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316 Kosova Redux -- rank: 1000

At 17:59 24/01/01 -0500, Leo wrote: >The strongest argument, made by the best proponents of intervention, took >this form: I agree very much with the spirit of Leo's summary. At any particularly moment anyone had to decide in however small a way how much to influence a continuation of the apparent developments and how much to inhibit them. Any post mortem also needs to take into account the different range of political possibilities in each country. Britain was the strongest for the interv ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 24 23:04:48 PST 2001

317 Racak's William Walker reflects -- rank: 1000

At 14:53 23/01/01 -0500, you wrote: > > from FreeB92 1/22/01: > > > > William Walker dreams of Belgrade > > > > BELGRADE, Monday -- The former head of the Kosovo Verification Mission, > > William Walker, said today that he had not seen new reports from a team of > > > > Finnish pathologists which call into question whether a massacre occurred > > in the Kosovo village of Racak. > > > > Many analysts believe that Walker's impassion ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 23 23:49:52 PST 2001

318 Brand-Added Value -- rank: 1000

A. Rate of Surplus Value and Rate of Exploitation Thanks to Roger Odisio for correcting my error in using the term "rate of exploitation" when what I meant was "rate of profit". I knew I should have checked terminology before sending my post, but the debate has been creative. I think James is correct that broad statistics can now be analysed to some extent to suggest aggregate trends in exploitation and distribution of surplus value. The gap in the figures presented here seem ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 1 04:30:08 PST 2001

319 The "reform of consciousness" -- rank: 1000

Many thanks to everyone who tracked down this fascinating passage so rapidly on this and one or two other lists. (BTW I am not sure if I am using the search engine properly on the otherwise excellent marxists.org web site but I could not get it through this. Possibly someone could review whether there is an easy fix?) This passage from Marx to Ruge in 1843 may be dismissed by people who regard themselves as more orthodox Marxists, as being from his very early writings. Certainly it is work in pr ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 23 23:46:58 PST 2001

320 The alleged "Racak Massacre" -- rank: 1000

At 08:44 22/01/01 +0100, you wrote: >Mr. DeLong: I do not need your advice in this matter... I did make my >argument two years ago and am prepared to post it again. But I will not >discuss a "postmortem (sic!) about the war" with somebody who argued >"antebellum" and during the war on the basis like this: > >"Clearly this is a war by Serbian nationalists to annexe the province of >Kosovo by means of genocide. >It is the logical continuation of the ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 22 17:05:01 PST 2001

321 [PEN-L:7163] Congo -- rank: 1000

At 10:01 21/01/01 -0800, you wrote: >Heh, add the editors of NLR for publishing an excerpt from the Gott book a >few yrs. ago to the counter-revolutionary dustbin. ;-) >What did Che say. Something like Kabila was wasting money in nightclubs and >showed little dedication to the struggle. Now if only he had said something >like what Lenin said in his "Final Testament" about Stalin being rude to >Krupskaya... >Kabila, just like Mobuto grew fantastically rich at the ex ...

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Date:	Sun Jan 21 16:11:49 PST 2001

322 The "reform of consciousness" -- rank: 1000

Does anyone know the reference for this quote from Marx, included in Walter Benjamin's 'The Arcades Project', reviewed this Saturday in the Guardian? "The reform of consciousness consists solely in ... the awakening of the world from its dream about itself." Chris Burford

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Date:	Sun Jan 21 15:29:21 PST 2001

323 The alleged "Racak Massacre" -- rank: 1000

At 10:07 19/01/01 +0100, you wrote: >Hinrich, > >thank you for posting the Berliner Zeitung article. > >Today most German papers are presenting their own kind of 'analysis'. It is >at least some indication that the legitimization of the Kosovo war even >within mainstream circles is beeing questioned. > >In my eyes the most remarkable article appeared today in the Frankfurter >Allgemeine Zeitung. They are devoting almost half a page in their printed >edition to t ...

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Date:	Sun Jan 21 13:21:46 PST 2001

324 Belgian soldiers to sue over DU -- rank: 1000

At 02:51 08/01/01 +0000, you wrote: >>Can soldiers sue their governments? > >I can't speak about foreign governments, but US soldiers cannot sue the US >govt for injuries incurred in the regular course of their duties, such as >cancer from DU shells. I actually had a case in the neighborhood of thsi, >where that principle came up. A soldier can sue (this was the case I had) >for having a superior officer taping her in the womnen's bathroom. That's >not an injury incurr ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 9 15:26:00 PST 2001

325 CNN poll on Iraq bombing -- rank: 1000

"Press reports in the UK say the British government is reviewing the policy of bombing air defence targets in southern Iraq. Is it time for an end to the campaign." Created Mon 8th 2.56 am EST Yes 56% 10pm London time. Chris Burford London

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Date:	Mon Jan 8 14:06:43 PST 2001

326 Alex Comfort and the Joy of Sex -- rank: 1000

At 17:04 07/01/01 -0500, you wrote: ><<During World War II, Mr. Comfort became politically active while >studying to become a doctor. He was a conscientious objector and led >a campaign against the indiscriminate bombing of Germany. His >pacifism became anarchism, and he began to write pamphlets and >tracts, some incorporating the findings of psychiatry.>> > > >...Also songs: I did not catch why Yoshie started this thread but I agree that the title Kulturkam ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 8 00:21:57 PST 2001

327 Allies Told in 1991 of DU Cancer Risks -- rank: 1000

With a case of leukaemia among German troops, their Defence Minister Scharping is reported under pressure for reassurances that there were no risks from depleted uranium. Can soldiers sue their governments? Chris Burford London At 14:51 07/01/01 -0500, you wrote: >Sunday Herald (Scotland) >7 January 2001 > >Allies 'told in 1991 of uranium cancer risks' > >Leaked documents back cover-up claim. >Exclusive, by Felicity Arbuthnott and Neil Mackay. >Publication Date: Jan 7 200 ...

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Date:	Sun Jan 7 15:29:12 PST 2001

328 Your Opinion in LBO -- rank: 1000

At 16:30 02/01/01 -0500, you wrote: >heh. who wants to write an article and then inundate the site with >requests for that article? we'll donate the 500 clams to dougdaddy.... > > >heh. > >---------------- >Dear kelley , > >Your opinions in the forum of the LBO online site caught my attention. >As associate editor of im-ur, I have been scouring the forums of online It would be useful to know if the entire LBO mailing list got this letter. Flattering, although I ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 2 23:54:29 PST 2001

329 Miami-Dade undervotes would not have helped Gore win -- rank: 1000

Where does the following report leave the democratic campaign, (as opposed to the Democratic campaign) over the Florida and US election for President? What were the major deficits in the actual practice of democracy that were exposed and should be remedied? Chris Burford London Paper: Gore Gained Only 49 Votes Monday February 26, 2001 5:00 am MIAMI (AP) - A review of 10,644 uncounted ballots in Miami-Dade County showed Al Gore would not have gained enough votes to overtake George W. Bush in Fl ...

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Date:	Sun Feb 25 22:03:41 PST 2001

330 Malaysian capital controls -- rank: 1000

At 16:35 24/02/01 -0500, you wrote: ><http://papers.nber.org/papers/W8142> > >Did the Malaysian Capital Controls Work? >Ethan Kaplan, Dani Rodrik > >NBER Working Paper No. W8142 >Issued in February 2001 > >Malaysia recovered from the Asian financial crisis swiftly after the >imposition of capital controls in September 1998. The fact that Korea and >Thailand recovered in parallel has been interpreted as suggesting that >capital controls did not play a sig ...

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Date:	Sat Feb 24 15:02:13 PST 2001