Dear Marxism-Thaxis List Members, Hello, this is my first post here. I recently noticed the surfacing of what is, in my experience -- at least in terms of what it claims about itself -- a new and unprecedented KIND of Marxian, revolutionary organization, on the world wide web.
It is called the Equitarian Advocacy Group, and it advocates a kind of Political-ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY, one which is based upon public ownership and democratic disposition of what it names as EXTERNALITY EQUITIES. The new sites are at: _http://www.equitism.org/Equitism/Equitism-entry.htm_ (http://www.equitism.org/Equitism/Equitism-entry.htm) _http://www.equitarian.org/Equitarian/Equitarian-entry.htm_ (http://www.equitarian.org/Equitarian/Equitarian-entry.htm) _http://www.equitist.org/Equitist/Equitist-entry.htm_ (http://www.equitist.org/Equitist/Equitist-entry.htm) What I find so refreshing about this group's promises is, especially, its promise to not only NOT work to take state power for ITSELF and its Members, but, if a government committed to the equitarian programme does comes to power -- a result for which the Advocacy Group pledges to work -- the Advocacy Group promises to stay completely OUT of that government, and to work to check tendencies to the abuse of its power within that new government. See: _http://www.equitist.org/Equitist/InternalAffairs/InternalAffairs.htm_ (http://www.equitist.org/Equitist/InternalAffairs/InternalAffairs.htm) Preamble, point 4. Another aspect of this group's theory that I like -- whether I end up agreeing with it or not - is their clear articulation of the new Social Relation of Production that they see as the successor to the presently-dominant Social Relation Of Production, i.e., to the Capital-relation. They call this new Social Relation of Production the [Generalized] Equity-relation, and they derive it as one having a dialectical, aufheben self-negation relationship to the Capital-relation. On this, see, for example -- _http://www.equitism.org/Equitism/Theory/PoliticalEconomicDemocracy/PoliticalE conomicDemocracy.htm_ (http://www.equitism.org/Equitism/Theory/PoliticalEconomicDemocracy/PoliticalEconomicDemocracy.htm) [be sure to copy the complete, multi-line URL into your browser in order to reach this essay]. Finally, I appreciate -- again, whether I end up agreeing with it or not -- this group's clear articulation of what they conclude to be the essence of Marx's critique of Capital's political-economy, namely, what Marx called the economic law of motion of modern society. On this, see, for example -- _http://www.equitism.org/Equitism/Theory/PoliticalEconomicLawOfMotion/Politica lEconomicLawOfMotion.htm_ (http://www.equitism.org/Equitism/Theory/PoliticalEconomicLawOfMotion/PoliticalEconomicLawOfMotion.htm) The theoretical roots of this group seem to be mainly Marxian, but the Group seems to transcend, and to critique, both today's "Left" and today's "Right" ideologies. For more on this, see -- _http://www.equitism.org/Equitism/Theory/HeartSoulOfMarxianTheory/HeartSoulOfM arxianTheory.htm_ (http://www.equitism.org/Equitism/Theory/HeartSoulOfMarxianTheory/HeartSoulOfMarxianTheory.htm) _http://www.equitism.org/Equitism/Theory/TowardsAStrategyForHumanity/TowardsAS trategyForHumanity.htm_ (http://www.equitism.org/Equitism/Theory/TowardsAStrategyForHumanity/TowardsAStrategyForHumanity.htm) [be sure to copy the entire, two-line URL into your browser to get to any of the linked texts listed above]. This Advocacy Group also seems to transcend the antinomy of Revolution versus Reform, holding that its equitarian reforms are what might be called revolutionary reforms -- reforms that, if adopted, would drive the adopting society through a revolutionary transformation, beyond capitalism, to Political-ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY. It would be interesting to know what this Marxian Theory/Praxis Group thinks about this new approach to the social revolutionary transition to Political-ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY. Regards, Miguel P. S. I found out about this new org. via a dialectics site I have been keeping an eye on -- _http://www.adventures-in-dialectics.org/Adventures-In-Dialectics/Adventures-I n-Dialectics-entry.htm_ (http://www.adventures-in-dialectics.org/Adventures-In-Dialectics/Adventures-In-Dialectics-entry.htm) via the preface to the latest article posted there -- _http://www.adventures-in-dialectics.org/Adventures-In-Dialectics/MetaMonadolo gy/MetaMonadology-entry.htm_ (http://www.adventures-in-dialectics.org/Adventures-In-Dialectics/MetaMonadology/MetaMonadology-entry.htm) -- in the following opening passage: "What this text addresses, in toto, is the '''psycho-historical''',cognitive revolution that F.E.D. is offering. It's deeper title, then, should be: Announcing a Cognitive Revolution, Necessary Precursor to Humankind's Self-Liberatory Self-Transformation Beyond the Capital- Relation as Predominant Social Relation of Re-Production of Modern Society. As I state at the outset of Part II of this text, I believe that experience with compact, explicit dialectical models; with the 'algorithmic dialectics' and the 'dialectical algorithmics' of, e.g., the Q categorial ideography, can help to catalyze, in the 'experiencer', a cognitive revolution. It can help to catapult that experiencer [deeper] into '''the dialectical operations stage of adult human cognitive development'''. That, at least, has been my experience. I also hold that such a revolution in cognition, diffusing in widening waves, rippling throughout the global populace, is prerequisite to a successful, liberatory transition to the higher polity — to the political-economic democracy — of 'democratic- communist' society, i.e., to the 'externality-equities based economic democracy that F.E.D. advocates [for more on this, see _http://www.equitism.org_ (http://www.equitism.org/) ]." **************Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001) _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
