From wlo@wlo.org Sun May 31 14:47:52 1998 From: "Women Leaders Online" To: wlo@wlo.org Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 16:07:21 +0000 Subject: Thanks in advance for your support! Reply-to: wlo@wlo.org Hi ... hope you are enjoying our work. As Deputy Director of Women Organizing for Change, I want to thank you for participating in our exciting network of feminist activists organizing online to oppose the anti-woman bias of the Radical Right. You are part of the first and largest on-line feminist network in the U.S. We are proud of the work we have done. Our frequent WOC action alerts have mobilized thousands of women and men on dozens of issues before Congress, including welfare reform, reproductive rights, affirmative action, domestic violence, education, the federal budget. Our web page (http://wlo.org) continues to evolve, winning numerous national awards. We are actively building our membership base and increasing our visibility. 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Box 11019 Washington, D.C. 20008 Voice/Fax (202) 364-3018 E-mail: wlo@wlo.org Web address: http://wlo.org ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* From brook@california.com Sun May 31 21:04:39 1998 Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 20:01:37 -0700 (PDT) To: PSN@csf.colorado.edu From: CyberBrook Subject: IWW alert rice@dpls.dacc.wisc.edu, DLEVINE@BPL.ORG IWW Applebee's Alert #1 Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) members organizing a union at Applebees Restaurant have been threatened that their wages will be reduced to minimum wage. The restaurant is located in New Orleans and workers there filed for a NLRB election last week. The IWW is asking union supporters to call the Franchise owner and Applebee's corporate Headquarters and request the union-busting intimidation tactics be stopped. Please circulate this message! The Franchise owner is: Tom Kellog 770-970-4524 (Atlanta GA USA) Applebee's Corporate HQ 1-800-340-7777 Finally, the best defense is a good offense, organize your local Applebee's IWW! E-mail: http://www.iww.org From goertzel@crab.rutgers.edu Mon Jun 1 06:16:37 1998 Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 08:17:31 -0400 From: Ted Goertzel To: "psn@csf.colorado.edu" Subject: Slate's Review of Rorty Book Slate Magazine has an interesting online review of Rorty's book Out of Left Field Richard Rorty's call for a new popular front. By Jacob Weisberg available at: http://www.slate.com/StrangeBedfellow/98-05-29/StrangeBedfellow.asp but only if you pay $15, I think it is, to subscribe to SLATE. For those who do not, here are some excerpts: Achieving Our Country tells members of what Rorty calls the "cultural left" to come down from their postmodernist ivory tower and think about how to make the country they live in a better place. Rorty says radical academicians should wipe that sophistical smirk off their faces, lose their mocking disdain for America, and view it more as their progressive ancestors did: as a great, problem-filled country that must be brought into closer alignment with its ideals. But I think that what really alarms the right about Rorty is not his moments of rhetorical excess but rather the buried fear that the left might one day wake up and take his advice. If the alienated theorists of academe transformed themselves into a Rortyan left--a unified, engaged, and patriotic left--conservative columnists could run dry of material in a matter of weeks. It wouldn't be good news for Republican politicians, either, if the left listened to Rorty and joined a common crusade for social betterment. His book argues not only that academic leftists, the heirs to the '60s New Left, need to become pro-American but also that they need to quit knocking heads with the heirs to the Old Left--the Cold War liberals--and vice versa. Rorty wants to draw a curtain over the distinction between liberals and leftists. We should all forget about our past conflicts, he says, and realize that we were always on the same side, more or less. In trying to persuade lefties of various stripes to quit fighting, Rorty borrows a strategy from pragmatist philosophy. He takes questions that he doesn't find useful to his cause--such as who was correct about Vietnam or about the Cold War--and rules them out of order. They aren't helpful to us in moving forward, so there is no point in discussing them. But the issues that have split the American left in this century were not the expression of narcissistic small differences. They represented fundamental splits--between supporters of constitutional democracy and its opponents, between friends and enemies of human rights, between people who believe in limited government and those who want an overweening state. Arthur Schlesinger and Angela Davis were not on the same side, even in the most general way. From SANTORO@vms.cis.pitt.edu Mon Jun 1 06:55:58 1998 Mon, 1 Jun 1998 08:55:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 08:55:53 -0400 From: Dan Santoro Reply-To: SANTORO@vms.cis.pitt.edu To: AHS-Talk Subject: The Humanist Sociologist Friends: Complementary copies of The Humanist Sociologist, the newsletter of the Association for Humanist Sociology are available by contacting me. Tha latest issue features: *AHS conference info *An Article on humanist teaching *Alfred McClung Lee Award Report *Calls for papers *AHS Membership info *Info about AHS journal _Humanity & Society_ *Poster commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Communist Manifesto -- ########################################################### "If you are a good economist, a virtuous economist, you are reborn as a physicist. But if you are an evil, wicked economist, you are reborn as a sociologist." --Paul Krugman Dan Santoro Division of Social Sciences 104 Krebs Hall University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Johnstown, PA 15904 814-269-2976 mailto:santoro@vms.cis.pitt.edu http://www1.pitt.edu/~santoro/ ########################################################### From mgullette@classic.msn.com Mon Jun 1 07:42:49 1998 Date: Mon, 1 Jun 98 11:11:46 UT From: "Margaret Morganroth Gullette" To: "Zaray, Nicole" , "Schneider, judith morganroth" , "Roberts, Mike" , "Ross, Andrew" , "Rubin, Lillian" , "Ryan, Sally--Marxism-Feminism" , "Schnall, Peter" , "Progressive Socialists Network" Subject: FW: american airlines petition ---------- From: Akshulman Sent: Monday, May 18, 1998 4:33 PM To: elaine.tselikis@maine.edu; lemjj@cunyvm.cuny.edu; KLDURBIN@aol.com; sgolden@pipeline.com; peter_nardi@pitzer.edu; cars@inch.com; lgardiner@wellesley.edu; mgullette@classic.msn.com; SARAtheK@aol.com; TobinSimon@aol.com; ROSYBAX@aol.com; brenda.r.silver@dartmouth.edu; NEWWNY@IGC.APC.ORG Subject: Fwd: american airlines petition This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_895523624_boundary --part0_895523624_boundary From: HonorM Return-path: To: Akshulman@aol.com, Weezieman@aol.com, Larkin7@aol.com, Methomeboy@aol.com Subject: Fwd: american airlines petition Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:57:08 EDT Organization: AOL (http://www.aol.com) boundary="part1_895523624_boundary" --part1_895523624_boundary American Airlines is a major sponsor to and supporter of groups like >GLADD, the Human Rights Campaign, the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, >the AIDS Action Foundation, DIFFA, AmFAR, and scores of >community-based groups representing gays and lesbians. It is also the >first airline to adopt a written non-discrimination policy covering >sexual orientation in its employment practices. >>> > > In an unusual joint letter released to the media on Friday, March 14th >from the Family Research Council, Concerned Women of America, >American Family Association and Coral Ridge Ministries, American >Airlines was openly criticized about their policy. Radical right >leader Beverly LaHaye also went on Christian "talk radio" on Friday to >blast American Airlines because "American's sponsorship of >homosexual >'pride' events constitutes an open endorsement of promiscuous >homosexuality." She and the other groups have written Bob Crandall at >American to complain that the airline has "gone beyond mere tolerance" >of gays and lesbians. The full article appeares in Friday's Fort Worth >Star-Telegram, and possibly picked up by other newspapers around the >country. >>> >It has come to the attention of the gay and lesbian community that >American Airline's switchboard and e-mails are being bombarded now >by >homophobic and hateful callers who have been urged by LaHaye and >others to DEMAND the company terminate its gay-friendly policies. >>> > > >Please add your name to this petition and forward it to as many >people as you can. To add your name just cut and paste this onto new >mail and send it out! >>> > >NOTE: **if you are the 25th, 50th, 75th, 100th, etc. person to sign >this petition then also please forward this to American Airlines at: >Webmaster@amrcorp.com >>> >To American Airlines: We, the undersigned, support your gay/lesbian >rights policies and commend you for your efforts in ending >discrimination. Thank you for your dedication to such issues and >please continue to remain active in the struggle to end >discrimination. >>> > >>> > 1. Marybeth Kurtz, Philadelphia, PA >>> > 2. Jen Faust, Goucher College, Balto. MD >>> > 3. Sarah Pinsker, Goucher College, Balto. MD >>> > 4. Rebecca Olin, Amherst College, Amherst MA >>> > 5. David Beckman, Amherst College, Amherst, MA >>> > 6. Amanda Austin, Smith College, Northampton, MA >>> > 7. Joan Prusky, Detroit, MI and Northampton, MA >>> > 8. Elizabeth Kennedy, NYC and Smith College, Northampton, MA >>> > 9. Lindsey Stowe-Berns, NYC and Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH >>> > 10. Jill Rothstein, NYC and Oberlin College >>> > 11. Julie Cross, Miami and Oberlin College >>> > 12. Chris Morris, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH >>> > 13. Katherine Shorb, Tokyo and Oberlin College >>> > 14. Maria Mergel, Tokyo and Oberlin College >>> > 15. Ayako Honda, Tokyo and Simmons College >>> > 16. Aric Stewart, Carleton College, Northfield, MN >>> > 17. Nadezhda Murray, Carleton College, Northfield, MN >>> > 18. Geoff Ruth, Northfield, MN >>> > 19. Laura Gibson, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT >>> > 20. Shelly Pirroni, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT >>> > 21. Peter Liu, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT >>> > 22. Rebecca Rosenblum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ >>> > 23. Kathryn Pollak, University of Texas, Houston >>> > 24. Donna White, University of Texas, Houston >>> > 25. Lara Staub, University of Texas School of Public Health, >>> Houston >>> > 26. Melissa Phipps, University of Texas School of Public Health, >>> Houston >>> > 27. Nicole Ordway, University of Texas School of Public Health, >>> Houston >>> > 28. Bruce Greenawalt, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, >NM >>> > 29. Matt Carlson, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM >>> > 30. Heather Daniel, Chicago, Illinois >>> > 31. Tony Breed, Chicago, Illinois >>> > 32. Eric Tschetter, Chicago, Illinois >>> > 33. J. J. Fenza, Chicago, Illinois >>> > 34. Kristine Sundberg, Chicago, Illinois >>> > 35. Christina Kowalchuk, Boston, MA >>> > 36. Andrew Custer, University of Rochester, NY >>> > 37. Randall Hayes, Rochester, NY >>> > 38. Charles Powell, Lexington, KY >>> > 39. Monika I. Cassel, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI. >>> > 40. Jennifer Tilton, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI >>> > 41. James Kreines, University of Chicago, Ann Arbor MI >>> > 42. Cynthia Palmer, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN >>> > 43. Nicole Madsen, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN >>> > 44. Sara Pool, North Park College, Chicago, IL. >>> > 45. Marta Johnson, North Park College, Chicago, IL >>> > 46. Lara C. Warg, North Park College, Chicago, IL >>> > 47. Jason A. Cox, Indianapolis, IN >>> > 48. Patricia Rini, San Francisco, CA >>> > 49. Helga Grayson, San Francisco, CA >>> > 50. April Hunter, San Francisco, CA >>> > 51. David Alves, Oakland, CA >>> > 52. Nelsy Dominguez, Santa Fe, NM >>> > 53. Caryn Scotto, Santa Fe, NM >>> > 54. Edith Corra, Albuquerque, NM >>> > 55. Christine Stout-Holmes, Albuquerque, NM >>> > 56. Kim Straus, Santa Fe, NM >>> > 57. Lon Murphy, Santa Fe, NM >>> > 58. Wayne Muesse, Milpitas, CA >>> > 59. Arvada Darnell, Menlo Park, CA. >>> > 60. Merri M. Monks, Chicago, IL >>> > 61. Douglas Hammett and Gary Lair (in a loving, comitted, and >>> > monogamous relationship for 14 years), Kihei, Maui, Hawaii >>> > 62. Dearca Devo, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii >>> > 63. Heather Beadle, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii >>> > 64. Donna Lieding, Glendora, CA >>> > 65. George & Marion Hollingworth, Arcadia, CA >>> > 66. Mike Altiere, Cortland, OH >>> > 67. Samuel Altiere, Haiku, Maui, Hawaii >>> > 68. Chris Lieding, Haiku, Maui, Hawaii >>> > 69. John Montfort, Wailuku, Hawaii >>> > 70. Gary Petersen, Wailuku, Hawaii >>> > 71. David Pelletier, Palm Springs, CA >>> > 72. Mark Chataway, London, UK (mark@interscience.co.uk) >>> > 73. Dr. Seth Berkley, New York, NY, USA >>> > 74. Laura Hickey, New York, NY >>> > 75. Cameron Elliott, Seattle, WA >>> > 76. Jean-Paul Montagnet, Seattle, WA >>> > 77. David Bryant, Seattle, WA >>> > 78. Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti, Seattle, WA >>> > 79. M. Cathy Angell, Bellingham, WA >>> > 80. Sally Friedman, Seattle, WA >>> > 81. Joan Raphael Greathouse, Seattle, WA >>> > 82. Denise A. Klein, KleinDoerr, Consultants, Seattle WA >>> > 83. LaVonne Douville, Seattle, WA. >>> > 84. Janet Staub, Seattle, WA. >>> > 85. Maryah Fram, Seattle WA. >>> > 86. B.J. Erkan, Seattle, WA. >>> > 87. Patricia Erkan, Seattle, WA. >>> > 88. Pamela Nault, LMP, Seattle, WA >>> > 89. Liz Lasater, Seattle, WA >>> > 90. Donna Ryan, Oakland, CA >>> > 91. Kim Fox, Walnut Creek, CA >>> > 92. Connie Herrick, Oakland, CA >>> > 93. L. Jill Ivie, San Francisco, CA >>> > 94. H. Batey, Berkeley, CA >>> > 95. Carolyn Breedlove, Berkeley, CA >>> > 96. Lisa D. Wade, New York, NY >>> > 97. Andrew Hostetler, Chicago, IL >>> > 98. Lisa Marie Pickens, Chicago, IL >>> > 99. Therese Quinn, University of Illinois at Chicago >>> > 100. Sarah Reynolds, Seattle, WA >>> > 101. Christina Perez, Chicago, IL >>> > 102. RoiAnn Phillips, Chicago, IL >>> > 103. Pam Phillips, Santa Clara, CA >>> > 104. Ann Lougee, Los Altos, CA >>> > 105. Win Gould, San Jose, CA >>> > 106. Anne Cohen, Pasadena, CA >>> > 107. Dr. Ben Bohren, National Benevolent Association, St. Louis, >MO >>> > 108. Maureen Caryl, Portland, OR >>> > 109. Maria Tafoya, Orange, CA >>> > 110. Elaine Schoepf, Long Beach Ca. >>> > 111. Paula Foster, Columbus, OH >>> > 112. Daniel Singer, Pasadena, CA >>> > 113. Kent Elofson, Pasadena, CA >>> > 114. Kent Portman, San Francisco, CA >>> > 115. Dennis Marinakis, San Francisco, CA >>> > 116. Marilyn Pierce, New York, NY >>> > 117. Jenny H. Alexander, Chicago, IL and... >>> > 118. Katherine Wolfe, Chicago, IL >>> > 119. Elizabeth Wallace, New York, NY >>> > 120. B. J. Sigesmund, New York, NY >>> > 121. Danny Dunlavy, Oakland, CA >>> > 122. Geeta Maker, Chicago, IL >>> > 123. Julia Sommer, Washington, DC >>> > 124. Kellye McIntosh, Washington, DC >>> > 125. Neelum Arya, Washington, DC >>> > 126. Cornell Woolridge, Saratoga Springs, NY. >>> > 127. Melissa M. Lahan, Saratoga Springs, NY. >>> > 128. Sarah Jean McHugh, University of Connecitcut, Storrs, CT >>> > 129. Kenneth M. Hargis, Albuquerque. NM >>> > 130. Anne L. Bowman (stormy), Albuquerque NM >>> > 131. Jason Wise, Socorro, NM >>> > 132. Jessica Vallette, Washington, DC >>> > 133. Andrew McDonald, Washington, DC >>> > 134. Gabriel Bell, New York, NY >>> > 135. Charles Sommer, New York, NY >>> > 136. Priscilla Fusco, New York, NY >>> > 137. Kathryn Ivers, New York, NY >>> > 140. Clay J. Pierce, New York, NY >>> > 141. Jane M. Byrne, New York, New York >>> > 142. Jan Thompson, New York, NY >>> > 143. Jill McKeon, Hamden, CT >>> 144. Fran Blackman, Weston, CT >>> 145. Norman Harris, Westport CT >>> 146. Neal Adams Santa Fe, NM >>> 146. Lucy Slater Santa Fe, NM >>> 147. Ronald E. Voorhees, MD, MPH, Santa Fe, NM >>> 148. Michael C. Samuel, Dr.P.H., Santa Fe, NM >>> 149. Robert Bearson, Los Alamitos, CA >>> 150. Jay Schulman, Providence, RI >>> 151. Jenn David, Providence, RI >>> 152. Timothy Lang, Providence, RI >>> 153. Alex David, Los Angeles, CA >>> 154. Michael Rothman, Indianapolis, IN >>> 155. Jennifer Daskal, Washington, DC >>> 156. Sharon Parrott, Washington, DC >>> 157. Julia Gordon, Washington, DC >> 158. Marilynn Sager, Cambridge, MA > 159. Christianna Williams, New Haven, CT > 160. Dave McNulty, Belvidere, NJ > 161. Liz Marshall, Belvidere, NJ > 162. Megan Glor, Portland, OR > 163. T.J. Hester, Portland, OR > 164. Kathy Quigley, Portland, OR > 165. Bob Roley, Portland, OR > 166. Ray Thomas, Portland, OR > 167. Susan Dobrof, Portland, OR > 168. Sandy Bledsoe, Portland, OR > 169. Carrie Kottcamp, Portland, OR > 170. Christine Cartwright, Princeton, NJ > 171. Lauren Pareti, Jersey City, NJ > 172. Kevin Sztam, Jersey City, NJ >173. Angel Nieves, Newark, NJ >174. Brian Gold, Yonkers, NY >175. Robert L. Vivolo, New York, NY >176. Janine Gluud, San Francisco, NY 177. Lauren Vanett, San Francisco, CA 178. Maria Mikhailas, Santa Barbara, CA 179. Celeste Gilman, Langley, WA 180. Ellen Camin, Langley, WA 181,Marian Moore 182. Tim Whalen 183.Honor Moore --part1_895523624_boundary From: Marmoore Return-path: To: HonorM@aol.com, PatienceM@aol.com, Adeliamore@aol.com, Mooresus@aol.com, SooLen@aol.com Subject: american airlines petition Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 19:47:08 EDT Organization: AOL (http://www.aol.com) American Airlines is a major sponsor to and supporter of groups like >GLADD, the Human Rights Campaign, the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, >the AIDS Action Foundation, DIFFA, AmFAR, and scores of >community-based groups representing gays and lesbians. It is also the >first airline to adopt a written non-discrimination policy covering >sexual orientation in its employment practices. >>> > > In an unusual joint letter released to the media on Friday, March 14th >from the Family Research Council, Concerned Women of America, >American Family Association and Coral Ridge Ministries, American >Airlines was openly criticized about their policy. Radical right >leader Beverly LaHaye also went on Christian "talk radio" on Friday to >blast American Airlines because "American's sponsorship of >homosexual >'pride' events constitutes an open endorsement of promiscuous >homosexuality." She and the other groups have written Bob Crandall at >American to complain that the airline has "gone beyond mere tolerance" >of gays and lesbians. The full article appeares in Friday's Fort Worth >Star-Telegram, and possibly picked up by other newspapers around the >country. >>> >It has come to the attention of the gay and lesbian community that >American Airline's switchboard and e-mails are being bombarded now >by >homophobic and hateful callers who have been urged by LaHaye and >others to DEMAND the company terminate its gay-friendly policies. >>> > > >Please add your name to this petition and forward it to as many >people as you can. To add your name just cut and paste this onto new >mail and send it out! >>> > >NOTE: **if you are the 25th, 50th, 75th, 100th, etc. person to sign >this petition then also please forward this to American Airlines at: >Webmaster@amrcorp.com >>> >To American Airlines: We, the undersigned, support your gay/lesbian >rights policies and commend you for your efforts in ending >discrimination. Thank you for your dedication to such issues and >please continue to remain active in the struggle to end >discrimination. >>> > >>> > 1. Marybeth Kurtz, Philadelphia, PA >>> > 2. Jen Faust, Goucher College, Balto. MD >>> > 3. Sarah Pinsker, Goucher College, Balto. MD >>> > 4. Rebecca Olin, Amherst College, Amherst MA >>> > 5. David Beckman, Amherst College, Amherst, MA >>> > 6. Amanda Austin, Smith College, Northampton, MA >>> > 7. Joan Prusky, Detroit, MI and Northampton, MA >>> > 8. Elizabeth Kennedy, NYC and Smith College, Northampton, MA >>> > 9. Lindsey Stowe-Berns, NYC and Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH >>> > 10. Jill Rothstein, NYC and Oberlin College >>> > 11. Julie Cross, Miami and Oberlin College >>> > 12. Chris Morris, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH >>> > 13. Katherine Shorb, Tokyo and Oberlin College >>> > 14. Maria Mergel, Tokyo and Oberlin College >>> > 15. Ayako Honda, Tokyo and Simmons College >>> > 16. Aric Stewart, Carleton College, Northfield, MN >>> > 17. Nadezhda Murray, Carleton College, Northfield, MN >>> > 18. Geoff Ruth, Northfield, MN >>> > 19. Laura Gibson, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT >>> > 20. Shelly Pirroni, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT >>> > 21. Peter Liu, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT >>> > 22. Rebecca Rosenblum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ >>> > 23. Kathryn Pollak, University of Texas, Houston >>> > 24. Donna White, University of Texas, Houston >>> > 25. Lara Staub, University of Texas School of Public Health, >>> Houston >>> > 26. Melissa Phipps, University of Texas School of Public Health, >>> Houston >>> > 27. Nicole Ordway, University of Texas School of Public Health, >>> Houston >>> > 28. Bruce Greenawalt, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, >NM >>> > 29. Matt Carlson, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM >>> > 30. Heather Daniel, Chicago, Illinois >>> > 31. Tony Breed, Chicago, Illinois >>> > 32. Eric Tschetter, Chicago, Illinois >>> > 33. J. J. Fenza, Chicago, Illinois >>> > 34. Kristine Sundberg, Chicago, Illinois >>> > 35. Christina Kowalchuk, Boston, MA >>> > 36. Andrew Custer, University of Rochester, NY >>> > 37. Randall Hayes, Rochester, NY >>> > 38. Charles Powell, Lexington, KY >>> > 39. Monika I. Cassel, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI. >>> > 40. Jennifer Tilton, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI >>> > 41. James Kreines, University of Chicago, Ann Arbor MI >>> > 42. Cynthia Palmer, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN >>> > 43. Nicole Madsen, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN >>> > 44. Sara Pool, North Park College, Chicago, IL. >>> > 45. Marta Johnson, North Park College, Chicago, IL >>> > 46. Lara C. Warg, North Park College, Chicago, IL >>> > 47. Jason A. Cox, Indianapolis, IN >>> > 48. Patricia Rini, San Francisco, CA >>> > 49. Helga Grayson, San Francisco, CA >>> > 50. April Hunter, San Francisco, CA >>> > 51. David Alves, Oakland, CA >>> > 52. Nelsy Dominguez, Santa Fe, NM >>> > 53. Caryn Scotto, Santa Fe, NM >>> > 54. Edith Corra, Albuquerque, NM >>> > 55. Christine Stout-Holmes, Albuquerque, NM >>> > 56. Kim Straus, Santa Fe, NM >>> > 57. Lon Murphy, Santa Fe, NM >>> > 58. Wayne Muesse, Milpitas, CA >>> > 59. Arvada Darnell, Menlo Park, CA. >>> > 60. Merri M. Monks, Chicago, IL >>> > 61. Douglas Hammett and Gary Lair (in a loving, comitted, and >>> > monogamous relationship for 14 years), Kihei, Maui, Hawaii >>> > 62. Dearca Devo, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii >>> > 63. Heather Beadle, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii >>> > 64. Donna Lieding, Glendora, CA >>> > 65. George & Marion Hollingworth, Arcadia, CA >>> > 66. Mike Altiere, Cortland, OH >>> > 67. Samuel Altiere, Haiku, Maui, Hawaii >>> > 68. Chris Lieding, Haiku, Maui, Hawaii >>> > 69. John Montfort, Wailuku, Hawaii >>> > 70. Gary Petersen, Wailuku, Hawaii >>> > 71. David Pelletier, Palm Springs, CA >>> > 72. Mark Chataway, London, UK (mark@interscience.co.uk) >>> > 73. Dr. Seth Berkley, New York, NY, USA >>> > 74. Laura Hickey, New York, NY >>> > 75. Cameron Elliott, Seattle, WA >>> > 76. Jean-Paul Montagnet, Seattle, WA >>> > 77. David Bryant, Seattle, WA >>> > 78. Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti, Seattle, WA >>> > 79. M. Cathy Angell, Bellingham, WA >>> > 80. Sally Friedman, Seattle, WA >>> > 81. Joan Raphael Greathouse, Seattle, WA >>> > 82. Denise A. Klein, KleinDoerr, Consultants, Seattle WA >>> > 83. LaVonne Douville, Seattle, WA. >>> > 84. Janet Staub, Seattle, WA. >>> > 85. Maryah Fram, Seattle WA. >>> > 86. B.J. Erkan, Seattle, WA. >>> > 87. Patricia Erkan, Seattle, WA. >>> > 88. Pamela Nault, LMP, Seattle, WA >>> > 89. Liz Lasater, Seattle, WA >>> > 90. Donna Ryan, Oakland, CA >>> > 91. Kim Fox, Walnut Creek, CA >>> > 92. Connie Herrick, Oakland, CA >>> > 93. L. Jill Ivie, San Francisco, CA >>> > 94. H. Batey, Berkeley, CA >>> > 95. Carolyn Breedlove, Berkeley, CA >>> > 96. Lisa D. Wade, New York, NY >>> > 97. Andrew Hostetler, Chicago, IL >>> > 98. Lisa Marie Pickens, Chicago, IL >>> > 99. Therese Quinn, University of Illinois at Chicago >>> > 100. Sarah Reynolds, Seattle, WA >>> > 101. Christina Perez, Chicago, IL >>> > 102. RoiAnn Phillips, Chicago, IL >>> > 103. Pam Phillips, Santa Clara, CA >>> > 104. Ann Lougee, Los Altos, CA >>> > 105. Win Gould, San Jose, CA >>> > 106. Anne Cohen, Pasadena, CA >>> > 107. Dr. Ben Bohren, National Benevolent Association, St. Louis, >MO >>> > 108. Maureen Caryl, Portland, OR >>> > 109. Maria Tafoya, Orange, CA >>> > 110. Elaine Schoepf, Long Beach Ca. >>> > 111. Paula Foster, Columbus, OH >>> > 112. Daniel Singer, Pasadena, CA >>> > 113. Kent Elofson, Pasadena, CA >>> > 114. Kent Portman, San Francisco, CA >>> > 115. Dennis Marinakis, San Francisco, CA >>> > 116. Marilyn Pierce, New York, NY >>> > 117. Jenny H. Alexander, Chicago, IL and... >>> > 118. Katherine Wolfe, Chicago, IL >>> > 119. Elizabeth Wallace, New York, NY >>> > 120. B. J. Sigesmund, New York, NY >>> > 121. Danny Dunlavy, Oakland, CA >>> > 122. Geeta Maker, Chicago, IL >>> > 123. Julia Sommer, Washington, DC >>> > 124. Kellye McIntosh, Washington, DC >>> > 125. Neelum Arya, Washington, DC >>> > 126. Cornell Woolridge, Saratoga Springs, NY. >>> > 127. Melissa M. Lahan, Saratoga Springs, NY. >>> > 128. Sarah Jean McHugh, University of Connecitcut, Storrs, CT >>> > 129. Kenneth M. Hargis, Albuquerque. NM >>> > 130. Anne L. Bowman (stormy), Albuquerque NM >>> > 131. Jason Wise, Socorro, NM >>> > 132. Jessica Vallette, Washington, DC >>> > 133. Andrew McDonald, Washington, DC >>> > 134. Gabriel Bell, New York, NY >>> > 135. Charles Sommer, New York, NY >>> > 136. Priscilla Fusco, New York, NY >>> > 137. Kathryn Ivers, New York, NY >>> > 140. Clay J. Pierce, New York, NY >>> > 141. Jane M. Byrne, New York, New York >>> > 142. Jan Thompson, New York, NY >>> > 143. Jill McKeon, Hamden, CT >>> 144. Fran Blackman, Weston, CT >>> 145. Norman Harris, Westport CT >>> 146. Neal Adams Santa Fe, NM >>> 146. Lucy Slater Santa Fe, NM >>> 147. Ronald E. Voorhees, MD, MPH, Santa Fe, NM >>> 148. Michael C. Samuel, Dr.P.H., Santa Fe, NM >>> 149. Robert Bearson, Los Alamitos, CA >>> 150. Jay Schulman, Providence, RI >>> 151. Jenn David, Providence, RI >>> 152. Timothy Lang, Providence, RI >>> 153. Alex David, Los Angeles, CA >>> 154. Michael Rothman, Indianapolis, IN >>> 155. Jennifer Daskal, Washington, DC >>> 156. Sharon Parrott, Washington, DC >>> 157. Julia Gordon, Washington, DC >> 158. Marilynn Sager, Cambridge, MA > 159. Christianna Williams, New Haven, CT > 160. Dave McNulty, Belvidere, NJ > 161. Liz Marshall, Belvidere, NJ > 162. Megan Glor, Portland, OR > 163. T.J. Hester, Portland, OR > 164. Kathy Quigley, Portland, OR > 165. Bob Roley, Portland, OR > 166. Ray Thomas, Portland, OR > 167. Susan Dobrof, Portland, OR > 168. Sandy Bledsoe, Portland, OR > 169. Carrie Kottcamp, Portland, OR > 170. Christine Cartwright, Princeton, NJ > 171. Lauren Pareti, Jersey City, NJ > 172. Kevin Sztam, Jersey City, NJ >173. Angel Nieves, Newark, NJ >174. Brian Gold, Yonkers, NY >175. Robert L. Vivolo, New York, NY >176. Janine Gluud, San Francisco, NY 177. Lauren Vanett, San Francisco, CA 178. Maria Mikhailas, Santa Barbara, CA 179. Celeste Gilman, Langley, WA 180. Ellen Camin, Langley, WA 181,Marian Moore 182. Tim Whalen 183 Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Newton, MA --part1_895523624_boundary-- --part0_895523624_boundary-- From j9470388@wlv.ac.uk Mon Jun 1 08:58:08 1998 by ccug.wlv.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 1.92 #5) Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 15:57:36 -0700 From: Alan Harrison To: goertzel@crab.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Slate's Review of Rorty Book Ted Goertzel wrote, including the following excerpt from the review: > > Rorty says > radical > academicians should wipe that sophistical > > smirk off their faces, lose their mocking > > disdain for America, and view it more as > their > progressive ancestors did: as a great, > problem-filled country that must be > brought > into closer alignment with its ideals. (Strange layout of the excerpt is as it appeared when it arrived here!) In another context, John Selby has reminded the list that it is not purely an American list. The problem I have with Rorty's views, as cited here, is the question of what a "patriotic" or "pro-American/British/French/etc." left might look like. I come from a trade union background, and there does appear to me to be a great problem with a "nationalist" left when it comes to defending workers' interests. General Motors has recently been busily whipsawing over on this side of the pond, playing off Vauxhall workers in the UK against Opel workers in Germany. I wouldn't be too surprised to learn that it has been similarly using the threat of moving work to other plants to cow Chevrolet workers too. The cry to "defend British/American/etc. jobs" often becomes the means by which worker is set against worker in a brown-nosing competition. There was a classic case in the UK a few years ago. The Swan (kettle manufacturing) company had been taken over by Moulinex, which proposed to close the Birmingham factory. The right-led AEEU union had become so used to collaboration with capitalists and telling its members that capitalism was a good thing, that it could only react in one way when French capitalists closed the factory. It couldn't attack them for being capitalists, and so it attacked them for being French. What seems to annoy Rorty is that some of the academic left in America have actually fulfilled what must be a major function of the left in an imperialist country: they have attacked its imperialism. Alan Harrison From gimenez@csf.Colorado.EDU Mon Jun 1 12:41:40 1998 Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 12:41:34 -0600 (MDT) From: Martha Gimenez Reply-To: Martha Gimenez To: PSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Subject: Administrivia Dear PSNers, PSN is a SELF-SERVICE network. Members are expected to take care of their needs on their own. 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Martha ************************ gimenez@csf.colorado.edu From CDFUPDATE@childrensdefense.org Mon Jun 1 16:55:15 1998 Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 15:39:53 -0400 From: "CDFupdate CDFupdate" To: CDFupdate@automailer.com Subject: CDF Update June 1,1998 Sender: owner-cdfupdate@automailer.com Children's Defense Fund Update June 1,1998 Stand For Children Day: Stand for Quality Care In This Issue: -- Child Care -- Juvenile Justice -- Family Income *** Child Care *** --- 1998 STAND FOR QUALITY CHILD CARE DAY --- Stand For Children Today !!! It's not too late for you to do your part to Stand For Children. Please take a few minutes today to call your Senators on behalf of all children and families in your community. A national toll-free hotline -- 1-888-38 STAND UP -- has been set up by Working Assets Long Distance from May 11-June 12 to allow you to call your Members of Congress for free. ONCE YOU CALL YOUR SENATORS TOLL-FREE, EMAIL OR DISTRIBUTE THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW AND ASK THEM TO DO THEIR PART TO "STAND FOR CHILDREN: STAND FOR QUALITY CHILD CARE" AND CALL THEIR SENATORS! ** Call your Senators toll-free at 1-888-387-8263 and urge them to vote for the Kerry/Bond child care amendment to the tobacco legislation which sets aside funds for child care from tobacco revenues. The toll-free number is only available until the 12th, so please take this opportunity to call now! ** This week, more than 1,000 communities across the country will unite for the third annual Stand For Children Day to highlight the urgent need for affordable, quality child care for working families. (To find out which events are taking place in your community, visit the Stand For Children Web site at .) Like last year, this year's Stand For Children Day comes at a critical time as the U.S. Congress debates important legislation which could help children and families. In 1997, shortly following Stand For Healthy Children Day, Congress enacted the state Children's Health Insurance Program which provides $48 billion for children's health insurance for children in working families. The momentum provided by the more than 1,000 community events focused on health proved pivotal to our efforts to secure passage of this important legislation. We hope this year offers a similar opportunity to win another victory for children -- $20 billion for quality, affordable child care for America's working families. --- KERRY/BOND AMENDMENT ON CHILD CARE TO BE DEBATED IN CONGRESS --- This week, the Senate will resume floor debate on tobacco legislation. It's important that your Senators hear from you immediately about the importance of quality, affordable child care as they begin to debate the Kerry/Bond amendment which sets aside child care money from tobacco revenues. The bi-partisan amendment could be our best opportunity to win funding for child care this year. Current co-sponsors include Kerry (D-MA), Bond (R-MO), Chafee (R-RI), Campbell (R-CO), and Specter (R-PA). --- PARENTS FACE HIGHER COSTS FOR QUALITY CHILD CARE THAN FOR PUBLIC COLLEGE TUITION --- On Friday, May 29th, the Children's Defense Fund released "Child Care Challenges," a new report which surveys child care costs for four-year-olds in urban child care centers nationally. This document is one in a 50-state series examining the range of child care challenges facing families in each state. As shown in these state reports, families in every state are struggling to find the quality they are looking for, or the demands of their work schedules limit their choices. There is no state in the country that has successfully addressed the full range of problems facing families who need child care. The problems described in this series highlight the need for a significant new commitment to child care. To obtain a copy of the of an individual state "Child Care Challenges" report, call Kanya Williams at: 202/662-3609 or email: . *** Juvenile Justice *** --- STAND FOR CHILDREN: CONTINUE TO OPPOSE S.10 --- The Senate returns to Washington this week (June 1st). Thanks to the concentrated efforts of thousands of local, state and national advocates, S. 10 has yet to come up for a floor vote in the Senate. June is the last major opportunity for the Senate to consider S. 10 due to a short session and a long list of other priorities. For the next several weeks, it is important that we continue to make our voices heard. Call to encourage your Senators to support measures to keep guns out of the hands of children, and increase opportunities for after-school programs which keep children safe and out of trouble. (Capitol Switchboard #: 202/224-3121.) *** Family Income *** --- THOUGHTFUL PBS DOCUMENTARY: "ENDING WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT" FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1998 --- PBS will be airing a 90 minute documentary that follows six families in Wisconsin, Florida, and New Jersey, as mothers try to find and keep jobs under their states' new welfare plans. In most areas, the show will be broadcast at 9:00 p.m. (check local listings) Friday, June 5. The film, written, produced, and directed by Roger Weisberg, shows the hardships families experience when mothers with little education search fruitlessly for employment, or are unable to keep jobs for lack of child care or transportation, or because of personal problems like substance abuse. The show also documents the human realities of poor choices the families sometimes make. It provides an opportunity for a thoughtful discussion about what would really help families in these situations. CDF would like you to consider using the show as a jumping-off point for a discussion in your community. *********************************************************** -- OUR STRENGTH IS IN OUR NUMBERS -- SHARE THIS LEGISLATIVE UPDATE WITH YOUR FRIENDS!!! Our typical email is about a page or two long and generally comes once a week. To join our legislative update email list, sign-up on our website or send an email to: and write in the body of the message: subscribe cdfupdate PLEASE NOTE: WHEN SUBSCRIBING OR CANCELING YOUR SUBSCRIPTION, PLEASE DO NOT SURROUND YOUR ADDRESS WITH BRACKETS. Kimberly Taylor Children's Defense Fund 25 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202/662-3540 (fax) CDFupdate@childrensdefense.org "What is done to children, they will do to society." --Karl Menninger From smrose@exis.net Tue Jun 2 20:42:51 1998 From: "Steve Rosenthal" To: PSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 22:39:15 +0000 Subject: Update: Books received for Marxist section award It is eight days until the June 10 deadline for us to receive books nominated for the Marxist section award. I have so far received copies of the following seven books: Stanley Aronowitz, The Death and Rebirth of American Radicalism Barbara Chasin, Inequality and Violence in the United States Ioan Davies, Cultural Studies and Beyond Betty Dobratz and Stephanie Shanks-Meile, White Power, White Pride George Katsiaficas, The Subversion of Politics Jerry Kloby, Inequality, Power, and Development Talmadge Wright, Out of Place The other two committee members have not yet received their copies of some of these books. Levon Chorbajian has not yet received the Dobratz/Shanks-Meile and Katsiaficas books. Manuel Moreno has not received the Chasin, Dobratz/Shanks-Meile, Katsiaficas, and Kloby books. All three committee members should have copies in order for us to do our job properly. Other books were nominated, but none of us has received copies yet. Those include books by Horton, Gottdeiner, Wright, and Domhoff. If you or the author want these books to be considered, please have the publisher send them to us within the next week. Cooperative publishers have been sending books by UPS, so there is still plenty of time to get additional books to us. Once again, the addresses of the three committee members are: Levon Chorbajian, 79 Gray St., Billerica, MA 01821 Manuel Moreno, 3602 West Estates Lane, #211, Rolling Hills, CA 90274 Steve Rosenthal, 1406 Bolling Ave., Norfolk, VA 23508 On June 10 I will post an updated list of the books we have received. Thanks to nominators and authors for your efforts to get the books to us. We have a number of very good books to review. Steve Rosenthal Steve Rosenthal From draperm@socio.unp.ac.za Wed Jun 3 01:55:34 1998 Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 09:53:55 +0200 From: "Malcolm Draper" To: psn@csf.colorado.edu, h961138@stud.hoe.se Subject: Re: move beyond injustice the left told -Reply The left and the barbarians Author DALE MCKINLEY joins the dispute over the death of the left, arguing that the left will only die when humans can reclaim their humanity WHAT hole did Kuseni Dlamini (Crossfire, May 22 to 28) just climb out of to proclaim the death of the left? I'll take a wild guess that it was the one he dug for himself in the depths of the corporate bowels of De Beers where, I have no doubt, the left was held in the lowest *esteem* long before Dlamini even knew how to say "dialectical". The volley of misguided missiles that Dlamini throws at the "left project" and anyone hanging around in the vicinity, might be taken more seriously if it was, at the very least, informed by what has been happening within and between left forces over the past several years. It's one thing to engage in informed ideological polemics with what one perceives as the "left", wholly another to level charges of "conspiracy to defraud" that bear the hallmarks of someone who has been spending far too much time fantasising about the merits of the Meiring report. The bottom line is that the entire framework for Dlamini's left death proclamation emanates from a rehashed Thatcherism whose stench-ridden corpse is continually, and ironically, resurrected to deny reality. Let's take a quick look at how two pillars of Dlamini's argument stand up to that reality. Question: What institutional vehicle is being used in order to implement the very "process of globalisation" that has, apparently, marginalised the "nation state"? Answer: The nation state itself. This is evidenced by that most "globalised" of macro-economic programmes, the growth, employment and redistribution strategy, or by the recent state-led rescue operation from the excesses of "globalisation" in Indonesia. Question: Does a "shrinking industrial working class" still constitute the primary social base of the left? Answer: No. The dominant base of left social movements and political organisations that have arisen over the last several years across the globe is made up of landless rural workers, peasants, the unemployed and unionised industrial and agricultural workers. It would seem Dlamini has yet to understand that he is barking up the wrong tree. It is not the left that is in need of holding on to a comforting but decrepit "guiding faith", or wallowing in a detached social and political "dogma" of the past. It is precisely because left forces are trying to find relevant ways and means of struggling for an alternative vision and practice that there are no easy answers. Unlike death notices, revolutionary change does not happen by proclamation. If Dlamini had taken time to conduct a bit of research he might have come across the South African Communist Party's Strategic Perspectives document and many other international left programmes that speak directly to all the issues he so glibly accuses the left of avoiding. Or maybe it was too difficult for Dlamini to unearth the rich tapestry of left-inspired struggles being waged on numerous fronts from England to Indonesia and many places in between. As we debate, hundreds of thousands of Indian workers and peasants continue to wage unrelenting battles for the preservation of their environment against the backward-looking industrialisation carried out by the forces of a so-called progressive "globalisation". Here at home, it was a broad coalition of left forces that fought for, and continues to resolutely defend, the "individual rights" of women to have control over their own bodies. The list goes on and on and in virtually every case, it is the forces of the left that are vigorously attempting to break down the barriers of "fragmentation" that Dlamini seems to celebrate as part of the "deepening and unstoppable globalisation of socio-economic activities". Workable alternatives to the barbaric effigies of "globalisation's progress" are being offered and tested every day. Dlamini's analytical slumber even leads him to argue that the left must "rethink" issues it has, fortunately, already dealt with. The left has every interest in "involving itself in the process of wealth creation" * after all, it has been the workers of this country who continue to create the wealth over which they have no control. Unfortunately for the De Beers of this world, the left is struggling to change, not "deepen", the existing "process" of such wealth creation. As part of that struggle, the left understands that patterns of ownership must change and that the role of the public sector is central to effecting that change, rather than trusting in the Oppenheimers to show us the way to equality. Unlike the champions of globalisation, the left does not practise the capitalist "faith" of throwing the market bones. Of course there is a place for a market mechanism to help "deliver the goods", but it is a market which is not wholly dependent on the whims of capitalist speculators. When that favourite "free market" mechanism, privatisation, makes the consumption of water a privilege, it is simply sound economics to fight for its public ownership. Or does Dlamini honestly believe that the old Margaret Thatcher cronies at British BiWater have the interests of Nelspruit's township residents at heart? To put it bluntly, many of us on the left are tired of the lamentably uninformed arguments of the Dlaminis of this world. The left might not have all the right answers and it certainly isn't arrogant enough to offer a timetable for radical change. But, compared to the monotonous assumptions that "inform" Dlamini-like arguments about socio-economic transformation, the left is far ahead in transforming itself to come to grips with present "realities of a globalising and liberalising world". What social forces does Dlamini think are responsible for the "reality" of mass impoverishment staring him in the face as he negotiates his way to the gilt-edged corridors inhabited by that paragon of institutionalised greed, De Beers Corporation? When South Africa's mining houses defend the "right" of their employees to receive a monthly wage of R800, are we to celebrate their "transformative" vision of "flexibility and pragmatism"? The left's transformation, on the other hand, is informed by the daily struggles of the majority of people who have had enough of the "realities" of an inherently dehumanising globalisation * that's dialectics, Dlamini. It is those real struggles that will continue to lead and shape the left, not some predetermined strategic blueprint emanating from uninformed intellectual proclamation. Sorry to disappoint you Dlamini, but if the "quality" and "ambition" of the left's "critique" were the main determinants of its relevance, we would have won the battle a long time ago. The "left project" is relevant simply because the "realities" of present-day capitalism (in whatever new form it presents itself) have not come to an end. I, for one, dream of the day when the left is dead * it will mean that humans have not only fully reclaimed their humanity, but that I'll have weekends free. -- Electronic Mail&Guardian, June 1, 1998. Dale T McKinley, author of The ANC and the Liberation Struggle: A Critical Political Biography, works for the South African Communist Party and holds a doctorate in politics. This is written in his personal capacity From h961138@stud.hoe.se Wed Jun 3 06:42:42 1998 Wed, 3 Jun 1998 14:42:26 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 14:42:25 +0200 (MET DST) To: "Malcolm Draper" , psn@csf.colorado.edu From: h961138@stud.hoe.se (bwanika) Subject: Re: move beyond injustice the left told -Reply Draper , I have just read the article and feel that Mckinley misses the point. I do understand that there is belief that those who do not applaud Western type of Marxism i.e. workers higher wages/ industrail work organisation symbiosis are not entirely leftist so to say. But instead of empowering the people with real ownership of the means to production we hide behind the very system we seem not accept. On my side I feel that that kind of reason is archaic and overstep the obvious. Industrial societies are on a decline . Sociologist will argue for human action but what is human action if it's not economics ( the way people do things daily) . Understanding the working of economic structures will give the left some more understanding and sense of direction rather than merely singing about welfare system which are intrinsic imperialistic since they survive on the exploitative means for there own sustenance. More so if it wasn't for the welfare system less of the new poverty will be rampant in industrial societies. The only fact the welfare system has mechanism to generate illusory consumption, hence mass production implies that it's nature and character is capitalistic. Is welfare not founded on ration choice pillars and methodological individualism? My question still remains what do you do with diminishing returns to the capitalistic social arrangements of predatory economic structures ? Or Mr. Mckinley want to imply that his answer to his second question the structures therein are basically not interpreted in economic terms ? To me he seems to be implying that unioniesed workers or rather workers predicaments and imprisonment in wage - unemployment relationship is a static relationship which will remain as such for ever. More over his concept of peasant in a modern society is mis-placed. Can we argue that a person providing for ones self ( emancipation from enslavement ) is peasantry ? Bwanika. > Question: What institutional vehicle is being used in order to >implement the very > "process of globalisation" that has, apparently, marginalised >the "nation state"? > > Answer: The nation state itself. This is evidenced by that >most "globalised" of > macro-economic programmes, the growth, employment and >redistribution strategy, > or by the recent state-led rescue operation from the excesses >of "globalisation" in > Indonesia. > > Question: Does a "shrinking industrial working class" still >constitute the primary > social base of the left? > > Answer: No. The dominant base of left social movements and >political > organisations that have arisen over the last several years >across the globe is made > up of landless rural workers, peasants, the unemployed and >unionised industrial and > agricultural workers. > > ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| bwanika From r.palat@auckland.ac.nz Thu Jun 4 02:14:35 1998 Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 20:10:27 +1200 From: Ravi Arvind Palat Reply-To: r.palat@auckland.ac.nz To: psn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: ANTI-NUKE PLEDGE: YOUR SUPPORT NEEDED I forward a message from India. Please send your support/pledge directly to: MUKUND@thehindu.co.in Please do NOT send it either to me or to PSN. Thanks....Ravi Palat ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 09:07:20 -0400 (EDT) To: krishna@thehindu.co.in, mukund@thehindu.co.in, satish@ieg.ernet.in, chmakers@giascl01.vsnl.net.in, nkrishnaji@yahoo.com, kgkumar@big.axcess.net.in From: Partha Banerjee Subject: ANTI-NUKE AD: YOUR PLEDGE NEEDED Friends: I take this privilege to propose to all ANTI-NUKE friends and sympathizers that we insert a full page ad in India Abroad (and possibly some other papers published from USA and India) very soon protesting the *Indian and Pakistani nukes*. Roughly $1000 is needed and we need 100 people each with $10 (or more). **Can we do it by June 5?** Please send in your name and pledge. Here is a draft version of the ad. Thanks for any possible revision. In solidarity, -Partha Banerjee ___________________ RAISE YOUR VOICE AGAINST THE NUCLEAR TESTS IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN OUR PEOPLE NEED FOOD AND FRIENDSHIP, NOT BELLIGERENCE AND BOMBS On May 11 and 13, the less-than-two-month old Vajpayee government of India carried out five nuclear tests in the desert of Rajasthan, an incident that baffled the world and rocked the Indian subcontinent. In retaliation, the Nawaj Sharif government of Pakistan on May 28 and 30 tested its own nuclear devices in Baluchistan. Since the blasts took place in India on May 11, a jingoist and ultrapatriotic atmosphere has prevailed in South Asia. In both India and Pakistan, all the anti-nuke opposition launched by environmentalists, anti-war protesters, progressive leaders, and a section of scientists have been rejected by the ruling parties and their supporters as protests by anti-national agents and traitors. India and Pakistan have fought three wars and have remained hostile to each other since 1947. The intolerance exhibited by the present governments has severed the lines of communication that had recently opened up between the two countries. The implications of the BJP government's radical departure from India's traditional foreign policy for peace in South Asia and the ensuing potential of a nuclear arms race in the region are something that should concern all peace-loving people of the world. Other than the massive expenses to build nuclear weapons, expenses economically lagging India and Pakistan can hardly afford, environmentalists are now extremely worried about possible radioactive fallout from such tests. People in Pokhran region where the first nuclear explosion was tested in 1974 have been reported to fall victims of cancer and other radiation-related illnesses. No investigations have ever been undertaken to assess their health problems. We have nothing but strong condemnation for the chauvinist gesture of the Indian and Pakistani governments. The common peace-loving people of and from the Indian subcontinent must not be provoked by these irresponsible acts. OUR PEOPLE NEED FOOD AND FRIENDSHIP, NOT BELLIGERENCE AND BOMBS Signed by: Name Affiliation Pledge: $$ From gimenez@csf.Colorado.EDU Thu Jun 4 10:25:42 1998 Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 10:25:31 -0600 (MDT) From: Martha Gimenez To: ppn@csf.Colorado.EDU, PSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Subject: Class and Mortality Richard Sennett wrote years ago about "the hidden injuries of class" meaning, if I recall correctly, the psychological effects of being working class. Class location produces other hidden injuries which, according to an article published yesterday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, contribute to explain the higher death rate among the poor. The poor have a death rate about three times higher than other groups and about 13 percent of this difference is accounted for by unhealthy habits such as lack of exercise, smoking, excessive drinking and overeating. Most of that difference is accounted for by "lack of medical care, the stress of poverty, dangerous jobs and polluted homes and neighborhoods." The author concludes that even if the poor were to adopt healthier behavior patterns their higher death rates would remain. Sociologically, this is a very interesting albeit distressing instance of structural determination. These days it is the fashion to "privilege" agency over structure, thus mirroring the voluntarism and individualism prevalent in the culture. But some social phenomena are irreducible to microfoundations and, while healthier habits might add years to the lives of some individuals, the fate of the poor as reflected in the death rate will remain unchanged in the absence of structural change. in solidarity, Martha ****************** Martha E. Gimenez Department of Sociology University of Colorado at Boulder http://csf.colorado.edu/gimenez/ From dredmond@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU Thu Jun 4 01:42:35 1998 Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 00:42:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Dennis R Redmond Subject: Re: move beyond injustice the left told -Reply To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, bwanika wrote: > Industrial societies are on a decline. Really? Decline in relation to what? The last I checked, giant multinational corporations, the industrial base they profit from, and the culture of industrialism have continued to grow like mad. -- Dennis From aaustin@utkux.utcc.utk.edu Thu Jun 4 11:03:41 1998 Thu, 4 Jun 1998 13:03:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 13:03:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Wayne Austin To: Martha Gimenez Subject: Re: Class and Mortality In-Reply-To: Martha, A clear indication of the objective relations that constitute social class and why it is so important to conceptualize class along scientific- historical materialist lines than along the lines of more mainstream conceptions, the latter which, because of their dependency on subjective criteria, are actually ideological whitewashings of inequality. Very good post. Thank you. Andy On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Martha Gimenez wrote: > Richard Sennett wrote years ago about "the hidden injuries of class" > meaning, if I recall correctly, the psychological effects of being working > class. Class location produces other hidden injuries which, according to > an article published yesterday in the Journal of the American Medical > Association, contribute to explain the higher death rate among the poor. > The poor have a death rate about three times higher than other groups and > about 13 percent of this difference is accounted for by unhealthy habits > such as lack of exercise, smoking, excessive drinking and overeating. > Most of that difference is accounted for by "lack of medical care, the > stress of poverty, dangerous jobs and polluted homes and neighborhoods." > The author concludes that even if the poor were to adopt healthier > behavior patterns their higher death rates would remain. > > Sociologically, this is a very interesting albeit distressing instance of > structural determination. These days it is the fashion to "privilege" > agency over structure, thus mirroring the voluntarism and individualism > prevalent in the culture. But some social phenomena are irreducible to > microfoundations and, while healthier habits might add years to the lives > of some individuals, the fate of the poor as reflected in the death rate > will remain unchanged in the absence of structural change. > > in solidarity, > > Martha > > ****************** > Martha E. Gimenez > Department of Sociology > University of Colorado at Boulder > http://csf.colorado.edu/gimenez/ > > > From aaustin@utkux.utcc.utk.edu Thu Jun 4 14:03:28 1998 Thu, 4 Jun 1998 16:03:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 16:03:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Wayne Austin To: Dennis R Redmond Subject: Re: move beyond injustice the left told -Reply Dennis, I was also going to comment on this point. I think that the error of "post-industrialist" interpretations is that nation-state centrism blinds the theorist to the brute facts that the capitalist economy is global and that the commodities that litter our world have to be produced by somebody somewhere. Andy On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Dennis R Redmond wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, bwanika wrote: > > > Industrial societies are on a decline. > > Really? Decline in relation to what? The last I checked, giant > multinational corporations, the industrial base they profit from, and the > culture of industrialism have continued to grow like mad. > > -- Dennis > > From CDFUPDATE@childrensdefense.org Thu Jun 4 13:02:47 1998 Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 12:26:02 -0400 From: "CDFupdate CDFupdate" To: CDFupdate@automailer.com Subject: CDF Update 6-4-98 Sender: owner-cdfupdate@automailer.com Children's Defense Fund Update June 5, 1998 In This Issue: --- Special Alert on the National Campaign to Restore Legal Immigrant Food Stamp Benefits A vote on the Agricultural Research Conference Report (S. 1150), which includes $818 million in legal immigrant food stamp restorations, is expected to take place as early as today. As a courtesy to the Food Research and Action Center, the Children's Defense Fund is sending this message in hopes that you will respond to their call to action today. Thanks, Kimberly Taylor --- NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO RESTORE LEGAL IMMIGRANT FOOD STAMP BENEFITS THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH NATIONAL CALL IN DAY TO HOUSE MEMBERS --- Welcome Members back to Washington, D.C. from the recess by urging them for a clean up or down vote --no gimmicks--on the Agricultural Research Conference Report, as passed by the Senate (S. 1150), which includes $818 million in five year funding for legal immigrant food stamp restorations. Thank Members who voted on May 22nd against the proposed Rule that would have allowed the legal immigrant food stamp restorations to be stripped from the package. Joining in the June 4th National Call In Day are Food Research and Action Center, Council of Jewish Federations, National Immigration Forum, National Council of La Raza, National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, and others. The U.S. Capitol switchboard number is 202-224-3121. HUNGER Costs More--Restore Food Stamps for Immigrants!: That's the message printed on posters and stickers that California Food Policy Advocates and allies have been using at rallies and other events in California. Amarillo Bishop Speaks Out: "I urge you to publicly support federal food stamp restorations for legal immigrants...There are a lot of people experiencing hunger...These are our neighbors, workers in our communities and tax payers. It's not right to expect them to contribute to public good yet deny them minimal assistance." Excerpt from Statement of Most Reverend John W. Yanta, Bishop of Amarillo, TX, 6/3/98. Upcoming Broadcasts of Note: On June 4th the Council of Jewish Federations is hosting "Navigating Naturalization," a satellite broadcast describing ways to help immigrants naturalize, INS restructuring proposals, and pending naturalization legislation. To view the broadcast from a satellite site, contact your local Jewish Federation or call (201) 986-0914 at 12:50 p.m. on June 4th to listen to the broadcast. For details call Karen Cromwell-Mitchell at (202) 736-5877. Also on the 4th, at 9:00 p.m., ABC-TV will air the Alma Awards, media awards presented by National Council of La Raza to honor positive portrayals of Latinos. For information, check out the NCLR web site:www.nclr.org/special/almaindx/html. Congratulations, NCLR! Media: "What started out as a favor to farmers has become a vexing dilemma for House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), who is now caught between conservative Republicans and a formidable coalition of farmers, social service agencies and immigrant groups. As he resumes his struggle this week to balance ideological imperatives against his party's electoral needs, Gingrich must decide whether to revive a $1.9 billion agriculture research bill providing both crop insurance for farmers and food stamps for legal immigrants....The rule [proposed by House leaders on May 22nd] would have allowed a point of order against the conference report stripping the food stamp provisions from the bill, while preserving the bill underneath. In doing so his opponents argued, Solomon would tear apart the fragile coalition that supported the total package. As Rep. Tom W. Ewing (R-Ill.) described the bill, 'Government is an art of compromise, and that's[i.e. the package] the compromise.'" (Source: "Many in GOP Warn Gingrich Of Digging Hole With Farm Bill," Washington Post, 6/3/98). Prepared by Food Research and Action Center, 1875 Conn. Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.. 20009; 202-986-2200; 202-986-2525 (FAX); E-MAIL: foodresearch@frac.org; evollinger@frac.org or clewis@frac.org Carrie Lewis Food Research and Action Center 1875 Connecticut Ave. NW #540 Washington DC 20009 Phone: 202-986-2200 Fax: 202-986-2525 E-mail: HN7449@handsnet.org *********************************************************** -- OUR STRENGTH IS IN OUR NUMBERS -- SHARE THIS LEGISLATIVE UPDATE WITH YOUR FRIENDS!!! Our typical email is about a page or two long and generally comes once a week. To join our legislative update email list, sign-up on our website or send an email to: and write in the body of the message: subscribe cdfupdate PLEASE NOTE: WHEN SUBSCRIBING OR CANCELING YOUR SUBSCRIPTION, PLEASE DO NOT SURROUND YOUR ADDRESS WITH BRACKETS. Kimberly Taylor Children's Defense Fund 25 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202/662-3540 (fax) CDFupdate@childrensdefense.org "What is done to children, they will do to society." --Karl Menninger From dicwc@omen.net.au Thu Jun 4 19:27:47 1998 From: "Deaths In Custody Watch Commitee (WA) Inc." To: "DICWC Members" Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 09:13:30 +0800 X-Distribution: Moderate Subject: (Fwd) Amnesty report on WA prison deaths Reply-to: dicwc@omen.net.au "Pollies - Labor" , "Pollies - Other" , "Prison Watchers" , "AMA" , "DICWC Interest" ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: hschurma@amnesty.org To: waaia@ozemail.com.au Copies to: mcatsanis@amnesty.org.au, tgoodwin@amnesty.org.au, jisbister@amnesty.org.au, actaia@ozemail.com.au, tgoodwin@amnesty.org.au, vicaia@ozemail.com.au, tasaia@ozemail.com.au, vicaia@ozemail.com.au, waaia@ozemail.com.au, pkar@melbpc.org.au Date sent: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:25:00 +0100 Subject: Amnesty report on WA prison deaths Public amnesty international AUSTRALIA Western Australia Government should act on prisoner deaths 4 June 1998 AI INDEX: ASA 12/06/98 DISTR: CO/GR Shortly before midnight on Sunday, 31 May 1998, prison officers conducting routine checks found the dead body of 22-year-old Dean Kieran Lauder hanging inside a cell at Canning Vale Prison, near Perth, the state capital of Western Australia. At the time of writing this report, prison officials had not confirmed reports that Dean Lauder was found dead alone in a medical observation cell used for prisoners who need special supervision. While investigating police quickly issued a press statement saying they suspected "no suspicious circumstances", local media reported that an "inhuman prison regime" may have contributed to his death. In line with current policy, the Minister responsible for prisons refused to comment on Dean Lauder?s death which raises the state?s prison death record to an all-time high level. The Justice Minister?s silence on the increasing prison death rate heightens concerns about allegations that lack of care, inadequate medical and social welfare services for prisoners and indifferent or harsh treatment have contributed to many of these deaths. The seriousness of the situation is reflected in a January 1998 decision by the State Ombudsman to initiate a major inquiry into prison deaths on which a report is expected to be tabled in Parliament in September 1998. Record high rate of prisoner deaths An Amnesty International delegate who visited two of the state?s prisons in March 1998 was told by prison officers and administrators that they share public concerns about the failure of the prison system to prevent recent deaths in custody. A spokesman for the Prison Officers? Union pointed to stretched resources in prisoner care and inadequate training of prison officers to cope with the 30 to 40 per cent of prisoners in Perth who are identified as "at risk of self-harm". Three quarters of male prisoners who died during the past 15 months had been imprisoned at the Casuarina and Canning Vale prison complexes near Perth. Almost half of them had not yet been convicted when they died. While prisoner numbers have remained stable since 1996, deaths in prisons have increased by 130 per cent. On average, four people died in Western Australian prisons each year since 1980. That number rose to at least 11 in 1997, with another 11 prisoners reported dead in the first five months of 1998. Seven of those who died since January 1998 have been found hanged and are considered to have committed suicide. Among them was 18-year-old Neil Holt who died at Canning Vale Prison in January after reportedly being bashed by guards, and restrained with chains joining his hands and feet and having a mask placed over his head. The use of physical restraints, although supposed to be a last resort measure, appears to be no exception in prisons where officers face "chronic overcrowding" and a lack of resources that could help reduce tension between prisoners and staff. On 3 June 1998 a Coroner?s Inquest found that Victorino Bongay Vivas, another young prisoner, probably hanged himself "on or about" 29 July 1996 with a prison sheet from a tree in the grounds of Wooroloo Prison. His threats that he would kill himself had not been taken seriously as he was due for release three weeks later. The inquest report offered no explanation why his decomposed and decapitated body had not been discovered for more than six weeks after he went missing, leaving a suicide note in his cell. The Coroner was critical of prison proceedings which led to the prisoner being severely punished over a minor disciplinary incident. Government responses Community organizations claim the Government Minister responsible for prisons consistently rejected calls for a reform of the prison system. Media reports in early June 1998 suggested that the Government believed police and coroners? investigations into individual deaths provided an adequate response. In April 1998 the Government announced plans to build a new prison outside the state capital in order to relieve some of the pressures on the existing prison system which officials said includes "chronic overcrowding". Amnesty International is not aware of any official Government announcement of plans to directly address recent deaths in custody. However, the Ministry of Justice has scheduled a media conference on the issue for 5 June 1998. A senior Ministry of Justice official in charge of prison operations told Amnesty International in early June 1998 that research studies, commissioned before the recent increase in prisoner deaths, identified a wide range of problems in prisoner care, particularly of prisoners at risk of self-harm, and that the Government would consider recommendations for reform from mid-July 1998. No further details were available on these recommen-dations. The Ministry?s research suggests that about 30 per cent of all prisoners in Western Australia have at some stage injured or tried to kill themselves, either inside or outside prison. Prison officers interviewed by Amnesty International consider that the prison system is not equipped to address social and drug abuse problems which may be aggravated during imprisonment. Their concerns about deficiencies in officer training and prisoner medical care appear to be confirmed by the Ministry of Justice research, particularly with regard to drug abuse, the ability of prisoners to handle stress and the use of medical observation cells. These cells have been the subject of severe criticism because they lack any furniture or facilities, and because prisoners placed in them have complained they were used for punishment and isolation rather than protection or close supervision. Conclusion Coronial inquests, a 1991 judicial inquiry into deaths in custody, and reports by volunteer organizations including Amnesty International have sufficiently warned the Government about key problems associated with prison deaths. 1) While the factors contributing to such deaths are complex, the rising rate of people who die in Western Australian prisons indicates that these problems have not been effectively addressed. Ten years after a Royal Commission began its inquiry into deaths in custody, a higher rate of prisoners are dying in Western Australia than ever before and anywhere else in Australia, some under circumstances giving rise to concerns on the adequacy of their care. Standard Government response to prison deaths in Western Australia has been to refuse requests for comment or information pending routine police and coronial investigations. This frequently leaves deceased prisoners? relatives waiting for more than a year before evidence in the hands of the authorities is being made publicly available at a Coroner?s Inquest. The fact that prison officers have rarely been found responsible for a death in custody does not relieve the Government of its obligation to address factors known to the authorities that may well have contributed to the current increase in prisoner deaths, particularly suicides. Amnesty International therefore urges the Western Australia Government not to await the outcome of the Ombudsman inquiry before initiating steps to improve medical care, prison officer training and staffing levels, as well as procedures to ensure effective supervision and humane care of prisoners identified as "at risk". Supervision of prisoners in special purpose cells should go beyond the actual time spent in these cells and extend to the initial phase of the prisoner?s return into mainstream regimes. In addition, supervision should review the degree to which special regimes may in effect be more punishment than rehabilitation or necessary and appropriate security measures. It is in prison officers? interest to ensure that protective measures for individual prisoners do not create new risks. In line with a recommendation by the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody on the independence of prison medical services, Amnesty International believes that the operation and funding of prison medical and welfare services should be shifted from the Ministry of Justice to other competent Government authorities. 1) See for example Australia - Deaths in custody: how many more?, Amnesty International, June 1997, AI Index ASA 12/04/97. INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT, 1 EASTON STREET, LONDON WC1X 8DJ, UNITED KINGDOM ** Deaths In Custody Watch Committee - dicwc@omen.net.au ** "In Germany, they came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then, they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist, then they came for the Protestants and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time, there was no one left to speak up." Pastor Martin Niemoller, when arrested by the Gestapo in the late 1930s: ******* http://www.omen.net.au/~dicwc/ ************** * 27 Brewer St, PERTH, WA 6000 AUSTRALIA * * Ph: 61 (0)8 9328-5316 Fax: 61 (0)8 9228-8183 * ******************************************************** From dicwc@omen.net.au Thu Jun 4 20:11:14 1998 From: "Deaths In Custody Watch Commitee (WA) Inc." To: "DICWC Members" , "DICWC Interest" Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 10:00:36 +0800 X-Distribution: Moderate Subject: (Fwd) Re: prisoners voting (fwd) Reply-to: dicwc@omen.net.au Friends, ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: "Jim & Yvonne Duffield" Organization: Settlers for First Nation Australia snip... Apologies for the length of this missive, but please read on... Please read and digest the following, as it is of some significance in its intent to disenfranchise the less fortunate in our society, and this particularly includes the First Nation peoples of this continent. Appended is a an email list of pollies to whom you might address your concern in any correspondence decrying this evil intent. ===================================================== On 31 May 98, at 15:00, Brendan Greenhill wrote about prisoners voting (fwd): Date sent: Sun, 31 May 1998 15:00:44 +1000 (AEST) From: Brendan Greenhill To: activist@4zzzfm.org.au Copies to: prison-net@4zzzfm.org.au Subject: prisoners voting (fwd) Send reply to: Brendan Greenhill > Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 10:59:36 +1000 > Subject: prisoners voting > > Dear Jim, Brett et all > > The legislation that contains the prisoners voting elements has been > referred for a short Senate inquiry (report by 23 June). The Greens & ALP > & Colston wanted a longer reporting time but the Democrats backed the > Government. > > There has not been a vote for an exemption from the 'cut off' ** (we > kicked up enough of a fuss to get that vote delayed). But apparently the > Democrats are going to give the exemption!!. Expect a vote on the issue on > June 22. I understand that the ALP will oppose the exemption and are in no > hurry to have the legislation passed before the election. > > The ALP has not yet said which way they will vote on the prisoners > voting so need lobbying on this substantive issue. > > The Democrats need urgent lobbying on the process issue. The Senate > does not sit for three weeks so I think we just poor pressure on them not > to give exemption from the cut off. > > Senator Andrew Murray has responsibility for the legislation but I > suggest you lobby other Democrat Senators where you might get a more > sympathetic ear. > > **The cut off rule. Is a Senate Standing order (instituted by previous > Greens Senator Chamarette) that says that any legislation introduced in > one session can not be debated and voted on until the next session. This > is designed to give the community time to find out about what's in the > legislation and do some lobbying on it if necessary. > > Sometimes the Senate grants an exemption from this rule ( for example, the > budget supply bills are always granted an exemption) but it is not common > practice. It is this exemption that the Government seems to have > Democrats support for. With the Democrats the Government has the numbers. > > With an election looming if we can stall the legislation now who knows > when, or if, it will come back. At the very least it means a whole lot of > prisoners will be able to vote at this coming election. > > > > Ben > > Ben Oquist > Greens Senator Bob Brown > Parliament House, Canberra 2600 > 61+2 62773170 ph 61+262773588 > www.tassie.net.au/bobbrown > > > __ > Prison-Net: Australian Prison Activist Mailing List > To subscribe send mail to prison-net-request@4zzzfm.org.au > with subscribe in body and blank subject line. > ============================================ DEMOCRATS: Senator.Lees@democrats.org.au Senator.Woodley@democrats.org.au LABOR: dermott@interact.net.au "Michelle Roberts" beazley@highway1.com.au A.Albanese.MP@aph.gov.au P.Baldwin.MP@aph.gov.au Kim.Beazley.MP@aph.gov.au David.Beddall.MP@aph.gov.au Arch.Bevis.MP@aph.gov.au R.Brown.MP@aph.gov.au S.Crean.MP@aph.gov.au Steve.Dargavel.MP@aph.gov.au Martyn.Evans.MP@aph.gov.au G.Evans.MP@aph.gov.au M.Ferguson.MP@aph.gov.au Michael.Hatton.MP@aph.gov.au C.Hollis.MP@aph.gov.au B.Jones.MP@aph.gov.au M.Latham.MP@aph.gov.au Carmen.Lawrence.MP@aph.gov.au Michael.Lee.MP@aph.gov.au Jenny.Macklin.MP@aph.gov.au S.Martin.MP@aph.gov.au R.McClelland.MP@aph.gov.au Bob.McMullan.MP@aph.gov.au D.Melham.MP@aph.gov.au Allan.Morris.MP@aph.gov.au F.Mossfield.MP@aph.gov.au N.Okeefe.MP@aph.gov.au R.Price.MP@aph.gov.au Harry.Quick.MP@aph.gov.au R.Sawford.MP@aph.gov.au Andrew.Theophanous.MP@aph.gov.au Greg.Wilton.MP@aph.gov.au editor@alp.org.au lundyk@senate.aph.gov.au Senator Harradine: Senator.Harradine@aph.gov.au GREENS: margetts@iinet.net.au greens@parliament.tas.gov.au jimscott@peg.apc.org Matthew.Fagan@aph.gov.au And if you feel inclined, the Lib/Nats: Bob.Baldwin.MP@aph.gov.au Phil.Barresi.MP@aph.gov.au Kerry.Bartlett.MP@aph.gov.au B.Billson.MP@aph.gov.au E.Cameron.MP@aph.gov.au Ian.Causley.MP@aph.gov.au A.Downer.MP@aph.gov.au Richard.Evans.MP@aph.gov.au J.Forrest.MP@aph.gov.au P.Georgiou.MP@aph.gov.au D.Hawker.MP@aph.gov.au J.Hockey.MP@aph.gov.au R.Johnston.MP@aph.gov.au Jackie.Kelly.MP@aph.gov.au D.Kemp.MP@aph.gov.au Peter.Lindsay.MP@aph.gov.au Peter Lindsay , Graeme.McDougall.MP@aph.gov.au Ian.McLachlan.MP@aph.gov.au Chris.Miles.MP@aph.gov.au Stephen.Mutch.MP@aph.gov.au G.Nairn.MP@aph.gov.au P.Neville.MP@aph.gov.au Peter.Nugent.MP@aph.gov.au D.Randall.MP@aph.gov.au A.Rocher.MP@aph.gov.au Bruce.Scott.MP@aph.gov.au Ian.Sinclair.MP@aph.gov.au P.Slipper.MP@aph.gov.au S.Stone.MP@aph.gov.au K.Sullivan.MP@aph.gov.au Bill.Taylor.MP@aph.gov.au W.Truss.MP@aph.gov.au W.Tuckey.MP@aph.gov.au Mark.Vaile.MP@aph.gov.au Danna.Vale.MP@aph.gov.au Andrea.West.MP@aph.gov.au John.Howard@aph.gov.au ======================================================= In particular, the Democrats need to be made aware of the evil intent, it is both racist and filled with political expediency - let's face it, it would not be a baseless assumtion to conclude that 99% of those in prison would vote for other than the conservative coalition. Anyhow, regardless of any political affiliation or leanings, the intent is to deny the vote to what was once known as the "lumpenproletariat". The little time needed to email your concerns to the addressees could be of crucial importance to not just the outcome of an election, but also to the empowerment of the less fortunate. Not all the incarcerated are murderers or molesters. In the struggle, ** Deaths In Custody Watch Committee - dicwc@omen.net.au ** "In Germany, they came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then, they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist, then they came for the Protestants and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time, there was no one left to speak up." Pastor Martin Niemoller, when arrested by the Gestapo in the late 1930s: ******* http://www.omen.net.au/~dicwc/ ************** * 27 Brewer St, PERTH, WA 6000 AUSTRALIA * * Ph: 61 (0)8 9328-5316 Fax: 61 (0)8 9228-8183 * ******************************************************** From dicwc@omen.net.au Thu Jun 4 20:14:48 1998 From: "Deaths In Custody Watch Commitee (WA) Inc." To: "DICWC Members" , "DICWC Interest" Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 10:00:40 +0800 X-Distribution: Moderate Subject: (Fwd) The Age: Henry Reynold: Wik: the whole world is watching Reply-to: dicwc@omen.net.au ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Forwarded by: "Jim & Yvonne Duffield" Forwarded to: "Acker" , "Church" , "Labor" , "OSP" , "World Indigenous Affairs - Oz Base" Date forwarded: Tue, 26 May 1998 17:26:36 +0800 From: "Trudy Bray" To: "news-clip" Date sent: Tue, 26 May 1998 11:04:14 +1000 Subject: The Age: Henry Reynold: Wik: the whole world is watching Send reply to: Wik: the whole world is watching By HENRY REYNOLDS LAST month I had a phone call from a senior representative of a highly respected, international human rights organisation. He was deeply disappointed with developments in Australia, which until recently had been regarded as a world leader in many fields of human rights. In a few years, all the standing built around the world by the Whitlam, Fraser, Hawke and Keating Governments had been squandered, the man said. He assumed the Howard Government either didn't know or didn't care about Australia's loss of respect. Aboriginal issues - the inadequate response to the stolen children report and the 10-point plan in particular - were among his main areas of concern. Many Australians don't realise these are issues that interest the world. The Senate's rejection of the 10-point plan was reported on the evening news bulletins of American TV networks. Australian stories almost never achieve such exposure. We can be sure that of the many contending issues in the election campaign, Aboriginal rights will be the one that captures the attention of international media. One reason for this is that the struggle of indigenous or tribal people to regain their lands is universal. Governments and powerful regional interests press on these lands to open mines, log forests, dam rivers. But no other government proposes the blanket extinguishment of indigenous property rights on the scale advocated by the National Party, state premiers and industry groups. If implemented, the 10-point plan will almost certainly contravene Australia's obligations under two central human rights documents: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Both documents contain provisions that will allow individual Australians to take cases to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, with international embarrassment likely to follow. This is not how the Howard Government likes to present itself to the world. Last August it issued a White Paper on foreign policy, entitled In the National Interest. It bore the signature and photographs of the two responsible ministers, Alexander Downer and Tim Fischer. The ministers explained that the paper was written to inform both Parliament and people of the priorities that underpin policy formation. It was the first time such a paper had been prepared dealing with "the whole of nation approach" - the deliberate linking of domestic and international strategies, aspirations and policies. Foreign policy, the ministers declared, must express the aspirations and values of the national community. Which values and ideals were the ministers talking about? High among them was a strong commitment to human rights as an "inseparable part" of Australia's foreign policy approach - both because the treatment of human beings concerned Australians and because promoting and protecting such rights underpinned the country's broader security and economic interests. The ministers also emphasised that an unequivocal rejection of racism was central to Australia's international reputation. The commitment to racial equality was a "non-negotiable tenet of our national cohesion and it must remain a guiding principle of our international behavior". This was not merely a moral issue, but was fundamental to "our acceptance by, and engagement with, the region where our vital security and economic interests lie". But did such declarations mean anything? Or did the ministers put their names to pious sentiments that had little influence on the day-to-day business of Government, or on their own actions? Particularly telling is the behavior of the Deputy Prime Minister, Tim Fischer. From the beginning of the year he signed In The National Interest he had barnstormed the country, demanding the extinguishment of Aboriginal common law property rights over land held under pastoral lease, which had been recognised by the High Court's Wik judgment. It was Fischer who gleefully looked forward to "bucket-loads of extinguishment". Is this the same Fischer who, as Trade Minister, tells the world he abhors racism? What the Government's 10-point Wik plan promises is to diminish, by legislation, existing common law rights. Aborigines alone will suffer the resulting expropriation. It would be unthinkable for mainstream politicians to advocate expropriation of the property rights of any other recognisable group. Property rights are only seen as a problem when extended to indigenous people. So the Prime Minister, who has never been known to express concern about the concentration of land ownership, of money or shares, can hold up a map of Australia to illustrate his contention that the pendulum of advantage has swung too far towards the most deprived group in the country. What must the world make of this? Other recent developments undermine the White Paper's declaration that eliminating racial discrimination guides domestic and foreign policy. In the recent Hindmarsh Island bridge case before the High Court, the federal and several state governments argued that the Australian Constitution allowed the Federal Parliament, under the so-called race power, to discriminate against any racial group including indigenous Australians. Three judges agreed this was so, to the obvious satisfaction of conservative politicans. Are they pleased that Australia stands alone in the world with a Constitution that permits racial discrimination? Fischer condemned Pauline Hanson's racism and understood the damage it did overseas. He appears unaware of the racism that informs his own discourse on Wik. The Deputy Prime Minister and his ideological allies present a far greater threat to the long-term image of Australia than the transient passage of Pauline Hanson. The Wik debate casts deep shadows of doubt over the rejection of racism paraded in the White Paper of August 1997. Australia's commitment to human rights is deeply compromised, a fact that the rest of the world is rapidly coming to appreciate. Professor Henry Reynolds is senior research fellow at James Cook University. His most recent book, `This Whispering in our Hearts' (Allen and Unwin), was published in April. E-mail: opinion@theage.fairfax.com.au ************************************************************************* This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." ** Deaths In Custody Watch Committee - dicwc@omen.net.au ** "In Germany, they came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then, they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist, then they came for the Protestants and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time, there was no one left to speak up." Pastor Martin Niemoller, when arrested by the Gestapo in the late 1930s: ******* http://www.omen.net.au/~dicwc/ ************** * 27 Brewer St, PERTH, WA 6000 AUSTRALIA * * Ph: 61 (0)8 9328-5316 Fax: 61 (0)8 9228-8183 * ******************************************************** From eric@stewards.net Fri Jun 5 00:41:42 1998 Fri, 5 Jun 1998 02:48:03 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from eric@stewards.net) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 02:48:03 -0400 (EDT) To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK Chief Coordinator, Chiapas.Alert.Network@smtp2.globalserve.net From: eric@stewards.net (Eric Sommer) Subject: CHIAPAS VILLAGE BRUTALLY INVADED BY 3,000 ARMED TROOPS Hi, The state and paramilitary repression of the Indigenous people of Chiapas - together with their peaceful cooperative eco-agricultural associations - is continuing, as wittness the following communique from our listserve. To subscribe to the listserve or to view the latest online information regarding Chiapas, check-out our website at: http://www.stewards.net/chiapas/10.htm Eric Sommer, Chief Coordinator, Chiapas Alert Network, and member Stewards Corporation movement http://www.stewards.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- >SPANISH FROM ENLACE CIVIL,A.C. SAN CRISTOBAL, CHIAPAS. > >TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH BY irlandesa FOR NUEVO AMANECER PRESS > > >Municipality of Nicolas Ruiz, State of Chiapas >June 3, 1998 > >To the CONAI >To the COCOPA >To the Human Rights Commission Fray Bartolome de Las Casas >To the National and International Press >To Civil Society >To the General Public > >We report that at approximately 5:30 in the morning on Wednesday, June 3, >we were brutally attacked by close to 3000 armed troops, among them the >Mexican Army, the State Public Security forces, State and Federal judicial >police, and local White Guards known as "los chinchulines." We are going >to give you some of their names ["los chinchulines"], because they are the >primary perpetrators of the violence in the Municipality. Their names are >the following: Abel Lopez Zuniga. Mario Moreno Gonzalez, Amancio >Constantino Cardenas, Jorge Diaz Jimenez, Antonio Zuniga Lara, Maclovio >Diaz Lopez and Narciso Lopez Diaz, among others. They received direct >advice from the office of the Secretary of the Government, Areli Madrid >Tovilla. During the operation they wore hoods in order to not be >identified by the community, because they were pointing out the homes of >people the army would enter and beat everyone within, giving no importance >as to whether they were women or children. When the houses that were >pointed out were empty, they looted them. > >When they invaded the community in this operation, they threw tear gas and >fired high powered guns in all directions, and thus we do not know if any >among are people are dead. What we are sure of is the great number of >wounded, men, women and children. > >They destroyed furniture, took money, personal documents, electric >appliances, etc., for which we demand a total loss for personal goods, >furniture and property in the amount of 300,000 pesetas. > >In our community we are approximately 5000 residents. Of these 200 were >detained, men and women. We also report that some of our companeros have >disappeared, since we made a count of all the residents, and we do not know >where some are. We are afraid that these companeros could be tortured or >killed. > >The operation, which began at 5:30 in the morning up until this moment, was >carried out with the entire community under siege, with no one being >allowed to leave or enter here. They cut off our means of communication, >like telephones. They are maintaining air and land patrols. > >We ask human rights' organizations to intercede before the federal and >state government for the withdrawal of this operation in our Municipality, >because we do not believe it is just that a community be attacked just for >the pleasure of a group of persons who do not want peace, like the >"chinchulines." > >We are asking that these persons be tried, because we know they have >police records, including Mario Moreno Gonzalez and Abel Lopez Zuniga and >Jorge Diaz Jimenez. > >That the integrity and human rights of those who are under siege by the >army in this community be respected. > >Sincerely > >The People of Nicolas Ruiz, Chiapas > >ENLACE CIVIL A.C. >Calle Ignacio Allende 4 >29200 San Cristobal de Las Casas >CHIAPAS-MEXICO >Telephone and fax: (52) 967-82104 >e-mail: enlacecivil@laneta.apc.org > >CONSULT OUR WEB PAGE WITH NEW INFORMATION UPDATED EVERY 15 DAYS >http://www.laneta.apc.org/enlacecivil >http://www.enlacecivil.org.mx > >___________________________________________________ >NUEVO AMANECER PRESS- N.A.P.To know about us visit: >http://www.nap.cuhm.mx/nap0.htm >NOTICE:In accordance with Title 17 USC section 107, material >appearing in Nuevo Amanecer Press is distributed without profit >to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this >information for research, education and advocacy purpuses >on human rights issues. Nap is registered in USA as a non-profit >organization. NAP advisory team is in Mexico. >**NAP keeps automatica copies of ALL outgoing messages. >Tampering with NAP's idetificator will be referred to the >proper authorities for prosecution. >NAP > > From dicwc@omen.net.au Fri Jun 5 01:21:38 1998 From: "Deaths In Custody Watch Commitee (WA) Inc." To: "AMA" , "DICWC Interest" , "DICWC Members" , "Oz Media" Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 15:11:00 +0800 X-Distribution: Moderate Subject: TOO LITTLE TOO LATE FOR TOO MANY Reply-to: dicwc@omen.net.au "Pollies - Labor" , "Pollies - LibNats" , "Pollies - Other" , "Prison Watchers" FF00,FF00,FF00Media release
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TOO LITTLE TOO LATE FOR TOO MANY
We welcome this development from government" said= Glenn Shaw of the Deaths In Custody Watch Committee, "but it is difficult, after such a period of silence by the Minister, and after too many unnecessary deaths in custody, to see how this response can be labelled as an 'initiative.' "There is more to addressing this question than to permit the Justice bureaucracy to address health care issues. This government seems intent only to increase the rate of incarceration to a level that must, by= extension, see an increase in the rate of custodial self harm and custodial death. A 'panel of review' is all well and good, but it must operate in the public domain. The Ministry must immediately commission this panel and discipline it to the Royal Commission Recommendations" was the position put by Mr Shaw. "We continue to contend that less than 10% of the 212 custodial recommendations of the Royal Commission's 339, have been implemented" he added. "We believe that it comes too late for too many in Western Australia and we again call for the Ministry of Justice to be separated from corrective and custodial services. Further, we call for the custodial element to be staffed by suitably qualified professionals in the disciplines of penology and criminology at the highest level" said the Chair of the Committee. He said that "Dr Schurmann-Zegel of Amnesty International has, again and again, highlighted that in Western Australia the rate of self harm in the prison system is at epidemic proportions, he states that 'about 30 percent of all prisoners in Western Australia at some stage injured or tried to kill themselves.' Surely, the two units at two institutions cannot address an epidemic of this size and it must be evident to even a politician that the deaths in custody are but the tip of a huge health care iceberg." "This prison system is clearly in crisis, but let us not continue to just investigate or build facilities, initiated as a Ministry response, and not= a health care response. I have to agree with Amnesty International in their statement that '=85the operation and funding of prison medical and welfare services should be shifted from the Ministry of Justice to other competent Government authorities.' said Glenn Shaw. He concluded "This is not just an international discipline, but also a recommendation of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) to the Royal Commission." You cannot have less talk Mr Foss, but you can have more action, and a health care dilemma calls for health care action. Action that must be designed by health care professionals, and not in isolation by your bureaucrats." Media contact: Glenn Shaw, 08 9265 6960<= /bold>
"To monitor and work to ensure the effectiv= e implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission Into Aboriginal Deaths In Custody"
From draperm@socio.unp.ac.za Fri Jun 5 01:34:09 1998 Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 09:34:44 +0200 From: "Malcolm Draper" To: r.palat@auckland.ac.nz, psn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: India's nuclear tests - Kali Yuga? I wonder, if for some, India's entry in the nuclear race is not just an inevitable acceleration of Kali Yuga, the age of destruction. I am reading an as yet unpublished travel book ("Kali Can Dance" by Michael Wessels) whose perspective spans both the academic Marxist and iconoclastic mystical. He spent a couple of years travelling (mostly on foot) about that part of the world. I have chosen two analytical passages which, though uncharacteristic of the narrative of the book, provides some light hued with cultural and and countercultural colours amongst the cold and clinically clear materialist probes thus far shone onto MAD developments in the East. Enjoy: "According to natural historians and geologists, if not to the Vedas, India hived off Africa and rammed into Asia. The flora and fauna I saw from the bus made me feel as if I had taken a mild, and not entirely pleasant, hallucinogen. The environment was familiar yet alien, similar to Africa's but much more degraded. While the scale of the deterioration in India was immediately apparent to me, most European travellers I spoke to found themselves not in a wasteland, but in a bucolic idyll. India is a tamed land. Every inch of arable soil is cultivated. Even the banks and islands of rivers have submitted to the plough. The ground has been gnawed clean by domestic animals. The nights are less alive, emptier than African nights; the days not so loud with bees, cicadas and birds. The skies are dominated by scavengers. The earth is choked by weeds and thorns, the plant equivalents of the opportunistic birds flying overhead. Although the defilement and domestication of the Indian wilderness has been a process stretching across millennia, it was greatly accelerated by British colonisation. When the new conquerors were not bleeding the country for profit, they hunted its wild animals. Perhaps they believed that the subordination of the people would be hastened by the pacification of the wild-life. After independence the Green Revolution technocrats moved in to mop up whatever resistance nature still offered." [. . . after several chapters . . .] "There were among travellers in India, I came to realise, several broad schools of thought concerning the destruction of the environment and the dearth of quality culture. The more secular schools tended either to the advocacy of social action to reverse the process or to an acceptance of human limitation in the context of historical and physical processes too powerful and unpredictable to manipulate, and too complex for value judgement. These views were generally jettisoned after a protracted stay in India and a greater acquaintance with Indian religion and Indian drugs, and replaced by one of two esoteric prognostications. The first maintained that what was variously presented as the New Age, the Shambala of the Tibetans, the age of Aquarius, the era of global consciousness, the perfection of the lines of communication between earth and Sirius or the termination of Kali Yuga, was upon us, indeed it might be as little as five years away. The number of the elect, the golden tribe whose consciousness already accorded with the levels of consciousness which would then prevail, was increasing exponentially everyday. The second occult school of thought, prevalent amongst sadhu-influenced freaks, held that we were still in the early stages of Kali Yuga. The rate of destruction would increase for several thousand years yet. Trends such as the mass extinction of species, materialism, the erosion of values and the rapid debasement of consciousness among the masses were only portents of the much more thorough annihilation which would precede the advent of the next age. The more orthodox Hindu view posited a cyclical pattern whereas most of the New Agers inclined to an evolutionary view. Some admitted to astrological cycles - in 24 000 years we'd once again be back at the dawn of the age of Aquarius - but most believed in the increasing and irrevocable spiritualisation of matter, a great cosmic journey towards some ultimate rendezvous of all creation with Nirvana. The proponents of this theory of spiritual evolution considered their own experiences of expanded states of consciousness, produced by drugs or spiritual practice, as well as the increasing availability of previously secret spiritual knowledge from around the world, as strong evidence for the global consciousness revolution, the necessary precursor to some dramatic cosmic apocalyptic event. For these believers in the imminence of the apocalypse, it was vital to expand consciousness as quickly and diligently as possible in order to secure a place among the elect who would either survive the destruction and remake the earth or be whisked off by extraterrestrials. The proponents of the Hindu cyclical view, on the other hand, could do nothing much about the situation other than bemoan the decline, delight in their own relative purity and lack of ignorance, go the impossibly arduous route of individual enlightenment, or worship Kali with greater fervour, smashing illusion with chelums and chuckling knowingly to themselves at every new manifestation of barbarism and darkness. Kali can dance!" From r.palat@auckland.ac.nz Fri Jun 5 01:48:32 1998 Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 19:43:33 +1200 From: Ravi Arvind Palat Reply-To: r.palat@auckland.ac.nz To: Malcolm Draper Subject: India's nuclear tests This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------3E15F8AE63239EB2020A4164 I enclose an article I wrote...it was published in _The Press_, a newspaper in Christchurch, New Zealand on Wed 3 June, 1998 How Asian tests reveal ‘nuclear apartheid’? Ravi Arvind Palat If five nuclear detonations by India last month shattered our complaisant assumption that the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) had virtually eliminated such tests, the six nuclear explosions Pakistan conducted in retaliation last week reinforced fears that we stand at the beginning of a new nuclear arms race. An arms race between the two neighbours, is potentially more incendiary than the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The two super-powers did not share a common border. By the time they acquired the capability to launch missiles against each others’ home territories, the certainty of assured mutual destruction operated as a strong deterrent. India and Pakistan, in contrast, share a 2000-mile frontier and their long-standing territorial dispute over Kashmir is now inflamed by the growth of religious fundamentalist movements on both sides. While the Arctic Ocean provided a 40 minute warning between the launch of missiles and their targets in the Soviet Union or the United States, it takes only 3 minutes for Indian or Pakistani missiles to reach their targets. There is no margin for error. If this realization has catapulted nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament to the top of the global agenda, fears of a new nuclear arms race are exaggerated as indicated by the Indian government’s calm reactions to the Pakistani tests. Indeed, calculating that Pakistani tests would legitimate India’s own tests and end the country’s moral and political isolation, hawkish members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did their best to goad Pakistan. Though Indian tests provoked the predictable Pakistani response, it must be recognised that the two countries were responding to very different geo-strategic imperatives and perceptions. The Indian tests were not directed against Pakistan. India has defeated Pakistan in three conventional wars over the last 50 years and can do so again as India has twice as many soldiers as Pakistan: 1.2 million against 600,000. >From its inception, India’s nuclear weapons programme was always directed towards China. India’s sense of vulnerability after her humiliating defeat in a brief border war with China in 1962 was heightened by the Chinese acquisition of nuclear weapons in 1964. Within four years, it was well-known that India had the technological capabilities to make nuclear weapons and all doubts were removed in 1974 when its scientists conducted a "peaceful nuclear explosion." Just as military defeat by China led to India’s sense of insecurity, the forceful vivisection of Pakistan by Indian forces in the War of Bangladeshi Secession in 1971 galvanised Pakistan’s nuclear programme. Former Prime Minister, Mr. Zulfikhar Ali Bhutto famously said that Pakistanis would even "eat grass" if that is what it took to develop nuclear weapons. During subsequent years, both countries were widely acknowledged to have acquired all the requirements to assemble nuclear weapons at short notice. It is widely accepted that Pakistan had got blue-prints to make nuclear bombs from China. As Chinese tests had proved that these designs worked, there were no compulsions to test them especially since tests would have triggered international condemnation. Why then, did India and Pakistan choose to rattle their nuclear sabres now? Strategically, the demise of the Soviet Union was a major blow for India. It lost its most powerful ally and increased its sense of isolation. Weak protests by the United States government against the transfer of short- and medium-range ballistic missiles from China and North Korea to Pakistan did nothing to assuage the Indian government’s growing sense of isolation and insecurity. Rather than addressing these concerns, Western powers seemed bent on forcing India to accept a nuclear containment regime that it considers flawed and discriminatory. Finally, the new BJP-led coalition government is unstable and the popular support certain to be generated by the tests would grant the government a new lease of life. Once India had tested, pressures to test were irresistible for the Nawaz Sharif Government in Pakistan. Soon after India’s five nuclear tests last month, Ms. Benazir Bhutto, a former prime minister and leader of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party even called on Western states to launch a pre-emptive attack on India to "neutralize India’s nuclear capability." Religious leaders and politicians in Pakistan, instigated by provocative claims by fundamentalist Hindu politicians in India, also clamoured for nuclear tests. Internationally, while the United States gave North Korea some US$4 billion to renounce nuclear options, no such dollops of aid were offered to Pakistan. The offer to let Pakistan finally take delivery of the 28 F16 aircraft it had bought and paid for in 1990 was never going to be enough especially when Ms. Bhutto was threatening mass demonstrations in favor of` testing. The powerful military was also demanding tests and no Pakistani politician can ignore the military. Nuclear tests by India and Pakistan have completely derailed the non-proliferation framework and scuttled President Clinton’s policy of promoting economic and commercial interests over other goals as in the subordination of human rights issues in China to trade and investment. Will a nuclear Pakistan spur Iran to acquire nuclear weapons of its own? In the global indignation over Indian and Pakistani tests, it is also conveniently forgotten that Germany, Italy, and Japan had reserved the right to withdraw from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty if the list of nuclear weapons states expanded from the original five. China’s weakness in computer simulations may lead it to violate the CTBT if India refuses to sign it. Since the CTBT was designed to cement US technological superiority in nuclear weapons, a resumption of Chinese tests would shatter any hope of the US Senate ratifying the treaty. The collapse of the Warsaw Pact was accompanied by a major review of security policies in Europe, culminating in the eastward expansion of the Western security alliance, NATO. There has been no comparable review of the post-Cold War security environment in Asia. Preoccupied with budget deficits, the US government has reduced military expenditure by 30 percent between 1989 and 1998 and hoped that the growing prosperity of Asian states will automatically create a strong consensus against militarism. This hope has now been shattered. In dealing with the new geopolitical conditions created by the Indian and Pakistani tests, it is important to recognize the very different strategic perceptions that guide New Delhi and Islamabad. The Indian tests were claims to be recognised as a great power as the right of one-sixth of humanity. Pakistan’s geostrategic aims are more modest. It is a claim to security rather than to great power status. The need for security can only be addressed within a larger framework which includes China, Russia, and the United States at the very least. In an age of intercontinental ballistic missiles, there are no defensible borders and security can be guaranteed only by political understanding. A regional security arrangement that accommodates all interested powers rather than Cold War-like alliances directed against opposing superpowers is the only viable solution but it is one that would take time to establish. In the short-term, the only way Pakistan’s legitimate security concerns can be addressed would be an offer by the five recognised nuclear weapons states to extend their nuclear umbrella over the country if it renounces nuclear weapons. An iron-clad commitment to defend Pakistan would raise military expenditures when the trend is towards declining outlays but the alternative is far more destabilising. Simultaneously, the United States and Russia should offer to share advanced warning technologies with India and Pakistan to reduce tensions. India’s claim to recognition as a major power cannot be accommodated merely by a commitment to defend it against nuclear attack as it sees China as its main adversary. India is also less likely to accept what it calls "nuclear apartheid" now that it has tested weapons than it was before the tests. The only viable solution is for other nuclear weapons states to join India in working towards global nuclear disarmament. If that were to be the case, there would be a silver lining to the mushroom clouds hovering over the subcontinent. --------------3E15F8AE63239EB2020A4164 begin: vcard fn: Ravi Palat n: Palat;Ravi org: Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Auckland email;internet: r.palat@auckland.ac.nz note;quoted-printable:Private Bag 92019=0D=0A= Auckland, NEW ZEALAND=0D=0A= Phone:+64-9-373-7599,ext.5313=0D=0A= FAX:+64-9-373-7439 x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------3E15F8AE63239EB2020A4164-- From smrose@exis.net Sat Jun 6 06:35:28 1998 From: "Steve Rosenthal" To: PSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 08:31:48 +0000 Subject: US imperialism Prepare for Nuclear War Guess who conducted an underground nuclear weapons test this past March 25? It wasn't India, Pakistan, or China. It was the USA. The USA called it a "subcritical" nuclear test that doesn't technically violate the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). But the European Parliament passed a resolution warning the US that carrying out the test could provoke India and Pakistan to carry out their own nuclear tests. This information is presented by Bill Mesler in "Virtual Nukes_When Is a Test Not a Test?", an article in the current issue of The Nation (June 15/22, 1998). US "subcritical" testing is part of a massive Stockpile Stewardship Program (SSP) that includes new tests, new facilities, giant lasers, and supercomputers devoted to research and development of nuclear weapons. With projected costs of $45 billion over the next ten years, the US is actually spending more annually in real dollars on its nuclear arsenal than during the cold war. When the US crafted the CTBT, it fully intended to continue testing and developing more technologically advanced nuclear weapons. So did all the other established members of the nuclear weapons club, Russia, China, and France. In fact, the entire test ban regime was designed to facilitate continued nuclear weapons testing and development by the major imperialist powers. The author of this article doesn't fully draw the logical conclusions from the facts he assembled, but we should. The US and other imperialists are fully and unalterably committed to preparation for nuclear war, and they will not give it up. Arms control and the CTBT are a fraud intended to justify efforts to prevent rival states from developing nuclear arsenals and to lull us into believing that there will not be a nuclear war. As the global crisis of capitalism spreads and deepens, as imperialist rivals move from economic to military competition, as they attempt to mobilize people with nationalist fascist movements, as they form rival blocs to fight for a re-division of the world, they will use the nuclear weapons they are currently spending billions to improve. We have a responsibility to build the only kind of movement that can end the threat of nuclear war and abolish nuclear weapons. We have a responsibility to explain the big picture to all those around us. To take nuclear weapons and state power out of the hands of the imperialist bosses, we must build a mass revolutionary movement of workers, including the working class youth in the military. When the imperialists begin this nuclear slaughter, we will rid the earth not only of nuclear weapons but of the capitalist classes that have developed them. 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Cordell II, New York, NY 466) Colleen Theis, New York, NY 467) Karen Speer, New York, NY 468) James Karn, New York, NY 469) Raymur Walton, New York, NY 470) Martha Brice Gaillard 471) Martha Gary 472) Howard Stovall, Memphis, TN 473) Pat Mitchell, Memphis, 474) Tara McAdams, Memphis, TN 475) Robert Gordon, Memphis 476) Robert Freed, Richmond, VA 477) Babs Jackson, Richmond, VA 478) Michael Broyles, State College, PA 479) Ruth Silverman, Buffalo Grove, IL 480) Karen Primack, Silver Spring, MD 481) George Hinds, Takoma Park, MD 482) Luc Leplae 483) Suzanne Rosenblatt 484) Mark J. Fraire, Madison, WI 485) Steve Barberio, Hopkins, MN 486) Kari Kjome, Minneapolis, MN 487) Peter Kjome, Grand Rapids, MI 488) Robert Driscoll, Jr., Pittsburgh, PA 489) Jonathan J. Dlouhy, Atlanta, GA 490) Ronda Respess, Atlanta, GA 491) Ann Steck, Alexandria, VA 492) De Fischler Herman, Takoma Park, MD 493) Naomi Mara Hyman, Stevensville, MD 494) Patrice L. 