At 2/13/2002, you wrote:
Alan,
3) Verticalism
Doyle
This begs the question of how a mass organization can truly reflect the
views of the masses.
This is indeed a key question. In my view, a top-down organization is not
very likely to reflect the views of the masses. As I see it, these
In a message dated Thu, 14 Feb 2002 7:39:21 AM Eastern Standard Time, Alan Cibils
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
At 2/13/2002, you wrote:
Alan,
3) Verticalism
Doyle
This begs the question of how a mass organization can truly reflect the
views of the masses.
This is indeed a key
On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Doug Henwood wrote:
Fred B. Moseley wrote:
The point that is missed by the newspaper headlines and these excerpts is
that retail sales as a whole, INCLUDING autos, DECLINED by 0.2% in
January. Not a huge decline, but a decline.
The AP headline from the NY Times
The Financial Express
February 09, 2002
Hedge funds lure Japanese institutions
Tokyo, February 8: Japanese institutional investors, frustrated by a lack of
investment opportunities at home, almost doubled their investment in
high-risk international hedge funds in 2001 and are expected to be
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2002:
RELEASED TODAY: Employers reported the separation of 486,406 workers from
their jobs for more than 30 days in 2,538 mass layoff actions in the fourth
quarter of 2001, according to preliminary figures released by the Bureau
The Guardian (London)
February 12, 2002
SECTION: Guardian Leader Pages, Pg. 17
LENGTH: 1192 words
HEADLINE: Comment Analysis: America's imperial war: The liberals
who backed the Afghan bombing are now lined up with rampant US
militarism
BYLINE: George Monbiot
...On January 29, the IMF's
...On January 29, the IMF's assistant director for monetary and
exchange affairs suggested that the country [Afghanistan] should abandon
its
currency and adopt the dollar instead.
My alternative proposal -- that Argentina should peg its currency to the
Afghani -- met with but scant support
Sabri Oncu wrote:
Doug wrote:
Yes they move markets, but sometimes for as little
as 2 minutes. Anything moves markets. Markets move
on their own, and people select reasons after the fact.
Doug,
Markets are people, aren't they?
Yup, people assembled in the functional equivalent of a
is a longtime influential Israeli politician and political scientist... michael hoover
Hey Oz-based PEN-Lers, what's up with this? I thought you were all bearish.
Doug
At 8:59 AM -0500 2/14/02, The Dismal Scientist wrote:
Employment Situation for Australia (6.8% Unemployment)
Another sharp rise in employment for Australia. Job growth
registered a month-to-month change
Uri Avnery
9.2.02
The Great Game
Some weeks ago, something curious happened: Israel discovered that Iran is the
Great Satan.
It happened quite suddenly. There was no prior sensational news, no new
discovery. As if by the order of a
[was: RE: [PEN-L:22827] Re: Re: Re: Marxism as Science and Religion]
Alan C writes:
... In my view, a top-down organization is not very likely to reflect the
views of the masses. As I see it, these views will get reflected only when
the masses themselves participate actively in the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Dues, library subs to the journal, and fundraising from the
membership. For an organization to be on the verge of ruin after an
expenditure of $15,000 is hardly a sign of robust finances, is it?
Doug
Petty point, but URPE, according to the latest newsletter,
has
This is from the Toronto SUN. I was surprised that Albright would be so
outspoken! I didn't know she had a deep desire for lefties to love her on
Valentine's day :)
Cheers, Ken Hanly
Allies backing away from Bush's policies
By ERIC MARGOLIS -- Contributing Foreign Editor
NEW YORK -- The world
[was: RE: [PEN-L:22833] RE: IMF, USAID, Afghanistan (by George Monbiot)]
...On January 29, the IMF's assistant director for monetary and
exchange affairs suggested that the country [Afghanistan]
should abandon
its
currency and adopt the dollar instead.
My alternative proposal --
[was: RE: [PEN-L:22828] Re: Re: Re: Re: Marxism as Science and Religion]
Melvin P writes:
In my estimate you capture the spirit and essence of the conflict with the
left groups and socialist sectarianist in their misconceived conception of
raising the consciousness of the masses. All sects,
THE CHEATING OF AMERICA
Think Enron and Andersen Are Exceptions? Think Again.
The Enron-Arthur Andersen scandal exposes, among other
things, the shady world of tax evasion. Enron paid no
income tax in four of the past five years -- it was
able to transfer its assets among 881 subsidiaries that
Uri Avnery
9.2.02
The Great Game
Some weeks ago, something curious happened: Israel discovered that Iran is the
Great Satan.
