Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Gil Scott-Heron

Yeah, that's an ambiguous statement. Taken one way it is just wrong. First the radical power of video imagery is tremendous. Think of Chicago '68 and the taping of the police riot ("The whole world is watching!" the crowd chanted); the tape of the beating of Rodney King, or the lone protester s

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Gil Scott-Heron

I thought of Heron because of his famous "dictum" that the revolution will not be televised. As important at the internet is, television is still politically important. Of course, we should not just accept the caveat. It is a challenge to us to televise the rev. It is a warning that the Man is n

[Marxism-Thaxis] Guns, Steel and Germs; Guns and Religion

What is the history of gun culture in the US ? What is celebrated in gun fun targetting ducks, deer and bullseyes ? Shooting seems to express anger,even in fun. When some Pennsylvania Deutsch steel workers lost that higher wage, was it the ballot or the bullet, bitte ? Charles This message h

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] ] Aimé Césaire, voice of French Black pride, dies

Re negritude: Fellow Caribbean (Also Martiniquan, I think), intellectual Rene Menil sharply distinguished between Cesaire and Senghor. See my review: For Rene Menil, Caribbean Surrealist-Philosopher At 10:23 PM 4/18/2008, Shane Mage wrote: >O