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

silence <> assent

2001-08-24 Thread Rakesh Bhandari
Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > 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 b

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

silence <> assent

2001-08-23 Thread Doug Henwood
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