Re: [Marxism] Source of Rosa Luxemburg Quote?
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 16.01.2014 05:56, Vince Garton wrote: == Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == The original German quote seems to be slightly different, 'Wie Lassalle sagte, ist und bleibt die revolutionärste Tat, immer ›das laut zu sagen, was ist‹.' (literally 'As Lassalle said, it is and remains the most revolutionary act to always "say loudly what is"').I've found two places which trace it to the 1906 essay 'In revolutionärer Stunde: Was weiter?', in Gesammelte Werke, vol. 2, p. 36, but I have no means of checking that at the moment. Hope that's of some help at any rate. I can confirm that this is the source of the quote - I have the volume in front of me as I write. There is no note to the text saying where Lassalle said it. Einde O'Callaghan Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] US: no arms to FSA while fighting ISIS because ISIS might get the arms!!
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == It gets more ridiculous by the day. Here's how it goes. According to the US: 1. From the beginning: We can't provide arms to the FSA because they might get the extremists (ie al-Qaida linked groups Jabhat al-Nusra and ISIS) 2. Also from the beginning: The extremists are getting too strong so we might have to think about maybe providing some very limited light arms to some vetted moderate FSA groups if they're very good to fight the extremists, or balance them 3. Also from the beginning: But we don't do (2) anyway, because of (1). (Though eventually we kindly provide some ready-meals, night goggles, flak jackets, radios and nice speeches, sometimes) But also because, as we admit sometimes, we hate all of the rebel groups, as none of them serve our (or Israel's) interests (eg, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey http://blogs.reuters.com/david-rohde/2013/08/22/a-moment-of-truth-in-damascus-and-washington). (And of course, because in reality, for the US all the stuff about worrying about "extremists" is just code for hostility for the entire popular revolutionary process in Syria, including the most democratic and secular https://www.facebook.com/RadioFreeSyria/posts/284206428400250?comment_id=1359188) 4. From about late 2012: But we might still think about perhaps maybe giving a few light arms to some very very very good FSAers if they will drop the fight against Assad and instead turn themselves into a full-scale sawha force to fight the extremists first (http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/americas-hidden-agenda-in-syrias-war) From late 2012 and through all 2013: FSA rejects this cynical US call for surrender and suicide for over a year. But then over that year, in practice, it more and more does fight the extremists simply because these extremists attack the FSA in the back, and because the FSA goes to the aid of Syrian people when they resist theocratic repression, first by JAN and then more so by ISIS. But still none of that gets any US or western arms, because the FSA still prioritises fighting the regime, keeping its fight with JAN and ISIS mainly defensive. Not good enough. Beginning 2014: Al these attacks in the back and theocratic repression by ISIS, combined with popular pressure from the masses, force the FSA to decide to turn their ongoing battle with ISIS into a full-scale offensive to destroy ISIS, the most dangerous, murderous and extremist wing of the jihadist fringe. They decide to do this in their own time, based on their own analysis of the balance of forces and the needs of the revolution at the moment, rather than do the bidding of US imperialism. But still, even if late, and based on their own decision making, it is what the US has been demanding all along, isn't it? So how does the US react: 6. Beginning 2014: Now we can't provide arms to the FSA because if we give them arms while their fighting the extremists, the extremists might get their arms! "Also bolstering the regime is the caution of some rebel backers like the U.S. to boost assistance to moderate groups battling ISIS until the fighting in northern Syria ends. Some rebel groups such as the Syrian Revolutionaries Front, or SRF, hope their involvement in leading the fight against ISIS could reinvigorate waning international support for their cause, opposition members said. But the opposition's attempts to drum up U.S. support for the SRF in recent weeks haven't gained as much traction as they had hoped. The opposition recently extracted one SRF commander from the battlefields of northern Idlib province, where he was fighting ISIS, to meet with U.S. government officials in Istanbul. The commander, Jamal Marouf, appealed for help in arming the SRF. In the meeting, U.S. officials said they worried that if they sent arms to the SRF, they could fall into ISIS hands, said opposition officials with knowledge of the meeting." And "the left" still echoes the lying imperialist media in calling the FSA "western-backed rebels". MK Fighting Among Rebels Boosts Syrian Regime Assad's Forces Benefit From Northern Conflict Between Opposition, al Qaeda-Linked Group http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303819704579318732940300704?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303819704579318732940300704.html Jan. 13, 2014 5:28 p.m. ET The Assad regime appears to be capitalizing on the chaos of rebel-on-rebel fighting in northern Syria, while recent amateur footage purports to show intense bombing around the capital. Via The Foreign Bureau, WSJ's global news update. (Photo: AP) The Assad regime is gaining ground as it takes advantage of infighting between Syrian opp
Re: [Marxism] Source of Rosa Luxemburg Quote?
