Dear colleagues: this is what would be nice if you could send: Saskia Sassen and Ricahrd Sennett coedit a www special section--two or three articles every day of the week, starting today at http://www.opendemocracy.net/ Others should consider doing proposals and writing for OpenDem.net the most international of wwzines and we think the best . Lelt me know if you want to contribute to OpenDem generally, and also if you have a special subject in mind where you would bring in 7 to 10 authors from around the world (that is what we did) to address different angles of the subject. Just to illustrate, we chose a nice general subject that would allow us to bring together very different types: so on our first day (today monday febr 7) we have the head of the Labor party foundation (Compass) in the UK, and Valerzy Alzaga, one of the key orgnaizers of Justice for janitors. saskia Saskia Sassen Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology Department of Sociology and Co-Chair, Committee on Global Thought Columbia University Knox Hall 713 606 W 122nd St New York, NY 10027 T - 212.854.0790 F - 212.854.2963 E/M - sjs2@columbia.edu; website: www.saskiasassen.com