Re: [PEN-L] News Flash: Economist Shows that the Iraqui Resistence is because of the transition to a free society

--- michael perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This result suggests that, as experienced recently in Iraq and previously in Spain and Russia, transitions from an authoritarian regime to a democracy may be accompanied by temporary increases in terrorism. --- Russia hasn't been a democracy

Re: [PEN-L] the end of the left....

Anyone remember the old Robert Wyatt song commenting on Martin Jacques and his Marxism Today gang--- 'They say the working class is dead, we're all consumers now' ? m At 23:58 19/11/2004, you wrote: The only show in town The left, as history knew it, is dead - and it will not be

Re: [PEN-L] the end of the left....

The left, as history knew it, is dead - and it will not be reborn Martin Jacques Saturday November 20, 2004 The Guardian But how can history know anything, having itself expired years ago? Oops, even Francis Fukuyama himself now admits he was full of it when he was prattling on about the end of

Re: [PEN-L] News Flash: Economist Shows that the Iraqui Resistence is because of the transition to a free society

right. and Iraq has become a democracy. On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 02:45:39AM -0800, Chris Doss wrote: --- michael perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This result suggests that, as experienced recently in Iraq and previously in Spain and Russia, transitions from an authoritarian regime to

[PEN-L] Growing Chinese economic influence

The Independent, 20 November 2004 Saved: Chinese bail out Rover for £1bn By Michael Harrison Business Editor MG Rover, the last remaining British-owned volume car-maker, is set to be rescued with the help of more than £1bn of Chinese cash. But the agreement with the Shanghai Automotive Industry

Re: [PEN-L] the end of the left....

I don't know that song, but Frere Jacques seems to regret that now. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine From: PEN-L list on behalf of michael a. lebowitz Sent: Fri 11/19/2004 8:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] the end of

Re: [PEN-L] News Flash: Economist Shows that the Iraqui Resistence is because of the transition to a free society

You don't get it. Iraq is a _nascent_ democracy. That label allows any abuse of democratic rights to occur without the title being taken away. The title will go if the Iraqi government starts dis- agreeing with the US (which is not going to happen). BTW, this theory seems the same as of

Re: [PEN-L] Growing Chinese economic influence

if the Yuan were unpegged or revalued, I have a feeling that the growth of this influence would slow drastically, just as the rising sun stuff about Japan faded with the appreciation of the Yen back toward the end of the 1980s. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine

Re: [PEN-L] the end of the left....

Martin Jacques writes:The spectacle of a Labour prime minister becoming the water-carrier, mouthpiece, bed-fellow and intimate of the most rightwing president of the United States in the last half-century is hard to believe: indeed, five years ago it would have been unbelievable. I've been

Re: [PEN-L] News Flash: Economist Shows that the Iraqui Resistence is because of the transition to a free society

Just another stupid example of how political scientists would rather use regression analysis than actually bother to learn anything about the world. --pb Poverty, Political Freedom, and the Roots of Terrorism BY: ALBERTO ABADIE Harvard University John F. Kennedy

Re: [PEN-L] News Flash: Economist Shows that the Iraqui Resistence is because of the transition to a free society

Michael Perelman wrote: right. and Iraq has become a democracy. It hasn't, but it has gone from being a country with a murderous authoritarian regime to one with no effective government other than trigger-happy GIs who don't operate in any systematic manner. Doug

[PEN-L] Hearings on Ohio Voting Put 2004 Election in Doubt

Hearings on Ohio Voting Put 2004 Election in Doubt By Bob Fitrakis Harvey Wasserman FreePress.org Thursday 18 November 2004 Highly-charged, jam-packed hearings held here in Columbus have cast serious doubt on the true outcome of the presidential election. On Saturday,

Re: [PEN-L] News Flash: Economist Shows that the Iraqui Resistence is because of the transition to a free society

You don't get it. Iraq is a _nascent_ democracy. Yeah, a political counterpart of an _emerging_ market. -- Yoshie * Critical Montages: http://montages.blogspot.com/ * Greens for Nader: http://greensfornader.net/ * Bring Them Home Now! http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/ * OSU-GESO:

Re: [PEN-L] News Flash: Economist Shows that the Iraqui Resistence is because of the transition to a free society

You don't get it. Iraq is a _nascent_ democracy. Yeah, a political counterpart of an _emerging_ market. -- Yoshie somehow the market always seems to emerge faster than the democracy is born. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine

[PEN-L] LABOR NEEDS THAT VISION THING

LABOR NEEDS THAT VISION THING By David Bacon OAKLAND, CA (11/9/04) -- There's no question that labor pulled out all the stops to defeat George Bush. Over 2000 members of the country's largest union, the Service Employees (SEIU), left their jobs to go campaign in battleground states, and the

[PEN-L] China and the future of forex dynamics

Flying high - but will it float? Its economy rampant, China could soon bow to global pressure and free its currency, writes Heather Stewart Sunday November 21, 2004 The Observer 'China is a sleeping giant. And when she awakes, she shall astonish the world.' The truth of Napoleon's warning, made