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31306 revisiting the classics -- rank: 1000

<http://www.slip.net/~knabb/CF/bourne.htm> With the shock of war, however, the State comes into its own again. The Government, with no mandate from the people, without consultation of the people, conducts all the negotiations, the backing and filling, the menaces and explanations, which slowly bring it into collision with some other Government, and gently and irresistibly slides the country into war. For the benefit of proud and haughty citizens, it is fortified with a list of the intolera ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 13 17:30:59 PST 2001

31307 Goldman Sachs: deflation risk small -- rank: 1000

DAILY FINANCIAL MARKET COMMENT 11/14/01 Goldman Sachs Economics * Low nominal short-term rates, the failure of monetary policy easing to generate an economic recovery, and a sharp decline in the October producer price index have generated fears that deflation and a liquidity trap could develop in the United States. * The likelihood of such an outcome is still very low. The Fed has room to ease further and most price trends (and inflation expectations) are still positive. Moreover, the Fed is h ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 13 17:15:18 PST 2001

31308 publishing news -- rank: 1000

[from yesterday's Publishers Weekly] Another Colin Makes a Move, This Time to The New Press So m uch for that leisurely vacation and catching up on Marshall Berman. Colin Robinson, the ex-Verso chief who left that company last month, has joined the New Press as its publisher. In conjunction with the hire, Diane Wachtell becomes executive director. Andre Schiffrin will remain the house's director. The addition of Robinson is meant to deliver a younger, jazzier element to the New Press, which some ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 13 16:46:03 PST 2001

31309 cultural imperialism -- rank: 1000

Mina Kumar wrote: >But people also like the stuff, something which causes >>anguish among high-toned Europeans and American leftists. > > >Is it just me or is there a tone of relish in this remark? It's not, and there is. I find the a lot of the anti-Coca Cola and anti-McDonald's stuff coming out of Jose Bove and Helena Norberg-Hodge rather tiresome. Workers Vanguard had a nice line about Bove - something like they hadn't realize that food chauvinism was part of a revolutionary ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 13 14:05:14 PST 2001

31310 opportunism -- rank: 1000

[hey, why not use international terrorism as an excuse to hide how much your poisoning people?] Competitive Enterprise Institute Contact: Richard Morrison or Judy Kent, 202-331-1010 Taking Away Terrorist Tools for Chemical Warfare Senate Hearings Examine Public "Right to Know" About Chemical Sites Washington, D.C., November 12, 2001- Hearings are being held in the U.S. Senate this week to reassess the safety of chemical and industrial facilities in the light of recent terrorist attacks ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 13 13:31:02 PST 2001

31311 some good news -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >-Asimov ended up a real porn hound. My late friend John Liscio, who >-edited Penthouse Forum before he took up financial j'ism, said that >-Asimov was at all the skin flick premieres. > >Not sure what that has to do with his political views either way-- he used >to joke in his authobiography about becoming a dirty old man. Pure salacious gossip of no political import whatsoever. I have a weakness for the stuff, sorry. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 13 13:08:34 PST 2001

31312 some good news -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >Yeah well, Bear is pretty reactionary-- in his contribution to the "new" >Foundation trilogy, he used his chance to bash affirmative action and a host >of liberal ideals. Which is pretty annoying given that Asimov was a >Communist when he started writing the series. Asimov ended up a real porn hound. My late friend John Liscio, who edited Penthouse Forum before he took up financial j'ism, said that Asimov was at all the skin flick premieres. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 13 12:20:45 PST 2001

31313 NYC Globalization and Resistance Conference -- rank: 1000

[features me too, along with all these other distinguished folks] What: Globalization and Resistance Conference featuring Tariq Ali, Susan George, Dennis Brutus, Manning Marable, LA Kauffman, Rabab Abdulhadi, ACT UP, Critical Resistance, USAS, and many, many more When: November 16-17, 2001 Where: The Graduate Center, CUNY - 365 Fifth Avenue, New York City Who: For more info and transportation from the DC Metro area, contact LeftTurn-DC at onebox.com / 202 777 2642 x7894 This unique conference wi ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 13 10:17:17 PST 2001

31314 cultural imperialism -- rank: 1000

ravi wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: > >>Dabashi, who is quite against the war, nonetheless had some tough >>words for the anti-Americans in the audience; >> > > > >who is an "anti-american"? someone who opposes all acts of america >purely on the basis of their being american? or are we talking >about the "house committee on unamerican activities" kind of >definition of "anti-american"? (i doubt its the latter, but i >woul ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 13 10:13:42 PST 2001

31315 Quotes on Doha declaration on patents and public health -- rank: 1000

From: James Love <jamie4theroad at yahoo.com> Reply-To: love at cptech.org To: random-bits at lists.essential.org, info-policy-notes at lists.essential.org Subject: [IPN] Quotes on Doha declaration on patents and public health <mailto:info-policy-notes-request at lists.essential.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/info-policy-notes/> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 08:27:07 -0800 (PST) Here are some quotes on the WTO declaration on TRIPS. Jami ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 13 08:41:22 PST 2001

31316 whirled peas -- rank: 1000

[posted from non-sub'd address] From: sawicky at epinet.org (Max Sawicky) Subject: Whirrled Peas Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:56:32 -0500 The peace movement deserves a lot of credit. The bombing will largely abate, Afghani women are able to discard the veil, the men can shave their beards, relief will probably flow in earnest, the hunt for OBL will become more of a police operation and less a military one, and the Administration is talking more about Palestinian statehood and dismantling 4,000 nuc ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 13 08:27:10 PST 2001

31317 Query on abbreviation, was Re: Comrades? -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> >> So what about the critique of c-d-m > >What is c-d-m? Chuck0 spelled it out, and used the abbreviation, in the bit I quoted from him - consensus decision making. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 13 08:25:32 PST 2001

31318 cultural imperialism -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >On one hand, it's a funny anecdote; on the other hand, the >popularity of Coke, Pepsi, etc. in poor nations is often a sad index >of the absence of potable tap water. Yes it is. But people also like the stuff, something which causes anguish among high-toned Europeans and American leftists. Interesting he served Pepsi, the Republican cola, rather than Coke. I was on a panel the other night with Hamid Dabashi, author of a new book on Iranian film. On the subway af ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 13 08:24:30 PST 2001

31319 Wolfie: no walls to hide behind -- rank: 1000

[Wonder if Wolfie's patriotism will be questioned. From the WB's daily clipping service.] THE WEST KNOWS NOW THERE IS NO WALL TO HIDE BEHIND: WOLFENSOHN. World Bank President James Wolfensohn warned last night that global poverty was breeding terrorism and called on the west to make good on its promises to bridge the gulf between rich and poor nations, reports the Guardian (UK). Attempts to construct a fairer economy were being frustrated by a lack of aid and protectionism in the developed wor ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 13 08:16:58 PST 2001

31320 Little Bitches by Debbie Nathan -- rank: 1000

Angelita Manzano wrote: >http://texasobserver.org/showArticle.asp?ArticleID=467 > > >Here's the intro to the article and a link to the full >text: > >"Three days before it happened, man, I had this dream >that my balls were being bombed. My testicles. And >since it happened, Iíve been having the dream every >night. Man, I canít take it!" > >ńMale New York City residentís report to a phone >hotline, set up by this writer after September 11, >inv ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 13 07:38:39 PST 2001