[Marxism] Distorting the Molotov-Ribbentrop treaty

2009-08-26 Thread Thomas Campbell
Unfortunately, Lara, it is has also become almost impossible to breathe in the suffocating atmosphere of current Russian state propaganda, of which Comrade Zyuganov's press release is an example. It would have been good if marxistfront had pointed out that the CPRF Central Committee (if not,

Re: [Marxism] Reasons to Read the Grundrisse (was to read)

2009-08-26 Thread Lüko Willms
Dogan Gocmen (dgn.g...@googlemail.com) wrote on 2009-08-26 at 11:57:24 in about Re: [Marxism] Reasons to Read the Grundrisse (was to read): Marx's project for the critique of political economy It starts with his first work *Zur Kritik der politischen Ökonomie* which properly translated

[Marxism] The Mafia and academia

2009-08-26 Thread Louis Proyect
(Well over 10 years ago, a friend who had a tenure-track position in Columbia University's sociology department did not have his contract renewed after Charles Tilly took over the department and began putting his own people into the newly vacated positions. My friend was totally outraged and

[Marxism] Why not tear down Lincoln memorial in Washington [Re: Distorting the Molotov-Ribbentrop treaty]

2009-08-26 Thread Néstor Gorojovsky
Ahem. I am not a member of Zyuganov´s party, nor a defender of Zyuganov´s line. But (I asume Thomas C. is American) the fate of the Lenin mummy, or of the Mausoleum itself is as meaningful to Russian politics as the fate of the Lincoln Memorial is to USAmericans. The day a debate arises on

Re: [Marxism] The Mafia and academia

2009-08-26 Thread farmela...@juno.com
Such phenomena are not confined to Italy as recent news story concerning the PhD bribe scandal among German university professors. See: http://rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/August/25080901.asp Jim F. -- Original Message -- From: Louis Proyect l...@panix.com To:

Re: [Marxism] Reasons to Read the Grundrisse (was to read)

2009-08-26 Thread Lüko Willms
Dogan Gocmen (dgn.g...@googlemail.com) wrote on 2009-08-26 at 13:56:41 in about Re: [Marxism] Reasons to Read the Grundrisse (was to read): No, the proper translation from German would be About the critique of political economy, or On the critique of political economy Well, on is one

Re: [Marxism] Israeli Organ Theft Story Lacks Guts

2009-08-26 Thread Paul Flewers
A debunking of this tale, 'Baseless Organ Theft Accusations Will Not Bring Israel to Justice', appears at http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10730.shtml . 'The fact that Bostrom did not offer evidence for his organ theft claims has given Israel an enormous propaganda gift. Because he

[Marxism] Labourstart appeal

2009-08-26 Thread Greg McDonald
On June 18th, 2008 LabourStart sent out its first tweet. Initially we were using the microblogging service Twitter primarily as a way to send text messages for free to mobile phones. When Twitter stopped that feature (at least in the UK), we stopped using the service. But three months ago we

[Marxism] Marxist Social Theory of Classical Music

2009-08-26 Thread Donal Ó Cófaigh
Can anyone point me to a marxist analysis of the various trends, eras and composers in Classical music. I think I read somewhere that one of the Frankfurt school produced such a work but can't find it online. I found a few decent articles by Alan Woods but little else. I'm open to all

Re: [Marxism] Marxist Social Theory of Classical Music

2009-08-26 Thread Ian Pace
From: Donal Ó Cófaigh dona...@hotmail.com I would also be interested in any works which open up the art to criticisms of eurocentricism. I forgot to answer this - the literature here is quite vast, but again mostly written from a liberal perspective. Amongst the best earlier writings you

[Marxism] James Petras strikes again :-(

2009-08-26 Thread Nestor Gorojovsky
Mensaje original I have no way to confirm what follows, since the person who told me this story is dead. But it was the most reliable source anyone can get. So that here it goes. Some twenty or twenty-five years ago, I think, Jorge Enea Spilimbergo met James Petras at a local

[Marxism] Thomas Frank

2009-08-26 Thread Louis Proyect
Here's Thomas Frank of What's the Matter with Kansas fame giving Obama advice that he should be more like Harry Truman: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203706604574373000964995482.html In response to the article, I wrote him: Whatever happened to the Baffler radicalism? Giving

[Marxism] Another reason not to buy Microsoft products

2009-08-26 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/26/microsofts-ad-in-poland-p_n_269366.html YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at:

