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541 Marxism and Bodies -- rank: 1000

>At 11:21 PM -0800 1/11/03, Thomas Seay wrote: >>However, so-called "real socialism" replicated the fordist factory >>system and implemented taylorism in a race with capitalism. As a >>result, it ended up being as bad, if not worse, than the capitalist >>system it was competing against. > >All industrializing societies then adopted what is often called the >"Fordist" factory system. However, did the "Fordist" factory system > ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sun Jan 12 11:27:14 PST 2003

542 Marxism and Bodies -- rank: 1000

I would like to hear what people say too. One of my concerns is that the body is only conceived in terms of work. The worker is the central place of body. It is a work-based model of social membership. For people who may not be able to work this poses a problem because they are marginalized by a world in which productive capacity equates with worth. Andre Gorz writes " the demand to 'work less' does not mean or imply the right to 'rest more.'" Paul Abberley points out that is precise ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sat Jan 11 21:50:28 PST 2003

543 5 forefathers of imperialism -- rank: 1000

http://www.calendarlive.com/books/bookreview/cl-bk-mead5jan05.story BOOK REVIEW The forefathers of imperialism First Great Triumph, How Five Americans Made Their Country a World Power. Warren Zimmermann, Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 562 pp., $30. By Walter Russell Mead January 5 2003 Warren Zimmermann's "First Great Triumph," an account of the imperialist era in American foreign policy at the turn of the 20th century, is one of the most readable and important books on American foreign ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sun Jan 5 17:49:05 PST 2003

544 privatizing Medicare -- rank: 1000

AARP has gotten into the business of selling insurance so they may LIKE the idea of privatization. They are one string of advertisements for corporate America after another. The effort to establish "competitive bidding" for Medicare durable medical goods has resulted in a diminuation of competition and an increase in mergers and acquisitions in the Polk County demonstration project where it was tested. Something like 27 orginal winning bidders have been reduced to 4. Still lawmakers li ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sat Jan 4 10:07:05 PST 2003

545 NATHAN: Jeffrey Sutton -- rank: 1000

Nathan this one is for you. I really dislike these type of kissypoo letters to "honorables" but Marca does lay it out well. It looks like the nomination of Jeffrey Sutton goes before the Judiciary committee on January 14. Oppose Sutton, will you get it out. Thanks. Marta The Honorable Orrin Hatch United States Senator 104 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Hatch: As the President and Chief Executive Officer of one of the nation's largest Centers for Indep ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Jan 3 14:11:51 PST 2003

546 privatizing Medicare -- rank: 1000

gang, looks like they are going to get Medicare first. Privatizing Medicare is much more likely with the Libermans running the Democrat party. marta http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-na-health28dec28004426.story It's the Republicans' Turn to Find a Health-Care Cure Unlike Clinton, who proposed universal coverage, the GOP has a free-market vision. By Ronald Brownstein Times Staff Writer December 28 2002 WASHINGTON -- Eight years after Bill Clinton's attempt to restructure the health-ca ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Jan 3 13:52:04 PST 2003

547 So CA ADA correction -- rank: 1000

apologies, the So CA ADA is honoring Connie Rice, not Condoleeza Rice. The invitation says Connie. It was my assumption that it was her majesty in the White House. Marta --

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Feb 28 17:59:14 PST 2003

548 FAIR: Star Witness on Iraq Said Weapons Were Destroyed -- rank: 1000

> > >By the only country that's ever used atomic weapons. > >Doug > >You forget Doug. as Condi says, we're "special," so no one should >worry if we have multimegatons of WMD (and use then now and then), >repeatedly invade other countries and overthrow their govts, >preemptively attack and the like. We wouldn;t do it if it weren't >the right thing and best for everyone. How often do I have to >explain this? > >jks > The Southern California ch ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Feb 28 09:36:04 PST 2003

549 Donahue inconvenient in wartime? -- rank: 1000

I think the question we should ask is why Donohue and not Matthews? Maybe it is because Matthews helps the right more than any "liberal" I've ever seen. Marta >[dunno who this is...] > ><http://www.allyourtv.com/0203season/news/02252003donahue.html> > >Commentary: The Surrender Of MSNBC > by Rick Ellis, Wednesday, February 25th, 2003 > >While the official announcement wasn't a surprise to anyone working at the >network, MSNBC officially canceled the pri ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu Feb 27 10:03:02 PST 2003

550 Medicaid (and Medicare) Changes -- rank: 1000

>westrich at miser.umass.edu wrote: > >>The benefit the states get is increased "flexibility". But what does >>this "flexibility" mean? > >That's what it almost always means. With few exceptions, when >employers or politicians talk about "flexibility" they're looking >for a way to cut material benefits or security or both. > >Doug Gingrich called for "flexibility" when he tried to destroy Medicaid back in the mid 90s -- ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Feb 25 16:11:54 PST 2003

551 LA anti war vote -- rank: 1000

Los Angeles has just become the largest city in the country to go on record opposing the war opposing unilateral U.S. military agression against Iraq. -- Marta Russell Los Angeles, CA http://www.disweb.org

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Feb 21 20:42:40 PST 2003

552 antiwar groups vow to shut down Britain -- rank: 1000

This is whas we in the US should be doing. Not taking the streets but jamming up the congress and rattling the gates at the White House amongst other creative blocks of the war apparatus. We just had a small earthquake as I was writing this! Marta >Observer (London) - February 16, 2003 > >Anti-war groups vow to bring Britain to a halt >by Paul Harris > >snip > >Action to be organised across Britain will include strikes, blockade main >roads, attempts to enter governm ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Feb 17 13:34:17 PST 2003

553 Millions March Worldwide -- rank: 1000

__Millions March Worldwide To Denounce Bush's War Plans IndyMedia reports the following numbers of protesters: "London: 1.5 million; Rome: 1.5 million; Barcelona: 1 million; Madrid: 1 million; New York City 500,000; Berlin: 500,000; Melbourne: 200,000; Athens, Greece: 200,000; Dublin, Ireland: 100,000+; Begium: 100,000; Paris: 100,000; Sweden: 100,000; Jakarta: 100,000; Amsterdam: 80,000; Montevideo, Uruguay: 50,000; Thessaloniki, Greece: 40,000; Sao Paulo, Brazil: 30,000; Bern, Switzerland ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sat Feb 15 19:59:02 PST 2003

554 Los Angeles area demos -- rank: 1000

In addition to the 50,00 plus that gathered at Hollywood and Vine, there were smaller demos in Santa Monica, at Pacific Coast Highway and Topanga, and even behind the Orange Curtain (John Wayne territory) -- Irvine had one too. Probably there were more that I haven't heard about. Marta -- Marta Russell Los Angeles, CA http://www.disweb.org

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sat Feb 15 19:53:29 PST 2003

555 Seize the Day -- rank: 1000

> >It looked inspiring on CNN, snip, and >covered the demos worldwide, including one in LA led by the likes of Martin >Sheen, Rob Reiner, Angelica Huston, and Alfre Woodard. The resistance to >this Gulf War far outweighs what I was actively part of in '90-91. James Cromwell gave a great interview to KPFK. Most every celeb that was interviewed unabashedly used the word imperialism. I was awed by the veracity of Cromwell's answers. He said that the rulers are going to have to sto ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sat Feb 15 17:38:01 PST 2003