[Marxism-Thaxis] What is human knowledge?

scale computer technology in existence today we see its significance. The same cannot be said for the non-analytical philosophy continental philosophy. Paddy Hackett http://paddy-hackett.blogspot.com/search/label/Philosophy ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Bertie Bubble

. Hopefully in the meantime the European working class, becoming class conscious, will have mounted a struggle to seize power from the hands of the European bourgeoisie. Yours etc., Paddy Hackett Related Link: http://paddy-hackett.blogspot.com/ ___ Marxism

[Marxism-Thaxis] Utopian Underconsumptionism

y is the overthrow of the system. Paddy Hackett Related Link: http://www.paddy-hackett.blogspot.com/ ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis

[Marxism-Thaxis] A Workers Inquiry

ecisive part of it. Paddy Hackett http://paddy-hackett.blogspot.com/ ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] why are white southerners so violent?

I cannot make sense of your piece below. Perhaps you will elaborate. Your etc., Paddy Hackett My blog address below: http://paddy-hackett.blogspot.com/ - Original Message - From: "c b" To: "Forum for the discussion of theoretical issues raised by Karl Marx and thethink

[Marxism-Thaxis] Whats the difference?

Hi Essentially there is no real difference between the radical left and the right in general. The radical left call for more and more state spending as the means towards the solution of the problems of the working class. In other words they call for the growing expansion of the capitalist state a

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Rules are symbolic , built on symbols.

Intwresting piece Kind regards Paddy hackett On 9 Jun 2010, at 07:44, CeJ wrote: > http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627621.000-language-lessons-you-are-what-you-speak.html?full=true > > Language lessons: You are what you speak > > excerpt: > > LANGUAGES are wond

[Marxism-Thaxis] The working class and Habermas

Hi The proletariat provides the socio-ontological conditions for emancipation from ideology and exploitation. This is based on the proletariat's unique relationship to the production process as source of wealth, value and capital-the very material basis for the existence of capitalist society. This

[Marxism-Thaxis] Literature and pain

Hi As Dead As Doornails is an interesting book on the subject of literary life in Dublin during the 40s and 50s particularly in relation to Anthony's experience of Brendan Behan, Patrick Kavanagh and Brian O'Nolan. It is a gray work from which springs the comic and the absurd. For, in a way, the t

[Marxism-Thaxis] Fw: [SIPTUfightback] "Pay Deal" Press Release National Public Services Alliance

- Original Message - From: Paddy Healy To: Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 9:27 AM Subject: [SIPTUfightback] "Pay Deal" Press Release National Public Services Alliance Paddy Healy , Chair,086-4183732 The "public service deal" is historic betrayal of public service union members

[Marxism-Thaxis] Benjamin Button

ead is more comprehensive and interesting. Surprisingly I discovered that at least one film critic suggested that this movie resembles the Forest Gump movie --because, while watching it, I had drawn a similar conclusion. Paddy Hackett htt

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] The SWP and underconsumptionism

ezy precisely for his Keynesianism. And more recently, James Heartfield has simiarly criticized Sweezy Jim Farmelant -- Original Message -- From: "Paddy Hackett" To: Subject: [Marxism-Thaxis] The SWP and underconsumptionism Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:50:38 - "My

[Marxism-Thaxis] The SWP and underconsumptionism

t or a communist solution. Paddy Hackett Related Link: http://paddy-hackett.blogspot.com ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Irish Socialist Workers Party has split.

by Harry McIntyre from Indymedia Ireland --- Split centred around Belfast The Socialist Workers Party has split. There has been some speculation on Indymedia and elsewhere that the SWP was having internal difficulties in Belfast. The dust has now settled, and the bulk of their Belfast

[Marxism-Thaxis] Can Ireland have a successful communist revolution?

racter is inherently opportunist. Paddy Hackett Paddy's Blog: http://paddy-hackett.blogspot.com ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis

[Marxism-Thaxis] Do the Irish working class have the leadership they deserve?

job. It is because of the impoverished character of the Irish working class that the radical left in Ireland is correspondingly so weak and impovershied. It is almost all cut from the same cloth --little diversity. Paddy Hackett Related Link: http://paddy-hackett.blogspot.com ___

[Marxism-Thaxis] Attack the state not its workers!

isis at the expense of the working class. The other is a social revolution at the expense of the capitalist class. Compromise is an impossibility. The workers have no choice but to choose one or the other. This choice will determine the character of the Irish economy for years into the future. P

