Re: Re: independent Kurdistan?

   Which kurds, the barzanis or the talebanis both lowly paid US agents past and present and having strong ties to israel and they hate each other more than they hate saddam. not to forget that they conspired against the pkk on the turkish side and against cesessionist kurds on the iranian side. tr

the states and the corps.

washingtonpost.com Attorneys General Crusade Against Corporate Misdeeds States Often Sue When the Federal Government Won't By Caroline Mayer Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, February 19, 2003; Page E01 Over the past four months, groups of state attorneys general have settled a $484 millio

Britain; splits and parasites

Of splits and zeros Paul Foot Wednesday February 19, 2003 The Guardian There was only one advantage to being forced - by lameness - to miss the biggest demonstration of my life. I could watch the whole glorious pageant unfold on BBC News 24. Among the many marchers picked out at random for a quic

Germany

25,000 German firms expect the worst Eichel risks showdown with EU as Brown defends UK spending Mark Milner and Heather Stewart Wednesday February 19, 2003 The Guardian A leading German business organisation yesterday predicted that Europe's largest economy would stagnate this year, raising fear

Re: Slightly above the level of animals

In a message dated 2/18/03 12:53:19 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "The present condition of South Carolina can only be understood by a consideration of the population and the changes which have taken place in it since the close of the war. There are now about three hundred

Get the picture?

Title: Get the picture?

how it works -- a glimpse

Title: how it works -- a glimpse This was posted to PubRadio by Ted Coltman at CPB: >From InternalMemos.com (fuckedcompany.com) 2/12/2003 Clearchannel Preparing for war WAR PLANS KFBK and KSTE NEWS Make certain that we are monitoring CNN and ABC's Sat Que. Sat Que must be turned up loud. We c

Class, Economy, and the Second Intifada

Class, Economy, and the Second Intifada by Adam Hanieh ...In essence, I argue that Israeli capitalism was brought into being by the Labor Zionist movement (today represented by the Labor Party) and that the Oslo process was a key step in its formation.1 Israel's war against the Palestinian peop

Re: More evidence that the protests had an impact

At 18/02/03 11:20 -1000, you wrote: washingtonpost.com And another slight bit of evidence:- Bush's studied reluctance in agreeing to seek another UN resolution to help friends and allies - Blair who absolutely needs a second resolution. I would not overestimate this, but it is important to

Global Capitalism and Israel

Global Capitalism and Israel by Adam Hanieh Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler, The Global Political Economy of Israel (London and Sterling, Virginia: Pluto Press, 2002), 407 pages, cloth $75.00, paper $24.95. ...Nitzan and Bichler start by challenging the traditional view of Israel as a "un

Arthur Miller against the war

Tuesday night Arthur Miller was interviewed on BBC Newsnight by Jeremy Paxman, who suggested that unlike in Britain, the majority of people in the USA supported the war. AM: First of all I doubt that very much. I don't really think that is the case. I think the poll numbers have been dropping d

Re: labor economics text

Funny you should ask. Yes there is, entitled _Labor Markets and Employment Relationships_, but unfortunately it won't be published until winter semester next academic year. Gil is there such a thing as a good labor economics textbook? Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] &

More evidence that the protests had an impact - washingtonpost

washingtonpost.com EU Leaders Agree: Inspectors Should Get More Time By Keith B. Richburg Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, February 18, 2003; Page A17 BRUSSELS, Feb. 17 -- Acknowledging antiwar protests across the continent, the 15 European Union leaders agreed tonight that U.N. weapon

RE: Re: Assembling the Coalition of the Willing

Title: RE: [PEN-L:34873] Re: Assembling the Coalition of the Willing speaking of which, I don't think enough people have remarked on the similarity between the Bushists' attitude toward the UN and that of the John Birch Society. The latter say "get US out of the UN" and reject any multilatera

Re: Assembling the Coalition of the Willing

Unilateral action not only would look like aggression it would be aggression and violates Article 2(4) of the UN charter. Ordinarily such a breach against the peace would be brought before the Security Council and sanctions imposed or force authorised to neutralise this breach of the peace. However

RE: Operation Northwoods

Title: RE: [PEN-L:34870] Operation Northwoods from ABC:> America's top military brass even contemplated causing U.S. military casualties, writing: "We could blow up a U.S. ship in Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba," and, "casualty lists in U.S. newspapers would cause a helpful wave of national ind

Slightly above the level of animals

"The present condition of South Carolina can only be understood by a consideration of the population and the changes which have taken place in it since the close of the war. There are now about three hundred thousand whites and four hundred thousand blacks. The general effect of the Reconstruct

Operation Northwoods

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/jointchiefs_010501.html

Assembling the Coalition of the Willing

Fwd by Lou Paulsen: Assembling a coalition of the willing is like making sausage, you don't want to look too closely at it. >From Reuters: U.S. Warns Turkey Against Blocking Iraq Plans ANKARA, Turkey/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. preparations for war with Iraq suffered a new setback Tuesday whe

RE: Re: Re: Sacramento anti-war rally

Title: RE: [PEN-L:34803] Re: Re: Sacramento anti-war rally Joanna says:> On the Ides of March ... the war will start. < a friend with some contacts with the military says that some time in the last two weeks in Feb. is the time for the invasion. If you want to have a surprise attack, after a

Re: labor economics text

At 01:49 PM 2/17/2003 -0800, Jim wrote: is there such a thing as a good labor economics textbook? I think not. But some of us still have to make do with what is out there...s my solution has been to use the McConnell, et al. text, "Contemporary Labor Economics", which is quite good for l

