Re: [OPE-L] ***CELEBRATING TEN YEARS OF OPE-L***

From: Francisco Paulo Cipolla (cipolla@UFPR.BR)
Date: Mon Sep 05 2005 - 15:23:02 EDT


Happy Birthday!
Paulo

Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM wrote:

> The Outline on Political Economy (OPE-L) mailing list began
>                    TEN YEARS AGO TODAY!
>
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>
> In September, 1995 we began with 11 subscribers.  There are now
> 89 members and, including former members, 112 people have
> subscribed to OPE-L.    [a full listing appears below.]
>
> The 11 founding members  were from  4 countries.  We are now --
> and have been for many years -- a very  international list  (currently with
> members in twenty-one [21] countries).
>
> Tens of thousands of posts have been written on virtually every (?)
> controversial topic in political economy.  And, as I remarked last year
> at this time, "somehow we continue to find new topics to discuss."
>
> We have members representing the overwhelming amount of Marxian
> theoretical perspectives and international intellectual and political
> traditions.Yet, we have managed to maintain an ongoing and comradely
> discussion and exchange of perspectives.
>
> There is much that I could write about the history and meaning of
> OPE-L, but I think this should be an occasion where we celebrate
> *together*  and each give our insights into what we as a collaborative
> group have been able to create and maintain.  Accordingly, I am
> asking that you contribute by writing posts that concern the following
> questions:
>
> *    Have you benefited from your membership in OPE-L?  If so, how?
>
> *   What do you think will be the most lasting contributions of this list?
>       I.e. how will the last ten years of OPE-L be remembered -- both by
>       those who are members and those who are archive readers?
>
> *   What were the most enlightening, memorable, and/or worthwhile
>       discussions that we have had?
>
> *    What suggestions do you have about how the list can be improved?
>
> *     What topics should we discuss as a group that we either haven't
>        discussed yet or haven't given adequate consideration to?
>
> In other words, let's celebrate this occasion by having a discussion
> on what OPE-L means to you and others and where we go from here.
>
> In solidarity, Jerry
>
> PS: As it happens,  today is -- this year -- also a holiday in the US:
> Labor Day.  Happy Labor Day!
> ===============================================
>
>  OUTLINE ON POLITICAL ECONOMY LIST (OPE-L) -- 1995 - 2005
>
>  Coordinator:  Jerry Levy glevy@pratt.edu; Gerald_A_Levy@msn.com
>
>  Advisory Committee:  Alejandro Valle Baeza valle@servidor.unam.mx
>                                    Allin Cottrell cottrell@wfu.edu
>                                    Fred Moseley fmoseley@mtholyoke.edu
>
>  OPE-L archives: http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/ope/archive
>
>  Current subscribers:
> --------------------
> Mariko Adachi (Japan)
> Paul S. Adler (US)
> Michio Akama (Japan)
> Samir Amin (Senegal)
> Charles Andrews (US)
> Chris Arthur (UK)
> Alejandro Valle Baeza (Mexico)
> Jairus Banaji (UK)
> Riccardo Bellofiore (Italy)
> Rakesh Bhandari (US)
> Cyrus Bina (US)
> Alberto Bonnet (Argentina)
> Andrew Brown (UK)
> Paul Bullock (UK)
> Paul Burkett (US)
> Antonio Callari (US)
> Martha Campbell (US)
> Reinaldo Carcanholo (Brazil)
> Francisco Paolo Cipolla (Brazil)
> Bill Cochrane (New Zealand)
> Paul Cockshott (UK)
> Paul Cooney (Brazil)
> Allin Cottrell (US)
> Stephen Cullenberg (US)
> Suzanne de Brunhoff (France)
> Maria de Lourdes Mollo (Brazil)
> Dimitri Dimoulis (Brazil)
> Zhiyong Dong (P.R. China)
> Phil Dunn (UK)
> Hans Ehrbar (US)
> Anders Ekeland (Norway)
> Michael Eldred (Germany)
> Howard Engelskirchen (US)
> John R. Ernst (US)
> Claus Magno Germer (Brazil)
> Diego Guerrero (Spain)
> Michael Heinrich (Germany)
> John Holloway (Mexico)
> Ian Hunt (Australia)
> Makoto Itoh (Japan)
> Seongjin Jeong (S. Korea)
> Nam-Hoon Kang (S. Korea)
> Claudio Katz (Argentina)
> Steve Keen (Australia)
> Iwao Kitamura (Japan)
> David Kristjanson-Gural (US)
> David Laibman (US)
> Costas Lapavitsas (Greece)
> Michael A. Lebowitz (Canada)
> Chai-on Lee (S. Korea)
> Jerry Levy (US)
> Joao Machado (Brazil)
> Abelardo Flores Marina (Mexico)
> Akira Matsumoto (Japan)
> Stavros Mavroudeas (Greece)
> Terrence Mc Donough (Ireland)
> John Milios (Greece)
> Ryu Dong-Min (S. Korea)
> Simon Mohun (UK)
> Gary Mongiovi (US)
> Fred Moseley (US)
> Hanno Pahl (Germany)
> Fanis Papadatos (Greece)
> Leda Maria Paulani (Brazil)
> Michael Perelman (US)
> Nelson Pinto (Brazil)
> N.S. Ranganayakamma (India)
> Geert Reuten (Netherlands)
> Bruce Roberts (US)
> Regina Roth (Germany)
> Alfredo Saad Filho (UK)
> Catherine Samary (France)
> Ernesto Screpanti (Italy)
> Anwar Shaikh (US)
> Ajit Sinha (India)
> Gil Skillman (US)
> Murray Smith (Canada)
> Tony Smith (US)
> Nicola Taylor (Australia)
> Tony Tinker (US)
> Andrew Trigg (UK)
> Persefoni Tsaliki (Greece)
> Lefteris Tsoulfidis (Greece)
> Brendan Tuohy (New Zealand)
> Michael Williams (UK)
> Ian Wright (US)
> David Yaffe (UK)
> Paul Zarembka (US)
> Alan Zuege (Canada)
> (* Total current: 89)
>
>  To be able to obtain the email addresses for current list members send a
> "REVIEW OPE-L" message to  <listserv@sus.csuchico.edu>.
>
>  Former subscribers:
> ---------------------
> Jurriaan Bendien (Netherlands)
> Carole Biewener (US)
> Guglielmo Carchedi (Netherlands)
> Massimo DeAngelis (UK)
> Jim Devine (US)
> Gerard Dumenil (France)
> Duncan Foley (US)
> Alan Freeman (UK)
> Heiner Ganssmann (Germany)
> Paolo Giussani (Italy)
> Andrew Kliman (US)
> Dominique Levy (France)
> Eduardo Maldonodo-Filho (Brazil)
> Patrick Mason (US)
> Paul Mattick, Jr. (US)
> Ted McGlone (US)
> Bill Mitchell (Australia)
> Michele Naples (US)
> Jim O'Connor (US)
> Philippe Van Parijs (Belgium)
> Hugo Radice (UK)
> Alejandro Ramos (Belize)
> Julian Wells (UK)
> (*Total former:  23)
> (* Total current and former:  112)


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