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TH: Money, money, money, must be funny... Hugh Rodwell m-14970 at mailbox.swipnet.se Tue Sep 22 03:08:35 MDT 1998 http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism-thaxis/1998-September/011456.html Previous message: M-TH: Re: Swedish Elections -- postscript Next message: M-TH: LBJ tapes released

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[Marxism-Thaxis] ialectical materialism/activist materialism

M-TH: Re: dialectical materialism/activist materialism Charles Brown Fri, 6 Aug 1999 10:24:47 -0700 Just to follow up , the error of the claims that Engels and Lenin , etc. deviate from Marx's own method into ideology is the exact error that Marx criticizes in the Theses on Feuerbach. What

[Marxism-Thaxis] dialectical materialism/activist materialism

Re: M-TH: Re: dialectical materialism/activist materialism Chris Burford Sun, 15 Aug 1999 04:27:44 -0700 At 09:09 13/08/99 -0400, Jim Farmelant wrote: On Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:41:21 GMT J.WALKER, ILL [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Why should we, as socialists or Marxists, adopt such a perspective? In

[Marxism-Thaxis] Realm of Necessity

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With all due respect to auto mechanics, the vast majority do not discuss this issue _as_ auto mechanics. Some auto mechanics might have an interest in philosophy as a hobby, pretty much unrelated to their day job, and then might discuss it , have an opinion on it. At any rate,

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[Marxism-Thaxis] QUIZ TIME

QUIZ TIME Thomas Riggins Lets see what Marxists think about the two following (and very famous) propositions. Are they true or false and what are the consequences if they are true? If they are false? Can you have one without the other? Proposition One:” Man is born free, and everywhere he is in

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December 22, 2008 http://www.freep.com/article/20081222/NEWS01/812220380/1039/Ent04 Make Motown greats art, Reeves says Singing legend raising funds to erect life-size sculptures in Detroit BY SUZETTE HACKNEY FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Detroit City Councilwoman Martha Reeves is leading a

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[Marxism-Thaxis] JD

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Speculation

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Gus Hall

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Several Conclusions

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Imaginary numbers

Engels poked fun of the notion of imaginary numbers, that is numbers that were derived from the square root of -1. But both imaginary numbers and complex numbers were already, in Engels's time, a quite respectable part of mathematics. And physicists and engineers were already using them in

[Marxism-Thaxis] Russell vs Hooks

Second Phase of Moral Response: Above-Ground Tests of Hydrogen Bomb In the second phase of philosophical response, debate on the extinction thesis received increased attention and participants included several philosophical luminaries. During the 1950s, the earlier hope for international control

[Marxism-Thaxis] Van Heijenoort's critique of Engels

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Van Heijenoort's critique of Engels

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Barkley Rosser's Home Page: Aspects of Dialectics and Nonlinear Dynamics

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Lenin on Dialectics

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Practicing physicist on Goedel

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Marx conceiving of nature dialectically: debate

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Aronson and the issue of certainty

Here we get back to the issue of agnosticism vs. materialism, or as Engels termed agnosticism , it shamefaced materialism and importantly in philosophy Kantian dualism/agnostocism. Liberalist attitude toward God is neo- or continuing Kantianism. By it, liberals chastise Marxists for their

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Aronson's guide for the godless

. CB: Cornel West is a colleague of his ,no doubt. I remember working with Aronson during the anti-Apartheid movement , 20 years ago plus. The commentators let us know that we aren't to the atheist promised land yet by a long shot ( smile) CB At 05:22 PM 1/11/2009, Charles Brown wrote

[Marxism-Thaxis] Proletarian _Inter_nationalism

Marx's expression of species-being (solidarity with all the people of the earth, i.e. globe) was expressed in the terms proletarian internationalism. The first Party was The International. Workers of all countries, unite ! The Internationale From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to:

[Marxism-Thaxis] Imperialism: critique of core-periphery as Kautskyist

http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism-thaxis/1999-January/013151.html Andrew Wayne Austin 12/31 11:49 AM Rob, Several things must be considered. Imperialism in the history of Marxist thought is a scientific theory, or, more accurately, a set of scientific theories, that refers to

[Marxism-Thaxis] Natural Science and the Spirit World[1]

Engels’ Dialectics of Nature http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1883/don/ch10.htm Natural Science and the Spirit World[1] THE dialectics that has found its way into popular consciousness finds expression in the old saying that extremes meet. In accordance with this we should hardly err

[Marxism-Thaxis] Marx on Robinsonades

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Marx on gender

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Study Guide: Sugrue, Origins of the Urban Crisis

