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3841 [lbo-talk] Getting Fired for Not Making Trouble (An Appeal to the U.S. Antiwar Movement) -- rank: 149

>>They can and do get fired for this. Even if every employee does >>this management can fire the workers who they believe are >>responsible for "inciting unrest" as an example to the rest of the >>employees. I've seen it first hand and have had it happen to >>friends. Conditions ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Thu May 19 10:11:36 PDT 2005

3842 [lbo-talk] Copyright and Scholarly Publications -- rank: 149

Jim Westrich westrich at nodimension.com, Tue May 17 08:47:56 PDT 2005: > > Jim wrote: >>>There are progressive arguments against public WiFi as well. Its >>>socialism for the high tech commuter/consumer. >> >>As things stand now, many public goods are like that, accessed very >>disproportionately by higher income residents. > >No ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Wed May 18 13:48:21 PDT 2005

3843 [lbo-talk] Shop-floor Struggles and Collective Bargaining (was An Appeal to the U.S. Antiwar Movement) -- rank: 149

knowknot at mindspring.com knowknot at mindspring.com, Tue May 17 15:20:00 PDT 2005: >On 5/17/05, Mike Ballard <swillsqueal at yahoo.com.au> said: <snip> >>I think "work to rule" can be used in a non-union workplace by >>people who have the self-conscious desire to ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Wed May 18 09:03:38 PDT 2005

3844 [lbo-talk] Gucci's Fading Beauty -- rank: 149

>Doug wrote: > >Gucci makes beautiful shoes...What's the point in denying that? > >Beautiful visually...but there is a certain stink to them. What do >I mean by that? Simply this--if you or I were to make shoes of >identical visual beauty and sell them at a price reflecting ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Wed May 18 07:52:11 PDT 2005

3845 [lbo-talk] Work-to-Rule for All Workers -- rank: 149

Steven Gotzler Steve at Gotzler.org wrote: >Yes, although there are a large number of rules and regulations that >an employer must follow, there is very little hope that any of them >will be enforced against an employer. I don't mean that workers should demand the government enforce rules and ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Tue May 17 12:11:48 PDT 2005

3846 [lbo-talk] Copyright and Scholarly Publications -- rank: 149

Leigh Meyers leighcmeyers at gmail.com, Sun May 15 17:08:14 PDT 2005: >Smaller towns libraries like Santa Cruz can't afford the cost of an >EBSCO subscription, but taking 1 unit at most any community college >will get you access, and often a connect via the internet to their ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Tue May 17 07:59:03 PDT 2005

3847 [lbo-talk] Work-to-Rule for All Workers -- rank: 149

Yes, although there are a large number of rules and regulations that an employer must follow, there is very little hope that any of them will be enforced against an employer. That is one of those little things that tend to support the need to have someone at least a little ...

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Author:	Steven Gotzler
Date:	Tue May 17 06:57:38 PDT 2005

3848 [lbo-talk] Work-to-Rule for All Workers -- rank: 149

Nathan Newman nathanne at nathannewman.org, Tue May 17 04:59:25 PDT 2005, "Work to Rule only for Unions": >In private non-union workplaces, the rules would be changed. Not all of the rules can be changed by employers' whim alone, as some of them are federal and state laws ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Tue May 17 05:37:31 PDT 2005

3849 [lbo-talk] Copyright and Scholarly Publications -- rank: 149

... montages.blogspot.com/> * Monthly Review: <http://monthlyreview.org/> * Greens for Nader: <http://greensfornader.net/> * Bring Them Home Now! <http://www.bringthemhomenow ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Sun May 15 10:38:36 PDT 2005

3850 [lbo-talk] An Appeal to the U.S. Antiwar Movement -- rank: 149

Marvin wrote: >You assert, though, that "existing unions will never be able to >raise the level of class struggle from below" I didn't assert any such thing. I said that "[e]xisting unions _alone_ will never be able to raise the level of class struggle from below" (emphasis added, <http ...

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Date:	Sun May 15 10:33:47 PDT 2005

3851 [lbo-talk] Copyright and Scholarly Publications -- rank: 149

Dennis Redmond wrote: >So one doesn't need libraries, or years of study, or a certain >amount of free time, or usable data, or complex social theories, or >a fair share of cultural and symbolic capital in order to understand >a multinational capitalist world-system of 6.4 billion people, 50 ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Sun May 15 08:22:56 PDT 2005

3852 [lbo-talk] Marx on competition -- rank: 149

... enjoys being ordered to "March! march!" Let's remember that Nader is a consumer advocate. Without capital and production, there would ...

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Author:	Keith Nybakke
Date:	Sat May 14 12:13:40 PDT 2005

3853 [lbo-talk] Marx on competition -- rank: 149

I think that Nader sees competition as making capital work harder for its profits ...

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Author:	Michael Perelman
Date:	Sat May 14 11:54:02 PDT 2005

3854 [lbo-talk] An Appeal to the U.S. Antiwar Movement -- rank: 149

Marvin wrote: >Fortunately, there is always a way to find out who is closer to the >truth - through practice. Chuck0, who prefers action to talk, should >appreciate this. That's why he and his comrades could easily test >out his proposition that one of the "small victories" (!) the >antiwar movement could ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Sat May 14 09:35:24 PDT 2005

3855 [lbo-talk] Jon Stewart's dog house -- rank: 149

... montages.blogspot.com/> * Monthly Review: <http://monthlyreview.org/> * Greens for Nader: <http://greensfornader.net/> * Bring Them Home Now! <http://www.bringthemhomenow ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Wed May 11 14:35:46 PDT 2005