HDI: Cuba vs. Mexico

2004-07-23 Thread Paul
Ulhas writes: Hi Diane ! Mexico is not far behind Cuba in HDI, AFAIK. Quite true: they are right next to each other this year (Cuba #52 with and index of 0.809; Mexico #51 with 0.802). And I think the comparison illustrates the point about indexes (and maybe about "reconstituted" stati

Japan-Mexico: trade agreement

2004-03-12 Thread Eubulides
Japan and Mexico reach final FTA agreement The Japan Times: March 13, 2004 By MAYUMI NEGISHI Staff writer Japan and Mexico reached a final agreement Friday on a bilateral free-trade agreement, but postponed a decision on tariffs for some Mexican farm products. Ending nearly 16 months of bitter

Re: Mexico sees modest gains from Nafta

2003-12-17 Thread dmschanoes
Short answer? Or long answer? Short answer: ask the hundreds of women missing from the Ciudad Juarez and other maquilladora areas. Longer answer: The interesting thing about this report is that it does NOT abstract the economic indicators of the Nafta "boom" from the preceding economic condit

Re: Mexico sees modest gains from Nafta

2003-12-17 Thread Julio Huato
Doug wrote: You average leftist would say that this is too sunny a view - that NAFTA has been destructive. Any comments on the report from people familiar with Mexico? I read the summary. I'll try to comment on it soon. I'd be interested to know Valle's take

Re: Mexico sees modest gains from Nafta

2003-12-17 Thread Doug Henwood
valle wrote: Mexico sees modest gains from Nafta You average leftist would say that this is too sunny a view - that NAFTA has been destructive. Any comments on the report from people familiar with Mexico? Doug

Mexico sees modest gains from Nafta

2003-12-17 Thread valle
Financial Times Mexico sees modest gains from Nafta By Guy de Jonquières in London Published: December 17 2003 21:20 | Last Updated: December 17 2003 21:20   Mexico has increased exports and inflows of foreign direct investment since it joined the North American Free Trade Agreement but

Mexico/China

2003-12-03 Thread Eubulides
Mexico Now Feels Pinch of Cheap Labor An Economy Built on Low Wages Finds Itself Undercut by Influx of Chinese Imports By Mary Jordan Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, December 3, 2003; Page A19 SANTA ANA CHIAUTEMPAN, Mexico -- The "China threat," as people around this te

Freer Trade, Fewer Jobs for Mexico in NAFTA

2003-11-19 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
* New York Times November 19, 2003 Report Finds Few Benefits for Mexico in Nafta By CELIA W. DUGGER As the North American Free Trade Agreement nears its 10th anniversary, a study from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace concludes that the pact failed to generate substantial job

Mexico

2003-07-14 Thread Eubulides
Workers Falling Behind in Mexico For Many, Wages Still Lower Than Before '90s Crisis By Mary Jordan Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, July 15, 2003; Page A15 CUANAJO, Mexico -- Hundreds of carpenters in this lush green valley carve pine into rocking chairs, cribs and tables all day

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

US/Mexico: what's the beef?

2003-06-16 Thread Ian Murray
June 16, 2003, 9:54PM Border trade ties coming undone U.S. seeks decision in beef, rice dispute By JENALIA MORENO and DAVID IVANOVICH Houston Chronicle Trade ties between the United States and Mexico grew more tense Monday as the Bush administration turned to the World Trade Organization to

Re: Re: Mexico

2003-02-26 Thread joanna bujes
At 04:51 PM 02/26/2003 -0800, you wrote: If I were to choose Sufism, I would choose anarcho-sufisim, after defining it, of course. This is why I like Yunus Emre more than Mevlana I suppose. Yunus was some sort of an anarcho-Sufi, a people's poet, whereas Mevlana corresponds to Lenin in some sense.

