Nestor wrote: “No seas pelotudo Leonardo”--->approx. "don't be a jerk
Leonardo", but depending on the tone it could be meant truly maliciously, why,
it is what it is...
Despacito Nestor…
I made a claim: saying that the CCP uses capitalism to build socialism prima
facie implies that there i
*Political Islam in the Service of Imperialism*
*By Samir Amin*
All the currents that claim adherence to political Islam proclaim the
"specificity of Islam." According to them, Islam knows nothing of the
separation between politics and religion, something supposedly
distinctive of Christi
Fred writes:
"This provides factual counter-information to the article from Counterpunch
which has been discussed by a number of comrades from the list, in which Alison
Weir claimed, based on a Swedish article, that Israel is systematically
harvesting the organs of Palestinian prisoners."
Th
The tes
Among other things, anti-Semitism has no better ally than the state of
Israel.timony of Ghanem's family -- contradicting Goremberg's version --
shifts the burden of proof decisively. I never denied that the Israeli
regikmr might be doing this.
It will be good if this story -- which seems
On Sep 2, 2009, at 10:01 PM, Fred Feldman wrote:
> Concerning the claim that Israel has been harvesting organs from
> Palestinian
> bodies, Shane Mage wrote:
>
> But this is a *lie*. If it is slander, the response is childishly
> easy: just exhume Ghanem's body and see if any organs are missing.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=105140§ionid=351020202
Family of organ-theft victim wants probe
Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:07:11 GMT
The family of a Palestinian at the center of the organ-theft story in the
Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet has called for a probe into the death of their
son.
The fam
Concerning the claim that Israel has been harvesting organs from Palestinian
bodies, Shane Mage wrote:
But this is a *lie*. If it is slander, the response is childishly
easy: just exhume Ghanem's body and see if any organs are missing.
The refusal of the occupation authorities to do this is pres
brad bauerly wrote:
> ...so how is
> this still a crisis for capitalism? ... I would be
> interested in hearing others opinions on this as well and I think this a
> very necessary and important discussion.
>
As I understand it, we've had a massive devaluation of financial capital
over the past
Nick, a belated thanks for your reply, which provides some valuable context.
Neither of us is in a position to debate these issues in detail, but I'll
make the following general comments.
1. I doubt if the PKI's uncritical support for Sukarno was a tactical
question. I can understand there cou
For those of us who haven't memorized every acronym in every context
under the sun, "BJP" stands for the Bharatiya Janata Party, a
conservative, capitalist Hindu Nationalist party. The "CPM" is the
Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Politicus E. wrote:
> >From the Times of India (29 August 2009):
On Sep 2, 2009, at 6:31 PM, Fred Feldman wrote:
> The following is a short article from the liberal US magazine American
> Prospect by the liberal Israeli journalist Gershom Gorenberg... I am
> highlighting the role that articles, available in full to all list
> members, play in how I carry ou
>From the Times of India (29 August 2009):
"BURDWAN: Arch rivals BJP and CPM on Friday formed an alliance to win
a gram panchayat election in Burdwan
district.
"BJP leader Mala Dhara was made the chief of Purbasthali II gram
panchayat as the 'Jatiya Ganashakti Morcha', an alliance between BJP
and
The following is a short article from the liberal US magazine American
Prospect by the liberal Israeli journalist Gershom Gorenberg. This provides
factual counter-information to the article from Counterpunch which has been
discussed by a number of comrades from the list, in which Alison Weir
claim
Healthcare in India: Features of one of the most privatised systems in the world
September 1, 2009
By Pinaki Chaudhuri, Sanhati
Americans are currently engaged in a fierce debate regarding
healthcare reforms - there is a growing demand for healthcare
insurance coverage for all its citizens. Furthe
--
"In the tender annals of Political Economy, the idyllic reigns from
time immemorial ... the present year of course always excepted."
