[Marxism-Thaxis] Setting the record straight

2010-01-24 Thread c b
Setting the record straight by: Sam Webb January 20 2010 tags: Obama, elections, strategy and tactics, communists It is said by some on the left that the Communist Party USA has no differences with President Obama. Just to set the record straight: we do and we express them. For example, we

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Setting the record straight

2010-01-24 Thread Ralph Dumain
Brain-dead. Delusional. Cretinous Party USA on its deathbed. At 09:34 AM 1/24/2010, c b wrote: Setting the record straight by: Sam Webb January 20 2010 tags: Obama, elections, strategy and tactics, communists ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Setting the record straight

2010-01-24 Thread c b
Already dead, The Ghost of Stalin On 1/24/10, Ralph Dumain rdum...@autodidactproject.org wrote: Brain-dead. Delusional. Cretinous Party USA on its deathbed. At 09:34 AM 1/24/2010, c b wrote: Setting the record straight by: Sam Webb January 20 2010 tags: Obama, elections, strategy and

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Setting the record straight

2010-01-24 Thread Jim Farmelant
On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:52:04 -0500 Ralph Dumain rdum...@autodidactproject.org writes: Brain-dead. Delusional. Cretinous Party USA on its deathbed. Can anyone figure out what the CPUSA gets in return for its apparently unrecquited love for Obama and the DP? Jim F. At 09:34 AM 1/24/2010, c

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Setting the record straight

2010-01-24 Thread c b
An award for better political thinking than the anti-Obama left. On 1/24/10, Jim Farmelant farmela...@juno.com wrote: On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:52:04 -0500 Ralph Dumain rdum...@autodidactproject.org writes: Brain-dead. Delusional. Cretinous Party USA on its deathbed. Can anyone figure out

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Setting the record straight

2010-01-24 Thread Ralph Dumain
This sort of politics worked during the New Deal, which was the CPs heyday. And that was partially because the nebulous long-term vision of socialism could be seen as the logical conclusion of short-term reform efforts and the growth in power of labor organizations, and because using the state

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Setting the record straight

2010-01-24 Thread c b
Ralph Dumain wrote: This sort of politics worked during the New Deal, which was the CPs heyday. And that was partially because the nebulous long-term vision of socialism could be seen as the logical conclusion of short-term reform efforts and the growth in power of labor organizations, and

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Marxism-Thaxis Digest, Vol 75, Issue 21: Setting the record straight

2010-01-24 Thread Karl Dallas
As a former member of the Communist Party of Britain, and a continued activist in struggle on such issues as Palestine, I cannot subscribe to the basic analysis of Sam Webb in Setting the Record Straight. I wrote to the UK Morning Star the following after the Scott Brown victory: So the Barack

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Marxism-Thaxis Digest, Vol 75, Issue 21: Setting the record straight

2010-01-24 Thread Jim Farmelant
On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:57:51 + Karl Dallas karldal...@f2s.com writes: As a former member of the Communist Party of Britain, and a continued activist in struggle on such issues as Palestine, I cannot subscribe to the basic analysis of Sam Webb in Setting the Record Straight. I wrote