Re: Mexico

2003-02-26 Thread Sabri Oncu
>>There is something sick in all of these but, of course, >>I will not mention "Western Rationality" this time. > > I don't know, to paraphrase Ghandi, "it would be a good > idea." > > Joanna Let us be fair to our "Western" friends. Being semi-bilingual, some Turkish and a bit English, assuming Tu

Re: RE: Re: Mexico

2003-02-26 Thread joanna bujes
At 03:48 PM 02/26/2003 -0800, you wrote: There is something sick in all of these but, of course, I will not mention "Western Rationality" this time. I don't know, to paraphrase Ghandi, "it would be a good idea." Joanna

RE: Re: Mexico

2003-02-26 Thread Sabri Oncu
Jim: > it's also possible that Bush threatened Fox > with something. More likely, Mexico received > bribes _and_ threats. Jim, As you might know, and as I am discovering, in game theory threats play an important role, provided they are credible. So, it is more than possible that B

RE: Re: Mexico

2003-02-26 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:35108] Re: Mexico > I wonder if Mexico got anything in return.  What > could Angola or Camaroon get?  $100 mill. would > probably mean a great deal.  So now a seat on the > security council can be relatively lucrative. it's also possible that Bush th

Re: Mexico

2003-02-26 Thread Sabri Oncu
Michael: > I wonder if Mexico got anything in return. What > could Angola or Camaroon get? $100 mill. would > probably mean a great deal. So now a seat on the > security council can be relatively lucrative. Michael, Let us start thinking about a game theoretic formulation

Re: Re: Mexico

2003-02-26 Thread Michael Perelman
I wonder if Mexico got anything in return. What could Angola or Camaroon get? $100 mill. would probably mean a great deal. So now a seat on the security council can be relatively lucrative. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321

Re: Mexico

2003-02-26 Thread ravi
Michael Perelman wrote: > I just heard that Mexico caved. Is that true? If so, Bush has won his > war at the UN. http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/02/26/iraq.tracker.update/ • REPORT: MEXICO SIDES WITH U.S.: Mexico appears to be the first among a handful of undecided U.N. Se

Re: Mexico

2003-02-26 Thread Sabri Oncu
Mexico Appears to Shift Stance on Iraq 2 hours, 48 minutes ago By DAFNA LINZER, Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS - Mexico appeared to be the first among a handful of undecided U.N. Security Council members to shift toward the U.S. position on Iraq as Canada sought to find a middle ground

Mexico

2003-02-26 Thread Michael Perelman
I just heard that Mexico caved. Is that true? If so, Bush has won his war at the UN. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Mexico and the World Bank

2002-12-02 Thread Martin Hart-Landsberg
Thanks to Lou for posting an excerpt from my new MR article on Mexico. Thought I would share three quotes from a 2001 World Bank volume [Mexico: A Comprehensive Development Agenda for the New Era] that was put together to offer Fox some advice on how to promote Mexican development. Helps to

Re: Environmental imperialism in Mexico

2002-09-17 Thread Eugene Coyle
RI and the PRD can block Fox and there is a good chance that the coalition will hold. As the Times reports, power plants owned by other than the Federal system are now permitted in Mexico, but there are constraints on size and on the sale of power to other than the owner of the plant. Sales of

Environmental imperialism in Mexico

2002-09-17 Thread Louis Proyect
NY Times, Sept. 17, 2002 U.S. Will Get Power, and Pollution, From Mexico By TIM WEINER MEXICALI, Mexico, Sept. 11 — American companies have long faced intense resistance to big new power plants from communities crying, "Not in my backyard." Now they have a big new backyard: Mexico

David Barkin on Mexico

2002-09-12 Thread Michael Perelman
I asked David if he would send us something on Mexico. Unfortunately, I had trouble with the footnotes. Maybe I can get him to engage in any discussion that follows. MEXICO: 25 YEARS LATER Towards a new understanding* David Barkin Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, Mexico City

Re: Impoverished middle-class in Mexico

2002-09-04 Thread Louis Proyect
> NY Times, Sept. 4, 2002 > > Free-Market Upheaval Grinds Mexico's Middle Class > By GINGER THOMPSON > > MEXICO CITY, Sept. 3 -- By Mexican standards, Álvaro Álvarez and Alma > Amarillas are a solid middle-class couple. But in the 20 years they > have work

Impoverished middle-class in Mexico

2002-09-04 Thread Louis Proyect
NY Times, Sept. 4, 2002 Free-Market Upheaval Grinds Mexico's Middle Class By GINGER THOMPSON MEXICO CITY, Sept. 3 -- By Mexican standards, Álvaro Álvarez and Alma Amarillas are a solid middle-class couple. But in the 20 years they have worked to build a stable life for themselves and