Re: Bush Says Worldwide Protests Won't Change Approach to Iraq

> --- > > > it is telling that bush's understanding of democracy > (at least the > beautiful version of it) is one where people get to > say what they want, > but not decide on what they do. > > --ravi > On his version, they don't even get to pick the people

Weighing Powell's Evidence - Business Week online survey

BUSINESS WEEK FEBRUARY 13, 2003 READER SURVEY RESULTS Weighing Powell's Evidence Some 60% of respondents to our online survey still don't think the Bush Administration has made a persuasive case against Iraq Despite the photos and documents that Secretary of State Colin Powell unveiled at a meet

RE: Bush Says Worldwide Protests Won't Change Approach to Iraq

Title: RE: [PEN-L:34862] Bush Says Worldwide Protests Won't Change Approach to Iraq > it is telling that bush's understanding of democracy (at least the > beautiful version of it) is one where people get to say what > they want, > but not decide on what they do. it's also telling that the

Bush Says Worldwide Protests Won't Change Approach to Iraq

from the NY-TIMES: Bush Says Worldwide Protests Won't Change Approach to Iraq By DAVID STOUT ASHINGTON, Feb. 18 — President Bush said today that he is still determined to use force, if he must, to disarm Saddam Hussein, and that a weekend of worldwide protests by millions of people did nothing

170 photos of antiwar demonstrations

http://www.punchdown.org/rvb/F15/ -- The Marxism list: www.marxmail.org

Argentina

Title: Argentina The Good Life Is No More for Argentina The nation rode high on a free-market system, backed by the IMF and tied to the dollar. Then the global economy spun it into disaster. By Hector Tob

strange bedfellows

Title: strange bedfellows Ex-Military Men Back Admissions Policy Well-known former officials lend support to University of Michigan's affirmative action case. From Associated Press (in L.A. TIMES)/Februar

RE: Re: Re: US farms

Title: RE: [PEN-L:34857] Re: Re: US farms and a lot of "family farmers" also have urban jobs that allow them to survive. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine > -Original Message- > From: Diane Monaco [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Re: US farms

You're absolutely right, Michael. Although it is true that most family farms are classified as small businesses, the agricultural production from these small businesses is actually concentrated in very large "family" farms. These large family farms account for less than ten percent of the cla

Demonstrations shocked politicians

Daily News (New York) February 18, 2003, Tuesday SPORTS FINAL EDITION BRITS, TURKS WAFFLE ON IRAQBig anti-war rallies shocked pols BY RICHARD SISK DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - U.S. allies Britain and Turkey appeared to waver yesterday in their resolve to back quick military act

Barbara Ehrenreich to speak in Fort Wayne (IPFW) Feb 27

Barbara Ehrenreich "Nickel and Dimed" Thursday, February 27, 2003, 7:30 p.m. Walb Union Ballroom Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) A recognized and original social commentator, author and journalist Barbara Ehrenreich has been a contributing writer for Time magazine since 19

Re: independent Kurdistan?

On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Slate was quoted as quoting: > Newsweek reports that Turkey is demanding that it be allowed to set up > "strategic positions" as much as 150 miles inside Iraq. The Kurds are > not thrilled about that. And fwiw, the Turks have already set up positions a dozen miles into North

RE: George Monbiot and David Harvey

Title: RE: [PEN-L:34837] George Monbiot and David Harvey this is an interesting article, but as Monbiot portrays it, Harvey's analysis is too mechanical and too pat. The idea seems to be that a structural specific economic problem (under-use of industrial capacity) provokes the ruling class

independent Kurdistan?

Title: independent Kurdistan? from SLATE:>[U.S.-based ] Newsweek reports that [the government of] Turkey is also demanding that it be allowed to set up "strategic positions" as much as 150 miles inside Iraq. The Kurds are not thrilled about that. < one possible event, once the US invades Ira

Re: US farms

Yes, but the small farms produce a small share of the total output. That was true in the 1970s, when I was working on my ag. book. It is more true today, I am certain. On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 07:16:01AM -0800, Ian Murray wrote: > [from today's Federal Register] > > Farm Service Agency > RULES

US farms

[from today's Federal Register] Farm Service Agency RULES Program regulations: Farm Security and Rural Investment Act- General credit provisions, 7693-7701 [03-3562] "FSA program participants are predominantly family-size farmers and ranchers and, as defined by the U.S. Small Busi

Turkey demands bigger payoff

(Amazing stuff. Sounds like a whore haggling over the price of a blow-job with a john.) NY Times, Feb. 18, 2003 Proposal by Turkey Stalls U.S. Bid to Use Its Bases By DEXTER FILKINS with JUDITH MILLER ISTANBUL, Feb. 17 — The Bush administration's plans for a northern front against Iraq reached

The "militarization" of the New School

(It must be bad karma or something, but the two institutions of higher education that I have received degrees from are now being run by sleaze bags. With Bard College's Leon Botstein, you get empire-building financed by thieving financiers. With the New School's Bob Kerrey, you get what is aptl

The Good Life Is No More for Argentina

LA Times, Feb. 18, 2003 The Good Life Is No More for Argentina The nation rode high on a free-market system, backed by the IMF and tied to the dollar. Then the global economy spun it into disaster. By Héctor Tobar, Times Staff Writer SAN ISIDRO, Argentina -- More than any other developing nation

Re: Re: George Monbiot and David Harvey

I thought it simply demystifies an expansionist process and pinpoints the real enemy as capital, that being a detrimental social relationship tying up all, and all emerging events in the present epoch of history. It sort of makes the life process of humanity one and the same and bridges differenc

Re: George Monbiot and David Harvey

Not only are these analyses serious in their own right. They mark a new deepening in the democratic opposition to the present executors of the will of finance capital, at the same time as the popular movement widens in its extent and its contact with whole populations. The role of capital is no