[Marxism-Thaxis] UNIONS MUST MOVE LEFT -- THEY HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE

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[Marxism-Thaxis] WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE AN ATHEIST IN THE BIBLE BELT

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[Marxism-Thaxis] So what

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[Marxism-Thaxis] An anti-imperialist perspective

Date: Tues, Jun 23 2009 12:45 pm by Julio The passages below are from an old (mid 1970s) document. Some list members will recognize the author. If you don't and are interested in locating the source, please e-mail me off-list. (Between * designates Italics from the author. Between _ design

[Marxism-Thaxis] Why Oprah Deserves to Be Rich and the Wall Street moguls notRalph

Dumain Why Oprah Deserves to Be Rich and the Wall Street Moguls Deserve... by Jed Diamond Posted March 14, 2009 http://www.thirdage.com/today/giving-back/why-oprah-deserves-to-be-rich-the-wall-street-moguls-dont?utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl_community-connections_20090319&utm_campaign=thirdage

[Marxism-Thaxis] Babel's dawn

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Babel's

when did human mothers become so social they trusted others to hold their babies? They trusted midwife/sisters to catch the baby when it  was born, which is holding the baby. So, somebody else  held the baby before the mother did. The notion of possession and "ownership" and individuality o

[Marxism-Thaxis] Administration unveils financial system overhaul

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[Marxism-Thaxis] sarkozy-under-pressure-as-millions-take-to-streets-

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Notes on an Orientation to the Obama Presidency

Notes on an Orientation to the Obama Presidency by Linda Burnham http://alainet.org/active/29144&lang=es The election of Obama, while enthusiastically embraced by most of the left, has also occasioned some disorientation and confusion.   Some have become so use

[Marxism-Thaxis] Read the big four to know capital ’s fate

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Man the hunted

Non-profit Charity Promotes Altruism as Key to Man's Evolution and Well-Being ST. LOUIS, March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Anthropedia Foundation has teamed with the National  Science Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, and Washington University Center fo

[Marxism-Thaxis] Babel's dawn

http://www.babelsdawn.com/babels_dawn/ A Tale Without Episodes Radio transmitters provide a misleading metaphor for speech.  They encourage the notion of a signal that must be encoded and then decoded rather than an active tool whose meaning comes from where it directs one's attention. The pie

[Marxism-Thaxis] Babel's dawn note

http://www.babelsdawn.com/babels_dawn/   The Group and the Individual are mutually dependent. Is there a way to talk about the whole as a unit, or must we choose between them whenever we talk about social change? This blog’s long-time emphasis on the role of cooperation and community  in human e

[Marxism-Thaxis] Fictitious capital and the transition out of capitalism - Loren Goldner

Subject: Fictitious capital and the transition out of capitalism - Loren Goldner Fictitious capital and the transition out of capitalism - Loren Goldner Submitted by libcom on Nov 17 2005 An exploration of the growing fictitious dimension of the economy and its implications for class stru

[Marxism-Thaxis] Stirner, Feurbach, Marx and the Young Hegelians - David McLellan

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[Marxism-Thaxis] The US Financial System is Effectively Insolvent

 Meaning , what ? Its firms can't pay their debts ? depression = stag-deflation CB The US Financial System is Effectively Insolvent     by Nouriel Roubini Forbes.com (March 05 2009) For those who argue that the rate of growth of economic activity is turning positive - that economies are co

[Marxism-Thaxis] As capitalism stares into the abyss, was Marx right all along? ( Yes)

Does a bear s___ in the woods ? ^^ Stephen King: As capitalism stares into the abyss, was Marx right all along? We may avoid a 1930s Depression but the best we can hope for may be a 1990s Japan Monday, 2 March 2009   http://us.mg204.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.partner=sbc&.rand=c27i56kobk3ja

[Marxism-Thaxis] What is the Crisis About? Fictitious Capital or the Destruction of Wealth?

