Re: Re: Re: silence <> assent

2001-08-24 Thread Michael Perelman
What I said is that I don't care. Drop it. Don't bother the list with old hat. I would rather than you engage in constructive dialogue. On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 11:53:54AM -0700, Rakesh Bhandari wrote: > Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > I don't care now about who did what when

Re: Re: silence <> assent

2001-08-24 Thread Rakesh Bhandari
Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I don't care now about who did what when. The list was going quite well > until you revived this vituperation. It must cease immediately. Michael, since you are blaming me for the vituperation, you obviously do care who did what when. And you are

Re: Re: silence <> assent

2001-08-24 Thread Rakesh Bhandari
I appreciate the reply, Doug, though I don't think it's fair as to what I have already written. Unfortunately because you ignore that I have to repeat myself. > > > > It's clear from these repeated characterizations that you know > nothing about the movement, except maybe what you've pi

Re: silence <> assent

2001-08-24 Thread Michael Perelman
I don't care now about who did what when. The list was going quite well until you revived this vituperation. It must cease immediately. On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 02:13:40AM -0700, Rakesh Bhandari wrote: > Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > I do not want to have to keep monitoring

Re: silence <> assent

2001-08-24 Thread Doug Henwood
Rakesh Bhandari wrote: > henwood referred to those who characterize the anti sweatshop movement as > protectionist as bourgeois hacks--to this you do not object! Hmm, the first version of this was labeled "offlist," as was this response, initially. But since turned out not to be, neither will

Re: Re: Re: Re: silence <> assent

2001-08-23 Thread Michael Perelman
I do not want to have to keep monitoring this thread. It is a bad time for me. This sort of sarcasm has no please here. Please stop!!! On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 11:55:19AM -0700, Rakesh Bhandari wrote: > > Ah so someone like Kabeer is a bourgeois hack like Friedman? Hmm. What do you > think s

Re: Re: Re: silence <> assent

2001-08-23 Thread Rakesh Bhandari
Henwood wrote: Student anti-sweatshop activists are opposed to > protectionism and to boycotts. Well they may not recognize as protectionist what other trade unionists do. Moreover, the students don't seem to have yet put this to a vote or put it in writing. They haven't formally repudiate

Re: Re: silence <> assent

2001-08-23 Thread Doug Henwood
Stephen E Philion wrote: >If I read the last series of posts a few weeks back from the USAS mtg. >correcdtly, >one thing stood out re: strategy, namely the intent to work on sweatshop >struggles that unions are currently engaged in, be they in the States or >abroad. In your schema, the US unions

Re: Re: Re: silence <> assent

2001-08-23 Thread Rakesh Bhandari
Stephen E Philion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > If I read the last series of posts a few weeks back from the USAS mtg. > correcdtly, > one thing stood out re: strategy, namely the intent to work on sweatshop > struggles that unions are currently engaged in, be they in the States or > abroad. In

Re: Re: silence <> assent

2001-08-23 Thread Michael Perelman
Please, one of the no-no's on the list is demanding that someone answers another's "challenge/question, etc.". On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 08:20:08AM -0700, Rakesh Bhandari wrote: > Doug Henwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > Liza Featherstone & I have both decided that it's best not to respond >

Re: Re: silence <> assent

2001-08-23 Thread Stephen E Philion
If I read the last series of posts a few weeks back from the USAS mtg. correcdtly, one thing stood out re: strategy, namely the intent to work on sweatshop struggles that unions are currently engaged in, be they in the States or abroad. In your schema, the US unions and/or college based anti-swea

Re: silence <> assent

2001-08-23 Thread Rakesh Bhandari
Doug Henwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Liza Featherstone & I have both decided that it's best not to respond > to Rakesh's posts, which seem motivated more by personal hostility > than genuine political content. Please don't mistake our silence for > assent. > > Doug My posts can't be mot