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Price, Montgomery, AL 536) Hiawatha Northington, II, Jackson, MS 537) Mary Jo Meyers, Brandon, MS 538) James Sclater, Clinton, MS 539) Elaine Barber, Austin, TX 540) Mary Golden 541) Megan Meisenbach, Austin TX 542) Isidor Saslav, Overton TX 543) Ann Heiligman Saslav, Overton TX 544) Sandra H. Nichols, Austin, TX 545) Edmund L. Nichols, Austin, TX 546)Deena H. Mersky, Austin, Texas 547) Cyril D. Robinson, Carbondale, IL 548) Sabrina H. B. Hardenbergh, Carbondale, IL 549) Barbara McKasson, Makanda, IL 550) Amy Weber, Carbondale, IL 551) Ivan Handler, Evanston, IL ************************************************************ --part0_897182221_boundary-- From Spectors@mail.netnitco.net Sun Jun 7 14:39:59 1998 Date: Sun, 07 Jun 1998 15:32:44 -0700 From: Spectors Reply-To: Spectors@mail.netnitco.net To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK Subject: Info wanted on relative decline of U.S...... I'm still working with a study group trying to elaborate on the following thesis (expressed below in very simplistic fashion): Capitalism-imperialism has been in a general systemic crisis (based on its inherent crisis of overproduction) since the early 1900's. But within that crisis are various points points/moments of especially intense systemic crisis as well as some periods when certain aspects of the crisis are less acute. World War II killed tens of millions and destroyed a significant percentage of the world's industrial capacity. U.S. capitalism was given the opportunity to expand as a result of this new "market" and the weakened state of its imperialist competitors. But since WWII, there have been a number of turning points/transition points reflecting the relative decline of U.S. imperialism. These turning points are political-economic, rather than just political or just economic. Some of them include: the defeat in Vietnam, which emboldened opponents of the U.S. capitalist system; the OPEC oil embargo, which strategically weakened U.S. control over the mid-east, even though individual U.S. oil companies were able to pass most of the costs on to consumers; the overthrow of the Shah; the abondonment of the dollar as the international standard; the rise of Japanese capitalism, etc. I'd be interested in hearing from members of this list on their opinions of other events/processes, especially since WWII, which have contributed to both the worldwide political-economic crisis, and particularly, to the relative decline of U.S. imperialism, compared to where it was in 1950. Of course U.S. imperialism is still a powerful force, but the notion that it is the single invincible world power is undermined daily by more and more evidence, from India/Pakistan to Ethiopia/Eritrea...... Send me any ideas on this; you can post it to PSN and/or to me personally. Thanks, Alan Spector From MGWENG01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU Mon Jun 8 08:05:09 1998 From: MGWENG01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU Date: 8 Jun 1998 10:02:58 EDT To: , Subject: Fascism, Part n... If you liked Les Miserables, you will love this. More from fascist-occupied NYC... http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/a/AP-Workfare-Disabled.html TELEPHONE: (502) 852-6836 INTERNET: MGWENG01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU From MGWENG01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU Mon Jun 8 08:12:20 1998 From: MGWENG01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU Date: 8 Jun 1998 10:09:48 EDT To: , Subject: Pure capitalism and US policy in the Caribbean, Part n... What more is there to be said??? To be dobe??? http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/i/AP-Drug-War-Speedballs.html TELEPHONE: (502) 852-6836 INTERNET: MGWENG01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU From MGWENG01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU Mon Jun 8 08:24:25 1998 From: MGWENG01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU Date: 8 Jun 1998 10:22:15 EDT To: , Subject: Fascism/Veteran's Affairs/Free Soeech, Part n... Rounding out this morning's contributions to our understanding of the Great Beast/Leviathan, thanks to the NYT/AP... http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/w/AP-Nerve-Gas-Vietnam.html TELEPHONE: (502) 852-6836 INTERNET: MGWENG01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU From eric@stewards.net Mon Jun 8 04:34:20 1998 (envelope-from eric@stewards.net) Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 06:37:28 -0400 (EDT) To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK From: eric@stewards.net (Eric Sommer) Subject: Stewards Corporation Movement - New Movement of Poor People STEWARDS Corporation Movement Website: http://www.stewards.net Email: staff@stewards.net 604-221-6426 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an introduction to the Stewards Corporation Movement. If you want to inform other individuals or listserves in your network about this movement, please forward this message to them. Thanks, Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi there, The Stewards Corporation Movement, also known as the Stewards Planetary House, is a new just-being-born movement of working and non-working poor people who seek to become increasingly able to work together to care for one another together with the planet. Our approach is highly inquiry-oriented and includes new methods of social organization, economics, information technology, childcare, personal development, care of the earth, and much else. The SPH combines the seven ways people have traditionally sought liberation: The human potential movement, progressive social change, religion or spirituality, ecology, feminism, progressive art, and science. The Stewards Planetary House is open to all poor people, wherever they may be on the planet. People are needed to help us to begin our program of `organizing the poor people of the world - beginning with ourselves - to work together as Stewards to care for one another together with the world. The URL for our homepage, where you can read about us, and connect with us, is: http://www.stewards.net Along with many other documents of interest to poor people and their allies, the website includes an important new book entitled:`The Stewards Corporation: A System for Total Human Development'. This book sets out a model for a `corporation of a new type', which includes within itself: poor people's social unities called `Stewards Houses' (these are not primarily physical structures but social units of cooperation which can be used by anyone affiliated with a Stewards Corporation including homeless people); poor people's production systems called `Stewards Services'; poor people's education systems called `Stewards Guilds'; a poor people's democratic management, ownership, and governance system for the Stewards corporation called a `Stewards Polis'; poor people's use of advanced information technology for communication, collaboration, and coordination; poor people's ownership and management of land; and much more. The book on the Stewards Corporation is accessible from the `Contents' page, which is accessible from the homepage. We are involved in attempting to establish the first functioning Stewards Corporation here in Vancouver, British Columbia In case you - like ourselves - dislike the oppressive and life-fragmenting aspects of traditional business corporations, rest assured that the `Stewards Corporation' are corporations of a VERY different type! If you are interested in entering into regular dialogue and communication with us regarding the theoretical and practical steps involved in developing a Stewards Corporation in your area, please e-mail us at: staff@stewards.net Cordially yours, Solidarity, Blessings of light, Eric Sommer coordinator of B.C. Stewards Corporation http://www.stewards.net/ and The Chiapas Alert Network. http://www.stewards.net/10.htm From Timothy.Mason@wanadoo.fr Mon Jun 8 15:14:26 1998 for Paris Mon, 8 Jun 1998 23:14:36 +0200 (MET DST) for Paris Mon, 8 Jun 1998 23:14:29 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 20:10:24 +0200 From: Timothy Mason To: MGWENG01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU Subject: Re: Pure capitalism and US policy in the Caribbean, Part n... I'm sure this stuff is interesting an' all, but the nyt won't let us foreigners into their site. So much for global capitalism. Regards Timothy Mason From CDFUPDATE@childrensdefense.org Mon Jun 8 18:03:05 1998 Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 17:38:50 -0400 From: "CDFupdate CDFupdate" To: CDFupdate@automailer.com Subject: CDF Update 6-8-98 Sender: owner-cdfupdate@automailer.com Children's Defense Fund Update June 8, 1998 In This Issue: -- Child Care -- Juvenile Justice -- Family Income *** Child Care *** --- ONLY 5 DAYS TO CALL YOUR SENATORS TOLL-FREE TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO SUPPORT CHILD CARE --- The countdown is on! There are only five days left (until June 12th) to call your Senators toll-free at 1-888-38-STAND-UP (1-888-387-8263)and let them know that quality, affordable child care is important to America's working families. Please call all Senators -- Democrats and Republicans alike -- and urge them to support the Kerry-Bond child care amendment, which would set aside specific funds for child care from tobacco revenues. Current co-sponsors of the amendment include: Senators Kerry (D-MA), Bond (R-MO), Chafee (R-RI), Campbell (R-CO), Kennedy (D-MA), Dodd (D-CT), Wellstone (D-MN), Johnson (Tim)(D-SD), Boxer (D-CA), Specter (R-PA), Landrieu (D-LA), Durbin (D-IL), Graham (Bob)(D-FL). After much delay, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the Kerry-Bond amendment as early as this week. We want to continue to work on building support for the Kerry-Bond child care amendment, which would guarantee that a portion of tobacco tax revenues are used to fund child care and after-school programs. To date, over 9,000 calls have come into the toll-free child care action line (1-888-38-STAND-UP) provided by Working Assets Long Distance. Please keep up the great work--call your Senators, forward this message to your networks, and tell everyone you know to call their Members and send Congress the loud and clear message that child care matters! *** Juvenile Justice *** --- THE CHILDREN'S GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT OF 1998 TO BE INTRODUCED LATER THIS MONTH --- It is imperative that Congress take action on a very real threat facing our children -- too many die each day from guns and too many have easy access to guns. Later this month, the "Children's Gun Violence Prevention Act of 1998" will be introduced by Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) and Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA). This will be a comprehensive piece of legislation that will address all areas of concern about children's access to firearms. This bill will: 1- Strengthen laws prohibiting children from having access to handguns; 2- Impose criminal penalties on adults who fail to keep loaded firearms out of the reach of children (as 15 states have already done with "CAP" laws); 3- Encourage manufacturers to make safer, more child resistant guns; 4- Provide federal support for development of educational materials and gun violence prevention curriculum for children. 5- Revoke the license of any dealer found to have knowingly sold a gun to a minor. 6- Authorize funding for expansion of the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative used to track guns possessed by juveniles; and 7- Authorize funding to the Centers for Disease Control's National Injury Prevention and Control Center for development of children's firearm injury surveillance systems. It is also imperative that the efforts continue to urge Senators to oppose S. 10 and any other bill that destroys the core protections for children's safety (such as keeping them separate from adult inmates), fails to invest in prevention, and does not reduce children's access to guns. Call your Senators now (U.S. Capitol Switchboard is #202/224-3121) and give them the following message: 1- Support gun violence prevention to keep children safe. 2- Support after-school, summer, and other prevention opportunities to keep children safe. 3- Oppose any "youth violence" bill that doesn't reduce children's access to guns and increase investments in after-school activities and other prevention -- and that instead puts children into adult jails and prisons where they are at risk of harm. *** Family Income *** --- RED CROSS AIDING FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO IN SPENCER, SD --- The American Red Cross is coordinating response efforts in Spencer, SD in the aftermath of a devastating tornado that virtually wiped out the town on May 30th. It has been reported that this is the worst disaster to affect a single community this year. The deadly twister leveled nearly all of this small town of 400 in the south of the state, 45 miles west of Sioux Falls. One hundred fifty-eight houses of the one hundred seventy-nine were destroyed. Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) are providing meals to families and clean-up volunteers. The Red Cross is not encouraging clothing contributions at this time. Instead, they are requesting cash donations that will allow the people affected by this tragedy to buy clothing and other day-to-day necessities that were lost in the storm. If you would like more information about the efforts in Spencer, SD or would like to make a cash donation, call the American Red Cross at: 1-800-HELP-NOW. *********************************************************** -- OUR STRENGTH IS IN OUR NUMBERS -- SHARE THIS LEGISLATIVE UPDATE WITH YOUR FRIENDS!!! Our typical email is about a page or two long and generally comes once a week. To join our legislative update email list, sign-up on our website or send an email to: and write in the body of the message: subscribe cdfupdate PLEASE NOTE: WHEN SUBSCRIBING OR CANCELING YOUR SUBSCRIPTION, PLEASE DO NOT SURROUND YOUR ADDRESS WITH BRACKETS. Kimberly Taylor Children's Defense Fund 25 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202/662-3540 (fax) CDFupdate@childrensdefense.org "There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing when we save our children, we save ourselves." - Margaret Mead From shawna@portal.ca Tue Jun 9 12:42:48 1998 Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 10:46:28 -0800 To: shawna@portal.ca From: Radical Women Subject: Encyclopedia of Socialism and Feminism Dear Sisters and Brothers in the Struggle, "The logic of feminism is to expand inexorably into generalized radicalism." How true these words ring to me as a young female socialist. They come from Clara Fraser, described by the "Seattle Post-Intelligencer" as the "grande dame of socialism." I want to introduce you to an essential new tool, a source of humour and an inspiration for rebels, feminists and freedom fighters -- Clara Fraser's book "Revolution, She Wrote." I want to encourage you to purchase this book because it will arm you with the verve and practical examples needed to make change in these times of accelerated globalization and assaults on us as working people with our myriad oppressions. Clara is acknowledged as the architect of socialist feminism. Her book constitutes an encyclopedia of multi-issue politics and an indispensable guide to making the good fight. It holds unflinching optimism in the revolutionary potential and beauty of the working class, which includes movers and shakers like yourself. Fraser dedicates her book to her feminist and Marxist predecessors: "I learned that the act of fighting injustice is full of hope and joy when it is viewed, and properly so, as a slice of an innate historical tradition, an ancient reaching out for universal human fulfillment." As a feminist youth and Radical Women leader, I've discovered a wellspring of encouragement in Clara's writings. Her ideas mirror my own experience. She advocated and nurtured the full humanity all young women aspire to. She firmly believed women and men can change fundamentally to become the humanist leaders needed to create a better world for the oppressed majority. And, I add, in our lifetime! When other leftists called for a blind unity of the working class -- but didn't mention women, people of colour and queers, Clara did. When everybody else said "you can't," when they said that socialism and feminism are contradictory forces, she said "you can." She then, 40 years ago, went on to develop an historical analysis of socialist feminism. Her logical thesis simply states that women's situation in life, added to our personal abuse within the system, impels us to an incredible leftward radicalization and propulsion toward socialism. And, she emphatically argues men must embrace feminism as key to their liberation as complete human beings. These are among a few of the reasons I want you to share with me, my delight and gusto in reading "Revolution, She Wrote." I know within its pages you will find many words of substance that speak to you directly and your central role in pushing society forward, away from the awful gloom projected in the pages of the establishment press. "Revolution, She Wrote" shows clearly, in language we can all understand, the importance of a broad-based, uncompromising anti-capitalist movement to challenge injustice in Canada and around the world. I am asking you to purchase a copy of "Revolution, She Wrote" and help Vancouver Radical Women reach our goal of selling 30 books by the end of June. You can help us and enrich your ideas by ordering Clara's book from me in the next few days. I have attached an order form to this email for you to respond to. Clara's absence is a profound loss, but we have her book to serve as a fountain of motivation for years to come. Won't you please order a copy now for yourself and perhaps a special gift for a friend? I look forward to hearing from you soon. With feminist and socialist optimism, Shawna Hellenius, Vancouver Radical Women PS I especially encourage you to attend our upcoming study group on "Revolution, She Wrote." This dynamic idea-packed course, open to all, and conducted in an informal setting, celebrates the content of Clara's book and will focus on her unique brand of feminist theory for radical activists starting July 9 following each Thursday for eight weeks through August 27. It will be held at Rebel Centre from 7pm to 8:30pm with snacks and refreshments. Contact me for registration, study guides, the book, and reading assignments in advance at 604 874-9041 or shawna@portal.ca ___________________________________________________ Fill out the order form below and I will contact you directly about specific payment arrangements to suit your needs. -- Shawna Hellenius ---------------------- clip here ---------------------- return to: shawna@portal.ca ___________________________________________________ ORDER FORM ___________________________________________________ Yes, I want a copy of: "REVOLUTION, SHE WROTE," by Clara Fraser 400 pages, paperback, Red Letter Press, 1998. ISBN 0-932323-04-9, $22.95 CAD, $17.95 USD, Soft Cover (shipping $3.00) (inquire for bookstore and distributor info) Name: Address: City: Prov/State: Code/Zip: Tel: Fax: Email: ___________________________________________________ R A D I C A L W O M E N Rebel Centre, 2278 East 24th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5N 2V2 T 604.874.9041 F 604 874.9058 E shawna@portal.ca find out more about Clara Fraser at: http://www.socialism.com/Clarasmemorial.html ------------------------ end ------------------------ From MGWENG01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU Wed Jun 10 07:33:56 1998 From: MGWENG01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU Date: 10 Jun 1998 09:31:40 EDT To: Subject: Abortion funding Could/wpild someone please provide a brief history pf government funding of abortions in the US? Thanks! Morton Wenger TELEPHONE: (502) 852-6836 INTERNET: MGWENG01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU From jnaiman@acs.ryerson.ca Wed Jun 10 08:12:23 1998 Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 10:14:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Joanne Naiman To: psn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: The Making of the New World Order (NWO) (fwd) FYI Joanne Naiman ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 11:53:15 -0400 From: Eric Fawcett To: s4p all lists , s4pont@physics.utoronto.ca, s4potht@physics.utoronto.ca, s4ptor@physics.utoronto.ca Subject: The Making of the New World Order (NWO) This is a penetrating analysis of the rise of the NWO, whose dependence on military domination helps us understand the determination of the USA and the lesser western nuclear powers to keep their arsenals. The struggle for abolition goes way beyond military considerations! I have snipped the article, but it's still long, with my apologies. I think you will find it interesting enough to want to read the the original, which is available in the journal or on the web page quoted below. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The Making of the New World Order" (C) Richard K. Moore 1998 rkmoore@iol.ie, http://cyberjournal.org Originally published in: "Toward Freedom" magazine, May 1998 email "tfmag@aol.com", web "http://towardfreedom.com", a monthly progressive magazine. The dominant trend of our time is globalization, taking such forms as the elimination of trade barriers, downsized governments, greater reliance on the private sector, reduced regulation of business, and an increasingly global economy. Many people interpret this as economic progress, basically a good thing. But this form of globalization is actually political regression, threatening to destroy democratic institutions and turn the clock of human progress centuries backward to something resembling feudalism. In some ways, the US is central to the process. It's the leading proponent of free trade, and provides the primary military muscle to shape and maintain global order. When the US president speaks on international issues, his words are taken seriously. He is, after all, the most powerful and influential world leader. Yet, the US isn't the primary beneficiary of globalization, and doesn't appear to be exploiting its advantage in the traditional fashion. The reason should be obvious: Globalization isn't about competition among nations, but rather about the increasing power of mega-corporations over nations and their peoples. In effect, the US government acts as a proxy for elite corporate interests, not as a representative of its people or even national interests in any traditional sense. Although sovereign national states, sometimes competing and sometimes cooperating, are the Familiar World Order, globalization is leading us inexorably toward a New World Order where mega-corporations (and the wealthy elite who control them) reign supreme, while nations are reduced to a vestigial, subservient, policing role -- as we see in much of the Third World. ~snip By end of the World War II, the US was very close to total global hegemony. It had the run of the seven seas, an intact military machine and national infrastructure, a monopoly on nuclear weapons, greatly expanded influence in the oil-rich Middle East, and the lion's share of the world's disposable wealth and industrial capacity. Meanwhile, most of the rest of the world was in shambles, deep debt, and/or under occupation. The US had the prestige, power, and resources to guide the construction of post-war arrangements largely according to its own designs. Rise of the Megacorps ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Following the war, the Western elite, led by the US, drew a line on the globe, separating the part they dominated from the part they didn't. The "free world" (doublespeak for "elite-controlled zone") was organized into a new kind of investment realm, while much of the "free" population was systematically subjected to military dictatorships responsive to elite interests. The doublespeak usage of "freedom," originating during the American Revolution, had been globalized. Meanwhile, the "communist bloc" (doublespeak for "beyond elite control") was contained: ostracized, pestered around its periphery by provocative military deployments, and subjected to chronic economic destabilization via the "arms race," expensive brushfire engagements, and trade restrictions. However, rather than using its strength to establish a traditional imperial system, with Europe relegated to a secondary position and Japan kept underdeveloped, the US implemented a bold new global scheme: collective imperialism. Under a Pax Americana military umbrella, an international economic infrastructure was established (IMF, World Bank, et al.). Investment and trade were free to flow, increasingly, around the "free" world, without the territorial partitions traditionally imposed by a competitive European imperial system. For the ex-colonies (soon to be dubbed the "Third World"), the result was domination by the capital elite, rather than the business interests of a single national power. This semi-homogenized, semi-pacified, investment environment enabled large corporations to develop operations on a global scale. Thus arose the era of megacorps -- mammoth corporations with wealth and influence comparable to nations. Megacorps are much more than simply giant units of economic enterprise, capable of executing large-scale business transactions. They're also significant political and economic powers. Beyond any sense of home-nation loyalty, they view regulations and trade barriers as provincial interference. Their needs and demands are more often than not the hidden agenda behind Western policies. This is a new species of political entity, in direct competition with its ancestor species, the modern nation state. Born out of limited-liability laws, nurtured by capitalist culture, and lacking any natural sense of limits, megacorps extend themselves like cancer cells, poisoning their host planet in the process. Their motivation is to increase their market value on behalf of their owners. What would be the nature of a megacorp-governed world? There's no need to speculate: We can simply look at Third-World countries, many of which have been dominated by megacorps for some time. What we see are minimal regulation and taxation of megacorp activities, along with repressive regimes subsidized, armed, and otherwise bolstered by outside elite interests. The Neoliberal Revolution ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In 1980, a new phase of consolidation was launched simultaneously in the US and Britain, under the stage management of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. The platform of the "neoliberal revolution" was lower corporate taxes, reduced corporate regulation, privatization of public services, elimination of international trade barriers, and the self-demonization of democratic political institutions. "The only good government is less government" became the kamikaze agenda. This amounts to a wholesale transference of power, assets, and sovereignty into megacorp hands, embezzlement on the grandest scale ever attempted. Public lands, rights, responsibilities, and assets are being passed into private hands at undervalued prices -- without effective public oversight. Government itself is being dismantled. By rights, neoliberalism's public leaders ought to be indicted for conspiracy and high treason. Their revolution represents a declaration that nation states are no longer the tools of power, and that megacorps are the primary vehicle for wealth accumulation and organizing global society. And they're making it clear that First-World nations and their populations are no longer privileged partners in the game. To this end, international arrangements such as the WTO, IMF, World Bank, NAFTA, and GATT have been set up to ensure that economic, social, and political polices can be dictated globally by corporate-dominated commissions. Megacorps and their commissions are controlled directly by the elite. There are no democratic mechanisms and no pretense that they represent the "will of the people." Democracy, the scam which unleashed capitalism, has finally become a direct hindrance to elite hegemony. A significant difference between the neoliberal and American revolutions is the lack of emphasis on democracy and freedom. Today's promises are related mainly to "opportunity." People are encouraged to assume that democracy is a fact of life, an unshakable institution, secure from any fatal dangers. We're also encouraged to view capital exploitation itself as a sign of democracy, particularly in formerly socialist states. As citizens there suffer under intentionally destabilized economies, megacorps organize exploitative infrastructures. Meanwhile, we're told that the locals are simply "slow to adapt." Traditionally in "democracies," police forces have been small and order has arisen from the spirit of citizenship. But under neoliberalism, abandonment of public services is depressing satisfaction, while the de-emphasis of nationalist ideology is undermining civic identity and voluntary compliance. The elite understands that, as living standards decline in once-prosperous nations, more economic suffering -- and political discontent -- are inevitable. Not surprisingly, then, police-state systems are growing, and an intense propaganda campaign is underway regarding crime, its causes, and cures. More police, longer sentences, and more prisons are the elite's answer to the question of public order. The nature of the US penal system is changing. As prison construction becomes the largest growth industry, a formidable capacity is being built. Prisons are literally becoming the concentration camps of the neoliberal regime, places to isolate those redundant to corporate needs. But never wanting to waste an exploitable resource, the elite are also developing an extensive prison-labor system, renting out inmates to fill lower-rung labor needs. This growing network of slave-labor concentration camps has so far escaped public notice. So, too, has its racial and ethnic bias. The World Cop ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If nations are to be weakened, from where will the armies come to maintain the New World Order? Nationalist spirit has been central to modern war efforts. How can a disenfranchised, betrayed populace be expected to rally "to the defense" when the elite need their support? Who will maintain the infrastructure for weapons systems and delivery? What will be the command structure, and on behalf of what political entity will military operations be carried out? Finally, what about public opinion? The myth of democracy requires that some degree of popular sentiment be roused for dramatic military interventions. The Gulf "War" and its aftermath demonstrated how the elite plans to deal with some of these problems. The episode set major historic precedents, establishing new paradigms for global propaganda, weapons technology blitzkrieg tactics, and international law. It planted in the global public mind the principle that the US has a justifiable global policing role, and exported to the global stage its traditional war-incident scenario. Technologically, it was a field test of significant new weapons systems. Precise night operations, stealth defenses, guided weapons, satellite navigation, cruise missiles, bulldozers as mass-murder devices, air-fuel explosives, uranium-weighted shells, anti-nerve gas vaccinations -- an entire new generation of weaponry was tested on a modern, supposedly well-armed, industrial nation. With almost no loss of life in the elite forces, Iraq's infrastructure was systematically destroyed and its population subjected to relentless terrorism. Technology helps solve the problem posed by the demise of strong nationalism, which formerly provided large, motivated armies. By emphasizing hi-tech weapons, operated from safe havens, and using blitzkrieg tactics, the length of the intervention was minimized, the number of casualties (on the elite side) kept low, and the need for a large, non-professional army reduced. The war-provoking incident -- Iraq's invasion of Kuwait -- was brought about by Kuwait's economically provocative oil-dumping policy, followed by a "go signal" from the US secretary of state regarding Iraq's invasion. Once the incident occurred, outrage and surprise were feigned, and a world-wide media/lobbying campaign was launched to cajole UN approval of US military action. Saddam Hussein was quickly assigned the role of Hitleresque madman. The US launched a military campaign of its own design, and -- as with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution [the US Congressional approval for a major military build-up in Vietnam, which was later shown to be based on a staged incident] -- UN approval was a blank check, interpreted however the war-leaders wished. This precedent has established itself very firmly on the media-managed "world stage." Since then, the US has all but been handed the official title of "Judge Dredd" -- -judge, jury, and executioner of international law -- and US intervention is no longer considered imperialism. Unraveling the Big Lie ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If the New World Order becomes completely operational, overall policies will be set by non-elected, corporate-dominated commissions; the world's economy, information, and working conditions will be managed directly by megacorps; governmental functions will be reduced to administrative matters and police-management. And all this will be enforced globally by an elite-dominated strike force built around the US military and NATO. The US has a unique role only partly due to its position as the dominant military power. It also reflects the fact that, compared to other First- World countries, it's the most thoroughly captured by megacorp interests. And the US people, in their habitual credulity, are the most effectively mesmerized by media mythology fed them via television. It's almost a "safe house" for NWO operations. There is only a brief window of opportunity in which First-World populations can reclaim their paper democracies, through intensive political organizing and the creation of broad coalition movements. But such an unprecedented peaceful revolution will only become possible if people wake up to the true nature of the threat. Given the dire consequences of globalization, the widespread acclaim for its steady progress is somewhat remarkable. The credit goes to the sophistication and pervasiveness of the accompanying propaganda campaign, plus the absence of effective forums for alternate perspectives. If a Big Lie is repeated often and loudly enough, people will eventually believe it. In countering globalization rhetoric, therefore, perhaps the most powerful argument regards the corruption of governments and politicians. Although we're reminded daily of that corruption, we're rarely informed that political corruption is really the illegal intrusion of the corporate elite into the political process. But if enough people realize this, it will no longer be as easy for global corporatization to pose as a "solution" to the problem. From cmanjarrez@jt.cc.va.us Wed Jun 10 14:06:04 1998 Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:08:35 -0300 To: PSN@csf.colorado.edu From: Carlos Manjarrez Subject: Race and Ethnic Relations Web Course Dear PSN subscribers, I am teaching a Racial and Ethnic Relations web course Fall 98. In preparing this class I have been exploring the ways in which students might access a variety of materials directly from the net to supplement or readings or otherwise enrich learning. I tried to select sites that would have be both interesting and would lend themselves to field projects (i.e. going to the US census page for basic demographic data, monitoring discussion groups to get a sense of how people socially construct race or maintain identity). If any of you have ideas or have seen sites that might be particularly useful in this respect your feedback would be greatly appreciated. And of course, I will return the comprehensive list of sites and comments back the the list. Thank you in advance for your help. Carlos Manjarrez 8080,0000,0000************************************************ Carlos A. Manjarrez 8080,0000,0000Graduate Fellow Joint Center for Poverty Research Northwestern University Institute for Policy Research 2046 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208 http://www.jcpr.org/gradfellows.html Email:carlosm@nwu.edu 8080,0000,0000************************************************ From jnaiman@acs.ryerson.ca Wed Jun 10 15:13:38 1998 Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 17:16:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Joanne Naiman To: psn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: New World Order crumbling in Russia (fwd) FYI Joanne Naiman ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:27:55 -0400 From: Eric Fawcett To: s4p all lists , s4pont@physics.utoronto.ca, s4potht@physics.utoronto.ca, s4ptor@physics.utoronto.ca Subject: New World Order crumbling in Russia SUNDAY FOCUS / Inside the Great Russian Collapse By Fred Weir, Moscow correspondent for Canadian Press and a contributing editor of the biweekly magazine In These Times. > > ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I asked a western economist how it was possible > for Russia to have the world's best-performing stock exchange > when the country was in its eighth straight year of economic > contraction. His reply was studied and cautious, but boiled down > to: "The market knows best." > This year, Russia has the world's worst-performing stock > market, and the experts are scrambling for answers. The most > popular are a crisis of confidence stemming from the spectacular > meltdown in Asia and President Boris Yeltsin's failure to press > forward with structural and tax reforms. But the sheer magnitude > of the looming Russian disaster should warn us off such > superficial explanations. In fact, Russia has been in a > state of creeping collapse for almost a decade - and now that a > global storm is breaking around it there are few reserves and > almost no institutional defenses to fall back on. > Russia's predicament is rooted in the choices made following > the demise of the USSR in 1991. Then, western experts advised the > country's new leaders to merge with the global market and to > adopt the outward forms of capitalism as quickly as possible - > and pick up the pieces later. Very little thought was given to > how the vast, hyper-centralized machinery of the old Soviet > economy would actually make this transition. Much was made of > price liberalization, the emergence of a banking sector > and a privatization campaign that delivered more than 70 per cent > of state-owned assets into private hands. > Western advisers hailed the monetary stabilization of recent > years as the crowning achievement of market reform - and this > accomplishment is now at risk, as the beleaguered ruble > struggles to keep its balance. > Yeltsin's program of market reforms created what some Russian > observers are now calling "Potemkin capitalism," a surface veneer > that boasts active securities markets, a handful of world-class > corporations, shops stuffed with imported goods and a few hundred > thousand quasi-middle-class professionals bustling about mainly > in downtown Moscow. > Beneath this veneer lies a very different set of conditions. > Millions of workers live almost entirely outside the cash > economy, trapped in dying factories that seldom or never pay > wages. Most find subsistence by growing their own food, sharing > within extended families, bartering and by evading taxes and > other cash obligations. > In Ivanovo, a depressed textile town of half a million, > about three hours from Moscow, officials say that 70 per cent of > the population did not pay their rental or utilities charges last > year. Twelve million Russians live north of the Arctic Circle, > dispatched there by Soviet planners to do jobs that serve no > rational purpose in a global economy. Severodvinsk, for example, > is a city of a quarter of million people on the White Sea that > still retains an enormous workforce to manufacture and maintain > an anachronistic atomic submarine fleet. > Unable to collect taxes from the blighted industrial > hinterland, the Russian government has survived by ratcheting up > its debt, which is the core of the current crisis. The Kremlin > may default regularly on wages for public-sector workers - but > debt-servicing, which now swallows up nearly a third of all state > expenditures, must be fulfilled without fail. As financial > instability deepens, the responses prescribed by the > International Monetary Fund are to improve tax collection and > slash spending. But increasing revenue from thousands of bankrupt > industries and millions of impoverished individuals is a > non-starter, while withdrawing the last dregs of the Soviet > welfare state will only heighten the quite pronounced danger of > social explosion this summer or fall. > Despite many declarations over the post-Soviet years, the > goal of creating a western-style middle class has never been > promoted by government policy. According to Harvard University's > Davis Center for Russian Studies, the number of small businesses > in Russia actually dropped by 50,000, or about 7 percent, between > 1995 and 1997. > If the Potemkin model of reform has brought no benefits to > the majority of Russians, it has greatly enhanced the wealth of a > tiny stratum of financiers. And they have used their wealth in > ways that were utterly destructive for Russian national > development. Rapid privatization handed over the jewels of the > economy - primarily raw materials - to a handful of financial > moguls without imposing any social obligations on them. Rather > than invest, these new capitalists have milked the old Soviet > infrastructure for quick profits. > Lev Mironov, chairman of Russia's Oil and Gas Worker's > Union, says depreciation of fixed assets in that industry - > one of the most favored sectors - is running at a rate three > times greater than new investment. In a massive study of the > Russian economy last year, the Russian Academy of Sciences > estimated that capital investment by 1995 was just 25 percent of > the 1989 level. One of the authors of that report, economist > Dmitri Lvov, said recently that figure now stands at 8 per cent. > Lvov told a conference in Moscow that Russia's gross domestic > product plunged by 83 per cent between 1991 and 1997, industrial > output fell by 81 per cent and real unemployment rose 10-fold, to > 13 million people. At the same time, Transparency International, > a Berlin-based think tank, rates Russia as the world's fourth > most corrupt country, after Nigeria, Bolivia and Colombia. > Government graft and payoffs to criminals and officials drive up > costs at every level of business. > Potemkin capitalism has given the new rich plenty of > conspicuous outlets for their lucre: Moscow is now home to a > boomlet of casinos, Mercedes-Benz dealerships, exclusive > boutiques and up-market real estate agencies. The two-year stock > bubble, which saw the Russian market almost triple in value, may > be read in retrospect as an indication that the country was being > plundered rather than as evidence of a healthy, normal market > economy taking root. > Last month, The Economist estimated that $200 billion has > left the country over the past decade, or almost $2 billion per > month - yet another measure of how rapidly Russia's seed corn > is disappearing. > None of this was inevitable, but it is largely the > consequence of decisions made - often at Western urging - > by the Yeltsin regime. The emphasis on breakneck privatization, > slashing social spending and controlling inflation by building up > government debt were all dictated by the International Monetary > Fund. Much the same pattern held in the deregulation of financial > markets, which facilitated the flight of Russian capital and the > entry of fickle international "hot money" to speculate in the > domestic-debt and securities markets. > In a Western country, these abuses would be averted, or > counteracted, by the workings of democratic government and > protests from an aware and active civil society. But Russia's > last feeble attempt to build genuinely independent institutions > was violently cut short in 1993 - to Western applause - > when Yeltsin's troops stormed and eliminated the oppositionist > parliament. Subsequently, Yeltsin authored a new constitution > vesting the lion's share of authority in the Kremlin. This > concentration of power in a single office can now be seen as the > decisive moment in creating Russia's present model of corrupt > crony capitalism. > At the height of the financial crisis last week, Yeltsin > summoned his "politburo of oligarchs" - the 10 top financiers > who are rumoured to control 50 per cent of Russia's GDP among > them - to beg for help in restoring the state's solvency. > There could be no better illustration of how precarious the > situation has become: Russia's claim to stability rests upon an > old, sometimes doddering autocrat and a tiny coterie of tycoons > made wealthy mainly by his grace. > Even if the current crisis is weathered, the prognosis will > remain bleak, as long as Russia is a country where stock markets > can boom while crucial investments in people, industry and > infrastructure are deferred. Until solid policies are enacted to > reverse the flow of wealth from a minuscule, unaccountable elite > and lodge it in the heartland where millions wait with dwindling > patience, catastrophe will be just one small shock away. > From brook@california.com Wed Jun 10 20:43:59 1998 Wed, 10 Jun 1998 19:39:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 19:43:17 -0700 To: soc118@ucdavis.edu From: CyberBrook Subject: US chemical warfare Report: U.S. used nerve gas used against defectors in Vietnam June 7, 1998 WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military used nerve gas on a mission to kill Americans who defected during the Vietnam War, CNN and Time Magazine said Sunday in a joint report. It is the first confirmed use of nerve gas by the American military. The so-called Operation Tailwind was approved by the Nixon White House as well as the CIA, the report said, quoting retired Adm. Thomas Moorer, a Vietnam-era chief of naval operations and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Former military officials who participated in the operation said their job was to kill defectors from the U.S. military, but it was not known for sure whether the suspected defectors died during a preparatory nerve gas assault or a subsequent assault with conventional weapons carried out by Special Forces troops. A companion story on the eight-month investigation in which 200 people were interviewed appears in the current edition of Time magazine, written jointly by a CNN producer and correspondent. "It was pretty well understood that if you came across a defector, and could prove it to yourself beyond a reasonable doubt, do it, under any circumstance, kill them,'' said 1st Lt. Robert Van Buskirk, who was a platoon leader in the operation. "It wasn't about bringing them back. It was to kill them.'' Pentagon spokesman Jim Turner declined to comment Sunday, saying officials had not reviewed the report. The Time version of the joint report said a Pentagon official, who was not named in the story, said the Army "has found no documentary evidence to support CNN's claims that nerve gas of any type was used on operation Tailwind.'' The reported use of nerve gas came after President Nixon pledged a "no first use'' policy on nerve gas. The U.S. had already signed a treaty restricting chemical weapons but the Senate had not ratified it. The nerve gas, sarin, is the same gas used three years ago in a deadly terrorist subway attack in Japan. Several officers who served in Operation Tailwind told the premier episode of "NewsStand: CNN & Time'' that the government liked to call the gas "incapacitating gas'' or "knockout gas'' — but that its true makeup was widely known. "Nerve gas, the government don't want it called that,'' said Mike Hagen, a platoon sergeant in Operation Tailwind. "They want to call it incapacitating agent or some other form but it was nerve gas.'' The report said Moorer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1970, did not admit on camera that nerve gas was used, but confirmed off camera that it was. "I would be willing to use any weapon and any tactic to save the lives of American soldiers,'' Moorer said, adding that he had no figures on how often lethal gas was used during the war. "I never made a point of counting that up,'' he said. "I'm sure you can find out from those that have used them.'' The soldiers involved in the nerve gas operations were part of the Studies and Observations Group, or SOG, a small, elite unit of the Special Forces. CNN quoted John Singlaub, a former SOG commander, as saying it could be more important to the survival of U.S. troops to kill defectors than enemy soldiers because the defectors' knowledge of communications and tactics "can be damaging.'' Van Buskirk said the team attacked a village base camp in Laos after observing American men — believed to be defectors — among the people. He said he even threw a hand grenade down a hole to kill two American men who were fleeing. "We basically destroyed everything there,'' Hagen said. Van Buskirk described the scene as "a mess.'' "It was just pieces of human beings,'' he said, adding that among the more than 100 bodies, soldiers saw more than a dozen Americans they believed to be defectors. But the gas use didn't stop there, the news show reported. Former military officials said the gas was used a second time to get the team out of the area after enemy troops arrived. "They were told to put on their funny faces (gas masks) because war daddy said we are coming in with gas,'' said Capt. Eugene McCarley, who led Operation Tailwind but says he never considered the use of lethal gas. McCarley also denies that Operation Tailwind's mission was to kill defectors. "We weren't looking for any village. We stumbled upon it by accident,'' he said. One Tailwind veteran described seeing the enemy forces throwing up and in convulsions on the ground. "I looked down into this valley. All I see is bodies,'' Van Buskirk said. Veterans' activist Ted Sampley of Kinston, N.C. reacted with disbelief when contacted about the story late Sunday. He said he only remembers being warned of deserters fighting with enemy troops and told to kill those soldiers, if found. "The United States did a lot of things. . . but the use of nerve gas over there, I find it really hard to believe,'' said Sampley, who did two tours of Vietnam, the last as a member of the Special Forces. From brook@california.com Wed Jun 10 22:03:30 1998 Wed, 10 Jun 1998 20:56:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 21:00:16 -0700 To: soc118@ucdavis.edu From: CyberBrook Subject: A Woman's Life of Protest An inspiring portrait of an extraordinary woman... Brentsville Woman's Legacy Of Protest: From Nuclear Arms To Human Rights By Tara Mack Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, June 7, 1998; Page V01 When Louise Franklin-Ramirez was born, her mother said, she shot to the bottom of the bed and kept on going. And, 92 years later, she hasn't stopped. In those years, the Brentsville resident has accumulated a lifetime of political activism. She's protested wars in Central America and racial segregation and the Ku Klux Klan in this country. She opened toy stores in Georgetown and Puerto Rico that did not stock any military-style toys. She helped integrate schools in the 1960s and condemned U.S. policy in South Africa in the 1980s. She's been arrested dozens of times for political protest. One of her longest crusades has been against nuclear weapons. She created a map of what she termed "deadly nuclear radiation hazards" in the United States and organized commemorations of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Last month, Franklin-Ramirez joined a protest at the Indian Embassy against nuclear testing. She was the oldest person there and the only one who wanted to be arrested. Or, at least, that's how her husband, John Steinbach, tells the story. Franklin-Ramirez says her memory is fading and she can't recall what happened that day. With eight decades of political protest stored in her brain, she sometimes has trouble remembering whether she did something last week or 10 years ago. Although her memory of her political life has begun to dissolve, Steinbach, who is 41 years younger than Franklin-Ramirez, has memorized her entire personal history. Franklin-Ramirez was born in Washington on Sept. 28, 1905, and 12 years later championed her first cause. She sold strawberries, ice cream and shortcake to raise money for Armenians massacred by the Turks during World War I. After graduating from Central High School, she got her teaching degree from Wilson Normal School and then earned a bachelor's degree from D.C. Teachers College. During her dozen years as a teacher in the District, she worked to desegregate public schools and the teachers union. In the early 1930s, she married a man from Puerto Rico and moved there in the 1940s. Her third child was born in Puerto Rico. While there, she opened a toy store that specialized in developmental toys. She later opened a similar store in Georgetown. She returned to the United States in the early 1950s and divorced her husband. A few years later, she became part of the anti-nuclear movement, because of her concern about the effects of nuclear bombs on children in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In 1962, she helped organize the first White House protest against nuclear arms testing. A year later, she was working with civil rights activists to develop a curriculum for black students. In 1980, she met Steinbach during a rally at the Pentagon against nuclear weapons and nuclear power. He returned to Ann Arbor, Michigan, but the two wrote often. A year later, she chained herself to the doors of a post office to protest the resumption of registration for the military draft. While she was being arrested, she had a heart attack. She asked Steinbach to come and take care of her. "I came to help her out as a friend and then the friendship blossomed," he said. In 1986, they were married. "John was very tough. He could go out into the streets," she said of her attraction to him. Among dozens of family pictures throughout the house is a photograph of them in mid-twirl, dancing at Franklin-Ramirez's granddaughter's wedding in 1990. They call each other "dear" and "sweetheart" throughout their conversation. Except to assert that they are not bothered by the age difference, neither has much to say about it. A woman who for years defied convention about a woman's proper place, Franklin-Ramirez now derives her greatest pleasure from being at home. She likes tending the plants that fill her living room and garden and taking walks through the woods near her home, which she calls Earth Lodge. Franklin-Ramirez has not given up her political activities. Her most recent arrest was two years ago while protesting nuclear weapons at a Nevada nuclear weapons test site. One demonstration that still stands out for her is a 1996 protest against cutbacks at the University of the District of Columbia. When the students went on a general strike, she shouted words of encouragement through a bullhorn. But, in general, she feels a little disappointed with this generation. "How times have changed," she said. "They don't seem to go out on the streets anymore." From coatesrd@casmail.muohio.edu Thu Jun 11 09:47:22 1998 From: "Rodney Coates" To: , "PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK" Subject: Re: Race and Ethnic Relations Web Course Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 11:47:07 -0400 boundary="----=_NextPart_000_006E_01BD952E.A92B3FA0" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_006E_01BD952E.A92B3FA0 charset="iso-8859-1" You might want to check out: http://www.mhhe.com/webquest/samplerace.html This is a coedited work (vince parrillo and myself) that McGraw Hill has = published...We have identified an extensive set of sites it covers all = major ethnic groups in this country and also included major ethnic and = racial groups and conflict arround the world. Also included you will = find short essay questions, multiple choice.. -- umoja -- rodneycoates.. -----Original Message----- From: Carlos Manjarrez To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK Date: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 5:24 PM Subject: Race and Ethnic Relations Web Course =20 =20 Dear PSN subscribers, =20 I am teaching a Racial and Ethnic Relations web course Fall 98. In = preparing this class I have been exploring the ways in which students = might access a variety of materials directly from the net to supplement = or readings or otherwise enrich learning. I tried to select sites that = would have be both interesting and would lend themselves to field = projects (i.e. going to the US census page for basic demographic data, = monitoring discussion groups to get a sense of how people socially = construct race or maintain identity). If any of you have ideas or have = seen sites that might be particularly useful in this respect your = feedback would be greatly appreciated. And of course, I will return the = comprehensive list of sites and comments back the the list. =20 Thank you in advance for your help. =20 Carlos Manjarrez=20 ************************************************ Carlos A. Manjarrez Graduate Fellow Joint Center for Poverty Research Northwestern University Institute for Policy Research 2046 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208 http://www.jcpr.org/gradfellows.html Email:carlosm@nwu.edu=20 ************************************************ ------=_NextPart_000_006E_01BD952E.A92B3FA0 charset="iso-8859-1"
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I am=20 teaching a Racial and Ethnic Relations web course Fall 98. In = preparing this=20 class I have been exploring the ways in which students might access = a=20 variety of materials directly from the net to supplement or readings = or=20 otherwise enrich learning. I tried to select sites that would have = be both=20 interesting and would lend themselves to field projects (i.e. going = to the=20 US census page for basic demographic data, monitoring discussion = groups to=20 get a sense of how people socially construct race or maintain = identity). If=20 any of you have ideas or have seen sites that might be particularly = useful=20 in this respect your feedback would be greatly appreciated. And of = course, I=20 will return the comprehensive list of sites and comments back the = the=20 list.

