M-TH: Fwd: [Cuba SI] Iraq and Yugoslavia vow to resist Western siege

1999-11-08 Thread Macdonald Stainsby
I can hear the accusations already, but to my view, this is very good news, not in the least to the peoples of Iraq and Yugoslavia. Macdonald >Iraq and Yugoslavia vow to resist Western siege > >BAGHDAD: Nov 8 (South News) - Iraq and Yugoslavia, both under sanctions, >pledged to work together >

Re: M-TH: Re: Whither the discussion

1999-11-08 Thread Dave Bedggood
Super reply Chris. Keep it up. You might note that the point of surveying the various brands of socialism in CM was to characterise their class standpoint. What's your's Chris? As for Chechyna, the LCMRCI has along with several other groups put out a statement in Spanish. When its translated I'

Re: M-TH: Re: Whither the discussion

1999-11-08 Thread Chris Burford
At 23:35 08/11/99 +, you wrote: >There seems to be a lot of lost souls on this list who claim to be >Marxists yet endorsed NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia, or who claim to >be world socialists without having read a word of Marx. >Do they think that this is the groucho marx thaxist theatre? >T

M-TH: FwdGallup poll: Cubans support the revolution

1999-11-08 Thread Macdonald Stainsby
>From: "Craven, Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [PEN-L:13345] FW: Gallup poll: Cubans support the revolution >Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 14:37:28 -0800 > > > >-Original Message- >From: Louis Proyect [mailto:[EMAIL

M-TH: Fwd: (Fwd) Australia Admits to Echelon

1999-11-08 Thread Macdonald Stainsby
>--- Forwarded Message Follows --- >From: "BuzzBud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Australia Admits to Echelon >Date sent: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 17:53:25 - >Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >chec

Re: M-TH: Re: Whither the family

1999-11-08 Thread Charles Brown
>>> "THE WORLD SOCIALIST MOVEMENT(via THE SOCIALIST PARTY of Great Britain)" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/07/99 02:36PM >>> Only messages signed by the general secretary are considered official communications. The tradition of > Marxism must be able to convey the substance of Marx, Engels, Lenin

Re: M-TH: Re: Whither the discussion

1999-11-08 Thread Charles Brown
>>> "THE WORLD SOCIALIST MOVEMENT(via THE SOCIALIST PARTY Simon, When I asked you on the other list about the role of the World Socialist Movement as differentiated from the role of a party , you said WSM is an/the agent of the working class. But what is your factual support for such a cla

Re: M-TH: Re: Whither the discussion

1999-11-08 Thread Doug Henwood
Dave Bedggood wrote: >They could save a lot of time and energy by reading the Communist >Manifesto and then whipping themselves. A curious prescription. I understand the reading suggestion, but why the autoflagellation? Some crypto-religious guilt expiation thing? Or some politicized masochist

Re: M-TH: Re: Whither the discussion

1999-11-08 Thread Rob Schaap
G'day Thaxists, Simon sez: >> I think that the difference here is that I am not arguing for a >> Marxist revolution, but a socialist one: i.e. that while Marx provided >> one of the first expositions of socialist theory, you don't have to have >> read a word of Marx to be a socialist. Elic

Re: M-TH: Re: C'mon you lot!

1999-11-08 Thread Rob Schaap
G'day Russ, I can't remember whether you're on LBO or not. In case you're not (and in case other Thaxists might be interested), here are a couple of perhaps edifying (and mebbe not) snippets from there. G'day all, Well, the 'minimalist' republican option took a 54-46% kicking. It seems the r

Re: M-TH: Re: Whither the discussion

1999-11-08 Thread Dave Bedggood
There seems to be a lot of lost souls on this list who claim to be Marxists yet endorsed NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia, or who claim to be world socialists without having read a word of Marx. Do they think that this is the groucho marx thaxist theatre? They could save a lot of time and energy b

M-TH: Re: Whither the discussion

1999-11-08 Thread Gerald Levy
Simon wrote: > I think that the difference here is that I am not arguing for a > Marxist revolution, but a socialist one: i.e. that while Marx provided > one of the first expositions of socialist theory, you don't have to have > read a word of Marx to be a socialist. Note the inference tha

Re: M-TH: Re: C'mon you lot!

1999-11-08 Thread r.i.p
Still a monarchy?! C'mon you cobbers- you've blown ya chance to avoid Charles III! Russ __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --- from list [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---