What is the Crisis About? Fictitious Capital or the Destruction of Wealth? michael perelman This short essay briefly describes the financial side of my interpretation that the crash reflected a disconnect between the underlying investment in the economy and it

[Marxism-Thaxis] rah, rah team fight

Waistline2 Communists do not have separate demands from various   segment of the working class. IN fact it is these real world demands  that   creates the line of march. Here is how Marx and Engels defined  the task and role  of communists. ^^^ CB: So, stop talking about a communist polari

[Marxism-Thaxis] rah, rah team fight

Comment In what relation do the  Communists stand to the proletarians as a whole? The Communists do not form a separate party opposed to the other  working-class parties. They have no interests separate and apart from those of the proletariat as  a whole. They do not set up any sectarian p

[Marxism-Thaxis] Obama gets high marks in the latest NEWSWEEK poll,

It's the People vs the Business class. Which side are you on ? CB ^^^ Newsweek Honeymoon In Hell Amid all the gloom, Obama gets high marks in the latest NEWSWEEK poll, with the GOP in the doghouse. Michael Hirsh Newsweek Web Exclusive Despite the tumbling economy,  Barack Obama cont

[Marxism-Thaxis] A Backlash Against Obama's Budget ; which side are you on

There's a big class battle brewing. Which side are you on ? http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_11/b4123016507664.htm BusinessWeek BusinessWeek Exchange Search all of BusinessWeek.com: NEWS MarBusinessWeek BusinessWeek Exchange Search all of BusinessWeek.com: NEWS March 5

[Marxism-Thaxis] Obama opens up stem cell work, science inquiries

Obama opens up stem cell work, science inquiries By SETH BORENSTEIN and BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writers Seth Borenstein And Ben Feller, AP – President Barack Obama signs an Executive Order on stem cells and a Presidential Memorandum on scientific … WASHINGTON – From tiny embryonic cells t

[Marxism-Thaxis] Obama says US may reach out to Taliban

at aol.com Waistline2 at aol.com Obama Says US May Reach Out to Taliban   http://news.aol.com/article/obama-afghanistan-taliban/373693   CB:If I was Obama , I'd say to the Taliban "look bros, obviously, you  are some bad motherfuckers  because even Alexander c

[Marxism-Thaxis] Are you really a champion of the poorest sectors of the

 ...Waistline2 at aol.com Waistline2 at aol.com Sat Mar 7 14:46:29 MST 2009 * Previous message: [Marxism-Thaxis] Are you really a champion of the poorest sectors of the ... * Next message: [Marxism-Thaxis] Are you really a champion of the poorest sectors of the ... * Messages sor

[Marxism-Thaxis] Which side are you on ?

The real issue is over concentrating on "private sector jobs" - as   government spending or socially necessary means of life. The pouring of  trillions of dollars down the rabbit hole of modern speculative finance is  designed to starve the workers of these needed funds. ^ CB: Well, yeah,

[Marxism-Thaxis] Are you really a champion of the poorest sectors of the

 ...Ralph Dumain Charles lost his mind a long time ago. But he has gotten really bad in recent months. After you have partaken too much of what the CP is serving, you get the itis. A lot of words are wasted wrangling in sectarian environments. ^^^ CB: Ah Ralph has been caused to take up t

[Marxism-Thaxis] Obama says US may reach out to Taliban

Obama Says US May Reach Out to Taliban http://news.aol.com/article/obama-afghanistan-taliban/373693 CB:If I was Obama , I'd say to the Taliban "look bros, obviously, you are some bad motherfuckers  because even Alexander couldn't conquer y'all, or was it that Alexander was the only one who co

[Marxism-Thaxis] How Cash Starved States Can Create their Own Credit

How Cash Starved States Can Create their Own Credit by Ellen Brown Global Research (March 03 2009) "He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator". --- Francis Bacon On February 19 2009, California narrowly escaped bankruptcy, when Governor Arn

[Marxism-Thaxis] Are you really a champion of the poorest sectors of the ...

