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18181 [lbo-talk] U.S. Reports Accelerating Job Growth -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >I recommend that you give away unlimited free copies of the entire >book in PDF format. All right, I'm convinced. I'm waiting for official word from Verso that the rights have reverted to me. As soon as I hear that, I'll make the Acrobat and put it up. Doug

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18182 [lbo-talk] W gloats; Clinton cheerleads -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >John Kerry's defeat -- against the least popular incumbent since >Richard Nixon -- should make US leftists realize that refusing to >challenge the Democratic Party electorally runs the SAME RISK of >increasing the chance of electing Republicans as running candidates >to the left of Democrats etc Justin is right that we shouldn't rehash this again, but there is something that deserves discussion: just what are the possibilities for more radical politics in ...

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18183 [lbo-talk] W gloats; Clinton cheerleads -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >activistism (thank you, Doug) and Liza and Christian. It <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Action.html> was a joint product. Doug

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18184 [lbo-talk] U.S. Reports Accelerating Job Growth -- rank: 1000

Jordan Hayes wrote: >>I spent six years writing Wall Street and made <$10,000 > >That's really pathetic. Is the book business as bad as the music business? > >How much did it make for Verso? About $300,000, I think. Nice rate of surplus value extraction, eh? I signed the contract in 1990, when Verso was entirely based in London (no New York office, aside from a desk at their distributor, which was Routledge in those days). I was so happy to get a book contract I didn't care ...

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18185 [lbo-talk] W gloats; Clinton cheerleads -- rank: 1000

Jim Farmelant wrote: >The real thing to bitch about is all those otherwise intelligent >and able progressives who think they are accomplishing >something significant by stumping for Democratic candidates, >and not building independent social movements which >are not beholdent to the capitalist parties. Uh, who are these people you're talking about? No one here is against building independent social movements - quite the contrary. Why this delusional perseveration? Doug

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Date:	Wed Mar 9 17:27:54 PST 2005

18186 [lbo-talk] U.S. Reports Accelerating Job Growth -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >Looking at that math, it looks like making it free would really be >your best move. You sound like Wired 1997, but I'm almost persuaded. Doug

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18187 [lbo-talk] Labor and the Left/At War With Calendula -- rank: 1000

[this bounced for length - here's the URL and the beginning] Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 14:46:20 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Kramer <mkramer666 at yahoo.com> Subject: Labor and the Left/At War With Calendula Work Place Organizing: Labor and the Left This issue of the /Agitator Index /is focused workplace organizing. Many of the articles are centered on the restructuring proposals and strategic discussions taking place within the AFL-CIO that have been triggered by SEIU and the (now defunct) New Unit ...

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18188 [lbo-talk] U.S. Reports Accelerating Job Growth -- rank: 1000

Miles Jackson wrote: >Question: do you expect to earn significant royalties from Wall St. >(your book, I mean, not that den of iniquity) in the coming years? >If it's going out of print anyway, why not contribute to Creative >Commons? > >Being someone who does not solely rely on the production of unique >intellectual property to earn a living, I may be missing >something here, but what's the point of maintaining strict >control over the reproduction of creative work in ...

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18189 [lbo-talk] W gloats; Clinton cheerleads -- rank: 1000

Jim Farmelant wrote: >And to think that many LBOers still have illusions in >Democrats like Mr. Clinton. How many times is this going to come up. ALMOST NO ONE HERE HAS ILLUSIONS ABOUT DEMOCRATS. THEY SUCK. IN MANY CASES THEY SUCK SOMEWHAT LESS THAN REPUBLICANS. THAT'S ALL. Is that so hard to understand? You're clearly a very smart guy, Jim, so it can't be a matter of misunderstanding. The only reason I can think of for this accusation persisting is that the people who hold it have some ne ...

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18190 [lbo-talk] U.S. Reports Accelerating Job Growth -- rank: 1000

T Fast wrote: >Time to GPL the title give something to the commons. This list, and the radio show, are all unpaid labor. I think I contribute enough to the commons with those. > I might add you had no problem asking me for a free copy of my >chapter. What, you think as a grad student I don't need the >noteriety from book sales? You offered, but I'll never ask again.

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18191 [lbo-talk] U.S. Reports Accelerating Job Growth -- rank: 1000

Miles Jackson wrote: >Perhaps a pdf of that section available to LBO stalwarts who've >enthusiastically purchased hardcover copies of your books? (Or >a summary article in the next edition of LBO?) Once a PDF is out, it can go anywhere, and will. So I'm really not very fond of that idea, I'm sorry to say. And a preview/summary of a 32-page piece is practically giving it away. Wall Street is now out of stock at Verso, and they don't want to reprint it. I'm trying to decide what to do wi ...

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18192 [lbo-talk] U.S. Reports Accelerating Job Growth -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Doug Henwood wrote: > >>See the postscript to After the New Economy, forthcoming in paper >>(New Press, May). > >Will be there an upgrade available for those of us who purchased ANE 1.0? :o) Alas, no. The dead tree technology doesn't work that way.

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18193 [lbo-talk] Brecht Forum events in NYC -- rank: 1000

[first version bounced for length] Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 11:06:06 -0500 Subject: announcement for new yorkers From: Liza Featherstone <lfeather at panix.com> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> New Yorkers on the list! Here are some great upcoming events, and classes, at the Brecht Forum's new location, at Westbeth, 451 West Street (entrance at Bank). If you've ever been to the Brecht Forum before, you will recall that its aesthetics were not the highlight of the experience...and you wil ...

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18194 [lbo-talk] Slavoj, set to music -- rank: 1000

Bryan wrote: >Kind of like playing Pong with Zizek on a TV with a dangerous >electrical-short in it. Nothing like a little danger in art...

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18195 [lbo-talk] productivity crisis! - the press release announcing the press release -- rank: 1000

CHALLENGER, GRAY & CHRISTMAS, INC. DATE March 9, 2005 CONTACT James K. Pedderson, Director of Public Relations MEDIA ALERT PRODUCTIVITY COULD TAKE BIG HIT Starting next Tuesday, March 15, fans of college basketball will begin watching the annual NCAA Men's basketball tournament aka March Madness. This year, three websites will provide real time Internet broadcasts, the better to view at the workplace computer, since games begin at 11:00 A.M. during the workweek. Challenger, Gray & ...

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