It happened quite suddenly. There was no prior sensational news, no new
discovery. As if by the order of a
Review of Radical Political Economics statement
by Devine, James
13 February 2002 17:04 UTC
Doug writes:
URPE spent something like $15,000 defending itself against Kliman's
lawsuit, which has very nearly bankrupted the organization. But hey,
it's important to get those value theory
Dear Comrades,
those of you able to read German should click the following link. It would
not to bad if - in case of any interest - somebody could translate it into
English.
This is an interview of the German Newspaper Tagesspiegel with the former
Minister Andreas von Buelow, who also where
At 2/14/2002, Jim Devine wrote:
how about delegatory democracy, in which these neighborhood assemblies elect
delegates, not representatives. Delegates are subject to easy recall. This
is one aspect of the Paris Commune-style democracy that Marx admired.
(Of course, the issue of popular
Marxism as Science and Religion
by Alan Cibils
13 February 2002 22:39 UTC
At 2/13/2002, Jim Devine wrote:
Of course, just because everyone does it doesn't make it right.
Or, just because everyone does it doesn't deny Justin's view of marxism as
religion. It would indicate that the
At 2/14/2002, you wrote:
actually, it might make sense for the main South American currencies to peg
their currencies _to each other_ rather than to the dollar (or to what's the
name of that European currency...? ;-))
Jim Devine
There are talks going on, as I write, about creating a common
I wrote: ... But since Marx was very much one who engaged in ruthless
criticism of all existing and major followers such as Luxemburg embraced
doubt all, dogmatism isn't a necessary component of Marxism.
Justin Schwartz writes:Never said it was. Religion isn't necessarily
dogmatic.
Alan implied
O Joy -- another sign of recovery
by Doug Henwood
13 February 2002 21:52 UTC
The weight of the evidence is that the U.S. economy is troughing, or
did bottom out around December. This could be a false bottom, a pause
before another downleg; the recovery could be weak, and might feel
I said:
and Lukacs, who coined the concept of Marxism as method, didn't believe
it.
Jim asked:
[you can read his mind?]
No, but I read the book.
jks
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FTC Says Psychic Hot Line Is Fraud
By Caroline E. Mayer
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 14, 2002; 1:07 PM
The Federal Trade Commission says the psychic Miss Cleo's crystal ball is shady.
In a court suit filed yesterday, the FTC said the psychic hot line promoted by Miss
Cleo
Melvin P writes:
In my estimate you capture the spirit and essence of the conflict with the
left groups and socialist sectarianist in their misconceived conception of
raising the consciousness of the masses. All sects, including the
ideological Marxist of all stripes, pride themselves
I see you mention, Karel Kosik. Dialectics of the Concrete,
author, if memory serves. Karel Kovanda from Czechoslovakia
translated it. Telos in the 70's had a number of articles by
and about Kosik. Let me know if you want specific cites. Plus,
be in touch with Alexandre Fenelon, from Brazil.
Doug Henwood wrote,
Just this morning, CNBC had a Chicago stock futures trader on who
said that Enron was big news a few weeks ago, but now we've moved
beyond that.
That's because Enron is an allegory traders think in symbols.
Tom Walker
Paul Volcker has agreed to lay hands on the inert body of Arthur Anderson
in hopes of effectng a recovery. He'll take no fee.
But here's part of a WSJ story with news that Saint Paul had previous
contact with the Anderson executive handling Enron, from whom Volcker's
group was soliciting a large
The American Banker, February 14, 2002
Copyright 2002 American Banker, Inc.
The American Banker
February 14, 2002, Thursday
SECTION: WASHINGTON; Pg. 3
LENGTH: 464 words
HEADLINE: $17B of Trouble for Top 25 Banks
BYLINE: BY BARBARA A. REHM
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
BODY:
The 25 largest banks
Masochistic capitalists
While global power brokers flagellate themselves, change creeps in from the margins
Naomi Klein
Friday February 15, 2002
The Guardian
On the first day of the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, the hallways were
buzzing with
rumours of defections from the
[The Nation]
COMMENT | March 4, 2002
Listening In on the WEF
As January turned into February, the most important people in the world gathered
themselves together
in midtown Manhattan for the annual World Economic Forum. Normally held in Davos--the
Swiss ski
resort previously famous for being
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