Waistline2 The issue is always "what is wrong" rather than "who is wrong." Labeling people "haters" . . . "left haters," who do not support Obama the   person and the Obama presidency in a country where the working class is so and   "devisive and sectarian" tha

[Marxism-Thaxis] weather in Detroit

Yea, its kind of nice down here in Florida . .  .76. WL. ^^ CB : My bad. When you said you hated the weather in Detroit, I thought you were in it visiting. (smile) In a message dated 3/6/2009 3:23:39 P.M. Eastern  Standard Time, cdb1003 at prodigy.net writes: Man, I hate the   weath

[Marxism-Thaxis] Are you really a champion of the poorest sectors of the working class ?

  This penning away about how much Obama is doing for the working class for  extending unemployment benefits is blind to all those workers who cannot receive such benefits. Further, we have many precedents in the past concerning extension  of unemployment benefits, even under the Bush W. regim

[Marxism-Thaxis] weather in Detroit

Man, I hate the  weather in Detroit. WL. ^ CB: In the ex-motor city,it's been a really cold winter, with record snow, but today it's like spring ! Feels good ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your opti

[Marxism-Thaxis] Work Ethic 2.0: Attention Control

http://www.internetnews.com/commentary/article.php/3793561 Work Ethic 2.0: Attention Control Commentary: A person who works with total focus has an enormous advantage over a workaholic who's "multi-tasking" all day, answering every phone call, constantly checking Facebook and Twitter, and indulg

[Marxism-Thaxis] Work Ethic

Marxism in the Realm of Necessity as negation of the attitudes toward work in the classical European period I happened to read the below and it occurred to me that a lot of Marx's fundamental concepts on work and labor are almost simple negations of the attitudes toward them in the European cla

[Marxism-Thaxis] FOXP2 and the Evolution of Language

FOXP2 and the Evolution of Language Alec MacAndrew   Introduction  This article addresses the history and the significance of the discovery of the relevance of FOXP2 in the development of speech. It is a remarkable scientific detective story that has been in the making for some time.  In its earl

[Marxism-Thaxis] Human language gene's origin not as recent as thought

This implies that language originated earlier in human evolution than thought. CB http://www.babelsdawn.com/babels_dawn/ The Neanderthal genome includes the human version of the FOXP2 gene. In my most recent post on that finding (see: Narrowing Down the Suspects) I said: The original dating of

[Marxism-Thaxis] Capitalism, Socialism and Crisis

OK . . . fair enough. Maybe later. It was so bad I was embarrassed to actually comment on it. WL. ^^ CB:  You haven't been too embarrassed to post bad stuff yourself in the past. When did you get to be so sensitive ? (smile) ___ Marxism-Thax

[Marxism-Thaxis] Finance Capitalism Hits a Wall

Finance Capitalism Hits a Wall The Oligarchs' Escape Plan By MICHAEL HUDSON The financial “wealth creation” game is over. Economies  emerged from World War II relatively free of debt, but the 60-year global run-up has run its course. Finance capitalism is in a state of collapse, and marginal  

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Language of Looting

What "Nationalize the Banks" and the "Free Market" Really Mean in Today's Looking-Glass World The Language of Looting By MICHAEL HUDSON "Banking shares began to plunge Friday morning after Senator Dodd,  the Connecticut Democrat who is chairman of the banking committee, said in an interview wi

[Marxism-Thaxis] Capitalism, Socialism and Crisis

 Waistline2 at aol.com  Capitalism, Socialism and Crisis By Prabhat Patnaik   _http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/8201/_ (http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/8201/) is one of the worse, if not the worst economic analysis, I have

[Marxism-Thaxis] Obama , getting money to the working class pronto

Obama , getting money to the working class, pronto 3/3/09 Notice of Certain Benefits Unemployed Workers May Be Eligiole For Under the Economic Stimulus Package. 1)Extra $25 per week in unemployment benefits 2)Period for Collecting Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extended 3)Partial  (first $2

[Marxism-Thaxis] Capitalism, Socialism and Crisis

Capitalism, Socialism and Crisis By Prabhat Patnaik   http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/8201/  Original source: People's Democracy (India) A common view of the current financial crisis of capitalism holds  that it is essentially an aberration. Some attribute this aberration to

