Re: Re: Re: Bello and Callinicos

["Justin Schwartz" <jkschw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have known Walden Bello for 20 years. Is one of staunchest people on the
left, with a mighty record of support--sometimes personally risky--for
labor, national liberation, antimilitarism, and all things good. Unless he
has pulled a Desai that I know nothing about, it is an utter canard to say
that he's backing the bosses. --jks


> From: Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PEN-L:16443] Re: Re: Bello and Callinicos
> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 10:36:42 -0500
>
>
>
> Stephen E Philion wrote:
> >
> > Steve,
> > What Bello article are you referring to? Nothing you write seems like
> the
> > Bello I've read. Or are these just criticsims with no reference to what
> > the author actually writes or says in reality that are so common on
> email
> > lists?
> >
>
> I found Steve D's original post unintelligible. But I think what he is
> claiming that opposition to a pretended U.S. imposition of "labor
> standards" on the Third World is in fact opposition to the Third World
> having labor standards. In other words he is assuming that any
> disagreement with the verbal play-acting of the AFL-CIO leadership is
> the same as supporting capitalists against workers. If he means
> something else, he should say so.
>
> Carrol


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