Re: Mercenary Boom in Iraq Creates Tension at Home and Abroad (2nd try)

Layoff day tomorrow, wish me luck. Joanna Mike Ballard wrote: It's nice to see the commodification of patriotism making headway. Cheers, Mike B) = The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. former I.W.W. member, Helen Kel

Re: Mercenary Boom in Iraq Creates Tension at Home and Abroad (2nd try)

It's nice to see the commodification of patriotism making headway. Cheers, Mike B) = The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. former I.W.W. member, Helen Keller http://profiles.yahoo.com/swillsqueal __

Identity cards on agenda in UK

Another example of Blair's conviction in New Labour's competence in total social management. On a day when a minister has just had to resign, he remains master of the political agenda. This is partly conviction. It is partly embracing the whole range of techniques of total management of giant fin

leftist encyclopedia

Recently, I discovered the WikiPedia at http://en.wikipedia.org. It's a free encyclopedia being created on-line by contributors. I added a bit on unemployment today since I felt unemployed (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployment; a lot of the article was written by someone else). Anyway

fiendish trade barriers

forwarded from Ian Murray. Subject: USTR Releases 2004 Inventory of Foreign Trade Barriers Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 14:36:15 -0500 From: Trade-Facts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. 20508 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Re: Estrangement of Labor

> Funke Jayson J wrote: > > I am reading most of Marx's work for the first time. I am currently > struggling to grasp the Estrangement of Labor as Marx relates it in > the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844. Can anyone explain > it succinctly and in simple terms? I am interested in the re

Mercenary Boom in Iraq Creates Tension at Home and Abroad (2nd try)

Sorry for the formatting problems with the previous email version of this article, which inserted text from the side bar into the middle of the story. Mercenary Boom in Iraq Creates Tension at Home and Abroad By Aaron Glantz Special to CorpWatch Kirkuk, Iraq -- Mamand Kesnazani reclines in his

Re: air america radio

I have to say that the assessment of Air America (quoted below) seems a bit inaccurate from what I heard today. I didn't listen for analysis etc. but the barrage of attacks on Bush and company were interesting, entertaining and sometimes very funny. As to the last clause of the second sentence in t

Mercenary Boom in Iraq Creates Tension at Home and Abroad

By Aaron Glantz Special to CorpWatch Kirkuk, Iraq -- Mamand Kesnazani reclines in his high-backed leather chair and puts his feet on top of his desk inside the main security gate of Iraq's northern oil field. The former fighter for Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kesnazani cam

White House, With Support, Vows to Finish Mission in Iraq

* The New York Times, April 1, 2004 White House, With Support, Vows to Finish Mission in Iraq By DAVID STOUT WASHINGTON, April 1 - The White House, buoyed by support from a Democratic rival and a maverick Republican, vowed today that the United States would finish its peacekeeping mission in

That was then: different priorities

Copyright 2001 Associated Press All Rights Reserved Associated Press Online January 17, 2001; Wednesday LENGTH: 531 words HEADLINE: Clinton Adviser Warns of Bin Laden BYLINE: EUN-KYUNG KIM DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: Incoming National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that President

FT: Halliburton is the tip of the iceberg

[There's nothing new about boondoggles in military procurement. But there's a systematic reason why it's 20 times worse now than it's ever been before: measured by personnel, the amount of work that is outsourced is 10 times higher than it was at the time of the first Gulf war (according to Frida

Air America Flight Aborted Due to Deregulation

* [T]his liberal radio network [Air America] faces numerous obstacles in capturing a substantial audience, in particular finding a critical mass of stations that will broadcast its voices. The network has already fallen behind in its initial goal, announced last year, of owning five stations

Re: Bush/Greenspan tax increase?

Gene Coyle wrote: > The notion of raising the retirement age for full Social Security > benefits is popular in conservative circles. > > Shouldn't it be described as a tax increase? It's actually a tax cut, Gene. You see, wages are a tax on the revenue of the real creaters of wealth -- the rich.

Re: Shifting genres in media/"pop culture" and the shifting SSA of Monopoly Capitalism/Imperialism

>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/26/2004 5:41:35 PM >>> Maybe Michael Hoover or Yoshie can help us out, but I think that the morality police during the 30s pressured Hollywood not to show class conflict. Michael Perelman <> excuse tardy reply, placed above in "to do" file... decline of class confl

Re: liberals

Doug Henwood wrote: > > Michael Hoover wrote: > > >i thought liberals were bourgeois... michael hoover > > Not high bourgeois, the people who own capital and run the state. > Among that set, Soros is about the only serious liberal (in the > social democratic sense). Aren't most liberals knowledge

Re: Utopian Socialism

--- Laurence Shute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Speaking of utopianism, how does Roosevelt's > Economic Bill of Rights > proposal from 1944 sound now: It's got my vote. ;D For more on utopianism see Rexroth: http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/communalism.htm Cheers from Perth, Mike B) = The

Re: Tariq Ali

Ali said he would “be delighted” to see Bush defeated in November's presidential election. He added that he did not have illusions in the US Democratic Party's John Kerry, “who at best would put some clothes on the empire”, but Bush's defeat “would be seen globally as a slap in the face for invadi

Tariq Ali

Did this make it to PEN-L? --Joel http://www.politicalaffairs.net ___ http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2004/576/576p3.htm Tariq Ali: `Punish the politicians with blood on their hands!' Norm Dixon, Sydney US President George Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blai

Re: Utopian Socialism

Speaking of utopianism, how does Roosevelt's Economic Bill of Rights proposal from 1944 sound now: The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation; The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation; The right of eve

Re: Bush/Greenspan tax increase?

