[PEN-L:7492] SUGGESTED SCRIPT FOR AN UPCOMING MASTER CARD COMMERCIAL

SUGGESTED SCRIPT FOR AN UPCOMING MASTER CARD COMMERCIAL: Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon - $25 million dollars Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter - $45 million dollars. Boeing B-52 Stratofortress - $74 million dollars. Brand new B-2 Stealth Bomber - $2.1 billion dollars. A decent map of

[PEN-L:7494] Important article from Chinese People's Daily

People's Daily (China) May 27, 1999 This Observer commentary excerpted: The US-led NATO's wanton bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and its outrageous missile attack on the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia have aroused the great indignation of the Chi

[PEN-L:7495] NATO'S BARBARISM - James Bissett, former Canadian ambassadorto Yugoslavia

The National Post Monday, May 31, 1999 NATO'S BARBARISM By James Bissett It is time for NATO's political leaders to admit their unjust and unnecessary war against Yugoslavia has been a colossal failure. It is time to put an immediate end to the bom

[PEN-L:7493] Civilian population in Kosovo may be about to crack, but itdoesn't look that way - Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph May 31, 1999 SUFFERING TURNS SERB BULLIES INTO MARTYRS It may be that civilian population in Kosovo is about to crack. It is just that it doesn't look that way here. By Boris Johnson Something went bang v

[PEN-L:7496] WHY NATO CONSENSUS IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY - Lewis Mackenzie

THE VANCOUVER SUN SATURDAY MAY 29, 1999 A Soldier's View: WHY NATO CONSENSUS IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY By Lewis Mackenzie OTTAWA — On Thursday a relatively long column of mine ap- peared on the practicality of NATO launching a ground invasion of Kosovo before t

[PEN-L:7461] Apparent Movement on Diplomatic Front

Stratfor Commentary 990528 2054gmt Apparent Movement on Diplomatic Front In surprising news out of Belgrade, Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has reportedly accepted the basic principles of the G-8 proposal for peace in Kosovo and has agreed to

[PEN-L:7456] LOSING THE MORAL WAR - San Jose Mercury editorial

The San Jose Mercury News Friday, May 28, 1999 Editorial LOSING THE MORAL WAR President Clinton should be ashamed of the attacks on civilians Admittedly, the line separating the justifiable from the inexcusable in NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia is not clear

[PEN-L:7460] What is the real reason for NATO's bombing campaign?

NOTE: NATO spokespeople now claim to be bombing Kosovo to put a stop to ethnic cleansing by Serbia. Put aside for a moment the issue of whether the bombing has had this effect or whether it in fact _speeded up_ the expulsion of the Kosovars. The following chronology released by AFP today shows t

[PEN-L:7459] Indictment of Milosevic a Cover for the Real Story -International Action Center

From: "iacenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 Subject: CLINTON SENDING 90,000 GROUND TROOPS TO YUGOSLAVIA Emergency Mobilization to Stop the War 39 West 14th St., #206 New York, NY 10011 (212) 633-6646 fax: (212) 633-2889 http://www.iacenter.org email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CLINT

[PEN-L:4576] ASHAMED TO BE A CANADIAN

The National Post Friday, March 26, 1999 ASHAMED TO BE A CANADIAN By Michael Bliss Canadian aircraft have bombed targets in Yugoslavia. Our country has committed acts of war against a sovereign European nation. We and our NATO alli

Happy International Women's Day (fwd)

> >Subject: Happy International Women's Day > > > >"Sure I think Fred Astair was a good dancer. But, Ginger Rogers was good > too. And she did what Fred Astair did, only she did it backwards and in > high heels." > > > >Happy International Women's Day

MAI Int Women's Day (fwd)

> Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 20:10:09 -0500 > Subject: MAI Targets Women's Jobs -- CUPE > > > NEWS RELEASE TRANSMITTED BY CANADIAN CORPORATE NEWS > MARCH 6, 1998 > > MAI Targets Women's Jobs and The Services They Depend On > > OTTAWA, ONTARIO--In a statement released for International Wome

Technologies of Surveillance and Control (fwd)

> http://www.telepolis.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/te/1393/anchor1.html > > An Appraisal of Technologies of Political Control > SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIONS ASSESSMENT > > STOA > AN APPRAISAL OF > TECHNOLOGIES > OF POLITICAL CONTROL > > Working document > (Consultation version) > > Luxembo

