RE: [L-I] Re: Sacher-Masoch in the Age of Shock Therapy

2001-01-28 Thread Mark Jones
> >Masochism seems like an appropriate psychological accompaniment for > >the transition from communism to capitalism in Russia and the > >Ukraine. The citizens are being screwed so best that they like it > >and continue under the whip of the oligarchs, and receive > >shock-treatment by following

RE: [L-I] The legacy...part 1

2001-01-28 Thread Mark Jones
Mac, where was this published? Reference, please Mark > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Macdonald Stainsby > Sent: 28 January 2001 07:48 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [L-I] The legacy...part 1 > > > Any comments? - Macdonald

Re: [L-I] The legacy...part 1

2001-01-28 Thread Macdonald Stainsby
"reply to article in New Left Review 2, 2000" http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/hafa3/panitch.htm > Mac, where was this published? Reference, please > > Mark --- Macdonald Stainsby Rad-Green List: Radical anti-capitalist environmental discussion. http://lists

RE: [L-I] The legacy...part 1

2001-01-28 Thread Mark Jones
this link goes to a different article! Mark > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Macdonald Stainsby > Sent: 28 January 2001 09:53 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [L-I] The legacy...part 1 > > > "reply to article in New Left Re

RE: [L-I] The legacy...part 1

2001-01-28 Thread Mark Jones
I'm glad Mac posted this Panitch artcle (presumably the intro essay to a recent Soc Register, publication detalils WOULD be welome) and I think that L-I has a raison d'etre as a site dedicated to high-level theoretical debate about the state, and how we analyse and conceptualise it within the pro

Re: [L-I] The legacy...part 1

2001-01-28 Thread Macdonald Stainsby
Damnit...you are right, of course. Trying to multitask left me with none completed. http://www.yorku.ca/socreg/leyspanitch98.html - Original Message - From: Mark Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 2:00 AM Subject: RE: [L-I] The legacy...part

[L-I] (Spanish) Imperialism, rights of the mapuches, Balkanization

2001-01-28 Thread Gorojovsky
The piece I am forwarding contains two parts: a) a presentation, written by an Argentinian progressive, of a request for help from a group of Mapuche indians in their struggle for land against the local landowners and the Chilean government; this presentation raises the issue of whether it is a m

[L-I] FW: DEBATE: (Fwd) Stop the DRC War... (pls circulate)

2001-01-28 Thread Mark Jones
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Dominic Tweedie Sent: 28 January 2001 11:00 To: Patrick Bond Cc: Hugh Macmillan; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DEBATE: (Fwd) Stop the DRC War... (pls circulate) > A warm welcome to Dominic Tweedie (well

[L-I] Critical History of the U.S.

2001-01-28 Thread Alexander Domrin
Hello everybody - That would be extremely appreciated if somebody on this list could recommend the best critical books on the U.S. history (in English). On the U.S. history in general - not just dedicated to some particular events. Were any Russian/Soviet books on the U.S. history translated int

Re: [L-I] Critical History of the U.S.

2001-01-28 Thread Louis Proyect
There is one book that stands head and shoulders over all others: Howard Zinn "People's History of the United States" At 02:39 PM 1/28/01 -0600, you wrote: >Hello everybody - > >That would be extremely appreciated if somebody on this list >could recommend the best critical books on the U.S. his

Re: [L-I] Critical History of the U.S.

2001-01-28 Thread Mine Aysen Doyran
I don't know if it is the best, but Tom Kemp's _The Climax of US Capitalism: The US Economy in the 20th century_ is a very good overview of US capitalism (Longman, 1990) My favorite is, of course, (as always) Kees Van Der Pijl's _The Making of an Atlantic Ruling Class_ (Verso, 1984) It describes

Re: [L-I] Critical History of the U.S.

2001-01-28 Thread Alexander Domrin
Thanks a lot! AD At 04:34 PM 1/28/2001 -0500, you wrote: >There is one book that stands head and shoulders over all others: > >Howard Zinn "People's History of the United States" > >At 02:39 PM 1/28/01 -0600, you wrote: >>Hello everybody - >> >>That would be extremely appreciated if somebody on t

Re: [L-I] Critical History of the U.S.

2001-01-28 Thread Mine Aysen Doyran
Another one from a political economy/history pespective: Lawrence Goodwyn _The Populist Moment: A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America_ (1978, Oxford Press) Mine Mine Aysen Doyran wrote: > I don't know if it is the best, but Tom Kemp's _The Climax of US > Capitalism: The US Economy

Re: [L-I] Critical History of the U.S.

2001-01-28 Thread Alexander Domrin
Excellent! Thank you very much! AD At 04:59 PM 1/28/2001 -0500, you wrote: > >I don't know if it is the best, but Tom Kemp's _The Climax of US >Capitalism: The US Economy in the 20th century_ is a very good overview >of US capitalism (Longman, 1990) > >My favorite is, of course, (as always) Kees

Re: [L-I] Critical History of the U.S.

2001-01-28 Thread Alexander Domrin
Thanks again! Our local library has all those titles. I need to check them out. Best, AD At 05:09 PM 1/28/2001 -0500, you wrote: > >Another one from a political economy/history pespective: > >Lawrence Goodwyn _The Populist Moment: A Short History of the Agrarian >Revolt in America_ (1978, Oxfor

Re: [L-I] The legacy...part 1

2001-01-28 Thread James Paris
Macdonald Stainsby wrote: > > Any comments? - Macdonald A question first: Who are Colin Leys and Leo Panitch? I am not familiar with their history (either that, or I simply cannot recall it at the moment). Comradely; James Paris, MWG-IWC http://www.marxistworker.org/us/ Workers of the World, U

Re: [L-I] The legacy...part 1

2001-01-28 Thread Louis Proyect
At 04:37 AM 1/28/01 -0500, you wrote: >Macdonald Stainsby wrote: >> >> Any comments? - Macdonald > >A question first: Who are Colin Leys and Leo Panitch? I am not familiar >with their history (either that, or I simply cannot recall it at the >moment). > >Comradely; >James Paris, MWG-IWC Leo Pan

[L-I] Llegan los zapatistas a la capital de México el próximo 6 de marzo.

2001-01-28 Thread Tony Abdo
¿YA CUMPLIÓ FOX LAS CONDICIONES DEL EZLN PARA EL DIÁLOGO? ¡NO! Para reiniciar el diálogo el EZLN planteó 3 condiciones mínimas: Primera.- Retiro de Ejército Federal de 7 de las 259 posiciones existentes en Chiapas. Retiraron 4, faltan 3. En estas posiciones la presencia militar intimida, hostiga

[L-I] Cuba on Bush Administration

2001-01-28 Thread Macdonald Stainsby
*UNDER BUSH, CUBA COULD BECOME TARGET OF MOST REACTIONARY US SECTORS Havana, January 27 (RHC) -- Cuban President Fidel Castro has asserted that with the advent of the U.S.'s George Bush administration, Cuba could become the target of the most extremist and reactionary sectors currently celebratin