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == The original German quote seems to be slightly different, 'Wie Lassalle sagte, ist und bleibt die revolutionärste Tat, immer ›das laut zu sagen, was ist‹.' (literally 'As Lassalle said, it is and remains the most revolutionary act to always "say loudly what is"').I've found two places which trace it to the 1906 essay 'In revolutionärer Stunde: Was weiter?', in Gesammelte Werke, vol. 2, p. 36, but I have no means of checking that at the moment. Hope that's of some help at any rate. Yours Vincent Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Drugs, Diamonds, International Intrigue — You Won't Believe Two Hollywood Producers' Crazy Backstory | Features | Los Angeles | Los Angeles News and Events | LA Weekly
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Drugs, Diamonds, International Intrigue — You Won't Believe Two Hollywood Producers' Crazy Backstory by Gene Maddaus Thursday, Jan 2 2014 Remington Chase and Stefan Martirosian should be on top of the world. In the last two years, they have produced a dozen films, including Lone Survivor, starring Mark Wahlberg as a Navy SEAL fighting for his life in Afghanistan. Two years ago, no one in the industry had heard of them, but now they mingle with A-list stars. By their own estimate they have become the biggest independent financiers in the business, plowing $100 million in cash into production, plus another $200 million in bank loans. In the week before Christmas, just before the premiere of Lone Survivor, they're having coffee at Urth Caffé in Santa Monica — and sitting down for their first in-depth interview. But Chase and Martirosian aren't here to talk about the bravery of the Navy SEALs or about working with Peter Berg. Instead, they want to quash a story about their pasts. And no wonder. Their backgrounds include convictions for cocaine trafficking; ties to the Russian oil business, the Armenian government and the African diamond trade; and stints as federal informants. Most disturbing are allegations that they orchestrated a contract killing in Moscow — allegations that the Moscow police took seriously enough to investigate. full: http://www.laweekly.com/2014-01-02/news/remington-chase-stefan-martirosian/ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Source of Rosa Luxemburg Quote?
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Or perhaps it was a mistranslation. Have you checked for Rosa quotes in the original German? thanks for this. great exercise. Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Letter from the US: Bad times for Big Brother
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == A major rift has developed in the ruling class over the revelations by Edward Snowden of the huge spying by the NSA of every American and hundreds of millions worldwide. On December 16, Richard Leon, a conservative federal judge appointed by George W. Bush, ruled that the vacuuming up of phone “metadata” of US citizens was most likely a violation of the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution’s prohibition of unreasonable search and seizure. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/55619 -- “Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is humanity’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.” — Oscar Wilde, Soul of Man Under Socialism “The free market is perfectly natural... do you think I am some kind of dummy?” — Jarvis Cocker Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Why calling for “diplomatic solutions” stabs the Syrian Revolution in the back
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 1/15/14 10:01 PM, Andrew Pollack wrote: Below is a link to an article I just posted as a Facebook note. It's too long to paste in its entirety here (about 8 pages in Word), so not sure what to do for non-FBers. https://www.facebook.com/notes/andrew-pollack/why-calling-for-diplomatic-solutions-stabs-the-syrian-revolution-in-the-back/10201086363313303 If you are not on Facebook, you can read it here: http://louisproyect.org/2014/01/16/why-calling-for-diplomatic-solutions-stabs-the-syrian-revolution-in-the-back/ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Why calling for “diplomatic solutions” stabs the Syrian Revolution in the back
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Below is a link to an article I just posted as a Facebook note. It's too long to paste in its entirety here (about 8 pages in Word), so not sure what to do for non-FBers. https://www.facebook.com/notes/andrew-pollack/why-calling-for-diplomatic-solutions-stabs-the-syrian-revolution-in-the-back/10201086363313303 Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] North American ice storm shows extreme weather dangers
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == The ice storm that struck central and eastern Canada and northeastern United States, on December 20-22 should be viewed not only an important news event, but also a big climate change story. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/55618 -- “Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is humanity’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.” — Oscar Wilde, Soul of Man Under Socialism “The free market is perfectly natural... do you think I am some kind of dummy?” — Jarvis Cocker Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Source of Rosa Luxemburg Quote?
