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40891 queerleft -- rank: 1000

FYI... >Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 04:15:38 -0400 (EDT) >From: Tom Patterson <ac119 at freenet.toronto.on.ca> >Subject: Queer left discussion list (fwd) >To: marxchat list <marxchat at leftist.net> >MIME-Version: 1.0 > > >(Please forward as appropriate. -tp) > >Dear friends and comrades > >I hope you are interested in a discussion list I am starting on queer >left, both broadly defined, politics and activism. > >The information file below desc ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 20 09:19:21 PDT 1998

40892 Michael Moore -- rank: 1000

I'm about to set off for a little meet & greet with Michael Moore, co-sponsored by Remy Martin and Fortune magazine. I understand that invitations were sent to all Fortune subscribers in New York. The invitation is so tasty I'll quote it at length: "Please join The House of Remy Martin and Geoffrey Colvin, editorial director Fortune Magazine for a spirited Spring Evening Special Guest Michael Moore Creator of the Documentary Roger and Me will discuss his newly released film The Big One ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 19 13:41:42 PDT 1998

40893 Michael Moore -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >One of the sources of the weaknesses of the working >class has been and still is precisely the fact that it's been divided and >stratified by race and gender. Maybe I've been reading too much decadent literature lately, but I have a problem with a formulation like this. Doesn't it assume some kind of originally "pure" working class, undivided and unstratified, that was somehow busted up by some combination of conspiracy and circumstance? But hasn't the ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 19 09:27:02 PDT 1998

40894 going public -- rank: 1000

One possible take on Rakesh's question about stock markets the other day (which I was too lazy to answer). Doug ---- "The Stock Market as a Screening Device and the Decision to Go Public" BY: TORE ELLINGSEN Stockholm School of Economics KRISTIAN RYDQVIST Norwegian School of Management SSRN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT DELIVERY: http://papers.ssrn.com/paper.taf?abstract_id=75358 Date: Undated Contact: Tore Ellingsen E-Mail: MAILTO:gte at hhs.se Postal: Stockholm School of Economics, Box ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 19 08:59:26 PDT 1998

40895 discretion -- rank: 1000

Just another gentle reminder from your MC: please observe the semi-formal 2-3 a day posting quota. I just sent an LBO to press that announces the existence of this list. Since my printer works at the speed of calligraphers - oh the compromises one must make for a union bug! - it probably won't hit mailboxes for 10 days. But expect some new participants here soon. Doug

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Date:	Tue May 19 08:53:29 PDT 1998

40896 Microsoft and Anti-Trust -- rank: 1000

John St. Clair wrote: >Since this list is ostensibly a "left business" list, I wonder about your >take on the Microsoft anti-trust issue. Doug, since the coverage in the >NYTimes has been horrible (tech journalists seem to be one-source wonders), >could you add any infogossip on the states' case? I'm especially interested >in the difference between the JD/AG's positions on (a) must-carry and (b) >bundling. NYT's coverage indicates that the states were trying to stop n ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 19 08:41:48 PDT 1998

40897 populism vs. Marxism (was RE: Frank Sinatra) -- rank: 1000

William S. Lear wrote: >So, HCM murdered 1.5-2 million people? I wasn't aware of this. Yeah, I most of the killing in that neighborhood was done by B-52s, with a little help from all the unacknowledged Calleys. Doug

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Date:	Mon May 18 14:05:09 PDT 1998

40898 Eurobond market -- rank: 1000

Dennis R Redmond wrote: >One question for the list: does anyone know of a ready source for the net >international investment positions of the world's major economies? In one of its few services to humanity, the IMF now publishes this in the monthly International Financial Statistics. Here's what I computed about six weeks ago for the paperback edition of Wall Street (due next month!): NET FOREIGN ASSETS 1981 1985 1990 1993 1996 % of GDP U.S. +12.3% +3.4% ...

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Date:	Mon May 18 13:53:40 PDT 1998

40899 Eurobond market -- rank: 1000

Chris Burford wrote: >So although there will be an issue of whether the Italian government will >weaken the euro, and whether the other states will let it, what is the >point of having a major world currency if the other countries of the world >cannot have the pleasure of subsidising your economy by lending you money >free. Though Italy will issue debt in euro (or is it euros? someone clarify!) it can still be scrutinized as a credit and have to pay a premium over Germany, which c ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 18 13:44:36 PDT 1998

40900 "The Big One" -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: > They should >all be put up against the wall. > >Louis P.. > > >Charles - Where is Stalin when you need him ? Is it true that Stalin said "for some people, four walls are three too many"? Doug

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Date:	Mon May 18 13:38:49 PDT 1998

40901 taxi driver solidarity -- rank: 1000

Folks in & around NYC: From: Same Boat Coalition <sameboat at igc.apc.org> Subject: Taxi driver solidarity Dear Friends: We have received communications from the New York Taxi Drivers Alliance (formerly the Lease Drivers Coalition), a non-profit organization which says they "fights for the rights of taxi drivers whose daily earnings are swindled away by the TLC [Taxi and Limousine Commission], garage owners, brokers, and the NYPD [New York Police Department]." It is the grou ...

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Date:	Mon May 18 12:12:04 PDT 1998

40902 Economics of Taxi Medalions (Re: taxi! taxi! -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >But if the central issue for the cab drivers are the high fixed costs of >renting >their cabs every day, then it is reasonable for progressives to discuss longer >term solutions. Well of course - expropriate the expropriators! The problem with focusing so obsessively on the number of medallions is that it plays right into the deregulation agenda. Let free entry and free markets rule! You'd want some control over the supply to prevent deflationary competition. Do ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 18 12:10:53 PDT 1998

40903 On the status of the pen-l list -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >What the balance between LBO-TALK and >PEN-L should be I can't say, but more places to discuss these issues should >enhance opportunities over time, especially with a reasonable amount of >periodic >cross-posting to cross-fertilize ideas. Like I said when I started lbo-talk, given the list-owner's line of work (oh, the joys of ownership!) and the newsletter's beat, political economy would be somewhere between a strong and dominant presence, but I want it to i ...

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Date:	Mon May 18 12:00:37 PDT 1998

40904 Economics of Taxi Medalions (Re: taxi! taxi! -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >I am unconvinced that limiting the medallions helps workers in the long >run, but >can people provide other reasons why it supports the public interest to limit >the number of medallions? Nathan, the number of medallions isn't the central issue of the moment, it's the Mayor's plan to ratchet down drivers' incomes and to hold them up to public humiliation. I'm very impressed by the solidarity shown by the non-yellow cabbies - they understand what's at stake too. ...

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Date:	Mon May 18 11:21:11 PDT 1998

40905 the wisdom of spellcheckers -- rank: 1000

PageMaker's spellchecker doesn't recognize AFL-CIO as a compound; for the CIO portion, it helpfully suggests CIA as an alternative. Doug

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Date:	Mon May 18 07:47:45 PDT 1998