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The conditions that made the Holocaust possible, especially the formally rational system continue to exist today. Indeed, what the process of McDonaldization indicates is not only that formally rational systems persist, but that they are expanding dramatically. Thus in Zygmunt Bauman's view, under the right set of circumstances the modern world would be ripe for an even abomination than (if such a thing is possible) than the Holocaust. Rather than viewing the Holocaust, as most do, as an abnormal event, Bauman sees it in may ways as a "normal" aspect of the modern, rational world." ----------------- Earthlife-Africa (Pietermaritzburg branch) is protesting against the opening of the Pietermaritzburg McDonalds for a number of reasons. Our primary reason for this protest is the total lack of sensitivity of McDonalds to local architecture, heritage and culture. This has been repeatedly shown in the way that McDonalds operates worldwide, and once again in Pietermaritzburg with their senseless destruction of the Oxenham*s Building. We believe that it is sad indeed that the very rich and diverse cultural heritage of this city should be not only ignored by McDonalds, but literally bulldozed. In their Annual Reports, McDonalds have stated that it is their ambition to gain *global dominance*. In so doing, and in specifically targeting children in their advertising campaigns, they put at risk pride, acknowledgement and celebration of different cultures. We call on the people of Pietermaritzburg to consciously support local food shops which offer a range of different local cuisines; if we don*t, we may find our choice increasingly limited. As far as other reasons for the protest are concerned, many of these will be familiar to McDonalds, since they have been raised by countless people and organisations all over the world. They include low wages and bad working conditions, and cruel treatment of animals slaughtered for use by McDonalds; both of which McDonalds have been found responsible for by law. We hope that McDonalds Pietermaritzburg will, in these respects at least, prove the exception to the McDonalds rule. -------------------------------- Earthlife-Africa (Pietermaritzburg branch) is protesting against the opening of the Pietermaritzburg McDonalds for a number of reasons. Our primary reason for this protest is the total lack of sensitivity of McDonalds to local architecture, heritage and culture. This has been repeatedly shown in the way that McDonalds operates worldwide, and once again in Pietermaritzburg with their senseless destruction of the Oxenham*s Building. We believe that it is sad indeed that the very rich and diverse cultural heritage of this city should be not only ignored by McDonalds, but literally bulldozed. In their Annual Reports, McDonalds have stated that it is their ambition to gain *global dominance*. In so doing, and in specifically targeting children in their advertising campaigns, they put at risk pride, acknowledgement and celebration of different cultures. We call on the people of Pietermaritzburg to consciously support local food shops which offer a range of different local cuisines; if we don*t, we may find our choice increasingly limited. As far as other reasons for the protest are concerned, many of these will be familiar to McDonalds, since they have been raised by countless people and organisations all over the world. They include low wages and bad working conditions, and cruel treatment of animals slaughtered for use by McDonalds; both of which McDonalds have been found responsible for by law. We hope that McDonalds Pietermaritzburg will, in these respects at least, prove the exception to the McDonalds rule. --------------- From sphuston@spiritone.com Thu Jun 11 14:27:42 1998 Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 13:10:13 -0700 From: Shaun Huston To: psn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Bulworth I am surprised that Warren Beatty's latest film, "Bulworth," has not generated discussion on PSN. Perhaps people haven't seen the film. While it might be easy to avoid the movie, thinking that it is just another prototypical liberal Hollywood film about race, I think that the film does not fall into the same category as, say, "Mississippi Burning" or "Amistad." While the film can be criticized for providing a fairly standard, even cardboard, representation of African-American and inner-city life, I do not think that the film can be accused of trafficking in gross stereotypes. Also, to my mind at least, the central black character in the film, Halle Berry's Nina, is more complex that she appears at first blush (she also delivers one of sharpest political speeches in the film). What the movie shares with so many other Hollywood films that attempt to deal with race is that it ultimately focuses on a white man. However, consider the following: *Unlike other liberal Hollywood movies such as "Dave" or "The American President," "Bulworth" seems to take for granted Republican/right-wing indifference to poor, non-white communities, and directs its sharpest barbs toward the Democratic Party. Twice in the film, Bulworth is asked "Are you saying that the Democratic Party doesn't care about the African-American community?" And twice, he answers "Isn't that obvious?" He goes on to argue that the Democrats simply take their black constituency for granted, saying all the right things during campaigns, but doing nothing for them while in office (after all, African-Americans haven't really "Donated any money to my campaign.") *Perhaps the essential argument of the film is that race is a false construct used to divide people of similar class interests. In his final "rap" on TV, Bulworth sputters out the message that "Most white people and most black people have more in common with each other than they do with wealthy people" (not quite an exact quote). *Bulworth advocates a biological 'deconstruction' of race through inter-racial procreation until "we're all one color." *During his weekend breakdown, Bulworth becomes something of an empty sign, ready to be filled with meaning by his inner-Los Angeles, black constituency. While the outward manifestation of this emptiness is Bulworth's insistence on rapping, he also becomes a conduit for delivering the messages of Nina and Don Cheadle's drug dealer character regarding the lack of economic opportunities in urban areas and the desperation that this creates. *In one of the film's most precious moments, Bulworth raps out support for single-payer health care at a fundraiser attended by insurance industry reps! In the end,"Bulworth" is really more about class than race (although most reviews of the film have not commented on this). Significantly, "Bulworth" is not alone in its interest in class. As a recent editorial in "Z" notes, "Titanic" and "Good Will Hunting" are two other wide release films that, while not necessarily about class, have class issues woven into their story lines. Both "Titanic" and "Bulworth" are major studio productions, while "Good Will Hunting" is a Miramax film (owned by Disney), and all three have done well at the box office (seems silly to point that out where "Titanic" is concerned). So, besides wanting to get other reactions to the movie on PSN, I am also wondering what people on the list make of the commercial success of the film and other recent, class-oriented movies? What, if anything, might these films indicate about contemporary American political culture? Shaun Huston From Gonzalo_Santos@firstclass1.csubak.edu Thu Jun 11 15:57:39 1998 From: Gonzalo_Santos@firstclass1.csubak.edu (Gonzalo Santos) To: coatesrd@casmail.muohio.edu Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 14:49:53 -0700 Subject: Re: Race and Ethnic Relations Web Course X-Gateway: NASTA Gate 2.0 beta 3 for FirstClass(R) I'd like to vouch for Rodney's & Vince's excellent, interactive, "Webquester" on R&E rel's; it has a number of attractive features. After testing it, I'm using it for my course for the first time this summer. __________________________________ Dr. Gonzalo F. Santos Department of Sociology & Anthropology Chair, Latin American Studies Committee California State University - Bakersfield 9001 Stockdale Hwy. Bakersfield, CA 93311-1099 web: http://www.csubak.edu/~gsantos/ email: gsantos@csubak.edu phone: (805) 664-2191 fax: (805) 665-6909 _______________________________ coatesrd@casmail.muohio.edu,.internet writes: >You might want to check out: >http://www.mhhe.com/webquest/samplerace.html >This is a coedited work (vince parrillo and myself) that McGraw Hill >has published...We have identified an extensive set of sites it covers >all major ethnic groups in this country and also included major ethnic >and racial groups and conflict arround the world. Also included you >will find short essay questions, multiple choice.. >-- >umoja -- rodneycoates.. From smarwah@osf1.gmu.edu Thu Jun 11 16:17:24 1998 Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 18:17:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Sanjay Marwah Reply-To: Sanjay Marwah To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK Subject: Re: Bulworth In-Reply-To: <358039A5.B3E80F55@spiritone.com> The movie had some good moments on the nature of class consciousness in America, but really did not go beyond political culture to the nature of business culture in America. When seeing the movie, I was struck by the lack of any discussion about the "American Dream" so to speak. Perhaps, the movie did not go far enough in highighting the influence of culture and how the structure-culture reinforce each other. So in some sense, the lack of class consciousness that many have attributed to American society and Americans has to do with the Mertonian emphasis on the fit (and lack of fit) between culture and institutional structures. So the movie did not go far enough, in discussing the persuasive influence of business type of institutions in American culture and society. Messner and Rosenfield have attempted to higlight this aspect of "institutional anomie" in American society. Nina's (Hale Barry) speech was quite impressive in its roots in sociological theories of economic change of deindustrialization and the importance of employment and employment stability that underlie opportunities for individuals in their ability to revitalize the inner-cities. However, even her character seemed to be worried about getting money and perhaps, this is why the movie is good because it shows the real nature of change is more difficult and less of the silver bullet variety. Do not get me wrong, I thought the movie was a refreshing change from the boring movies about politics that talk about political scandals as if a new leader is needed and campaign finance reform seems to be just a grand idea that has never been tested. The movie hints at the acceptability of the dirty politics and money as being one important hindrance on the ability to reduce inequality and distressed inner-cities. The apathy of "wealthier individuals" seems to closely relate to the lack of class consciousness in America. From mmarcel@concentric.net Thu Jun 11 18:44:34 1998 by uhura.concentric.net (8.8.8/(98/05/18 5.10)) [1-800-745-2747 The Concentric Network] by marconi.concentric.net (8.8.8) From: "Melissa Marcello" To: Subject: Re: Bulworth Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 07:43:47 -0700 More commentary on "Bulworth"... Certainly the movie highlighted some important issues about the relationship between the "culture industry" and the "political machine." Such issues are not usually as well represented in American mainstream film. However, I cannot help but wonder if anyone else on this listserv was concerned about the portrayal of "Nina." Yet again we have the woman of color as "sex object for the white man," and "seductress." Yes, Berry's character was articulate, insightful, intelligent among other positive qualities. Danger coupled with sex, however, was the underlying theme of the relationship between Bulworth and Nina (although unbeknownst to him for the majority of the film). My concern is that this character plays into the stereotypes held by the majority of the populace about women of color and their sexuality, not to mention the power dynamics between white men and women in general (although specifically, Black women). His power is derived from his position of privilege in the white male establishment, while hers comes from her ability to seduce. A sad statement indeed. In solidarity, Melissa Marcello Department of Sociology and Anthropology Purdue University ---------- > From: Sanjay Marwah > To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK > Subject: Re: Bulworth > Date: Thursday, June 11, 1998 3:17 PM > > The movie had some good moments on the nature of class consciousness in > America, but really did not go beyond political culture to the nature of > business culture in America. When seeing the movie, I was struck by the > lack of any discussion about the "American Dream" so to speak. Perhaps, > the movie did not go far enough in highighting the influence of culture > and how the structure-culture reinforce each other. So in some sense, the > lack of class consciousness that many have attributed to American society > and Americans has to do with the Mertonian emphasis on the fit (and lack > of fit) between culture and institutional structures. So the movie did not > go far enough, in discussing the persuasive influence of business type of > institutions in American culture and society. Messner and Rosenfield have > attempted to higlight this aspect of "institutional anomie" in American > society. Nina's (Hale Barry) speech was quite impressive in its roots in > sociological theories of economic change of deindustrialization and the > importance of employment and employment stability that underlie > opportunities for individuals in their ability to revitalize the > inner-cities. However, even her character seemed to be worried about > getting money and perhaps, this is why the movie is good because it shows > the real nature of change is more difficult and less of the silver bullet > variety. > > Do not get me wrong, I thought the movie was a refreshing change from the > boring movies about politics that talk about political scandals as if a > new leader is needed and campaign finance reform seems to be just a grand > idea that has never been tested. The movie hints at the acceptability of > the dirty politics and money as being one important hindrance on the > ability to reduce inequality and distressed inner-cities. The apathy of > "wealthier individuals" seems to closely relate to the lack of class > consciousness in America. > > > From smrose@exis.net Thu Jun 11 19:51:33 1998 From: "Steve Rosenthal" To: PSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 21:47:42 +0000 Subject: Bulworth is reformist bull The June 3 issue of the Progressive Labor Party newspaper Challenge/Desafio had a review of the movie Bulworth. Here are a few excerpts PSN'ers might want to consider. Steve Rosenthal ============================================ Bulworth is slick. Warren Beatty raps and attacks racism. The movie attacks insurance companies, corporate greed, police terror, unemployment, and imprisoning black youth. It exposes lying politicians. The movie says that racism helps the bosses divide and conquer the poor. "White and black people have more in common with each other than any rich person." How could a movie that does all that with so much energy not be good? It's sugar coated poison. The message is: We need good politicians, like the Kennedy's were. We need big government, not small government. We need government to regulate the insurance companies. We need "socialized" medicine. We need a presidential candidate that captures the imagination of black youth, and all youth. Gephardt's name even came up in the movie. The enemy in the movie is the insurance industry, part of which, in real life, helped stop Clinton's national health insurance plan during his first term. The plan of the Gephardt and Rockefeller-backed Economic Policy Institute is to push for national health insurance for all citizens (undocumented immigrants and maaybe legal immigrants are out of luck)--kind of like a minimum wage--minimum health insurance for all--but very minimal. The insurance companies, like the defense industry, will have to be disciplined to meet the greater needs of U.S. imperialism. This movie pushes that plan. Big government is building big prisons. It's planning for big war with a big army. It's not on the side of workers! It serves the biggest of corporations, like Boeing and GM, which make the small-time insurance company executive in the movie look like a pip-squeak. This movie fights for a candidate that "attacks" (only verbally) big business, much like the national socialists (the Nazis) did in Germany. Such a candidate needs to inspire youth to do the bidding of the biggest bosses. The bosses know they must win the youth, especially black youth and soldiers to enthusiastically fight for this country. This movie is a piece of ruling class liberal propaganda disigned to win them. But within its "anti-racism," it's racist. The only black youth portrayed in the movie are drug dealers and gang bangers. There are no black workers. There are no Latins, even though they are a major part of South Central LA, where it supposedly takes place. But Warren Beatty and the other characters do point out some of the many evils of racist capitalism. They make the LA cops look like the racist thugs that they are! When Beatty defends a group of black youth from the racist cops, that's the bait to get us to swallow the hook--that we need big, progressive government to help solve these problems, and that capitalism can be reformed if we all join the democratic process! Dangerous stuff--getting workers and youth to jump on the multicultural capitalist fascist bandwagon as racism is deepened and the bosses prepare for war. Why not see this movie with friends to expose it? This movie should make us redouble our efforts to organize against racism, to show that only a revolution for communism will end racism, police terror, corporate greed, and wars for profit. From hvera@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu Fri Jun 12 05:39:41 1998 Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 07:38:33 -0400 From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Hern=E1n?= Vera" Reply-To: hvera@ufl.edu To: smrose@exis.net Subject: Re: Bulworth is reformist bull I am studying Hollywood films as "sincere fictions of the white self." Starting with Birth of Nation (1915) I have observed a marked changed in the way Hollywood represents the racial other. However, there appears to be little change in the way these films represent the white self. Whites, in these representations, deserve the loyalty of people of color, they are "innocent," beautiful, and so on (Birth of a Nation, The Littlest Rebel, Gone With The Wind, Glory, Stargate, Amistad,etc. etc.). Often the white self is presented divided into good and evil, young and old, male and female, etc.. Bullworth is among a small number of movies that do not prop up the supremacy of the white self. In fact, Bullworth presents us with the "breakdown" of the white self. Bullworth's claim to insecurity in one of the last scenes and Tina's response ( I don't want to give away the ending) is particularly telling. Best! -- Hernan Vera, Professor of Sociology Box 11730, University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 Phone (352) 392 0251, ext. 232 From chadk@yourinter.net Fri Jun 12 09:27:12 1998 (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO205-101c) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:21:51 -0700 To: psn@csf.colorado.edu From: Chad Kimmel TEACHSOC@poplar.lemoyne.edu Dear faculty and fellow graduate students; I am in the process of completing a final draft of a "think piece" entitled 'On Being a Sociologist.' I have submitted the first draft to 'Social Insight', a magazine published by the Society for Applied Sociology. The piece itself deals with the question, "when does one become a sociologist." This question is real and continues to plague many undergraduate and graduate students as they pursue advanced degrees within the discipline. I am asking all of you for a short response to this question. When did you feel you became a sociologist? How should students decide on an answer to this complex and interesting question? Is there a "right to passage" in sociology as there are in other disciplines and professions (i.e., medical field, psychologist, etc.). For those of you who have already responded, I thank you and apologize for this message. Thank you, Chad M. Kimmel ___________________________________________ | Chad M. Kimmel | | Graduate Assistant & Data Manager | |Mid-Atlantic Addiction Training Institute| | | | Department of Sociology | | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | | Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705-1087 | / )| |( \ / / | WEB: http://www.yourinter.net/~ckimmel | \ \ ( ( | E-MAIL: ckimmel@yourinter.net | ) ) (((\ \>|_/->_________________________________<-\_| Subject: (E)racism I have recently seen some references to a new anti-racism movement called "(e)racism". Anyone know anything about this movement? Tom Tom Meisenhelder From tsmeisen@wiley.csusb.edu Fri Jun 12 12:00:06 1998 Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:04:06 -0700 To: psn@csf.colorado.edu From: Thomas Meisenhelder Subject: Oliver Cox I noticed that both Steve Rosenthal and Hernan Vera are presenting papers at the ASA on the work of Oliver Cox. Maybe they could summarize their papers as a way of starting a discussion of Cox's work --at least for those of us who won't be at the meetings. I'd love a copy of either paper (Tom Meisenhelder, Sociology, CSUSB, San Bernardino, CA. 92407). Thanks, Tom Tom Meisenhelder From CDFUPDATE@childrensdefense.org Fri Jun 12 15:18:26 1998 Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 14:22:16 -0400 From: "CDFupdate CDFupdate" To: cdfupdate@automailer.com Subject: CDF Update 6-12-98 Sender: owner-cdfupdate@automailer.com Children's Defense Fund Update June 12,1998 In This Issue: -- Child Care -- Juvenile Justice *** Child Care *** --- VICTORY FOR CHILDREN! --- Congratulations! You did it! Yesterday, an overwhelming majority of Senators from both parties voted to support the Kerry/Bond amendment to the tobacco bill, which would guarantee a portion of tobacco revenues (approximately $5-6 billion over 5 years) for child care and after-school activities. After an attempt to kill the amendment was defeated (66-33), the Kerry/Bond amendment was approved by a voice vote. All of the Democrats and the following 21 Republicans supported the amendment: Abraham (MI), Bennett (UT), Bond (MO), Burns (MT), Campbell (CO), Chafee (RI), Collins (ME), Coverdell (GA), D'Amato (NY), Domenici (NM), Faircloth (NC), Grassley (IA), Hatch (UT), Hutchison (TX), Jeffords (VT), McCain (AZ), Murkowski (AK), Shelby (AL), Smith (OR), Snowe (ME), and Warner (VA). Specter (PA), who co-sponsored the amendment, was unable to vote due to illness. Thank you for all of your efforts over the last several months. 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This was an important step for America's children. Please vote against Senator Gramm's attempt to reverse this victory for children." * If your Senator voted against Kerry/Bond: "On Thursday, the Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of funding for child care and after-school activities. I was disappointed that Senator ______ did not vote for the Kerry-Bond child care amendment. On Monday, the Senator will have another opportunity to show his/her support for children. Please vote against Senator Gramm's attempt to reverse this important gain for children." Today is the last day to use the Working Assets toll-free number, 1-888-38 STAND UP. If you are unable to reach your Senators today, please call Monday by using the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at: 202/224-3121. *** Juvenile Justice *** On June 17th, the "Children's Gun Violence Prevention Act of 1998" will be introduced by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Rep. Marge Roukema (R-NJ), and Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA). This will be the first comprehensive piece of legislation to address children's access to firearms. It is imperative that Congress take action on a very real threat facing our children -- fourteen children die each day from guns, and too many have easy access to guns. ** Contact your Senators and tell them to: Co-sponsor the "Children's Gun Violence Prevention Act" to keep children safe (U.S. Capitol Switchboard #202/224-3121). Please continue to urge Senators to support after-school and other prevention investments to keep children safe; and oppose S. 10 and any other bill that destroys the core protections for children's safety (such as keeping them separate from adult inmates), fails to invest in prevention, and does not reduce children's access to guns. *************************************** -- OUR STRENGTH IS IN OUR NUMBERS -- SHARE THIS LEGISLATIVE UPDATE WITH YOUR FRIENDS!!! Our typical email is about a page or two long and generally comes once a week. To join our legislative update email list, sign-up on our website or send an email to: and write in the body of the message: subscribe cdfupdate PLEASE NOTE: WHEN SUBSCRIBING OR CANCELING YOUR SUBSCRIPTION, PLEASE DO NOT SURROUND YOUR ADDRESS WITH BRACKETS. Kimberly Taylor Children's Defense Fund 25 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202/662-3540 (fax) CDFupdate@childrensdefense.org "What is done to children, they will do to society." --Karl Menninger From KRAMERL@alpha.montclair.edu Sat Jun 13 06:43:34 1998 Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 08:43:51 -0400 (EDT) From: LAURA KRAMER Subject: Seeking readings on adolescence to use in composition course To: psn@csf.colorado.edu I am posting this for a colleague who does not subscribe to this list. PLEASE SEND REPLIES TO HIM DIRECTLY (nashj@mail.montclair.edu) For a freshman composition course centered on reading and writing about adolescence, I am looking for studies of adolescence, with emphasis on identity formation. They should be informed by current social and psychological research and accessible to a nonspecialist adult audience. The texts may be books, sections of books, or long essays. Ideally, they should combine theory/generalization with application to individual cases. Focus may be on females, males, or both. Former texts for this course include Margaret Mead's Coming of Age in Samoa and Edgar Z. Friedenberg's The Vanishing Adolescent. Thank you very much. Jim Nash English Department Montclair State University Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 nashj@mail.montclair.edu From raronso@cll.wayne.edu Sat Jun 13 09:30:54 1998 Sat, 13 Jun 98 11:27:39 +500 Sat, 13 Jun 98 11:27:32 +500 Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 11:29:58 -0400 To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK From: Ronald Aronson Subject: Bulworth Herb Boyd did an interesting review of "Bulworth" in The Black World Today (tbwt.com). He's a regular columnist there, and this is pasted from last week - you can find it in their archive. What's the True Value of Bulworth? By Herb Boyd Toward the middle of "Bulworth," Warren Beatty's plunge into the world of rap, there's a movie marquee in the ghetto where "Superfly" and "Blacula" were the last films shown. Is it merely a signpost to indicate the devastating impact of poverty and the unchanging time warp of Black America, or Beatty's way of signifying, a self-parodying conceit? Perhaps it's both, which would be indicative of the film's double-edged way of using dark comedy to strike at societal ills that have always informed the best of Beatty's movies. Viewed one way "Bulworth" is worthless bull, a senseless romp freighted with a boxcar of stereotypes, to say nothing of the excessive profanity and incredible scenes that would make even the worst Blaxploitation film seem tame by comparison. Taken in its best light, however, "Bulworth" is just a lot of laughs until the sad ending in which the audience must decipher Amiri Baraka's often repeated advice about Bulworth being "a spirit, not a ghost" to determine if our "hero" will recover at Cedars-Sinai Hospital. When we first see Halle Berry she is sucking a lollypop in church, making eyes at Bulworth, and in her final scene with the star she tells him "you my nigger," relieving his insecurities with a deep kiss. Between these two acts Berry, who portrays the daughter of an ex-Black Panther, has only one riveting scene, and her anti-capitalist spiel is vintage Beatty. John Reed, Beatty's protagonist in the unforgettable "Reds," was never as insightful and eloquent. Berry's rap is almost an homage to Angela Davis. It's hard to recall any Hollywood film with such a powerful analysis of racism and white supremacy delivered so seductively. Her rap and one equal passion done by Don Cheadle, a gangster-soon-to-be-converted to a "Bulworth democrat," are expropriated by Bulworth and are the source of messages he imparts after shedding his right wing armor for Phat Farm attire, replete with knit cap, shades and short pants. Bulworth's rapsody is devoid of "bitches and hos," and some of it is quite clever in its castigation of all the rip-offs we endure from various corporations particularly the insurance businessand the government. Once upon a time it used to popular to say "I read the book, but I didn't see the film." Now the common expression is "I heard the soundtrack, but passed on the movie" I was prepared to adopt the latter attitude, but having seen most of Beatty's films and knowing he was delving into rap, curiosity got the best of me. Plus, I had to check out Baraka to see if he was just in it for the "benjamins," or still seeking new forumsand new waysto get at the establishment since he was allowed to compose his own lines. Film junkies from the radical tip will get a kick out of the posters adorning the walls during those over the shoulder shots. Here and there are the famous clenched-fist pose of Tommy Smith and John Carlos at the Olympics in Mexico in 1968, Huey Newton, afro parted to the side, and was that Alex Haley? All these are nice touches that lend authenticity and helps to momentarily intercept some of the other folderol. Overall, rap music has never had such a massive opportunity to display its most redeeming elements. In fact, rappers can learn a lot from the content, if not from the style of Bulworth's performance. And there is another lesson we can gather from the film. If a middle-aged white man with a reactionary past can find value in the challenging and often complex rap genre, then there's hope for us all. Send your comments and suggestions to: comments@tbwt-ny.com. Posted:06/11/98 09:55:42 AM Copyright © 1998.The Black World Today. **************************************************************** CENTER FOR DEMOCRATIC VALUES 5700 Cass Ave, Room 2426 Detroit, MI 48202 (313) 577-0828 fax (313) 577-8585 e-mail: Raronso@cll.wayne.edu http://www.igc.apc.org/cdv/ **************************************************************** From davidredmon@hotmail.com Sat Jun 13 14:34:47 1998 X-Originating-IP: [129.120.87.33] From: "David Redmon" To: psn@csf.colorado.edu, tsmeisen@wiley.csusb.edu Subject: Re: (E)racism Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 13:34:41 PDT I have recently seen some references to a new anti-racism movement called "(e)racism". Anyone know anything about this movement? > > >Tom > >Tom Meisenhelder > > I hope I'm not making a fool of myself, but when I was in New Orleans >two years ago many people who lived there had bumper stickers that read, >"Eracism." I live in Texas, and I have yet to see the sticker in the >Dallas/Ft. Worth area (of course I don't get away from the books very >much :) That's all I know. > David ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From rachelj@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu Mon Jun 15 13:43:11 1998 Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 14:42:48 -0500 (CDT) From: Rachel Jones To: David Redmon Subject: Re: (E)racism In-Reply-To: <19980613203441.759.qmail@hotmail.com> Tom, David and folks, David was right on the money in his recollections. I have lived in New Orleans for the last 5 years and there is an organization here called ERACISM. The purpose of the group is to provide people with a forum for interracial communication and interactions. I have only read the groups literature, and haven't (unfortunately) become involved but as best I can tell Eracism is not overtly political. It's my understanding that they meet once a month or so for coffee and to discuss whateverissues anyone feels like bringing up. The emphasis in the booklet was on the socialization/social interaction aspect, not political activity. I also know that members tried to organize play groups so that young children of different races/ethnicities will have the opportunity to interact with one another. The organization was started by the owners of the Maple Street Book Shop (located on Maple Street in Uptown New Orleans). I don't know if they have a website, but if so it may contain more (recent) info on Eracism. Additionally, the bookstore sells the bumper stickers which a number of people who do not necessarily belong to the organization can put on their cars. (I gave these to friends and family members in Texas for Christmas one year but I guess they haven't been doing much driving in Dallas). I do not know if the N.O. Eracism organization has tried to branch outside of the city. It is also possible that there are other orgs. with the same name as I have seen Eracism bumper stickers (with different graphics than the ones sold in New Orleans) for sale in catalogs that are nationally distrubuted (Northern Sun). Anyhow, hope this is of some help. If you are interested in more information about Eracism, respond to me personally and I can stop by the bookstore and pick up the more recent lit/info. -- Rachel K. Jones rachelj@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu Department of Sociology Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70118 When all else fails, manipulate the data. On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, David Redmon wrote: > > I have recently seen some references to a new anti-racism movement > called "(e)racism". Anyone know anything about this movement? > > > > > >Tom > > > >Tom Meisenhelder > > > > > > I hope I'm not making a fool of myself, but when I was in New Orleans > >two years ago many people who lived there had bumper stickers that > read, > >"Eracism." I live in Texas, and I have yet to see the sticker in the > >Dallas/Ft. Worth area (of course I don't get away from the books very > >much :) That's all I know. > > > David > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > From chriscd@jhu.edu Wed Jun 17 07:45:21 1998 psn@csf.colorado.edu; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:45:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:46:16 -0400 From: christopher chase-dunn Subject: job at johns hopkins To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu, psn@csf.colorado.edu Reply-to: chriscd@jhu.edu Johns Hopkins University. The Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor, effective July 1, 1999. The Department seeks to strengthen its program in comparative cross-national research. Areas of substantive specialization are open, but we are specially interested in comparative studies of social inequality, social change, development, political sociology, and social structure and personality. A PhD in hand or to be completed before the time of appointment is required. Experience in teaching, research, and professional service should be commensurate with that expected in a research-intensive university in which there is a strong commitment to instruction at the undergraduate and graduate levels. A letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names of three references should be sent to: Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218. The deadline for applications is October 31, 1998. Johns Hopkins University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. We actively encourage women and minorities to apply. From munozr@sobek.Colorado.EDU Wed Jun 17 16:36:06 1998 Wed, 17 Jun 1998 16:35:58 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 16:35:58 -0600 (MDT) From: Munoz Robert To: psn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Social Movements in the 90s: Virtual Possibilities Dear Colleagues: I'm writing to request help with research on the impact of the internet on social movements. Reseach suggests the internet may overcome limitations posed by technological and social changes which have separated communities in the past. Your response to the questionaire allows a brief, empirical examination of possible advantageous effects of the internet on social mobilization. Hopefully, this survery, along with any additional comments, will engender an informative, engaging and reflexive discussion about the internet: just please make sure to answer the questionaire. The survey is brief, 9 multiple choice questions, along with optional questions regarding your ideas about the internet. Please respond by Monday, June 22. I will provide the results to those who respond. The results will also be presented at the National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Conference in Mexico City in June 26, 1998. Where applicable, enter more than one response. You can answer either by putting an asterick next to the letter(s) of your response, or by deleting the choices which do *not* apply. If you take the first option, please make sure the asterick is next to the appropriate letter. MEMBERSHIP, ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION 1. How long have you been a member of PSN? a) less than 6 months b) 6 months to a year c) over a year d) more than two years 2. How is that you are able to access PSN? a) community organization or agency b) university c) private online service provider d) work e) school (please specify what kind of school) f) other (please explain) 3. How often do you PHYSICALLY meet with members of PSN as part of ANOTHER group or collective initiative concerned with social or political issues? a) once a week b) once a month c) at least once every 3 months d) at least once every 6 months e) at least once a year f) never AWARENESS OF EVENTS/ISSUES AT STATE, REGIONAL AND (INTER)NATIONAL LEVEL 4. Since you joined PSN, are you more aware about events/issues: a) in your city b) in your state c) in other states d) at the national level e) at the international level 5. Is any increased level of awareness a result of more information about a GREATER NUMBER OF events/issues? a) yes b) no 6. Is any increased level of awareness a result of more available information about EACH event/issue (in general) a) yes b) no 7. Is any increased level of awareness a result of more information about events/issues in ANOTHER STATE OR COUNTRY? a) yes b) no POLITICAL ACTIVITY 8. Have you engaged in more political activity more often now that you are a part of this discussion list--e.g., letters in support or protest or attended a meeting or rally? a. yes, at the city level b. yes, state level c. yes, concerning other states d. yes, concerning the national level e. yes, concerning other countries f. no DONATIONS 9. Have you sent more donations in support of events/issues with a greater frequency than was the case before you joined PSN? a. yes, at the city level b. yes, at the state level c. yes, concerning other states d. yes, at the national level e. yes, at the international level f. no OPTIONAL QUESTION: The Impact of the Internet on Social Movement 10. Do you think the internet will result in an increase in social movement activity? Please explain. OPTIONAL QUESTIONS: For those experienced in organizing and mobilizing 11. Comparing the use of internet in organizing around a particular event/issue to one in which the internet was not used, have you noted a greater response in terms of a. number of people at meetings b. number of letters written in support of an event/issue c. number of donations d. total amount of donations e. number of votes in relation to a ballot issue 12. Why/how do you think the internet has made a difference in organizing? OPTIONAL QUESTION: Concerning Research on the Impact of the Internet 13. Can you recommend any articles or researchers deal with the impact of the internet on social movements? If so, please list. Thanks again for your effort and your time. Please let me know if you wish to receive the results of this survey. Paz, amor, strength, joy and brilliance in all your endeavors, X Roberto Hernandez Munoz, Jr. Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology University of Colorado, Boulder From brook@california.com Wed Jun 17 16:35:08 1998 Wed, 17 Jun 1998 15:30:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 15:34:12 -0700 To: soc118@ucdavis.edu From: CyberBrook Subject: more CIA-drug connections DLEVINE@BPL.ORG www.motherjones.com/sideshow/cia.html and also see www.motherjones.com/sideshow/cia_side.html A Tainted Deal From 1982 to 1995 the CIA did not to have to report if they suspected any of their agents of dealing drugs. Why? Plus: History 101: The CIA & Drugs. The CIA has a long and sordid history with drug traffickers. And it's all in the Congressional Record. by Eric Umansky June 16, 1998 It's the kind of government exchange you assume never actually takes place. But it did. And it went something like this: CIA Chief: Dear Attorney General, Do you mind if CIA agents or informants are dealing drugs? I mean, we don't have to tell on them, do we? Attorney General: Of course not! Well, you did. But I just changed the law. Don't worry about it. CIA Chief: Gee, thanks! This may sound absurd, but according to a series of recently declassified documents obtained by the MoJo Wire, it's just what happened in the spring of 1982. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Casey's request to then-Attorney General William French Smith isn't in the public domain. But two letters, one from Smith thanking Casey for his request, and a follow-up by Casey, are both available. They were released as part of a internal CIA report that explored allegations of CIA involvement in drug trafficking. (The most comprehensive allegations were reported by Gary Webb in a series of San Jose Mercury News reports and a book entitled "Dark Alliance.") In the first document, Smith thanks Casey for his letter (the one that isn't public) and says: "...in view of the fine cooperation the Drug Enforcement Administration has received from CIA, no formal requirement regarding the reporting of narcotics violations has been included in these procedures." --William French Smith --William French Smith Attorney General [See the full document] Casey in return thanks the Attorney General for his understanding: "I am pleased that these procedures, which I believe strike the proper balance between enforcement of the law and protection of intelligence sources and methods, will now be forwarded to other agencies..." --William J. Casey Director, Central Intelligence Agency [See the full document] The two men then codified their agreement in a Memorandum of Understanding. According to the agreement, intelligence agencies would not have to report if any of their agents were involved in drug running. (By agents, the agreement meant CIA sources and informants. Full-time employees still couldn't deal drugs.) That understanding remained in effect until August of 1995, when current Attorney General Janet Reno rescinded the agreement. It's reasonable that the CIA be allowed to keep its mouth shut if it knows that some of its agents are involved in minor illegal affairs. Presumably some of the value of informants comes from the fact that they keep company with shady characters who engage in unlawful activities. But why would the CIA ask to be exempt specifically from drug enforcement laws? According to Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), who is calling for full disclosure of the facts, "The CIA knew that the Contras were dealing drugs. They made this deal with the Attorney General to protect themselves from having to report it." Some of the remaining questions may still be answered. The Department of Justice and the CIA have finished separate investigations into possible CIA involvement in drug smuggling. But neither report has been made available to the public; the Justice department cites an "ongoing investigation" while the CIA says their report is an internal document and therefore classified. Says Congresswoman Waters: "What is it they don't want Americans to see? If the CIA was involved in drug trafficking, they should be brought to justice. Not covered up." History 101: The CIA & Drugs The CIA has a long and sordid history with drug traffickers. And it's all in the Congressional Record. by Eric Umansky June 16, 1998 The eighties apparently weren't the only time when the CIA got mixed up with the pusherman. During congressional hearings last month on funding for the CIA and other intelligence agencies, Congressman John Conyers (D-Mich.) entered into the Congressional Record "A Tangled Web: A History of CIA Complicity in Drug International Trafficking," which was written by the Institute for Policy Studies. It's a good short read—and has some suprising characters, like Lucky Luciano, the notorious gangster who apparently earned a pardon due to his loyal work for the OSS (the precursor to the CIA). Enjoy: Note: To access the document directly from the Congressional Record, go to Thomas, the congressional Web site championed by Newt Gingrich, and search the 105th Congress for "Meyer Lansky." It's a sure hit. (We'd link you directly to it, but Thomas won't.) A Tangled Web: A History of CIA Complicity in Drug International Trafficking WORLD WAR II The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), the CIA's parent and sister organizations, cultivate relations with the leaders of the Italian Mafia, recruiting heavily from the New York and Chicago underworlds, whose members, including Charles 'Lucky' Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Joe Adonis, and Frank Costello, help the agencies keep in touch with Sicilian Mafia leaders exiled by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Domestically, the aim is to prevent sabotage on East Coast ports, while in Italy the goal is to gain intelligence on Sicily prior to the allied invasions and to suppress the burgeoning Italian Communist Party. Imprisoned in New York, Luciano earns a pardon for his wartime service and is deported to Italy, where he proceeds to build his heroin empire, first by diverting supplies from the legal market, before developing connections in Lebanon and Turkey that supply morphine base to labs in Sicily. The OSS and ONI also work closely with Chinese gangsters who control vast supplies of opium, morphine and heroin, helping to establish the third pillar of the post-world War II heroin trade in the Golden Triangle, the border region of Thailand, Burma, Laos and China's Yunnan Province. 1947 In its first year of existence, the CIA continues U.S. intelligence community's anti-communist drive. Agency operatives help the Mafia seize total power in Sicily and it sends money to heroin-smuggling Corsican mobsters in Marseille to assist in their battle with Communist unions for control of the city's docks. By 1951, Luciano and the Corsicans have pooled their resources, giving rise to the notorious 'French Connection' which would dominate the world heroin trade until the early 1970s. The CIA also recruits members of organized crime gangs in Japan to help ensure that the country stays in the non-communist world. Several years later, the Japanese Yakuza emerges as a major source of methamphetamine in Hawaii. 1950 The CIA launches Project Bluebird to determine whether certain drugs might improve its interrogation methods. This eventually leads CIA head Allen Dulles, in April 1953, to institute a program for 'covert use of biological and chemical materials' as part of the agency's continuing efforts to control behavior. With benign names such as Project Artichoke and Project Chatter, these projects continue through the 1960s, with hundreds of unwitting test subjects given various drugs, including LSD. MAY 1970 A Christian Science Monitor correspondent reports that the CIA 'is cognizant of, if not party to, the extensive movement of opium out of Laos,' quoting one charter pilot who claims that 'opium shipments get special CIA clearance and monitoring on their flights southward out of the country.' At the time, some 30,000 U.S. service men in Vietnam are addicted to heroin. JUNE 1980 Despite advance knowledge, the CIA fails to halt members of the Bolivian militaries, aide by the Argentine counterparts, from staging the so-called 'Cocaine Coup,' according to former DEA agent Michael Levine. In fact, the 25-year DEA veteran maintains the agency actively abetted cocaine trafficking in Bolivia, where government officials who sought to combat traffickers faced torture and death at the hands of CIA-sponsored paramilitary terrorists under the command of fugitive Nazi war criminal (also protected by the CIA) Klaus Barbie. FEBRUARY 1985 DEA agent Enrique 'Kiki' Camerena is kidnapped and murdered in Mexico. DEA, FBI and U.S. Customs Service investigators accuse the CIA of stonewalling during their investigation. U.S. authorities claim the CIA is more interested in protecting its assets, including top drug trafficker and kidnapping principal Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo. APRIL 1989 The Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Communications, headed by Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, issues its 1,166-page report on drug corruption in Central America and the Caribbean. The subcommittee found that 'there was substantial evidence of drug smuggling through the war zone on the part of individual Contras, Contra suppliers, Contra pilots, mercenaries who worked with the Contras supporters throughout the region.' U.S. officials, the subcommittee said, 'failed to address the drug issue for fear of jeopardizing the war efforts against Nicaragua.' The investigation also reveals that some 'senior policy makers' believed that the use of drug money was 'a perfect solution to the Contras' funding problems.' JANUARY 1993 Honduran businessman Eugenio Molina Osorio is arrested in Lubbock Texas for supplying $90,000 worth of cocaine to DEA agents. Molina told judge he is working for CIA to whom he provides political intelligence. Shortly after, a letter from CIA headquarters is sent to the judge, and the case is dismissed. 