Re: [PEN-L] Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

2004-11-17 Thread Patrick Bond
- Original Message - From: ertugrul ahmet tonak [EMAIL PROTECTED] I watched this guy in his DN interview. I didn't find him fully believable. Here is what a reviewer (without reading the book!) said about him at Amazon's site: ...you have to consider that this could well be a hoax or

Re: [PEN-L] Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

2004-11-17 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - From: Patrick Bond [EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] I am NOT at all surprised by his Shamanic interests. One day I will right an ethnography of the American Caucasian tribal pursuit of native wisdom. These kinds of seekers are a dime a dozen in Ecuador and much of the

Re: [PEN-L] Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

2004-11-17 Thread Devine, James
From: Patrick Bond [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... It is disappointing to hedge a bet that the Marxist/materialist blinders would lead one to think that EHM was a hoax, because he's a new-ager. That may help explain, sadly, why the US-left may never win hearts and minds of Christian-middle-America...woe

Re: [PEN-L] Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

2004-11-17 Thread Dan Scanlan
On Nov 17, 2004, at 3:37 PM, Devine, James wrote: From: Patrick Bond [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... It is disappointing to hedge a bet that the Marxist/materialist blinders would lead one to think that EHM was a hoax, because he's a new-ager. That may help explain, sadly, why the US-left may never win

[PEN-L] Confessions of an economic hit man serving the American empire.

2004-11-12 Thread Ralph Johansen
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/09/1526251 Democracy Now Tuesday, November 9th, 2004 Confessions of an economic hit man: How the U.S. uses globalization to cheat poor countries out of trillions We speak with John Perkins, a former respected member of the international