Sure, but just for the record, the 1983 Social Secuirty Commission already raised the retirement age to 67 so that anyone born in and after 1960 will have to wait until 2027 to collect social security. Joel Blau Original Message: - From: Eugene Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 1

Re: Estrangement of Labor

I am reading most of Marx's work for the first time. I am currently struggling to grasp the Estrangement of Labor as Marx relates it in the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844. Can anyone explain it succinctly and in simple terms? I am interested in the relationship between the estrang

Estrangement of Labor

Title: Estrangement of Labor I am reading most of Marx's work for the first time. I am currently struggling to grasp the Estrangement of Labor as Marx relates it in the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844. Can anyone explain it succinctly and in simple terms? I am interested in the rel

Re: liberals

Sometimes it seems that liberals attract more fire on PEN-L than does the bourgeoisie. I could understand this if we were in a period of proto- or quasi-revolutionary ferment, when they'd be the co-opters and/or betrayers. But right now, anyone in public life who stands up for vaguely ega

Re: Bush/Greenspan tax increase?

working like dogs also produces surplus-value, which also should be likened to a tax. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine > -Original Message- > From: Eugene Coyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 9:57 A

Re: liberals

what in heck is a "liberal"? I'd say that this question can be answered by first defining the Marxian analysis and critique of capitalism. There are two major dimensions of this view: (1) class domination (and other sorts of domination, such as racist & sexist insitutions and imperialism). This

Re: liberals

Much of this discussion that seems to be overly predictable. Kerry has hardly been a hero for the left, especially considering that he comes from a fairly safe state. Bush is terrible from any reasonable perspective. >From an electoral point of view, the basic question seems to have two parts.

Bush/Greenspan tax increase?

The notion of raising the retirement age for full Social Security benefits is popular in conservative circles. Shouldn't it be described as a tax increase? Say the retirement age is raised from 65 to 67. An individual continuing to work pays income taxes for two additional years, pays payroll tax

Electable?

NY Times, April 1, 2004 Kerry Slips Out of Picture By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JODI WILGOREN WASHINGTON, March 31 — At the very moment that President Bush has begun his general election campaign, Senator John Kerry has largely slipped from sight. And Mr. Bush has made the most of Mr. Kerry's absence.

Re: liberals

Michael Hoover wrote: i thought liberals were bourgeois... michael hoover Not high bourgeois, the people who own capital and run the state. Among that set, Soros is about the only serious liberal (in the social democratic sense). Aren't most liberals knowledge workers of various sorts? Doug

Re: liberals

Sometimes it seems that liberals attract more fire on PEN-L than does the bourgeoisie. I could understand this if we were in a period of proto- or quasi-revolutionary ferment, when they'd be the co-opters and/or betrayers. But right now, anyone in public life who stands up for vaguely egalitarian s

Re: air america radio

Louis Proyect wrote: > It was far more sanctimonious and > boring than WBAI at its worst. > surely that is impossible! --ravi

Re: liberals

>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/1/2004 12:28:24 PM >>> Sometimes it seems that liberals attract more fire on PEN-L than does the bourgeoisie. Doug <> i thought liberals were bourgeois... michael hoover

Re: air america radio

That basically sums up the problem of Air America. Talk radio on the right never gets more angry with right-wingers to the right of the Republican Party than with liberals and leftists whom they simply and smartly classify in the same category. That's right-wing talk radio's recipe for success.

liberals

Sometimes it seems that liberals attract more fire on PEN-L than does the bourgeoisie. I could understand this if we were in a period of proto- or quasi-revolutionary ferment, when they'd be the co-opters and/or betrayers. But right now, anyone in public life who stands up for vaguely egalitarian s

Re: air america radio

I heard some Randi Rhodes yesterday. She had Nader on as a guest and kept shouting over him with stupid questions ('who will you caucus with if you are president?'). He wasn't too good either, but there wasn't much he could do. He hung up. Otherwise her rap was ultra-partisan- Democrat, not too

Re: air america radio

That basically sums up the problem of Air America. Talk radio on the right never gets more angry with right-wingers to the right of the Republican Party than with liberals and leftists whom they simply and smartly classify in the same category. That's right-wing talk radio's recipe for success.

