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37486 Class Consciousness and Corporate Law (RE: Union Card Checks: Conservative Analysis of Tactic -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >In a sense, and contrary to intuition, you can see how starkly class >conscious American economic law is. Why is this contrary to intuition? The U.S. ruling class is extremely well-organized and class conscious, not only on a national scale, but internationally. Is there any other ruling class that's as well-organized, class conscious, and so largely unchallenged? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 24 08:08:40 PST 1999

37487 Gaddis reference -- rank: 1000

Interesting - there seems to be quite a nest of Gaddis fans here, me among them. Not something you run across in the real world everyday. Wonder why. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 24 07:57:06 PST 1999

37488 Labor Party, NYC chapter -- rank: 1000

Max Sawicky wrote: >Well give us the juicey details. Some group of largely unknowns have risen to challenge the existing leadership of the NYC chapter, which is now led by a fine fellow named Sean Sweeney. They've been signing up people like crazy in advance of their run - whole extended families in Brooklyn from a single address, etc. One of the challengers is a supporter of the evil (Malthusian, anti-immigrant) Carrying Capacity Network <http://www.carryingcapacity.org/>. Most don't s ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 24 07:54:54 PST 1999

37489 WTO failure worries; Wolf cheerleads -- rank: 1000

[You have to wonder if they're playing a game of lowering expectations for the talks, and raising expectations for the demos - both falsely.] Financial Times - November 24, 1999 World leaders side-step call to join WTO talks By our international and UK staff The US last night dropped last-minute efforts to persuade world leaders to join President Bill Clinton at next week's World Trade Organisation meeting in Seattle. The failure of the US initiative came as WTO envoys finally abandoned attempts ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 24 06:48:00 PST 1999

37490 Malaysian growth 8% -- rank: 1000

Financial Times - web update - November 24, 1999 Malaysia's GDP up 8.1% Malaysia's gross domestic product grew 8.1 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 1999, up 2.1 per cent on the previous quarter. The central bank said that the country's 1999 GDP growth could be higher than previous predictions of 4.6 per cent. "Economic activity has exceeded pre-crisis levels," the bank said.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 24 06:43:04 PST 1999

37491 Labor Party, NYC chapter -- rank: 1000

Anyone who's thought of joining the Labor Party in the NYC area, there's an urgently fought election going on in the local chapter, and a prompt signup and vote would be very helpful. Contact me offlist for details. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 24 06:34:38 PST 1999

37492 Butler on Spivak (was SZ) -- rank: 1000

Brad De Long wrote: >>"Hail the Red Army!" > > >If the alternative is the Taliban, it sounds pretty sane to me... This is one of the more extraordinary agreements across the political spectrum I've seen in weeks, maybe months. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 23 23:18:30 PST 1999

37493 ignore this, it's about women and sexism and worth reading -- rank: 1000

kelley wrote: >as i indicated elsewhere, these images have real effects [epidemics of >bulemia and anorexia among women which are now hitting men, first mostly >among young gay men, but now also among het men] She's too modest to self-promote, so I'll point to it myself: listmember Liza Featherstone had a piece in the Columbia Journalism Review on how men's mags are increasingly resembling women's mags: <http://www.cjr.org/year/98/3/boys.asp>. > in turn there has been >som ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 23 18:23:57 PST 1999

37494 It didn't start with the Sparts...and it won't end there either, if these comrades keep it up... -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: > Ay, carumba! All the Trotskyist parties in the world. I want some >of the drugs these folks are on, well on second thought.. >http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/4192/trotskyi.html My god. What is it about Trots? Put three of them together in a room and in 5 minutes you'll have two new parties and a tendency. Is there some conjunction between the doctrine and a particular psychopathology? Can someone explain this? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 23 17:28:44 PST 1999

37495 Fwd: Re: change of address -- rank: 1000

A friend writes from Seattle... >But downtown Seattle might be losing some rivets >pretty soon. Things are stirring up already these >pre-WTO conference days, with a molotov cocktail >hurled into a Gap a few days ago. I'm sitting here >reading over the memo the property management of the >building I work in has given everyone, which includes >a Bomb Checklist to keep by the phone in case of bomb >scare. We're advised to "anticipate seeing snipers on >roof tops ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 23 17:06:37 PST 1999

37496 Butler on Spivak (was SZ) -- rank: 1000

Frances Bolton (PHI) wrote: >On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Doug Henwood wrote: > > > He's got a little grouplet and a paper, The Internationalist > > <http://www.internationalist.org/>, which aim to "Reforge the Fourth > > International!" I had coffee with Norden just after the split - he's > > an impressive guy, very smart & knowledgeable about lots of stuff. > > Too bad he's lost in the sectarian world. > > >Isn't a grouplet necessa ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 23 16:06:34 PST 1999

37497 ignore this, it's about women and sexism and worth reading -- rank: 1000

[bounced for mysterious reasons] Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 18:54:30 -0500 From: "Eric Beck" <rayrena at mail.accesshub.net> Kelley snitted: >and this one from brett to Katha: "I'm not sure what you mean by the >"structure of sex and gender." But I'm sure you will educate me." ... >now, why on earth should anyone have to explain any of this to any of you? If Brett is feeling the same as me, and I suspect he is, his problem with Katha's argument is that ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 23 16:07:20 PST 1999

37498 Fwd: Fw: Seattle '99, marriage party of the Left and the Ri ght? -- rank: 1000

[Thanks to Angela, the latest from the Dutch group De Fabel van de illegaal.] Seattle '99, marriage party of the Left and the Right? At the end of november the members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will discuss their new Millennium Round in Seattle. The North American town will see a whole series of demonstrations, actions and discussion meetings. By now a very diverse mixture of activists, lobbyists and politicians are gathering under the vague banner of the anti-globalisation movement. ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 23 15:53:14 PST 1999

37499 black nationalism reflux -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >We saw this approach to nationalism in the Balkans fandango. The >list-member formerly known as Louis, henceforth designated as <<O>>, >supports nationalism when it facilitates his particular notion of world >revolution. In other words, when it suits him. You can have >self-determination, as long as your "self" fits my determination. In other >words, an anti-nationalist defense of nationalism, not to say a racist >anti-racism. ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 23 09:54:35 PST 1999

37500 Butler on Spivak (was SZ) -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >What is Norden doing now? Does anyone know? He's got a little grouplet and a paper, The Internationalist <http://www.internationalist.org/>, which aim to "Reforge the Fourth International!" I had coffee with Norden just after the split - he's an impressive guy, very smart & knowledgeable about lots of stuff. Too bad he's lost in the sectarian world. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 23 10:08:37 PST 1999