[Marxism-Thaxis] Irish Bank Nationalisation

Gael and Labour et al. Paddy Hackett My blog's address: http://paddy-hackett.blogspot.com ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis

[Marxism-Thaxis] Is "Ireland's Economic Crash"

rs, developers builders and the Irish government are responsible for the latest crash while he contradictorily hints that other factors may have played a role. Although his book is a source of great confusion it is clear too that Kieran may himself be the unfortunate victim of great confusion

[Marxism-Thaxis] Taxes Again

programme to attack and detroy capitalism. Paddy Hackett Note: Apologies for repeating this postin. It is just that the other copies were poorly formatted that I felt compelled to do it out again. ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@li

[Marxism-Thaxis] Taxes

The capitalist state and taxation. The capitalist state forces revenue out of the workers in the form of taxation. There is no such thing as taxpayers' money! Paddy Hackett We are constantly bombarded with the soundbyte --"taxpayers money".This contains the assumption t

[Marxism-Thaxis] Taxes and Workers

The capitalist state and taxation. The capitalist state forces revenue out of the workers in the form of taxation. There is no such thing as taxpayers' money! Paddy Hackett We are constantly bombarded with the soundbyte --"taxpayers money".This contains the assumption t

[Marxism-Thaxis] Irish deficit and Crises

The Irish budget deficit has rapidly grown to an enormous size. The growing budget deficit is a symptom of the deepening global economic crisis. It is not the cause of it. The crisis can only be solved by eliminating its cause. But a budget deficit, in itself, is not necessarily a problem for a par

[Marxism-Thaxis] IMPACT Union and the workers

ng it with a leadership that advances its class interests. Paddy Hackett htttp:\\patrickhackett.blogspot.com ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.e

[Marxism-Thaxis] FW: Fianna Fail's strategy

for having imposed harsh policies on the working class. There is no better party than Fianna Fail to successfully appeal to patriotism as a device for rallying the Irish people behind it. Paddy Hackett htttp:\\patrickhackett.blogspot.com ___

[Marxism-Thaxis] Economic Crisis and Ireland

nt would draw up an action plan as the basis for struggle against this sustained attack on the working class. Paddy Hackett ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis

[Marxism-Thaxis] Ireland and Economic Depression

February 2009-02-12 Ireland and Economic Depression By Paddy Hackett The world economy has plunged into a sustained economic depression. The signs are that this depression will be deep and prolonged. The main way by which capitalism can come out of the depression is by reducing both the

[Marxism-Thaxis] Finance Capital

Hi Anybody know where I can download Towards a Theory of Finance Capital by Hillel Ticktin. It was published in No 17 Critique Journal of Socialism. Paddy Hackett ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your

[Marxism-Thaxis] British Development

t the Irish state may not have the funds to provide that kind of liquidity required for the Irish economy. The coalition government's following the line of David McWilliam's will prove damaging to Irish capitalism -financial rescue on the cheap by nationalising the bankocracy's debt

[Marxism-Thaxis] UK finances

Irish state may not have the funds to provide that kind of liquidity required for the Irish economy. The coalition government's following the line of David McWilliam's will prove damaging to Irish capitalism -financial rescue on the cheap by nationalising the bankocracy's debt

[Marxism-Thaxis] Economic Downturn

class must on the basis of communist politics develop an action programme around which to engage in combat against the ruling class. Paddy Hackett ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] communism mailing list

: marxism-thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu Subject: Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] communism mailing list On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 17:01:46 +0100 "Paddy Hackett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Perhaps you only say this Hans because I have highlighted what may be > the > hidden strategy. Get rid of t

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] communism mailing list

Perhaps you only say this Hans because I have highlighted what may be the hidden strategy. Get rid of the smallest mailing lists then proceed to the bigger ones. It is strange that you should want to close down the Communism List at a period when there is a global financial crisis and the probable

[Marxism-Thaxis] communism mailing list

situation some years ago. The Marxism lists were all closed down by Spoon --another university. Paddy Hackett Moderator of communism list ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http

[Marxism-Thaxis] Afghan conflict

re of imperialism's capacity for this type of strategy. However they went along with it out of relative weakness. Paddy Hackett ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe g