Re: air america radio

At 11:23 AM -0500 4/1/04, Max B. Sawicky wrote: I heard some Randi Rhodes yesterday. She had Nader on as a guest and kept shouting over him with stupid questions ('who will you caucus with if you are president?'). He wasn't too good either, but there wasn't much he could do. He hung up. That bas

Re: air america radio

Personal problems can better be handled off list. I am too busy to monitor the list this morning. This message came at the top of my screen. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: air america radio

I heard some Randi Rhodes yesterday. She had Nader on as a guest and kept shouting over him with stupid questions ('who will you caucus with if you are president?'). He wasn't too good either, but there wasn't much he could do. He hung up. Otherwise her rap was ultra-partisan- Democrat, not too

Re: air america radio

Doug Henwood wrote: Louis Proyect wrote: Frankly, I never understood the compelling need for pro-Democratic Party talk radio. It is not as if it doesn't exist. You can listen to NPR all across the country and get all the liberal pap your heart desires. Strange bedfellows department: this is exac

Re: air america radio

Lou wrote: Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: Mr. Franken's guests included Bob Kerrey, the former Democratic senator from Nebraska who is now a member of the Sept. 11 commission, the documentary filmmaker Michael Moore and, as a caller from Tennessee, former Vice President Al Gore. ("Hi, Al," Mr. Franken sa

Re: air america radio

Louis Proyect wrote: Frankly, I never understood the compelling need for pro-Democratic Party talk radio. It is not as if it doesn't exist. You can listen to NPR all across the country and get all the liberal pap your heart desires. Strange bedfellows department: this is exactly what Bill O'Reilly

There Never Were Any "Good Old Days" In The Democratic Party

* There Never Were Any "Good Old Days" In The Democratic Party by Howie Hawkins March 1, 2004 "A liberation movement for the Democratic Party" is one of the goals Ralph Nader stated for his campaign in the question and answer period of his February 23 press conference announcing his 2004 ind

Re: air america radio

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: Mr. Franken's guests included Bob Kerrey, the former Democratic senator from Nebraska who is now a member of the Sept. 11 commission, the documentary filmmaker Michael Moore and, as a caller from Tennessee, former Vice President Al Gore. ("Hi, Al," Mr. Franken said. "Hi, Al,

Interim MR website

Original Message Subject: MARTIN -- MONTHLYREVIEW Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 10:30:43 -0500 From: Martin Paddio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] dear louis: wondering if i could ask a favor of you. MR is in the process of changing web servers and it means our website is down

Re: air america radio

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: It appears that "Air America" has failed to take off: I have no opinion of the thing, but really - it's one day old! Even Hollywood gives new movies a whole weekend. Doug

Open source and outsourcing

Salon.com How India is saving capitalism For one Silicon Valley company, hiring Indian programmers wasn't about greed, it was about survival. A special report from Chennai, globalization's ground zero. Editor's note: This is the first of a series of reports on the offshoring of white-collar jobs, r

Reply to Ted Glick

Ted Glick, a long-time leftist in the USA and erstwhile Green candidate for the Senate from the state of New Jersey, has written a series of attacks on a 2004 presidential bid by Ralph Nader. A google search on "Ted Glick" and Nader turned up "Don't Run Like This, Ralph" and "Eight Questions for Ra

FW: sad saddam shocker

MELANCHOLY SADDAM LONGS TO SHUT DOWN A NEWSPAPER Former Dictator in âDeep Funk,â French Lawyer Says [by Andy Borowitz] The U.S.âs shuttering of an Iraqi newspaper sent Saddam Hussein into a âdeep funk,â his French lawyer said today, as the former Iraqi dictator increasingly longs to shut down a

Re: Kerry's Tax Cut Makes Me Wanna Ralph

I appreciate the recirculation. I'd like to note that in the beginning of the post I said I was voting for Kerry, though that could change. mbs The more you think about Kerry's program, the less likely it is for you to vote for him. :-) -- Yoshie * Bring Them Home Now!

air america radio

At 9:37 AM -0800 3/31/04, Devine, James wrote: does it mean anything that "Air America" has the same name as the old CIA-sponsored "independent" airline in Southeast Asia (involved in war and drug smuggling)? It appears that "Air America" has failed to take off: * The New York Times, April 1

Re: Kerry's Tax Cut Makes Me Wanna Ralph

I appreciate the recirculation. I'd like to note that in the beginning of the post I said I was voting for Kerry, though that could change. mbs - Original Message - From: "Yoshie Furuhashi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 2:01 AM Subject: Kerry's

[Fwd: Cuban Media, Response from Dangl and Howard]

This is a reply from Benjamin Dangl and April Howard, who co-authored a critique of Cuban media on Counterpunch that I critiqued on Marxmail a week or so ago. They mention the Gehry Art Center at Bard below. I should add that the building had a cost overrun of $45 million, conceivably more than the

Khodorkovsky's mea culpa

He's writing under duress, and it might not even be him at all, but even so... In two parts. The Indisputable Crisis of Russian Liberalism By Mikhail Khodorkovsky (snip) I do not mean to say that Anatoly Chubais, Yegor Gaidar et al. set themselves the objective of deceiving the country. Many

2004 Primary Turnout Low

* 2004 PRIMARY TURNOUT LOW March 9, 2004 GROUPED PRIMARIES LOWER THAN INDIVIDUALS BETTER SELECTION METHOD NEEDED Curtis Gans Contrary to some published reports and with the singular exception of the New Hampshire Democratic primary which set a new record high, Democratic turnout in the party'