[PEN-L] Sadr's uneasy alliance with the Americans

June 3, 2007 Op-Ed Contributor An Enemy We Can Work With By BARTLE BREESE BULL New York Times London WHEN the populist Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr emerged from 14 weeks of invisibility on May 25, it was hard not to focus on his typically passionate anti-Coalition rhetoric: “No, no to America;

Re: [PEN-L] Sadr's uneasy alliance with the Americans

"The mosque, which Mr. Sadr's Mahdi Army was using as a hospital of sorts, had just been hit by something that everyone said was an American rocket. The shoes of dead fighters lay in piles inside the entrance. Outside, thick, angry crowds milled around." Boy, the new york times HAS reached an all

[PEN-L] Iran's opposition to immediate withdrawal

The article below makes an interesting companion piece to the one from the NYT I posted earlier this morning about the complex relationship between the Sadrists and the US. It's by the Washington Post's David Ignatius, one of the better connected and more astute commentators on US Mideast policy.

[PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] The current counter-revolutionary offensive in Venezuela – what it means and how to defeat it

On 6/2/07, raghu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Michael, A naive question: on the face of it, cancelling licenses of unfriendly TV stations does sound like a suppression of free expression. What is the background to this? Was this decision taken in a democratic way? Thanks. here are some letters

Re: [PEN-L] Sadr's uneasy alliance with the Americans

If Sadr is working with the US it is not clear that the US is working with him. Quite the contrary they are using air attacks on his constituents. I think that Sadr is an opportunist interested in furthering his own fame and significance. As I understand it the Mahdi militia is not completely und

[PEN-L] Quote of the day

That certainly sums up how many mainstream media treat reality. The entire commencement speech is available at: http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=200332 I give you my favorite quotation from the Bush administration, put forward by the proverbial "unnamed Administration official" and publ

[PEN-L] immigrant labor in the US

June 3, 2007 / New York TIMES Economic View Shattering Stereotypes About Immigrant Workers By DANIEL ALTMAN AS immigration legislation slowly makes its way through Congress, the debate about illegal immigrants' role in the economy has intensified. To some people, they represent a black-market wor

Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] The current counter-revolutionary offensive in Venezuela – what it means and how to defeat it

At 11:39 03/06/2007, jim wrote: here are some letters to the editor of the L.A. TIMES that seem relevant: Re "Chavez didn't start this media war," Opinion, May 30 People such as Bart Jones are willing to embrace tyrants as long as these tyrants speak against the U.S. government. SNIP GUS

Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] The current counter-revolutionary offensive in Venezuela – what it means and how to defeat it

Michael Lebowitz defends the nonrenewal of the license to broadcast on the public airwaves: Hi Raghu, Firstly, there was no cancellation. Rather, this station (which was an active participant in the coup, going so far as to tape a day in advance of a march in 2002 an announcement by mil

Re: [PEN-L] PEN-L Digest - 31 May 2007 to 1 Jun 2007 (#2007-155)

On Jim's comments... I think that the thread on "preference formation" answers the issue of whether some (but of course not all) GT research addresses endogenous determination in non-individualist terms. Some GT research when it addresses more historical issues especially in the overlap with poli

[PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] The current counter-revolutionary offensive in Venezuela – what it means and how to defeat it

On 6/3/07, David B. Shemano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On pages 16-20 of Capitalism and Freedom, which I am sure all of you have on your bedstands, ... I only read it for the pictures... -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Ka

Re: [PEN-L] PEN-L Digest - 31 May 2007 to 1 Jun 2007 (#2007-155)

On 6/3/07, ann li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (who tries not to disagree with Jim :-) ) why not? I stick my neck out a lot and am thus wrong a lot. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.

[PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] The current counter-revolutionary offensive in Venezuela - what it means and how to defeat it

Jeez-- guy really knows how to abuse a metaphor, doesn't he? - Original Message - From: michael a. lebowitz To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 1:55 PM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] The current counter-revolutionary offensive in Venezuela - wh

[PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] The current counter-revolutionary offensive in Venezuela - what it means and how to defeat it

Yes, and as the free marketeers of the Chicago School, Friedman's offspring, showed us in Chile, capitalism has no difficulty preserving dissent and dissenters... in formaldehyde, in concrete overcoats, and at the bottom of the Pacific. Let me just add, the Pinochet coup was entirely predictab

[PEN-L] Boycott to Israel

ZNet | Israel/Palestine For Boycott to Be Effective, an International Coalition Is Indispensable by Ramzy Baroud; June 03, 2007 South Africa's Minister of Intelligence Ronnie Kasrils whispered to me as I sat down following a most enthusiastic speech I gave at a recent conference in Cape Town:

[PEN-L] Kuwait’s decision to delink its currency from the dollar

Kuwait casts doubt over Gulf currency union By Simeon Kerr in Dubai The Financial Times , 03:14 p.m. 03/06/2007 Published: June 3 2007 18:11 | Last updated: June 3 2007 18:11 Kuwait’s decision to delink its currency from the dollar last month sent reverberations around the Gulf and beyond. Centr

Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] The current counter-revolutionary offensive in Venezuela - what it means and how to defeat it

You meant its not the heat, just the humanity ;) --- sartesian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, and as the free marketeers of the Chicago > School, Friedman's offspring, showed us in Chile, > capitalism has no difficulty preserving dissent and > dissenters... in formaldehyde, in concrete > overc

Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] The current counter-revolutionary offensive in Venezuela - what it means and how to defeat it

They are called the Chicago boys, but some of my classmates from Berkeley did dispicable things. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] The current counter-revolutionary offensive in Venezuela - what it means and how to defeat it

UCB sent a hit squad to Indonesia, no? On 6/3/07, Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: They are called the Chicago boys, but some of my classmates from Berkeley did dispicable things. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) --

Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] The current counter-revolutionary offensive in Venezuela - what it means and how to defeat it

Not from my Department. Our thugs came courtesy of the Ford Fdn. -- you know that left wing foundation; but these guys were worthy of the earlier Ford's Harry Bennett of the Ford Sociological Department. Gene Coyle knows about the Asian scandal. On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 02:34:03PM -0700, Jim Dev

Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] The current counter-revolutionary offensive in Venezuela - what it means and how to defeat it

was Lovell Jarvis, Jr. involved? On 6/3/07, Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Not from my Department. Our thugs came courtesy of the Ford Fdn. -- you know that left wing foundation; but these guys were worthy of the earlier Ford's Harry Bennett of the Ford Sociological Department. Ge

[PEN-L] As biofuels phase in, the party ends

Biofuel brews up higher German beer prices Farmers abandoning barley for crops that produce ethanol http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18941618/ Ethanol boom may fuel shortage of tequila Mexican farmers burning agave fields and replanting them with corn http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18926019/

Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] The current counter-revolutionary offensive in Venezuela – what it means and how to defeat it

Thanks for not spoiling it for me! Its not like we're on an email discussion list where it might be useful to some participants know what he said or anything. > On pages 16-20 of Capitalism and Freedom, which I am sure all of you have > on your bedstands, Milton Friedman discusses the practical di

[PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] The current counter-revolutionary offensive in Venezuela – what it means and how to defeat it

On 6/2/07, michael a. lebowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Raghu, Firstly, there was no cancellation. Rather, this station (which was an active participant in the coup, going so far as to tape a day in advance of a march in 2002 an announcement by military leaders of deaths in that ma

Re: [PEN-L] PEN-L Digest - 1 Jun 2007 to 2 Jun 2007 (#2007-156)

> In a sense, I translate Gintis as saying (something I concur with) > that there is already much work in economic theory that amounts to > some sort of realization (contradictory and all) of the research > program outlined by Hahnel. It'd be interesting to hear evidence for this assertion.

Re: [PEN-L] What is Marx's view of fiscal policy ?

Hi Gernot, thanks for your message. Are you suggesting that services generally have a lower composition of capital than manufacturing, so that a shift from manufacturing to services will reduce the aggregate composition of capital (or slow down its increase)? If so, I think you are right, and th

Re: [PEN-L] What is Marx's view of fiscal policy ?

Charles Brown wrote 29 May 2007 CB; . . . Has it been mainly in the U.S. that crises have been smoothed over, and long term rate of profit raised ? I think most of the advanced countries have had a significant recovery of the rate of profit.. . . . Does the almost complete recovery of the lo

[PEN-L] Nitzan & Bichler (2007) War Profits, Peace Dividends, 2nd Hebrew Ed.

Nitzan, Jonathan and Shimshon Bichler. 2007. War Profits, Peace Dividends (רווחי מלחמה, דבידנדים של שלום). Second Exapnded and Revised Edition. Hebrew. Haifa: Pardes. 595 pp. FULL TEXT: http://bnarchives.yorku.ca/229/ BUY THE PAPER COPY: http://www.pardes.co.il/viewbook.asp?ID=72 ABSTRACT המהד

[PEN-L] Marx Conference in Havana (May 2008)

Dear Friends and Comrades, Here's an opportunity to mark your calendars for May 2008--- the first notice for the Marx Conference in Havana. There will be further notices with more details; however, if you know that you definitely want to come, you can contact Jesus Garcia Brigos at <

Re: [PEN-L] Herbert Gintis: Review of Fullbrook's book

Julio Huato wrote: Marxism aspires to being the living, breathing, kicking worldview of a revolutionary class. So Marxism (as any other doctrine with such high aspirations), just to survive, needs to subject itself to relentless self-criticism, pretty much to experience a continuous or "perman

Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] The current counter-revolutionary offensive in Venezuela – what it means and how to defeat it

Hi Raghu, You clearly have to read the concluding chapter of Build it Now! >:-} The short answer is that immediately after the coup, Chavez was very conciliatory because he wasn't certain about the depth of support in the military. After the bosses' general lockout, he was much more confid