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Marx and individualism

- Original Message - From: "Charles Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 4:00 PM Subject: [Marxism-Thaxis] Marx and individualism Ossetians Paddy Hackett rasherrs at eircom.net Fri Aug 15 06:11:20 MDT 2008 Previous message: [Marxism-Thaxis

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Ossetians

ml>Marx & the Individual Reconsidered At 05:53 PM 8/14/2008, Paddy Hackett wrote: >This is just my point concerning the significance of Dostoevsky. He >believed >that under contemporary socio-economic conditions pertaining then spirit, >free will, individuality was denied any pre

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Ossetians

--authentic difference and individuality. Marxism may have failed too in this regard. We have got to seriously examine the matter of authentic individuality in the context of positive social, economic and technological developments. Paddy Hackett -- Culturally it seems that the

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Amazon and time

Thanks But why does it take four weeks and more to deliver to Ireland from the UK? Yours etc., Paddy Hackett Hackett Blog http://hakett.blogspot.com/ Communism List http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/communism - Original Message - From: "Ralph Dumain" <[EMAIL P

[Marxism-Thaxis] Amazon and time

Besides Amazon does anybody know of a similar company based in Britain or Ireland? Amazon seems to be based in the US which makes its shipping costs of books and the time greater. I live in Ireland. Yours etc., Paddy Hackett Hackett Blog http://hakett.blogspot.com/ Communism List http

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Verdun

nd in countries such as Ireland, India and Africa. Yours etc., Paddy Hackett http://hakett.blogspot.com/ I guess that is the $64 billion dollar question for Marxists. Back in his day, Engels noted that British workers thought about British foreign policy in much the same way as did the British bourge

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Verdun

And yet the European working class were to do the same thing during World War 2. And again in the Korean war and the Vietnam war... -- For the most part there was compliance on the part of the European working classes during WW I, which is not to deny that as the war dragged on, threa

[Marxism-Thaxis] Framing McKevitt

charge of directing terrorism would be dropped. Despite the fact that this offer would have resulted in a lesser sentence - the charge of directing terrorism carried a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, Michael refused the offer on the basis that this was an attempt by the pro

[Marxism-Thaxis] Verdun

as compliant as they appeared to be in both Germany, France and Britain. I know there were mutinies such as the mutiny in the French army. It still seems to be that there was still a lot of compliance on the part of the working class. Yours etc., Paddy Hackett Hacketthttp: //hakett.blogspot.com

[Marxism-Thaxis] Fw: Hamas and contradiction

Hi Among the many contradictions of the Hamas group is their claim that they dont recognise Israel and their desire for a Palestinian state that includes much if not all of Israeli territory. If it is serious concerning its position then it should not have recognised the Palestian state in its fr

[Marxism-Thaxis] Fw: Chomsky and Capital

f Das Kapital is an anachronistic artefact from the past. He never systematically follows his thesis up. Paddy Hackett ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.uta

[Marxism-Thaxis] Radio Stations

Hi Can any of you be so kind as to give me the website address of left and progressive radio stations. I know about Mother Jones but no others. Paddy Hackett ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options

[Marxism-Thaxis] DaVinci Code

_ Hi I read the DaVinci code some time ago. I folowed this up with a visit to the flicks to see it in film form. I was much disappointed --book much better. Anybody any view on this? Yours etc., Paddy Hackett Hackett Blog http://hakett.blogspot.com

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Kant & Bhaskar

It is just an idea. I could just as easily say the idea of humans as not ends in themselves. Paddy Hackett - Original Message - From: "Charles Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Forum for the discussion of theoretical issues raised by Karl Marx andthe th

[Marxism-Thaxis] Brown and philosophy

Charles Brown: Moreover, the moral injunction of the categorical imperative, namely "act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law". Paddy Hackett: I cannot see how the struggle for the abolition of wages through the struggl

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Kant & Bhaskar

Paddy Hackett: I dont see how any serious marxist can forge an argument by using Kant's categorical imperative. Charles Brown: I am presently preparing/reworking the chapter in which I put forward my case for egalitarianism (my thesis is a critique of the New Classical Model and Li

[Marxism-Thaxis] Adams and Republicans

This piece is from The Blanket. Provisional Pushover Tom Luby • 26 November 2004 They are two of the most intriguing questions swirling around Gerry Adams. Why does he keep on denying that he was and is in the Provisional IRA, something that the proverbial dogs in th