Study Guide Sugrue, Origins of the Urban Crisis This study guide is intended to help you understand The Origins of the Urban Crisis. As you begin each chapter, look at the questions and terms listed here for that chapter; then, as you read, be on the alert for these issues and terms. You do

[Marxism-Thaxis] Review of The Origins of the Urban Crisis:

Review of The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in postwar Detroit By Thomas J. Sugrue Araceli Jacobs PSC 129 April 26, 2005 The desire and ability to move without the right to move is refined slavery (258), The social, political and economic conditions of Black people living in

[Marxism-Thaxis] When Thaxis was saved

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Alan Carling's synopsis of *The Proof of the Pudding: Reason and Value in Social Evolution*

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Albert Einstein, Paul Robeson and Israel

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Old Red dust-bite

I had extensive letter correspondence with Herbert . I have about 100 letters or morre back and forth. Long live Aptheker ! CB [Marxism-Thaxis] Fw: Death of Herbert Aptheker Jim Farmelant farmelantj at juno.com Tue Mar 18 14:21:08 MST 2003 Previous message: [Marxism-Thaxis] Fw: URGENT: Keep

[Marxism-Thaxis] On necessity and law in human history

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[Marxism-Thaxis] On necessity and law in human history

Ralph Dumain There are two senses of necessity here: one in the sense of determinism, the other in the sense of what is needed, or else. If only the first followed from the second. ^^^ CB: Nice thought. I'll think about it over the weekend. I think there is third sense of necessity as

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Crisis Of '08 Reading List

The Crisis Of '08 Reading List (Go to link below for embedded links.) http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=6920fba5-bfa6-4dad-b54e-d0084066ba45 The Crisis Of '08 Reading List The best books to help you make sense of Marx, Keynes, the Great Depression, and how we got where we are now.

[Marxism-Thaxis] Piaget and Marx

CB: What are some of the specifics of that integration ? First, a correction. I must have imagined any Piaget-Vygotsky correspondence. Piaget only found out about Vygotsky's work after his death, through contact

[Marxism-Thaxis] American capitalism is such that a speculative stock market dominates

American capitalism is such that a speculative stock market dominates the policies of businesses. by Lawrence E Mitchell AlterNet (December 22 2008) Editor's Note: The following is an edited excerpt from The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed Over Industry (2007), Lawrence

[Marxism-Thaxis] How Finance Capital Cripples Industrial Capital

How Finance Capital Cripples Industrial Capital: The Role of Fractional Reserve Banking http://www.cbpa.drake.edu/hossein-zadeh/papers/HowFinanceCapital.htm [Published in Briefing Notes in Economics, Vol. 4, Issue No. 26 (January 1997).] Huge amounts of debt have plagued the economies of

[Marxism-Thaxis] Krugman critiques Obama stimulus plan

Jim Devine wrote: but even FDR's Bonapartism was not very good in the early New Deal. The NRA, for example. Needed was mass pressure from the left. Lou Pro: Sad but true. With the left so weak, there is even less incentive for Obama to move boldly. If he has any motivation to create a kind of

[Marxism-Thaxis] Evidence please. Productive . Industrial capital

U have the CeJ jannuzi at I guess one question here is why Ford, Chrysler and GM didn't re-invest profits into accumulating their industrial capital. One, if the goal was to reach a certain level of production to stay competitive in the world (what is the benchmark now, 2 million vehicles per

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Krugman critiques Obama stimulus plan

Shane Mage On Jan 7, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Charles Brown wrote: Brezhnev was to the left of...Krugman. How many counterrevolutionary invasions did Krugman launch? How many political opponents did he send to labor camps? How many did he imprison in mental hospitals? Was Krugman

[Marxism-Thaxis] Manufacturing Tumbles Globally

(Chart Redacted) a.. JANUARY 3, 2009 Page A-1 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123094144619950373.html Manufacturing Tumbles Globally By KELLY EVANS and ROBERT GUY MATTHEWS Manufacturing activity around the world fell sharply in December, suggesting that the U.S. recession will extend well

[Marxism-Thaxis] Krugman critiques Obama stimulus plan

Shane Mage shm...@pipeline.com 01/07/2009 2:26 PM On Jan 7, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Charles Brown wrote: Shane Mage On Jan 7, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Charles Brown wrote: Brezhnev was to the left of...Krugman. How many counterrevolutionary invasions did Krugman launch? How many political opponents

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Another Crisis of Capitalism

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Systemic Threat?