'I guess we're all aware that they [the CIA] do business in a different way than everybody else,' the judge notes. Molina later admits his drug involvement was not a CIA operation, explaining that the agency protected him because of his value as a source for political intelligence in Honduras. NOVEMBER 1996 Former head of the Venezuelan National Guard and CIA operative Gen. Ramon Gullien Davila is indicted in Miami on charges of smuggling as much as 22 tons of cocaine into the United States. More than a ton of cocaine was shipped into the country with the CIA's approval as part of an undercover program aimed at catching drug smugglers, an operation kept secret from other U.S. agencies. From smrose@exis.net Thu Jun 18 16:34:07 1998 From: "Steve Rosenthal" To: PSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 18:29:59 +0000 Subject: (Fwd) Re: Books received? To members of the Section on Marxist Sociology: Members of the book award committee received eight nominated books for the section book award. They are: Stanley Aronowitz, The Death and Rebirth of American Radicalism Barbara Chasin, Inequality and Violence in the United States Ioan Davies, Ccultural Studies and Beyond Betty Dobratz and Stephanie Shanks-Meile, White Power, White Pride John Horton, The Politics of Diversity George Katsiaficas, The Subversion of Politics Jerry Kloby, Inequality, Power, and Development Talmadge Wright, Out of Place Manuel Moreno, Levon Chorbajian, and I are reviewing the books, and we expect to make our selection for the book award by July 10. Thanks again to those to nominated books. Steve Rosenthal From jnaiman@acs.ryerson.ca Thu Jun 18 12:47:52 1998 Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 14:50:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Joanne Naiman To: "progressive sociol.net." Subject: Jim Forman (fwd) I received this today and am forwarding this list, in case any of you are able to help. Cheers, Joanne Naiman ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 14:42:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter&Eleanor Smollett To: peter.smollett@sympatico.ca Subject: Jim Forman Hi to all of you, I just received this appeal, forwarded to me by a friend in New York. I new Jim Forman and worked with him back in those days of the heyday of SNCC. I was then their "film consultant". He was a leader of tremendous ability, who could talk calm sense to the crazies in his organization without ever putting a wet blanket on their militancy. Pete Subject: URGENT APPEAL FOR JIM FORMAN URGENT APPEAL FOR JIM FORMAN,former Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee(SNCC)Executive Secretary from Mike Miller, Organize Training Center, San Francisco(former SNCC field secretary) June 2, 1998 This is an URGENT REQUEST. Jim needs financial help NOW. He is nearing 70 and has been in a battle with cancer for several years now. A group of New Yorkers is covering Jim's health care plan. But that doesn't pay the rent or put food on the table. THERE IS AN URGENT NEED FOR FUNDS SO JIM CAN PAY HIS RENT, etc. Really, its that close to the edge. Jim has very little regular income. He teaches a semester here and another there as an adjunct at colleges and universities in the D.C. area. He occasionally receives honoraria for guest lecturers. That's it! In our romantic youth we didn't think much about pensions, and nonprofit organizations didn't have to contribute to social security in those days. Please stretch and make as generous a contribution as you can. Jim is probably one of the most unsung heroes of the Southern Civil Rights Movement. His importance to The Movement cannot be overestimated. Make your check payable to Jim Forman and send it directly to him at: P.O. Box 21097, Washington, D.C. 20009 Peter and/or Eleanor Smollett 764 Markham St. Toronto ON Canada M6G 2M5 tel: (416) 588-8861 e-mail: peter.smollett@sympatico.ca From gimenez@csf.Colorado.EDU Fri Jun 19 15:11:20 1998 Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 15:11:01 -0600 (MDT) From: Martha Gimenez To: PSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU, TEACHSOC@poplar.lemoyne.edu Subject: Ain't No Makin' It I am planning to use this book in an upper division stratification course next Fall. I wonder, however, how well undergraduates will deal with this work because of its theoretical content. In my experience, undergraduates have a very difficult time with theory (with a few exceptions) but perhaps some of you have used it in an undergraduate course without encountering too many problems. I would appreciate it if those of you who have assigned this book could tell us about your experiences. Many thanks, Martha *********************************** Martha E. Gimenez Department of Sociology University of Colorado at Boulder http://csf.colorado.edu/gimenez/ From grzyb@uwosh.edu Fri Jun 19 16:54:37 1998 Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 17:51:43 -0500 To: psn@csf.colorado.edu From: Gerry Grzyb Subject: Re: Ain't No Makin' It In-Reply-To: >I am planning to use this book in an upper division stratification course >next Fall. I wonder, however, how well undergraduates will deal with this >work because of its theoretical content. In my experience, undergraduates >have a very difficult time with theory (with a few exceptions) but perhaps >some of you have used it in an undergraduate course without encountering >too many problems. I would appreciate it if those of you who have >assigned this book could tell us about your experiences. > >Martha Theory hasn't been nearly as much of a problem as the fact that the overwhelming majority of my students can't understand why the Hallway Hangers "just won't try", even though they acknowledge the structural barriers the HHers face. The problem, then, is with the achievement ideology--the primary figures in the book have rejected it, but almost every college student has accepted it (after all, they're college students--to suggest that anything might be problematic about that ideology seems to them to be suggesting that their choices were irrational). But I've used the book for many years, since the first edition came out, and will continue to use it. The second edition, with the new "where are they now" section, makes even clearer how, for the most part, try or not, these kids won't surmount the obstacles. It is also useful to pair the book with the movie Hoop Dreams if you can get the legal rights to show it. It will probably engender the best discussions of your course. Gerry Grzyb UW-Oshkosh From staff@stewards.net Fri Jun 19 20:23:36 1998 (envelope-from staff@stewards.net) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 22:30:41 -0400 (EDT) To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK From: staff@stewards.net (Eric Sommer) Subject: Asia: facing depression/Time to organize the Stewards. Hi Martha, I just sent two hastily composed messages on the world economic crisis to the PSN listserv address. I have now condensed them into the following more cogent message. Could you, if possible, please substitute the following for the other two messages. Thanks, Eric ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewards Corporation Movement. website: http://www.stewards.net/chiapas email: staff@stewards.net ----------------------------------------------------------- Hi there, I predicted 2 weeks ago that a major global economic decline/collapse might take place in the two month period from two weeks from my initial statement to two months down the road. We may not like it, or feel prepared to confront it, but it seems that events may happening right on target. Anyone understandably skeptical about the possibility of a world economic decline at this time needs to be aware of the scope which the crisis has already attained. Asian economies such as South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand are already in crisis. Japan is now officially in recesion, as of a few days ago, and there is serious possibility of additional major bank failures there due to bad loans made during the boom years. There is now actual starvation in certain rural areas in several of the Asian crisis countries. Both Asian and Western stock markets and other financial institutions have been rocked by serious drops in recent days. In a less noted but highly significant development the Russian economy has entered a period of greater instability and downturn, with the Russian stock market losing a very large proportion of its overall value in recent weeks/months and the official government rate at which money can be borrowed in the country trippled in one day two or three weeks ago, to try to staunch the bleeding, from an already humoungous 50% to 150% per annum. Finally, industrial production in Russia is now only 50%!!! of the rate it stood at in 1989, the last stable year of the old regime. Look for a `ratcheting effect' in which the world economic system drops down to a series of successivly lower plateaus. In this scenario the fall of the world system will be halted - for a time - at each platateau by government and International agency intervention such as: the U.S. propping up the Yen, bail-outs of big companies (Lemon socialism), International monetary fund and world bank interventions and demands on third world countries, etc. With the downward `pressure' increasing, however, the downward fall will, if this scenario plays out, eventually resume, until the next lower plateau is reached, at which point intervention will again temporarily prop up the world economy, etc. So what I am projecting is not one sudden fall but a series of declines from one platuea to the next. Speaking of time, it may well be time - whether we like the timing or not - to organize the Stewards! To deal with this crisis, friends must band together! See below for details on the depression in Asia. Eric --------------------------------------------------------------------- >Tuesday June 16 5:31 PM EDT > >World Bank says Asia entering depression >---------------------------------------- > >MELBOURNE, Australia (Reuters) - The World Bank >Tuesday said Asia was plunging into depression and >called on Japan to help pull the region out of its >economic nose-dive. > >World Bank senior regional official Jean-Michel >Severino said Asia was on the threshold of a deep >and long depression and warned a global economic >slump could be just months away. > >"We are probably at the end of the first cycle of >the crisis and we are entering into a deep >recession, or you could even use the term >'depression,"' he told a major trade and investment >conference in Australia. > >"This depression could be very long-lasting if it is >not handled very, very carefully." > >He told reporters later the Asian crisis could >spread. > >"The risk is there and probably we are counting in >months rather than years," said Severino, the bank's >vice president for East Asia and the Pacific. > >He expressed particular concern about the yen's >historic weakness against the U.S. dollar and >sounded a warning to Tokyo that it must play its >role as Asia's economic engine. > >"One has to have a dynamic Japanese economy. It's >absolutely critical," Severino said. > >Severino said international central banks were >cooperating in defense of the yen, but added the >solution to the currency's woes lay in a convincing >response by Japan to the crisis. > >Copyright 1998 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>GLOBAL HOMELESS NETWORK<<<<<<<<<<<< >Providing current homeless and related news, >information and announcements for nonprofit research >and educational purposes, pursuant to TITLE 17 USC >107, at: > > > ---------------------------------------------- >WORLD HOMELESS UNION > > >AMERICAN HOMELESS SOCIETY > > >=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ >For more information, contact: >=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > From gimenez@csf.Colorado.EDU Sat Jun 20 06:47:56 1998 Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 06:47:50 -0600 (MDT) From: Martha Gimenez To: PSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Subject: Asia: facing depression/Time to organize the Stewards. (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 22:30:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Sommer To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK Subject: Asia: facing depression/Time to organize the Stewards. Stewards Corporation Movement. website: http://www.stewards.net/chiapas email: staff@stewards.net ----------------------------------------------------------- Hi there, I predicted 2 weeks ago that a major global economic decline/collapse might take place in the two month period from two weeks from my initial statement to two months down the road. We may not like it, or feel prepared to confront it, but it seems that events may happening right on target. Anyone understandably skeptical about the possibility of a world economic decline at this time needs to be aware of the scope which the crisis has already attained. Asian economies such as South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand are already in crisis. Japan is now officially in recesion, as of a few days ago, and there is serious possibility of additional major bank failures there due to bad loans made during the boom years. There is now actual starvation in certain rural areas in several of the Asian crisis countries. Both Asian and Western stock markets and other financial institutions have been rocked by serious drops in recent days. In a less noted but highly significant development the Russian economy has entered a period of greater instability and downturn, with the Russian stock market losing a very large proportion of its overall value in recent weeks/months and the official government rate at which money can be borrowed in the country trippled in one day two or three weeks ago, to try to staunch the bleeding, from an already humoungous 50% to 150% per annum. Finally, industrial production in Russia is now only 50%!!! of the rate it stood at in 1989, the last stable year of the old regime. Look for a `ratcheting effect' in which the world economic system drops down to a series of successivly lower plateaus. In this scenario the fall of the world system will be halted - for a time - at each platateau by government and International agency intervention such as: the U.S. propping up the Yen, bail-outs of big companies (Lemon socialism), International monetary fund and world bank interventions and demands on third world countries, etc. With the downward `pressure' increasing, however, the downward fall will, if this scenario plays out, eventually resume, until the next lower plateau is reached, at which point intervention will again temporarily prop up the world economy, etc. So what I am projecting is not one sudden fall but a series of declines from one platuea to the next. Speaking of time, it may well be time - whether we like the timing or not - to organize the Stewards! To deal with this crisis, friends must band together! See below for details on the depression in Asia. Eric --------------------------------------------------------------------- >Tuesday June 16 5:31 PM EDT > >World Bank says Asia entering depression >---------------------------------------- > >MELBOURNE, Australia (Reuters) - The World Bank >Tuesday said Asia was plunging into depression and >called on Japan to help pull the region out of its >economic nose-dive. > >World Bank senior regional official Jean-Michel >Severino said Asia was on the threshold of a deep >and long depression and warned a global economic >slump could be just months away. > >"We are probably at the end of the first cycle of >the crisis and we are entering into a deep >recession, or you could even use the term >'depression,"' he told a major trade and investment >conference in Australia. > >"This depression could be very long-lasting if it is >not handled very, very carefully." > >He told reporters later the Asian crisis could >spread. > >"The risk is there and probably we are counting in >months rather than years," said Severino, the bank's >vice president for East Asia and the Pacific. > >He expressed particular concern about the yen's >historic weakness against the U.S. dollar and >sounded a warning to Tokyo that it must play its >role as Asia's economic engine. > >"One has to have a dynamic Japanese economy. It's >absolutely critical," Severino said. > >Severino said international central banks were >cooperating in defense of the yen, but added the >solution to the currency's woes lay in a convincing >response by Japan to the crisis. > >Copyright 1998 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>GLOBAL HOMELESS NETWORK<<<<<<<<<<<< >Providing current homeless and related news, >information and announcements for nonprofit research >and educational purposes, pursuant to TITLE 17 USC >107, at: > > > ---------------------------------------------- >WORLD HOMELESS UNION > > >AMERICAN HOMELESS SOCIETY > > >=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ >For more information, contact: >=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > From CDFUPDATE@childrensdefense.org Fri Jun 19 16:36:38 1998 Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 16:28:53 -0400 From: "CDFupdate CDFupdate" To: CDFupdate@automailer.com Subject: CDF Update 6-19-98 Sender: owner-cdfupdate@automailer.com Children's Defense Fund Update June 19, 1998 In This Issue: -- Child Care -- Youth Violence -- Family Income *** Child Care *** --- KERRY/BOND VICTORY UNDERCUT BY PRO-TOBACCO FORCES --- Thanks to the hard work of thousands of children's advocates around the country, we achieved an unprecedented victory last week. Sixty-six Senators voted in favor of the Kerry/Bond amendment to use a portion of the revenues from a tobacco bill to fund child care and after-school programs. This is a stunning victory in this Congress and the strongest vote for child care since 1989. Unfortunately, Wednesday (June 17th), Senate Republicans narrowly defeated the tobacco bill which would have been a significant step foward to curbing youth smoking. This defeat, after a month of debate, comes as a set back to children's health and the CHILD CARE NOW Campaign, but not an end to our chances to pass child care legislation this year. Please note that the Gramm amendment was not voted on before the tobacco bill was killed. --- WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? --- Now that we have 66 Senators on record supporting funding for child care and after-school activities, we are in a good position to look for other opportunities to secure funding. The next major opportunity will be in the budget bill, which will come from the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee. This could happen as late as September. Next week we will post more detailed information regarding opportunities this year to pass child care legislation on our website at: . We will include suggestions and materials for work throughout the summer to keep child care at the top of the agenda of all elected officials and the media. If you have not done so already, please schedule a meeting with your Senators and/or Representative for the upcoming July 4th recess, which begins June 29th (the Senate returns to Congress on July 6th and the House on the 14th). --- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! --- We could not have come this far without the commitment of national, state, and local organizations all around the country. At the beginning of this year, it looked very challenging to move child care to the top of the national agenda. But after months of hard work, together we convinced 66 Senators -- Republicans and Democrats -- that investing in child care and after-school activities promotes children's healthy development and reduces teen smoking. The tobacco bill gave all of us an opportunity to heighten awareness on child care and focus Members' attention on the issue. The 10,000 plus calls generated through the Working Assets Long Distance Line, hundreds of letters written, as well as meetings, press conferences, and Stand For Children events worked -- the Senate listened. *** Youth Violence *** --- CHILDREN'S GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT OF 1998 --- It is imperative that Congress take action on a very real threat facing our children -- fourteen children die each day from gunfire, and too many have easy access to guns. On June 17th, the "Children's Gun Violence Prevention Act of 1998" (H.R. 4073) (S.2185) was introduced by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) and Rep. Marge Roukema (R-NJ) in the House of Representatives along with 38 other co-sponsors, and Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) in the Senate along with 4 other co-sponsors. The "Children's Gun Violence Prevention Act of 1998" is the first comprehensive piece of legislation to address children's access to firearms. The bill was introduced with support from a wide variety of groups, including the National Education Association, the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Nurses Association. "To be serious about youth violence, we must be serious about gun access," said Marian Wright Edelman, CDF President. "We need to hold adults responsible for keeping guns out of the hands of children and those who would harm children." ** Please Contact your Senators and Representative now, and tell them to (U.S. Capitol Switchboard: 202/224-3121) support the "Children's Gun Violence Prevention Act" to keep children safe. --- SMALL VICTORY FOR HOMELESS YOUTH --- Thanks to many letters and protests from advocates last week, Secretary Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services, reversed her decision to redirect $7 million (out of the $8 million for new grantees and $15 million total in the FY 1998 appropriation) from the Street Outreach Program for Youth in order to address the Health Care Financing Administration Department's "Year 2000" computer re-programming needs. The program will still be cut slightly, along with other programs in the Administration for Children and Families. Each cut will now be just over one-tenth of one percent of the total program value. Thanks to your efforts, the "Year 2000" computer problems will not be fixed at the expense of preparing our young people for the year 2000 and beyond. *** Family Income *** --- HELP FUND WELFARE TO WORK TRANSPORTATION! --- The recently passed transportation bill (the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century, or TEA-21) funded transportation grants to cities and rural areas to enable low income individuals, including those leaving welfare for work, to get to their jobs. TEA-21 authorizes $150 million a year for five years. In the first year (FY 1999), $50 million of that is guaranteed, and comes from gas tax funds. The remaining $100 million has to be appropriated, and so far its appropriation is very much in doubt. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation will act soon to decide whether to include the $100 million needed for full funding of Access to Jobs and the Reverse Commute program, the two programs providing grants to localities to fund van pools, extended bus routes, transportation vouchers, etc., to help low income people get to work and back. Remember--only 6 percent of families on welfare own vehicles, and in many areas public transportation is simply unavailable to get to the suburbs, where most job growth is taking place. Further, even when bus service is available, it may not run during the off-hours sometimes needed for entry-level work. ** YOUR HELP IS NEEDED! If you live in any of these states, contact your Senator(s), who serves on the Senate Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee, and ask him or her to support full funding ($100 million appropriated for FY 1999) for Access to Jobs and Reverse Commute programs: Alabama: Richard C. Shelby (R-Chair), 202/224-5744 Maryland: Barbara A. Mikulski (D), 202/224-4654 Missouri: Christopher "Kit" S. Bond (R), 202/224-5721 Nevada: Harry Reid (D), 202/224-3542 New Jersey: Frank R. Lautenberg (D), 202/224-4744 New Mexico: Pete V. Domenici (R), 202/224-6621 North Carolina: Lauch Faircloth (R), 202/224-3154 Pennsylvania: Arlen Specter (R), 202/224-4254 Utah: Robert Bennett (R), 202/224-5444 Washington: Slade Gorton (R), 202/224-3441 Patty Murray (D), 202/224-2621 West Virginia: Robert C. Byrd (D), 202/224-3954 Wisconsin: Herbert H. Kohl (D), 202/224-5653 Or write to: The Honorable (Senator's full name) United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 ************************************************************************************************************** -- OUR STRENGTH IS IN OUR NUMBERS -- SHARE THIS LEGISLATIVE UPDATE WITH YOUR FRIENDS!!! Our typical email is about a page or two long and generally comes once a week. 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Kimberly Taylor Children's Defense Fund 25 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202/662-3540 (fax) CDFupdate@childrensdefense.org "There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing when we save our children, we save ourselves." - Margaret Mead From staff@stewards.net Sun Jun 21 02:12:21 1998 Sun, 21 Jun 1998 04:20:11 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from staff@stewards.net) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 04:20:11 -0400 (EDT) To: World Homeless , , PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK From: staff@stewards.net (Eric Sommer) Subject: THE HIDDEN HOLOCAUST AGAINST THE POOR guathrc@vcn.bc.ca, hhrivas@wwisp.com (Helen), izbars@yahoo.com, "Coleen" , moonlight@igc.apc.org, pheltself@hotmail.com, , , , hhrivas@wwisp.com (Helen), "Elsie Dean" Stewards Corporation Movement. website: http://www.stewards.net/chiapas email: staff@stewards.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE HIDDEN HOLOCAUST AGAINST THE POOR. by Eric Sommer Coordinator of Chiapas Alert Network http://www.stewards.net/chiapas Member of the Stewards Corporation Movement. http//www.stewards.net The advent of the Asian Depression, now officially `certified' as such by the World Bank, brings new importance to the hidden holocaust against the poor which is taking place on a world-wide scale. Massive numbers of middle class, working class, and - in the Third World - peasant people have over the last few decades been driven into poverty, where they have been increasingly threatened with annihilation. To see the truth of these statements, we need only look about us. In the U.S., lower middle class and working class standards of living have been falling for 20 years and now one or two million - nobody seems to know the exact number - poor people have actually been made homeless. The life-span for Russian men has dropped since the fall of the Soviet Union, along with a radical increase in poverty, from 75 or so years to 59 years. There are 2,000,000 homeless children in brazil, with 250,000 of them in the city of Sao Paulo alone. There are now hundreds of thousands of child prostitutes in southern Asia. And similar figures could be adduced for many other areas of the world. One face of this new holocaust against the poor is that - like the original Nazi holocaust - it includes a virulent hate campaign. The media, government, and right-wing think tanks have in recent years sponsored a sweeping propaganda attack against impoverished - and especially unemployed - people. This campaign has sought to drill into the public consciousness the notion that poor people are `shiftless', that they are infected with a `culture of poverty' or `culture of dependency', that they are the `reason for high taxes', that they are `deadbeats and criminals' and so forth. One consequence of this campaign has been to scapegoat poor people; they are blamed for economic problems which actually have nothing to do with them. Declining working class living standards, and growing social misery and economic insecurity, stem in reality from the current workings of the global economy, from globalized competition, from the application of new informational and robotic technologies, and from the extraction of super- profits from the rest of the population by the upper 20% of society. But government and media, using ideas spun in right-wing think tanks (such as re labeling poverty as `dependency'), have sought to re-direct public frustration towards the poor, with their supposed responsibility for high taxes and other social difficulties. This demonizing and de-humanizing of the image of the poor has, moreover, served to harden public sentiment, so that the current massive suffering - and mass deaths - of poor people can be made acceptable. The reality of this new holocaust against poor people is, to some extent, obscured by its outward differences from the original one. In the original holocaust, for example, ordinary members of society who happened to be Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, communists, or other targeted categories found themselves progressively publicly vilified, singled out for repressive legislation, rounded up, worked to death, and then gassed. In the current holocaust, growing numbers of ordinary people in the middle and working classes, and in the peasant class in the third world, find themselves `inexplicably' cast down among the working and non-working poor, where they become `the new Jews' of their society, and where life becomes a daily struggle for adequate nutrition, housing, and dignity. Another difference which hides the similarities between the two holocausts is the nature of the concentration camps which are used. The victims of the original holocaust were interned in slave labour camps at places like Belsen and Auschwitz. The concentration camp of the new holocaust is the street, where the ever-growing numbers of homeless must try to live, sleep, and care for themselves. For those who still have homes, the new concentration camps are the ever-worsening poverty ghettos and substandard life-support systems and housing of the inner cities and shanty-towns. Finally, there is the difference in the methods of execution. Unlike the original holocaust, the poor are not - for the most part - visibly murdered by the state or the upper classes. Under a smoke screen of rhetoric about the `necessary working of the economy' and `ending dependency' and `reliance on market forces', we are told we must simply `let them go' to their fate, once they have been deprived of any way to adequately support themselves. The victims of the original holocaust were worked to death and gassed in walled and barbed-wire enclosed `factories of death'. But the victims of the new holocaust are simply `left' in their ghettos and, when they become homeless, they are `let go' to the tender mercies of the street, where life is nasty, brutish, and short. If the victims of the original holocaust made any mistake at all, it was in not organizing soon enough, in not fighting back vigorously enough, in being `too law-abiding', in placing too much faith in the rule of law and the existing state to protect them. Today, working and non-working poor people world-wide are in a similar position. The existing system - and its social forms of the job, the business, and government - will not protect us from poverty or death. In the current economic crisis far more people than ever before area at risk in the holocaust against the poor. Large parts of Asia have already plunged into economic chaos. Asian economies such as South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand are in crisis. Japan is now officially in recesion, as of a few days ago, and there is a serious possibility of additional major bank failures there due to bad loans made during the boom years. According to both the New York Times and the world bank, there is a dramatic and disturbing expansion of hunger and actual starvation in certain rural areas in several of the Asian crisis countries. Both Asian and Western stock markets and other financial institutions have also been rocked by serious drops in recent days. In a less noted but highly significant development the Russian economy has entered a period of greater instability and downturn, with the Russian stock market losing a very large proportion of its overall value in recent weeks/months and the official government rate at which money can be borrowed in the country trippled in one day two or three weeks ago, to try to staunch the bleeding, from an already humoungous 50% to 150% per annum. Finally, industrial production in Russia is now only 50%!!! of the rate it stood at in 1989, the last stable year of the old regime. In these deteriorating conditions, relying on each other, organizing with each other, resisting the attacks on our being, and building a new Stewardship way of life based on new Stewardship forms of social life in which we can work together to care for one another and the planet is the only effective means of protection. From RODRIGUEZ@cui.edu Sun Jun 21 08:02:28 1998 From: RODRIGUEZ@cui.edu Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 06:42:50 -0700 (PDT) Subject: General Workers Strike Extends in Puerto Rico To: psn@csf.colorado.edu General Workers Strike Develops in Puerto Rico CrossCultural Dialogue, rodrigvm@soca.com) Thousands of electrical workers joined the phone workers unions who on Thursday (6/18/98) declared a strike against the privatization of the island's publicly owned telephone company. Earlier other public sector unions had joined the protest including the Public Building Authority, Automobile Accident Compensation Administration workers had announced their support. The workers of the Authority of Sewers and Aqueducts were also preparing to join the strike which is slowly becoming a general workers strike against the neo-liberal policy of privatizing publicly held Puerto Rican enterprises. The electrical workers unions will announce 24-hour stoppages as it increases its militant support for the phone workers. Management workers in the phone company are being lodged in the phone company headquarters. Food and water is being transported in helicopters to the phone office headquarters. The first two days were marked by some attacks on the workers by the Puerto Rican Police riot squad which left a number of injured workers. Students, religious leaders and many private sector unions are providing financial, technical assistance to the workers. The governor, Pedro Rosello, has indicated no willingness or interest in negotiating with the strikers. During the first two days of the strike the phone company has lost $1.4 million dollars. Dr. Victor M. Rodriguez Professor, Sociology Dept. Concordia University 1530 Concordia West Irvine, CA 92612 Email: rodriguez@cui.edu Home Page: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/VictorMRodriguez From christopher.rhomberg@yale.edu Sun Jun 21 16:26:33 1998 Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 18:26:37 -0400 To: PSN@csf.colorado.edu From: Christopher Rhomberg Subject: ASA and Detroit Free Press Dear PSNers, I am a new subscriber to PSN, and hope you will permit me to raise an issue here of concern to us as professional sociologists. Below is a copy of an email letter I posted on June 10 to the American Sociological Association, regarding the graduate student media fellowship program jointly sponsored by the ASA and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The program selects advanced graduate students for an AAAS-led training and orientation in Washington, D.C., followed by a summer internship in a major media organization. According to the story in the April 1998 issue of the ASA newsletter Footnotes, this year's graduate student fellow from sociology will do her field placement at the Detroit Free Press. Many of you are no doubt familiar with the long and bitter labor dispute that continues to exist at the Free Press, the Detroit News and their joint operating agency; I mention a few of the details in my letter [see below]. I was disappointed to see the ASA involved with an employer widely condemned for its unfair labor practices. Right now I have no personal knowledge of the circumstances of this placement, but according to the description on the ASA web page, the assignments are set by the AAAS, and while applicants do have input on preferred sites and opportunities, the "final decision is made by AAAS for the mentorship and experiences they provide, Fellows cannot find or choose their own placement." I initially sent the letter to inquire how the placement came about, and to ask several questions regarding ASA policies and principles, including what means are available for members to express their concern and affect decision-making on this matter. As of today, I have not received any reply from the ASA. So let me put these questions to the readers of this list, and ask what following steps, if any, we may collectively think are best. I invite readers to circulate this message to any other persons they think appropriate. Thanks for your attention, Chris Rhomberg Dept. of Sociology Yale University Sources: ASA Footnotes, 26/4, April 1998, p. 4 http://www.asanet.org/Funding/massmed.html http://www.rust.net/~workers/news/strike810.html <<<<<<<< >>>> *******************************************************************= ** Felice J. Levine Executive Officer American Sociological Association Dear Ms. Levine, I am a member of the American Sociological Association, and I write to you on a matter that is of concern to me, and, I am sure, to many other sociologists. I noticed a story in the April 1998 issue of Footnotes on the graduate student media fellowship program jointly sponsored by the ASA and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The story reported that the ASA participates in the fellowship through its Spivack Program on Applied Social Research and Social Policy. This year, it was announced, the graduate student fellow will do her field placement at the Detroit Free Press. The Detroit Free Press, together with the Detroit News and their joint operating Detroit Newspaper Agency, has been involved for almost three years in an on-going and bitter labor dispute with six unions representing some 2,000 editorial, production and delivery workers. The employees initially went on strike in July 1995, but the newspapers refused to settle and continued to operate with replacements. In February 1997, the unions made unconditional offers to return to work, but since then the newspapers have locked out all but a few hundred of the strikers. In June 1997, Federal Administrative Law Judge Thomas Wilks found the Detroit newspapers guilty on ten charges of unfair labor practices, including bad faith bargaining and illegal threats to strikers, which had 'caused and prolonged' the 19-month strike. The newspaper workers have been supported in their struggle by U.S. Congressional Representatives John Conyers and David Bonior and former Representative Pat Schroeder, Detroit City Council President Mary Ann Mahaffey, former Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, Methodist Bishop Jesse De Witt, Episcopal Bishop R. Stewart Wood, and Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, among others. Last June, tens of thousands of union members and supporters from across the country rallied at a national AFL-CIO sponsored event in Detroit. As of yet there is still no settlement, and the now locked-out workers are continuing their advertising and circulation boycotts as they seek ways to get their jobs back and win justice in the three-year dispute. I was very disappointed to see the ASA involved with an organization widely condemned for its unfair and illegal violations of its workers' rights, and I am wondering how this particular placement came about. Did the ASA, or the persons involved in the program, know of the situation at the Free Press, and if so did that play a role in the placement?=20 Even if the decision was made without knowledge of the labor dispute, it does seem to me to raise a number of legitimate questions. For example, is it appropriate for the ASA to associate its featured Spivack Program on Social Research and Social Policy with an unfair employer, and does its association signal acceptance or approval of the Detroit newspapers' labor relations policies? Would the ASA be equally willing to assign an ASA Fellow to work for an organization recently found guilty of racial, sex or other discrimination, and that is continuing its discriminatory practices? Will the ASA Fellow be required to advise, assist or otherwise engage in activities in support of the unfair labor practices of the newspaper? If ASA members believe that their organization has implicitly endorsed and condoned illegal union busting, what means are available and appropriate to express our concern? What means are available to see that this does not become a pattern? Please respond as soon as possible to my questions on this matter. I appreciate your attention, and I look forward to your reply, sincerely, Chris Rhomberg Assistant Professor =20 Department of Sociology =20 Yale University =20 203-432-3346 New Haven, CT 06520-8265 FAX: 203-432-6976 From kishor@icimod.org.np Mon Jun 22 05:08:20 1998 From: kishor@icimod.org.np To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 04:48:45 +0000 Subject: Internet Survey Report Hi ! I have just completed this morning a survey report on "Internet in Nepal: Opinion Poll". If there is anybody interested in reading this report, which I prefer to call "plain", let me know. FYI Nepal is one of the least developed countries in the world with a per capita of hardly US $ 200. It's a mountainous country will lots of PROBLEMS. And by the way about myself, I have a background in Development Sociology/Anthropology, and communications, and am at the moment working, learning and experimenting with IT (Internet) application in development. I am a member of Sociological and Anthropoloical Association of Nepal (SASON). And I find the PSN list simply GREAT. NAMASTE, Kishor Pradhan. /\ /\ /\ /\ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \/ \/ \/ \ Kishor Pradhan Network Assistant APMN/MF, DITS ICIMOD, 4/80 Jawalakhel GPO BOX 3226, Kathmandu, Nepal TeL: (977-1) 525-313 Fax: (977-1) 524-317, (977-1)524-509 E-mail: kishor@icimod.org.np URL: http://www.south-asia.com/icimod/AP.htm /\ /\ /\ /\ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \/ \/ \/ \ From ehynes@kettering.edu Mon Jun 22 18:03:17 1998 Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:03:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:03:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Eugene Hynes To: Martha Gimenez Subject: Re: Ain't No Makin' It In-Reply-To: On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Martha Gimenez wrote: > I am planning to use this book in an upper division stratification course > next Fall. I wonder, however, how well undergraduates will deal with this > work because of its theoretical content. In my experience, undergraduates > have a very difficult time with theory (with a few exceptions) but perhaps > some of you have used it in an undergraduate course without encountering > too many problems. I would appreciate it if those of you who have > assigned this book could tell us about your experiences. > > Many thanks, > > Martha > > *********************************** > Martha E. Gimenez > Department of Sociology > University of Colorado at Boulder > http://csf.colorado.edu/gimenez/ > > > I have used this book with success in an Intro course for engineering majors. I selected it in part because my students very much buy the 'achievement ideology' that MacLeod questions and I wanted to shake their assumptions a little. Because for many this would be their only sociology course, of necessity I minimized specific disciplinary jargon and concentrated on the ethnography. For MacLeod's Chapter 2, I substituted parts of of whole lectures on the various theorists and similarly treated parts of later chapters. My students very much responded like Gerry's, wondering why the Hangers don't try (conveniently forgetting the Brothers' efforts). For theory purposes, I found two pedagogically useful resources. First, the agency/structure issue -- (people have choices but they do not choose the situations in which they choose) -- MacLeod says one of the kids he studied 'was pushed into jumping' into drug dealing. I use a publicized case from a few years ago of a woman 'jumping' off a bridge to escape an attacker to force students to question what we mean by 'choosing'. Initially, student debate centers on the particular incident but then later students begin to generalize the lessons of the case. I have students contribute to a 'virtual discussion' site and I'll forward one student's post that incorporated references to media coverage of the bridge incident. Second, an article called "No Expectations:.... " Wall Street Journal, feb 11, 1995, describes a northern English rust belt town. The parallels with Clarendon Heights are especially useful in getting students to get beyond individualist explanations. I use Andy Capp in explaining Bernstein's restricted code and as luck would have it, the creator of the strip comes from the town described in the article and is quoted in it to the effect that you can never leave your class because you take yourself with you. Another thing I've tried with mixed success is to assign a key sentence or paragraph and have the students simply explain it in their posts but the 'virtual discussion' issue is a story for some other occasion. Eugene Hynes. From ehynes@kettering.edu Mon Jun 22 18:09:38 1998 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:09:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Eugene Hynes To: PSN@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Ain't No Makin' It ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Subject: Hopefully the last Belle Isle Posting http://www.courttv.com/casefiles/verdicts/welch.html http://www.detnews.com/menu/stories/14154.htm http://detnews.com/menu/stories/38032.htm http://detnews.com/menu/stories/15208.htm http://www.detnews.com/menu/stories/49271.htm Here are a number of links to various aspects of the Belle Isle Incident. Could we please try to see the forest here? The reason this issue was presented to us was not the facts themselves, because it was simply a case of some violent people getting out of hand with tragic consequences. The point that I believe Prof. Hynes was trying to make was that, in a less life and death sense, the Clarendon Heights residents are faced with, in some cases, not too attractive alternatives to choose from. I don't quite agree, but I can see the point. It is absurd to debate the Belle Isle Incident. It was mindless activity on both parts, the only decision making processes seem to be driven by seething blind rage and resultant terror and helplessness. With regard to the sentence, when such sensational cases as this occur, right or wrong becomes secondary to the political momentum and life of its own that such cases inevitably take on. Whether you think the guy should have been found guilty or not, it was inevitable that he certainly would be charged in proportion to the media driven frenzy that undoubtedly accompanied the case. In reading the newspaper accounts, I find it pretty hard to sympathize for the assaulter, though he does express sorrow for the death without accepting any responsibility. Obviously, the woman was no saint either, but if you read some of the articles, it doesn't exactly sound like she was a derelict. The real villains, though, are the crowds who stood by and watched it like TV. I think that that is by far the most disturbing aspect of the case. From kishor@icimod.org.np Mon Jun 22 21:52:19 1998 From: kishor@icimod.org.np To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 21:32:29 +0000 Subject: Re: Internet Survey Report Hi ! it me again, The response to my previous posting to the PSN list on THE RESULTS of Internet in Nepal survey was overwhelming. Many PSN members are interested in reading the report. So, I thought, I would rather post the report, which I still say is "plain", to the PSN-list, as the report is not very long. I did the same thing here to a local list. And if you still want the MS Word '97 version of the report, pls touch base with me. NAMASTE! Kishor. *** INTERNET IN NEPAL: OPINION POLL THE RESULTS 22 June, 1998 This is a plain report. The opinion poll questionnaire was electronically sent out in the second week of April 1998. Responses were received till June 19, 1998. SURVEY MATRIX/SURVEY UNIVERSE I've assumed that when the poll was conducted, the total number of Nepal-lit members plus others were somewhere around 100. The number of tangible responses were 12. The number of responses as being 12, compute to 12 percent of the total survey matrix or universe. Applying the standard social science sampling method, I've taken 12 percent of the responses as large enough to generalize. It is to be noted that in social science 10-15 percent of the total universe is considered/practiced as standard/accepted figure for generalization. Also, it is to be noted that this survey may be debated as being more technical than social. However, with the technical data and information collected, the analysis has been basically undertaken in the social science framework, and emphasized, as it entails respondents who have diverse background. NATURE OF RESPONDENTS Of the 12 respondents, 7 were associated with private sectors like hotels, travel agencies, airlines, computer enterprises. The other 5 respondents were involved in non-governmental development organizations. It also needs to be noted that of the total respondents 10 were Nepal-list members, and 2 were others. Furthermore, gender-wise 2 were female and 10 were male. Female-Male participation ratio in the poll was 2:5. However, this is subject to be determined by the number of female/male members in the Nepal-list; exact information (data) on which I was not able to obtain. ACCESS, PERIOD OF USE, AND FREQUENCY OF USE Of the 12 respondents, 9 had full access to Internet, and the remaining 3 had e-mail only. Regarding the period of use of Internet, that is, how long the respondent had been using the Internet. The maximum period was 3 years plus, and the minimum extreme was 3 months. The average period of use of Internet calculated to 1.2 years. As far as the responses to the question on duration of use of the Internet in a day was concerned, the maximum use was for 6 hours, and the minimum was 30 minutes. The average use of Internet in a day of the sample population calculated to 1.30 hours. Most of the respondents use the Internet for e-mail message sending. Other purposes included surfing (browsing), information retrieval, discussion list, on-line news. One/two respondents who fell in the category of being the maximum users, and who are also professionally engaged in computer/information technology(IT) enterprise, opined that apart from using Internet for e-mail, downloading