Green Alternatives to the MAI (fwd)

> Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 00:19:33 -0500 > From: Brian Milani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Green Alternatives to the MAI > > A new essay on alternatives to globalization and possible grassroots > strategy: > > A Green Perspective on the MAI: > Beyond Globalization:

Re: E.U.-U.S.A. free trade in the works

term strategy. If Penners are interested, I'll shortly have completed an analysis that I'm co-authoring on the MAI and its effect on Canadian telecommunications. It includes a lot of background on the various trade forums and agreements and how they interrelate. Sid Shniad > > At

E.U.-U.S.A. free trade in the works

The GuardianMarch 4, 1998 EU-US TRADE ZONE LAUNCHED Asian crisis spurs plan for transatlantic common market pounds 60 billion benefits of lifting barriers Ambitious proposals that could revolutionise trade relations between the United Sta

CHUMBAWAMBA North American tour schedule (fwd)

> The British anarchist punk group CHUMBAWAMBA is on a North American tour. > They're the folks who recently dumped a bucket of ice on the British Deputy > Prime Minister at an awards banquet and told him "that's what you get for > being a scab". > > Check out their web site at (http://www.chumba

WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE (fwd)

> Written 10:56 PM Feb 4, 1998 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] in labr.organize */ > /* -- "Sex Trade Workers Organize" -- */ > > Jan-Feb 98 Washington Free Press > > > Sex Trade Workers Organize > > Lawsuits filed in Washington State and Minnesota; Labor Union formed > > in California >

CHOMSKY ON IRAQ INVASION (fwd)

> Written 9:02 AM Feb 22, 1998 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] in mideast.levant > */ > /* -- "CHOMSKY on the Iraq Crisis" -- */ > > - ___ __ >/ |/ / /___/ / /_ //M I D - E A S T R E A L I T I E S > / /|_/ / /_/_ / /\ Making Sense of

Judge to GM: Do I Have to Arrest You? (fwd)

> Subject: Judge to GM: Do I Have to Arrest You? > > Sometimes it takes a threat of jail time for corporate lawyers to abide by > the law. > > Attorneys for General Motors, threatened with imprisonment for contempt, > last month turned over internal documents that are likely to undermine the >

BC Government takes strong stand against MAI

The Vancouver Sun Friday 6 March 1998 CLARK JOINS OPPONENTS OF MAI B.C.'s premier says the treaty, negotiated largely in secret, will garner more detractors as details of the deal become public. By Petti Fong With the May deadline looming

Harper Collins and China

> >From: Daniel Cohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: HarperCollins and China > >Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 09:48:39 -0500 (EST) > > > >In the last couple of days there have been a number of reports from > >reputable media sources in the United Kingdom (including the BBC > >and the Times) that HarperCo

RIGHTS-MEXICO: Impunity for Hundreds of Murderers

> >/* Written 3:28 PM Feb 27, 1998 by igc:newsdesk in web:ips.english */ > >/* -- "RIGHTS-MEXICO: Impunity for Hundred" -- */ > > Copyright 1998 InterPress Service, all rights reserved. > > Worldwide distribution via the APC networks. > > > > *

DEVELOPMENT: Global Struggle Declar (fwd)

> >/* Written 3:16 PM Feb 28, 1998 by igc:newsdesk in web:ips.english */ > >/* -- "DEVELOPMENT: Global Struggle Declar" -- */ > > Copyright 1998 InterPress Service, all rights reserved. > > Worldwide distribution via the APC networks. > > > > *

[Fwd: (Fwd) France Says NO! MAI

> >Dear friends, > > > >News from Paris France > >Date 26 02 1998 > > > >Thanks to international pressure and a very stong national opposition > >from all sectors - social - cultural - environmental - development - > >the french government stated yesterday at the Parliament that France > >is not g

Check Out Issue #5 (fwd)

> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 3 18:06:50 1998 > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 17:55:37 -0800 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MCR Online) > Subject: Check Out Issue #5 > > MEDIACULTURE REVIEW ONLINE! > http://www.mediademocracy.org/MediaCultureReview > > MediaCulture Review, the aw

The March issue of Labour Left Briefing (fwd)