Mexico: Farmers won and Fox lost

2002-08-02 Thread Alejandro Valle Baeza
The Mexican farmers of Salvador Atenco won an important battle against right win government of Vicente Fox. Today, was announced the cancellation of a new airport project for Mexico City because the opposition of such farmers. This episode is a good example of "primitive accumulatio

Re: Mexico

2002-04-23 Thread Ignacio Perrotini Hernández
Dear Sabri, thanks for calling my attention to the FT report on Mexico. I tend to agree with most of tits arguments, though I would point out that it is not such a good fortune to become "the safest alternative" for short-term capital flows. Remember Argentina; just a few months ago

Mexico

2002-04-17 Thread Sabri Oncu
Ignacio, This was posted to another list with the subject line: " Mexico: another crisis pending?" http://specials.ft.com/ftfm/FT3910UGYZC.html What is your take on this? Best, Sabri

Thu., April 11: Dan La Botz, Sweatshops & Solidarity (Mexico,Indonesia, USA)

2002-04-04 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
Critical Perspectives on Wars, Classes, & Empires Global Sweatshops, Global Solidarity: USA, Mexico, Indonesia Speaker: Dan La Botz Dan La Botz is a visiting professor of history at Miami University. He is the author of _Rank-and-File Rebellion: Teamsters for a Democratic Union_ (

Re: In U.S. Unions,Mexico Finds Unlikely Ally on Immigration

2001-07-19 Thread Michael Pugliese
In my role as Queen of left dish, Left Coast, " Harry Hay, Bachelors for (Henry) Wallace/Mattechine Society, San Francisco Club, " passing on that Stephen Greenhouse, is a Red-Diaper Baby. Don't know if Linda, is. Doubt it. Michael Pugliese

In U.S. Unions, Mexico Finds Unlikely Ally on Immigration

2001-07-19 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
New York Times 19 July 2001 In U.S. Unions, Mexico Finds Unlikely Ally on Immigration By STEVEN GREENHOUSE LOS ANGELES, July 18 - It is rare for foreign officials to address labor conventions, much less raise their fist in solidarity with the union members. But when Mexico's fo

NYT: US Unions & Mexico, Allies on Immigration

2001-07-19 Thread Michael Pollak
New York Times July 19, 2001 In U.S. Unions, Mexico Finds Unlikely Ally on Immigration By STEVEN GREENHOUSE L OS ANGELES, July 18 It is rare for foreign officials to address labor conventions, much less raise their fist in solidarity with the union members. But when Mexico&#

The Rio Grande no longer reaches the Gulf of Mexico.

2001-06-28 Thread Tim Bousquet
The Rio Grande no longer reaches the Gulf of Mexico. See the full article at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2001/06/27/national1515EDT0697.DTL = Subscribe to ChicoLeft by emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChicoLeft Subscribe to the

Class relations in Mexico in 1910

2001-05-25 Thread Louis Proyect
Don Remigio left the men, who had been on the march since one in the morning to get there from their last bivouac by midday, standing in the tropical glare of the sun as if they were blocks of stone. Whether they were seriously sunburnt or even collapsed or went off their head, that didn’t seem to

Mexico

2001-05-01 Thread Ian Murray
May 1, 2001 http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/01/business/01MEXI.html Goodyear Cuts Jobs in Mexico By GRAHAM GORI TULTITLÁN, Mexico - Gonzalo Ugalde Gámez, a 68-year-old union leader whose right eye hunkers down into a mean slit during moments of brutal honesty, took the lectern before a smoke

Re: Re: Water pollution in Mexico

2001-04-16 Thread Ken Hanly
:10264] Re: Water pollution in Mexico > Water farming began in California, where the Bass Brothers -- from Texas -- > began buying up farms new San Diego in order to sell water. Farmers in my part > of California are selling their ground water -- which is ridiculous, since when > they

Re: Water pollution in Mexico

2001-04-16 Thread Michael Perelman
Water farming began in California, where the Bass Brothers -- from Texas -- began buying up farms new San Diego in order to sell water. Farmers in my part of California are selling their ground water -- which is ridiculous, since when they pump "their" water, they are also selling "mine". After

