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I am entirely opposed to the L&W resort to the law and to their claims to exclusive control over the output of Marx and Engels--as I am to Pathfinder's claims over the writings of Trotsky. That said, the temptation they faced on this has to be very strong. Opening these to library subscriptions will provide a whopping amount of money and an ongoing source of income. It's easy to see how institutional thinkers could go for this. I raise this point because periodically the idea that institutional interest in radicalism generally and Marxism in particular is a sign that "our idea are getting a hearing." Rather, I'd suggest that institutions like universities exist to establish a kind of hegemony over such discussions and define them into rather harmless dead ends. This current problem simply represents another aspect of this. ML ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
