Re: Re: Memory History: Herman Melville's _Benito Cereno_ (was Re: Yugoslavia to fSU and Chile)

2000-10-12 Thread Nathan Newman
- Original Message - From: "Yoshie Furuhashi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is possible that some American liberals leftists actually understood the essence of the American Prince's role in the Yugoslav civil wars (and what happened before and after them) and said with open

Re: RE: Re: Memory History: Herman Melville's _Benito Cereno_ (was Re: Yugoslavia to fSU and Chile)

2000-10-11 Thread Nestor Miguel Gorojovsky
En relaciĆ³n a [PEN-L:2978] RE: Re: Memory History: Herman Mel, el 10 Oct 00, a las 20:05, Lisa Ian Murray dijo: Nestor, Do you mean this to say that nationalism is still desirable as a form of cultural defense against the Americanization of everything? Ian I am a socialist, I don't

Re: Re: Memory History: Herman Melville's _Benito Cereno_ (was Re: Yugoslavia to fSU and Chile)

2000-10-11 Thread JKSCHW
I guess I am part of the stupid left that is blinkered by imperialist propaganda. I don't see see how the ratio of state ownership in the former Yugoslavia is deeply relevant to socialism or whether the regime was worth defending; I am aware that it was high, but it was as high or higher in

Re: Re: Re: Memory History: Herman Melville's _Benito Cereno_ (was Re: Yugoslavia to fSU and Chile)

2000-10-11 Thread Louis Proyect
Justin: I guess I am part of the stupid left that is blinkered by imperialist propaganda. I don't see see how the ratio of state ownership in the former Yugoslavia is deeply relevant to socialism or whether the regime was worth defending; I am aware that it was high, but it was as high or higher

Re: Re: Re: Re: Memory History: Herman Melville's _Benito Cereno_ (was Re: Yugoslavia to fSU and Chile)

2000-10-11 Thread Jim Devine
Louis wrote: The ratio of state ownership is deeply relevant. It helps to provide a job. Jobs are necessary for life. With privatization, you get unemployment. With unemployment you get begging, starvation, prostitution and despair. Very important questions to the working class, which is the

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Memory History: Herman Melville's _Benito Cereno_ (was Re: Yugoslavia to fSU and Chile)

2000-10-11 Thread Louis Proyect
Jim Devine: Do you believe that state ownership automatically creates a job? It's not true in Algeria, for example, where the state ownership of the oil industry coexists with high unemployment (one factor that has encouraged the Islamic movement against the government there). Also, even in

Re: Re: Memory History: Herman Melville's _Benito Cereno_ (was Re: Yugoslavia to fSU and Chile)

2000-10-11 Thread Nestor Miguel Gorojovsky
En relaciĆ³n a [PEN-L:3000] Re: Memory History: Herman Melvill, el 11 Oct 00, a las 12:28, Louis Proyect dijo: I would only add to their excellent article that social democracy is only possible in imperialist countries. In Costa Rica, the one place it occurred in the Third World, market

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Memory History: Herman Melville's _Benito Cereno_ (was Re: Yugoslavia to fSU and Chile)

2000-10-11 Thread Ken Hanly
Message - From: Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 11:11 AM Subject: [PEN-L:2998] Re: Re: Re: Re: Memory History: Herman Melville's _Benito Cereno_ (was Re: Yugoslavia to fSU and Chile) Louis wrote: The ratio of state ownership is deeply

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Memory History: Herman Melville's _Benito Cereno_ (was Re: Yugoslavia to fSU and Chile)

2000-10-11 Thread Ken Hanly
11, 2000 8:44 PM Subject: [PEN-L:3029] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Memory History: Herman Melville's _Benito Cereno_ (was Re: Yugoslavia to fSU and Chile) I agree that state or rather some type of collective ownership is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for socialism. Among the positive

RE: Re: Memory History: Herman Melville's _Benito Cereno_ (was Re: Yugoslavia to fSU and Chile)

2000-10-10 Thread Lisa Ian Murray
Yoshie Furuhashi dijo: What has not changed, however, is the idea that it is Americans who should bring criminals of the world to justice. It goes without saying that this self-image makes Americans forget the fact that they are the biggest criminals: the only remaining superpower