-- A German refugee, circa 1867 --
http://epoliticus.wordpress.com/
YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when repl
You can have most of those things during an economic contraction-- increased
corporate profits, modest recovery even in GDP, upticks month to month in
output, without, in fact, capital starting another cycle of expanded
reproduction.
It's not just that I don't think there's a recovery, I think
(JAI: Twice as big as the US 'Cash for Clunkers", programs which compel the
destruction of still useful automobiles so as to encourage the purchase of new
ones through taxpayer funded subsidy, the German program (as the US') is but
modified Keynesianism, itself a re-reading of Marx exposition o
This month has been a very good one for leftist documentaries. Joining
“The Cove” and “Crude” are two more films at the Film Forum. The first
is “American Casino”, which opens today. Directed by Andrew Cockburn
(Alexander’s brother) and his wife Leslie, this amounts to a film
version of Matt Ta
"I think the boost
in the US, looking at the new orders in transportation, is probably a
"one-off" event based on the 'cash for clunkers' deals."
S.Artesian can you please elaborate on this. Why do you still feel that
there is no recovery? How do you incorporate the increased productivity and
re
Well, S. Artesian, I don´t understand what you say here below, so that I
can´t tell you if I agree with it or not.
Anyway, I can only say that there WAS a Morgenthau plan for Germany. And
that it was eventually discarded.
S. Artesian escribió:
> And while we're at it, while we're passing out th
Bookforum is great. They linked to one of my articles a few months ago and
virtually single-handedly doubled our traffic.
Admitedly the double of 150 isn't very much :)
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Louis Proyect wrote:
> I already posted a couple of articles from this outstanding magazine
And while we're at it, while we're passing out the bromides, let's not
forget the kudos to the USSR, which, despite the devastation executed by
the Nazis -- a devastation from which the USSR despite strenuous efforts was
never to fully overcome-- the USSR in its victory, and in its desire to
c
Lüko Willms escribió:
>
> In China an independent force had conquered state power
> in 1949, and lead a socialist revolution in the subsequent years to 1953,
> although a very deformed socialist revolution. But without that, the current
> progress in China would have been impossible. China wou
So here we have LW's reasons to be cheerful. The Chinese nation is being
strengthened, it is recovering from the Japanese invasion. It is throwing
off the legacy of imperialist domination. And how is it doing this? Did
China do these things in the period 1949-1979, when it was considered th
Bush's Third Term?
You're Living It
By David Swanson
It sounds like the plot for the latest summer horror movie. Imagine, for
a moment, that George W. Bush had been allowed a third term as
president, had run and had won or stolen it, and that we were all now
living (and dying) through it. With
New Orders
New orders for manufactured durable goods in July increased $7.8 billion or
4.9 percent to $168.4 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This
was the third increase in the last four months and the largest percent
increase since July 2007. This followed a 1.3 percent June de
I don't really see a problem with the long posts. Yesterday, for example,
DNRath posted a simply extraordinary, and long, article on shipbreaking in
India. The list will be poorer without these types of contributions.
Speaking of contributions, several days ago in discussing railroads and
d
Hi All
Please find below links to new videos uploaded to Direct Action Films
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Les wrote:
2009/9/1 Les Schaffer :
>
> i can think of two or three solutions to this problem...
>
> 1. a separate companion list for news and forwards
>From my standpoint, this proposal is utterly without value. My comments on
the list often, and even usually take the form of comments on articles
If this is some kind of plebescite, then I also cast my vote very
strongly with Patrick, for the inclusion in most cases of full text of
an article rather than just an url. Frankly, sending mere urls are a
waste of good comrades' time, and I agree that this is much more a
problem for comrades o
Louis Proyect (l...@panix.com) wrote on 2009-09-01 at 10:18:57 in about
[Marxism] A Depression sized event:
quoting an article by a Rob Sewell, who in turn quotes "Business Week":
> The article continues, "To become profitable,
> according to Michelle Hill of consulting firm Oliver Wyman, U
full:
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090831_hedges_pittsburgh_g20_defiance/
Go to Pittsburgh, Young Man, and Defy Your Empire
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