Re: [Marxism] What makes Arizona's killer just a loner, not a terrorist?

2011-01-13 Thread Jeff Goodwin
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Jay Moore: For what it's worth to this discussion which has probably gone on too

Re: [Marxism] What makes Arizona's killer just a loner, not a terrorist?

2011-01-13 Thread Jeff Goodwin
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Jeff Goodwin jgoodwin@gmail.com wrote: Just a small point: LOUGHNER may

Re: [Marxism] Why Loughner shot Giffords

2011-01-12 Thread Jeff Goodwin
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Some interesting letters to the NY Times, contesting an article by the conservative

Re: [Marxism] Loughner's last close friend said that he ignored TV and talk radio

2011-01-12 Thread Jeff Goodwin
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == It's hard to know what to make of this interview. This kid hasn't talked to

Re: [Marxism] 85 per cent of all drugs produced in Afghanistan are shipped out by US aircraft

2011-01-09 Thread Jeff
the claims prove unfounded. - Jeff Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Marxism] 85 per cent of all drugs produced in Afghanistan are shipped out by US aircraft

2011-01-09 Thread Jeff
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == At 15:54 09/01/11 -0500, Mark Lause wrote: Please elaborate, Jeff. I agree

Re: [Marxism] 85 per cent of all drugs produced in Afghanistan are shipped out by US aircraft

2011-01-09 Thread Jeff
for the McCoy article! - Jeff from the same article, is much more damning: To defeat the Taliban in the aftermath of 9/11, the CIA successfully mobilized former warlords long active in the heroin trade to seize towns and cities across eastern Afghanistan. In other words, the Agency and its local

Re: [Marxism] Careful with Mearsheimer and Co

2011-01-05 Thread Jeff
, Louis properly distanced himself from MW, but he should have just added such a disclaimer when posting it originally. - Jeff Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman

Re: [Marxism] Moderator's note

2010-12-17 Thread Jeff
on a Marxist list I need to look for an economic or workplace issue. You are called the moderator so that you can MODERATE the discussion, not outlaw it! - Jeff Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http

Re: [Marxism] Moderator's note

2010-12-17 Thread Jeff
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == At 17:24 17/12/10 -0500, Louis Proyect wrote: On 12/17/10 4:41 PM, Jeff wrote

[Marxism] Palestinian antisemitism? -- I don't think so!

2010-07-19 Thread Jeff
figures. But whatever nasty things you want to say about feminism, LEAVE THE PALESTINIANS OUT OF IT!!! - Jeff Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive

Re: [Marxism] Palestinian antisemitism? -- I don't think so!

2010-07-19 Thread Jeff
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == At 01:18 20/07/10 +0100, Ian Pace wrote: Calm down Jeff, your response

Re: [Marxism] Palestinian antisemitism? -- I don't think so!

2010-07-19 Thread Jeff
: == Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Well, Jeff, do you really think there's any chance of bringing about some dialogue between Islamic groups - in particular

Re: [Marxism] Palestinian antisemitism? -- I don't think so!

2010-07-19 Thread Jeff
to justify it. - Jeff Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com

[Marxism] Mayday in Rotterdam: police forbid and attack

2010-05-02 Thread Jeff
). But this is held every year more or less without incident, so no one expected it. And I understand that the police also arrested people at the Mayday demo in Nijmegen, so this might signal a crackdown on the left and protesting in NL. - Jeff Send list

Re: [Marxism] Katyn' (not Stalin, not Trotsky)

2010-04-11 Thread Jeff
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == At 16:08 11/04/10 -0400, Louis Proyect wrote: However, I would ask if debating the

Re: [Marxism] militias

2010-03-30 Thread Jeff
was very thoughtful regarding their different issues relative to the state, but again I see that more as superficial talking points rather than as anti-fascist in any actual sense. - Jeff Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set

Re: [Marxism] doubling of maternal deaths

2010-03-14 Thread Jeff
/DeadlyDelivery.pdf - Jeff - Original Message - From: Paula paula_ce...@msn.com According to Amnesty International, US deaths from pregnancy and childbirth have doubled over the past 20 years, so that 'the lifetime risk of maternal deaths is greater in the United States than in 40 other countries

Re: [Marxism] Query on Joseph Wilson (of Niger uranium fame)

2010-02-08 Thread Jeff
at this conference. But the bottom line is that he was or is a CIA agent, and withheld from the public crucial information that would have countered the Bush war drive against Iraq. - Jeff as part of the Africa Utilities 'Power Indaba' Conference (http://www.spintelligent-events.com/power-indaba-2010/en

Re: [Marxism] Moderator's note

2009-12-27 Thread Jeff
Dogan, but liberal isn't one of them!). - Jeff including the reference to Dogan's name in the subject heading. Sayan, like Michael Pugliese, is one of those bizarre personalities who has no existence outside of cyberspace. As such, paying attention to his ravings gives him an importance he

Re: [Marxism] Fw: Dr. Kevorkian

2009-12-16 Thread Jeff
of American vs. European rivalry (or any similar appeal to subconscious nationalism). I wish to dedicate my achievement to the many thousands of transplant candidates who perish every year due to lack of donor organs and the many more denied proper medical care due to inequality. - Jeff P.S. Les

Re: [Marxism] Nazism and the Arabs: a debate

2009-11-25 Thread Jeff
of this list, and I question what's new about the Herf article (and book). Seems like just more of the same Islam-bashing that is used to deflect attention from the crimes of Israel in the present. - Jeff Send list submissions to: Marxism

Re: [Marxism] Comp Help Needed - Reverb In Online Spoken Videos - Cure?

