Re: [PEN-L] economics and class struggle - UN Declaration of Human Rights

Thanks Gernot My thoughts are that there is is obviously a lot of idealism and even utopianism here, but it is not purely reactionary if it is taken up by progressive forces in the world. At first sight the class composition of those who attend the United Nations is not favourable: almost by

[PEN-L] Police: Soldier staged shooting to avoid return to Iraq

Police: Soldier staged shooting to avoid return to Iraq http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-12-17-soldier-charged_x.htm?POE=NEW ISVAPOE=click-refer PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A soldier who allegedly had a relative shoot him so he wouldn't have to return to Iraq could face military discipline.

[PEN-L] economics and class struggle behind legal victory.

http://www.econhumanrights.org/ Mission We are a growing group of low-income activists and our allies, lawyers, and academics outraged at living in the richest country of the world while millions of Americans suffer and die due to economic human rights violations such as inadequate shelter,

[PEN-L] Global Warming: The Inuit Take on Washington

Global Warming: The Inuit Take on Washington: http://montages.blogspot.com/2004/12/global-warming-inuit-take-on.html -- Yoshie * Critical Montages: http://montages.blogspot.com/ * Proud of Britain: http://www.proudofbritain.net/ and http://www.proud-of-britain.org.uk/

[PEN-L] a Holiday gift to pen-l: Try this link

Title: Try this link For a laugh, follow this link and click Play this movie! http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/206373 jd

Re: [PEN-L] economics and class struggle behind legal victory

- Original Message - From: Charles Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 1:07 PM Subject: [PEN-L] economics and class struggle behind legal victory US has adopted much of UN law by treaty. By US Constitution, treaties have same legal status as federal statutes. Ergo,

[PEN-L] More Nitzan/Bichler workon imperialism

Jonathan sent this for us. Greetings: Enclosed are links to three recent items from The Bichler and Nitzan Archives. Feel free to circulate and post. ENGLISH: Nitzan, Jonathan, and Shimshon Bichler. 2004. New Imperialism or New Capitalism? Mimeograph. Montreal and Jerusalem (December), pp. 1-68.

[PEN-L] extraordinary story

December 23, 2004 U.S. Agrees to Pay for Diverting Water to Aid Two Rare Fish ** This might not seem like much, but it could be a right-wing wet dream. Anything is property. The gov't must pay if it wants to regulate it. AP SACRAMENTO, Dec. 22 - The federal government has agreed to

Re: [PEN-L] economics and class struggle behind legal victory

- Original Message - From: Chris Burford [EMAIL PROTECTED] It sounds like the web of international law is getting increasingly interwoven. One of SA's most active radical social movements, Jubilee, has had a bad experience you should all know about before getting too excited by juristic

Re: [PEN-L] extraordinary story

- Original Message - From: michael perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] December 23, 2004 U.S. Agrees to Pay for Diverting Water to Aid Two Rare Fish --- The citizens whose livelihoods in any way depend on the sustainable fishing or tourism values associated with the salmon

Re: [PEN-L] extraordinary story

- Original Message - From: michael perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] December 23, 2004 U.S. Agrees to Pay for Diverting Water to Aid Two Rare Fish ** This might not seem like much, but it could be a right-wing wet dream. Anything is property. The gov't must pay if it wants

Re: [PEN-L] economics and class struggle behind legal victory

Of course The ideas of the ruling class are normally the prevailing ideas, and have all the force of the state, not just military but financial and ideological, to back them. The Gramscian struggle for hegemony is and always will be uphill. It is still not impossible. Nobody is suggesting getting