[Marxism-Thaxis] symbols edited from Marxism

Waistline2 Marxism/T list 3/02/09 index. Decoded. 2nd level.   ^ Wow !!! That's what I call real proletarian poetry. A definite chapter in the new Ballad for Americans. You go bro , the workers' T.S. Eliot John Henry Did you send it to the other lists ? ___

[Marxism-Thaxis] Obama: The brother from another planet

Waistline2 Waistline2 Obama as a "uniter" is an interesting Marxist approach. ^ CB: Marxist as in Workers of all nations and races , unite ! ^ Perhaps if all of  us was raised by a white parent and white  grandparents, we too would be "uniters." ^ CB: Makes sense. It wou

[Marxism-Thaxis] James Petras' critique of the Communist Manifesto

James Petras' critique of the Communist Manifesto * To: pe...@xxx, marxism-internatio...@xx, cm15...@xxx * Subject: James Petras' critique of the Communist Manifesto * From: Louis Proyect * Date:

[Marxism-Thaxis] John Bellamy Foster interview on the financial crisis

http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/foster270209.html ___ 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

[Marxism-Thaxis] Massacre of Chilean students in Florida panhandle

[Marxism] Massacre of Chilean students in Florida panhandle * Subject: [Marxism] Massacre of Chilean students in Florida panhandle * From: "Joaquin Bustelo" * I guess xenophobic murder is becoming so common in the United States it's become a dog-bites-man non-story -- at least for t

[Marxism-Thaxis] Black History Month 2009 Change and continuity 6/end

Waistline2 Obama as a "uniter" is an interesting Marxist approach. ^ CB: Marxist as in Workers of all nations and races , unite ! ^  Perhaps if all of  us was raised by a white parent and white grandparents, we too would be   "uniters." ^ CB: Makes sense. It would engender  need

[Marxism-Thaxis] Evgeny Pashukanis

Evgeny Pashukanis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Evgeny Bronislavovich Pashukanis (February 23, 1891[1] – 1937) was a Soviet legal scholar, best known for his work The General Theory of Law and Marxism. Contents[hide] * 1 Early life and October Revolution

[Marxism-Thaxis] Lenin's discussion of monopoly and speculation

Brown http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/ch01.htm “Even in the purely economic sphere,” writes Kestner, “a certain change is taking place from commercial activity in the old sense of the word towards organisational-speculative activity.

[Marxism-Thaxis] Black History Month 2009 Change and continuity: 6/end

Barack Obama wonderful book, "Dreams from My Father," is the immigrant  story, a black immigrant, rather than the history of the Negro People, and his  acute awareness of this living history accounts for his unique and individual  ability to cross the color line. When Obama writes, "My identity

[Marxism-Thaxis] Black History Month 2009 Change and continuity: 4

The huge mass that was once dubbed the reserve army of labor, was called  such precisely because it was a reserve to be thrown into the battle for  production during peak period of production. No level of production and  consumption today can throw this huge mass of labor into the production pr

[Marxism-Thaxis] Definition of symbolic

Another crucial element is that human language is symbolic: the sound of words (or their shape, when written) bear no relation to what they represent.[64] In other words, their meaning is arbitrary. That words have meaning is a matter of convention. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture#Biologic

[Marxism-Thaxis] Black History Month 2009 Change and continuity: 4

The most noteworthy aspect of taking the "high road" is that Obama can appear, and probably believes he is, totally nonpartisan, bipartisan, or whatever, CB: Well isn't he ? That's basically what you say here. all along being forced to take more liberal or social democratic measures to

[Marxism-Thaxis] Black History Month 2009 Change and continuity: The election of Barack Obama 1

Now that American society is undergoing a profound revolution in the society machinery ^^^ CB: What is the evidence and argument that _society_ is going through a profound revolution in machinery ? What characteristics of today's new machinery make the revolution _profound_ in comparison with

[Marxism-Thaxis] Black History Month 2009 Change and continuity: The election of Barack Obama 1

