Re: [PEN-L] GM to lock in loan rates for 10 years

Im familiar with the Marxian tradition, but its hard to think of a monopoly corp as poor. I tend to react to the over-use of the term monopoly. Though its not like theres a single definition of the term (handed down from on high by the gods or some convention of learned economists),

[PEN-L] Confessions of an economic hit man serving the American empire.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/09/1526251 Democracy Now Tuesday, November 9th, 2004 Confessions of an economic hit man: How the U.S. uses globalization to cheat poor countries out of trillions We speak with John Perkins, a former respected member of the international

[PEN-L] GREAT QUOTES BY GREAT LADIES

Fwd by Karen Wald [EMAIL PROTECTED] GREAT QUOTES BY GREAT LADIES Inside every older lady is a younger lady -- wondering what the hell happened. -Cora Harvey Armstrong- Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can usually shut her up with cookies. The hardest years in life are those

[PEN-L] (cross-post) chinese system

Louis Proyect writes: Fascist countries don't invite radical professors like Jim Craven to give talks at conferences. Fascism is a totalitarian system that controls every last aspect of a citizen's life and demands blind obedience to an ultra-nationalist regime bent on an expansionist course.

[PEN-L] Divided we stand

Letters to the editor Detroit Metro Times http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=6968 Divided we stand Since the election there have been many calls for America to unite behind the president. It is easy to make this sound poetic and noble, but we must not forget that the

Re: [PEN-L] Divided we stand

I do not recall the Repugnicans standing behind Bill Clinton in 1996 any more than I recall them supporting our troops in Haiti, Somalia, and Bosnia. I recall them gearing up to impeach the commander in chief. Let's give them the same consideration as best we can. Letters to the editor

[PEN-L] law and economics

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1100136999310 Courts on the Edge of Financial Crisis Latest crunch could cause a dire impact, say judges and scholars Marcia Coyle The National Law Journal 11-12-2004 Imagine a federal judicial system in which courthouses are open every other week, there is

[PEN-L] the Pentagon fancies becoming the God of war

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/13/technology/ November 13, 2004 Pentagon Envisioning a Costly Internet for War By TIM WEINER The Pentagon is building its own Internet, the military's world wide web for the wars of the future. The goal is to give all American commanders and troops a moving