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04/14 03:26
Venezuela's Chavez Returns to Presidential Palace From Prison
By Peter Wilson, Alex Kennedy, Patrick Gordon, and Toby Muse
Caracas, April 14 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela's Hugo Chavez returned
to power from an island prison two days after being ousted from
the
On Sun, 14 Apr 2002 10:23:17 +0800, Grant Lee wrote:
Louis:
If it isn't already clear, I find references to
monolithic, single-minded exploitative entities
called Great Britain or the United States to
be untenable generalisations, which ignore the
complexity of real class structures and the
I feel very small sitting here at the keyboard thinking about what people
on the street have accomplished in Venez.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Left nationalism is nothing new in Canada and it certainly not a novel
theory of Ross Dowson. Left nationalism was a strong current in the NDP (New
Democractic Party) a social democratic party that ruled in BC,
Saskatchewan, Manitoba and even Ontario for a while. It still governs
Manitoba and
what's the US going to do if Chavez is definitely back in power? send in
troops? The Bush League has been trying to instantly reestablish the state
of affairs which prevailed when men were men, the US dominated the Free
World with military bases all over the place, we controlled our oil
with a
Some hits found via daypop. The Gabriel Garcia Marquez piece
s/b interesting.
Michael Pugliese, hasn't dropped dead yet...hmm.
http://www.daypop.com/search?q=venezuelasearch=Searcht=w
http://www.letterneversent.com/
April 13, 2002
Narconews
Narconews has been doing a great job of covering
On Sun, 14 Apr 2002 09:17:16 -0700, michael pugliese wrote:
Hugo Chávez, who has won a new mandate at the
July elections, has engaged in a series of
sweeping reforms since his triumphant election
as president of Venezuela in 1998: Congress has
been dissolved and a new constitution approved.
But
I'd say it is safe to assume there are spooks and
para's there already. The only question is what
villainy they will be up to next.
mbs
what's the US going to do if Chavez is definitely back in power? send in
troops? The Bush League has been trying to instantly reestablish the state
of
Odds are that somewhere there is a WB or IMF study on the
inadequacy, pre-Chavez, of the Venez oil enterprise. Pity
anyone who takes such concerns seriously, apart from political
context. -- mbs
LP: . . . Actually, the conflict with the oil union arose over Chavez's
determination to clean
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Welcome scenes on CNN of the return of Chavez to the Presidential
Palace.
The situation obviously still
An interesting evaluation of the anthrax investigation from Chemical and
Engineering News. Cheers, Ken Hanly
http://real-info.1accesshost.com/provocateur.htm
Your Brainstorms, Her Glory
Lessons in Coping With One Who Plays an Underhanded Game
By Amy Joyce
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 14, 2002; Page H06
She loves her job, she likes the challenging work and relishes the fact that the
office isn't far from home.
She even enjoys the
Marxists have to maintain a constant vigilance against stereotypical
thinking, especially when it comes to Latin America. In researching
the Brenner thesis, I observed a kind of 'Iberiantalist' imagery
about vainglorious hidalgos in Peru or New Spain who wasted gold and
silver on luxuries in
Lou, what about the union? What was its beef?
On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 01:33:45PM -0400, Max B. Sawicky wrote:
Odds are that somewhere there is a WB or IMF study on the
inadequacy, pre-Chavez, of the Venez oil enterprise. Pity
anyone who takes such concerns seriously, apart from political
On Sun, 14 Apr 2002 13:23:09 -0700, Michael Perelman wrote:
Lou, what about the union? What was its beef?
Riots Against Venezuelan Oil Union Rock Monagas
Drillbits Tailings
Volume 4, Number 7
May 3, 1999
Riots have plagued Venezuela's oil towns following the killing in
March of Rolando
The spin doctors are hard at work. Not a word about Israeli terror against
the Palestinians or Sharon thumbing his nose at Bush when he demmands
withdrawal. Blame it all on Arafat and leave Powell as the fall and failed
guy.