> Hi > > The March 98 issue of LLB is now on-line. > > Below is a list of the articles in this issue and their > URL's: > > *** > > http://www.llb.labournet.org.uk/1998/march/news1.html > > Don't bomb Iraq > > Will McMahon, Hackney North and Stoke Newington CLP, argues > that key motives for

Re: environmental issues

Hey Mike -- how about stripping out the machine language before you forward articles? That would make it lots easier to share with others. Thnx. Sid

NZ - Union Journal Editor Sacked over MAI (fwd)

> From: GATT WATCHDOG > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: NZ - Union Journal Editor Sacked over MAI > > PSA Editor sacked, escorted from work - Evening Post, Wellington, New > Zealand; 26/2/98 - Mark Stevens Employment Reporter > > The editor of the Public Service Association journal has been s

Ronald McDonald Burned in Effigy at McDonalds Protest (fwd)

> Subject: Ronald McDonald Burned in Effigy at McDonalds Protest > Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 > From: Aaron Koleszar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: > Ronald McDonald Burned in Effigy at McDonalds Protest > > CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI - At 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February

McUnion Busting, McCl (fwd)

> Subject: McUnion Busting, McClosure in Quebec > Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 > From: Patrick Borden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Montreal, 14 Feb 1998 > > Friday the 13th brought bad luck to McDonald's workers in St-Hubert, > Quebec. Midnight saw management permanently close the store they were > clo

pl.fwd..Chiapas: Indicators of Impending War (fwd)

> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 01:52:07 -0800 (PST) > From: John Shafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Chiapas: Indicators of Impending War > > > Subject: Your help urgently Needed For Chiapas World-Wide Online Campaign! > > ***Please immediately forward this message to all pro

EU Parliament Opposes MAI (fwd)

> As reported in this message, forwarded from Holland, a committee > of the European Parliament recommends that: > > The European Court of Justice should examine thoroughly the > Multilateral Agreement on Investments (MAI) before it is signed > by the EU member states. > > >

The Legal Assault on Workers' Rights (fwd)

> Thursday, February 26, 1998 > > COLUMN LEFT / ALEXANDER COCKBURN > > Will a Tsunami of Suits Sink Dockworkers? > > The Pacific Maritime Assn. is targeting union locals and picket > sympathizers to break solidarity. > > By ALEXANDER COCKBURN > > Jack Heyman, a member of Local 10 of the Inter

Wallerstein's view of wages

ular trend toward an increase in the average price of labour worldwide and 2) that there is a secular trend for the average rate of profit to decrease as a result. Sid Shniad

Deaths Blamed on IBM

> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 11:18:51 -0800 (PST) > From: "Camp. Resp. Tech." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Deaths Blamed on IBM--JOIN OUR LIST-SERVE > > >Published Monday, February 23, 1998, in the San Jose Mercury News > > > >Deaths blamed on IBM: Its workers allegedly were exposed to cancer-causi

Krugman on the Asia crisis

Fortune MagazineMarch 2, 1998 ASIA: WHAT WENT WRONG Paul Krugman There is a part of me that is excited, even happy, about Asia's financial crisis. You see, financial disasters are one of my specialties. The very first serious economics

New York Times & Hi-Tech Spy System (fwd)

> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 22:02:00 -0800 (PST) > Subject: Chilling Portrait of Technology Uses > > February 24, 1998 > > By BRUNO GIUSSANI > > > European Study Paints a Chilling Portrait of Technology's Uses > >A massive telecommunications interception network operates within Europe > and

Visa and The Anti-Child Support Act (fwd)

> From: Robert Weissman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Visa and The Anti-Child Support Act > > Call it the Anti-Child Support Act. > > It is the product of a full-throttled campaign by the credit card > companies and financial services indust

Fwd: NYC Demo Against IMF Indonesia Bailout (fwd)

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 25, 1998 > CONTACT: Jane Guskin, 212-674-9499 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > NEW YORKERS PROTEST IMF INDONESIA BAILOUT > > On Friday, Feb. 13 a group of 75 people rallied in New York's > midtown area to protest the bailout of Indonesia's Suharto > dictatorship by the I

Fwd: BT: In defence of the IMF (fwd)

> BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 1998/02/24 > >IMF-bashing will not help Asia > > By Vikram Khanna > BACK in 1988, as a relatively green IMF staffer, I attended a conference in > Chicago. I found myself seated next to an Argentine academic and I struck up > a conversati

MAI Handbook Available (fwd)

> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:04:31 -0500 (EST) > > TO: MAI Activists > > FR: Friends of the Earth - US > > RE: Hot Off the Press -- Handbook on the MAI > > > Friends of the Earth has just produced a guidebook to the MAI, called > License to Loot: the MAI and How to Stop It!'. The report pro

Inspection of US weapons of mass destruction

> >Media Advisory > >For Immediate Release > >February 24th, 1998 > > > >LIBBY DAVIES, M.P., TO LEAD SEARCH FOR > >U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION > > > >(Vancouver) Libby Davies, Member of Parliament for Vancouver East, will > >lead a Citizens' Weapons Inspection Team composed of communi

Newman Outlines Threat of MAI (fwd)

> Peter C. Newman, Macleans Magazine, March 2, 1998 > > MAI: a time bomb with a very short fuse > > The inability of negotiators in Paris to finalize the proposed > Multilateral Agreement on Investment gives Canada a welcome chance to > stand back and consider the treaty's awesome consequ

Chiapas Refugees Ambushed, 1 Killed (fwd)

> The Associated Press > > 02/23/1998 18:05 EST > > Chiapas Refugees Ambushed, 1 Killed > > > SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS (AP) -- Attackers ambushed a group of > refugees as they returned from a meeting with foreign human rights > observers in bloodied Chiapas state, killing one, surviv

Canadian petition opposing Canada's role in Iraq crisis

> If you would like to sign an online petition protesting Canada's role in > supporting what the U.S. is doing in the Iraqi crisis, click on the > following URL: > > http://w-3productions.com/cgi-bin/miva?/petition/petition.hts >

Fw: comparty: Online Gulf War Petition (fwd)

> From: Rene Bilodeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: comparty Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: February 23, 1998 9:02 PM > Subject: comparty: Online Gulf War Petition > > > >Comrades, > > > >I've created an online petition against the US threat of war against Iraq. > >It will automatically ta

WHC: APPEAL FOR ASIAN CONFERENCE (fwd)

> Subject: WHC: APPEAL FOR ASIAN CONFERENCE > Date: Tue, 24 Feb 98 08:03:02 - > From: Alan Benjamin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > NOTE: The Continuations Committee of the Western Hemisphere > Workers¹ Conference Against NAFTA and Privatizations > received this ³Appeal for an Asian Conference² from

Solidarity tours for Detroit strikers

SPRING OFFENSIVE TOURS Knocked down but not knocked out. Detroit's locked-out newspaper workers are continuing their thirty-two month long fight against the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press and for their jobs and a good union contract. 2000 Detroit newspaper workers struck the Detroit

Linguistic reform in the EU

CREDIT: Lila Kingsland, Calgary The European Union commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than German, which was the other possibilit

Developments in South Africa

The Daily Telegraph Sunday 22 February 1998 ANC GUERRILLAS TURN TO CRIME By Alec Russell in Johannesburg In a nightmare for post-apartheid South Africa, former African National Congress guerrillas have become disillusioned with their

Re: Red vs Green

in very fragile watersheds, jeopardizing the water supply in areas like the Slocan Valley. The NDP's environmental record may look good from afar. But here on the ground it looks like the shits. Sid Shniad > > Max talks about the conflict between the coal miners > and ecologis

(fwd) Union Buster Files Defamation Suit vs Academic Researcher (fwd)

> From: "Ellen Dannin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Union Buster Files Defamation Suit vs Academic Researcher > Date: 21 Feb 1998 20:04:46 GMT > > Statement of Protest > > On February 9, 1998, Beverly Enterprises, a company with a > deplorable record in labor relations

janitors march (fwd)

> SACRAMENTO JANITORS 11-DAY MARCH FOR JUSTICE > By David Bacon > > SACRAMENTO, CA (2/21/98) -- This week, Sacramento janitors took > their long-running war to end their poverty-level wages and conditions to > the doorstep of the corporation they hold responsible for them - > Hewlett-Pack

Correction of: CALL FOR SOLIDARITY ACTION ! (fwd)

> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 06:16:20 -0100 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Correction of: CALL FOR SOLIDARITY ACTION ! > > GPDI_GERAKAN PENDUKUNG DEMOKRATISASI DI INDONESIA > SUPPORTING MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATISATION IN INDONESIA > > E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web-site

MAI Booklet (fwd)

> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:34:46 -0800 (PST) > From: MichaelP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > MAI INFORMATIONAL BOOKLETS: Ruth Caplan of the Alliance for Democracy > has coordinated the production of informational booklets about the MAI. > With input from Public Citizen, Friends of the Earth, AFL-CIO

Re: Amerikkkan Democracy at work...

