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35566 Request for WSJ article -- rank: 1000

Marta Russell wrote: >Does anyone sub to the WSJ? It is the only newspaper I have found >which does not let you access it online if you don't subscribe. If >so, could you post to LBO the article today by Rbt. Greenberger on >the Supreme Court and states rights. Muchas Gracias Wall Street Journal - January 12, 2000 Court Says States Are Shielded From Age-Bias Federal Lawsuits By ROBERT S. GREENBERGER Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WASHINGTON -- With protesters outside chant ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 12 14:58:44 PST 2000

35567 MSFT breakup in works? -- rank: 1000

TheStandard.com - January 12, 2000 Microsoft calls proposal to divide it "extreme and radical." By Elizabeth Wasserman Is a Microsoft breakup in the works? A consensus appears to be emerging among government prosecutors in settlement talks with Microsoft that they propose the company be broken up, as opposed to proposing behavioral modifications, a state source confirmed today. The confirmation comes on the heels of a USA Today report Wednesday that government attorneys want to split M ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 12 14:43:13 PST 2000

35568 OECD: new rules for MNCs? -- rank: 1000

Seth Ackerman wrote: >This sounds fishy. It would not be surprising to discover that the >Organization has slipped some MAI-like protections into the draft and then >publicized it as an anti-MNC document to divert the attention of the NGO's. Does, doesn't it? That's pretty clear from the last 2 grafs: >Officials say the generally tough tone of the draft reflects concern >among member governments about growing public hostility to >multinationals, reflected in demonstrations at t ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 12 14:11:06 PST 2000

35569 OECD: new rules for MNCs? -- rank: 1000

Financial Times - January 12, 2000 OECD: Tough rules for multinationals By Kevin Brown in London Multinational companies face tough new restrictions on their international activities under a draft code of conduct drawn up by the 29-nation Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and other countries. In the most far-reaching review of OECD guidelines on multinationals for a quarter of a century, officials are proposing new standards on corporate governance, workplace conditions, env ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 12 13:42:10 PST 2000

35570 Mumia: contra Cooper -- rank: 1000

[bounced bec of an attachment] Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 14:56:16 -0500 From: Michael Yates <mikey+ at pitt.edu> This letter seems to contradict some of what Marc Cooper said about the Free Mumia movement. Michael Yates ==== PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WIDELY, INCLUDING POSTING TO ANY LISTSERVS or NEWSGROUPS POSSIBLE. (If this has been FORWARDED multiple times, please see end of email.) There will be a massive civil disobedience (CD) to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and End the Death Penalty on Februa ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 12 12:43:57 PST 2000

35571 Moore talks tough, again -- rank: 1000

Russell Grinker wrote: > >On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Doug Henwood wrote: > >> Rakesh, do you think the Chinese working class should support or > >> oppose China's WTO entry? > > >While it is important to point out the xenophobic nature of the anti-China >campaign around the WTO and the dangers in this for worker independence in >the US, surely the question of entry is not really their/our business? It's >like workers in an enterprise getting themselves inv ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 12 09:51:11 PST 2000

35572 net gambling: the Next Big Thing -- rank: 1000

Business Wire - Wednesday January 12, 8:07 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Is Internet Gambling the Next Internet Explosion? Bear Stearns unveils a comprehensive report on what could be the next big investment opportunity on the Internet NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 2000--Fueled by the combination of two hot industries, Internet and Gaming, E-Gaming is on the verge of exploding, according to an extensive report developed by Bear Stearns senior managing director and gaming analyst, J ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 12 09:09:58 PST 2000

35573 Fwd: <nettime> Book of the Undead -- rank: 1000

[From nettime. This guy is something of an intellectual celebrity, for some thoroughly obscure reason, close to the Australian Labour Party. He's funnier than Buddy Hackett.] Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 10:46:16 +1100 (EST) From: McKenzie Wark <mwark at laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au> Book of the Undead McKenzie Wark Tuesday, 11th January, 2000 It was a peculiar ritual to perform to bring a personal end to the twentieth century. A journey through the snow to visit Egypt, at the Metropolitan Museum in Man ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jan 11 21:58:46 PST 2000

35574 vanishing voter project -- rank: 1000

The public opinion "community" is excited about something called the Vanishing Voter Project <http://www.vanishingvoter.org/>. The project's reasoning leaves a lot to be desired, but the level of disengagement is pretty stunning. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jan 11 11:10:17 PST 2000

35575 What *object* or *entity* does psychology study? -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >CB: So, maybe the Augustinian doctrine of original sin is true. >Humanity is just permanently and inherently doomed to live in >dystopia. There are degrees of sub-utopianism, and god and original sin have nothing to do with it. Human life is very complicated, and we have a long history of brutality and conflict that won't go away anytime soon. Tell me, how do we get from the actually existing world in 2000 to a world in which HistMat is no longer necessary? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jan 11 10:36:25 PST 2000

35576 Moore talks tough, again -- rank: 1000

Rakesh Bhandari wrote: >Hoffa is talking tough too. From today's NYT (White House Steps Up >Efforts for China Trade Deal): > >"Labor groups, meanwhile, have vowed to see the China trade deal defeated, >with many expressing optimism that the momentum generated in Seattle will >will propel opposition to the China accord. Unions say that Congress >cannot treat China like any other big trading partner because it treats >workers badly and regularly violates trade agreemen ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jan 11 10:27:23 PST 2000

35577 Fwd: Jesse Jackson & The Stock Market Game -- rank: 1000

[A publicist writes... Identifying materials stripped.] Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 12:54:29 -0500 To: <dhenwood at panix.com> Subject: Jesse Jackson & The Stock Market Game MIME-Version: 1.0 Jesse Jackson and Rainbow/PUSH will be announcing a new pilot program to take place in New York that will employ The Stock Market Game, an educational stock market simulation game used in schools, grades 4-12. This announcement will be made at the Wall Street Project Conference being held this week (pl ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jan 11 10:29:29 PST 2000

35578 What *object* or *entity* does psychology study? -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >CB: Well, that is the idea of what will happen with the abolition of >capitalism. It is to be not just the abolition of capitalism , but >of any type of exploiting classes. What do you see as dissappearing >with the abolition of capitalism ? I guess I have a hard time imagining some clean break between capitalism and post-capitalism, in which all issues of power and exploitation disappear and humanity becomes one big happy family. I'm all for pushing for less ex ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jan 11 10:24:44 PST 2000

35579 AP on China's WTO debate -- rank: 1000

Associated Press - January 11 3:26 AM ET China Bracing for Membership in WTO By ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press Writer BEIJING (AP) - Close to finally achieving its goal of joining the World Trade Organization, China is engaged in a vigorous debate here over how to cope with the competition and conditions the trade rules-making body will bring. Top trade officials say they plan an overhaul of foreign trade and investment rules to bring China's hodgepodge laws in line with WTO requirements. At ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jan 11 10:18:30 PST 2000

35580 Moore talks tough, again -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick quoted Stratfor: >China and India Declare War on the WTO A battle China is waging by applying for membership? I think these guys are a little excitable. Stratfor proprietor George Friedman and their press person, Meredith Friedman, co-wrote a book about 10 years ago called The Coming War With Japan. I asked Meredith Friedman the other day if they still stand behind that rather dramatic thesis, and she said yes. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jan 11 10:08:50 PST 2000