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == thanks for this. great exercise. i'm sure you've seen the attribututions on the interenet to the rosa luxemburg reader. i don't have that. i've searched most but not all (yet) from the links at this website: http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/ . i used both the search engine and opened almost all of the links. nothing. i'm thinking that if she said it, it was in a letter. if it's a ruse, it's clever. a simple search of her works shows she likes the word "loudly". but the idea doesn't really sound like her at all. proclaiming the truth seems more to her a duty than the most revolutionary thing. the quote almost undermines her. - Original Message - From: "Ian Angus" To: "Charles Faulkner" Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 5:49:36 PM Subject: [Marxism] Source of Rosa Luxemburg Quote? == Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == 'The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening.' That sentence, attributed to Rosa Luxemburg, appears in many places on the net, but none that I've found gives an actual source. Can anyone tell me where it can be found in her works? Ian Angus Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/lacenaire%40comcast.net Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Source of Rosa Luxemburg Quote?
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == 'The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening.' That sentence, attributed to Rosa Luxemburg, appears in many places on the net, but none that I've found gives an actual source. Can anyone tell me where it can be found in her works? Ian Angus Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Britain: Terminally ill face being forced to do work experience or lose their benefits
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Terminally ill people face being forced to work to keep their benefits under draconian new Government plans, it was revealed yesterday. Cancer patients who have more than six months to live could have to do work experience or see their payments slashed under the scheme by Work and Pensions Minister Iain Duncan Smith. And unlike fit and healthy job seekers, there will be no limit on how long those claiming Employment and Support Allowance are expected to work for free. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/terminally-ill-face-being-forced-690027#.UtaEW_LLFmM.facebook -- “Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is humanity’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.” — Oscar Wilde, Soul of Man Under Socialism “The free market is perfectly natural... do you think I am some kind of dummy?” — Jarvis Cocker Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] [Jonathan Cook's Blog] Time to turn up the heat on the Nation
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == > > > > http://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2014-01-16/time-to-turn-up-the-heat-on-the-nation/ > > Liberals can sound pretty pathetic when their back is to the wall, and > liberal > Zionists even more so. A case in point is Eric Alterman. > > > > Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Western Saharans condemn EU-Morocco fisheries deal
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Human rights conditions in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara remain dire according to activists, even though the territory is once again open for business to European fishing companies. Despite Moroccan pledges to improve conditions for Western Sahara's indigenous Sahrawi, head of the Sahrawi Centre for Media and Communication Mohamed Brahim said the situation is getting worse under Moroccan rule. “Nothing seems to be improving,” Brahim told *Green Left Weekly* from Laayoune. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/55617 -- “Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is humanity’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.” — Oscar Wilde, Soul of Man Under Socialism “The free market is perfectly natural... do you think I am some kind of dummy?” — Jarvis Cocker Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Pacifica network fifth column on board of directors (from FB)
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On Jan 15, 2014, at 3:30 PM, "Jeff" wrote: > I just want to point out that "anarchism" does not very well apply to the > left-right convergence involved in the Pacifica struggle, or more > generally involving such issues where there is more than a superficial > concurrence between a section of the far right and far left. Or more > specifically, although I'm not there to witness it, I really doubt there > are many people calling themselves "anarchists" who'd be taken in by the > sort of appeal referred to above. Of course the field of "anarchists" is > at least as wide as those calling themselves "Marxist," so this isn't an > absolute statement, but I find that among activists, those sporting the > "anarchist" label are much less likely to be fooled into cooperation with > the right wing than many other leftists I agree with your extended commentary, Jeff. I mainly had in mind not the street activists but the various students, professors, and other dissenting intellectuals I've come across over the years who self-identified as "philosophical anarchists", often to distinguish themselves from that tradition's bomb-throwers and "authoritarian" Marxism. You suggest otherwise, but wouldn't there likely be a fair sprinkling of such gentle anarchists among the "gullible left leaning" Pacifica listeners described in the letter? Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] The Arab world into the unknown — The Arabist