The new antagonistic form of wealth is capital as a notional (imaginary) value or wealth as valueless production. CB: Is it a new form ? Marx noted ficticious capital. Or is it that a new proportion of total profits and capital is in the fictitious capital sector. __

[Marxism-Thaxis] Black History Month 2009 Change and continuity: The election of Barack Obama 1

Our society is breaking down. This break down is material and ideological. Barrack Obama was called forth as President Obama to "fix what is broken." All the Kings horses and all the Kings men can put our society back together again; at least on the old basis. Herein lays the rub. CB:

[Marxism-Thaxis] Black History Month 2009 Change and continuity: The election of Barack Obama 1

Ralph:Yes, this is a crossroads . . . a conjuncture of the election of the first black president and a major crisis of capitalism. Those two facts are interdependent, interrelated, and quite important, but I've yet to see an insightful elucidation of the nature of that importance. Decisive in t

[Marxism-Thaxis] Symbols as unique in human learning (was Forward from Rosa Lichtenstein)

In this famous passage, Marx distinguishes human labor from that of animals by the existence of imagination, plan and purpose. This fits with the very interesting wikipedia article on culture, which claims that human children's learning in imitation of adults is focused on learning the intent and

[Marxism-Thaxis] Putting The Social Back Into Language : Marx, Vološinov and Vygotsky reexamined

Putting The Social Back Into Language: Marx, Vološinov and Vygotsky reexamined Marnie Holborow Dublin City University Studies in Language & Capitalism 1, 2006: 1 – 28 [Studies in Language & Capitalism is a peer-reviewed online journal that seeks to promote and freely distribute interdisciplinary

[Marxism-Thaxis] Symbols as unique in human learning (was Forward from Rosa Lichtenstein)

This subsection of the wikipedia article on culture, brings in the concept of symbols as a distinguishing characteristic of human culture. This author distinguishes imitative from emulative Using "imitative" differently than I have been using it. Emulative would be "monkey see, monkey do." The

[Marxism-Thaxis] Forward from Rosa Lichtenstein

This article does not raise the issue of symbols. It turns on imitative learning. But my anaylsis assumes that animals can imitate - monkey see, monkey do. It is symboling that they can't do. They can't understand the concept of representation; or at least not abstractly enough to do it tens of tho

[Marxism-Thaxis] Forward from Rosa Lichtenstein

Also, do you think other animals have an ability to use language across generations? It has been noted how groups of animals within a species will display their own 'culture'. CJ CB: My opinion on this is that the examples of animals having culture that are given are not "really" culture

[Marxism-Thaxis] Forward from Rosa Lichtenstein

CB: On your comments below, notice I said language and culture. Material culture might be thought of as the products of "gestures". In my hypothesis , the nature of symbols as the use of something to represent something it is not is critical. The critical communication is not between living humans

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Did the Soviet state whither away ?

x27;t > > form of capitalism ? > > > -Original Message- > From: marxism-thaxis-boun...@lists.econ.utah.edu > [mailto:marxism-thaxis-boun...@lists.econ.utah.edu] On > Behalf Of Charles > Brown > Sent: 23 February 2009 14:06 > To: marxism-thaxis@lists.econ.uta

[Marxism-Thaxis] Did the Soviet state whither away ?

CB, you a damn lawyer, why do I have to write this and continuously explain the most elementary understanding of the Marxist approach to the state!!! ^^^ Waistline, I'm willing to discuss this with you but , you know, _on the surface_ at least, your discussion doesn't have the appearance of a c

[Marxism-Thaxis] Forward from Rosa Lichtenstein

Interesting that Rosa should mention Lamarckianism in this context, as I have argued that culture and language give humans a Lamarckian-like adaptive mechanism. Culture and language , symboling, allow inheritance of acquired, extra-somatic , characteristics. CB The 'Lamarckian' Origin Of Speec

[Marxism-Thaxis] Did the Soviet state whither away ?

Ralph Dumain Total idiocy, delusional nonsense, senseless gibberish, from first word to last. CB: This is wishful and lazy "thinking" a childish , whining "critique", because you can't make a good argument. You are stumped, trumped and checkmated. Pitiful really. You should be embaras

[Marxism-Thaxis] Did the Soviet state whither away ?

Phil Walden I would agree with Jim F that present day Russia is some form of state capitalism. On the nature of the former Soviet Union I think it was none of the alternatives offered by Jim (and by Trotskyism in the post-war period). It was a bureaucratic bourgeois state in which a surplus was

[Marxism-Thaxis] Did the Soviet state whither away ?

I agree that these are the classical Marxist-Leninist theory, definitions, schema and order of the process, but I'm thinking that actuality, actual history, the concrete truth of this may not "go down" in as linear a fashion, as the a,b,c,1,2,3 of the theory. This would be applying Marx and Engel

[Marxism-Thaxis] Review of Sokal's "Beyond the Hoax"

Ralph Dumain I thought Proyect hated Sokal. ^ CB: I don't know about that. I think he doesn't hold much truck with post-modernism ^ The review is hardly brilliant but it is to the point. I am sure Sokal got all his information about India from Meera Nanda, who has written numerous b

[Marxism-Thaxis] Sokal: law as a heuristic for natual science

Hoax and Reality Jerold Touger Suppose I am asked to pick a number from 1 to 99,999,999,999. I claim to have a method for getting it right on the first try despite seemingly insuperable odds. If I then proceed to do so, it gives my claim enormous credibility. If others claiming the same me

[Marxism-Thaxis] Review of Sokal's "Beyond the Hoax"

[Marxism] Brilliant review of Alan Sokal's "Beyond the Hoax" To: arch...@xx Subject: [Marxism] Brilliant review of Alan Sokal's "Beyond the Hoax" From: Louis Proyect Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Did the Soviet state whither away ?

[Marxism-Thaxis] Did the Soviet state whither away ? > To: cdb1...@prodigy.net, marxism-thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu > Cc: marxism-thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu > Date: Sunday, February 22, 2009, 12:53 AM > On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:35:43 -0800 (PST) Charles Brown > writes: > &g

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Did the Soviet state whither away ?

--- On Sun, 2/22/09, Jim Farmelant wrote: > Well in Russia the state renationalized most > of the energy industry several years ago. > Putin, as president, went a long way towards > reestablishing the leading role of the state in > the management of Russia's economy. The > state is a major s

[Marxism-Thaxis] Did the Soviet state whither

What is socialism? ^ CB: Abolition of private property in the basic means of production. ^ ...we could start or continue our conversation having a clear and Communist understanding of socialism in this particular moment. What do you think? Let me know if you are interested so we coul

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Did the Soviet state whither away ?

--- On Sat, 2/21/09, Jim Farmelant wrote: > From: Jim Farmelant > > The Socialist Workers Party (USA) has long been insistent > that Russia remains a kind of "workers state." > Their formulations > strike me as nutty, but I think that they have stumbled on > to > a facet of post-Soviet lif

[Marxism-Thaxis] Did the Soviet state whither away ?

http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2009/02/social-collapse-best-practices.html Someone named Orlov says in the essay linked above: When the Soviet system went away, many people lost their jobs, everyone lost their savings, wages and pensions were held back for months, their value was wiped out by h

[Marxism-Thaxis] unemployment

http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn02132009.html Every president since Reagan, particularly Clinton, has jimmied the unemployment criteria to produce an undercount. The actual number for the two months is nearer one and three quarter million. The actual total unemployment rate, according to s

[Marxism-Thaxis] In Defense of Washington and Wall Street

In Defense of Washington and Wall Street Robert Fitch 1. The Crisis of 2007-2008 THE VERY ELDERLY ARE PRONE TO FALL. And unlike infants who also tumble frequently, each time seniors stumble, they risk a disabling or even a fatal injury. On August 9th 2007, after an unparalleled quarter centur

[Marxism-Thaxis] Guatemala apologizes to Cuba for Bay of Pigs

Fox 40 KTXL TV/DT Sacramento Guatemala apologizes to Cuba for Bay of Pigs By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ HAVANA (AP) — Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom apologized to Cuba on Tuesday for his country's having allowed the CIA to train exiles in the Central American country for the 1961 Bay of Pigs invas

