FWD: from Mac Stainsby

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

------Original Message------
From: "chris jacob" <kriss_jacob@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: lnp3@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: October 21, 2000 2:07:09 PM GMT
Subject: Hello...


Hi Louis, It's Mac here. I assume you received my first third-party note. If it 
was
not sent out, I am hoping you can do me the favour of sending a note to my L-I
co-moderators that I will be off the machine (it's STILL in the damn shop) for a
couple of days further at least. My continuing apoligies for not being able to 
do my
end of the work.

Also, I recently saw an article in the Toronto paper the Globe and Mail called
"Budding democracy reaches for a hand up", which, while typically gross in 
languauge,
points out that one of the "problems" is that the SPS/JUL has kept food 
"dangerously"
cheap (denying market prices) and using forms of rationing. One other "problem" 
is
that factories are not owned by the state, but rather something akin to "social
property" which is interpreted as belonging to the community, or "no one in
particular" (sounds a tad Titoist to me). All the 50% of the population 
unemployed
still receive 80% of their previous wages, almost precisely the kinds of 
measures the
Cuban government instituted for "redundant" workers in the Special Period. This
article is about a week old, and if you can't find it by the time I return, 
I'll send
it along transcribed.

Hope life is well on both lists. My apologies for using you as the go-between, 
I can
only remember your address without my address book.

Mac.


Hi Louis, It's Mac here. I assume you received my first third-party note. If it
was not sent out, I am hoping you can do me the favour of sending a note to my
L-I co-moderators that I will be off the machine (it's STILL in the damn shop)
for a couple of days further at least. My continuing apoligies for not being
able to do my end of the work.    Also, I recently saw an article in the Toronto
paper the Globe and Mail called "Budding democracy reaches for a hand up",
which, while typically gross in languauge, points out that one of the "problems"
is that the SPS/JUL has kept food "dangerously" cheap (denying market prices)
and using forms of rationing. One other "problem" is that factories are not
owned by the state, but rather something akin to "social property" which is
interpreted as belonging to the community, or "no one in particular" (sounds a
tad Titoist to me). All the 50% of the population unemployed still receive 80%
of their previous wages, almost precisely the kinds of measures the Cuban
government instituted for "redundant" workers in the Special Period. This
article is about a week old, and if you can't find it by the time I return, I'll
send it along transcribed.    Hope life is well on both lists. My apologies for
using you as the go-between, I can only remember your address without my address
book.   Mac.