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == May good things come to those who wait But the authoritarianism and malaise of the current period is not the same as that prior to 2011. First, the region has an unprecedented level of awareness. Although its people do not feel able to change anything, all that is changing is doing so in visible ways. The utter incompetence of traditional elites, the vacuity of promises of reform, the final collapse of long-eroding social contracts, the pluralistic nature of societies, the exclusionary character of their political representatives and sectarian instincts are just some of the things on display. People feel confused mostly because they do not want to see realities, not because the region remains as opaque as it once was. Issues are discussed openly, if aggressively. In this sense, a public space has appeared and widened; and no amount of repression seems to be bringing it to a close. Second, the silver lining to the many low- and high-intensity conflicts is that many of them, suppressed for years if not decades, had to play out. Not all will find solutions, let alone lasting ones, but some will. This may offer a refreshing departure from an increasingly intricate and intractable set of deadlocks the region has hitherto found itself hostage to. Third, in this context, the challenging, slowly and painfully, of all the old narratives—pan-Arabist, nationalist, various shades of Islamism, anti-imperialism, “the resistance”—is ultimately positive because none of them work. They are used reflexively to fill a vacuum, to cover up for a lack of program, vision or ethic, and they are constantly belied and undermined by reality. Events, in a sense, are calling every narrative's bluff. Fourth, the region is emerging from a century in which a succession of European imperialism, the Cold War and US hegemony denied it any genuine opportunity to define its own future. It is only just beginning to realise it will have to sort out many of its problems by itself. In 2010 US soft and hard power had reached its nadir after a decade of disastrous war on terror. Foreign interference has left a legacy that will continue to bear down, and meddling from outside will not end entirely, but the trend points toward a more autonomous Arab world. There again, this promises to be slow and painful, but opens up a whole new horizon. full: http://arabist.net/blog/2014/1/14/the-arab-world-into-the-unknown Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Fashion of Žižek
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == http://zizekfashion.tumblr.com/?og=1 Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Pacifica network fifth column on board of directors (from FB)
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On Wed, January 15, 2014 15:34, Marv Gandall wrote: > > [From original post:] >> >> By pandering to the anti-government sentiment of Pacificas >> left-leaning listeners, stressing the legalization of pot and >> opposition to foreign wars, stealth right wing libertarians like Alex >> Jones and Summer Reese count on gullible Pacifica listeners not to >> notice their real agenda. They are careful not to mention their >> obsession with government plans to take away their guns and that we can >> do away with government altogether and have the Koch brothers run >> America. > This is at least the third time I can recall such a struggle to acquire power at Pacifica by an outfit clearly hostile to the political orientation that normally predominates at Pacifica (recognizing that Pacifica involves a diverse group of programmers and listeners with somewhat shared values but nothing like a common political program). Each time, the conspiracy-theorist residing in the back of my mind wants to point to the real evil force behind that attempt, but of course I know to shut him up until some real evidence emerges! But this sounds very serious, and I hope the challenge can be beat back as it was in previous times. I'm really worried this time though, given the disarray of the left in the US (and elsewhere) and in particular the increased strength of what might loosely be called a "left-right" alliance, exactly as referred to by the above quote by Ian Masters. I surely agree with Marv on the essential aspects of this issue and I'm not writing to dispute his post except for his use of one word (but as we know, misuse of a single word can lead to disaster when that word is a label applied to others!). So: > As we know, there's an anti-statist affinity between anarchism on the left > and libertarianism on the right, each of which appeals to today's young > anti-Establishment rebels, particularly in the absence of a mass socialist > movement. I just want to point out that "anarchism" does not very well apply to the left-right convergence involved in the Pacifica struggle, or more generally involving such issues where there is more than a superficial concurrence between a section of the far right and far left. Or more specifically, although I'm not there to witness it, I really doubt there are many people calling themselves "anarchists" who'd be taken in by the sort of appeal referred to above. Of course the field of "anarchists" is at least as wide as those calling themselves "Marxist," so this isn't an absolute statement, but I find that among activists, those sporting the "anarchist" label are much less likely to be fooled into cooperation with the right wing than many other leftists including "Marxists" -- referring in particular to ones I often call "Stalinists," still a very inexact term. The article Marv points to involves