CHeers, Ken Hanly
Bush fears a backlash at home
By David Wastell in
At 14/04/02 13:29 -0400, you wrote:
I'd say it is safe to assume there are spooks and
para's there already. The only question is what
villainy they will be up to next.
mbs
CNN was reporting rumours from the middle class suburbs that people were
going to leave. This means that even before
I don't think the conclusions there are exremely interesting but
there is some useful information in the below Startfor
analysis.
Sabri
Venezuela: Rumored U.S. Involvement Could Hurt Bush
Administration
14 April 2002
Summary
Human intelligence sources in Venezuela and Washington
au contraire, Jim. Conquering Venezuela will make the war next door
easier.
On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 09:02:04AM -0700, Devine, James wrote:
what's the US going to do if Chavez is definitely back in power? send in
troops? The Bush League has been trying to instantly reestablish the state
of
Ken's article suggests that Bush needs to support Israel to win California
and NY. No way that he wins Cal. I don't know as much about NY, but I
suspect that the Repugs. must have written off NY also. At least in the
presidential election.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California
I wrote: what's the US going to do if Chavez is definitely back in power?
send in troops? The Bush League has been trying to instantly reestablish the
state of affairs which prevailed when men were men, the US dominated the
Free World with military bases all over the place, we controlled our
I don't know much about NY, but I was reading somewhere about how a lot of
traditional liberal forces (labor unions, etc.) were warming to GOP
governor George Pataki. -- JD
Michael Perelman writes:
Ken's article suggests that Bush needs to support Israel to win
California
and NY. No way that
Devine, James wrote:
I don't know much about NY, but I was reading somewhere about how a lot of
traditional liberal forces (labor unions, etc.) were warming to GOP
governor George Pataki.
Yup. Pataki cut a deal with Dennis Rivera, the leader of the hospital
workers union 1199, to provide
Yeah what happens to the Working Peoples Party (sic) now?
Wasn't Rivera its mainstay? Will Pataki be on the WPP line?
mbs
Yup. Pataki cut a deal with Dennis Rivera, the leader of the hospital
workers union 1199, to provide health insurance coverage for the
uninsured. Rivera, of course, was
Max B. Sawicky wrote:
Yeah what happens to the Working Peoples Party (sic) now?
Working FAMILIES, please. It focus groups well, they say.
Wasn't Rivera its mainstay? Will Pataki be on the WPP line?
He was. But he's gone MIA.
Doug
The Financial Express
April 09, 2002
HK Rich Live It Up Despite Recession
Hong Kong, April 8: Many people have been laid off in Hong Kong in the last
year and more are living in fear of the axe, but the rich still appear to be
letting the good times roll.
Sales of foreign-made luxury goods
I get an awful lot of horrible stuff sent my way, so
this came something as a surprise
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Subject: Comic Strip
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 19:43:52 -0500
Dear Editor,
The
The page exceeded its limits. I don't suppose you could give us a summary,
Ken? Earlier on LBO-Talk and this list I said that instead of 9-11 perps or
Arab-hating nut cases at Ft. Detrick, the perpetrator(s) might well have
been ones working in companies, and they had financial motives (though
I feel very small sitting here at the keyboard thinking about what people
on the street have accomplished in Venez.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
And apparently even some rather conservative people decided it was better to
back
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From: Charles Jannuzi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
considering that the
official US reaction to what happened in Venezuela was more or less for the
anti-democratic forces, Bush and his State Dept. should be pinned to the
wall on this.
Charles Jannuzi
[ok fess up, who on the list has hailed Bush?]
Morals of the brothel
Larry Elliott
Monday April 15, 2002
The Guardian
George Bush did us all a favour when he slapped tariffs on imported steel.
Unintentionally perhaps, he shed
light on the west's dirty little secret: free trade is a myth, a
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