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31741 Medieval Institutions -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Kelley Walker wrote: > > > > the upper middle > > class professionalizing process > >'Nuf said. Nothing very interesting can follow this grotesque concept. Is this an illustration of the imitative fallacy? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Mar 23 13:09:11 PST 2001

31742 Fwd: April 11: The PEOPLE vs CITIGROUP showdown -- rank: 1000

[I don't know how you decide who the world's most destructive bank is - seems there's lots of competition - but anything that causes trouble's ok by me.] APRIL 11TH GLOBAL SHOWDOWN! Day of Action! THE PEOPLE vs. CITIGROUP CONFRONTING THE WORLD'S MOST DESTRUCTIVE BANK A call for creative non-violent action! Whether its civil disobedience, mass credit card cut-ups, teach-ins, shareholder activism, demonstrations, phone zaps, fax blasts, press conferences, guerilla theater, informational pickets or ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Mar 23 12:53:36 PST 2001

31743 Fwd: Economists Spar Over Sweatshop Protests -- rank: 1000

TheStandard.com - March 23, 2001 <http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,23074,00.html> Economists Spar Over Sweatshop Protests By Anya Schiffrin From the protestors in Seattle to an MIT grad student's recent request that Nike emblazon his sneakers with the term "sweatshop," the college campus political movement has hit a stride not seen in decades. And while the students - many of them being schooled in the neoclassical economic theories of free trade by their profess ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 23 12:26:17 PST 2001

31744 madonna kicks ass -- rank: 1000

Damn, can't find it on AOL. Anyone have better luck? Doug

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Date:	Fri Mar 23 11:16:29 PST 2001

31745 Reparations: What does the campaign involve -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >Conyers attended the BRC meeting in Detroit in June 2000, and has >long been a champion of the principles in the BRC basic documents, >so does that mean his majority Black district elects a BRCer as an >authentic voice of Black America ? Well, there is no authentic voice of black America, is there? The white ruling class likes to pick authentic voices - part of the luxury of being a ruling class is getting to designate the official representatives of groups you ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 23 11:02:05 PST 2001

31746 overposting -- rank: 1000

It's early afternoon in NYC, and there have already been about 15-20 overposting warnings. You know who you are, because you get them too. Please stop. Doug

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Date:	Fri Mar 23 10:08:38 PST 2001

31747 Bankruptcy grace period -- rank: 1000

Justin Schwartz wrote: >This sort of comment doesn't offend my sensibilities. If, however, >one wants to take advantage of a loophole, or to know how to9 go >about filing, talk to a pro. "Don't try this at home." --jks Though lots of people on the verge of bankruptcy might find a $500 lawyer's fee a bit of a burden, no? Doug

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Date:	Fri Mar 23 08:59:55 PST 2001

31748 Bankruptcy grace period -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >I've been bugging an actor friend of mine to file for bankruptcy and >sending him ominous articles about the doom to come. But true to the >spirit that got him in this spot in the first place, he immediately >spotted that one of my articles mentioned a six-month grace period -- so, >he reasoned, he could put off filing that much longer. Is there a hole in >this argument that I should tell him about? Or am I just an ant arguing >with a grasshopper? ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 23 07:32:05 PST 2001

31749 Reparations -- Yes? (was Re: Joy In Horowitzville) -- rank: 1000

Justin Schwartz wrote: >Congress could appropriate the money and write checks to the >individuals involved. What inidividuals? The possibility of big checks would probably double the black population overnight - which would probably be a good thing, but still, an administrative nightmare, no? I think the practical problems aren't just some detail, but emerge from the whole notion of how race is defined. Just as the "multiracial" category on the Census is leading us away from the ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 23 06:36:11 PST 2001

31750 Fwd: Marc Cooper Replies to Juan Gonzalez -- rank: 1000

Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:49:48 -0800 From: Marc Cooper <mcooper at thenation.com> MARC COOPER REPLIES TO JUAN GONZALEZ To Juan Gonzalez: I was dismayed and, frankly, I was sad to see that you are circulating a letter personally attacking me. I understand that you are struggling to hold together the Los Angeles Anti-Pacifica rally that you are scheduled to keynote on March 23rd. The moderator of the event, Ramona Riptson, as well as on of the listed panelists have now pulled out. So have ...

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Date:	Thu Mar 22 18:32:27 PST 2001

31751 Fwd: {FP} AFTRA Fronts For Pacifica -- rank: 1000

[The anti-AFTRA line.] From: "Lyn Gerry" <redlyn at loop.com> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 13:20:12 -0500 Friends, Recently, Pacifica's AFTRA bargaining unit in Washington issued a statement rejecting the economic boycott of the network called for by the Pacifica Campaign. The statement, as well as a similar statement issued by the AFTRA bargaining unit of Los Angeles station KPFK, opposes the boycott on the basis that a financial shortfall could threaten union jobs. Informed sources s ...

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Date:	Thu Mar 22 16:49:32 PST 2001

31752 Fwd: {FP} Support Amy Goodman Protest - Saturday 3/24 - San francisco -- rank: 1000

-----Original Message----- From: John Sheridan [mailto:johnsher at LanMinds.Com] Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 1:17 AM To: savekpfa at DeLong.SJ.CA.US Subject: Support Amy Goodman! - Protest Pacifica at NFCB - This Saturday 3:30-5:30 pm in San Francisco! Hello true supporters of Pacifica, Come out on Saturday March 24 for a demonstration from 3:30- 5:30pm at the National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) conference in San Francisco! The conference is located at the Cathedral Hill Hot ...

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Date:	Thu Mar 22 16:48:09 PST 2001

31753 Reparations: What does the campaign involve -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Again: Assume tbat some intelligent men and women have discussed this >program at length and have already canvassed _all_ the obvious and many >of the less obvious objections to it. Then pause and ask yourself why >would you, at this point, be raising obvious questions. Because while the question may be obvious to you, the answer isn't, despite the certainty with which you characteristically speak. By the way, I'm still waiting for your explanation for why the BRC ...

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Date:	Thu Mar 22 13:01:30 PST 2001

31754 Reparations -- Yes? (was Re: Joy In Horowitzville) -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >A revolutionary movement to abolish capitalism & establish socialism >can only emerge out of the foundation of militant movements for >reforms. One can't conjure up revolution out of nothing. So, >building up militant movements for reforms is the first task at this >point. How can you build such movements if you tell them that nothing good can really happen until the magic moment of systemic transformation, about which we can say nothing? Doug

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Date:	Thu Mar 22 11:15:28 PST 2001

31755 AFTRA-LA on Pacific boycott -- rank: 1000

[The Savepacifica activists are dismissing this as shilling for the forces of evil, but the workers' position is something to take seriously when you're contemplating a boycott. Complicating that rule of thumb is the fact that the workers aren't the only interest at stake.] The Los Angeles Local of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA-LA), AFLCIO, represents the on-air and technical, professional, and office and clerical employees at Pacifica station KPFK in Los Angeles ...

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Date:	Thu Mar 22 11:23:53 PST 2001