the term "Libertarian" which indeed spans right and left. Because of its association with the right, I would always avoid that specific term, but I have no problem with some anarchists or syndicalists who may call themselves "Libertarian Communists." That is NOT a term that any right-wingers would be using! And among the "liberty" issues cited in the article, none really "bring together" right and left in practice, even when there is total agreement, say, on legalizing drugs among both the far-right and left, as opposed to most bourgeois parties. Or the far right's favorite "libertarian" issue of opposing gun laws, so that white racists can arm themselves to the teeth in preparation for the predicted "race war" etc. Even leftists who feel the right to own guns is a big issue (I don't) almost always understand the difference between their concerns and those of the far right. When the Black Panthers armed themselves, I don't recall a single right-winger coming to their defense, nor do I recall panthers joining the NRA to fight for that right. It was two sides coming to a similar position for quite opposite reasons! None of these "liberty" issues actually unite left and right in practice. Rather, where you DO see a blurring of the lines is when it comes to issues involving anti-war and anti-imperialism, promotion of conspiracy theories (usually pointless, except to discredit the government), NSA and government spying on citizens, decrying "globalization" and so-called free-trade deals, anti-zionism -- and also anti-Islam! -- among others. Many of these are legitimate issues of the left but where we can find similar rhetoric on the right. Or more to the point, these are issues that the far right sees will have traction among people in the left constituencies and, I believe, have consciously targeted our base using rhetoric that is barely distinguishable from our own. But again, I do
Re: [Marxism] Pacifica network fifth column on board of directors (fro m FB)
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == We should keep in mind that some of the strongest opponents of the national security state, like Julian Assange and Ed Snowden, characterize themselves as libertarians. Jim Farmelant http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant http://www.foxymath.com Learn or Review Basic Math -- Original Message -- From: Marv Gandall To: farmela...@juno.com Subject: Re: [Marxism] Pacifica network fifth column on board of directors (from FB) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 09:34:05 -0500 > By pandering to the anti-government sentiment of Pacificas left-leaning > listeners, stressing the legalization of pot and opposition to foreign wars, > stealth right wing libertarians like Alex Jones and Summer Reese count on > gullible Pacifica listeners not to notice their real agenda. They are careful > not to mention their obsession with government plans to take away their guns > and that we can do away with government altogether and have the Koch brothers > run America. As we know, there's an anti-statist affinity between anarchism on the left and libertarianism on the right, each of which appeals to today's young anti-Establishment rebels, particularly in the absence of a mass socialist movement which once challenged the traditional governing parties of the centre-right and centre-left for state power. So it's no surprise that Pacifica's more gullible left-leaning listeners might he easy prey for right-wing demagogues. Here's a short piece from the Financial Times from a few days ago discussing the spread of libertarian ideology in the US. Note the writer (correctly) attributes the rise of right-wing populism to the refusal of the Obama administration to utilize the state to relieve the effects of the economic crisis in the manner of its New Deal predecessor in the 30's: "Franklin Roosevelt helped dig people out of misery in the 1930s by providing direct public employment. Mr Obama, on the other hand, has stuck largely to economic orthodoxy. He may have missed a golden opportunity to mould a generation of social democrats. He has also inadvertently fuelled scepticism about the role of government. Mr Obama came to power in 2008 on a surge of voluntarism. He did so in part by appealing to youthful idealism about public service. That now feels like a long time ago. Distrust in public institutions has continued to rise during his presidency most strongly among the youngest generation. The share of voters who identify as independents, rather than Democrats or Republicans, recently hit an all-time high of 42 per cent, according to Gallup." *. *. * How to Sleep Like a Rock Obey this one natural trick to fall asleep and stay asleep all night. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/52d6edbf5fe1b6dbf1f97st01vuc Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] rampant homophobic crackdown in Nigeria
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == http://jonathanturley.org/2014/01/15/nigeria-unleashes-crackdown-on-gays-and-gay-associations-in-the-wake-of-a-new-criminal-law/#more-74636 Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] THE AMISTAD REBELLION by Marcus Rediker AVAILABLE NOW ON VERSO BOOKS
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Yes, Louis, it seemed to me that there wa a similar absence of black agency in Spielberg's Lincoln. But I didn't feel up to making the critique since I avoided seeing the movie.. As I had pointed out in the original article, all this has something in common with the fous on the heroic FBI guys in "Mississipppi Burning." Okay, if you tried to open it with Firefox on a Mac, you might have problems but it opened up immediately with Safari. Great review, btw. You point to the absence of Black agency. Exactly. The same outrage found in "Lincoln". Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/jesse.lemisch%40verizon.net Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] THE AMISTAD REBELLION by Marcus Rediker AVAILABLE NOW ON VERSO BOOKS