Here's your correction, Maggie: Clinton was opposed to being _drafted_ into the Vietnam War. Sid > > << THE > ONLY OPINION THAT REALLY COUNTS IS THE PRESIDENT'S. > And he's not going to be affected by a bunch of goofy > hecklers." >> > > Correct me if my memory is faulty, but

Goodbye, Roberta: The CBS-Nike Connection (fwd)

> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 12:29:58 -0500 (EST) > From: Robert Weissman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Goodbye, Roberta: The CBS-Nike Connection > > CBS News reporter Robert Baskin has a problem -- she's not getting along > with her boss. > >

Re: Taking Control (fwd)

> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 15:20:55 +1300 (NZDT) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: campaign against foreign control of aotearoa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Taking Control > > 15 February 1998 > Chief Reporter > THE FIGHTBACK STARTS HERE! > FRIDAY FEBRUARY 27 - SUNDAY MARCH 1 > KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CH

Inside U.S. Trade, Feb. 13, 1998 (fwd)

> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 10:57:33 -0500 (EST) > From: Chantell Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Inside U.S. Trade, Feb. 13, 1998 > The following article in Inside US Trade gives a poltical and technical > overview of the pre-negotiation

Who will pay for a united europe? (fwd)

> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 11:32:38 -0500 > Sender: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: DK Project <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Who will pay for a united europe? (fwd) > > WHO WILL PAY THE PRICE OF A NEW UNITED EUROPE? > By David Bacon > >ROME, ITALY

(Fwd) Universities reap windfall from research (fwd)

> Last updated: Wednesday 18 February 1998 > > http://www.vancouversun.com > > Universities reap windfall from research > > BOSTON (AP) - Universities and colleges in the > United States and Canada are cashing in on their >

!*COMMENTARY: Middle East quiz (fwd)

> Subject: COMMENTARY: Middle East quiz > A pop quiz on the Middle East -- answers may surprise you > By Charley Reese of The Sentinel Staff > > Published in The Orlando Sentinel, > http://www.orlandosentinel.com > February 8, 1998 > Just so you can keep up with the perpetual crisis in the Middle

NEW LIST SERVE: STOP-IMF (fwd)

> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 11:37:19 -0500 (EST) > From: Robert Weissman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: NEW LIST SERVE: STOP-IMF > > > Stop-IMF is a new moderated listserve that will include clips, essays, > updates and urgent actions relating to the International Monetary Fund. It > will focus e

Computer Use Splits Between Along Income Lines

> Vancouver Sun, Page D06, Wednesday, February 18, 1998 > B.C. Net use splits between affluent and poor > By Peter Wilson > > If you live in British Columbia there's about a 50-per-cent chance > you've used the Internet at least once. > > If you go online regularly you're likely to be young, h

Russian Workers (fwd)

> The current issue of the San Francisco Flier contains an article about > labor conditions in Russia that begins as follows: > > > Russia: What’s Up, What’s Down, What’s Left > > At the height of Cold War xenophobia in America there came the > occasional heretical suggestion that were we reall

European analysis of MAI

This analysis contains a very useful explanation of the origins of the MAI and its relationship to GATT, MIA, WTO, etc., as well as the tensions between the First and Third Worlds that led U.S. and European capital to start promoting an investment treaty through the OECD when they couldn't get

Putting deficit reduction in perspective

[Michael Campbell is a right wing media commentator and brother of British Columbia Liberal Party opposition leader Gordon Campbell. He often lectures the social democratic NDP government on the facts of capitalist life.] The Vancouver Sun Tuesday 17 February 1998

Remark by Horta

"Morally and psychologically, the overnight collapse of the 'Asian tiger' economies is the equivalent of the fall of the Berlin wall. But it is not yet the political equivalent." -- Jos. Ramos-Horta, East Timor's Nobel laureate for peace in 1996, quoted by Christopher Hitchens

The state of the left

1) A recent Economist article entitled "Mr. Blair goes to Washington" included the following quote: "In the manner of Mr. Clinton, he will continue to denouce the social consequences of 18 years of Tory rule, while (with luck) preserving and even extending the essentials of Thatcherism. Plain-sp

