[PEN-L] The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

interesting but must situate the lobby within the broader histroical context in which imperilism requires the brashness and the cruelty of zionism to act on a global scale and raise the benchmark for aggression on a global scale. issrael for example suppleid apartheid africa with weapons during t

Re: [PEN-L] please unsubsribe me

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[PEN-L] please unsubsribe me

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[PEN-L] A precarious silence

Although the demonstrations in recent weeks in France are very distinctively French, there is also a whiff of 'Seattle' about the central issue and thus I find it somewhat troubling that there appears to be no resonance of the campaigns in the English speaking world. Precariousness may sound li

[PEN-L] Chinese power firm to build power station for India

People's Daily Online http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/ Business UPDATED: 17:15, March 15, 2006 Chinese power firm to build power station for India http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/15/eng20060315_250861.html SEPCO Electric Power Construction Corp. based in east China's Shandong Provinc

[PEN-L] UNEF: "More than 1.5 Million Demonstrators: Monsieur Prime Minister, Revoke Your CPE!"

UNEF (National Union of Students of France), "More than 1.5 Million Demonstrators: Monsieur Prime Minister, Revoke Your CPE!" [A UNEF statement, a slideshow of demos, videos of demos, a video of direct action, a video of an interview with UNEF Pre

[PEN-L] formatting your messages to pen-l

While I was in Africa, I could only access my mail for the most part using a very primitive telnet connection. Posts that came in formatted without plain text were very difficult. My situation was not unique. Such formatting causes problems for a number of people. Some of you are signed up th

Re: [PEN-L] UNEF: "More than 1.5 Million Demonstrators: Monsieur Prime Minister, Revoke Your CPE!"

Yoshie Furuhashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: UNEF (National Union of Students of France), "More than 1.5 MillionDemonstrators: Monsieur Prime Minister, Revoke Your CPE!"Could it be that the American model of labor-market flexibility that French neoliberals aspire to is a myth? The Sandwichman

[PEN-L] Rapid recovery in Iraq oil sector unlikely

Reuters.com ANALYSIS-Rapid recovery in Iraq oil sector unlikely http://today.reuters.com/business/newsarticle.aspx?type=tnBusinessNews&storyID=nL16672097 Thursday 16 March 2006 By Ghaida Ghantous and Mariam Karouny DUBAI/BAGHDAD, March 16 (Reuters) - Three years after a war some critics said was

[PEN-L] 200,000 killed in Algeria since 1992

NDTV.com http://www.ndtv.com/homepage/ 200,000 killed in Algeria since 1992 http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=200%2C000+killed+in+Algeria+since+1992+%0D&id=85922 Sunday, March 19, 2006 (Algiers): Up to 200,000 Algerians, including civilians, Islamists and security forces, h

[PEN-L] French/American Working Class Distinctions

While the French  working class mobilizes in mass and without delay in opposing anti-labor neo-liberal legislation, a seemingly dormant conscious less American working class watches passively as a Republican Congress and President further nicks away at their rights. Query: Why this huge diff

[PEN-L] The Farcical End Of The American Dream

From Znet: The Farcical End Of The American Dream The Us Press Is Supposed To Be Challenging The Lies Of This War by Robert Fisk; March 19, 2006 It is a bright winter morning and I am sipping my first coffee of the day in Los Angeles. My eye moves like a radar beam over the front page of the Los

[PEN-L] On Japan

Not so dissimilar to what I have been saying. Anthony Look who's back in the passing lane Sanford M. Jacoby International Herald Tribune FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2006 LOS ANGELES, California The American auto industry is reeling from the news that General Motors and Ford are sharply sc

[PEN-L] airbus and China (state-led production)

Airbus nears a deal with China on assembly lines By Mark Landler and Keith Bradsher The New York Times THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2006 FRANKFURT Airbus is in the late stages of negotiations to build an assembly line for its A320 passenger plane in China, a landmark deal that would significantly lift

Re: [PEN-L] On Japan

Jacoby is usually very solid. Is he correct that Japan only made modest contributions to neoliberalism? I thought that the financial system was very compromised. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchic

Re: [PEN-L] On Japan

My suspicion is that banks were compromised because of the large debts that they carried. However, because of the large domestic market, government bailouts, and the willingness of Japanese consumers to pay high prices and be "socially" sensitive to job protection in myriad forms banks are sti

[PEN-L] India Ponders Making Currency Convertible

Indian PM Manmohan Singh wants full convertibility: http://www.forbes.com/business/commerce/feeds/ap/2006/03/19/ap2605207.html The Left doesn't like it: http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=120973 --raghu. Associated Press India Ponders Making Currency Convertible By RAM