[Marxism-Thaxis] Sharpening class contradictions

2002-01-20 Thread Karl Carlile
The future portends intensified class struggle. Capitalism over the past ten years or so has produced a technological revolution in its means of production involving the transformation of information technology. Over the same period it has succeeded in recomposing the working class. This has led

[Marxism-Thaxis] Sharpening class contradictions

2002-01-21 Thread Charles Brown
Thaxis was the first list I was on. So, I want to express a word of virtual thanks to this cybersection as it goes the way of all virtual flesh. Thanks to Rob and my other Thaxis comrades :>) Workers of the World , go for it ! Peace in ! Charles >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/21/02 05:41AM >>> O

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Sharpening class contradictions

2002-01-20 Thread rws
G'day Thaxists, Karl was chided elsewhere for his claim that: > Together with sustained attacks on the working class growing capitalist > contradictions will tend to generate increased inter-imperialist > rivalry. Such rivalry developing into conflict can explode into > inter-imperialist war in

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Sharpening class contradictions

2002-01-20 Thread bantam
G'day all, I'd written, > Or shall we wrap the old list up and slip her quietly into the > dustbin? Well, I think the eloquent silence with which this was greeted can't be ignored. If no-one on the list nominates for the position of list moderator within the week, I shall have to let Hans know

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Sharpening class contradictions

2002-01-21 Thread Jim Farmelant
On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 04:28:40 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > G'day all, > > I'd written, > > > Or shall we wrap the old list up and slip her quietly into the > > dustbin? > > Well, I think the eloquent silence with which this was greeted can't > be > ignored. If no-one on the list nominat

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Sharpening class contradictions

2002-01-21 Thread Hugh Rodwell
Jim F writes re doom & gloom scenarios for the list just as the world is regrouping (my brief comments below): >That raises the issue lie this once thriving list has seemed to have >slipped into senescence and may well be ready to die a natural >death. Long time subscribers may recall that this

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Sharpening class contradictions

2002-01-21 Thread davidb
Revolutionary greetings fellow thaxists, Before everyone heads off, a belated revolutionary new year good wishes to Rob, James, Hugh and Charles and anyone else who's still watching. I agree with Hugh that the virtual demise of this list is a symptom of the healthy revival of class struggl

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Sharpening class contradictions

2002-01-21 Thread bantam
G'day all, First of all, I fear I may accidentally just have rejected Dave Bedggood's very worthwhile post in a frenzy of rejecting commercial spam. If so, sorry Dave. Feel free to send it again. And a happy new year to you, too, mate. Now, to Hugh, who wrote: > This to me indicates the pola

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Sharpening class contradictions

2002-01-21 Thread bantam
Oh, I see Dave's post did finally get through. Anyway, yesterday I asked Jim Farmelant if he'd be interested in giving moderation a shot, and he has kindly agreed to throw his hat in the ring. I see today that Karl Carlile is prepared to have a go, too. I do think Thaxis has a promisingly varie

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Sharpening class contradictions

2002-01-21 Thread bantam
Hugh wrote: " ... even good old Dagens Nyheter, the neo-liberal Swedish daily, has informed us that Marx is back in the ring, and you can't discuss world events and developments without him." So, rather less surprisingly, is LMD - I can't do this justice, but it argues today's economic dynamics,