File spoon-archives/postcolonial.archive/postcolonial_1998/postcolonial.9809, message 42


Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 16:35:21 -0400 ()
From: Terry Goldie <tgoldie-AT-YorkU.CA>
Subject: Re: Labor/Labour - Throw "Americans" Out.....


It's fine for other countries to recognize American imperialism but
Canadians should just shut up and take their medicine.
Proper thing.
t

On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Marlene R. Atleo wrote:

> Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 22:21:39 -0700
> From: "Marlene R. Atleo" <maratleo-AT-island.net>
> Reply-To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> Subject: Re: Labor/Labour - Throw "Americans" Out.....
> 
> Microsoft imperialism for those who can't spell Canadjan.
> Working classes necessarily follow technology to the loonie where ever it
> rises and tend to fight in the trenches...only the elite can hang on to HI
> cultural expressions of Canadjanisms that umbilical us to the motherland.
> Happy Labo/our Day: a day to honor workers not berate them for their choice
> of cultural currency.
> 
> 
> 
> At 12:24 AM 9/5/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> >Not up here in Canada... unless our working class has become more
> >Americanised than I thought (or is tha AmericaniZed?).
> >
> >
> >On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Bruce Hagood wrote:
> >
> >> Sorry to impose, but it is spelled "Labor" Day!  :)
> >> 
> >> David Butz wrote:
> >> 
> >> > Xaviar... I'm with you right up to "the Americans had no choice but to
> >> > retaliate"... will the American's fanaticism be their undoing too?
> Lots of
> >> > undoing needing to be done!
> >> >
> >> > On a more hopeful note... Happy Labour Day to all!
> >> >
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Terry Goldie
English Department
York University
North York, Ontario
Canada
M3J 1P3
voice: 416-604-3670
fax: 416-736-5412
email: tgoldie-AT-yorku.ca



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