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33061 mission marketing: from ice cream to threads -- rank: 1000

San Jose Mercury News - August 17, 2001 Ice cream mogul plans anti-sweatshop crusade Published Friday, Aug. 17, 2001, in the San Jose Mercury News BY DION NISSENBAUM Mercury News Sacramento Bureau His first venture was socially responsible -- and wildly successful -- ice cream. Now he's poised to bring the world socially conscious sweatshirts. Inspired by the anti-sweatshop movement, the progressive co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Homemade ice cream is laying the foundations in Los Angeles for t ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Aug 18 07:35:10 PDT 2001

33062 NYC Labor and Guiliani -- rank: 1000

LeoCasey at aol.com wrote: >When I read the type of criticisms Doug made of the approach of NYC unions to >Guiliani, I am troubled not only by the failure to distinguish among the >various unions, but also by the view that nothing less than a union charge of >the light brigade is a defensible way of dealing with a Guiliani. The overwhelming majority of NYC unions - or unions representing the overwhelming majority of unionized workers - were either supportive, complicit, or silent. Wh ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Aug 18 07:30:29 PDT 2001

33063 Alterman puts up $25k so Ralph & Al don't run again -- rank: 1000

Peter K. wrote: >Luke and Doug, what are you sources? The man himself. I asked him on the radio whether he was still a leftist and a socialist. He said no - that while he has principles (conceding that some of his enemies might disagree), he has no affiliations. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Aug 18 07:08:51 PDT 2001

33064 WB on its critics -- rank: 1000

Peter K. wrote: > >Ian Murray wrote: >> >>>Globalization is a theory? >> >>No, it's a propaganda word. Or an empty signifier. >> >>Doug > >What's a leftist to do when the word arises? Point out >it's a propaganda word, or at most an empty signifier? >I believe the word is gaining wider usage. It is; I've even got the nexis stats to prove it (though usage in the first half of 2001 was off a bit from 2000H1, after a sharp five-year rise). I ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Aug 18 07:01:53 PDT 2001

33065 Fwd: <nettime> Europeans, Don't Be American: Part II -- rank: 1000

[via nettime] Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:10:00 -0500 Subject: <nettime> Europeans, Don't Be American: Part II From: Bruce Sterling <bruces at well.com> Censorship in action: why I don't publish my HDCP results Niels Ferguson August 15, 2001 Summary I have written a paper detailing security weaknesses in the HDCP content protection system. I have decided to censor myself and not publish this paper for fear of prosecution and/or liability under the US DMCA law. Introduction My name is ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 17 14:58:59 PDT 2001

33066 James Heartfield on eco-optimism -- rank: 1000

Gar Lipow wrote: >Some days ago James Heartfield made some points on environmentalism in >reply to a post of mine: James is offline until Tuesday. I fowarded this to him, but don't expect a prompt reply. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 17 12:50:27 PDT 2001

33067 Larry "Fathead" Summers sued -- rank: 1000

From: GATAComm at aol.com Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 17:51:21 -0000 Subject: [GATA] Larry Summers can run but he can't hide from GATA Lawsuits Continue To Pursue Summers After Leaving D.C. By David H. Gellis Crimson Staff Writer The Harvard Crimson www.TheCrimson.com Cambridge, Mass. Currency bearing University President Lawrence H. Summers' signature isn't the only lingering reminder of his time as Treasury secretary. This week a U.S. District Court judge in Boston scheduled an October 9 hearing on ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 17 11:14:49 PDT 2001

33068 book excerpt -- rank: 1000

[from Tracy Quan, Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl (A Nancy Chan Novel), Crown, August 2001, pp. 109-111] MONDAY, 3/13/00 Today I felt a trifle guilty, listening to Allison's taped radio show with jasmine-who couldn't stop chuckling at "the blondness of it all." Allie was waxing enthusiastic about the joy of Hooking in that smooth yet breathless voice that has inspired so many other kinds of calls. "This," Allie was saying, "is an empowering career. I see this as goddess w ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 17 10:23:51 PDT 2001

33069 A long way to go still....... -- rank: 1000

Brad DeLong wrote: >The hope was that opening up international capital markets would >make it easier for poor countries to finance industrialization. But >as we sit here and look at the United States's $250 billion plus >annual trade deficit, it seems that something has gone very wrong. >In the aggregate, capital is not flowing from rich countries to poor >countries, but from everywhere else to the United States. Or it was until recently, if the dollar downdraft is anything mea ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 17 09:59:01 PDT 2001

33070 Fwd: Books on Vietnam -- rank: 1000

[sent to me rather than list] >From: "paul childs" <npchilds at connect.ab.ca> >Sender: npchilds at connect.ab.ca >Reply-To: npchilds at connect.ab.ca >To: owner-lbo-talk-digest at lists.panix.com >X-CC-Sender: npchilds at connect.ab.ca >Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 10:27:01 -0600 >Subject: Books on Vietnam >X-User-Info: 192.197.232.16 >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Been a couple of years since I read them but they stand out in memory; > >'Fire in the Lake ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 17 09:57:15 PDT 2001

33071 A long way to go still....... -- rank: 1000

Lawrence wrote: >Doug, you once pointed out that, in America, the poor could not contribute >much to national savings. They only control about 3% of the economy, you >said, so even if they saved 20% of their income, which would be impossible >anyway, it would only amount to maybe .6% of the national income. I'm >wondering if what holds true here is true for entire nations that are poor. >Do poor nations like Mali and Bangladesh need outside investment simply >because they do ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 17 09:56:10 PDT 2001

33072 WB on its critics -- rank: 1000

Ian Murray wrote: >Globalization is a theory? No, it's a propaganda word. Or an empty signifier. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 17 09:48:24 PDT 2001

33073 Fwd: Malls aren't us -- rank: 1000

Le Monde diplomatique ----------------------------------------------------- August 2001 AMERICAN BURBS Malls aren't us _________________________________________________________________ US-style shopping malls are taking over the world. Marketing maestros mean to win consumers by selling them packaged authenticity and commodified distinction. But Americans are tiring of the suburban way of life and the assault of concrete, car and hard sell. by our special correspondent TOM FRANK * ______________ ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 17 08:05:43 PDT 2001

33074 WB on its critics -- rank: 1000

[from the World Bank's daily clipping service] UNIONS STEP UP SUPPORT TO GLOBALIZATION ACTIVISTS. US labor unions have broadened their support for anti-globalization protesters in advance of next month's annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank by financing training workshops for activists and transport to the protests, reports the Financial Times (p.6). The AFL-CIO gave a late endorsement to the demonstrations around the World Bank and IMF meetings in April last year. But this year the unions ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 17 08:00:00 PDT 2001

33075 Alterman puts up $25k so Ralph & Al don't run again -- rank: 1000

Peter K. wrote: >So >Hitchens is a Socialist? He says not. Doug

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Date:	Fri Aug 17 07:15:48 PDT 2001