Re: U.S. will not sign MAI (fwd)

So when are you going to provide the salutory corrective, Doug? Sid > > Politically, I think it's important to defeat things like NAFTA & MAI, but > I think Bill is right to doubt. All these struggle flare up around > documents proposed by bourgeois states, but the processes that lead the > law

Tanks,amphibious and armored vehicles...Chiapas (fwd)

> la Jornada, 2-15-98 > > Translated by Susan Rasco'n for Nuevo Amanecer Press: > > > >From: "Marco A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >NAP has not been able to enter La Jornada for two days now; it is reported > that other alternative media in the U.S. have not been able to either. > > > >La Jor

NZ-Govt Irresponsibility, Insincerity, Slammed Over Paris Igotiations (fwd)

> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Feb 14 20:30:08 1998 > Subject: NZ-Govt Irresponsibility, Insincerity, Slammed Over Paris Igotiations > Comments: Gatt Watchdog > Date: Sun, 15 Feb 98 17:34:13 +1200 > Organization: PlaNet Gaia Otautahi > > GATT Watchdog > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > MEDIA RELEASE > > 15t

(Fwd) (en) Argentina: Historic Tour of Illegal Detention Centr (fwd)

> _ > > ARGENTINA: HISTORIC TOUR OF ILLEGAL DETENTION CENTRE > _ > > Source: PeaceNet newsdesk in cdp:ips.english > 14 February 1998 > >

Re: U.S. will not sign MAI (fwd)

Bill, I have a methodological question: why is there a single "real reason" involved? This implies that the real actors are capitalists and that the actions of the little folk in striking, demonstrating,etc. are merely incidental. Or am I missing something? Sid > > > On Fr

Re: US drops support for MAI: LA Times

See explanatory note from Lori Wallach, debunking the spin that's being put out by the USTR office. Sid

URGENT CLARIFICATION! (fwd)

> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 07:05:34 -0500 (EST) > From: Chantell Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: URGENT CLARIFICATION! > > URGENT CLARIFICATION FROM LORI WALLACH -- NO CHANGE IN US MAI POSITION! > > A COPY OF A U.S. REUTERS STORY HAS BEEN

USTR on MAI (fwd)

> Here is the report that willappear in > tomorrow's FTL. > I think it does reveal a possible negotiating > stratey on the part of the USTR. Notice the > comparison to the Financial services talks where > by holding out the USA did win more. It also > shows business is unhappy when Canada and F

DON'T CELEBRATE YET!! (fwd)

> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 19:00:31 -0500 (EST) > From: Chantell Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: DON'T CELEBRATE YET!! > > US officials have made several announcements implying a withdrawal from MAI > negotiations. Let's not be fooled. Th

Re: U.S. will not sign MAI (fwd)

Having argued that this may be a tactical retreat, I'm compelled to forward the following, which indicates that the bad guys haven't for a moment given up on their desire to reshape the world along neoliberal lines via international trade deals. Sid The T

Re: U.S. will not sign MAI (fwd)

Marty, in my last message I responded to you, saying > > Maybe they were looking for a way to save face by backing out this way > Marty, rather than acknowledging the enormous ground swell of opposition > to the damned thing. > > Sid Shniad Here's some evidence of burge

Re: U.S. will not sign MAI (fwd)

Maybe they were looking for a way to save face by backing out this way Marty, rather than acknowledging the enormous ground swell of opposition to the damned thing. Sid Shniad > > The following gives no sense of what the US government found objectionable > in the MAI treaty as it n

Zedillo Interview New York Times (fwd)

> COMPLETE NY TIMES INTERVIEW > > Ernesto Zedillo: New Optimism on Ending Graft in Mexico City > > By SAM DILLON > > > MEXICO CITY -- One year ago, as Washington was preparing to certify > whether Mexico was a reliable partner in the narcotics war, came stunning > charges by the Mexican gove

FAIR-L: "MR. ANCHORMAN, HAVE YOU EVER COMMITTED ADULTERY?"