Re: Re: Water pollution in Mexico

2001-04-16 Thread Louis Proyect
>Water is fast becoming the bottleneck to development. Canada is >probably unique in having so much good water per capita. > >I suspect that within 10 years, the world will be turning its attention >far more to water than to oil. Sort of a global version of Chinatown -- >the old movie. > >Now, N

Re: Water pollution in Mexico

2001-04-15 Thread Michael Perelman
Water is fast becoming the bottleneck to development. Canada is probably unique in having so much good water per capita. I suspect that within 10 years, the world will be turning its attention far more to water than to oil. Sort of a global version of Chinatown -- the old movie. Now, NAFTA is

Water pollution in Mexico

2001-04-14 Thread Louis Proyect
NY Times, April 14, 2001 Mexico Grows Parched, With Pollution and Politics By TIM WEINER CHIMALHUACÁN, Mexico, April 13 — In this grim slum 12 miles past Mexico City's eastern edge, the lives of thousands of families depend on Enrique García and his partners at the local pump house.

Article on neoliberali policies effects on Mexico..John Warnock

2001-04-14 Thread Ken Hanly
This article shows that in the case of Mexico free trade has resulted in lower growth, greater inequality, higher inflation, and a large increase in poverty. Cheers, Ken Hanly Who Benefits from the Free Trade Agreements? By John W. Warnock All our political leaders, our

Re: Duro Bag - Mexico Union election

2001-03-05 Thread Louis Proyect
Matt wrote: >from my colleague Judy Ancel at the Institute for Labor Studies > > >The Real Face of Worker Rights Under New Fox Government: Gangster Unions >Union Election in Rio Bravo Terrorizes Workers > After ten years, I finally allowed m

Duro Bag - Mexico Union election

2001-03-05 Thread Forstater, Mathew
election, the workers at Duro Bag Company in Rio Bravo Tamaulipas, Mexico were robbed of their legal, constitutional and human right to be represented by a union of their own choosing. The election was blatantly undemocratic. The final vote of 498 to 4 replaced the current company-dominated union, the

The State of Working Mexico!

2001-01-17 Thread Max Sawicky
To be released tommorrow (Thursday) by EPI: Trabajo Y Trabajadores en el Mexico Contemporaneo (220 pp.) authors: Arturo Alcalde Graciela Bensusan Enrique de la Garza Enrique Hernandez Laos Teresa Rendon Carlos Salas (sorry for missing accents) Check our web site after tomorrow for ordering

Stop Biopiracy in Mexico

2000-10-28 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
>From: "Mexico Solidarity Network" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Stop Biopiracy in Mexico >Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 11:34:34 -0500 > >This message forwarded as a service of the Mexico Solidarity Network >Tel: 773-583-7728 >

Re: Re: Re: Krugman Watch: Mexico

2000-07-07 Thread Louis Proyect
as the Chamorro campaign in Nicaragua, etc. The Guardian reported on September 20, 1988: "A spate of unsolved killings of leftwing activists has raised fears that death squads may be operating in Mexico following the presidential election in July. "Since the run-up to the poll that m

Re: Krugman Watch: Mexico

2000-07-07 Thread Chris Burford
r things, a vindication for the >North American Free Trade Agreement? Sophisticated supporters of Nafta >[such as PK] have always acknowledged that the treaty would in itself >produce only modest economic gains -- a few percent added to real income >in Mexico, a few tenths of a perc

Re: Re: Re: Re: Krugman Watch: Mexico

2000-07-06 Thread Brad De Long
> > >Given that this is the typical reaction to any honest election, it >> >any wonder that the left in the past century has been so eager to >> >lick the boots of so many dictators? >> >> >Brad DeLong > >Actually, your government has a remarkable history of subsidizing >fascist forces >again

Re: Re: Re: Krugman Watch: Mexico

2000-07-06 Thread Mine Aysen Doyran
> >Given that this is the typical reaction to any honest election, it > >any wonder that the left in the past century has been so eager to > >lick the boots of so many dictators? > > >Brad DeLong Actually, your government has a remarkable history of subsidizing fascist forces against leftist go

