Re: [PEN-L] extraordinary story

AP SACRAMENTO, Dec. 22 - The federal government has agreed to pay four California water districts $16.7 million for water that the government diverted a decade ago to help two rare fish in the Central Valley, officials said Tuesday. Isn't the water that the guvmint diverted actually water that got

[PEN-L] Rethinking abortion rights

Norman Solomon: When you say that the Nader campaign doesn't care whether there's a winner in George Bush or his opponent there, John Kerry, it's another way of saying that the Nader campaign doesn't care whether we have four more years of Bush. I think that position is quite properly being

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

some further comments on *economic* human rights – (a) the recent fight led by Chavez/Venezuela can be understood as a fight for economic human rights (the right to a decent standard of living) (b) Canadians protesting against the killing of labour leaders by global corporations are fighting for

[PEN-L] Horizon Air Collectable Fine China, My Christmas Bonus

Horizon Air Collectable Fine China, My Christmas Bonus (a mechanic satirizes the airline's Spirit of Giving): http://montages.blogspot.com/2004/12/horizon-air-collectable-fine-china-my.html. -- Yoshie * Critical Montages: http://montages.blogspot.com/ * Proud of Britain:

[PEN-L] Why Progressives Must NOT Embrace the Ukrainian Pro-Democracy Movement

Why Progressives Must NOT Embrace the Ukrainian 'Pro-Democracy' Movement (a criticism of Stephen Zune's Why Progressives Must Embrace the Ukrainian Pro-Democracy Movement): http://montages.blogspot.com/2004/12/why-progressives-must-not-embrace.html -- Yoshie * Critical Montages:

Re: [PEN-L] More Nitzan/Bichler workon imperialism

Abstarct labour is preceded by the word abstract, which means a one sided view of a fuller more concrete reality and not the general average of actual conditions. hence socially necessary labour..something nitzan does not getmichael perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jonathan sent this for

[PEN-L] Bill Clinton and John Kerry's inspiration

Seymour Hersh: Dark Side of Camelot: Kennedy's former lover talked at length in our interviews about what she termed his tremendous acceptance of inequality. Kennedy did articulate the view that things should be better, yes. He also could do acts of personal kindness, yes. But, she said, deeply

[PEN-L] Facing South: 12/22/04

keep the x in xmas... michael hoover F A C I N G S O U T H A progressive Southern news report December 22, 2004 * Issue 99 Facing South is published 40 times a year by the Institute for Southern Studies and Southern Exposure magazine. For more information visit www.southernstudies.org

[PEN-L] Data on Contingent Workers?

Are recent data on Contingent Workers available? I see the Feb 2001 BLS estimates, but nothing else. Are Contingent Workers being tracked at all? Larry Shute Emeritus, Economics California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Re: [PEN-L] Facing South: 12/22/04

Daniel Davies wrote: INSTITUTE INDEX * Holidays in Hock Percent of Wal-Mart shoppers that do not have a bank account: 20 Hell's bells! Can this be true? Yes, it's in my beloved's book about Wal-Mart (excerpted in this week's Nation). Liza Featherstone, Selling Women Short (Basic Books). Doug

Re: [PEN-L] Facing South: 12/22/04

Daniel Davies wrote: INSTITUTE INDEX * Holidays in Hock Percent of Wal-Mart shoppers that do not have a bank account: 20 Hell's bells! Can this be true? Gy the way, the U.S. average is 13%. Doug