Dubya in Africa

2003-07-05 Thread Eubulides
[still no discussion about Dubya's friends investments in Sierra Leone etc.] July 5, 2003 Platinum Producer Issues Profit Warning By BLOOMBERG NEWS JOHANNESBURG, July 4 (Bloomberg News) - The Anglo American Platinum Corporation, the world's biggest platinum producer, lowered its 2003

Bush Escapes Fall of Constitution in Philly and Waxes Militaristic at Wright-Pat

2003-07-05 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
Well, folks, the hastily-organized Dayton protest against Bush was a bust -- small numbers of dedicated activists from outside of Dayton who endured heavy traffic in search of Dayton protest organizers and activists almost melted down in oppressive heat (the hottest day so far in Dayton this

Re: Howard Dean: Now That We're There We Can't Leave

2003-07-05 Thread Michael Hoover
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/03/03 12:15PM Dean is presentable and has no identification so far except resistance to the war. He's probably not to the left of John Kerry, but his war stance makes him appear so. In short, he relative popularity suggests that an articulate, presentable candidate with a

Re: Hit men movies

2003-07-05 Thread Michael Hoover
trench coat and shades that chow-yun fat wears in john woo's 'a better tomorrow' *borrowed* from melville's film... michael hoover [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/03/03 02:16PM I had selected Jean-Pierre Melville's 1967 Le Samouraï and Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai's 2001 Fulltime Killer pretty much at

Re: Hit men movies

2003-07-05 Thread Louis Proyect
trench coat and shades that chow-yun fat wears in john woo's 'a better tomorrow' *borrowed* from melville's film... michael hoover Speaking of hit men movies, I just watched Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog on video. Very obviously influenced by Le Samourai but not to be taken seriously. Every frame

criminal syndicates

2003-07-05 Thread Eubulides
http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/ccrreport.pdf For Immediate Release For More Information Thursday, July 3, 2003 Contact: Russell Mokhiber (202) 737 1680 DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS AWASH IN FUNDS FROM CORPORATE CRIMINALS, REPORT FINDS

secret history of the magna carta

2003-07-05 Thread Michael Perelman
Another excellent piece by Peter Linebaugh http://bostonreview.net/BR28.3/linebaugh.nclk -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

China: corporatization

2003-07-05 Thread Eubulides
Wealth Grows From Seed Money in China Friends in High Places Helped Entrepreneur Launch Lucrative Pay-Phone Business By Peter S. Goodman Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, July 6, 2003; Page A01 CHENGDU, China -- Eight years ago, He Ran was a manager at a state-owned shipping company with

Argentina: struggling for the emergence of workers control

2003-07-05 Thread Eubulides
[NY Times] July 6, 2003 Workers in Argentina Take Charge of Abandoned Factories By LARRY ROHTER BUENOS AIRES, July 5 - The workers at the IMPA aluminum plant here all can remember when their company was privately owned, and a few veterans even recall when it was the property of the state. But