking Mark Jones seriously...] The west must kick its oil habit: Renewable energy could open up our options in the Middle East Dan Plesch Thursday November 1, 2001 The Guardian [U.K.] British and American officials now talk of the present conflict lasting

Re: kick the oil habit!

2001-11-01 Thread Nick
At 02:19 PM 11/1/01 -0800, Jim Devine wrote: [so someone in the opinion elite is taking Mark Jones seriously...] That would be scary. The Day The World Came To Its Senses? By Bill Moore October 07,2001 http://evworld.com/databases/storybuilder.cfm?storyid=245 This week, Phil Watts, the

SOCIAL SECURITY CONFERENCE

2001-11-01 Thread Forstater, Mathew
Center for Full Employment and Price Stability The Social Security 'Crisis': Critical Analysis and Solutions November 12, 2001 8:30am-5:00pm University of Missouri - Kansas City - University Center - Room 106 Conference Schedule 9:00am REPORTS AND PROJECTIONS: SOME CRITICAL

Turkey in Afghanistan

2001-11-01 Thread Michael Perelman
forwarded from Sabri Thursday November 1 4:09 PM ET Turkey to Send Forces to Afghanistan By SELCAN HACAOGLU, Associated Press Writer ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey, NATO's sole Muslim member, said Thursday it would dispatch special forces trained to fight guerrillas in mountainous terrain to

Cluster bombs....

2001-11-01 Thread Ken Hanly
It seems as if not only cluster bombs but also napalm is being used. The US is just adding to the amount of unexploded mines in effect that litter Afghanistan. Casualties will continue long after the conflict ends. Collateral damage that will continue infefinitely... Cheers, Ken Hanly U.S.

Re: Re: kick the oil habit!

2001-11-01 Thread Jim Devine
At 05:30 PM 11/1/01 -0500, you wrote: The Day The World Came To Its Senses? By Bill Moore October 07,2001 it looks like Shell wants to monopolize the supply of non-oil energy sources before they take hold... Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine

Carpet Bombing

2001-11-01 Thread Karl Carlile
As increassing oppostion to the bombing of Afghanistan mounts Bush/Blair increase the scale of bombing to engage in carpet bombing. This is how this duo respond to public and political opinion Karl Carlile Be free to visit the web site of the Communist Global Group at

Re: Re: Re: kick the oil habit!

2001-11-01 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 05:30 PM 11/1/01 -0500, you wrote: The Day The World Came To Its Senses? By Bill Moore October 07,2001 it looks like Shell wants to monopolize the supply of non-oil energy sources before they take hold... Jim Devine

strategic notes on the ongoing war

2001-11-01 Thread Jim Devine
[This is an interesting comment by an opponent of the war against Afghanistan who seems to have favored the war against Serbia. His comments on strategic bombing vs. ground troops (toward the end) is especially interesting.] No parallel with the Kosovo war The public isn't wobbling - but it

will 'the war' lead to quietism?

2001-11-01 Thread Ian Murray
NEWS ANALYSIS War Transforms the Anti-Globalization Crowd John Vinocur International Herald Tribune Friday, November 2, 2001 PARIS After its sudden rise, anti-globalization activism has been stunned into a phase of relative quiet by the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. But the

pre-Doha divisions

2001-11-01 Thread Ian Murray
Trade talks suffer setback Developing countries dispute draft agenda Charlotte Denny Thursday November 1, 2001 The Guardian Hopes of a successful launch to a new round of global trade negotiations received a severe setback yesterday when a key meeting of World Trade Organisation delegates

Argentina

2001-11-01 Thread Ian Murray
Argentine President Addresses Economy By Serena Parker Associated Press Writer Thursday, November 1, 2001; 8:10 PM BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- President Fernando De la Rua went on national television Thursday night offering an ambitious rescue plan for Argentina's ailing economy that proposes

China

2001-11-01 Thread Ian Murray
In China, the Rich Keep Getting Richer New Forbes List Points Up Growing Wealth Disparity By Clay Chandler Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, November 1, 2001; Page E14 SHANGHAI -- The phenomenal growth of Liu Yongxing's animal-feed business has made him China's richest man, according

Trade round[s]

2001-11-01 Thread Ian Murray
If, therefore, any equity has to be introduced into the system of world trade that is being institutionalised through repeated trade negotiations, those joining the growing opposition to globalisation within civil society must deliver it. No wonder, the G-10 has been forced to sit up and take

Argentina woes

2001-11-01 Thread michael perelman
Sabri forwarded this one also. 11/01 15:59 IMF Rules Out New Loans for Argentina; Bonds Tumble (Update7) By Emily Schwartz Washington, Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- The International Monetary Fund ruled out any additional financing for Argentina unless the government forces provinces to accept a cut

Re: will 'the war' lead to quietism?

2001-11-01 Thread Chris Burford
Periods of quiet political activity may be valuable so long as they are used to deepen and further links with other people and win their attention for the justice of the cause. The problem remains however for the global anti-capital movement of the loss of theatre - of the visual dramas that