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1201 Another Rally this week -- rank: 1000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: May 13, 1999 Janine Bertram-Kemp:(202)342-9439 Jennifer Burnett: (717) 238-0172 Marsha Katz: (406) 829-9495 Four Thousand March with ADAPT to Supreme Court WASHINGTON,D.C.-- Solidarity prevailed yesterday as several thousand disability advocates joined with nearly 800 ADAPT activists on the U.S. Capitol grounds, rallying in support of the "integration mandate" of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Over 200 ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri May 14 15:21:29 PDT 1999

1202 Katha Pollitt -- rank: 1000

Michael Yates wrote: > Friends, > > Cheers to Katha Pollitt for resigning her editorial post at the Nation > (she will remain a columnist) in protest against the magazine publishing > a signed editorial by a rightwing entrepreneur by the name of Unz. Unz > wrote about public schools and while he is opposed to vouchers, he says > many ridiculous things about schools. Pollitt correctly points out that > the Nation has given this dog a liberal credibility utterly undeservin ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed May 12 22:25:14 PDT 1999

1203 Katz and Summers paper request -- rank: 1000

LBOers, This paper is not to be found at UCLA Management Library, or anywhere else it seems in this city. I can probably get it from Brookings but that will take time. Does anyone have a copy they could email to me?? Lawrence F. Katz and Lawrence H. Summers “Industry Rents: Evidence and Implications.” Brookings Papers on economic Activity: Microeconomics1989 - paper on economic rent. -- Marta

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri May 7 12:13:26 PDT 1999

1204 unemployment and low wages -- rank: 1000

Here comes the superfluous mouth again. Prevailing economic theory holds that low wages are correlated with low unemployment; and high wages with high unemployment. I am making the case that unemployment depresses wages. (David Blanchflower and Andrew Oswald, The Wage Curve). Is there any other evidence or economists who I can cite to support the Blanchflower side?????? Mike Yates, you may be interested to know that Richard Burkhauser, the economist who you know, says this is pure bunk. You m ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue May 4 10:34:15 PDT 1999

1205 O'conner -- rank: 1000

Doug Henwood wrote: > Michael would never insult anyone. I think he's incapable of it. > Yes, I think you are correct. I can only apologize for even thinking it possible. I've been very sick with a bad cold, been downing antihistamines and valerian root for several days. I think it has an effect on my mind. Not sleeping well has an effect. Even the quality of food has an effect, not only on the mind but on emotions too. Eating vegetables and lean chicken for instance gives me a boost, ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sun May 2 11:13:04 PDT 1999

1206 O'conner -- rank: 1000

michael at ecst.csuchico.edu wrote: > I was just responding to your question. The term meant that the economy > was burdened by too many people. > > That's a relief!! I certainly don't want to think that I am imposing on people. "Superfluous mouths" is a great phrase. Perhaps it could be used these days as a label to describe those pundits in the media who are too abundant as opposed to intellects like Chomsky, Henwood, and people on this list who rarely get called upon fo ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sun May 2 10:54:02 PDT 1999

1207 O'conner -- rank: 1000

michael at ecst.csuchico.edu wrote: > David Hume and Sir James Steuart wrote of superfluous mouths. > Are you insinuating that I am asking too many questions???????? If people annoy me, and many have with foul mouthed insults to one another on this list, I use the delete key. Marta

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sat May 1 18:35:35 PDT 1999

1208 O'conner -- rank: 1000

Doug, thanks for the Thatcher quote. another question if anyone knows offhand: Was it James O'conner or Jim O'conner who talked about the "surplus population," or those people irrelevant to the political/economic system? Was there a book I could read, and Was he an economist? Marta Russell

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sat May 1 15:00:17 PDT 1999

1209 George Soros & 'Human Rights' (was Re: Helsinki Group on Genocide) -- rank: 1000

Louis and Yoshie, Thanks for this on point research. Marta Russell Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > Chris sent us the following: > >Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo > > > > > > Report by > > the > > International > > Helsinki > > Federation > > for > > Human > > Rights > > and > > the > > Kosovo > > Helsinki > > Committee > > > >Vienna, 30 March 19 ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Mar 31 10:28:05 PST 1999

1210 letter to Pacifica -- rank: 1000

Hello all, Well I had to speak up about this. Not to mention that Amy Goodman referred to wheelchair users as "confined to a wheelchair" promoting stereotypical fears about disablement. To her credit, she later said she shouldn't have used the term. Why is it that these people are so uneducated and backwards on our issues? Marta Russell Letter to Pacifica Stations Amy Goodman on Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now announced the Kevorkian verdict, briefly discussed him and had a discussio ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Mar 29 10:47:14 PST 1999

1211 FDIC, email and Libertarians -- rank: 1000

A bit earlier I posted on this topic. This is the outcome. Marta Russell > Wednesday, March 24, 1999 10:18 PM > Flood of E-Mail Credited With Halting U.S. Bank Plan > > >New York Times > >March 24, 1999 > > > > > >Flood of E-Mail Credited With Halting U.S. Bank Plan > > >By REBECCA FAIRLEY RANEY > > Though e-mail has historically been viewed as ineffective in influencing > >government, Federal bank regulators withdrew a proposal on T ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu Mar 25 13:35:51 PST 1999

1212 Committee against Silence info -- rank: 1000

For those of you interested in the Kazan thing. Marta Russell A SYNOPSIS On Saturday, Feb. 13th, a small gathering of progressives along with several blacklisted screenwriters and actors formed a Committee Against Silence in Los Angeles to launch a protest against the Academy's March 21st Lifetime Achievement Award for Elia Kazan, the informer. We organized into 3 sub-committees: 1. An AD committee-- It's purpose was to take out a full page AD in both the Daily Variety and Hollywood Reporter to ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Mar 23 11:19:33 PST 1999

1213 Elia Kazan and ultra-purism -- rank: 1000

Chata Ortega wrote: > And after an introduction fit for a Savior, enter Colin Powell. > Where the hell did THAT come from? > Jack Valenti spends all of his time with Washington politicians and figureheads. He is the one who lobbies on behalf of the studios and producers interests in Hollywood, so natch, when Spielberg and Malick made war movies, here was the opportunity for Valenti to do something for Powell. Now Powell owes him one, no?? Marta

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Mar 22 21:30:54 PST 1999

1214 Elia Kazan and ultra-purism -- rank: 1000

Paul Henry Rosenberg wrote: > snip .... But I think it's possible that > we're not getting anything like an honest airing of the complex reasons > people may be doing things we find deeply objectionable. And that's the > real loss -- the loss of free, robust debate, without which everything > collapses into factionalism of the most insular sort. Haskell Wexler, who also has a proven record in making films that count, said that he originally supported the award for Kazan when Kar ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Mar 22 21:25:34 PST 1999

1215 Elia Kazan and ultra-purism -- rank: 1000

I just cannot understand Warren Beatty - who has had the respect of Hollywood lefties - supporting the Kazan award. He said that the Academy was only honoring the films of Kazan, not his life, so Beatty did not agree with the protesters, but that certainly rings hollow. Beatty knew that he never would have gotten Bulworth made if it had not been for some paybacks he was owed by Fox for making other films(??think it was Fox). Why doesn't he connect the INSTITUTION of the Academy with the eleme ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Mar 22 11:37:24 PST 1999