[Marxism-Thaxis] France: Le Pen Acquitted of Racism Charges

2010-12-02 Thread c b
La Pen. No relation to Pen-l. CB http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/12/02/world/europe/AP-EU-France-Le-Pen-Acquitted.html?_r=1hp PARIS (AP) — A Paris court has acquitted far-right French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen, who had faced charges of racism over campaign posters for his National

[Marxism-Thaxis] The problem of the Twentieth Century was the problem of the color line

2010-12-02 Thread c b
...and the 21st , too ? W.E.B. Dubois famous dictum from _The Souls of Black Folk_ seems to have revived applicability with European politics of today largely turning rightward based on racist discrimination against immigrants moving to the metropoles of former ,colonialist ,European powers. The

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Culture Wars Return

2010-12-02 Thread c b
The Culture Wars Return 1. Smithsonian Gives in to the Far Right 2. Christian Activists Force Smithsonian to Pull Aids Video === Smithsonian Gives in to the Far Right, Censors the Artist Who Spoiled Christmas People for the American Way http://www.pfaw.org/press-releases/2010/12/smithsonian-