Chavez Returns

2002-04-14 Thread Sabri Oncu
Top World News 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

Re: Re: Argentina, Australia and Canada

2002-04-14 Thread Louis Proyect
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

Re: Chavez Returns

2002-04-14 Thread Michael Perelman
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]

Re: Re: Re: Argentina, Australia and Canada

2002-04-14 Thread Ken Hanly
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

RE: Re: Chavez Returns

2002-04-14 Thread Devine, James
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

Re: Chavez?

2002-04-14 Thread michael pugliese
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

Re: Re: Chavez?

2002-04-14 Thread Louis Proyect
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

RE: RE: Re: Chavez Returns

2002-04-14 Thread Max B. Sawicky
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

RE: Re: Re: Chavez?

2002-04-14 Thread Max B. Sawicky
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

RE: Re: Re: Chavez?

2002-04-14 Thread michael pugliese
Message: 10 Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 09:22:47 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Chris Burford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Marxism-Thaxis] Chavez returns Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Welcome scenes on CNN of the return of Chavez to the Presidential Palace. The situation obviously still

Barbara Rosenberg on the Anthrax Inquiry

2002-04-14 Thread Ken Hanly
An interesting evaluation of the anthrax investigation from Chemical and Engineering News. Cheers, Ken Hanly http://real-info.1accesshost.com/provocateur.htm

the labor process in the information age

2002-04-14 Thread Ian Murray
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

The Collapse of Argentina, part 2: The golden age

2002-04-14 Thread Louis Proyect
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

Re: RE: Re: Re: Chavez?

2002-04-14 Thread Michael Perelman
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

Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Chavez?

2002-04-14 Thread Louis Proyect
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

Who said anything about Israeli withdrawal?

2002-04-14 Thread Ken Hanly
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

Re: Chavez Returns

2002-04-14 Thread Chris Burford
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

Rumored U.S. Involvement in Venezuela

2002-04-14 Thread Sabri Oncu
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

Re: RE: Re: Chavez Returns

2002-04-14 Thread Michael Perelman
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

Re: Who said anything about Israeli withdrawal?

2002-04-14 Thread Michael Perelman
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

RE: Chavez Returns

2002-04-14 Thread Devine, James
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

RE: Re: Who said anything about Israeli withdrawal?

2002-04-14 Thread Devine, James
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

Re: RE: Re: Who said anything about Israeliwithdrawal?

2002-04-14 Thread Doug Henwood
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

RE: Re: RE: Re: Who said anything about Israeli withdrawal?

2002-04-14 Thread Max B. Sawicky
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

Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: Who said anything about Israeliwithdrawal?

2002-04-14 Thread Doug Henwood
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

Hong Kong Rich Live It Up Despite Recession

2002-04-14 Thread Ulhas Joglekar
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

Fwd: Comic Strip

2002-04-14 Thread Tim Bousquet
I get an awful lot of horrible stuff sent my way, so this came something as a surprise --- Warrior's Place [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Warrior's Place [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Comic Strip Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 19:43:52 -0500 Dear Editor, The

Re: Barbara Rosenberg on the Anthrax Inquiry

2002-04-14 Thread Charles Jannuzi
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

Re: Chavez Returns

2002-04-14 Thread Charles Jannuzi
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

Re: Re: Chavez Returns

2002-04-14 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - 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

man bites dog

2002-04-14 Thread Ian Murray
[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