Re: Re: Krugman Watch: Mexico

2000-07-06 Thread Brad De Long
east, not in the case of who would be the next president >of Mexico. In reality, it was the culmination of 'El Nuevo Dedazo' of the >PRI. Or maybe better one should say, 'El Ultimo Dedazo' of the PRI? > Ah. That old rhetorical trope--the devaluation of democracy as j

Re: Krugman Watch: Mexico

2000-07-06 Thread Louis Proyect
e. Here a couple of posts made after his return to Texas, where he resides. === I just returned from Monterrey where I had gone to 'observe' the Mexican election, July 2. It shouldn't really even be called an election in a certain sense. At least, not in the case of who would be the next

Krugman Watch: Mexico

2000-07-06 Thread Jim Devine
from http://www.nytimes.com/library/opinion/krugman/070500krug.html > July 5, 2000 / New York TIMES > RECKONINGS / By PAUL KRUGMAN > Mexico's New Deal > When things went wrong for global capitalism in the 20th century -- and they often did -- they tended to go wrong fir

Re: African trade (was lots of re:) Mexico: Same DepressingTale on Labor Rights

2000-05-17 Thread Brad De Long
>Brad De Long wrote: > >> I think that removing quotas on U.S. imports of African-made textiles >> will make the world a better place: more better jobs at better wages >> for Africans. It isn't "bogus." >> > >If there are going to be better jobs at better wages in Africa, where >are the folks w

African trade (was lots of re:) Mexico: Same DepressingTale on Labor Rights

2000-05-17 Thread Eugene Coyle
Brad De Long wrote: > I think that removing quotas on U.S. imports of African-made textiles > will make the world a better place: more better jobs at better wages > for Africans. It isn't "bogus." > If there are going to be better jobs at better wages in Africa, where are the folks who lose th

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: FW: LAT - China, Mexico: Same DepressingTale on Labor Rights

2000-05-17 Thread Brad De Long
> >If one really wants the world to improve, one has to make an effort >to _change_ the balance of power. That involves _organizing_ people >to counteract the powers that be. > >It does not mean that we say "oh, there's only one choice: a bogus >'free trade' bill that forces African countries t

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: FW: LAT - China, Mexico: Same DepressingTale on Labor Rights

2000-05-17 Thread Jim Devine
At 06:54 PM 05/16/2000 -0700, you wrote: >>At 02:39 PM 05/16/2000 -0700, you wrote: What was the problem with Jesse Jackson's bill? >>> >>>No problem with Jesse Jackson's bill--save that 218 representatives >>>wouldn't vote for it. >> >>so might makes right? >> >>Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: FW: LAT - China, Mexico: Same DepressingTale on Labor Rights

2000-05-17 Thread Jim Devine
>>this is not really a choice if you run a country that is dominated by >>debt service. > >If you have no choice, than the AGOA is a clear, clear winner: you have >the structural adjustment program anyway, and better to have it with the >opportunity to export than to have it with one's exports

Re: Re: Re: FW: LAT - China, Mexico: SameDepressingTaleon Labor Rights

2000-05-16 Thread Michael Perelman
I plead guilty -- well sort of. I don't know any country that wants to make progress toward a market economy. I know that some people may want that. Others may be convinced that it is in their best interest. I guess an outsider might say that the US wants to privatize social security, but for

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: FW: LAT - China, Mexico: Same DepressingTale on Labor Rights

2000-05-16 Thread Brad De Long
>At 02:38 PM 05/16/2000 -0700, you wrote: >>>Brad, we're arguing at cross purposes. If the bill with were merely lower >>>tariffs, you would be correct. If the bill is going to be used to impose >>>neoliberal policies, then I would strenuously oppose it. > >Brad writes: >>Shoddy argument. >> >>A

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: FW: LAT - China, Mexico: Same DepressingTale on Labor Rights

2000-05-16 Thread Brad De Long
>At 02:39 PM 05/16/2000 -0700, you wrote: >>> What was the problem with Jesse Jackson's bill? >> >>No problem with Jesse Jackson's bill--save that 218 representatives >>wouldn't vote for it. > >so might makes right? > >Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://liberalarts.lmu.edu/~JDevine Say rathe