freeware, update on new computer and IT products, were some of the purposes for which they resorted to using the Internet. BENEFITS FROM INTERNET USE The common benefit the respondents find in using the Internet is that by the use of e-mail their communications have been improved. All of them find the e-mail as "cheap" means of communications, and is "reliable", "fast", "convenient". Some of the respondents opined that by having access to Internet their horizon of contact has broadened. They are virtually making new contacts. And of course, the corpus of information that is available on the Web has been a great asset for some of the respondents by using Internet. Typical opinions were that the Internet has provided a platform to expand business, contacts, client relationships. HOW IS INTERNET GOING TO EXPEDITE THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN NEPAL? The responses to this question were varied. Though the answers were varied in expressions, the underlying commonality was "sharing information and communicating". Opinions varied from promoting business via Internet, advocacy for social development, advocacy for sustainable development, to networking of like minded individuals and organizations. It is interesting to note that there were such intangible answers like: "No difference. If you are going in the wrong direction, getting there faster is no help". Some of the technical responses were, by increasing the number of Internet users it is going to contribute to expedite the development process. Having more advanced dynamic Internet tools like real time etceteras can bring about changes in the development process. One respondent opined that Nepal Telecommunication Corporation acting as an ISP and subsidizing the Internet connectivity service charge to the public, can also contribute to speed up the development process. The responses to the supplementary question to above strayed. Not very many respondents were able to precisely answer by doing what they will be benefiting more from Internet use. The answer by a computer/IT entrepreneur was though not precisely optimum to be generalized, however, is worth noting. This particular respondent opined that the Internet users should be increased from roughly 5,000 at present (April '98) to 100,000 by the end of the century. To do so the government/Nepal Telecommunication Corporation should subsidize computer/IT to (I)NGOs, government offices/departments and others. It will be also necessary to make the content of the information on the Web compatible to the requirements of the users. This response amongst others was the closest to the expected response. There was not any response, which clearly opined about having an Internet network on development and research, education, commerce, social welfare etceteras, even though these possible answers were exemplified while elaborating the question. The responses that came closest to expectations were having commercial Web pages, government subsidizing the Internet connectivity cost, Nepal specific data development on the Web. Besides, there were interesting opinions like: "The gap between the natural development of Nepal and Internet will widen as years go on (sic)/by. I am not optimistic with development of Nepal vis-a-vis Internet." DEALING WITH THE NORTH-SOUTH BALANCE Only 5 respondents tried to opine on the question regarding what Internet users in Nepal should do to have a balance of information flow on the Web. The opinions received in this respect were not largely accurate, which indicated that Internet users are not clearly aware of the prevalent general apprehension that the Information on the Web (information superhighway) is predominated by the North (developed countries). There were few opinions which came close to the expected answer that the South should contribute more information to the information superhighway by coming up with more Web pages on Southern information. There were some interesting expressions in this regard, for example: "Get the government and the whole beaurocratic system hooked on the Net. make (sic) them all Internet Junkies! That will make it a lot easier for things to get done in Nepal." Other opinions were, " _ half the gap would be bridged by just increasing users." One respondent opines the number of places like "cyberhouse (cafe)" should be increased--a response somewhat close to the concept of telecottage/telecentre. Other varied responses were growth of IT industry, exploitation of the purpose of the information superhighway, Internet use awareness, government policy for price control and distribution, making the Internet as accessible as the telephone. GENERAL OPINIONS Apart from the above reported specific opinions, there were general opinions regarding the use of Internet in Nepal provided by the respondents. One respondent opined that the use of Internet in Nepal would grow, and gradually integrate into everyday life of a Nepal family like the way television in Nepal has precipitated to over the decade. He opined that when the television first came to Nepal, the skepticism was there. The same is observed of the Internet, but it will be overcome, like the television did. Another respondent, however, is worried about all the inappropriate things that come through the Internet and it may pose as a bad influence to the children, which in fact is a problem that the North is faced with, with pervasive adoption of Internet . CONCLUSION First and foremost, only 12 percent of the total of the survey universe responded to the survey. From this an indication can be derived that the Internet users in Nepal are not remarkably responsive to such Internet conducted poll. It can be surmised that by frequently conducting e-mail polls the degree of response will escalate. However, the cost for using Internet and stipulated access can be considered as a factor inhibiting the response to the poll. The private, non-governmental organizations, are found to be using the Internet more. Average number of the users have full Internet access. And most of these users are using Internet to better manage their communications and respective works. An average user uses the Internet for about 1.2 hrs a day. The people who have been using the Internet are very optimistic about the use of Internet. They are satisfied with the benefit that they have been able to derive from using the Internet. Though few opinions differ, most of the respondents find the Internet cheap, fast and convenient to use. Most of the respondents were of the opinion that by making the Internet more accessible to wider population by the government subsidizing the Internet cost will be contributing to affect expediting the process of development in Nepal. The respondents in the same manner firmly believe that the government by subsidizing the Internet cost will attribute to users benefiting more form the use of Internet. Again by subsidizing the Internet cost and contributing extensively to the information superhighway, the respondents opined that the Internet users in Nepal could contribute to the North-South balance on the Web. It is estimated that in Nepal there are to date nearly 7000 Internet users. In comparison to this figure the assumed 100 members in the Nepal-list is insignificant. By conducting a survey of the total Internet users in Nepal that is near 7000 figure a more accurate and reliable insight can be obtained. Is there anybody out there ready to collaborate on this? *** Survey conducted and reported by Kishor Pradhan, kishor @icimod.org.np *** P.S. Those of you who are interested in getting more info on Internet in Nepal in particular and South Asia in general, read HIMAL, VOl.11, No.1, at http://www.himalmag.com *** From bmintz@zoo.uvm.edu Tue Jun 23 08:29:30 1998 Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 10:29:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Beth Mintz To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK Subject: Re: Ain't No Makin' It In-Reply-To: I've used the book and have been very, very, pleased with it. Students don't love the theory section but they plod through it (it is not very long) and think about the ideas. They get the point (at least intellectually), can summarize it and can articulate it quite well. We then watch "Boys in the Hood" and I ask why the kid made it. Their immediate and visceral response is because of a strong father figure and then we spend quite a bit of time comparing this with the conclusion that the book reaches. By the time we are done, I believe that they have confronted their preconceived notions about structure vs agency and have truely learned something about the class structure. Finally, the theory becomes much more important to them after they see how quickly that got taken in by the film. My vote: Use it!!!!!!! Beth Mintz University of Vermont On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Martha Gimenez wrote: > I am planning to use this book in an upper division stratification course > next Fall. I wonder, however, how well undergraduates will deal with this > work because of its theoretical content. In my experience, undergraduates > have a very difficult time with theory (with a few exceptions) but perhaps > some of you have used it in an undergraduate course without encountering > too many problems. I would appreciate it if those of you who have > assigned this book could tell us about your experiences. > > Many thanks, > > Martha > > *********************************** > Martha E. Gimenez > Department of Sociology > University of Colorado at Boulder > http://csf.colorado.edu/gimenez/ > > > From ecollom@wizard.ucr.edu Tue Jun 23 09:30:56 1998 Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 08:28:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Ed Collom To: psn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Call For Papers - PSA Hello Folks, Here's a call for papers for a panel that I'm organizing at the next PSA conference. Such topics have been notably absent at the PSA in the past and I hope that we can generate a lively forum on the contemporary Left. Thanks. =========================================================================== ***What's Left? What's Next?*** CALL FOR PAPERS for a panel on ALTERNATIVES TO CAPITALISM at the 70th Annual Pacific Sociological Association Meeting - Portland, Oregon - April 15-19, 1999 The huge body of recent literature on alternatives to capitalism has been largely neglected at mainstream sociology conferences. This PSA panel seeks to create a critical dialogue over proposals for a better, more just world. The call for papers is open to alternative visions and actually-existing movements, national strategies and grassroots, localized alternatives to the global economy. Potential topics include: anarcho-communitarianism, asset redistribution, associative democracy, community currency systems, community development corporations, community supported agriculture, confederal municipalism, cooperatives, eco-socialism, entrepreneurial mercantilism, guild socialism, left communitarianism, market socialism, nationalization, participatory planning, radical democracy, red-green movements, revolutionary syndicalism, workplace democracy, etc. Potential areas of discussion include: the role of the state, implications of nation-based proposals under globalization,empowerment and democracy, impact upon race/class/gender exploitation, ecology and sustainability, global versus local, getting from here to there, feasibility, etc. Please join us for what is sure to be a lively session. The deadline for submissions is October 15, 1998. Send all materials, questions, and concerns to: Ed Collom Department of Sociology University of California Riverside, CA 92521 ecollom@wizard.ucr.edu http://wizard.ucr.edu/~ecollom/psacall.html For more information on the conference, consult www.csus.edu/psa/ From coatesrd@casmail.muohio.edu Tue Jun 23 10:15:27 1998 From: "Rodney Coates" To: "PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK" Subject: Advance Notice: Tenure Track Positions Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:15:18 -0400 charset="iso-8859-1" Here is an advanced notice for 1 of two tenure track positions which we hope to fill next year. Please feel free to circulate. Rodney D. Coates Director of Black World Studies Associate Professor of Sociology Miami University Oxford, Ohio 45056 -------------------------------------- Miami University Middletown Campus - Tenure-track, Assistant Professor position with specialties in Black World Studies (BWS) and any other appropriate academic area. The position is a joint position: half-time in the Black World Studies Program, half-time in Department of academic specialty; the tenure-track is in the academic department. Successful candidates will teach courses in BWS (featuring an Afrocentric perspective) and other appropriate courses as needed for an expected twelve-hour teaching load. Additional courses may be in area of academic specialty (e.g., African-American literature or history-interdisciplinary courses are possible) cross-listed with BWS, or other introductory courses as negotiated with the campus. Additional duties to include student advising, community service (extending the reach of the BWS program into the community), and scholarship. Ph.D. required. Previous teaching experience is desirable. Send letter of interest, resume, statement on Afrocentric education or philosophy, and three letters of reference to: Gary Wheeler, Black World Studies Search Committee, Miami University Middletown, 4200 East University Boulevard, Middletown, Ohio, 45042. Review of credentials begins October 15 and continues until the position is filled. -------------------------------------- Rodney D. Coates Director of Black World Studies Associate Professor of Sociology Miami University Oxford, Ohio 45056 From johnny.williams@mail.cc.trincoll.edu Tue Jun 23 09:40:20 1998 Tue, 23 Jun 1998 11:39:22 -0400 (EDT) From: "Johnny Williams" To: "PSN" , "ABS-L" Subject: Literature Search Help Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 11:42:56 -0700 Can anyone help me locate comprehensive overviews of research on Race and Class? In other words, I'm looking for the schools of thought in this field. Johnny E. Williams phone: (860)297-2370 Assistant Professor fax: (860)297-2538 Trinity College Department of Sociology Hartford, Connecticut 06106-3100 e-mail: johnny.williams@mail.trincoll.edu From LLANGMA@wpo.it.luc.edu Tue Jun 23 11:30:46 1998 Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:29:45 -0500 From: "Lauren Langman" To: psn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Please read this!! -Forwarded Fri, 1 May 1998 09:08:15 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 08:03:54 -0600 From: AJ Poettcker Organization: University of Lethbridge Pulblic Access Internet To: Ray Pritchard Wayne Peterson , Wade Shrader , Valerie Chediak , Tom Renard , Tom Phillips , Tom Gibbons , Tim Nordberg , Tim Foss , Ted Griffin , Sylvia Quandt , Steve Zoller , Stacy Rosenberger , Sidney Huynh , Sherry Flipps , Scott Turk , Royce Cramton , Roy Hodson , Ron Reed , Ron Hunt , Rob Teigen , Rob Mihalik , Rob Gaskill , Rick Suddith , Rick Reed , Rick Hulkenberg , Richard Griffin , Ray Woods , Ray Simons , Ray Pritchard , Randy Birkey , Phil Newton , Peggy Sharpnack , Paul Peaslee , Owen McKenzie , Norma and Walt Britt , Norm Bowman <72764.3055@compuserve.com>, Norbert Grodson , Nate Schnitman , Mike Nolen , Mike Kelly , Mick Devins , Mary Olson , Mary Newberg , Mary Ann Spiegel , Mark Duncan , Mark Acell , Marion Hauser , Marcia Cremin , Mabel Scheck , Lisa Barry , Leland Fay , Larry Kendrick , Larry Bryant , Kurtis Todd , Kevin Overend , Ken Aycock , Kelly Curry <104244.3447@compuserve.com>, Kate Dooley , Judy Gibbs , Judith Buchanan , Joyce La Van , Jose Garcia <1jncgarcia@compuserve.com>, John Ockers , John Emmans , John Brooks , Joanne Hale , Jim Cassioppi , Jeff McAllister , Jack Dugan , Ina Murphey , Greg Thornton , Greg Kirschner , Grant Brown , Graciela Chediak , George Jepsen , Gail Tornow , Frank Livingston , Frank Arellanes , Eric Duus , Elisa Stratton , Ed McCollum , Duane Follman , Don Oliver , Dennis Francis , Debbie Birkey , David Johnsen , Dave Steinhart , Darlene Duncan , Danny McCollum , Daniel Ward , Dan Evans , Dale Stoffer , Corina Johnson , Chuck Igwe , Cherise Maze , Carol Roth , Cal Tingley , "C. 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YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-21 21:11:29 EST > > > From: GBPakers > > > To: Cbdd, DS 0629, Randogydog, YSUTAN, Northwds > > > To: ABerry3825 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-21 21:09:20 EST > > > From: Bevn49 > > > To: GBPakers > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-21 20:11:33 EST > > > From: M8783 > > > To: TCDIAMAN, Kelindeman, Dbrit89828, Truprsldy > > > To: Yelowribn, VJones6248, Sally Kirk, NJSIX > > > To: Coop2219, MELVSBEARS, StevePearl, Ddgblue1 > > > To: Turner5839, LISIBIRD, LWhite916, Tuesgirl > > > To: PatVenezia, Hooksnyarn, BBates7761, CackyCoo > > > To: Ladybuhg42, NJWDDD, susanjean@mediaone.net > > > To: COOBET, Doc jam, Operch551, Bevn49, PVancleve > > > To: CrochetGrl, Krafko, papafarkel@msn.com > > > To: Snolover12, Niki 1983, Softkey12, SEEDRACHEN > > > To: Lettie Lou, Flow37, KAT9045, MULLI66, CoGoMo > > > To: Gophher, Sissy41, Tenpin0143, DOLLY 913 > > > To: Dolly Snow, LeLanigirl, JAHodnett, Ocraftyone > > > To: KittyLuv2, JRBLLB, SAMIEE@Prodigy.net, TKB 6801 > > > To: TheKoKid, SGerteisen, Sehill, PookieZme > > > To: Muggwhump, MMiller110, Mariddle, MaeF39 > > > To: LnsmeAngel, LL30612, JSchrec778 > > > To: FXWINSLOW@classic.msn.com, EBARK0001, Corybelle > > > To: Chickapet, CAMPANGELS, bettyk90@voyager.net > > > To: Barbarajh, Arriva2, Anixis, User190462, DDozois > > > To: Toneann, JCouch1581, Nyrnyrnyr, Flowerp875 > > > To: Vitofamle, Mar s1red1, Kane450816, XMystic > > > To: dtracey@mail.amnex.com, LLong38571, KaynGod > > > To: IRE Goddes, Wtchywoman@hotmail.com, Gumby0172 > > > To: Jfk1218877 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-20 23:28:01 EST > > > From: Rosunicorn > > > To: Kraunch, HPEGOLUCKY, Mystery 57, CookDLTL > > > To: TgrLL@Lycosemail.com, RnRexpres, Boomer1218 > > > To: DSeely1234, Crochetsw, Kitncrafts, MHRL4 > > > To: Trainmom, NailyRust, JUDIEMAST, AccGwynne > > > To: AJL Eng, Archan2900, Beadmomsw, Bettybaze > > > To: BJBARNHILL, Camper952, CarouVamp, Cathides > > > To: Chickapet, Chief0807, CLNEF, CROLOOPIES > > > To: CrookdHkr, CtheRose1, DelisaA, DelShaw, Donura > > > To: Drmfndr82, EulaDienes, FKruse8286, Flourgrl > > > To: Freckle421, FUNGIRLND, FyreAngel9, Gophher > > > To: Gypsy6017, Hana29, Harsanf, Hewyhooker, Hillies > > > To: IGr8RN, ILUVDOLLS@prodigy.net, IMCOXIE, Jamierie > > > To: JenDoane, JHayden113, JRobb63933, Judy G N > > > To: JWalsh8396, Kalea32, KARAPITMAN, Kellen7231 > > > To: Kidzmom31, Ladiedoll, LadyDH439, LdyisCrfty > > > To: LLong38571, LMB12368, LorWrite, LOTTOPETS > > > To: Lthousegal, M8783, Mad4Barb, MaeF39, Makeminis > > > To: Mariddle, MBrown6288, MDayton310, MiniDolls > > > To: MJEF2, MJudice559, MMinder1, MV6240, My Antonia > > > To: NJWDDD, PBAKER8194, Peanut0821, Pglenn0805 > > > To: PMiller941, Pshyr, PVancleve, Rajsic, Rebba2 > > > To: RJL957, SBetts, SGarcia812, SGerteisen, SheilaJD > > > To: SSnodgr275, STYLUS T, TessPaq, User190462, WALCHE > > > To: Wite Rabet, Zminny, Letam, BarbaraHC, BearlyHug > > > To: BethA88, Bizebear, ConCraw, CoGoMo, CraftieMe > > > To: Crafty8662, Crochetday, CrochetR, Dzici, De geke > > > To: DianeLloyd@compuserve.com, DHyde10651, Dolly Snow > > > To: Dotze56, Dyhouck, GLOSCOT, IL Quilts2, Icecap58 > > > To: JRBLLB, JBaxter488, JAWELH, JOSEPH4ME, Katseye200 > > > To: KaynGod, KitEcat61, KittyLuv2, LAN864, Marciebear > > > To: MarshaLav, MCJT4544, Momyta3, My Moo 2, N3DALE > > > To: Robbno, Sandi RN1, SewAngelic, Shar HB, Share51 > > > To: TKrog10, TednMKey, TAYGLO, Windybrat > > > > > > Please Read this all the way down to the bottom you will be glad > you > did. > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-20 17:32:35 EST > > > From: JScholz294 > > > To: MTomlin796, BlytheShar, Fire608, Van212 > > > To: DebiLee03, gmw5770@citcom.net > > > To: DEEBATTISTA@CITCOM.NET, Raffles@citcom.net > > > To: Mistymoon@juno.com, handerson@citcom.net > > > To: lmesser@citcom.net, Bubette, StevePearl > > > To: Pbear45487, SGerteisen, Mamalu13, NJWDDD, Krafko > > > To: Two2, Harriszoo, Hooksnyarn, Mamab47, Flourgrl > > > To: Junima, FLTess, BeachCrazi, Nanas baby > > > To: NanaBear97, Luceeta, Rosunicorn > > > To: sanpiper@juno.com, pmccrary1@juno.com > > > To: Brucky@juno.com > > > > > > WOW > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-20 15:16:10 EST > > > From: PrinsAries > > > To: RFailoni, JScholz294, SevenNM, BillHale1 > > > To: DRUAPAUL, MisChrissy, PHOBE, ZX Judy Xz, JAZ5 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-20 11:00:35 EST > > > From: MountIda97 > > > To: Kellyluv79 > > > CC: PrinsAries, LoadViper, MDM159, HethaBug, Ari7333 > > > CC: I1good man, HFOR L1, DMc6152316, MRocha4419 > > > CC: OXH 3, Alluned, CBKing1444, JAJ82d, Claydo112 > > > CC: HelloBabar, PandaBrr, strider@dotstar.net, AM00A > > > CC: HminusCA, RELSAT, Ilickr, Lov2Cheer7 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-20 09:57:44 EST > > > From: Dd37eb > > > To: NEAN615 > > > CC: Scrapper04, DySue54, HOTSTARRZZ, Hotterred > > > CC: JDXline420, ToTaL DIVA, PIGGY9905, Bgfshrmn > > > CC: Ducky473, SGreen17, Hugs0602, Prozacchk > > > CC: MountIda97, Lizballer2, Katwomyn81, Dusty31191 > > > > > > In a message dated 98-01-20 03:30:21 EST, KCBrett5 writes: > > > > > > << > > > ----------------- >> > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-20 03:30:21 EST > > > From: KCBrett5 > > > To: PDoug95665 > > > CC: B767awacs, B747AF1, Dd37eb, EBenoit7 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-19 21:12:41 EST > > > From: DR4PALS > > > To: DySue54, KCBrett5, RayJay1617 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-19 19:56:37 EST > > > From: RFergu8562 > > > To: Rad Tay 1, Wickrnj, JIHB, RS8098, DR4PALS > > > To: Krysweare, MYdogCOCO, JODI36PTA > > > CC: Js4evergl, LBurton663, Shortca255, ComputnMom > > > CC: BShul75438, JPSTOLL > > > > > > ------------------------ > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-19 10:35:48 EST > > > From: TYutze > > > To: RFergu8562 > > > CC: Javamom2, TnnGal, BrakeLutz, R and JT, Dydy007 > > > CC: Bsman007 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-19 09:36:04 EST > > > From: Hotnlonely > > > To: TYutze > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 21:32:18 EST > > > From: Cmbttalon1 > > > To: NiteWlf69 > > > CC: Hotnlonely, Saguaro84, TrzurHntr1, CarolBari > > > CC: Sharongala, AnnWall2U, Skiloverpa, CROW22222 > > > CC: Eyessoblu2, MTBnAZ, DEBRIAH1 > > > > > > can u believe this ???? > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 21:17:43 EST > > > From: Azladyred > > > To: KMinton007, Jim91203, petea@hotmail.com > > > To: BConnor498, FKOLB3RD, MPeder9409, MsTinkrToy > > > To: JSmith5564, Steve253, Damienpup, Gensha > > > To: RobB655079, DCDCDC11, Ivideoit, Cmbttalon1 > > > To: BuckSuture, Lovelyldya, C1313S, CKN000, S393E > > > To: GMorse8193, Ralphie62 > > > > > > Let's see if this is for real....... > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 20:22:37 EST > > > From: Retired101 > > > To: GRANNY3619, JoAnn1411, Angel53635, DMYERS4534 > > > CC: LaughWme, LRicket492, Jan422, Azladyred, Camera51 > > > CC: Babylady4 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 19:46:09 EST > > > From: EyesOpen48 > > > To: Taxman8453, JAMCCRADY, RollCloud, MEBrewster > > > To: JFBMLB, Daagi1, JAMEO1227, Pumptent, IBAVOLRU2 > > > To: Stan189, Retired101, SMcdow9440, Elbereth25 > > > To: Swiss3664, LIBBYPUFF, ISEW4U1, Mona5994 > > > To: Lveisfree, UKAni, ChanzUTak, n9jhx@juno.com > > > To: cla1605@gte.net, PJMA222 > > > CC: MOODYPEG, Sassielc, LucyEsther, ajones7@usit.net > > > CC: Breezie16, BougieBall, STARSKY37, MMQuinn > > > CC: 106143.2557@compuserve.com, tatredway@juno.com > > > CC: ATSxneil, JanetR6119, Sierra496, RivrRdPair > > > CC: Carol658, Mverick200, TrissyHon, GSLEADER01 > > > CC: rland@flash.net, StarFires9, Krazzeegrl > > > CC: Dreamed998, JStuc1951, TnTabasco, Mormnms4me > > > CC: MMead49273, khays1madison@juno.com, DONNA442 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 18:55:13 EST > > > From: Fast Jim1 > > > To: AndyHum, Retsub1, Jaxx11, Loc014, EyesOpen48 > > > To: Crandyc999, SButler911, ATSchiano1, A1AIRCARE > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 14:51:53 EST > > > From: SButler911 > > > To: JHopk82376, CREMSOND, Retsub1 > > > To: neblett@mindspring.com, JHorton581, Fast Jim1 > > > To: Barjo50, HatTricKid, Jaxx11, Scandelus2 > > > To: Trac222666, elbeason@hotmail.com, Jfj2858 > > > To: RShorette > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 11:41:39 EST > > > From: TPAShoe > > > To: Smurfyjoke, FornObject, RozyTozy, TCoving929 > > > To: Shewolf182, ChrisJag, TurboDeb7, SButler911 > > > To: FARMAWAY, DaMadMeow > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 07:09:56 EST > > > From: Sheelaa 66 > > > To: MryElnSan, AnnyBabe, StariChar, Megbrd > > > To: MrWhite057, Salpunio, SWAT11971, Geege5, Mflory2 > > > To: TeddiJam, MeSoSassy1, Kimmes2, RALMKL, Bachelor5 > > > To: RoBiN903, SNOWBUNNIE, BCCTENDER, Angel33485 > > > To: Sxyman00, MaggiMay71, SBaumgarte, Wayout40 > > > To: BonziKitty, Boomie3, XxM2WilDxX, CarryKelly > > > To: WAYOUT35, Malldoon, HAWKMAGICK, HUGO4IT > > > To: Mojo308516, MFox795707, MelloStars, ChadMillsa > > > To: CHRONlC420, NghtShdow2, BLINDOBS62, Pyritboy > > > To: Pup4ever, RozyTozy, TPAShoe, SCRITCHME, Whtcloud1 > > > To: SandSpike1, Taz 0101, Time4Nine, WLDTHANG59 > > > To: XXXXZIGZAG > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 04:33:14 EST > > > From: WIZARD5673 > > > To: Ccz122, Cyran4Iife, HAWKMAGICK, KupKake666 > > > To: ITaylor534, TrojanLarg, Aim422, CharB 1949 > > > To: Chaadoe, WIZARD5673, Dartanyan, NYbAdB0y1 > > > To: CabDriver8, Sheelaa 66, JaZZzKiTTy > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 03:14:55 EST > > > From: IXxKaTxXl > > > To: AnTs516, TAZ CATT 3, G JADE 22, Oceana22 > > > To: WIZARD5673, JAC8JIL, PrOgEn666, Katwomn01 > > > To: BB BLU IIs, BReyes3277, JUStIVIe, TAMI POOH > > > To: Livewi1588 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-17 20:54:01 EST > > > From: TAZ CATT 3 > > > To: ENG51INE, BillyJones, Spricecats, Chrisb0629 > > > To: robchris@voicenet.com, JCLTWO, IXxKaTxXl, JAC8JIL > > > To: TwstdWiz, BV1232, SFC TANG, Ppbca, AllinFavor > > > To: SEKTELCOM > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-16 19:10:43 EST > > > From: EYEBEJIMBO > > > To: TAZ CATT 3 > > > > > > HEY YOU PLEASE READ AND SEND TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN......... > > > > THANKS SWEETIE YOUR FRIEND JIMBO > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-16 16:37:53 EST > > > From: Metalchica > > > To: SPLASH2556, TMcbr12720, Youllnever, User6767 > > > To: Reckoned, RAVAGIN2, Shadownym, BHarris 60 > > > To: MOOSE98675, RKramer186, GRichar307, BUCKHNTER1 > > > To: CowboyWnaB, Rob 679, Robcat58, RangerSTR > > > To: Maddman30, SoonerCwby, JThomp2742, RThomp4004 > > > To: RoyceRolz, TORQUELOQ, MJA1159, Adespoh, Autocrat > > > To: Jwf530, AB1258, FOREBORN, TKeezer, AR231 > > > To: INeT VrGIN, Geazer, PTRMD, WTsayshi, MBBULLDOG > > > To: C0WB0YTRU, JstHanginn, Ibclegg, TSMANINVA1 > > > To: ElvisMnstr, Catfish616, TheGoat73, YOSMTYSAM > > > To: Onebadmale, EYEBEJIMBO, AloCal61, TankedWolf > > > To: TXSWLDGAL, NOV241996, Rangler5, Mayo N Ky > > > To: RoofrsTan, Tayugboys, Willyrug, Severski3 > > > To: Luvme119, Kkiimmii, Wendel 41, Rickwhitt > > > To: User588508, Jazman36, CINANDPA, LugNut55 > > > To: PORKCHPE, LV Nena, NeNaBaBe, ROCKN1234 > > > To: Scotty9300, RBoss58, Renehansen, Lovin2sing > > > To: Raceguy007, Ladywavr, DUCKIT101, Rwrdll > > > To: BLITZER73, AmonMclean, ChloMadd, Slacker616 > > > To: Kinky1429, Brummy50, Nathanh15 > > > CC: Metalchica > > > > > > So sorry....... :) > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-16 14:19:57 EST > > > From: ANARCHY647 > > > To: Rune9719, I VoiD I, PFitz44, DarkestOne, KraZy314 > > > To: Trans5port, DirtBoy607, Nasforatu3, XFlossiEx > > > To: LOUNGEACT7, ZzpinkyZz, Wicked069, GNGRMANSON > > > To: Curb666, Marciannx1, Manson6677, PNDORASGOD > > > To: Jewel9382, Bubbles083, Nikeds, Twiggyzim7 > > > To: NikeGrl774, JESS 47, NelleDE, Manson9116 > > > To: Woopa Nice, Goth687957, Speedy2114, Eblue28 > > > To: Pilar1913, PsychoDi, DnaRich, Mishell7 > > > To: QtnLuvable, SG9981, Metalchica, StOiCo > > > To: SikeCLONEZ, HMA9898, RockrQueen > > > CC: akasindorf@norfolk-county.com, ng3@ix.netcom.com > > > > > > Sweet!!! > > > Thank you Bill. > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-16 14:17:55 EST > > > From: Twiggyzim7 > > > To: ANARCHY647, ChiKGaBBeR, Crowmosome, Unixversal > > > To: Erntheman, SIXXPUPPIE, LAmes74 > > > > > > my bro sent this to me, figured you might like it. > > > > > > Jen > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-15 23:57:50 EST > > > From: Erntheman > > > To: BBaugh7783, ToMMyGr206, MisEESue, Mnkeflower > > > To: Twiggyzim7, Manson6677, BDillion62, Btank6 > > > > > > read > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-15 23:19:20 EST > > > From: Jmoore15 > > > To: Ash319, Extra16, ALucas15, John102357, Mu6Cool > > > To: Kaycu, Adh73082, Erntheman, MAxMiNiRAW > > > To: Adidask0rn, HViano, Bip5, JMorrow313, Afisher13 > > > To: Ryno27, NoOnesDoll, GXSR 1, Ashley2931 > > > To: Hushapuppy, PQQHBEAR13, AmyE3, LUVFROGY69 > > > To: Mz April, Beavis7872, XviLenTfEm, GABBY83253 > > > To: JsJeepJeep > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-15 22:02:50 EST > > > From: XviLenTfEm > > > To: Vandalzz80 > > > CC: MSull10073, Jmoore15, DITUP20 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-15 12:27:31 EST > > > From: Kylee99 > > > To: XviLenTfEm, Stacy12266 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-15 00:19:40 EST > > > From: Jojo176 > > > To: PatAnn37, Saxgirl25, Kylee99, WoodyB52, Miss lx > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-13 21:43:13 EST > > > From: JenniferT2 > > > To: Jojo176 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-13 19:34:47 EST > > > From: Rig788 > > > To: JenniferT2 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-13 10:18:33 EST > > > From: RaVe5lave > > > To: Dokx, Bacardee, HBCP56, Rig788, Foxangel4u > > > To: Urope23 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-12 15:13:59 EST > > > From: StaRLyt eX > > > To: NEIL3535, RaVe5lave, GROOVEsoul, WOOGAA > > > To: P5ykoRave, XKANDEKIDX, KandEboy, Dj Zmak > > > To: DJ KEOKI46, Semifreek, Whinwee, WILD1ONES > > > To: MuSHsMouTh, ViBetRybE > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-12 03:12:10 EST > > > From: BOB ONE20 > > > To: Flymuff, Snatch756, La Keeba, TJ1GUS, REALM36 > > > To: KHomm47641, Madjecks, TEKNOE, Fiona713, KESR703 > > > To: MuDDa ErF, VegasRvr, PiNkCoRe, Crys333, Pixie1516 > > > To: Soul Groov, SensiSka, PURPLRAVE9, HaPPiEsTyL > > > To: VegasTurbo, LiLStAr E, StArLiTeSQ, DeELiTe593 > > > To: FaiRiE619, Honeybe700, KaNdY eX, StaRLyt eX > > > To: NAwT E Kat, XxHaYLeExX, SiWeRaBbit, BrandWvr > > > To: KHeM KidD, DiGiKiD16, DJ KEOKI46, Blah619 > > > To: ZOE140BPM, RNBWBRTE33 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-09 22:07:47 EST > > > From: Pirtygrl > > > To: BOB ONE20, X TG X, Fcetwoface, Need Some > > > To: Evil 67GTO, REV1230 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-09 11:12:36 EST > > > From: XyCreator > > > To: Slacker224, CORCY, Fcetwoface, BaksideOli > > > To: Pirtygrl, FURBER, Cryptomix, JWagner863 > > > To: beem@theonramp.net > > > > > > TO: MASSAOL@aol.com > > > FROM: GatesBeta@microsoft.com > > > ATTACH: Tracklog@microsoft.com/Track883432/~TraceActive/On.html > > > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > And thank you for signing up for my Beta Email Tracking > Application or > > (BETA) > > > for short. My name is Bill Gates. Here at Microsoft we have just > > compiled an > > > e-mail tracing program that tracks everyone to whom this message > is > > forwarded > > > to. It does this through an unique IP (Internet Protocol) address > log > > book > > > database. > > > We are experimenting with this and need your help. Forward this > > > to everyone you know and if it reaches 1000 people everyone > > > on the list you will receive $1000 and a copy of Windows98 at my > expense. > > > Enjoy. > > > > > > Note: Duplicate entries will not be counted. 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Use "Infomercials" - I do!!! 1-800-552-4332 http://www.domaindesign.com/dayone/Ramses * (6 *Free* Autoresponders) Mailto:Ramses@domaindesign.com ***************************************************************************= *********** Owner of Sharkies Shoppe & Ship: Featuring SANYO Electronics & Applicances http://www.1worldcenter.com/sharkies/ Mailto:Ramses-1@domaindesign.com ***************************************************************************= *********** jesse vilante wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marlene & Guy Girard > ; > Curcio > Modjeski > > Date: Wednesday, January 28, 1998 8:44 AM > Subject: Tr: Forward: PLEASE READ! YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID > > > > > ---------- > > De : Marlene & Guy Girard > ; > > Objet : Tr: Forward: PLEASE READ! YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID > > Date : Wednesday, January 28, 1998 11:23 AM > > > > > > > > ---------- > > > De : Coach4you > > > A : BDavid1043@aol.com; sklongo@JUNO.com; rbm3@msn.com; > acpubs@aloha.net; > > blarches@mindspring.com; djerniganphoto@mindspring.com; > > hawaiibw@t-link.net; jfo@e-z.net; mggirard@ivic.qc.ca > > > Objet : Forward: PLEASE READ! YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID > > > Date : Tuesday, January 27, 1998 9:50 PM > > > > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-27 20:22:02 EST > > > From: Thejood > > > To: barbken@email.msn.com, bubbles319@juno.com > > > To: PGldmn, JoyCoach, cjoy@compuserve.com > > > To: sobeitzzz@classic.msn.com, Coach4you, Bobbenoo > > > To: LVPearce, Skoal531, James.Marks@HBO.COM, PMCOOP > > > To: forstat@pilot.msu.edu, EVANWJR, KIMLICK M > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-25 11:20:00 EST > > > From: MKaatz > > > To: Thejood > > > CC: MKaatz > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-23 09:11:16 EST > > > From: MKaatz > > > > > > To: LUCKYBUK WJZB HERMYN THEJOOD LMSGORDON BOCKMAN1@PE.NET > > SCREENJEAN@AOL.COM > > > JFMALIBU JAGORDON@AMOCO GORDONRN@AOL.COM DANIELGR@WEST.NET > SKYLINEUSA.COM > > > PJMGORDON LBSCROGGS@AOL.COM BUBBLES319@JUNO.COM > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-23 00:36:12 EST > > > From: K8TZ > > > To: MKaatz > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-22 22:24:15 EST > > > From: Howyoung > > > To: K8TZ > > > > > > Stan go to the bottom of this and read the message. Then pass it > on ... > > You > > > may get some $$$$. Howard > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-22 19:32:18 EST > > > From: MIKEVAST42 > > > To: CLUTCH8MAN, BUCKS FAN, ARegoli, DizzyDSki > > > To: BOGGSNRICE, Howyoung > > > > > > i could use the money, so hey, u never know > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-22 17:52:32 EST > > > From: Gopher45 > > > To: JSM503, Goat156, ANTICS1200, Aramis 0, JAYEFF 1 > > > To: Zunset, MIKEVAST42 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-21 23:12:58 EST > > > From: ABerry3825 > > > To: Gopher45 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-21 21:11:29 EST > > > From: GBPakers > > > To: Cbdd, DS 0629, Randogydog, YSUTAN, Northwds > > > To: ABerry3825 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-21 21:09:20 EST > > > From: Bevn49 > > > To: GBPakers > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-21 20:11:33 EST > > > From: M8783 > > > To: TCDIAMAN, Kelindeman, Dbrit89828, Truprsldy > > > To: Yelowribn, VJones6248, Sally Kirk, NJSIX > > > To: Coop2219, MELVSBEARS, StevePearl, Ddgblue1 > > > To: Turner5839, LISIBIRD, LWhite916, Tuesgirl > > > To: PatVenezia, Hooksnyarn, BBates7761, CackyCoo > > > To: Ladybuhg42, NJWDDD, susanjean@mediaone.net > > > To: COOBET, Doc jam, Operch551, Bevn49, PVancleve > > > To: CrochetGrl, Krafko, papafarkel@msn.com > > > To: Snolover12, Niki 1983, Softkey12, SEEDRACHEN > > > To: Lettie Lou, Flow37, KAT9045, MULLI66, CoGoMo > > > To: Gophher, Sissy41, Tenpin0143, DOLLY 913 > > > To: Dolly Snow, LeLanigirl, JAHodnett, Ocraftyone > > > To: KittyLuv2, JRBLLB, SAMIEE@Prodigy.net, TKB 6801 > > > To: TheKoKid, SGerteisen, Sehill, PookieZme > > > To: Muggwhump, MMiller110, Mariddle, MaeF39 > > > To: LnsmeAngel, LL30612, JSchrec778 > > > To: FXWINSLOW@classic.msn.com, EBARK0001, Corybelle > > > To: Chickapet, CAMPANGELS, bettyk90@voyager.net > > > To: Barbarajh, Arriva2, Anixis, User190462, DDozois > > > To: Toneann, JCouch1581, Nyrnyrnyr, Flowerp875 > > > To: Vitofamle, Mar s1red1, Kane450816, XMystic > > > To: dtracey@mail.amnex.com, LLong38571, KaynGod > > > To: IRE Goddes, Wtchywoman@hotmail.com, Gumby0172 > > > To: Jfk1218877 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-20 23:28:01 EST > > > From: Rosunicorn > > > To: Kraunch, HPEGOLUCKY, Mystery 57, CookDLTL > > > To: TgrLL@Lycosemail.com, RnRexpres, Boomer1218 > > > To: DSeely1234, Crochetsw, Kitncrafts, MHRL4 > > > To: Trainmom, NailyRust, JUDIEMAST, AccGwynne > > > To: AJL Eng, Archan2900, Beadmomsw, Bettybaze > > > To: BJBARNHILL, Camper952, CarouVamp, Cathides > > > To: Chickapet, Chief0807, CLNEF, CROLOOPIES > > > To: CrookdHkr, CtheRose1, DelisaA, DelShaw, Donura > > > To: Drmfndr82, EulaDienes, FKruse8286, Flourgrl > > > To: Freckle421, FUNGIRLND, FyreAngel9, Gophher > > > To: Gypsy6017, Hana29, Harsanf, Hewyhooker, Hillies > > > To: IGr8RN, ILUVDOLLS@prodigy.net, IMCOXIE, Jamierie > > > To: JenDoane, JHayden113, JRobb63933, Judy G N > > > To: JWalsh8396, Kalea32, KARAPITMAN, Kellen7231 > > > To: Kidzmom31, Ladiedoll, LadyDH439, LdyisCrfty > > > To: LLong38571, LMB12368, LorWrite, LOTTOPETS > > > To: Lthousegal, M8783, Mad4Barb, MaeF39, Makeminis > > > To: Mariddle, MBrown6288, MDayton310, MiniDolls > > > To: MJEF2, MJudice559, MMinder1, MV6240, My Antonia > > > To: NJWDDD, PBAKER8194, Peanut0821, Pglenn0805 > > > To: PMiller941, Pshyr, PVancleve, Rajsic, Rebba2 > > > To: RJL957, SBetts, SGarcia812, SGerteisen, SheilaJD > > > To: SSnodgr275, STYLUS T, TessPaq, User190462, WALCHE > > > To: Wite Rabet, Zminny, Letam, BarbaraHC, BearlyHug > > > To: BethA88, Bizebear, ConCraw, CoGoMo, CraftieMe > > > To: Crafty8662, Crochetday, CrochetR, Dzici, De geke > > > To: DianeLloyd@compuserve.com, DHyde10651, Dolly Snow > > > To: Dotze56, Dyhouck, GLOSCOT, IL Quilts2, Icecap58 > > > To: JRBLLB, JBaxter488, JAWELH, JOSEPH4ME, Katseye200 > > > To: KaynGod, KitEcat61, KittyLuv2, LAN864, Marciebear > > > To: MarshaLav, MCJT4544, Momyta3, My Moo 2, N3DALE > > > To: Robbno, Sandi RN1, SewAngelic, Shar HB, Share51 > > > To: TKrog10, TednMKey, TAYGLO, Windybrat > > > > > > Please Read this all the way down to the bottom you will be glad > you > did. > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-20 17:32:35 EST > > > From: JScholz294 > > > To: MTomlin796, BlytheShar, Fire608, Van212 > > > To: DebiLee03, gmw5770@citcom.net > > > To: DEEBATTISTA@CITCOM.NET, Raffles@citcom.net > > > To: Mistymoon@juno.com, handerson@citcom.net > > > To: lmesser@citcom.net, Bubette, StevePearl > > > To: Pbear45487, SGerteisen, Mamalu13, NJWDDD, Krafko > > > To: Two2, Harriszoo, Hooksnyarn, Mamab47, Flourgrl > > > To: Junima, FLTess, BeachCrazi, Nanas baby > > > To: NanaBear97, Luceeta, Rosunicorn > > > To: sanpiper@juno.com, pmccrary1@juno.com > > > To: Brucky@juno.com > > > > > > WOW > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-20 15:16:10 EST > > > From: PrinsAries > > > To: RFailoni, JScholz294, SevenNM, BillHale1 > > > To: DRUAPAUL, MisChrissy, PHOBE, ZX Judy Xz, JAZ5 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-20 11:00:35 EST > > > From: MountIda97 > > > To: Kellyluv79 > > > CC: PrinsAries, LoadViper, MDM159, HethaBug, Ari7333 > > > CC: I1good man, HFOR L1, DMc6152316, MRocha4419 > > > CC: OXH 3, Alluned, CBKing1444, JAJ82d, Claydo112 > > > CC: HelloBabar, PandaBrr, strider@dotstar.net, AM00A > > > CC: HminusCA, RELSAT, Ilickr, Lov2Cheer7 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-20 09:57:44 EST > > > From: Dd37eb > > > To: NEAN615 > > > CC: Scrapper04, DySue54, HOTSTARRZZ, Hotterred > > > CC: JDXline420, ToTaL DIVA, PIGGY9905, Bgfshrmn > > > CC: Ducky473, SGreen17, Hugs0602, Prozacchk > > > CC: MountIda97, Lizballer2, Katwomyn81, Dusty31191 > > > > > > In a message dated 98-01-20 03:30:21 EST, KCBrett5 writes: > > > > > > << > > > ----------------- >> > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-20 03:30:21 EST > > > From: KCBrett5 > > > To: PDoug95665 > > > CC: B767awacs, B747AF1, Dd37eb, EBenoit7 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-19 21:12:41 EST > > > From: DR4PALS > > > To: DySue54, KCBrett5, RayJay1617 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-19 19:56:37 EST > > > From: RFergu8562 > > > To: Rad Tay 1, Wickrnj, JIHB, RS8098, DR4PALS > > > To: Krysweare, MYdogCOCO, JODI36PTA > > > CC: Js4evergl, LBurton663, Shortca255, ComputnMom > > > CC: BShul75438, JPSTOLL > > > > > > ------------------------ > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-19 10:35:48 EST > > > From: TYutze > > > To: RFergu8562 > > > CC: Javamom2, TnnGal, BrakeLutz, R and JT, Dydy007 > > > CC: Bsman007 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-19 09:36:04 EST > > > From: Hotnlonely > > > To: TYutze > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 21:32:18 EST > > > From: Cmbttalon1 > > > To: NiteWlf69 > > > CC: Hotnlonely, Saguaro84, TrzurHntr1, CarolBari > > > CC: Sharongala, AnnWall2U, Skiloverpa, CROW22222 > > > CC: Eyessoblu2, MTBnAZ, DEBRIAH1 > > > > > > can u believe this ???? > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 21:17:43 EST > > > From: Azladyred > > > To: KMinton007, Jim91203, petea@hotmail.com > > > To: BConnor498, FKOLB3RD, MPeder9409, MsTinkrToy > > > To: JSmith5564, Steve253, Damienpup, Gensha > > > To: RobB655079, DCDCDC11, Ivideoit, Cmbttalon1 > > > To: BuckSuture, Lovelyldya, C1313S, CKN000, S393E > > > To: GMorse8193, Ralphie62 > > > > > > Let's see if this is for real....... > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 20:22:37 EST > > > From: Retired101 > > > To: GRANNY3619, JoAnn1411, Angel53635, DMYERS4534 > > > CC: LaughWme, LRicket492, Jan422, Azladyred, Camera51 > > > CC: Babylady4 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 19:46:09 EST > > > From: EyesOpen48 > > > To: Taxman8453, JAMCCRADY, RollCloud, MEBrewster > > > To: JFBMLB, Daagi1, JAMEO1227, Pumptent, IBAVOLRU2 > > > To: Stan189, Retired101, SMcdow9440, Elbereth25 > > > To: Swiss3664, LIBBYPUFF, ISEW4U1, Mona5994 > > > To: Lveisfree, UKAni, ChanzUTak, n9jhx@juno.com > > > To: cla1605@gte.net, PJMA222 > > > CC: MOODYPEG, Sassielc, LucyEsther, ajones7@usit.net > > > CC: Breezie16, BougieBall, STARSKY37, MMQuinn > > > CC: 106143.2557@compuserve.com, tatredway@juno.com > > > CC: ATSxneil, JanetR6119, Sierra496, RivrRdPair > > > CC: Carol658, Mverick200, TrissyHon, GSLEADER01 > > > CC: rland@flash.net, StarFires9, Krazzeegrl > > > CC: Dreamed998, JStuc1951, TnTabasco, Mormnms4me > > > CC: MMead49273, khays1madison@juno.com, DONNA442 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 18:55:13 EST > > > From: Fast Jim1 > > > To: AndyHum, Retsub1, Jaxx11, Loc014, EyesOpen48 > > > To: Crandyc999, SButler911, ATSchiano1, A1AIRCARE > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 14:51:53 EST > > > From: SButler911 > > > To: JHopk82376, CREMSOND, Retsub1 > > > To: neblett@mindspring.com, JHorton581, Fast Jim1 > > > To: Barjo50, HatTricKid, Jaxx11, Scandelus2 > > > To: Trac222666, elbeason@hotmail.com, Jfj2858 > > > To: RShorette > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 11:41:39 EST > > > From: TPAShoe > > > To: Smurfyjoke, FornObject, RozyTozy, TCoving929 > > > To: Shewolf182, ChrisJag, TurboDeb7, SButler911 > > > To: FARMAWAY, DaMadMeow > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 07:09:56 EST > > > From: Sheelaa 66 > > > To: MryElnSan, AnnyBabe, StariChar, Megbrd > > > To: MrWhite057, Salpunio, SWAT11971, Geege5, Mflory2 > > > To: TeddiJam, MeSoSassy1, Kimmes2, RALMKL, Bachelor5 > > > To: RoBiN903, SNOWBUNNIE, BCCTENDER, Angel33485 > > > To: Sxyman00, MaggiMay71, SBaumgarte, Wayout40 > > > To: BonziKitty, Boomie3, XxM2WilDxX, CarryKelly > > > To: WAYOUT35, Malldoon, HAWKMAGICK, HUGO4IT > > > To: Mojo308516, MFox795707, MelloStars, ChadMillsa > > > To: CHRONlC420, NghtShdow2, BLINDOBS62, Pyritboy > > > To: Pup4ever, RozyTozy, TPAShoe, SCRITCHME, Whtcloud1 > > > To: SandSpike1, Taz 0101, Time4Nine, WLDTHANG59 > > > To: XXXXZIGZAG > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 04:33:14 EST > > > From: WIZARD5673 > > > To: Ccz122, Cyran4Iife, HAWKMAGICK, KupKake666 > > > To: ITaylor534, TrojanLarg, Aim422, CharB 1949 > > > To: Chaadoe, WIZARD5673, Dartanyan, NYbAdB0y1 > > > To: CabDriver8, Sheelaa 66, JaZZzKiTTy > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-18 03:14:55 EST > > > From: IXxKaTxXl > > > To: AnTs516, TAZ CATT 3, G JADE 22, Oceana22 > > > To: WIZARD5673, JAC8JIL, PrOgEn666, Katwomn01 > > > To: BB BLU IIs, BReyes3277, JUStIVIe, TAMI POOH > > > To: Livewi1588 > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-17 20:54:01 EST > > > From: TAZ CATT 3 > > > To: ENG51INE, BillyJones, Spricecats, Chrisb0629 > > > To: robchris@voicenet.com, JCLTWO, IXxKaTxXl, JAC8JIL > > > To: TwstdWiz, BV1232, SFC TANG, Ppbca, AllinFavor > > > To: SEKTELCOM > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-16 19:10:43 EST > > > From: EYEBEJIMBO > > > To: TAZ CATT 3 > > > > > > HEY YOU PLEASE READ AND SEND TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN......... > > > > THANKS SWEETIE YOUR FRIEND JIMBO > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! YOULL BE GLAD YOU DID! > > > Date: 98-01-16 16:37:53 EST > > > From: Metalchica > > > To: SPLASH2556, TMcbr12720, Youllnever, User6767 > > > To: Reckoned, RAVAGIN2, Shadownym, BHarris 60 > > > To: MOOSE98675, RKramer186, GRichar307, BUCKHNTER1 > > > To: CowboyWnaB, Rob 679, Robcat58, RangerSTR > > > To: Maddman30, SoonerCwby, JThomp2742, RThomp4004 > > > To: RoyceRolz, TORQUELOQ, MJA1159, Adespoh, Autocrat > > > To: Jwf530, AB1258, FOREBORN, TKeezer, AR231 > > > To: INeT VrGIN, Geazer, PTRMD, WTsayshi, MBBULLDOG > > > To: C0WB0YTRU, JstHanginn, Ibclegg, TSMANINVA1 > > > To: ElvisMnstr, Catfish616, TheGoat73, YOSMTYSAM > > > To: Onebadmale, EYEBEJIMBO, AloCal61, TankedWolf > > > To: TXSWLDGAL, NOV241996, Rangler5, Mayo N Ky > > > To: RoofrsTan, Tayugboys, Willyrug, Severski3 > > > To: Luvme119, Kkiimmii, Wendel 41, Rickwhitt > > > To: User588508, Jazman36, CINANDPA, LugNut55 > > > To: PORKCHPE, LV Nena, NeNaBaBe, ROCKN1234 > > > To: Scotty9300, RBoss58, Renehansen, Lovin2sing > > > To: Raceguy007, Ladywavr, DUCKIT101, Rwrdll > > > To: BLITZER73, AmonMclean, ChloMadd, Slacker616 > > > To: Kinky1429, Brummy50, Nathanh15 > > > CC: Metalchica > > > > > > So sorry....... :) > > > ----------------- > > > Forwarded Message: > > > Subj: Fwd: PLEASE READ! 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JESUS!!!!!!!!!! -----Original Message----- From: Lauren Langman To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK Date: 23. juni 1998 21:11 Subject: Please read this!! -Forwarded From YLPSLL0@cpua.it.luc.edu Tue Jun 23 16:56:27 1998 Date: Tue, 23 Jun 98 17:55 CDT From: YLPSLL0@cpua.it.luc.edu To: psn@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Subject: Mea Culpa To all who took me to task, mea culpa. While we may not support capitalists like Gates, we do use his software. I thought that if not a hoax, some on this list might benefit. Will not forward anything like this again. And do note, computers cannot be infected unless file is saved to disk. So when you see "good news", it may be. Again sorry. And now what folks think about Willie going to China, Iraqi missles with VX traces. Lauren Langman From spector@calumet.purdue.edu Wed Jun 24 14:37:04 1998 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 15:35:59 -0700 From: Alan Spector Reply-To: spector@calumet.purdue.edu To: psn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Film Catalog This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------B64A67E1C7633B2CEC57E0E0 This would probably be of interest to many members of PSN: -- --------------B64A67E1C7633B2CEC57E0E0 for eram-list-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 15:36:36 +0100 (BST) From: Apurba Kundu To: eram-list Subject: ERaM: WWWsite: Cinema Guild, The Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 15:36:01 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time) Sender: owner-eram-list@Bradford.ac.uk Reply-To: eram-list@Bradford.ac.uk ERaM: The information below is forwarded from SPECTRALINKS. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 04:16:04 -5000 From: SpectraLinks Subject: Web -- Cinema Guild, The Web: The Cinema Guild URL: http://www.cinemaguild.com/ Description: At this Web site you'll find The Cinema Guild. 