Re: the world party

Wed, 31 Jul 1996 17:36:30 +1000
Bruce R. McFarling (ecbm@cc.newcastle.edu.au)

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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 11:01:58 -0700
From: chris chase-dunn <chriscd@jhu.edu>
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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 10:59:41 -0700
From: chris chase-dunn <chriscd@jhu.edu>
Subject: the world party
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dear andy, thanks for your contributions to the discusssion of the world
party. you are right that there is a theoretical basis behind the
thinking of some of the participants. i would recommend that you have a
look at Thomas R. Shannon, _An Introduction to the World-Systems
Perpective_ Westview Press, 2nd edition 1996.

on Kondratief waves see Joshua Goldstein, _Long Cycles: Prosperity and
War in the Modern Age_ Princeton UP 1988.

regarding your mention of the global corporatist transformation, this is
the answer to wagar's question about praxis. the task is to formulate a
global response to neo-liberalism. this will involve a new labor
internationalism, a popular and cordinated approach to the environment,
reforming the United Nations to make it more democratic and effective,
and coordinated national efforts to elect popular governments that can
coordinate their efforts to resist exploitation by the megacorps. lets do
it!

chris