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 1/15/14 1:46 PM, Jesse Lemisch wrote: Thaks, Louis. It opens OK on this end. tho takes a little while to fill out. So please try again. If that doesn't work. please indicate another wau to get it to you. Okay, if you tried to open it with Firefox on a Mac, you might have problems but it opened up immediately with Safari. Great review, btw. You point to the absence of Black agency. Exactly. The same outrage found in "Lincoln". Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] THE AMISTAD REBELLION by Marcus Rediker AVAILABLE NOW ON VERSO BOOKS
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == For an earlier reconstruction of the uprising and critque of Spielberg's version, see: Lemisch, "Black Agency in the Amistad Rebellion; Or, You've Taken our Cinque and Gone," in SOULS (Manning Marable, ed., 1999). http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ccbh/souls/vol1no1/vol1num1art6.pdf Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Real World Economics Review
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue66/contents66.htm Secular stagnation and endogenous money Steve Keenpdf2 Micro versus Macro Lars Pålsson Syllpdf12 On facts and values: a critique of the fact value dichotomy Joseph Noko pdf30 Modern Money Theory and New Currency Theory: A comparative discussion Joseph Huberpdf38 Fama-Shiller, the Prize Committee and the “Efficient Markets Hypothesis” Bernard Guerrien and Ozgur Gunpdf58 How capitalists learned to stop worrying and love the crisis Shimshon Bichler and Jonathan Nitzanpdf65 Two approaches to global competition: A historical review M. Shabid Alampdf74 Dimensions of real-world competition – a critical realist perspective Hubert Buch-Hansenpdf80 Information economics as mainstream economics and the limits of reform Jamie Morgan and Brendan Sheehanpdf95 The À capability matrix: GDP and the economics of human development Jorge Buzaglo pdf109 Open access vs. academic power C P Chandrasekharpdf127 Interview with Edward Fullbrook on New Paradigm Economics vs. Old Paradigm Economicspdf131 Book review of The Great Eurozone Disaster: From Crisis to Global New Deal pdf 144 Comment: Romar Correa on “A Copernican Turn in Banking Union”, by Thomas Mayerpdf 147 Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Syria: The Physio | Red Pepper
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Comic strip on dead serious matters. http://www.redpepper.org.uk/syria-the-physio/ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == A group of comrades previously involved in the SWP opposition over recent months met in London on Sunday 12 January. We agreed to start the process of creating a new group for revolutionary socialists in Britain. This is very much a work in progress, and for now the group will use the name of this blog: Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century (rs21). The meeting agreed the launch statement below, after which 115 people elected an 11-person steering group. Watch this space for more details. You can email us at revolutionarysocialis...@gmail.com full: http://revolutionarysocialism.tumblr.com/post/73406060020/revolutionary-socialism-in-the-21st-century Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Two Days in January 1991
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == http://stillhomeron.blogspot.com/2014/01/papa-bush-starts-war.html Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Armond White is Just a Red Herring | The Measure | The L Magazine - New York City's Local Event and Arts & Culture Guide
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Armond's ejection from the organization seems reasonable (if regrettably messy); but does the practice of bestowing honors to films and filmmakers and then hobnobbing with them at ceremonies and industry parties? "Critics should not be in the business of giving out awards," Times critic AO Scott (who's professionally forbidden to belong to any awards-bestowing critics groups) wrote on Twitter, continuing, "Criticism rests on the independence and integrity of the singular voice, and group voting+partying with the winners undermines that." full: http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2014/01/14/armond-white-is-just-a-red-herring Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] West has discussed co-operation with Syria, Damascus claims | World news | theguardian.com
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[Marxism] The real A-Rod scandal: Everything you think about Alex Rodriguez is wrong - Salon.com
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == http://www.salon.com/2014/01/14/the_real_a_rod_scandal_everything_you_think_about_alex_rodriguez_is_wrong/ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Football fans in Australia cry foul over crackdown
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == The corporate media and football (soccer) officials in Australia this summer have launched a hysterical campaign against football fans write Benjamin Solah and Steven Chang in Red Flag. The spectre hanging over all of this is the imposition of law and order politics in the cultural sphere of professional sports. http://enpassant.com.au/2014/01/15/football-fans-cry-foul-over-crackdown/ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