2009-11-10 Thread Jeff
the deep bass!). - Jeff YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com

[Marxism] Black antiwar demo?!

2009-11-08 Thread Jeff
with equal seriousness, rather than waiting 40 years to complain about everything that should have been done differently. - Jeff -- African-Americans slam Obama in White House protest (AFP) – 20 hours ago WASHINGTON — Decrying Barack Obama

Re: [Marxism] Socialism and animal rights

2009-10-26 Thread Jeff
struggles for SPECIFIC rights by SPECIFIC populations suffering SPECIFIC oppression. D'Amato does a good job of deconstructing this pseudo-leftist fad. - Jeff YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions

Re: [Marxism] Large Hadron Collider: Swindle of the Century?

2009-10-19 Thread Jeff
reporters who can hardly be blamed for not spending months/years studying the specific field they're reporting on (especially in an esoteric field like this). And when it is a source with an ideological agenda, forget it! - Jeff YOU MUST clip all

Re: [Marxism] Large Hadron Collider: Swindle of the Century?

2009-10-17 Thread Jeff
on a human mission to Mars (as Bush pushed for). Even sending people to the moon again would cost more than $6 billion (at today's prices), also having almost no scientific value. I hope that help's put the issue more in perspective. - Jeff worldwide was supposed to answer? There are people dying

Re: [Marxism] undocumented

2009-10-04 Thread Jeff
had something to say about it. And if you don't, then quit trying to shoot the messenger. - Jeff YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http

[Marxism] The Power of the State (was: Hate crimes, again)

2009-09-12 Thread Jeff
struggle must be against the actual state, not the legal framework it uses to explain its actions. - Jeff At 14:52 12/09/09 +1200, John wrote: On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 16:27 +0200, Jeff wrote: At 17:48 11/09/09 +1200, John wrote: The article David posted is odious . But the issue of hate

Re: [Marxism] A Different Environmental Threat: Peak Rare Minerals, China, and Green Technology

2009-09-06 Thread Jeff
, and I think that such headlines are alarmist and inaccurate. - Jeff YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman

Re: [Marxism] A Different Environmental Threat: Peak Rare Minerals, China, and Green Technology

2009-09-06 Thread Jeff
At 09:04 06/09/09 -0700, Michael Perelman wrote: Jeff, I agree with everything you said except your point about the word, peak. Mathematically, as long as a fixed supply exists, there will necessarily be a peak point in extraction. Well you've obviously studied the economics of this, but what I

Re: [Marxism] Long posts not allowed??

2009-08-31 Thread Jeff
images). Having put the bandwidth issue to rest, I will also thank Fred for copying all 3 parts of that article into one email, for MY/OUR convenience! - Jeff YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions

Re: [Marxism] Petras strikes again

2009-08-27 Thread Jeff
At 20:10 27/08/09 +0200, Nasir Khan wrote: I welcome Jeff’s comments in response to Petras’ article I had posted. And I welcome your taking the time to respond to my concerns. I will make this rather short, because actually most of what you have written I have no disagreement

[Marxism] James Petras strikes again :-(

2009-08-25 Thread Jeff
of a foreign power. Petras essentially says that, but being a leftist doesn't go so far as to call them disloyal or acting against the interests of the US as is openly charged by right-wing antiwar forces such as Paul Craig Roberts and Jeff Gates, whose columns have also been forwarded to this list

[Marxism] Paranoia over state surveillance

2009-08-23 Thread Jeff
(or even jail time!) in carrying out various tactical activities. I won't get into the broader questions of strategy in dealing with known or suspected infiltrators. But being overly (or underly) paranoid can only be to our detriment. - Jeff

Re: [Marxism] Totalitarianism and Mass Rape

2009-08-05 Thread Jeff
a right to expropriate? Is this all in my head, or do we have a different idea of what constitutes property? - Jeff YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your

Re: [Marxism] Totalitarianism and Mass Rape

2009-08-05 Thread Jeff
Me: Alright, expropriate what? This was a discussion about rape of women. Exactly what does the proletariat have a right to expropriate? Is this all in my head, or do we have a different idea of what constitutes property? - Jeff Your direct response (below) totally misses my point

[Marxism] Rape instinct??

2009-08-05 Thread Jeff
At 16:40 05/08/09 EDT, jscotl...@aol.com wrote: The notion that the Soviet troops would be shorn of the same human base instincts when involved in such a brutal war as any other troops is idealistic in the extreme. I won't even start on this one - Jeff

Re: [Marxism] Rape instinct??

2009-08-05 Thread Jeff
be kicked off immediately. - Jeff YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com

[Marxism] Call to protest Israeli raids in Bil'in

2009-08-04 Thread Jeff
(See www.bilin-ffj.org) Take action against suppression of Palestinian non-violent resistance in Bil'in At around 3am on Monday morning, a large military force wearing combat paint and masks invaded the West Bank village of Bil'in. Israeli soldiers raided several homes, arresting 2 Palestinian

Re: [Marxism] Play the End of America game

2009-08-04 Thread Jeff
on nearby Cuba (aka collateral damage ;-) - Jeff YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive