On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:47:31 -0800 (PST) Charles Brown
cdb1...@prodigy.net writes:
http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2009/02/social-collapse-best-practices.html
Someone named Orlov says in the essay linked above:
When the Soviet system went away, many
people lost their jobs, everyone lost
What is socialism?
...we could start or continue our conversation having a clear and Communist
understanding of socialism in this particular moment. What do you think? Let
me know if you are interested so we could base our discussion on the soviet
experience on solid ground...materialist
--- On Sat, 2/21/09, Jim Farmelant farmela...@juno.com wrote:
From: Jim Farmelant farmela...@juno.com
The Socialist Workers Party (USA) has long been insistent
that Russia remains a kind of workers state.
Their formulations
strike me as nutty, but I think that they have stumbled on
What is socialism?
^
CB: Abolition of private property
in the basic means of production.
^
...we could start or continue our conversation having a clear and Communist
understanding of socialism in this particular moment. What do you think? Let
me know if you are interested so we
On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:35:43 -0800 (PST) Charles Brown
cdb1...@prodigy.net writes:
--- On Sat, 2/21/09, Jim Farmelant farmela...@juno.com wrote:
From: Jim Farmelant farmela...@juno.com
The Socialist Workers Party (USA) has long been insistent
that Russia remains a kind of
--- On Sun, 2/22/09, Jim Farmelant wrote:
Well in Russia the state renationalized most
of the energy industry several years ago.
Putin, as president, went a long way towards
reestablishing the leading role of the state in
the management of Russia's economy. The
state is a major
Also, notice the Soviet state did not
kill a lot of people when it went away.
That's another characteristic
of the process that fits the term
whither. Away not with a bang
but a whimper.
CB
--- On Sun, 2/22/09, Jim Farmelant farmela...@juno.com wrote:
From: Jim Farmelant farmela...@juno.com
[Marxism] Brilliant review of Alan Sokal's Beyond the Hoax
To: arch...@xx
Subject: [Marxism] Brilliant review of Alan Sokal's Beyond the Hoax
From: Louis Proyect l...@x
Date: Tue, 17
Hoax and Reality
Jerold Touger
Suppose I am asked to pick a number from 1 to 99,999,999,999. I claim to have a
method for getting it right on the first try despite seemingly insuperable
odds. If I then proceed to do so, it gives my claim enormous credibility. If
others claiming the same
I thought Proyect hated Sokal.
The review is hardly brilliant but it is to the point.
I am sure Sokal got all his information about India from Meera Nanda,
who has written numerous books and articles on the subject.
I haven't read Sokal's books, though I have always been in sympathy
with his
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