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32776 Just in time for Davos -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >I have one question concerning the last sentence here. It seems to >me that had "the nationalist-industrialist form and ideology of the >post-World War II Japanese state" been "based on Japanese capital's >complete domination of the Japanese working class," _by now_ the >state & capital would have embarked upon a far more drastic >restructuring of social relations along the neoliberal line than has >been the case. The Japanes ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Feb 6 08:56:54 PST 2001

32777 delinking does not equal autarchy -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >I'd say the style in Venezuela, which includes taking the state >power of a nation-state, is very much as promising as all you list >above, perhaps even more so. Financial Times - February 5, 2001 AMERICAS: Struggling Chavezmay look to loyalist for lifeline: The Venezuelan president's choice of defence minister could be an attempt to keep control of the armed forces, writes Andy Webb-Vidal: Mingle among the ragged crowd that waits daily outside Venezuela's presiden ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Feb 6 08:10:10 PST 2001

32778 Empire: Hardt responds -- rank: 1000

Just back from Germany and catching up with 2,000 emails... Rob Schaap wrote: >What's wrong with the idea that our preferences can be created/manipulated? Nothing. But is that the only plausible explanation? While in Germany, I saw a teen girl, who looked to be about 14, who'd decorated her backpack with silver magic markered versions of U.S. corporate logos - among them the Nike swoosh, of course, and FUBU (For Us By Us, intensely popular in black urban neighborhoods). What does that mean? W ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Feb 6 07:49:05 PST 2001

32779 Fw:Re: RE: [ASDnet] Feingold on his Ashcroft vote -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: >Gore Vidal line to the effect that the US has one party with two wings. I like Christopher Hitchens' characterization of the parties as two cheeks of the same derriere. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Feb 6 07:37:31 PST 2001

32780 Marxism is a science -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >_Empire_ is a currently fashionable attack on the working >class What an idiotic assertion. Do you have to spend time thinking these sorts of things up, or do they just arise spontaneously, like methane from rotting vegetation? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Dec 31 12:24:27 PST 2001

32781 Hitch loves you -- rank: 1000

Kevin Robert Dean wrote: >"Members of the left, along with the far larger number >of squishy "progressives," have grossly failed to live >up to their responsibility to think; rather, they are >merely reacting, substituting tired slogans for >thought. The majority of those "progressives" who take >comfort from Stone and Chomsky are not committed, >militant anti-imperialists or anti-capitalists. >Nothing so muscular. They are of the sort who, >di ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Dec 31 11:57:31 PST 2001

32782 Respects to Joey Ramone, but -- rank: 1000

ravi wrote: >with regard to your response: what do you mean when you say "black >americans are americans"? what does "american" mean? are you using >the term in a purely formal sense based on citizenship and physical >presence? (i am implying that there is a different sense in which >the term can be used - say cultural - but going into that seems not >necessary for the purpose of my question and might distract). Every sense - citizens, physical presence, eco ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Dec 31 11:48:19 PST 2001

32783 Davidson -- rank: 1000

[catching up on things after a few days away - this bounced bec of HTML code - please please please forward only plain text!] Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 08:09:54 -0300 From: Juan Jose Barrios Michael Pollak wrote: > On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Juan Jose Barrios wrote: > > > If you have not done it already, I suggest (sorry Doug!! :-))) to read > > what Paul Davidson has to say on Global Financial Architecture... > > Is there any particular work you'd recommend? > > Michae ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Dec 31 11:28:56 PST 2001

32784 Posts with no 'from' field -- rank: 1000

Hakki Alacakaptan wrote: >The 'from' fields on posts from Charles Januzzi and Bryan Atkinsky don't >show in the Outlook list view and the message headers are all visible in the >message window, where they shouldn't be. I can't figure out what's wrong and >if it's just me or the listserv. Doesn't happen to me. But I use Eudora. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Dec 29 09:03:46 PST 2001

32785 Archives? -- rank: 1000

Marco Anglesio wrote: >Software developers have a limited lifespan How limited? Do you get too old to learn new languages or algorithms? Do employers just want younger programmers because they can work longer hours for lower pay? I'd love to hear more about this. Doug

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Date:	Sat Dec 29 08:40:34 PST 2001

32786 Afghan women Jirga: US out -- rank: 1000

<http://www.dawn.com/2001/12/27/nat10.htm> 'Afghan women Jirga calls for US forces' pullout' 'Dawn' (Pakistan) Bureau Report PESHAWAR, Dec 26: The Afghan Women Jirga, a unique event in the 200 years' history of Afghanistan, has urged the newly-installed political managers in their country to make the equal representation for women as part of the future constitution of the country. The first-ever women Jirga was organised by the Afghan refugee women with the cooperation extended by the Inte ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 28 16:33:22 PST 2001

32787 Ah. Another malignant fuck... -- rank: 1000

Joe R. Golowka wrote: >No, that's just propaganda for the masses. The war in Afghanistan was >fought for an oil pipeline You're being ironic, right? Doug

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Date:	Fri Dec 28 16:15:35 PST 2001

32788 Robert Fisk -- rank: 1000

Ian Murray quoting Robert Fisk: >We could forget that US air strikes, according to >statistics compiled by a Chicago University professor, have now killed >more innocent Afghans... This is mildly disturbing. I've always trusted Fisk to get his reporting straight, but it's a Univ of New Hampshire professor, and there's no such thing as Chicago University. I hope he doesn't do this sort of thing often. Doug

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Date:	Fri Dec 28 16:15:35 PST 2001

32789 WEF @ NYC -- rank: 1000

STOP THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM! REBUILD NEW YORK, REBUILD THE WORLD FOR PEOPLE NOT PROFIT! Protest the World Economic Forum in NYC, January 31-February 4, 2002 The World Economic Forum is an annual gathering of the world's richest and most powerful CEO's and politicians. This year it is meeting in New York City. In its mission statement, the WEF claims that it is committed to "improving the state of the world" In reality, they have come to make their plans to increase mass layoffs, to s ...

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Date:	Fri Dec 28 15:31:04 PST 2001

32790 Respects to Joey Ramone, but -- rank: 1000

ravi wrote: >i dare not speculate on what is the most meaningful addition >to the arts, but regarding the first part of your message: >what does it mean to say "america" gave the world jazz? did >not the black people give jazz to the world (excluding all >the cuban, african and south american influences)? to what >extent is it meaningful to appropriate the contribution of a >minority oppressed group (black americans) as that of >"america"? I find jazz ...

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Date:	Fri Dec 28 15:31:04 PST 2001