[Marxism-Thaxis] Up and out of poverty, now

> The Marxist reform solution for getting > us out of crisis depression is up and out > of poverty ,now ! Unrestrict the > consumption of the masses ! Careful CB, Republicans and Democrats will think you have a type of Socialist Tourette's syndrome. But wait, I feel a few of my own ejaculatory

[Marxism-Thaxis] Ukrainian workers occupy a farming machinery plant

http://red-news.livejournal.com/1462.html Ukrainian workers occupy a farming machinery plant ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: h

[Marxism-Thaxis] Up and out of poverty, now

The Marxist reform solution for getting us out of crisis depression is up and out of poverty ,now ! Unrestrict the consumption of the masses ! CB ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe

[Marxism-Thaxis] Alain Badiou

Ruthless Critic of All that Exists : Full: Alain Badiou's book on Sarkozy reveals the philosopher's own advocacy of change based in reality, which is beginning to displace the old 'new philosophy' of Bernard-Henri Lévy et al By Christopher Bickerton >Fr

[Marxism-Thaxis] Freedom: from the kingdom of necessity to the kingdom of freedom

y of class society will be no longer imposed The freedom of communism will in part be that ideas, thought, human will, conscious planning rather than material necessity will guide action and activities. Humans will be able to do what they will and want, that is be free. On Sat, 2/14/09, Charles

[Marxism-Thaxis] Insert for Locus of material necessity in human society and history

I didn't finish these thoughts in what I posted CB The Second Thesis on Feuerbach - the test of theory is practice - is also rooted in or expresses the determination of ideas by material practice, "practical- critical , revolutionary,activity" (from the First Thesis on Feuerbach) Theory, a system

[Marxism-Thaxis] Derivatives

Derivatives http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/a-list/2009w06/msg00016.htm by Warren E Buffett, Chairman and CEO >From the Chairman's Letter of the 2002 Annual Report of Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated. "Charlie" is Mr Buffet's partner, Charles T Munger, Vice Chairman of Berkshire. Charlie

[Marxism-Thaxis] kingdoms of necessity and freedom

--- On Sat, 2/14/09, Charles Brown wrote: > From: Charles Brown > Subject: kingdom of necessity > To: cdb1...@prodigy.net > Date: Saturday, February 14, 2009, 8:31 PM > From Anti-Duhring > > With the seizing of the means of production > by society, production of &g

[Marxism-Thaxis] Locus of material necessity in human society and history

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[Marxism-Thaxis] socialism icon needed

Ralph Dumain Aside from the hammer-and-sickle, and photos of Marx or other iconic figures, what other emblem of socialism can you think of? ^^^ CB: The color red. red flag ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To

[Marxism-Thaxis] Douglass and Feuerbach

Ralph D: And here's an atheist treat: Letter to Ludwig Feuerbach from Ottilie Assing about Frederick Douglass http://www.autodidactproject.org/other/dougls1.html ^ CB: Cool , Ralph ! ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.e

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From Anti-Duhring With the seizing of the means of production by society, production of commodities is done away with, and, simultaneously, the mastery of the product over the producer. Anarchy in social production is replaced by systematic, definite organization. The struggle for individual

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Charles Brown Althusser says: "In 1845, Marx broke radically with every theory that based history and politics on an essence of man. This unique rupture contained three indissociable elements. (1) The formation of a theory of history and politics based on radically new concepts

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CB: In Althusser's terms, ^^^ CB: As far as I know, Althusser doesn't say what I say below. It is an extension, by me, of Althusser's basic argument in his famous essay beyond what he says. I believe Althusser concludes that there is no "humanism" in the mature Marx. I am disagreeing with Althu

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From Anti-Duhring With the seizing of the means of production by society, production of commodities is done away with, and, simultaneously, the mastery of the product over the producer. Anarchy in social production is replaced by systematic, definite organization. The struggle for individual e

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