Re: Re: FW: LAT - China, Mexico: SameDepressingTale on Labor Rights

2000-05-16 Thread Brad De Long
> >> Yes, African countries should be offered a better menu of choices >> than the bill offers them. But whether the principal effect is to aid >> or harm African development--and whether they ought to accept or >> reject their package--ought to be *their* choice. You want to make >> that cho

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: FW: LAT - China, Mexico: Same DepressingTale on Labor Rights

2000-05-16 Thread Jim Devine
At 02:38 PM 05/16/2000 -0700, you wrote: >>Brad, we're arguing at cross purposes. If the bill with were merely lower >>tariffs, you would be correct. If the bill is going to be used to impose >>neoliberal policies, then I would strenuously oppose it. Brad writes: >Shoddy argument. > >As written

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: FW: LAT - China, Mexico: Same DepressingTale on Labor Rights

2000-05-16 Thread Jim Devine
At 02:39 PM 05/16/2000 -0700, you wrote: >> What was the problem with Jesse Jackson's bill? > >No problem with Jesse Jackson's bill--save that 218 representatives >wouldn't vote for it. so might makes right? Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://liberalarts.lmu.edu/~JDevine

Re: FW: LAT - China, Mexico: SameDepressingTale on Labor Rights

2000-05-16 Thread Michael Perelman
Brad De Long wrote: > Shoddy argument. Now, you have convinced me. > As written, the bill offers countries a choice: do whatever is > required to get certified as a country moving toward a market economy > and get substantial market access; or don't get certified and don't > get any of the quot

Re: Re: Re: Re: FW: LAT - China, Mexico: SameDepressingTale on Labor Rights

2000-05-16 Thread Brad De Long
> What was the problem with Jesse Jackson's bill? No problem with Jesse Jackson's bill--save that 218 representatives wouldn't vote for it.

Re: Re: Re: Re: FW: LAT - China, Mexico: SameDepressingTale on Labor Rights

2000-05-16 Thread Brad De Long
>Brad, we're arguing at cross purposes. If the bill with were merely lower >tariffs, you would be correct. If the bill is going to be used to impose >neoliberal policies, then I would strenuously oppose it. Shoddy argument. As written, the bill offers countries a choice: do whatever is requir

Re: Re: Re: FW: LAT - China, Mexico: Same Depressing Tale on Labor Rights

2000-05-16 Thread Jim Devine
At 02:03 PM 05/16/2000 -0700, you wrote: >>Very nice article, Max. Brad tended to write about the Africa bill as if it >>were choice between helping Africa or helping the United States. In fact, as >>the article from the Progressive showed, the effect of the bill would be to >>transform both Afr

Re: Re: Re: FW: LAT - China, Mexico: Same DepressingTale on Labor Rights

2000-05-16 Thread Michael Perelman
Brad, we're arguing at cross purposes. If the bill with were merely lower tariffs, you would be correct. If the bill is going to be used to impose neoliberal policies, then I would strenuously oppose it. I suspect you would also. What was the problem with Jesse Jackson's bill? Brad De Long wr

Re: Re: FW: LAT - China, Mexico: Same DepressingTale on Labor Rights

2000-05-16 Thread Brad De Long
>Very nice article, Max. Brad tended to write about the Africa bill as if it >were choice between helping Africa or helping the United States. In fact, as >the article from the Progressive showed, the effect of the bill would be to >transform both Africa and United States to be more to the likin

Re: FW: LAT - China, Mexico: Same Depressing Tale on Labor Rights

2000-05-16 Thread Michael Perelman
of capital. Certainly NAFTA that did that for Mexico. Obviously, the impact of these trade bills on United States will be less than on the smaller economies of its trading partners. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail

Re: FW: LAT - China, Mexico: Same Depressing Tale onLabor Rights

2000-05-16 Thread Martin Hart-Landsberg
On Tue, 16 May 2000, Max Sawicky wrote: > > LOS ANGELES TIMES > > Tuesday, May 16, 2000 > > China, Mexico: Same Depressing Tale on Labor Rights > World affairs: Economic openness doesn't cure all ills, as we have learned > with NAFTA. > > By HARLEY SHA

FW: LAT - China, Mexico: Same Depressing Tale on Labor Rights

2000-05-16 Thread Max Sawicky
>From another one of those Berkeley professors: ++ global economy network Campaign for America's Future http://www.ourfuture.org ++ LOS ANGELES TIMES Tuesday, May 16, 2000 China, Mexico: Same Depressing Tale on Labor Righ

