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41521 Fewer But Better List Members -- rank: 1000

Max Sawicky wrote: >LP is on another of his purification crusades, >with support from CC and cheerleading from MP >and others (in the form of unprovoked, >contemptuous responses to JW). Enough of this, all around. Doug

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Date:	Mon Aug 24 13:45:32 PDT 1998

41522 NEGATIVLAND STOPPED DEAD -- rank: 1000

[intellectual property...] Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 00:36:17 -0700 (PDT) To: SWSNeg <dhenwood at panix.com> From: "rtmark.ANNSERV" <announce at rtmark.com> Subject: NEGATIVLAND STOPPED DEAD To unsubscribe, write mailto:remove at rtmark.com?subject=dhenwood at panix.com, or reply with subject "remove". FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEGATIVLAND STOPPED DEAD (see also http://www.negativland.com/riaa/index.html) Contacts: mailto:mark at negativland.com (Mark Hosler, Negativland ...

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Date:	Mon Aug 24 13:23:59 PDT 1998

41523 media -- rank: 1000

>I'm trying to organize an ongoing reading group on the politics of media in >the United States and elsewhere. If you are interested, please go to my >website for more details. > >http://www.ncal.verio.com/~lasarm/media > >Thanks! > >Matthew Lasar > > > > >*.* > >"The absent are always wrong." > --French proverb > >Matthew Lasar >171 Andover Street >San Francisco, CA 94110 >415-641-1152 >415-826-6964 (fax) >lasarm ...

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Date:	Mon Aug 24 13:06:42 PDT 1998

41524 la revolution -- rank: 1000

Mark Jones wrote: >I think there's an argument for tolerating trolls like Sawicky and >Withnail, on the sand-in-oyster principle. Still many posts to go, but I hope this stopped. Philly James says some dumb shit, but I'm not going to kick him. And Max is not a troll. Doug

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Date:	Mon Aug 24 13:00:56 PDT 1998

41525 la revolution -- rank: 1000

james withrow wrote: >The community of Philadelphia has done a very good job of looking >out for the nourishment of its poor. So why are their morbidity and mortality figures so much worse? There's a differnece between caloric volume and nutrition, you know. Doug

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Date:	Mon Aug 24 11:54:30 PDT 1998

41526 la revolution -- rank: 1000

Louis Proyect wrote: >James Withrow: >> Well, I live three blocks from where a ghetto begins and if people >>are going hungry, they're hiding it rather well. > >Oh great, an ignorant racist and reactionary on LBO-Talk. Doug takes a >weekend off and we have to put up with this kind of Rush Limbaugh trash. I >don't know why he doesn't come out and say what he really must believe: >that ghetto residents are a bunch of fat n----ers. Hmm, I missed that first time aro ...

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Date:	Mon Aug 24 11:47:48 PDT 1998

41527 la revolution -- rank: 1000

Mark Jones wrote: >My agent just told me that 4/5 of US citizens don't have a passport and >never go abroad. You wouldn't be one of that unhappy majority, by any >chance? Speaking of which, I once heard that Ronald Reagan had never been abroad before he became president. Anyone know if this is true? Doug

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Date:	Mon Aug 24 11:18:30 PDT 1998

41528 la revolution -- rank: 1000

Brad De Long wrote: >Well, speaking as an elite technocrat... > >How many meetings would I (or the average worker) have to go to? If >"controlling the conditions of [your] labor" means that you have to give up >any pretense at having a life because of the extra meetings you have to go >to, it would seem to be a mixed blessing at best... > >Can't I just wish for a high-pressure economy in which unemployment is low, >businesses are eager to train, educate, and ...

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Date:	Mon Aug 24 11:03:32 PDT 1998

41529 absence -- rank: 1000

Well, comrades, I'm off to Commie Camp - I mean the Union for Radical Political Economics annual summer conference. Back late Monday/early Tuesday. Don't solve the transformation problem without me! Doug

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Date:	Sat Aug 22 10:36:14 PDT 1998

41530 la revolution -- rank: 1000

Brad De Long wrote: >Which is different from "fight for social democracy" how, exactly? Well for one, the workers should control the conditions of their labor, not a bunch of elite technocrats. Doug

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Date:	Sat Aug 22 07:51:29 PDT 1998

41531 turning point? -- rank: 1000

Dennis R Redmond wrote: >They did? Whoa -- the East Asian currency unit may yet be born in front of >our very eyes. Anyone have more detailed info on these interventions? I >heard that HK spanked speculators via stock repurchases, and I'm sure >Singapore is backing Malaysia to the hilt, but what's the deal with >Taiwan? This week's Economist has an article on this <http://www.economist.com/editorial/justforyou/current/fn7430.html> Doug Taiwan's currency QUIET TIME THIS summe ...

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Date:	Sat Aug 22 07:50:17 PDT 1998

41532 turning point? -- rank: 1000

[Richard Medley's column in TheStreet.com] Richard Medley: Tipping Point for Capitalism By Richard Medley Special to TheStreet.com Last week we wrote that if you liked chaos and collapse, you would love a Russian devaluation. This week, we've got both. Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, the Czech Republic -- all hitting new lows on the back of Russia's collapse. I call my office to ask what's up and they say, "Oh nothing ... you know, Russia's down 5% or so [Friday]." I shrug and hang up. W ...

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Date:	Fri Aug 21 19:12:18 PDT 1998

41533 USWA's $40m -- rank: 1000

$40 million ain't peanuts, is it? From the Trade Union Advisor, published by the Labor Research Association: Union Trends Steelworkers adopt $40 million organizing program. The Steelworkers adopted an expanded organizing program and dedicated a one-cent per hour dues payment for a new $40 million organizing fund starting next year. An additional penny per hour will go into the fund starting Jan. 1, 2000. Despite the need to change labor law that makes it easy for employers to thwart organizing d ...

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Date:	Fri Aug 21 18:42:25 PDT 1998

41534 The Political Economy of the Beeper -- rank: 1000

Has the cheapening of the cell phone reduced the need for beepers? Kids in NYC seem to carry their Nokias as status symbols. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 21 18:18:05 PDT 1998

41535 Euros -- rank: 1000

Seth Ackerman wrote: >Is it 60% of EU trade that's intra-EU or is it 90%? I've heard 90%. It's about 90%. A unified Europe will have approximately the same external trade share as the U.S. and Japan. Doug

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Date:	Fri Aug 21 18:16:43 PDT 1998