ULHAS wrote: Indian CPs have 1 million party members, but on Left-wing
mailing lists I
have been subjected to lectures on party building, stagism, Marx's
letter to
Zasulikh, Marx on India, Vasco de gama etc etc. ! :-)
REPLY.
Dear Ulhas, I am not sure what you are really stating here. Perhaps I am
Hari Kumar:
This view of Louis' - I interpret to be a variant of defeatism. It gets
to asking of course, who is the 'leading class' of a revolution?
Some will not like even that phraseology, but it is still a stark
underlying reality - that leaders and leading classes - are in fact,
needed.
I
Dear Ulhas, I am not sure what you are really stating here. Perhaps I am
incorrect but you may be implying a dissonance between the 'members' of
a party the empty talk of their 'intellectuals'?
This is just Ulhas's way of reformulating Edward Said. Asia can only be
understood completely by
If we cannot carry on with this thread without getting personal, we should
drop it.
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
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At 07:11 PM 8/15/2002 -0400, Louis Proyect wrote:
2) Although Chomsky talks to 'activists' - it is interesting that
virtually all his venues are in that very base that he claims as the
refugee of any (??) thought/thinking- the University. How has Chomsky
connected to those that will make the
I've just posted my interview with Joseph Stiglitz, which ran on my
radio show yesterday evening. Follow the link from
http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html.
Doug
August 15, 2002 DH on economic news - Fed holds fire, manufacturing
sags * Joseph Stiglitz, co-winner 2001 Nobel
Title: PK on current events
The most interesting thing about Paul Krugman's NY Times column (http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/16/opinion/16KRUG.html?tntemail0) is that he cites Dean Baker's work approvingly: More and more people are using the B-word about the housing market. A recent analysis
This is an evil man who, left to his own devices, will wreak havoc again on
his own population, his neighbors and, if he gets weapons of mass
destruction and the means to deliver them, on all of us, Rice told the BBC.
There is a very powerful moral case for regime change. We certainly do not
have
I was in the local bike shop yesterday. The owner, a fine progressive,
was telling me about a conversation he had with some local stock brokers
who were all taking their money out of the market and putting it into real
estate.
On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 08:41:25AM -0700, Devine, James wrote:
The
Well since Scott already posted, I don't need to say more about it at this
stage... except sorry for my recent typo's and translation glitches, it was
just a bit hurried. I actually met Sison once in New Zealand and it's clear
to me he isn't a terrorist, he's got morals. The story brings out
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Southern Africa worse off than five years ago
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
JOHANNESBURG, 14 Aug 2002 (IRIN) - A leading UN agency on Wednesday called
on aid groups to rethink how they tackle humanitarian crises in Southern
Africa following indications
[Senorita Extraviada, a new release by WOMEN MAKE MOVIES by the Academy
Award nominated Lourdes Portillo, will be airing Tuesday on the PBS series
P.O.Va description of the film below]
WMM NEW RELEASE SENORITA EXTRAVIADA TO AIR ON THE ACCLAIMED PBS SERIES, P.O.V.
More than 250 women have
[Scott Ritter, former UNSCOM weapons inspector in Iraq who is opposing
the proposed invasion of Iraq, will speak in Indianapolis next Thursday]
Where: Ashantii Room, 1529 North Alabama St. Indianapolis
When: Thursday August 21st, 7:30-9:30 pm
Please forward the Indianapolis Peace Justice
Dear Friend,
My brand of honest, informed and effective progressive advocacy has
stirred up some powerful opposition in the 12 years I have been in the
U.S. Senate. The White House and national Republicans are pouring
millions of dollars into Minnesota to try to unseat me because they know
I've
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Southern Africa worse off than five years ago
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
JOHANNESBURG, 14 Aug 2002 (IRIN) - A leading UN agency on Wednesday called
on aid groups to rethink how they tackle humanitarian crises in Southern
Africa following
Title: RE: [PEN-L:29485] Stiglitz interview
Doug, I went to this page. Near Stiglitz, the download button works as advertised. But the button labeled streaming has a different show, including some fellow named Michael Perelman.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Devine, James wrote:
Doug, I went to this page. Near Stiglitz, the download button
works as advertised. But the button labeled streaming has a
different show, including some fellow named Michael Perelman.
Huh? I just clicked on it and I'm getting the Stiglitz show. Try this
direct link:
Title: RE: [PEN-L:29496] Re: RE: Stiglitz interview
that is strange. Now it works.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
-Original Message-
From: Doug Henwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:57 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Title: PK on current events
My boss has been buying property. He thinks
because there are foreclosures in the nice neighborhoods the bubble has burst
and this is a safe place to put his money. He still has a ton of silver
coins he bought in the last PM bull. But he thought I was silly to buy
unsubscribe
The Economist article below is another good example of
psuedo-reality simulation. However, since all reality in
Turkey is simulated, I see no harm in sending it. It may be of
interest to those of you who are following the developments in
the proximity of Iraq. Dervis decided to go with the
I want to strongly urge PEN-L'ers to listen to Henwood's interview with
Stiglitz. It was conducted at a very high level and touched all the
important points. My impression of Stiglitz was highly favorable, even
though I believe he is way off the mark on the question of
export-based economies
Greetings Economists,
Lou Proyect wrote Pen-L his urging to listen to the Stiglitz interview on
Henwood's radio broadcast. I listened and found it well worth the time
spent. I don't know if I feel as favorably toward Stiglitz as LP. But it
was interesting how fissures are showing up in the
Louis writes:
even though I believe he is way off the mark on the question of
export-based economies in places like Brazil.
Excellent point, and also valid for Argentina, whose exports are
dominated by 'primary products' that still suffer in global markets from
declining terms of trade a la
DJ Ex World Bank Chief Stiglitz Calls For Abolishment Of IMF
Dow Jones News Service via Dow Jones
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The International Monetary Fund is beyond
reform and should be abolished, vocal IMF critic and former World
Bank Chief Economist Joseph Stiglitz said in a radio interview.
The Japan Times: Aug. 17, 2002
'DISCRIMINATORY INSPECTIONS'
China warns of vegetable trade spat
BEIJING (Kyodo) Senior Chinese trade officials warned of another trade skirmish if
Japan fails
to knock down barriers to vegetable imports, the China Daily reported Friday.
The officials stressed
The Economic Times
Saturday, August 10, 2002
Forget slump, Hong Kongs super rich still have a ball
REUTERS
HONG KONG: Abbie Chan drives a Porsche and says she owns about half a dozen
luxury apartments in Hong Kong.
A regular on the high-society circuit, the businesswoman attends 3-4 balls a
Well, before the market went up your neighbor had $9,999,990 more money (in
this asset) than you did. Afterwards he has $19,999,9980 more. I think he
has done better than you have.
Gene
Bill Lear wrote:
On Thursday, August 15, 2002 at 07:46:14 (-0700) Michael Perelman writes:
I would
Doug,
I thank both you and Stiglitz for what you have done, not just
for this interview, but for a few other things too.
Best,
Sabri
At 07:39 PM 8/16/2002 -0500, Bill Lear wrote:
I still don't get it. If I have 10 shares of 1 dollar stock and it
goes up by 1 dollar, I have doubled my money (I mistakenly said
earlier I had 10 times more money!). My neighbor with 10 million
shares has also doubled his money. The wealth of
Russia, Iraq Plan Deal to Bolster Ties
$40 Billion, 5-Year Accord Covers Energy, Infrastructure
By Peter Baker
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, August 17, 2002; Page A01
MOSCOW, Aug. 16 -- Russia and Iraq plan to sign a new five-year
economic cooperation agreement worth $40 billion,
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