Re: [Marxism] Another reason not to buy Microsoft products

2009-08-26 Thread Bill O'Connor
Louis Proyect l...@panix.com writes: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/26/microsofts-ad-in-poland-p_n_269366.htm Rude. I dropped micros~1 when they dropped OS/2. I used to love their C compiler and Programmer's Work Bench. Never did like any version of Windows, though. -- In

Re: [Marxism] Another reason not to buy Microsoft products

2009-08-26 Thread David McDonald
I hate Microsoft as much as the next person, but I think the odds are good no one from Microsoft had any idea that a Black person had been Photoshopped out of the image in question. These days everyone buys pre-existing photography (stock photography). Some ad agency probably did the

Re: [Marxism] Marxist Social Theory of Classical Music

2009-08-26 Thread Donal Ó Cófaigh
Thanks for those. Always the best place to start - email marxmail! _ See all the ways you can stay connected to friends and family http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/default.aspx

Re: [Marxism] Marxist Social Theory of Classical Music

2009-08-26 Thread Michael Perelman
I just uploaded part of my Invisible Handcuffs concerning classical music. http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/class-and-classical-music/ -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

[Marxism-Thaxis] It takes a fight to win

2009-08-26 Thread c b
It takes a fight to win By Sam Webb It seems clear that the prospects for a bipartisan health care bill are diminishing with each passing day. And as far as I'm concerned that is a good thing. Nothing good, nothing resembling reform could come from bipartisanship in this Congress. The Republicans

[Marxism-Thaxis] What's wrong with eugenics?

2009-08-26 Thread c b
Waistline2 : Shane is a racist CB: In my opinion, based on reading Shane's many posts over the years, his thinking and writing is not racist. ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] What's wrong with eugenics?

2009-08-26 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 8/26/2009 9:47:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, cb31...@gmail.com writes: Shane is a racist CB: In my opinion, based on reading Shane's many posts over the years, his thinking and writing is not racist. Comment What you call racist I call white chauvinist. What I

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] What's wrong with eugenics?

2009-08-26 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 8/24/2009 10:42:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, shm...@pipeline.com writes: nothing worth remembering Shane Mage Comment You asked the question what's wrong with eugenics? . . . not I. You claim that the eugenics movement is a movement for good health and shifted

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] What's wrong with eugenics?

2009-08-26 Thread c b
On 8/26/09, waistli...@aol.com cb31...@gmail.com writes: Shane is a racist CB: In my opinion, based on reading Shane's many posts over the years, his thinking and writing is not racist. Comment What you call racist I call white chauvinist. What I call racist is anyone

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] What's wrong with eugenics?

2009-08-26 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 8/26/2009 12:22:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, cb31...@gmail.com writes: CB: Shane's posts are not racist/white chauvinist. Comment Why the subterfuge? I wrote nothing about Shane's post. I responded to the question: What's wrong with eugenics. Why not still to the

[Marxism-Thaxis] What's wrong with eugenics?

2009-08-26 Thread c b
Waistline2 cb31450 at gmail.com writes: CB: Shane's posts are not racist/white chauvinist. Comment Why the subterfuge ? I wrote nothing about Shane's post. I responded to the question: What's wrong with eugenics. Why not still to the point? ^ CB: I'm replying to where you say Shane is

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] What's wrong with eugenics?

2009-08-26 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 8/26/2009 1:23:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, cb31...@gmail.com writes: His what's wrong with eugenics ? I took as half joking, not to advocate in favor of the well known historically racist eugenics efforts. Not all historical eugenics theories were based on a

[Marxism-Thaxis] Mitch Miller’s part in pop hi story

2009-08-26 Thread c b
Mitch Miller’s part in pop history By Elijah Wald Published: August 21 2009 14:38 | Last updated: August 21 2009 14:38 Record producer Mitch Miller took Rosemary Clooney’s ‘Come On-a My House’ to the top of the pop charts for eight weeks in 1951 In the summer of 1966, Paul McCartney stood

[Marxism-Thaxis] What's wrong with eugenics?

2009-08-26 Thread c b
I of course do not support or advocate for eugenics. Do you? WL. ^ CB: I support genetic engineering that would cure genetically based blindness, cancer, heart disease or other universally recognized diseases. See below CB: I can't say that I subscribe to any old eugenics theories,

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] What's wrong with eugenics?

2009-08-26 Thread Waistline2
I of course do not support or advocate for eugenics. Do you? WL. ^ CB: I can't say that I subscribe to any old eugenics theories, but not all eugenics theories are based on the notion that there are better and lesser races. What is eugenics and the eugenics movement