Far from Heaven

2003-07-04 Thread Louis Proyect
Recent decisions by the US Supreme Court defending affirmative action and striking down sodomy laws have been described as centrist. In reality, the court was simply reflecting the sea change that has transformed American society. If anybody needs a reminder of the dreary status quo ante, I

an early American anti-nationalist

2003-07-04 Thread Eubulides
The first of the North American advocates of free trade, as understood by Adam Smith -- Thomas Cooper, President of Columbia College -- denies even the existence of nationality; he calls the nation 'a grammatical invention,' created only to save periphrases, a nonentity, which has no actual

Water-Mexico/US

2003-07-04 Thread Eubulides
July 4, 2003, 12:54AM Mexico agrees to send irrigation water to Texas Pact guarantees one-third of conserved portion for U.S. Associated Press In an agreement signed Thursday, Mexico has guaranteed that a third of the water conserved by irrigation projects in the state of Chihuahua will be sent

spam spam spam spam spam

2003-07-04 Thread Eubulides
[no exit from the litigatory nuthouse] Can it, Spam firm tells American software makers George Wright Saturday July 5, 2003 The Guardian A legal battle for the right to incorporate the word spam in the trademark of software companies has begun in the US. Hormel Foods, the makers of Spam

Re: an early American anti-nationalist

2003-07-04 Thread michael
Yes, but Cooper understood that Classes exist: One of the most direct attacks on Hodgskin came from the combative Thomas Cooper, writing from Charleston, South Carolina, where Denmark Vesey's 1822 slave revolt had created a terror of popular movements. Cooper responded to Hodgskin's Popular

Re: an early American anti-nationalist

2003-07-04 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - From: michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] an early American anti-nationalist Yes, but Cooper understood that Classes exist: = Quite; but at least he understood the issue as one of