Re: [Marxism] • Lawrence & Wishart: independent radical publishers

2014-04-25 Thread Jon Flanders
ghted translation or no? Jon Flanders On 4/25/14 8:56 PM, michael yates wrote: Can comrades explain to me what is so outrageous about the publisher's defense of its actions? I really would like to know. I think it probably has something to do with workers across the world with no access t

Re: [Marxism] Mahdi Amel, the Arab Gramsci.

2014-03-05 Thread Jon Flanders
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Posted this to our socialist study group. Thanks Jon On 03/05/2014 10:21 AM, Pr

[Marxism] Open Letter from a Boeing worker and member of Rosie's Machinists 751

2014-03-03 Thread Jon Flanders
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == : When I look back at these last few months I have experienced a range of e

[Marxism] Open Letter from a Boeing worker and member of Rosie's Machinists 751

2014-03-02 Thread Jon Flanders
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == When I look back at these last few months I have experienced a range of emot

[Marxism] Video's on Police Misconduct in Troy, New York

2014-03-01 Thread Jon Flanders
=9tCHs7RUClc&feature=youtu.be Racism exposed in a small New York upstate town, looking to attract gentrifiers. Jon Flanders Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mai

Re: [Marxism] Will Boeing Workers Nix Givebacks in Forced Re-vote? | Labor Notes

2014-01-01 Thread Jon Flanders
l be a big Vote NO rally tomorrow, the second vote on the contract re-opener will be on Friday. Its something to watch and learn from. Jon Flanders Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options

Re: [Marxism] Ed Schultz doubles down: “I am not gonna get bamboozled by reporters” - Salon.com

2013-12-14 Thread Jon Flanders
ing like a little class struggle, even at MSNBC, to make clear who stands for what. Jon Flanders On Sat, 2013-12-14 at 08:07 -0500, Louis Proyect wrote: > == > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when reply

Re: [Marxism] Lose the Lawn

2013-08-12 Thread Jon Flanders
; areas of the lake where weeds actually dampen the waves. The problem of water use is not limited to the Southwest. Jon Flanders On Mon, 2013-08-12 at 09:47 -0400, Louis Proyect wrote: > == > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all

Re: [Marxism] Edward Snowden never crossed border into Russia, says foreign minister | World news | guardian.co.uk

2013-06-25 Thread Jon Flanders
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Hollywood once a upon a time made a pretty good comedy along these lines. A movie ca

Re: [Marxism] The Merchants of Shame » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

2013-06-02 Thread Jon Flanders
ing to a message. > == > > > So when the "real" issues pick up, sexist crap and straw arguments designed > to avoid discussing it will assume their "rightful" place as mere trifles - > great! >

Re: [Marxism] The Merchants of Shame » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

2013-06-02 Thread Jon Flanders
ebb in the USA, thus there is time for factional sniping. When it picks up again, most of the people involved will be on the same side of the barricades. Jon Flanders On Sat, 2013-06-01 at 16:41 -0400, Michael Smith wrote

[Marxism] Meeting to form a Capital District Socialist Group

2013-05-06 Thread Jon Flanders
tly a group of veterans willing to set aside historical disputes. It remains to be seen if we can attract the next generation. Jon Flanders https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55598895/cdsg/capdistsocmission.pdf The introduction to the mission statement The growing and intractable proble

Re: [Marxism] Law school is a sham - Salon.com(What about "saving the world"?)

2013-04-07 Thread Jon Flanders
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Law schools force-feed their ‘lawyers save the world’ nonsense to the proto-lawyers,

[Marxism] "The Politics of Immigration" with Jane Guskin: The James Connolly Forum, Feb. 15, 2013 : Video

2013-02-18 Thread Jon Flanders
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqGfhvjlYpw Jane Guskin is co-author with David Wil

[Marxism] Save the Dates: Upcoming James Connolly Forums in Troy, NY

2013-01-20 Thread Jon Flanders
m/u/55598895/magdoff.pdf Note: due to wanting to eliminate potential conflict with another group using the Oakwood Community Center, forums will now start at 7pm rather than 7:30pm Jon Flanders Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.eco

[Marxism] Labor Party discussion blog and corrected video link to Mark Dudzic's talk

2012-12-21 Thread Jon Flanders
://www.thelaborparty.org/blog/ and here is a working link to the James Connolly Forum talk Mark Dudzic gave on this subject. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUvdpi98mjY Audio malfunction on the first try, my apologies. Jon Flanders Send list

[Marxism] Labor Party Time? Not Yet: Mark Dudzic's Talk at the James Connolly Forum and article(with Katherine Isaac)

2012-12-20 Thread Jon Flanders
still must be asked: will labor, as a social movement, be stronger in four years than it is today? Will the lives of working people be better or more secure?. full article is posted at these two locations right now. In light of current developments a critically important discussion. And watc

Re: [Marxism] Chavez says cancer has returned, names successor (Nicolás Maduro)

2012-12-09 Thread Jon Flanders
ng their oil revenue to build as many nuclear power plants as they can. This being the way we can save the planet. :) Jon Flanders Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.uta

Re: [Marxism] Eric Foner letter on Lincoln

2012-12-01 Thread Jon Flanders
: > == > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > == > > > On 12/1/12 5:11 PM, Jon Flanders wrote: > > So Lincoln was a product of his

Re: [Marxism] Eric Foner letter on Lincoln

2012-12-01 Thread Jon Flanders
se are Lincoln's words--posted as a comment on my blog: So Lincoln was a product of his times? You can find "anti-Semitic" quotes from Marx too. What matters is what Lincoln did, not what he "thought." Jon Flanders Se

Re: [Marxism] Eric Foner letter on Lincoln

2012-12-01 Thread Jon Flanders
the stick one way, McPherson the other. With co-workers saying that the film made them want to know more about US history, I'm happy, whatever the Hollywood liberalism inevitable in it. I'll see the movie tonight I hope. Jon Flanders ___

Re: [Marxism] Eric Foner letter on Lincoln

2012-12-01 Thread Jon Flanders
"Who Freed the Slaves", James McPherson comes down quite persuasively to my mind on the crucial role that Lincoln played in emancipation. He is critical of the self emancipation thesis. Worth reading Jon Flanders sent from my nook Send

Re: [Marxism] Immanuel Wallerstein on US Elections

2012-11-19 Thread Jon Flanders
anley particularly stands out as a union insurgent attempting to lead his union in a new direction. He was a key speaker at the Labor Notes conference this year in Chicago and he brought a number of rank and filers with him there. Jon Flanders On Mon, 2012-11-19 at 07:17 -0700

Re: [Marxism] The State of the Unions

2012-11-10 Thread Jon Flanders
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Good piece by Mike Elk. You have some understanding out there Michael. Jon