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The best I could come up with was "we study collective behavior." but then it occured to me "So what? What do we do with that knowledge other than teaching it to new generations of sociologists?" That is far from academic hair splitting. Suppose a company tells you "We we would like to hire you, but first we need to know exactly what you as a sociologist can do for us?" What would you answer? Regards, Wojtek Sokolowski From kerzuc@rapidnet.com Wed Jun 24 20:29:38 1998 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 20:28:22 -0600 From: Barbara & Ray Kerns-Zucco Reply-To: kerzuc@rapidnet.com To: Progressive Sociology Network Subject: Permanent, Full-Time Opening at Oglala Lakota College Please pass on to other lists. Oglala Lakota College has a full-time opening for a Sociologist to begin August, 1998. Courses to be taught include any of the following: Introduction to Sociology, Social Problems, Family and Children in the Social Context, Introduction to Participatory Research, Research Methods, Applied Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, and Basic and Advanced Sociological Theory. If you are interested please send a letter of interest, vita, and names and telephone numbers of three references to: Devona Lone Wolf, Chair Department of Human Development and Social Justice Oglala Lakota College PO Box 490 Kyle, SD 57752 From aaustin@utkux.utcc.utk.edu Wed Jun 24 20:32:56 1998 Wed, 24 Jun 1998 22:32:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 22:32:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Wayne Austin To: Wojtek Sokolowski Subject: Re: Occupational hangover In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19980624115724.0075fcac@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu> I have two reactions to Wojtek's frustration. The first reaction is that sociology is class-differentially permitted to act as a full science, for science involves universal application in technology (this is the picture of scientific practice found in historical materialism and Meadian pragmatism) and sociology is not permitted such completion; sociology is coerced into inaction along the popular axis by the double standard of bourgeois structure. You do not have to consider the matter deeply to see the double standard. Consider that the relation between science and technology is relatively non-controversial in the "natural" sciences. For physicists, chemists, and biologists, the application of their knowledge production to the solution of practical problems, be it engineering, industrial production, or medicine, is, granting certain ethical constraints, a given. Corporations and the state fund and, through this funding and other incentives and mechanisms, direct scientific production. However, instrumentalism in the political and economic arenas (the focus of social pragmatism), particularly those social sciences that adopt maximally objective scientific methods, such as historical materialism, has proven a contentious issue even though science pervades society at all levels. (Of course the controversy only arises when applications are sought along the popular axis.) Of course, this makes sense when one considers the structure of power in capitalist society and the imperatives of the accumulation system. Finding a cure for the ravages of cancer does not necessarily threaten, and is generally beneficial, to the ruling class; the gate keepers permit objective science to flourish here; they can even make a buck on it. Finding a cure for the ravages of capitalism, of the other hand, is necessarily threatening to the ruling class, because it means doing away with capitalism; here, ideological production - such as mainstream political science and neoclassical economics - supplants scientific production. We can see this double standard is the product of class struggle; the ruling class is the only group legitimately permitted to use science for instrumental reasons, because technological and organizational development is for the benefit of the ruling class and the perpetuation of capital accumulation; such development is definitely not for the masses (except where there can be some legitimacy and profit gained). The neutrality doctrine amounts to a subjective cover over the objective contradiction of diametrically opposed class interests. As for my second reaction: On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > That is far from academic hair splitting. Suppose a company tells you "We > we would like to hire you, but first we need to know exactly what you as a > sociologist can do for us?" What would you answer? The class conscious and moral answer is this: "I cannot do anything for you; but I would love to help your employees come to a better understanding of the character of capitalist exploitation and ways they can better arms themselves organizationally and intellectually." Andy From brook@california.com Wed Jun 24 23:58:50 1998 Wed, 24 Jun 1998 22:54:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 22:58:56 -0700 To: sokol@jhu.edu From: CyberBrook Subject: Re: Occupational hangover In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19980624115724.0075fcac@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu> I'm SO glad you wrote about this. I've thought of this as well, especially perhaps because I immigrated into sociology from another discipline (poli sci) and perhaps because I've gotten hocked by people regarding this issue. I recently wrote up the following, partly because of this but I don't know if it resolves the dilemma at all. I would appreciate any comments/criticism, esp. if you could modify what's already there and suggest what isn't.---Dan Some Sociological Sense (I change this title periodically!) Dan Brook Sociology is the study of groups of people (2+) and their interactions, including how they act and react, organize themselves, construct ideas, produce, distribute, and consume things, work, play, love, live, and die. Sociology also focuses on "the social forces that shape individual lives" (E.B. Phillips). Basic sociological questions for any given problem include, but are not limited to: a) what are people thinking and doing here? b) what kinds of people are here? c) what rules and norms govern behavior here? d) how are roles assigned and tasks divided? e) who says so? f) whose interests do these social arrangements serve? g) who benefits and who loses? h) what powerful people, institutions, and structures influence these arrangements? i) in what ways are things changing here and in what ways are they staying the same? (E.B. Phillips) Things are not necessarily what they appear. Surfaces often hide essences. "You can't judge a book by its cover" (proverb). Appearance isn't always reality. What you see isn't all there is. Things are not always the way they seem. "Little things may contain big menaings; social insignificance need not implsociological insignificance" (G.T. Marx & D. McAdam). When people "define situations as real, they are real in their consequences" (W.I. Thomas). Surfaces are often treated as essences. Appearance sometimes becomes reality. What you see can become what you get. People who are labeled and treated different and deficient often act different and deficient; conversely, people who are labeled and treated positively will also act accordingly. You are what people think you are. Self-fulfilling prophesies are very common and appear to prove themselves, yet they may be more self-fulfillment than prophesy (R.K. Merton). Names, language, and beliefs shape reality. What we think about something, what we call it, and how we describe it can be powerful influences on how it is seen, treated, and understood. Social structures constrain individual behavior, but social structures also empower individuals. Individual behavior can reinforce social structures, but people can also subvert them. Likewise with social systems. People and structures continuously interact with each other, mediated by culture, and recreate each other (structure-agency approach). The questions we ask help determine the answers we get and the policies we propose. Definitions, ideology, perspective, methods, and levels of analysis can influence outcomes. "What you see depends on how you look at it" and who/what you are (E.B. Phillips). People act different in groups (E. Durkheim). Change is constant and ubiquitous. The only thing that doesn't change is change itself (proverb; Tao Te Ching; Heraclitus; Simmel). Societies and cultures are always changing. People both embrace and fear change. People always make choices. Even when they don't want to or don't think about it, people are making choices. Choices are inevitable. Everything we do (or don't do) and everything that is done (or not done) has an effect on ourselves and others. Common sense is generally the common ideas associated with mainstream society and its dominant ideologies. The ruling ideas of the day are the ideas of the ruling class (K. Marx). Everything is, in some way, related to everything else. Change in one area can produce change in another. Very small changes in initial circumstances can lead to very large changes in outcomes (chaos theory). "We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality" (M.L. King, Jr.). Race, class, gender, and sexuality are omnipresent, even when these issues may appear absent. They are not just characteristics, they are processes that are "done" and "accomplished". Characteristics co-define and reproduce each other, while they infuse social relations. Social phenomena (including people) are processes as well as events. Things happen, but they also have a context, especially a history and a future. Events and processes co-exist in relation to other events and processes. Culture guides action. Everyone thinks, speaks, acts, behaves, and exists in a cultural context. People search for meaning, love, acceptance, interaction, belonging, and community. People also try to make sense of their world and often act to reduce uncertainty. Therefore, they join groups, form attachments, have children, construct belief systems, engage in rituals, tell jokes, make love, create art, build things, and follow traditions. All social phenomena are socially constructed, and can be deconstructed and then reconstructed. If people create something, they can recreate it. If we can imagine it, we can do it. Things can be different. "It could be otherwise" (E.C. Hughes). There are an infinite number of ways to arrange society (social constructionism). Dichotomies are simplifying devices that are common in method but rare in actuality. Social phenomena almost always fall on a continuum somewhere between the dichotomous endpoints. Human nature is little more than typical human behavior. We are less biologically pre-determined than we are socially and environmentally capable. People both observe and change reality simultaneously. Facts and values are inseparable (fact- value problem). Writing history is an exercise in constructing, not recording, past social reality; just as making maps is an exercise in constructing, not reproducing, the world. "Who controls the present controls the past" (G. Orwell). Everything is relative, based on time, place, and culture. "Power and powerlessness corrupt; absolute power and powerlessness corrupt absolutely" ( ). People pushed to the extremes tend to go to extremes. "Scarcity---not familiarity---breeds contempt" (E.B. Phillips). "Often what is said in jest is meant in earnest" (Talmud). "There is truth in jest" (proverb). Most people follow the norms most of the time, yet deviance from the norms always exists (e. Durkheim). Deviance can be personally dangerous or rewarding, as it can also lead to social represion and social change. "We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are" (Talmud). People don't "tell it like it is", they "tell it like they see it" (von Glasserfeld). "Reality is in the eye of the beholder" (E.B. Phillips). The world is (re)interpreted through our multiple lenses. People aren't inherently either good or bad; we can be horrible, heroic, neither, or both. Very few things, if any, are all good or all bad. People are more likely to believe or do things if they are led, or otherwise supported, to do so. People will resist authority when they feel compelled to do so and are more likely to do so the more support they get. Politics, economics, and culture can only be separated for heuristic purposes; they are inextricably linked in practice, if not always in theory. All people (and societies) have potential beyond their actuality. There are virtually no limits to what can be done. People are always on stage. They play roles, act out parts, give performances, read from scripts, wear masks, put on shows, and present themselves, although they do so on a set that is already constructed. People are also directed and produced. People are what they say and do. People are who they pretend to be (dramaturgical model). People and organizations can affect social change when opportunities and circumstances allow for change to occur. People and organizations can help make opportunities and circumstances arise. Social life may be complex but it isn't random. There are patterns and tendencies amongst the seeming chaos in the world. Successful organizations, which tend to become bureaucratized, are greater than the sums of their parts (M. Weber). There's no one Truth, History, National Interest, Answer, Common Sense, or Right Way. There are multiple realities and these are all cultural, historical, ideological, biased, relative, tentative, negotiated, and contested processes, which are manifestations of power relations. Nothing and nobody is neutral or value-free (post-modernism). Hierarchy and elite rule are ubiquitous but not inevitable; there are few but notable exceptions throughout time and space (power eitism). Cooperation and competition usually exist side by side and are practiced simultaneously. People and organizations compete with some, while they cooperate with others; they may also compete on some levels and cooperate on others. "Politics is the art of uniting friends and dividing enemies" (K. Danaher). The rhetoric of the primacy of competition is ideological. Individual social problems are often manifestations of collective societal issues (C.W. Mills). Effective leaders make the connections explicit and inspire the socialization of private energies. Simplicity is seductive while complexity seems chaotic. People usually seek parsimony. At 11:57 AM 24-06-98 -0400, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >Yestarday I tried to explain to an 'uninitiated' person what sociologists >do - and do so without using insider jargon. Well, that was really >frustrating. > >Physicians can legitimately say "we cure diseases" and that statement is >essentially valid even if a person is working on some arcane aspect of >'gene splitting' that may or may not lead anywhere. Ditto for engineers, >architects, geographers, psychologists, even art or English majors - they >build things, create maps, help people with emotional problems, make art, >write books, etc.. > >But what do sociologists do? The best I could come up with was "we study >collective behavior." but then it occured to me "So what? What do we do >with that knowledge other than teaching it to new generations of >sociologists?" > >That is far from academic hair splitting. Suppose a company tells you "We >we would like to hire you, but first we need to know exactly what you as a >sociologist can do for us?" What would you answer? > >Regards, > >Wojtek Sokolowski I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.---E.B. White From aiaware@erols.com Thu Jun 25 07:58:58 1998 Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 09:51:17 -0400 From: "Angela J. Ware, Ph.D." Reply-To: aiaware@erols.com To: psn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Re: Occupational hangover A very interesting question. I'm not sure how I could convince an employer (corporate) that my expertise will benefit his/her particular company, because I see "what I do" as much larger than that. What I "do" is contribute to social change. As an academic sociologist, in addition to studying collective behavior, I provide individuals with tools (soc. imagination) so that they may better understand human behavior. What I "do" is important because an understanding of inequality and one's own place in the social structure is imperative for social change. In fact, I believe teaching intro. soc. is the most important/meaningful aspect of my job. In intro, I'm not simply training other sociologists, rather, it is the opportunity to share sociological concepts of power and inequality with individuals (non majors) who may otherwise lack exposure to alternative definitions of social reality. For many of my students, intro. sociology courses really alter their perspectives and change their lives. I am a firm believer that *recognition* is the first step -- and the only avenue -- toward change. I provide individuals with the tools to recognize inequality, the workings of the social structure, and perhaps most importantly, *their own location* within many social strata, so that they understand what needs to be changed in society and how to change it. It is a very important job indeed. But I doubt this statement of my expertise (or my interpretation of my job) would "help" any *company*. I do, however, believe we sociologists benefit *society* immensely. In solidarity, Angela Ware, Ph.D. American University Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: (in part) > > That is far from academic hair splitting. Suppose a company tells you "We we would like to hire you, but first we need to know exactly what you as a sociologist can do for us?" What would you answer? > > Regards, > > Wojtek Sokolowski From Ericegg@aol.com Wed Jun 24 23:45:06 1998 From: Ericegg@aol.com Thu, 25 Jun 1998 01:44:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 01:44:54 EDT To: sokol@jhu.edu, psn@csf.colorado.edu, rwgreene@execpc.com Subject: Re: Occupational hangover The term "sociologist" is misleading, sort of like the term "capitalist." The term "sociologist," per se, is a sociologized label signifying specific occupational roles. In a wider sense I would think the term "sociologist" would mean anyone who regularly uses, conceptually and perceptionally, any knowledge-form or ideational technology institutionally designated as "sociology." So I must ask, How can someone "be" a symbolic system for the understanding of society and therefore of self? And for that matter, How can someone "be" an occupational role? Identity is a damn funny thing. And so is language. With regards to the question, What can a sociologist do for a company? The answer? Well, one could begin by describing what individuals qua "sociologists" have done for "companies" heretofore - reference Booker T. Washington, E. Mayo, Ron Brown, and Rolonda ('member her, the talk show host). And what they have done against "companies" heretofore - reference Karl Marx, Noam Chomsky, and Joel Spring. I would have to remind any inquiring person that "sociologists" have been mostly "public sector" people, that most can be sociologically designated as individuals belonging to "the government classes," that the profession has grown, or rather, has been grown, for "the welfare state" and its institutional complexes, goals, and requirements. I would also include, as part of the story, the fact that the various contributions or effects of such "sociologists" haven't been all that good. Borrowing from the great physicist, Oppenheimer (who was refering to professional physicists at the time), it is demonstrable that "sociologists" have known sin. Collusion with dubious authority, beggars of "free money," middle class welfare recipients, peddlers in the "knowledge" business, government bureaucrats of various sorts, narrow-minded cultural managers (professors) of various sorts, social gate-keepers, those who fuck (literally) naive/biographically-restricted/institutionally-dependent "grad." students, those who fuck (metaphorically speaking) organically-intelligent/free- thinking/free-spirited human beings, etc. etc. .... But then again, there are a lot of "sociologists" doing a lot of good. These are the "dangerous" ones, teaching and/or practicing "dangerous" sociology - sociologists and sociology that inspires human unlearing, social unreproduction, and human transformation. -Just some thoughts. Eric in Atlanta From re5@axe.humboldt.edu Thu Jun 25 18:15:15 1998 Subject: Re: Occupational hangover Date: Thu, 25 Jun 98 17:12:45 -0800 From: Randy To: Wojtek- While I can sympathize with the dilemma posted here, I think that this goes beyond just sociology and infects the other 'social science' disciplines you named... as somebody who has a B.A. in Geography, can tell you that most geographers don't make maps; try and then explain to someone what you do. I would also venture to bet that most English majors don't write books and those on the 'cutting' edge are probably more into studying sociological/philosophical issues ala Derrida... just try and explain that to somebody. To make matters worse try and explain social science in general! Just 2 cents... Randy Evans Humboldt State University >Subject: Occupational hangover >Sent: 6/24/98 7:57 AM >Received: 6/24/98 8:54 PM >From: Wojtek Sokolowski, sokol@jhu.edu >To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK, psn@csf.colorado.edu > >Yestarday I tried to explain to an 'uninitiated' person what sociologists >do - and do so without using insider jargon. Well, that was really >frustrating. > >Physicians can legitimately say "we cure diseases" and that statement is >essentially valid even if a person is working on some arcane aspect of >'gene splitting' that may or may not lead anywhere. Ditto for engineers, >architects, geographers, psychologists, even art or English majors - they >build things, create maps, help people with emotional problems, make art, >write books, etc.. > >But what do sociologists do? The best I could come up with was "we study >collective behavior." but then it occured to me "So what? What do we do >with that knowledge other than teaching it to new generations of >sociologists?" > >That is far from academic hair splitting. Suppose a company tells you "We >we would like to hire you, but first we need to know exactly what you as a >sociologist can do for us?" What would you answer? > >Regards, > >Wojtek Sokolowski From YLPSLL0@cpua.it.luc.edu Thu Jun 25 20:30:02 1998 Date: Thu, 25 Jun 98 21:29 CDT From: YLPSLL0@cpua.it.luc.edu To: psn@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Subject: Sociology as a vocation As many note, it is often hard to tell some folks what we do, as is the case in many other fields. Further, there are many different ways we do soc and our goals. Wotjek once suggested that for some it was a good job, free summers, no heavy lifting. For others intellectual adventure and some, many on this list, it is part of hope for social change. Now what direction is that change....and some sociologists do work for capitalist companies-tracing group dynamics to stiffle protest doing pr research to promote company lines etc. Clinical soc is a major field. As many note, most of us teach, and while it may not seem we have much influence as opposed to our European colleagues that are often closely linked to governments, those of use who attempt to foster a sociological imagination, how society represents the intersection of history and personal biography (MIlls), often have more influence that we realize. While most of us do not see students very often after they leave school, when it happens...they often tell us how much influence we had-often not evident at the time. And man of them do go into a variety of fields and bring a positive influence. I often think the most important thing we teach is a new and different way of looking at things-quite opposite to that of common sence. We are part of the acedemic context that does lead to more liberal, open minded views, socially if not academically. Finally, while most of us teach something about social change, many of us, on this list, are active in attempting to foster social change, we organize, direct and plan activities to foster progressive agendas. And while we may be pessimistic at times, through teaching, organizing and even media appearances, we do have some influence. In many stories about this, that the other thing, the press seeks a sociologist. In such cases, unlike Weber, we do not profess objectivity, but would advance our progressive agenda. Lauren Langman From DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Thu Jun 25 21:19:58 1998 Date: Thu, 25 Jun 98 23:11:06 EDT From: Alan Davidson Subject: On the social control of Intellectual Labor To: psn@CSF.COLORADO.EDU, psn-cafe@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Some of my religious studies colleagues (and I consider myself as doing religious studies -- mainly b/c they take their data seriously) are engaged in an interesting discussion of the control of intellectual labor within Universities (on the basis of a recent Chronicle article). Some folks may find these points interesting. Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:15:03 -0400 Reply-To: UCSB Religious Studies Forum Sender: UCSB Religious Studies Forum From: Rudy Leon Subject: Re: listmembers in the news This article gives me a bit of the willies (sorry, Willi). On one level, I have always been at a loss as to how technology would fit into a class on American Religions (what I do) although I feel a bit inspired after viewing Diana Eck's web page and slide carousel for her course. This article makes me feel pressured to come up with something. And I think I resent, a bit, being forced to learn how to use something which at the moment resembles a high tech chalkboard. If I can't come up with something which would take advantage of the flexibility and unique capabilities of this technology, does an online syllabus count? What if I prefer to have person to person office hours? It feels a bit forced. Second, this little snippet form the article sets off alarm bells so loud and varied it's hard to see straight (the asterisks are mine): Like many other graduate students and faculty members, Ms. Roth believes that familiarity with high-tech teaching methods is now a requirement for professors. "The technology is here," she says. "The students coming in probably know more than I do about it." ****Her contract gives ownership of the courses she creates to the university,**** but she sees that as a fair deal. The time she is able to spend now learning about Web-page design and on-line instruction will make her more marketable as a professor, she says. What does this mean, 'ownership of the course'? That this instructor, a graduate student, cannot teach this course again when she gets a job elsewhere? That the online materials (the information she gathered and compiled and wrote and designed) stay at Florida? Wow. The ramifications of this are really staggering. Gene, has there been discussion of this? Is this sort of thing happening elsewhere? ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:53:04 -0400 Reply-To: UCSB Religious Studies Forum Sender: UCSB Religious Studies Forum From: Rudy Leon Subject: Re: listmembers in the news In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19980622133345.008dfb20@religion.ufl.edu> Browsing further on the Chronicle's website, I found this article asking questions about the very topic that lit my alarms, who owns web based courses? http://chronicle.com/colloquy/98/ownership/background.shtml The article alludes that one of the justifications for university ownership is that universities hire professors to create courses. Now, I have not yet had the pleasure of signing a contract, but this makes me wonder what the contracts say. have always thought a professor is hired to teach, primarily, usually courses already on the books. In rare (but regular) cases (once a year?) the professor may have the opportunity to create a new class whole cloth (I got my BA at a state school, if that doesn't show here). Tenure is based on publication, owned by the professor, and other aspects. But the prof is hired to instruct, or to do research, because that allows universities to fulfill their charters. Support equipment is provided, yes often at great expense, because that is what makes students want to pay tuition and attend. A school without the internet tody would be laughed at. It would most likely not attract great students (although it may still attract great profs). So, realizing that the above may all be out of naivete, does this stand up? Are professors in the humanities hired to teach? Or to create courses? Or is there no explicit distinction between the two? And, i apologize for any spelling errors. My computer seems to have misplaced its spellcheck. Rudy Leon Ph.D. candidate Department of Religion Syracuse University releon@syr.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 15:26:29 -0700 Reply-To: UCSB Religious Studies Forum Sender: UCSB Religious Studies Forum From: db <6500dnrd@UCSBUXA.UCSB.EDU> Subject: Rudy's remarks on educational technology In-Reply-To: <3.0.4.32.19980622131503.0069147c@mailbox.syr.edu> On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Rudy Leon wrote: > [...] This > article makes me feel pressured to come up with something. And I think > I resent, a bit, being forced to learn how to use something which at the > moment resembles a high tech chalkboard. In my opinion, the last thing educators should feel is 'pressured' to translate their educational approaches to new media. The move from chalkboard to network requires more thought to approach and design than simple re-formatting of content. However, there are a few universities that are now requiring *all* courses to maintain a 'web presence' on their respective networks ... the result: many electronic counterparts to these courses consist solely of a 'webbed' course syllabus, which neither (a) takes advantage of the medium; nor (b) justifies the students expenditure of effort to access those webbed syllabi. The LA Times ran an article on this almost two months ago -- quite informative and similar to the *Chronicle* article .. anyone want me to fish out the reference? I'd paste the text up here for perusal, but I do not think that quoting an entire article qualifies as a 'scholarly purpose' under copyright law (sorry, Gene). > If I can't come up with something > which would take advantage of the flexibility and unique capabilities of > this technology, does an online syllabus count? [...] An 'online syllabus' != taking advantage of this technology. Students seem to prefer a hard-copy of the syllabus (one can mark it up, it is easier to read, you can take it with you to the bathroom, etc.) over a 'webbed' syllabus. I maintain that if one is to use the web for teaching, one must be able to justify that approach with solid, pedagogical reasons to do so -- not because it is the flavor of the month, so to speak. Universities asking its faculty to make the leap to electronic media en masse ought to provide its instructors with ample instructional resources to do so before asking anyone/everyone to jump onto the Internet with their courses. > Second, this little snippet form the article sets off alarm bells so loud > and varied it's hard to see straight (the asterisks are mine): > > [...] ****Her contract gives > ownership of the courses she creates to the university,**** but > she sees that as a fair deal. [...] > > What does this mean, 'ownership of the course'? [...] If it means anything similar to what such a statement would mean here at UC, Santa Barbara, then ... instructional resources explicitly funded and supported by the U. becomes the property of the U. The networked resource I co-develop to teach a course covering Hindu mythology/imagery is the 'property' of the University. In exchange, we get funds to pay for development and copyright clearance and the support of an exceptional instructional development team (and their technological resources, when needed). The course itself is not 'owned' by the University, and should the sponsoring faculty member go elsewhere, so would the course, no questions asked. As for the online resource -- who knows? When asked, authorities at ID (Instruc. Develop.) have said that the University would be easy on weighing its ownership of the final product against the desire to continue the project elsewhere, but as far as I know, U. ownership hasn't been 'tested' at UCSB [in this way] yet. It seems fair to me that if an academic institution extends money and resources to develop a project, it should be able to claim a stake in its 'ownership.' Now, if an institution expects online course development absent such support and later moves in to claim ownership, well ... that could be sticky, and I would like to think that this is not the case at places other than UCSB. And if everyone is asked to do this, how thin are University resources going to be [unless they team up with a corporate partner -- another thing mentioned in the LA Times article -- maybe I will paste it up here...] My initial response, don b. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 08:57:51 -0400 Reply-To: UCSB Religious Studies Forum Sender: UCSB Religious Studies Forum From: "Gene R. Thursby" Subject: Re: listmembers in the news In-Reply-To: <3.0.4.32.19980622131503.0069147c@mailbox.syr.edu> [1] New Media Technology Exploitation Rudy's concerns, questions, and comments -- along with those of list-owner Don Brodale -- go to some basic issues in the current transition to networked distribution of academic course information, indeed most uses of electronic networks for academic teaching and research. Some institutions are not as ruthless as the one for which I work, a large state-supported university that combines the most problematic features of state centralism with a highly competitive marketing orientation. In this sort of context, some faculty members are sufficiently fortunate and wise to engage their own attorneys and accountants, and to create their own private corporations, in order to divide time, income, and ownership with the employing institution, and to secure at least a portion of their own services and resources from alienation to employers and project funding agencies. What Clark Kerr several decades ago referred to as the new "multiversity" inevitably will extend claims to ownership as far as possible. New technologies represent neither more nor less than a fresh opportunity-structure to exploit. Even if no institution previously had thought to assert its ownership over the creative works of faculty members that had been produced (or transcribed and recorded in more legible form) on typewriters and institutional paper, nor to make a similar assertion regarding the creative results of conversations on telephone sets and lines, those lapses can be remedied by promulgating new rules of procedure and new contracts in an electronic era in which the sets and lines, the magnetic and optic media, the file-servers and digitizers and disk drives, are owned by or are under contract to the institution that employs the faculty. The burden of proof then shifts from the institution to the individual if rights to intellectual property are asserted in or out of the law courts. The willies acknowledged by Rudy are not alone hers. [additional installment(s) may follow] Gene ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 13:27:34 -0400 Reply-To: UCSB Religious Studies Forum Sender: UCSB Religious Studies Forum From: Randi Warne Organization: Mount Saint Vincent University Subject: Re: listmembers in the news Rudy Leon wrote: Are professors in the humanities hired to teach? Or to create courses? Or is there no explicit distinction between the two? I think what is being contested here is the issue of intellectual property, as well as the very definition of the university itself. Is a university a collectivity of intellectuals whose purpose it is to further human knowledge, while conveying what is understood as that knowledge to others, or is it a business which provides a product to customers? The former model presumes that professors are hired to *be who they are*, giving evidence of the worth of that through their teaching in the classroom and their sharing of their thoughts through publication and peer presentation (and even contribution to the larger culture as a "public intellectual.") The latter sees profs as (if you will) intellectual "piece workers", employees of a factory whose task is to produce goods for the owners - e,g,, writing courses for the university, which then owns them. In the former model there's nothing to prevent two or more profs from offering similar, or even the same courses. In the latter, it is indeed a question (to me at least) whether the originator of the course is able to teach it elsewhere. My guess would be no. Things are too far along on this culturally to see it as the camel's nose in the tent, but I for one find this a *most* unsettling development. Randi Dr. Randi R. Warne Acting Chair, Department of Religious Studies Mount St. Vincent University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3M 2J6 (902) 457-6280 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 20:40:27 -0400 Reply-To: UCSB Religious Studies Forum Sender: UCSB Religious Studies Forum From: "Gene R. Thursby" Subject: Re: listmembers in the news In-Reply-To: <425FF797D10@msvu1.msvu.ca> [2] End of Century Dog and Camel Show Rudy Leon's concern about professorial vocation and Randi Warne's commentary on it in terms of intellectual property seem to me accurately attuned to the realities of academic life -- most particularly in the big university supported by outside-funded research projects, public philanthropy, and governmental assistance. At the University of Florida there are rules that arrogate to the institution most intellectual property, patents, and other potentially income-producing "products" of study and research. Local enthusiasm for central ownership was accelerated by the success of the commercial beverage Gatorade. It was developed by a renal physician on the faculty of the medical school who tested various formulations on the school's football team members over several years and then entered into an individual contract with a large food distributor which made him quite wealthy. The trend toward central ownership was not only extended but further confused by a failed lawsuit brought by the university's crack legal staff against a local company that employs students to take notes in course lectures and then publishes and sells the notes. A local consequence of the suit is that there are multiple claimants to ownership of a professor's course materials, some of whom profit as a flea profits from its proximity to a dog. At any rate, it is not usually either the humanities nor most of the social sciences faculty whose work either incites the institution to acts of alienation of labor nor provides the means to resist such alienation. Rather it is faculty in the (applied) sciences and health-related fields, where large amounts of money can be at stake, who are able to negotiate a more favorable distribution of assets and who are represented by legal counsel who find ways to initiate exceptions to rules that apply to others not so fortunately situated. The camel (to take up again the image used by Randi) has not only nosed its way into the tent; it has long since ran away with the tent. The university, at least in North America, tends to be an institution that functions most conspicuously as an applied research wing of government and industry. Education in traditional senses is incidental to its overall economy. To the question: "Is a university a collectivity of intellectuals whose purpose it is to further human knowledge, while conveying what is understood as that knowledge to others, or is it a business which provides a product to customers?" the state legislature in Florida repeatedly answers that it is a business which provides a [range of] product[s] to customers, and the legislators regard themselves as the customers of first and last resort -- with sufficient power to make educational policies and to allocate funds in service of their ends. Born and raised in a large city known for heavy industry, with most of my relatives for three generations employed as shift workers (and many of them piece-workers), my early imagination was shaped by a vision in which higher education would be a way out to a different kind of world. It may exist, but it is not what I found. Shifty to the end, Gene (:-> ========================================================================= .. QUIT From jashannon@davidson.edu Fri Jun 26 09:52:01 1998 26 Jun 1998 11:51:12 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 11:55:29 -0700 From: Janet Shannon Subject: position announcement To: IN@"psn@csf.colorado.edu" Colleagues: Davidson College, Department of Sociology, invites appllications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor beginning July 1999. PhD preferred, but ABD candidates also considered; prior teaching experience is highly desirable. The Department of Sociology is a small, newly-formed, collegial department. All areas of specialization will be considered. The successful candidate would teach five courses per academic year (2-3 or 3-2), including one section of Introductory Sociology or Social Problems each semester. Send letter of interest, curriculum vitae, a writing sample, and names of three references to Janet H. Shannon, Chair, Department of Sociology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC 28036-1719. Fax: 704-892-2005; e-mail: jashannon@davidson.edu. Interviews will be conducted at the ASA meetings in San Francisco. Application will be accepted until the position is filled. Davidson College is an Equal Opprotunity Employer. Janet H. Shannon Associate Professor of Sociology Department of Anthropology and Sociology Davidson College Davidson, NC 28036-1719 704-892-2041 office 704-892-2842 fax jashannon@davidson.edu From jhannon@acad.suffolk.edu Fri Jun 26 13:26:49 1998 From: jhannon@acad.suffolk.edu Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 15:23:18 -0400 (EDT) To: Christopher Rhomberg Subject: Re: ASA and Detroit Free Press In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980621182637.0069da5c@cdr7.mail.yale.edu> Chris, Have you consulted the graduate student in question? She might want some input on whether she wants to be in the middle of a political storm over her internship. I think your general points about internship siting and process of expressing dissent within ASA are well taken. On Sun, 21 Jun 1998, Christopher Rhomberg wrote: > Dear PSNers, > > > I am a new subscriber to PSN, and hope you will permit me to raise an > issue here of concern to us as professional sociologists. Below is a copy > of an email letter I posted on June 10 to the American Sociological > Association, regarding the graduate student media fellowship program > jointly sponsored by the ASA and the American Association for the > Advancement of Science. The program selects advanced graduate students > for an AAAS-led training and orientation in Washington, D.C., followed by > a summer internship in a major media organization. According to the story > in the April 1998 issue of the ASA newsletter Footnotes, this year's > graduate student fellow from sociology will do her field placement at the > Detroit Free Press. > > > Many of you are no doubt familiar with the long and bitter labor dispute > that continues to exist at the Free Press, the Detroit News and their > joint operating agency; I mention a few of the details in my letter [see > below]. I was disappointed to see the ASA involved with an employer > widely condemned for its unfair labor practices. Right now I have no > personal knowledge of the circumstances of this placement, but according > to the description on the ASA web page, the assignments are set by the > AAAS, and while applicants do have input on preferred sites and > opportunities, the "final decision is made by AAAS for the mentorship and > experiences they provide, Fellows cannot find or choose their own > placement." > > > I initially sent the letter to inquire how the placement came about, and > to ask several questions regarding ASA policies and principles, including > what means are available for members to express their concern and affect > decision-making on this matter. As of today, I have not received any > reply from the ASA. So let me put these questions to the readers of this > list, and ask what following steps, if any, we may collectively think are > best. I invite readers to circulate this message to any other persons > they think appropriate. Thanks for your attention, > > > Chris Rhomberg > > Dept. of Sociology > > Yale University > > > Sources: > > > ASA Footnotes, 26/4, April 1998, p. 4 > > > http://www.asanet.org/Funding/massmed.html > > > http://www.rust.net/~workers/news/strike810.html > > > > <<<<<<<< > > > >>>> > > ********************************************************************* > > > Felice J. Levine > > Executive Officer > > American Sociological Association > > > Dear Ms. Levine, > > > I am a member of the American Sociological Association, and I write to > you on a matter that is of concern to me, and, I am sure, to many other > sociologists. I noticed a story in the April 1998 issue of Footnotes on > the graduate student media fellowship program jointly sponsored by the > ASA and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The > story reported that the ASA participates in the fellowship through its > Spivack Program on Applied Social Research and Social Policy. This year, > it was announced, the graduate student fellow will do her field placement > at the Detroit Free Press. > > > The Detroit Free Press, together with the Detroit News and their joint > operating Detroit Newspaper Agency, has been involved for almost three > years in an on-going and bitter labor dispute with six unions > representing some 2,000 editorial, production and delivery workers. The > employees initially went on strike in July 1995, but the newspapers > refused to settle and continued to operate with replacements. In February > 1997, the unions made unconditional offers to return to work, but since > then the newspapers have locked out all but a few hundred of the > strikers. In June 1997, Federal Administrative Law Judge Thomas Wilks > found the Detroit newspapers guilty on ten charges of unfair labor > practices, including bad faith bargaining and illegal threats to > strikers, which had 'caused and prolonged' the 19-month strike. The > newspaper workers have been supported in their struggle by U.S. > Congressional Representatives John Conyers and David Bonior and former > Representative Pat Schroeder, Detroit City Council President Mary Ann > Mahaffey, former Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, Methodist Bishop Jesse De > Witt, Episcopal Bishop R. Stewart Wood, and Catholic Auxiliary Bishop > Thomas Gumbleton, among others. Last June, tens of thousands of union > members and supporters from across the country rallied at a national > AFL-CIO sponsored event in Detroit. As of yet there is still no > settlement, and the now locked-out workers are continuing their > advertising and circulation boycotts as they seek ways to get their jobs > back and win justice in the three-year dispute. > > > I was very disappointed to see the ASA involved with an organization > widely condemned for its unfair and illegal violations of its workers' > rights, and I am wondering how this particular placement came about. Did > the ASA, or the persons involved in the program, know of the situation at > the Free Press, and if so did that play a role in the placement? > > > Even if the decision was made without knowledge of the labor dispute, it > does seem to me to raise a number of legitimate questions. For example, > is it appropriate for the ASA to associate its featured Spivack Program > on Social Research and Social Policy with an unfair employer, and does > its association signal acceptance or approval of the Detroit newspapers' > labor relations policies? Would the ASA be equally willing to assign an > ASA Fellow to work for an organization recently found guilty of racial, > sex or other discrimination, and that is continuing its discriminatory > practices? Will the ASA Fellow be required to advise, assist or otherwise > engage in activities in support of the unfair labor practices of the > newspaper? If ASA members believe that their organization has implicitly > endorsed and condoned illegal union busting, what means are available and > appropriate to express our concern? What means are available to see that > this does not become a pattern? > > > Please respond as soon as possible to my questions on this matter. I > appreciate your attention, and I look forward to your reply, > > > sincerely, > > > > > Chris Rhomberg > > Assistant Professor > > Department of Sociology > > Yale University > 203-432-3346 > > New Haven, CT 06520-8265 FAX: > 203-432-6976 > > > From cazenave@uconnvm.uconn.edu Sun Jun 28 12:04:47 1998 X-Warning: UCONNVM.UConn.Edu: Host cazenave.soci.uconn.edu claimed to be cazenave From: "Noel Cazenave" To: abslst-l@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu, Psn@csf.colorado.edu Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 14:02:06 +0000 Subject: Magazine Feature on White Racism Reply-to: cazenave@uconnvm.uconn.edu Today the Hartford Courant published a feature on white racism as part of its Sunday Northeast magazine's "Colorlines" series. The article is called "White Lies." I can be accessed through the following Website address. www.courant.com/news/special/colorlines Noel A. Cazenave Department of Sociology University of Connecticut Phone # 860-486-4190 FAX # 860-486-6356 E-Mail Cazenave@Uconnvm.Uconn.Edu From goertzel@crab.rutgers.edu Mon Jun 29 06:50:42 1998 Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 08:52:02 -0400 From: Ted Goertzel To: "psn@csf.colorado.edu" Subject: NY Times on Communist Manifesto I don't believe anyone else has mentioned this. The NY Times on Saturday June 27 had a story starting on page B9 title "Marx's Stock Resurges on a 150-year Tip." It starts: "Karl Marx may have been right after all. As readers revisit "The Communist Manifesto" on its 150th anniversary, those on the left and right have been struck by the eerie way in which its 1848 description of capitalism resembles the restless, anxious and competitive world of today's global economy." Eric Hobsbawm desdribes the manifesto's portrait of capitalism as "recognizably the world we live in 150 years later." However, Marx and Engels probably not wish to be remembered for having predicted capitalism's success.. A book called The Communist Manifesto: New Interpretations (Edinburgh University Press) includes a rewrite by the late Wal Suchting of Sydney University reversing the opening sentence: "the specter of Communism has ceased to haunt Europe." What remains, the article says, is the manifesto's vivid, even visionary presentation of capitalism as an untmable force... Unfortunately, I didn't download this on Saturday and can't find it on the WEB now, the whole Times for past days does not seem to be available, at least for a news search. The story contains a number of references to books published on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Manifesto. An article in Foreign Policy by Helen Milner says that "globalization is neither producing convergence nor undermining labor and may not be irreversible." Basically, the articles says that Marx was right in his analysis of the power of capitalism, but wrong about the coming socialist revolution. Whether the triumph of global capitalism is inevitable is an issue being debated. From goertzel@crab.rutgers.edu Mon Jun 29 14:15:20 1998 Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 16:16:29 -0400 From: Ted Goertzel To: "psn@csf.colorado.edu" Subject: [Fwd: cm150-l-digest V1 #34] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------D072BC2EA6D1CC5F7DEC3785 Several people have asked for this, and fortunately one has forward it to me. I think it is interesting enbough to forward to the whole PSN. Several correspondents think capitalism must collapse eventually, perhaps when the whole world is incorpoated in the system and there is nowhere left to hide. My own belief is that the market is a superior mechanism to central planning and will not be supplanted by a centrally