Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] The SWP and underconsumptionism

2009-11-26 Thread CeJ
CB:Just a general observation on Obama and the Obama administration doing things: Notice that a President has to get Congress to pass stuff to do any major move, and that there are enough rightwing Dems to thwart any major progressive moves. I know the left Obama skeptics/haters love to ignore

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] The SWP and underconsumptionism

2009-11-26 Thread CeJ
CB: How are the big bourgeoisie making their money , as I assume they are ? I guess a minority of stocks and bonds could be doing well, while the majority suck. Or maybe I just don't understand that the real money is made in uhhh hedge funds and exotic financial instruments that aren't stocks

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Soviet Cultural Psychology

2009-11-26 Thread Jim Farmelant
On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:40:14 -0500 c b cb31...@gmail.com writes: On his return to activity, the group began to work their way through all the theories of psychology which were contesting the field on the world stage: Freud, Piaget, James, ... critiquing them and appropriating the insights