Re: DPI in Mexico

2000-03-21 Thread Michael Perelman
, while the Mexican economy may be growing, how much of that growth trickle's down? Jim Devine wrote: > from SLATE's "Today's Paper" column (3/21/00): > >The LA [TIMES] ... leads with how Mexico is currently enjoying its longest > >period of economic growth

DPI in Mexico

2000-03-21 Thread Jim Devine
from SLATE's "Today's Paper" column (3/21/00): >The LA [TIMES] ... leads with how Mexico is currently enjoying its longest >period of economic growth since the 1970s, which the paper says is a clear >result of the country's various recent global trade al

A new student movement in Mexico

2000-02-13 Thread Louis Proyect
NY Times, February 13, 2000 Young and Anarchic, the Angry Left Is Reborn in Mexico By JULIA PRESTON MEXICO CITY -- During The Cold War, when Latin American leftists gravitated toward communism, it was easy for them to identify their enemies: local military dictators or U.S. corporate

Newish Book on Mexico

2000-02-01 Thread Sam Pawlett
The History of Mexico is the History of Class Struggle. Mexico's Hope. James Cockroft. MR Press.1999.435 pgs. This is the best general introduction to Mexican history and political economy available in English. Cockroft's book is a sweeping history of Mexico from the pre-colon

[PEN-L:9111] Mexico student strike

1999-07-11 Thread Michael Perelman
I know we have penners in Mexico. What is happening with the strike beyond what the U.S. papers report? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:7316] (Fwd) S.O.S.: MAI AND WTO PREPARATIONS ADVANCE IN MEXICO AND O

1999-05-27 Thread ts99u-1.cc.umanitoba.ca [130.179.154.224]
--- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Wed, 26 May 1999 17:03:20 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Sid Shniad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:S.O.S.: MAI AND WTO PREPARATIONS ADVANCE IN MEXICO AND

[PEN-L:4595] Japan Bombs New Mexico (fwd); I Ain't Marching Anymore

1999-03-27 Thread Michael Eisenscher
Date:Thu, 25 Mar 1999 17:56:47 -0600 (CST) From:"C. G. Estabrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Japan bombs New Mexico Reply-To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The following is a translation of last night's speech by the Prime Minister of Japan, explaining why t

[PEN-L:3325] Fwd: Labor Alerts from Mexico

1999-02-13 Thread Jim Devine
>Dear Sisters and Brothers and other Friends and Activists: > >There has been a lot of activity recently in Mexico, as thousands of workers >have asserted their rights. I do not usually send out many alerts, but have >received three in the past week that I believe merit your sup

[PEN-L:1441] A view from Mexico

1998-09-03 Thread Thomas Kruse
a and Japan? And how do you reward countries that perform well, like ours?" He defended the $50 billion international rescue effort that saved Mexico from financial collapse in 1995. At a meeting of Latin finance ministers called for Friday by the International Monetary Fund, he plans to urge t

[PEN-L:216] Re: Mexico, Canada, and the US

1998-07-15 Thread Mark Jones
Lou P wrote: > Kaplan makes the case that drugs constitute at least 10% of the GDP of > Mexico > I'm just doing some work on income differentials and as far as I can see there are 1.3 bn people earning less than a dollar a day, which means this part of the world population earn

[PEN-L:214] Mexico, Canada, and the US

1998-07-15 Thread Louis Proyect
The Atlantic Monthly's current issue has a fascinating article on the economy and culture of northern Mexico and the US southwest by Robert Kaplan. It is an extremely pessimistic view of where this general geographical sector of the world is going. What's interesting in particular is t

Global Exchange Delegation to Mexico; Free Call to Congress onHuman Rights

1998-04-27 Thread Michael Eisenscher
> Human Rights Delegation to Chiapas 4/22/98 > > *** PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY *** > > >GLOBAL EXCHANGE announces the following Human Rights Delegation to Mexico. > >Please contact: > >Jesus Hermosillo >(800) 497-1994 o

RIGHTS-MEXICO: Impunity for Hundreds of Murderers

1998-03-04 Thread Sid Shniad
> >/* 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