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[Marxism-Thaxis] The Crash of 2008 and Historical Materialism (2)

Exactly. Though I would recommend the whole of Part IV of _Capital_ Vol. I to get the whole swoop on the Industrial Revolution. Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value Ch. 12: The Concept of Relative Surplus-Value Ch. 13: Co-operation Ch. 14: Division of Labour and Manufacture Ch. 15:

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Crash of 2008 and Historical Materialism (4)

Speculation as speculative capital, denotes something different than speculation - risk taking, on the part of finance capital during the era of Lenin. Speculative capital as a concept means investment and risk taking on the basis of financial institutions more than less detached from

[Marxism-Thaxis] Does industrial capital exist ?

WL: I am not aware of one single economist of note that speaks of an industrial sector of capital. Web Results 1 - 10 of about 5,210,000 for Industrial sector of capital. (0.23 seconds) Search ResultsIndustrial Sector Outlook - Capital Spending Trends (2 of 2 ...Full Study Keywords:

[Marxism-Thaxis] Lenin philosophy blog

And see: http://www.marxists.org/archive/elkonin/works/1971/stages.htm Also important to note that Piaget, in attempting to work out a description of the 'sciences of man', integrates Marxism into his system.

[Marxism-Thaxis] Industrial organization of production

CB: Sure. The goal is a class_less_ society. The working class is an exploited/oppressed class. The aim in no exploiting or exploited classes. But in the transitional stage, the working class is the ruling class. That's before the total abolition of classes. ^^ and that the

[Marxism-Thaxis] Blacks versus the New Deal

Charles, I don't know whether the KKK lynched anybody in 1916, but not only wasn't that the question, but an accurate answer to it doesn't enter into what we were discussing...which was Harry Truman's 1922 membership in the KKK. In that context, the point of your eagerness to begin using the

[Marxism-Thaxis] Left-Wing Communism in Great Britain

Left-Wing Communism in Great Britain There is no Communist Party in Great Britain as yet, but there is a fresh, broad, powerful and rapidly growing communist movement among the workers, which justifies the best

[Marxism-Thaxis] Owl of Minerva: looking back at a labor era in Detroit

The end of an era for labor in Detroit was made obvious by the loss of the Detroit newspaper workers' strike. http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism-thaxis/1998-May/009617.html INTERVIEW WITH DETROIT NEWSPAPER STRIKER BARB INGALLS [Editor's note: On July 13, 1995, some 2,500 employees of

[Marxism-Thaxis] Lenin philosophy blog

Yes, but here is a question to think about. Why is this not a dialectical unity of opposites, a synthesis of a thesis (idealism) and antithesis (materialism), making Kantianism a higher philosophy than either of the others? Why is dialectical materialism so hostile to Kantianism rather than

[Marxism-Thaxis] Why a Philosophy of the Natural Sciences is Needed

Ralph Dumain This article is shockingly awful and an unfortunate product of CP Soviet miseducation, and a further contribution to same. ^^^ CB: No this article is very much needed. Your comment is more evidence

[Marxism-Thaxis] American steel industry needs $1 trillion bailout

NY Times, January 2, 2009 Steel Industry, in Slump, Looks to U.S. Stimulus By LOUIS UCHITELLE The steel industry, having entered the recession in the best of health, is emerging as a leading indicator of what lies ahead. As steel production goes — and it is now in collapse — so will go the

[Marxism-Thaxis] Worried German bourgeoisie

Louis Proyect (posted to LBO-talk by SA) [From an interview with Hasso Plattner, co-founder of SAP] http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,598945,00.htmlhttp://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,598945,00.html [...] SPIEGEL: Sometimes it's a nasty game. In 2005,

[Marxism-Thaxis] Thomas Riggins' blog (1)

Early Christianity as a manifestation of the Communist ideal is a rather simplistic conception of the nature of Christianity. See for example, THE MIND OF THE BIBLE-BELIEVER by Edmund G. Cohen. ^^^ CB: True. In case you don't think Engels also held a more complex understanding of the nature

[Marxism-Thaxis] Super Capitalism, Super Imperialism and Monetary Imperialism

Lenin is dead, and hasn't had a chance to update his work lately. CJ CB: Most of Lenin's concepts from 1916 don't need updating. Monopoly, financial oligarchy cartels. financial sector dominance and parasitism of industrial capital, objective laws or tendencies of capitalism apply

[Marxism-Thaxis] Good look at crisis in Gaza

http://pww.org/article/articleview/14219/ Gaza crisis: challenge and opportunity for Obama to turn the page toward peace Archive http://pww.org/article/archive/0/ - Daily Onlinehttp://pww.org/article/archive/266/ Author: Susan Webb http://pww.org/article/author/view/247 People's Weekly World

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