planned economy ever. The system will change in various ways, of course. I think that predictions of collapse or crisis are nonscientific unless some time period is specified, there is no way to test them, any more than we can test the proposition that Jesus will return and punish the Wicked. Unless there is some potential for testing one's predictions, they are hard to distinguish from fantasies. --------------D072BC2EA6D1CC5F7DEC3785 Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 14:50:07 -0500 To: Ted Goertzel From: Art Jipson Subject: cm150-l-digest V1 #34 Ted, Check out the stuff below. Is this what you were mentioning on the PSN? -Art >Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 12:22:05 -0400 (EDT) >From: owner-cm150-l-digest@mtu.edu (cm150-l-digest) >To: cm150-l-digest@mtu.edu >Subject: cm150-l-digest V1 #34 >Sender: owner-cm150-l-digest@mtu.edu >Precedence: list > >cm150-l-digest Monday, June 29 1998 Volume 01 : Number 034 > >Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 11:04:24 -0700 >From: CyberBrook >Subject: CM review > >Not nearly the best review I've read, to put it mildly, but still >interesting... > >>For Many, Marx's 'Manifesto' Remains Relevant >>By PAUL LEWIS >> >> >> Karl Marx may have been right after all. >> >> As readers revisit "The Communist Manifesto" on its 150th anniversary, >those >>on the left and the right have been struck by the eerie way in which its 1848 >>description of capitalism resembles the restless, anxious and competitive >>world of today's global economy. >> >> Economists and political scientists note how the manifesto, written by Marx >>and Friedrich Engels, recognized the unstoppable wealth-creating power of >>capitalism, predicted it would conquer the world, and warned that this >>inevitable globalization of national economies and cultures would have >>divisive and painful consequences. >> >> "The manifesto speaks to our time," says Dani Rodrik, professor of >>international political economy at Harvard University. "Marx saw >capitalism as >>the driving force of history. But he also warns of the divisions that >>capitalism's spread would bring, of the social orders destroyed." >> >> The British Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm describes the manifesto's >>portrait of capitalism as "recognizably the world we live in 150 years later" >>in his introduction to the elegant little edition brought out by the British- >>based publisher Verso to mark the anniversary. >> >> Marx and Engels probably would not wish to be remembered today for having >>predicted capitalism's success. The manifesto is a quintessentially >>revolutionary document that calls for the abolition of private property, the >>replacement of marriage by a "community of women," concentration of political >>power in the hands of the proletariat and the replacement of the state by "an >>association in which the free development of each is the condition for the >>free development of all." >> >> None of that occurred. The capital-owning bourgeoisie did not become their >>own gravediggers by driving an increasingly pauperized proletariat to >>revolution. And far from "withering away" as class conflict subsides, the >>Soviet state became a monstrous instrument of oppression and then >collapsed of >>its own weight. >> >> "Marx underestimated capitalism's ability to buy proletarian support by >>gradually enfranchising them," Rodrik said, adding, "A series of implicit >>social contracts underpins capitalism, of which the most recent was probably >>the creation of welfare states and social security systems after the Second >>World War." >> >> In "The Communist Manifesto: New Interpretations" (Edinburgh University >>Press), one of several studies published this year, the late Wal Suchting of >>Sydney University reverses the pamphlet's famous opening sentence to conclude >>that "the specter of communism has ceased to haunt Europe." >> >> What remains, however, is the manifesto's vivid, even visionary >presentation >>of capitalism as an untamable force that could sweep away the Middle Ages and >>anything else in its way. >> > >> "All old-established national industries have been destroyed or are daily >>being destroyed. They are dislodged by new industries whose introduction >>becomes a life or death question for all civilized nations ... industries >>whose products are consumed not only at home but in every quarter of the >>globe." >> >> Or: "Constant revolutionizing of production, uninterrupted disturbance of >>social conditions, everlasting uncertainty and agitation distinguish the >>bourgeois epoch from all earlier ones." >> >> The manifesto's warnings about capitalism's periodic crises foreshadowed >the >>Great Depression of the 1930s and the more recent cataclysms in Mexico and >>Asia. >> >> And despite the dire language, readers may be reminded of the recent layoff >>of 15,000 workers at Motorola to meet mounting competition, the 18 million >>unemployed in Europe, the growing disparity in income throughout the world >and >>workers' increasing insecurity as companies shift production to countries >with >>lower wages. >> >> The manifesto also foresaw that the spread of capitalism would bring a >>steady alignment of national cultures: "The intellectual creations of >>individual nations become common property. National one-sidedness and narrow- >>mindedness become more and more impossible and from the numerous national and >>local literatures, there arises world literature." >> >> Here is a foretaste of the dominance of English and of the Americanization >>of life elsewhere as Mickey Mouse, Coca-Cola and McDonald's become universal >>symbols. >> >> In "The Cultures of Globalization," to be published in August by Duke >>University Press, Frederick Jameson offers two contrasting visions of the >>world literature that Marx and Engels predicted. What Jameson hopes cultural >>globalization creates is "an immense global urban intercultural festival >>without a center or even any longer a dominant cultural mode." What he fears >>is that it might come to mean "increasing standardization on an unparalleled >>scale" as human history becomes "a tortuous progression toward the American >>consumer as a climax." >> >> Concerns about the darker side of capitalism's success is prompting writers >>to offer their own updated prescriptions. For the far left, the social >strains >>and tensions that the emergence of a global economy is now creating are an >>added reason for nationalizing private property. >> >> In "The Communist Manifesto Now: Socialist Register 1998" (Monthly Review >>Press, New York) Leo Panitch of York University in Toronto and Colin Leys, an >>emeritus professor of politics at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, >>argue that "the irreconcilability of democracy with private property" must >>"come clearly back on the agenda." They insist, however, that this does not >>mean abolishing "personal possessions." >> >> "Socialist parties and Communist parties may have run their course, but the >>strains of globalization will throw up new institutions demanding change," >>Panitch says. >> >> Other political scientists and sociologists have called for a new social >>contract to restrain the disruption global capitalism is causing in ordinary >>people's lives. "We're neglecting this. We need a new social insurance to > >>soften world capitalism," argues Rodrik, who set out his ideas last year >in a >>book called "Has Globalization Gone Too Far?" >> >> William Greider, author of "One World, Ready or Not" (Simon & Schuster, >>1997) suggests steps to "moderate the pace of industrial revolution" and >>reduce the "danger of a tragic breakdown," including controls on capital >>movements around the world, debt forgiveness for poorer nations, higher taxes >>on wealth and lower ones on labor. >> >> In "False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism" (Granta Books, 1998) >>John Grey, a politics professor at Oxford University and a disillusioned >>conservative, denounces moderate leftist and right-wing parties for >supporting >>free trade and a single global market, "a utopia that can never be realized >>but which already produced social dislocation and economic and political >>instability on a large scale." >> >> Of course, not everyone is a doomsayer. Saskia Sassen of Columbia >University >>argues that globalization does not necessarily mean an unregulated economic >>free-for-all. In "Globalization and Its Discontent" (The New Press, 1998), >she >>points out that big multinational corporations typically prefer doing >business >>in countries where the rule of law is strong. >> >> She adds, however, that new regulatory frameworks "need to be discovered >and >>invented, as does the meaning of accountability and democratization in the >new >>global information economy." >> >> Not everyone agrees that the manifesto was really that visionary. In the >>current issue of "Foreign Policy," Helen Milner of Columbia University says >>that although globalization is said to weaken governments, foster >unemployment >>and promote profitability as the universal yardstick of achievement, >>government spending remains fairly constant and nations are preserving very >>different kinds of welfare states. This suggests "globalization is neither >>producing convergence nor undermining labor and may not be irreversible." >> >> Take that, Karl. >I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world >and a desire to enjoy the world. >This makes it hard to plan the day.---E.B. White >----------------- Art Jipson Department of Sociology, Gerontology, and Anthropology Upham Hall, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056 513-529-2637 (o) 513-529-8525 (f) jipsonaj@muohio.edu (e) 513-523-7604 (home) Me: http://miavx1.muohio.edu/~ajjipson Connells: http://miavx1.muohio.edu/~ajjipson/connells.htmlx This must sound weird/Its like you've peered inside me/ 'cause everytime/you recognize my state of mind - Me --------------D072BC2EA6D1CC5F7DEC3785-- From gimenez@csf.Colorado.EDU Mon Jun 29 21:12:27 1998 Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 21:12:20 -0600 (MDT) From: Martha Gimenez To: matfem@csf.Colorado.EDU, PSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU, socgrads , fss@lists.colorado.edu Subject: Is Feminism Dead? (fwd) I am forwarding this message posted in Marxism-Feminism and inviting you to join in letting Time know that feminism lives. in solidarity, Martha ************ Martha E. Gimenez Department of Sociology University of Colorado at Boulder http://csf.colorado.edu/gimenez/ **************************************** ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 16:47:21 -0400 From: Charles Brown Reply-To: M-Fem@csf.colorado.edu To: A place for marxist-feminists to hang out Subject: Re: Time protest Date: 25 Jun 1998 14:26:22 GMT From: National Organization for Women Feel free to forward the following to activists in its entirety or with proper attribution: )From the National Organization for Women Action Center: The cover of the June 29, 1998 issue of TIME Magazine asks "Is Feminism Dead?" (http://www.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/1998/dom/980629/cover1.html) The articles inside answer the question with a resounding "YES!" Perhaps a magazine that unapologetically promotes the sexist notion that men rule world with their "Man of the Year" awards should be expected to sabotage feminism by pronouncing its demise. Maybe it's unreasonable to think that a publication touted among journalism's elite would bother to contact the country's largest feminist organization before writing the movement's obituary. NOW has a different answer to TIME's question. While TIME might wish that feminists and feminism would go away, we are far from dead! Feminism is vibrant and thriving and making unprecedented gains for women and girls. )From assembly lines to boardrooms, NOW has played a key role in winning victories for women plagued by discrimination in the workplace. NOW's Women-Friendly Workplace Campaign made historic breakthroughs in the highly visible sexual harassment cases against Mitsubishi and Smith Barney. When anti-abortion terrorists attacked women's health clinics, NOW headed for the streets, the courts and Congress. We organized activists to stand-up for women's rights and to defend clinics. We successfully sued the anti-abortion racketeers using the RICO statute. And we lobbied Congress to pass the Freedom to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE). NOW's unique approach of combining action in the streets with more conventional means of social change has resulted in key victories. We are asking feminists across the country to stand up and be counted! Tell TIME that you, and the movement, are alive and well. Send a clear message that feminism is alive and TIME is out of touch. There are several opportunities for you to speak-out: --Send an E-mail message to the editor of TIME at letters@time.com --Participate in an online TIME/Yahoo! chat with Phyllis Chesler at 8 pm ET on Thursday, June 25, 1998. --Flood TIME's snail-mail box and fax machine with letters of protest. TIME Magazine Letters Time & Life Building Rockefeller Center New York, NY 10020 fax: 212-522-8949 --Join NOW and sign-up your friends! You can join online at http://www.now.org/member.html ================================================== now@now.org From CDFUPDATE@childrensdefense.org Mon Jun 29 15:39:54 1998 Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 14:52:59 -0400 From: "CDFupdate CDFupdate" To: CDFupdate@automailer.com Subject: CDF Update June 29,1998 Sender: owner-cdfupdate@automailer.com Children's Defense Fund Update June 26,1998 In This Issue: -- Youth Violence Prevention -- Child Welfare and Mental Health -- Family Income -- Good-bye *** Youth Violence Prevention *** --- AFTER-SCHOOL, SUMMER AND OTHER PREVENTION OPPORTUNITIES TO KEEP CHILDREN SAFE --- In the Senate -- This week the Senate Appropriations Committee agreed to increase Title V Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs funds from $20 million to $95 million. The Title V grants support local prevention efforts such after-school recreation and tutoring programs, mentoring, and job readiness activities. These grants provide critical funds for a unique collaboration-oriented local approach to youth crime prevention. Previously the funding level has been inadequate to meet the needs of the programs. The U.S. Senate is expected to take up this bill any time after July 6th, when they return from recess. In the House -- The Commerce/State/Justice Appropriations Subcommittee is working on a bill that would earmark $125 million for a prevention block grant. This bill is expected to make it to the full committee by mid-July. While your Senators and Representatives are home over the week of July 4th make sure they get the message to support legislation that would provide after-school and summertime prevention activities for youth to keep them safe by contacting them at their local state offices. Action Steps: Contact your Senators and tell them to: Support $95 million for Title V. Contact your Representative and urge him/her to: Support the $125 million prevention block grant in the Commerce/State/Justice Appropriation Bill. *** Child Welfare and Mental Health *** --- HELP FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES --- The 1996 federal welfare law made it more difficult for poor children with disabilities to qualify for the Supplemental Security Income Program (SSI). New, more restrictive eligibility rules require that many children receiving SSI have their cases reviewed and make it harder for new applicants to qualify. Jonathan Stein at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia, is collecting case descriptions of children with disabilities who have been terminated from SSI or been denied eligibility since February 1997, when the new rules took effect. ** YOUR HELP IS NEEDED -- PLEASE SEND STORIES OF KIDS THAT HAVE LOST THEIR SSI ** Case descriptions are needed as soon as possible in light of a planned oversight hearing on the impact of the new SSI rules that Sen. John Chafee (R-RI) on the Senate Finance Committee is holding on July 7, 1998. If you know children who have lost SSI and are willing to help, please send the descriptions directly to Johnathan Stein at Community Legal Services, Inc., 1424 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102-2505. He can also be reached by telephone: 215-981-3742, fax: 215-981-0436, or e-mail: jstein@clsphila.org. Where possible, please include the following information about the child: name, age, address, the child's diagnosed disability, and the stated reasons for denial or termination. Ideally the descriptions should show that despite a child's severe disabilities, the child does not meet the new SSI rules being used by the Social Security Administration. Jonathan can assist you in making this analysis if you need help. Please also include your name, address, telephone number and e-mail so Jonathan can follow-up with you for more detail on the case. Thank you for your help. *** Family Income *** --- PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL RESTORING FOOD STAMPS TO 250,000 LEGAL IMMIGRANTS --- THANKS TO YOU AND ADVOCATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENED! -- On Tuesday, June 23, in a Rose Garden ceremony, President Clinton signed the Agricultural Research Extension and Education Act of 1998, with $818 million in food stamp restorations for legal immigrants. The new law restores food stamps to 250,000 of the over 900,000 legal immigrants cut off food stamps in the 1996 welfare law. Among the legal immigrants who will begin to receive food stamps again starting November 1, 1998 are children under 18 who were in the country on August 22, 1996 (when the welfare law was enacted), seniors, and people with disabilities who were in the U.S. on August 22, 1996, and refugees and asylees (for seven years), Hmong, and cross-border Native Americans. *** Good-bye *** Regretfully, this is my last CDF Update. I am leaving CDF to pursue new endeavors in the world of fundraising. It has been a pleasure working with you towards a better future for America's children. Thanks for all of your support. 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Kimberly Taylor Children's Defense Fund 25 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202/662-3540 (fax) CDFupdate@childrensdefense.org "There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing when we save our children, we save ourselves." - Margaret Mead From rhutchin@U.Arizona.EDU Mon Jun 29 17:12:39 1998 Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 16:12:32 -0700 (MST) From: Richard N Hutchinson To: psn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Forecasting the end of capitalism PSN- Here is a recent forecast of the collapse of capitalism that should be falsifiable. I don't know much about Ravi Batra, but I don't believe he is a leftist, let along a marxist. Richard Hutchinson ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 22:26:27 GMT From: "Richard K. Moore" To: WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK Subject: Ravi Batra: CRASH COMING (fwd) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 From: cpriest@juno.com (Curt Priest) Subject: CITS Debt Watch tpr-ne@mitvma.mit.edu, pub-adv@s1.net, fastnet@igc.apc.org, X-Cc: komoski@aurora.liunet.edu, Yeswecan@aol.com, pfoldes@INTERHELP.COM, think@ix.netcom.com, servant@upn20email.com, gorbyjs@hotmail.com, We have high respect for Dr. Batra's fine books and wish to call your attention to this new one: W. Curtiss Priest Editor CITS Debt Watch January 15, 1998 News Release The first global stock market crash of the year will come in February or March, says the just released book, Stock Market Crashes of 1998 and 1999: The Asian Crisis and Your Future by Dr. Ravi Batra, a professor of economics at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, and author of five international bestsellers. The crash could come as early as the last week of January. Batra, claiming a forecasting accuracy of better than 85%, argues that what happened in the Tokyo stock exchange in 1990 is likely to be repeated in the United States and elsewhere in 1998. The new book demonstrates that many recent events have followed the patterns that Batra first foresaw in the mid-1970s. In his 1996 work, The Great American Deception, Batra predicted a global stock market crash at the end of 1997. In October of that year, share prices indeed crashed in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, while the Dow Jones Index plunged 554 points on October 27th. The Dow suffered the largest single-day point drop in history. In his best-selling work, The Great Depression of 1990, Batra foresaw the market-meltdown of 1987, and then another crash in 1990. The experts now blame the current currency crisis in Asia on the share price collapse that began in Japan on the first trading day in 1990. In another best-selling book, The Downfall of Capitalism and Communism, which was written in 1978, Batra prophesied the collapse of both systems by the year 2,000. Farfetched as it was, Soviet communism disintegrated as the world watched in astonishment. Next is the turn of capitalism, which Batra defines as the rule of money in society. In other words, the reign of money in politics is about to end. How it will end is described in the new book. Batra argues that the recent market crashes originated in Japan in 1990, gradually found their way into the economies of the Asian Tigers, Mexico and Latin America, and will culminate in North America and Europe in 1998 and 1999. America is at the center of its business empire, and like every empire in history this one will also fall. However, the peripheries always fall first, and the center the last. That is why the United States seems to be immune to the Asian crisis. But trouble is fast coming from the peripheries to the center. The bullish case for American shares, in spite of the current turmoil, comes mostly from Wall Street brokers. They ask us to look at the current fundamentals such as low inflation, interest rates and unemployment. But they overlook 1929, when such sound fundamentals were even lower, and yet did not prevent the market collapse and the Great Depression. Unemployment in 1929 was just 3%. The only fundamental that counts is the force of supply and demand. Supply springs from production or labor productivity, and demand from wages. Since 1990, wages have lagged behind productivity all over the world. If productivity rises but wages stagnate, supply grows faster than demand and an imbalance develops. For a while the demand gap can be plugged by bank loans and consumer demand can be artificially lifted to match the rising supply. In the meanwhile profits rise sharply as wages fail to grow, thereby creating a hefty rise in stock prices. But there comes a critical point when banks stop lending or debt-burdened consumers reduce their borrowing. Then the supply-demand gap surfaces. This critical point arrived in South East Asia in July 1997, when banks in Thailand sharply curtailed their lending. Until the supply-demand gap vanishes, share prices will remain under pressure. Batra foresees a constant stream of market crashes around the world in 1998, and the beginning of the fall of the American business empire in 1999. The only prudent investment under these circumstances will be government bonds or bank CDs. Batra also offers some market-based reforms. He argues that the main problem facing the world today is the lack of consumer demand, and the best medicine for this illness is the expansion of the housing industry through tax credits and incentives. The book also explores the likely behavior of the dollar, interest rates, inflation or deflation, gold, real estate among others in the near future. How to Order the book? To order a copy, send a check for $21.00 for a softcover or $27.00 for a hardcover version of the book to Liberty Press, 3016 Rosedale Ave., Dallas, TX. 75205, or call 1-800-888-9999. The price includes postage and handling. ISBN: 0-939352-78-8 Praise for Professor Ravi Batra "When it comes to the bottom line so beloved of economists, one can learn a lot about events by thinking about them in cyclical regularities, of which Batra gives a novel and brilliant exposition." Lester C. Thurow, MIT "Ravi Batra has made an outstanding reputation in the United States as an international economic theorists in the best Western tradition." Leonard Silk, New York Times "The forecasting record of this widely respected Southern Methodist University economist has won glowing praise from many investment masters. Tom Peters, Chicago Tribune "Dr. Batra writes about his subject as clearly as if he were telling bedtime stories." Christopher Lehmann Haupt, New York Times "Scary, provocative. The good professor has a formidable academic reputation and, from what I know, his forecasting record is impressive." Barton Biggs, Morgan Stanley & Company "Batra [is] a scholar who has earned a considerable reputation as an expert on trade. Albert Crenshaw, Washington Post "His predictions in the early 1980s of low inflation, falling oil prices and a wave of mergers mocked for years have proved close to the mark." Thomas C. Hayes, New York Times "Ravi Batra was used to making tumultuous global forecasts and having nobody listen then predictions started to come true." Chip Brown, The Associated Press "What separates Batra from most of the worriers and makes him worth reading or listening to is his broad and fundamentally cultural perspective. Scott Burns, Dallas Morning News "So far Batra is close to five for five. Pray he doesn't go six for six." Eric Leven, People [Batra] is one of the most gifted and serious economists around today. His views on several national and global socioeconomic issues and problems are in demand around the world. World Business Review About the Author Dr. Ravi Batra, a professor of economics at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, is the author of five international bestsellers. He was the chairman of his department from 1977 to 1980. Batra was ranked third in a group of 46 superstar economists selected from all the American and Canadian universities by the learned journal Economic Inquiry. In 1990, the Italian prime minister awarded him a Medal of the Italian Senate for correctly predicting the downfall of Soviet communism. _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Richard K. Moore - rkmoore@iol.ie - PO Box 26, Wexford, Ireland www.iol.ie/~rkmoore/cyberjournal (USA Citizen) * Non-commercial republication encouraged - Please include this sig * ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ From j@qmail.com Mon Jun 29 19:14:39 1998 From: "Jay Hanson" To: "PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK" Subject: Highlights from "Titanic Sinks" Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 15:14:40 -1000 charset="iso-8859-1" From: Ted Goertzel >course. I think that predictions of collapse or crisis are >nonscientific unless some time period is specified, there is no way to >test them, any more than we can test the proposition that Jesus will >return and punish the Wicked. Unless there is some potential for >testing one's predictions, they are hard to distinguish from fantasies. One can argue about the dates, but the outcome is certain. .. Highlights from "Titanic Sinks" http://dieoff.org/page143.htm ___ OIL There is NO substitute for energy. Although the economy treats energy just like any other resource, it is NOT like any other resource. Energy is the precondition for ALL other resources and oil is the most important form of energy we use, making up about 38 percent of the world energy supply. NO other energy source equals oil's intrinsic qualities of extractablility, transportability, versatility and cost. These are the qualities that enabled oil to take over from coal as the front-line energy source in the industrialized world in the middle of this century, and they are as relevant today as they were then. Forecasts about the abundance of oil are usually warped by inconsistent definitions of "reserves." In truth, every year for the past two decades the industry has pumped more oil than it has discovered, and production will soon be unable to keep up with rising demand. _______ ECONOMY The global economy relies on energy subsidies to function -- it burns energy to make money. By definition, an energy "source" must produce more energy than it consumes, otherwise it's called a "sink" -- it's "depleted". Today, the global economy receives almost 80% of its energy subsidies from nonrenewable fossil sources: oil, gas, and coal. They are called "nonrenewable" because, for all practical purposes, they're not being made any more. The reason they are called "fossil" is because they were "produced" by nature from dead plants and animals over several hundred million years. The key to understanding energy issues is look at the "energy price" of energy. Energy resources that consume more energy than they produce are worthless as sources of energy. This thermodynamic law applies no matter how high the "money price" of energy goes. For example, if it takes more energy to search for and mine a barrel of oil than the energy recovered, then it makes no energy sense look for that barrel -- no matter how high the money price of oil goes. This is expected to be the average case in America around the year 2005. This coming century, the global economy will "run out of gas" as nearly all fossil energy sources become sinks. One can argue about the exact date this will occur, but the end of fossil energy subsidies -- and its dependent: the global economy -- are inevitable. A good analogy is like having a motor scooter with a five-gallon tank, but the nearest gas station is 10 gallons away. You can not fill your tank with trips to the gas station because you burn more than you can bring back -- it's impossible for you to cover your overhead (the size of your bankroll and the price of the gas and are irrelevant). You might as well put your scooter up on blocks because you are "out of gas" -- forever. It's the same with the American economy: if as a country, we must spend more-than-one unit of energy to produce enough goods and services to buy one unit of energy, it's impossible for us to cover our overhead. At that point, America's economic machine is "out of gas" -- forever. ______ MARKET The market is like the float in a carburetor, as the engine demands more gas, the float falls and allows more gas to flow in from the tank. But the float has no information concerning the amount of gas left in the tank until the fuel line is unable to keep up with demand. So it is with the market. As the demand for oil increases, the increase in price signals oil companies to pump more oil out of the ground. But the market will have no information about the amount of oil left in the ground until production is unable to keep up with demand. Global oil production is expected to "peak" around 2005. References at: http://dieoff.org/page143.htm From mweigand@usa.net Tue Jun 30 10:40:47 1998 Received: from mail.iex.net (mail.iex.net [192.156.196.5]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.5/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id KAA27418 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 10:40:42 -0600 (MDT) Received: (from mweigand@localhost) by mail.iex.net (8.8.5/8.7.5) id KAA27055; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 10:37:15 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 10:37:15 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199806301637.KAA27055@mail.iex.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: mweigand@usa.net Subject: A Nation of Spectators? To: psn@csf.colorado.edu X-Mailer: SPRY Mail Version: 04.00.06.17 To: Multiple recipients of list CORP-FOCUS Subject: A Nation of Spectators? The most powerful organization in our society is the corporation. Corporations have become more powerful than governments, or religious institutions, or labor unions. So how is it possible for a group of highly educated, well-intentioned citizens to spend millions of dollars and more than 18 months studying citizenship and civic action, and yet barely touch on the issue of corporate power? This was the question raised last week when William Bennett and Sam Nunn, co-chairs of the National Commission on Civic Renewal, appeared together at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. to release the Commission's final report -- "A Nation of Spectators: How Civic Disengagement Weakens America and What We Can Do About It." At the press conference, reporters were given a copy of the Commission's 67-page report, 18 working papers written by scholars from around the country, and a book edited by Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, titled Community Works: The Revival of Civil Society in America. In all of this work, there is little or no mention of corporate crime and violence and its debilitating effect on civil society, of the corrupting influence of corporate money in politics or of how citizens band together in labor unions, environmental groups, and other citizen activists groups to combat to corrosive influence of corporate power on America's civic life. In the Commission's final report, only three paragraphs deal with the issue of corporate power. Under the titled "Markets and Civil Society," the authors write that while on the one hand "there can be little doubt that free markets help sustain a zone of personal liberty that bolsters the capacity of individuals to associate for civil purposes," on the other hand "there is no guarantee that the operation of market forces will prove wholly compatible with the requirements of civic health." And what would be an example of such incompatibility? The Commission finds that "market-driven decisions of giant media corporations have diminished the quality of our public culture and have greatly complicated the task of raising children." Of the 18 working papers, only one -- written by Rutgers University Professor Benjamin Barber -- deals with issues of corporate power. And Dionne's book, like his columns in the Washington Post, keeps hands off the issue of corporate power. What's going on here? It's not as if powerful institutions don't tackle issues of corporate power and its abuse. Just read the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times for your daily dose of reporting on corporate crime and violence. But reporting on corporate power and its abuse is one thing. Doing something about it is quite another. Imagine the Commission releasing a report documenting how citizens around the country were organizing, through labor unions, environmental groups, anti-sprawl citizen groups and the thousands of other ways citizens organize, to combat the encroachment of the corporate state into their lives. That would be a report that could be taken seriously by citizens around the country, that could be used by citizens to help them challenge corporate power. And it would be a report that could never have been written by the Commission as constituted. Nunn, after all, is a senior partner at the King & Spalding law firm, one of the nation's premier corporate crime white- collar defense law firms. And Bennett, although he has a thing about rude lyrics in rap and rock songs supplied by Seagrams, is a defender of the corporate status quo. He is after all the John M. Olin Distinguished Fellow in Cultural Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, the nation's leading corporate think tank. What about the other Commissioners? Elaine Chao, fellow, Heritage Foundation. John F. Cooke, executive vice president, corporate affairs, the Walt Disney Company. Peter Goldmark, chair and chief executive officer of the International Herald Tribune. Edwin Lupberger, chair of the board and president of the Entergy Corporation, one of the nation's largest electricity companies. Michael Novak, American Enterprise Institute, another corporate think tank. You get the drift. These Commissioners would never raise the current United Auto Workers strike against General Motors in Michigan, or the fight against nuclear waste disposal in New Mexico, or the nationwide citizens campaign to defeat casino gambling, as indicators of increased civic involvement. That would too offend their keepers at the Heritage Foundation and King & Spalding. Better to blame the citizens for inactivity than commend them for actively opposing corporate power. Russell Mokhiber is editor of the Washington, D.C.-based Corporate Crime Reporter. Robert Weissman is editor of the Washington, D.C.-based Multinational Monitor. (c) Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman Focus on the Corporation is a weekly column written by Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman. Please feel free to forward the column to friends or repost the column on other lists. If you would like to post the column on a web site or publish it in print format, we ask that you first contact us (russell@essential.org or rob@essential.org). Focus on the Corporation is distributed to individuals on the listserve corp-focus@essential.org. To subscribe to corp-focus, send an e-mail message to listproc@essential.org with the following all in one line: subscribe corp-focus (no period). Focus on the Corporation columns are posted on the Multinational Monitor web site . Postings on corp-focus are limited to the columns. If you would like to comment on the columns, send a message to russell@essential.org or rob@essential.org. <---- End Forwarded Message ----> Best Wishes, -=MW=- MSCD.edu From mmarcel@concentric.net Tue Jun 30 11:56:18 1998 Received: from uhura.concentric.net (uhura.concentric.net [206.173.119.93]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.5/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id LAA00581 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 11:56:14 -0600 (MDT) Received: from cliff.concentric.net (cliff [206.173.119.90]) by uhura.concentric.net (8.8.8/(98/05/18 5.10)) id NAA02247; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 13:56:12 -0400 (EDT) [1-800-745-2747 The Concentric Network] Received: from mmarcel.concentric.net (ts003d06.laf-in.concentric.net [207.155.191.66]) by cliff.concentric.net (8.8.8) id NAA01520; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 13:56:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199806301756.NAA01520@cliff.concentric.net> X-Sender: mmarcel@pop3.concentric.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:54:35 -0700 To: psn@csf.colorado.edu From: Melissa Marcello Subject: Re: A Nation of Spectators? In-Reply-To: <199806301637.KAA27055@mail.iex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" PSN'ers: Ahh, but the citizenry is active (those with jobs, in particular economic sectors) when it comes to making decisions about what mutual funds, stocks and bonds to place their retirement funds in. Unfortunately, the fact that many are stockholders (albeit small and without the privilege of voting on corporate decisions) furthers the duplicitous role of the corporation (god forbid Social Security's funds become tied to this same market mechanism). The column posted by M Weigand is well taken, however. The whole notion of "civil" society, touted by Neo-Tocquevillans as a panacea for a disengaged citizenry, assumes a "civility," which by its very nature does not allow for conflict. Competing interests? Yes. Conflict and power struggles by the powerless? No. In Solidarity, Melissa Marcello Purdue University At 10:37 AM 6/30/98 -0600, you wrote: >To: Multiple recipients of list CORP-FOCUS >Subject: A Nation of Spectators? > >The most powerful organization in our society is the corporation. >Corporations have become more powerful than governments, or religious >institutions, or labor unions. > >So how is it possible for a group of highly educated, well-intentioned >citizens to spend millions of dollars and more than 18 months studying >citizenship and civic action, and yet barely touch on the issue of >corporate power? > >This was the question raised last week when William Bennett and Sam Nunn, >co-chairs of the National Commission on Civic Renewal, appeared together >at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. to >release the Commission's final report -- "A Nation of Spectators: How >Civic Disengagement Weakens America and What We Can Do About It." > >At the press conference, reporters were given a copy of the Commission's >67-page report, 18 working papers written by scholars from around the >country, and a book edited by Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, >titled Community Works: The Revival of Civil Society in America. > >In all of this work, there is little or no mention of corporate crime and >violence and its debilitating effect on civil society, of the corrupting >influence of corporate money in politics or of how citizens band together >in labor unions, environmental groups, and other citizen activists groups >to combat to corrosive influence of corporate power on America's civic >life. > >In the Commission's final report, only three paragraphs deal with the >issue of corporate power. Under the titled "Markets and Civil Society," >the authors write that while on the one hand "there can be little doubt >that free markets help sustain a zone of personal liberty that bolsters >the capacity of individuals to associate for civil purposes," on the other >hand "there is no guarantee that the operation of market forces will prove >wholly compatible with the requirements of civic health." > >And what would be an example of such incompatibility? The Commission finds >that "market-driven decisions of giant media corporations have diminished >the quality of our public culture and have greatly complicated the task of >raising children." > >Of the 18 working papers, only one -- written by Rutgers University >Professor Benjamin Barber -- deals with issues of corporate power. > >And Dionne's book, like his columns in the Washington Post, keeps hands >off the issue of corporate power. > >What's going on here? It's not as if powerful institutions don't tackle >issues of corporate power and its abuse. Just read the Wall Street Journal >and the New York Times for your daily dose of reporting on corporate crime >and violence. > >But reporting on corporate power and its abuse is one thing. Doing >something about it is quite another. > >Imagine the Commission releasing a report documenting how citizens around >the country were organizing, through labor unions, environmental groups, >anti-sprawl citizen groups and the thousands of other ways citizens >organize, to combat the encroachment of the corporate state into their >lives. > >That would be a report that could be taken seriously by citizens around >the country, that could be used by citizens to help them challenge >corporate power. And it would be a report that could never have been >written by the Commission as constituted. > >Nunn, after all, is a senior partner at the King & Spalding law firm, one >of the nation's premier corporate crime white- collar defense law firms. > >And Bennett, although he has a thing about rude lyrics in rap and rock >songs supplied by Seagrams, is a defender of the corporate status quo. He >is after all the John M. Olin Distinguished Fellow in Cultural Policy >Studies at the Heritage Foundation, the nation's leading corporate think >tank. > >What about the other Commissioners? Elaine Chao, fellow, Heritage >Foundation. John F. Cooke, executive vice president, corporate affairs, >the Walt Disney Company. Peter Goldmark, chair and chief executive officer >of the International Herald Tribune. Edwin Lupberger, chair of the board >and president of the Entergy Corporation, one of the nation's largest >electricity companies. Michael Novak, American Enterprise Institute, >another corporate think tank. > >You get the drift. > >These Commissioners would never raise the current United Auto Workers >strike against General Motors in Michigan, or the fight against nuclear >waste disposal in New Mexico, or the nationwide citizens campaign to >defeat casino gambling, as indicators of increased civic involvement. > >That would too offend their keepers at the Heritage Foundation and King & >Spalding. > >Better to blame the citizens for inactivity than commend them for actively >opposing corporate power. > >Russell Mokhiber is editor of the Washington, D.C.-based Corporate Crime >Reporter. Robert Weissman is editor of the Washington, D.C.-based >Multinational Monitor. > >(c) Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman > >Focus on the Corporation is a weekly column written by Russell Mokhiber >and Robert Weissman. Please feel free to forward the column to friends or >repost the column on other lists. If you would like to post the column on >a web site or publish it in print format, we ask that you first contact us >(russell@essential.org or rob@essential.org). > >Focus on the Corporation is distributed to individuals on the listserve >corp-focus@essential.org. To subscribe to corp-focus, send an e-mail >message to listproc@essential.org with the following all in one line: > >subscribe corp-focus (no period). > >Focus on the Corporation columns are posted on the Multinational Monitor >web site . > >Postings on corp-focus are limited to the columns. If you would like to >comment on the columns, send a message to russell@essential.org or >rob@essential.org. > > > > > > ><---- End Forwarded Message ----> > >Best Wishes, >-=MW=- >MSCD.edu > From ba05105@binghamton.edu Tue Jun 30 14:24:37 1998 Received: from bingsun2 (bingsun2.cc.binghamton.edu [128.226.1.6]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.5/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with SMTP id OAA05072; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 14:24:31 -0600 (MDT) From: ba05105@binghamton.edu Received: from localhost (ba05105@localhost) by bingsun2 (SMI-8.6/8.6.9) with SMTP id QAA11566; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 16:24:27 -0400 Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 16:24:26 -0400 (EDT) X-Sender: ba05105@bingsun2 To: Martha Gimenez cc: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK Subject: Re: Is Feminism Dead? (fwd) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII The NOW post below doesn't really address the argument of the Time article. Basically, the author took the what can only be described as an 'orthodox left' line that over-concentration on issues of sexual liberation has obscured the broader struggle. Her evidence was a random set of things hyped in the media like Camille Paglia and Bust magazine. Obviously, one can have quite a bit of suspicion toward Time for adopting this argument, which I have heard in different versions in very different quarters. One can also fault an article on feminism that doesn't seriously engage with the thinking of one writer that, say, the members of psn (or for that matter the editors of social text) might consider an important contemporary feminist. But it should be said that before 'flooding' Time with letters etc. one might wish to look at the on-line bulletin board they have on the topic at Pathfinder, where (in my sampling of about fifteen of 90 posts) most respondents offer devasting critiques ranging from discussions of the lack of women of color in Time's autoposy of contemporary feminism to defense's of Bust magazine. ON-line stuff has in important ways changed one's relation to the mass media--isn't it Time we started thinking in ways that reflect that? STeven SHerman Binghamton University On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Martha Gimenez wrote: > I am forwarding this message posted in Marxism-Feminism and inviting you > to join in letting Time know that feminism lives. > > in solidarity, > > > Martha > ************ > Martha E. Gimenez > Department of Sociology > University of Colorado at Boulder > http://csf.colorado.edu/gimenez/ > **************************************** > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 16:47:21 -0400 > From: Charles Brown > Reply-To: M-Fem@csf.colorado.edu > To: A place for marxist-feminists to hang out > Subject: Re: Time protest > > > Date: 25 Jun 1998 14:26:22 GMT > From: National Organization for Women > > Feel free to forward the following to activists in its entirety or with > proper attribution: > > )From the National Organization for Women Action Center: > > The cover of the June 29, 1998 issue of TIME Magazine asks "Is Feminism > Dead?" > (http://www.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/1998/dom/980629/cover1.html) The > articles inside answer the question with a resounding "YES!" Perhaps a > magazine that unapologetically promotes the sexist notion that men rule > world with their "Man of the Year" awards should be expected to sabotage > feminism by pronouncing its demise. Maybe it's unreasonable to think that > a publication touted among journalism's elite would bother to contact the > country's largest feminist organization before writing the movement's > obituary. > > NOW has a different answer to TIME's question. While TIME might wish that > feminists and feminism would go away, we are far from dead! Feminism is > vibrant and thriving and making unprecedented gains for women and girls. > > )From assembly lines to boardrooms, NOW has played a key role in winning > victories for women plagued by discrimination in the workplace. NOW's > Women-Friendly Workplace Campaign made historic breakthroughs in the highly > visible sexual harassment cases against Mitsubishi and Smith Barney. When > anti-abortion terrorists attacked women's health clinics, NOW headed for > the streets, the courts and Congress. We organized activists to stand-up > for women's rights and to defend clinics. We successfully sued the > anti-abortion racketeers using the RICO statute. And we lobbied Congress > to pass the Freedom to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE). NOW's unique approach > of combining action in the streets with more conventional means of social > change has resulted in key victories. > > We are asking feminists across the country to stand up and be counted! > Tell TIME that you, and the movement, are alive and well. Send a clear > message that feminism is alive and TIME is out of touch. There are several > opportunities for you to speak-out: > > --Send an E-mail message to the editor of TIME at letters@time.com > > --Participate in an online TIME/Yahoo! chat with Phyllis Chesler at 8 pm > ET on Thursday, June 25, 1998. > > --Flood TIME's snail-mail box and fax machine with letters of protest. > > TIME Magazine Letters > Time & Life Building > Rockefeller Center > New York, NY 10020 > fax: 212-522-8949 > > --Join NOW and sign-up your friends! You can join online at > http://www.now.org/member.html > ================================================== > now@now.org > >