>-- > FAIR-L >Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting >Media analysis, critiques and news reports >-- >

U.S. will not sign MAI (fwd)

> Friday February 13, 11:34 am Eastern Time > > U.S. will not sign global investment treaty-Barshefsky > > WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The United States will not sign a > multilateral investment agreement being negotiated by the 29-member > Organization for Economic Cooperation and Developmen

Computer iconography

> We all know those little dumb computer symbols called > "emoticons," where :) means a smile and :( is a frown. > Well, how about some "assicons"? > > Here goes: > > (_!_) a regular ass > > (__!__)a fat ass > > (!)a tight ass > > >(_._)

Union-Buster Memorial Airport (fwd)\

> Maybe they should have called it Union-Busting Memorial National Airport, > instead. > > That would have more appropriately highlighted one of Ronald > Reagan's most notorious achievements, the decision to fire 1,800 striking > air traffic controllers early in his first term. Congress's d

Labour and Workplace Studies position at Manitoba, 1999.

> Preliminary & informal announcement: > Tenure-track position in Labour and Workplace Studies at Manitoba, 1999 > > The Labour and Workplace Studies Programme at the University of > Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, will have a tenure-track position open > as of July 1999. A formal announcement will b

Re: 17 nanograms of fame

Nope. Just to shit on the world on a regular basis. Sid > > One doesn't have to be paranoid to notice that the International Olympic > Committee and the International Monetary Fund both begin with the SAME WORD! > Coincidence? Does the IMF ask bankers to pee into a paper cup? > >

Re: oil

Doug, there's a good, left economist here in Vancouver named Ed Shaffer who's written rather extensively on the subject. Sid > > I'm rather urgently looking for someone of leftish sensibilities who > understands the oil market to yak on the radio. Any volunteers/nominees? > > Doug > > -- > >

For the record (continued)

as he did when he was in charge of Desert Storm. Sid Shniad

Re: CGIAR Calls for IPR Moratorium on Designated Germplasm

> CGIAR PRESS RELEASE > > CGIAR Secretariat . Mailing Address: 1818 H Street, N.W., Washington, > D.C. 20433, U.S.A. . Office Location: 701 18th Street, N.W. > Tel: (1-202) 473-8951 . Cable Address: INTBAFRAD . Fax: (1-202) > 473-8110 . E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

KCTU delegate conference - on the spot report (fwd)

> KCTU delegates reject the "Tripartite Agreement" - Rank and File Revolution > in KCTU Delegate Convention > > KCTU rejected the tripartite agreement in extraordinary delegation > convention held in Seoul on February 9. > > The convention hall was filled with about 270 regular delegates and ove

Re: Labor econ syllabi

Why not include Mike Yates' and Bruce Nissen's work? Sid Shniad > > I have just been informed that I will be teaching undergraduate labor econ > in the Spring quarter. the last time I got a chance to teach this course > was 10 years ago, and I used Bruce Kaufman&#

Balancing Valis' kind words about Canada

Valis had some very kind things to say about Canada in response to the comments of General MacKenzie. For the record, the Liberal government in Ottawa is sucking up to Washington big time, proving itself a loyal sycophant when Uncle Sam starts rattling the sabers. (A caller on a talk show I heard

Re: David Card

What the fuck's this line of discussion about? (Canadian) Sid > > Of course. > > > > Michael Perelman wrote: > > > > >I was thinking that we could invite him long but excuse him from some of > > >the more acrimonious aspects of our culture. > > > > Why? Because he's Canadian? > > > > Doug >

Retired general advises Canada to opt out of Iraqi adventure

Brief excerpt from opinion piece on the Globe and Mail Op-Ed page, February 10, 1998 Bomb Baghdad? Canada should opt out By Lewis MacKenzie .. My experience with sanctions has convinced me that they don't work -- unless you are trying to make life miserable for the general po

Request to call Senators toll free re: MAI

> Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 17:55:00 -0500 > From: Barbara Larcom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Fwd: Request to call Senators toll-free @ MAI tomorrow!] > To: Bill Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Campaign for Labor Rights <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Chris Chase-Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ch

South Korea: Rank-and-file rebellion in KCTU (fwd)

> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 08:48:30 +0200 > Sender: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Eric Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: South Korea: Rank-and-file rebellion in KCTU > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For news of the breaking developments surrounding the de

Urgent Action (fwd)

> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 22:05:49 -0800 (PST) > >To: "undisclosed-recipients:;"@igc.org > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > > > >Compañeros: The war refugees of Chenalhó and the San Cristobal-based > >organization Enlace Civil are calling for an urgent letter campaign to > >President

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