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31846 Agee -- rank: 1000

TheStandard.com (Europe) - March 14, 2001 <http://europe.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,15503,00.html> The world is not enough From CIA agent to renegade to left-wing activist, Philip Agee is a man adept at change. Now living in Havana, his latest venture is to entice tourists to Cuba with a new online travel agency, Cubalinda.com By Anya Schiffrin On a recent weekend in Havana, activists from around the world gathered for the Global Meeting on Solidarity and Friendship. Organised ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Mar 14 09:59:13 PST 2001

31847 Fw: Mass Direct Action in India Planned -- rank: 1000

Brad DeLong wrote: >>"According to the libertarian litany, if an industry or an institution is >>making a profit, it is satisfying "wants" whose origins and content are >>deliberately disregarded. But what we want, what we are capable of wanting >>is relative to the forms of social organization. People "want" fast food >>because they have to hurry back to work, because processed supermarket food >>doesn't taste much better anyway, beca ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 14 06:36:30 PST 2001

31848 Tax and Asset Question -- rank: 1000

christian11 at mindspring.com wrote: >Doug referred to a report from the Federal Reserve that discussed >wealth distribution. I looked on the site and couldn't find it. Doug? Arthur Kennickell, "An Examination of Changes in the Distribution of Wealth from 1989 to 1998" <http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/oss/oss2/papers/wdist98.pdf>. Also, see Ed Wolff's analysis of the SCF Edward Wolff, "Recent Trends in Wealth Ownership, 1983-1998" <http://www.levy.org/docs/w ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 13 15:08:39 PST 2001

31849 dwindling Dems -- rank: 1000

Jeff Cohen wrote (but not here): >In assessing Clinton's impact on his party, it's worth remembering that >when he entered the White House, Democrats controlled the U.S. Senate >57-43, the U.S. House 258-176 and the country's governorships 30-18. >Under his leadership, the party has gone from majority to minority status. What happened, Nathan? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 13 14:55:36 PST 2001

31850 Reich: Dem Party "dead" -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >How about Clinton passing the ergonomic standards over the howls of protest >of big business Why'd he wait til the last minute to do it, along with the Marc Rich pardon? >What bothers me most about all that rhetoric is that it seems like an excuse >for a lot of folks just not to think seriously about politics. Lots of us spend lots of time thinking seriously about politics. We just don't agree with you. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 13 14:27:14 PST 2001

31851 Peter Singer and Redeeming Characteristics -- rank: 1000

Marta Russell wrote: >We had a lengthy discussion of Singer on this list. It's in the >archives. You'll see a lengthy discussion of Singer's position on >disability. He does attribute a negative value to disabled lives. <http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Anuance.dhs.org+singer+disability&btnG=Google+Search>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 13 13:50:35 PST 2001

31852 Reich: Dem Party "dead" -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >BTW Brad, where do I complain about my missing paycheck in serving to keep >you down on the reservation? There's a lot of that going around. Liza & I are still waiting for the checks that "Jan Carowan" said we were getting from UNITE! Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 13 11:36:02 PST 2001

31853 Harvard students blast Larry "Waste Dumper" Summers -- rank: 1000

Boston Globe - March 13, 2001 Harvard students rip Summers on toxic waste memo By Patrick Healy and John Donnelly, Globe Staff notorious World Bank memo signed nine years ago by Lawrence H. Summers, the new president of Harvard University, yesterday triggered the first challenge to his administration, as student protesters demanded that he embrace a progressive agenda as a sign of repudiation for the memo. The memo, which urges shipping more toxic waste to Third World nations, has dogged Summers ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 13 10:59:56 PST 2001

31854 *QPol-Talk*: Fwd: School shooter taunted as 'Gay' (fwd) -- rank: 1000

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:15:11 -0800 From: Fred Bradford <avpower at earthlink.net> To: FROM: Fred Bradford <avpower at earthlink.net> ; Subject: *QPol-Talk*: Fwd: School shooter taunted as 'Gay' Seattle Gay News 3/9/2001 School shooter taunted as 'Gay' by Barbara Dozetos Gay.com/PlanetOut Network Anti-Gay ridiculing may have played a role in the Santana High School shooting earlier this week. The taunts of fellow students who called him Gay ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 13 10:02:52 PST 2001

31855 Offlist Re: apologies -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote (not offlist): >>For some reason, austin.rr.com keeps bouncing back old messages to >>this list. > >Ah! Thanks for the info, Doug. I'd been complaining to Hotmail >about this, figuring it was their fault. My gratitude at learning >what's wrong, however, is tempered by the fact I can't lambaste >Microsoft in this instance. But you can blame AOL Time Warner! Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 13 09:59:23 PST 2001

31856 apologies -- rank: 1000

For some reason, austin.rr.com keeps bouncing back old messages to this list. The Panix techie can't figure out why. I've written the postmaster at austin.rr.com, and let's see if that helps. I've also been getting error messages saying that jcullen at austin.rr.com can't be found, so that must have something to do with it. Anyway, sorry for the deja vu. Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 13 09:39:26 PST 2001

31857 Reich: Dem Party "dead" -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >Actually, my argument has been over and over again that the mainstream of >the party - what could be labelled the median Dem legislator - is to the >LEFT of where the party was 25 years ago. Twenty-five years ago, Dems voted >overwhelmingly for expanding GATT and other trade deals, while a majority >has opposed NAFTA and Fast-track. Half of Dems in the House have supported >single-payer health care and a host of other initiatives far more >progressive ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 13 09:02:02 PST 2001

31858 LBO-Talk March 2001: queries (fwd) -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Peter Kosenko wrote: >> >> When I reread the original snippet, I see that the term is just a >>substitute for "market." They mean "the server market." They >>aren't just having a slow time selling processors for desktop >>computers but also for new network servers (usually a much more >>expensive > >Among those who profess to believe that this usage is remarkable there >ought to be someone willing to wade th ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 13 08:08:39 PST 2001

31859 Reich: Dem Party "dead" -- rank: 1000

Bob Morris wrote: >I agree with Reich. The Democratic Party has abandoned >virtually everything it used to stand for. ...except NATO, the CIA, and the IMF! Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 13 05:51:44 PST 2001

31860 Reich: Dem Party "dead" -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >It's not socialism it's rhetoric. What have they done to advance any of these goals with the public? Doug

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Date:	Mon Mar 12 17:22:24 PST 2001