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30136 unions ('global south') -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >When I try to respond to a post from Dddddd0814 at aol.com, & click the >quote button, I get a blank screen. I suppose it's there as an >attachment or something. . . So the only way to quote him is to cut and >paste from his posts to a reply. > >David, couldn't you send your posts in plain text instead of html or >mime or whatever. It seems that AOL won't send plain text - one of a long list of reasons that AOL sucks. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Aug 13 08:11:19 PDT 2002

30137 Bad Subjects on Chomsky -- rank: 1000

Chuck Grimes wrote: >I got Joe's general take, pretty quickly and was expecting some kind >of alternative view to contrast Chomsky, but there wasn't one. Of >course the missing link is Israel and neither Chomsky I take it, nor >Lockard are exactly going after that boogie. Certainly not Lockard, a dedicated Zionist. Too bad the essay he wrote for Bad Subjects reflecting on the pleasures of going on patrol with the IDF never saw the light of day... Doug

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Date:	Mon Aug 12 16:53:05 PDT 2002

30138 US Airways goes chapter -- rank: 1000

At 5:49 PM -0400 8/11/02, Yahoo! Alerts - Breaking News wrote: >ALEXANDRIA, Va. US Airways files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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Date:	Sun Aug 11 14:55:15 PDT 2002

30139 unions -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Dddddd0814 at aol.com wrote: >> >> petty-bourgeois (i.e., start their own small businesses, >> etc.) > >Yes. Yes. Yes. Misuse of the term "petty bourgeiois" is an almost fatal >disease of the thought of too many leftists. Replacing it with "petty >producer" is a beginning for clearing up confusion. There are three >classes in the U.S. > >Capitalists >Workers >Petty Producers > >The term "middle ...

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Date:	Sun Aug 11 14:53:28 PDT 2002

30140 Query -- comparative unemployment -- rank: 1000

ChrisD(RJ) wrote: >How does this compare with unemployment in major US cities? Spasibo. > >Chris Doss >The Russia Journal >------------------ > >Report: unemployment low in Moscow > >MOSCOW - Registered unemployment among economically active population was >0.7 percent in Moscow in June 2002, the Moscow Statistics Committee reports. Very low, compared to the U.S. The BLS website seems to be sleeping off a bender, otherwise I'd give you better numbers, but most U.S. ...

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Date:	Sun Aug 11 14:53:28 PDT 2002

30141 Fwd: links on war on iraq and the UK -- rank: 1000

if you are interested, red pepper is collecting a number of articles on the growing war fever over iraq: http://www.redpepper.org.uk/x-iraq-news.html contains links to the following articles: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Z Magazine articles on the Iraq Crisis * Osama, Osama who?, a Tom Tomorrow cartoon on Bush amnesia, March 25, 2002 * Timeline of events in Iraq over the decades, BBC Online --------------------------------------------------- ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 9 09:26:05 PDT 2002

30142 Tony & W (cont.) -- rank: 1000

Guardian (London) - August 8, 2002 If Blair gets this wrong, he could be gone by Christmas Secret government polling has exposed the risks of the Bush embrace Martin Kettle Last month, unannounced and unreported, Tony Blair ordered a political operation that could have sweeping implications. Just how important could it be? Put it this way. Blair's handling of what he has now set in motion will determine whether 2002 will be his last summer holiday as prime minister. Outside government, it is ins ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 9 07:45:16 PDT 2002

30143 Poor me and US the econ. -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >How is temp work holding up? It took a big hit in the recession, but has been recovering in recent months - which is a good sign for overall employment, since temp work leads the cycle both up & down. Doug

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Date:	Fri Aug 9 05:54:03 PDT 2002

30144 Tony going wobbly on Iraq? -- rank: 1000

<http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=322769> Independent (London) - August 2, 2002 Iraq war could engulf region, Britain warns US By Kim Sengupta Britain has strongly advised the United States against attacking Iraq, warning that it risked intensifying the conflicts in Afghanistan, Israel and Kashmir, senior defence and diplomatic sources say. In a sign of deepening discord between the two allies, British ministers and officials in Whitehall believe that a new w ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 8 22:04:13 PDT 2002

30145 LP program -- rank: 1000

[this is way too long for posting in full - and it bounced to me for just that reason - but here's the top] From: Dddddd0814 at aol.com Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 16:53:00 EDT Subject: Labor Party Program [from www.thelaborparty.org .... obviously this needs a lot of work if the idea is for this to be a "transitional program" for revolution..... suggestions, comments requested..... -- david] A Call for Economic Justice: The Labor Party's Program Preamble 1 Amend the Constitution to Guara ...

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Date:	Thu Aug 8 15:37:41 PDT 2002

30146 nader and unions -- rank: 1000

frank scott wrote: >when upper middle class feminists end their fawning love for the >slimeball due to his support for abortion and see clinton as the >wretched sexist slug he was/is, I might become more inclined to fault >old ralph for his less than perfect life record regarding some subjects >of pc....even then, might is the operative word. The right to abortion isn't some upper middle class feminist concern, nor is it PC. UMC women can pay for their own abortions; poor women ca ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Aug 8 13:08:26 PDT 2002

30147 crappy American meat -- rank: 1000

Kelley wrote: >no one advocated that you drink piss or eat shit. i was just >disgusted with more of the same old same old bullshit and you of all >people participating in it. And we rely on you to assay the discourse for bullshit infection. With due regard for cultural sensitivity and all, I doubt that coprophagia is good for you. Doug

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Date:	Thu Aug 8 12:40:44 PDT 2002

30148 fundraiser -- rank: 1000

PS to the program announcement: Today's a mini-fundraiser, so if you're inclined to pledge to WBAI, please do so during my show, so I get brownie points with station management.

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Date:	Thu Aug 8 11:40:27 PDT 2002

30149 Radio Henwood -- rank: 1000

Today, on my radio show (WBAI, 99.5 FM, New York, 5-6 PM eastern US time, and <http://www.wbai.org>): * Trevor Ngwane, South African political activist and co-star of Ben Cashdan's movie The Two Trevors (the other being finance minister Trevor Manue), talking about water privatization in SA * Mila Rosenthal, of the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, on the U.S. government's attempts to block an Indonesian suit against ExxonMobil, because it would interfere with the war on terrorism, thoug ...

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Date:	Thu Aug 8 11:39:32 PDT 2002

30150 crappy American meat -- rank: 1000

Kelley wrote: >don't know who he is, but urine is about the most sterile thing your >body produces and lots of culture drink their own piss. i just think >it's funny when you people get all victorian with your metaphors. Yeah, I know urine is sterile, and even has its recreational uses. I rather doubt its therapeutic properties, though. Coprophagia is another matter. Nein, danke. Doug

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Date:	Thu Aug 8 11:34:45 PDT 2002