[Marxism] Nepal- New Peoples Movement?

http://maobadiwatch.blogspot.com/2009/10/nepal-new-peoples-movement-imminent.html * The Maoists have now announced an extensive protest program- which is not just an idle threat, but have announced their intention to blockade the seats of government

Re: [Marxism] [GreenLeft_discussion] Nepal- New Peoples Movement?

Since the Maoists joined the "democratic" mainstream - reversing their initial refusal to accept the declaration of abdication by King Gyanendra on April 24 2006 and subsequently forswearing armed insurgency - the principal axis around which Nepal's politics is revolving is not the drafting of the

[Marxism] Public Option:Insurance Industry’s Trojan Horse

http://unsilentgeneration.com/2009/10/27/public-optioncarpers-folly/ Public Option:Insurance Industry’s Trojan Horse October 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment As I suggested yesterday, the latest reincarnation of the public option, endorsed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, in all probability will

[Marxism] Party and Capital (Re: Molyneux's "On party democracy")

(Originally addressed privately to the ISJ, I have re-edited and published this brief critique of Molyneux publicly here on account of my utter lack of faith in the ISJ publishing it. Also, everyone should read Proyect's critique, if only for the Vulcan "pon farr" (spelling?) reference. AH! I la

Re: [Marxism] Party and Capital (Re: Molyneux's "On party democracy")

Max Clark wrote: > Also, everyone should read Proyect's critique, if only for the Vulcan "pon > farr" (spelling?) reference. AH! I laughed and laughed. --St. Max) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pon_farr Pon farr (pronounced [poʊn fɑr]) is an element of the fictional Star Trek universe that occ

Re: [Marxism] Animal Liberation and Socialism

If the question of the "human" is such a outré fad then why can I cite near endlessly from Marx with regards to it? E.g., from his critique of St. Max in the German Ideology: 'The positive expression "human" corresponds to the definite relations predominant at a certain stage of production and

[Marxism] Is Turkey Leaving the West? (from "Foreign Affairs")

I have recently subscribed to Foreign Affairs, which costs only $20 a year including access to the their website which includes much material from the influential (more so these days than in the first five years of Bush) Council on Foreign Relations. At any rate, despite the URLs I "helpfully" pro

Re: [Marxism] John Molyneux on party democracy

He is an interesting article on “Democratic Centralism” by Prof. Javeed Alam. An active debate is underway in the Indian Left on the relevance of so-called ‘principles of party discipline’ which were attributed to Lenin. Lenin’s Democratic Centralism has to be understood in the proper historical c

Re: [Marxism] Animal Liberation and Socialism

What makes it clear for me that animal liberation is un-marxist is how the approaches these people take to the question are completely moralistic and not based on materialism. So for instance I'm sympathetic to arguments about how conditions of life for farm animals lead to actual dangers for pe

[Marxism] Ruling class uniting to defeat public option

of Eastman Kodak Co (EK.N) and head of the Business Roundtable's health initiative. "We believe it is the wrong direction for fixing our health care system." Full: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091028/bs_nm/us_usa_healthcare_employers YOU

[Marxism] Devastating "Free Market" Reforms Imposed on Serbia

> Centre for Research on Globalization > October 28, 2009 > > Devastating "Free Market" Reforms Imposed on Serbia > > by Gregory Elich > > A dozen years ago, neoliberal political forces took power in Serbia, > promising a radical transformation of the economy. Today, deep into that > transfor

[Marxism] book reviewer wanted

Socialism and Democracy is looking for someone to review THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF COMMUNISM by Michael Brown. This is a very difficult, but important book that we'd like to find a reviewer for. Brown's treatment of Communist historiography crosses the disciplines of sociology, history, philosophy a

Re: [Marxism] Animal Liberation and Socialism

To lower the temperature a bit, it's interesting that you mentioned how adrenaline originally taken from horse donors can now be artificially synthesized. Although, we may not like to think in terms that transcend the class struggle, I do think some of the issues related to animal welfare may be

[Marxism] [SANHATI] India: A Sensible & Democratic Alternative to the Proposed Military Offensive

f.y.i. -- The government’s proposal for large-scale military offensive in Central and parts of Eastern India has been opposed by democratic minded people from across the world. Democratic sections of civil society in India have called for an immediate halt to the government’s military off

Re: [Marxism] Superfreakonomics is dead on arrival

A little perspective is in order. The author got a very favorable (fawning) reception on the Daily Show last night, which has a lot bigger impact than Huffington Post or whereever else he's being trashed. DOA? I'll believe it when I see it. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blog

Re: [Marxism] Is Turkey Leaving the West? (from "Foreign Affairs")

The articles Louis and I submitted from Foreign Affairs and the New York Times signal a much higher sense of alarm among the US policy-makers over the Erdogan government's course. I think we should be prepared for a new attempts at an open or de facto military coup -- perhaps with a substantial urb

Re: [Marxism] Is Turkey Leaving the West? (from "Foreign Affairs")

Don't you think the condition of the economy in Turkey, the decline in real wages, might have something to do with such "urban middle class cover" "secularism," "women's rights"? I don't doubt the US or Nato "alarm," but 1) the bourgeoisie, and petty bourgeoisie, and military of Turkey are qui