Call for divestiture campaign in Mexico

1998-01-28 Thread Sid Shniad
tical stability, it is perceived to be so by many in the investment community. The government will need to eliminate the Zapatistas to demonstrate their effective control of the national territory and of security policy." Mexico Political Update, January 13, 1995, Memo by Riordan Roett

Re: Mexico and the IMF

1998-01-22 Thread BAIMAN
Marty, How about: Bob Blecker's: "Will Mexico's Economy Rebound from Reforms" in FORUM FOR APPLIED RESEARCH AND PUBLIC POLICY Spring 1997. Though dated (it compares Mexico to Asia's success before Asia deregualted) - this short article has references to other more

Volunteer Opportunities in Mexico (fwd)

1998-01-08 Thread Sid Shniad
> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 15:09:15 -0800 (PST) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Volunteer Opportunities in Mexico > > PLEASE POST WIDELY > > ***Volunteer Opportunities in Mexico*** > > The Global Exchange Mexico Program is seeking short- and long-term* volunteers

Re: Mexico and the IMF

1998-01-08 Thread valis
working class interests leading to a speedy recovery from > the crisis. > > > If you have recommendations on some readings that would be useful for > activists there to read to better understand what happened and is > continuing to happen in Mexico I would greatly appreciate yo

Mexico and the IMF

1998-01-07 Thread Martin Hart-Landsberg
. If you have recommendations on some readings that would be useful for activists there to read to better understand what happened and is contnuing to happen in Mexico I would greatly appreciate you sending them to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will collect them and forward them to my contacts in

End U.S. Military Aid to Mexico (fwd)

1998-01-03 Thread Sid Shniad
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: End U.S. Military Aid to Mexico > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > End U.S. Military Aid to Mexico > *** New Years Action Alert** > > Massacre Makes Clear the Need to End U.S. Military Aid t

New Union in Mexico (fwd)

1998-01-03 Thread Sid Shniad
pendence on the government will be the new federation's greatest > challenge > > At the founding convention held in Mexico City, 650 voting delegates and > 13,000 fraternal delegates founded the UNT, adopted a program and a plan > of action, and elected a collective leadership of thr

Dangerous Allies: US-Mexico (fwd)

1997-12-30 Thread Sid Shniad
> From: "NUEVO AMANECER PRESS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "NAP-E6"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 16:49:43 +0000 > Subject: Dangerous Allies: US-Mexico > > > NUEVO AMANECER PRESS - EUROPA > Darrin Wood, Director. > [EMAIL

RE: Rubin, Mexico and the crash

1997-10-28 Thread Doug Henwood
Robert Naiman wrote: >Doug wrote: > >> Did Rubin really mean what he said the other week - that >> investors in Mexico didn't suffer enough, which laid the groundwork for the >> recent crisis? > > >Does anyone have an exact quote and/or cite for this? A

RE: Rubin, Mexico and the crash

1997-10-28 Thread Robert Naiman
Doug wrote: > Did Rubin really mean what he said the other week - that > investors in Mexico didn't suffer enough, which laid the groundwork for the > recent crisis? Does anyone have an exact quote and/or cite for this? death to the casino economy [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:11153] The Conde Report On U.S.-Mexico Relations

1997-07-06 Thread Michael Eisenscher
THE CONDE REPORT ON U.S.-MEXICO RELATIONS Volume 1, Issue 24, Monday, July 7, 1997 "AND THE WALLS FELL" NEWS ITEMS OF SIGNIFICANCE IN U.S.-MEXICO

[PEN-L:10770] PLANT CLOSINGS AND LABOR RIGHTS IN U.S., CANADA AND MEXICO

1997-06-11 Thread D Shniad
> From: Ellen Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: PLANT CLOSINGS AND LABOR RIGHTS IN U.S., CANADA AND MEXICO > > I am posting this message for someone who is not on this list. If you = > have any questions and/or comments please contact John M

[PEN-L:10229] MAI Mexico (fwd)

1997-05-19 Thread D Shniad
Forwarded message: Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 01:18:41 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Bob Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MAI Mexico Message forwarded by Bob Olsen.. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hendrik) Subject: Poor Journalism From Mexico From: Norman Solomon <[EMAIL

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