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>> But the fact is that James Madison and the American founders were very big on the idea of checking power. It's remarkable that, in this day and age, that very crucial aspect of their thought is simply neglected across the "respectable" political spectrum.<< ML Comment Madison was "the man" and father of "the Bill of Rights," which I understand to mean "the Bill of Rights of Citizens," counterpoised to serfs, slaves and colonial subjects, willing to assert their rights as citizens. All of us in our past 10 generations have experienced at least two of these categories if not all three. I understand Madison to have written about a third of the Federalist Papers - which I have still to read, but from what I do understand and believe, "the Bill of Rights" in America express what Marx called "the struggle of the bourgeois and proletariat takes place in the democratic Republic." "We" - revolutionaries, can champion the Bill of Rights as a "specialty group cause" established for that purpose from a collectivist lens of public property. In our representative form of government where the President is head of government and head of state, concentrating political authority in the executive branch is at the expense of the legislative and judicial branch. This means an added impulse to the police state or as it is called, political fascism. Not being funny or anything, your self sacrifice and years of training, study and writings on these matters is a benefit to all. Ever think about a pamphlet from a Marxist lens? I would raise money for such, featuring Madison and the meaning of political democracy. Ain't nobody in this country a damn serf or slave. We free proletarian citizens. I commit to an initial donation toward such a pamphlet $300 in the here and now. I would love something under the heading: "Third American Revolution." This is of course your call, and the donation stands period. WL. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