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Informer

have just purchased a recently published novel written by Dermot Bolger. It is titled The Family on Paradise Pier. Paddy Hackett ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http

[Marxism-Thaxis] Re: "The Selfish Gene: Thirty Years On" [fwd]

Interesting. Many biologists, if not most of them, claim that the Darwinian basis of biology will never change. Yet they claim that science is based on tests. But if science is only as valid as the last supportive test then there cannot be special claims made for neo-Darwinism. Paddy Hackett

[Marxism-Thaxis] SInn Fein and Francie

The Blanket The Blanket - A Journal of Protest & Dissent *Who's In Charge Around Here, Anyway?* / / Eamonn McCann ? 24 November 2005 I suppose Francie Molloy can count himself lucky that it?s only from Sinn Fein membership that he?s suspended and not from the end of a rope. Fra

[Marxism-Thaxis] Irish Ferries Debate in Dáil

rical necessity for the working class to overthrow this bourgeois leadershoip. Instead of endeavouring to dissolve the lines dividing the workers the present leadership of the class seek their reinforcement. Paddy Hackett - Original Message - From: Des Derwin To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Marxism-Thaxis] Angela Davis

Hi The posting on Angela Davis was an interesting and informative one. Paddy Hackett ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism

[Marxism-Thaxis] Angela Davis

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Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] "Philosopher's stone"

k too. My training in Christianity comes from Strauss, the Bauer brothers, Hess, Marx etc. which would appear prima facie to be sharply different to the tradtion of The Hiram Key. Paddy Hackett As far as Masonic societies and their history goes you might seek out the book "The Hiram Key."

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Catholic Church admits fallibility of Bible!

I have been reading the the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. So far it is making for a good read. It is also interesting. Anybody have any views on the novel. Paddy Hackett Catholic Church no longer swears by truth of the Bible By Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent THE hierarchy of

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Galileo Legend

cientific claims, and it promotes the equally perverse assumption that religious resistance to potential abuses of scientific knowledge is simply a mask for obscurantism. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Thomas Lessl. "The Galileo Legend." New Oxford Review (June 2000): 2

[Marxism-Thaxis] Snobbery Sapiens

science cannot be determined by a particular prejudice, a particular philosophy, but by science itself. Such a situation can distort the scientific enterprise and even obstruct its progress. Paddy Hackett ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis

[Marxism-Thaxis] Aliece in Wonderland

Does anyone have views on the book Alice in Wonderland? What, if anything, is it saying regarding society. Paddy Paddy Hackett - Original Message - From: "Charles Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PEN-L list'" ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'F

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] The Worst Mistake

hich animals are treated under capitalist conditions. Paddy Hackett ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis

Fw: [Marxism-Thaxis] The Worst Mistake

Hi Charles Below is a rather hastily written reply to you last contribution. Sorry for the delay I have been otherwise engaged. Expressing a point of view is not the definition of idealism. To have posited language as opposed to point of view would have proven a better starting point. It is langu

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] The Worst Mistake

deed Freud was more of a topical issue than was Darwin. This was largely because much of marxism lacked the confidence to engage with his Darwin's dangerous idea. The extent and depth of its subservisiveness unettled it. Paddy Hackett Paddy Hackett: Very interesting Charles. But where d

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] The Worst Mistake

Paddy Hackett The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race ^^ CB: From a Marxist perspective, the origin of agriculture - domestication of plants and animals - was the basis for producing surpluses, which in turnsupported non-productive classes that evolved into exploitative classes

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] The Worst Mistake

understand what you are saying Charles. But does this linearity constitute progress? On what basis can it be validly concluded what is advanced, progressive or better. Can it be validly concluded that bacteria or chimps are less succesful or more advanced species than homo sapiens? Paddy Hackett

[Marxism-Thaxis] Worst mistake

, will the plight of famine-stricken peasants gradually spread to engulf us all? Or will we somehow achieve those seductive blessings that we imagine behind agriculture's glittering façade, and that have so far eluded us? Paddy Hackett ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis

[Marxism-Thaxis] Diamond

evolutionary forces. This makes for an interesting position and can be examined in the light of my last letter. Is there are stuff by Diamond available online that deals with this conception of his? Paddy Hackett ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism

[Marxism-Thaxis] On Postone

Hi Charles I read with interest the piece you presented us with by Loren. An interesting piece. Do you know what Postone's politics are? Paddy Hackett ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your optio