Excellent question, Jim, for me personally! I'm trying to figure out HOW to integrate marxism with an event like 9-11. I don't have an answer yet.
Keep in mind that the RESEARCH is quite open to marxism that is NOT structuralist. It is even open to non-marxist work but which is consistent with class analysis -- as the homepage says. Yes, I myself took and take Althusser seriously, but I don't define myself around Althusserian structuralism (perhaps that was accurate a decade or two ago). Paul Z. *************************************************************** THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF 9-11-2001, P.Zarembka, ed, Elsevier, 2006 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PZarembka/volume23.htm *************************************************************** On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Jim Devine wrote: > Paul, what is the link between structuralist (or Althusser-inspired) > Marxism of the sort that usually gets published in RESEARCH IN > POLITICAL ECONOMY and 911 conspiracy theory? > > On 6/13/06, Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >All, > > > > > >I ran into this new article by a pilot who is also an aeronautical > > >engineer. It is entitled "The Impossibility of Flying Heavy Aircraft > > >Without Training". I had read the print version and then found it on the > > >web at: > > > > > >http://www.venusproject.com/ethics_in_action/911_Impossible_Flying_757.html > > > > > >There are various ways in which people have become skeptical of the > > >official story of 9-11. This particular article asks you to consider what > > >it would be like to actually experience taking over a 757 or 767 and > > >getting to your chosen target. I hadn't really thought about it before > > >and found the article thought-provoking. > > > > > >Hope you find it worthwhile. Paul Z. > > > > > >*************************************************************** > > >THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF 9-11-2001, P.Zarembka, ed, Elsevier, 2006 > > >http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PZarembka/volume23.htm > > >*************************************************************** > > > > The politics behind this is wacky. The implication is that the conspiracy > > involved both the hijackers and the pilots. The article claims that the > > pilot of the plane that flew into the Pentagon was a burly combat veteran > > who could have handled the hijackers with relative ease. If that's the > > case, then you must logically conclude that he was part of the mission. > > > > Ridiculous. > > > > -- > > > > www.marxmail.org > > > > > -- > Jim Devine / "Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliché, > resonant with boredom. On few topics is an American audience so > practiced in turning off its ears and minds. And none can say that the > response is ill advised." -- John Kenneth Galbraith > > >
