[Marxism-Thaxis] Maurice Sugar: Law, Labor, and the Left in Detroit 1912-1950

2010-08-11 Thread c b
9. Maurice Sugar: Law, Labor, and the Left in Detroit 1912-1950 by Christopher H. Johnson (Paperback - Jan 1988) Buy new: $22.95 3 new from $22.93 6 used from $10.00 Usually ships in 2 to 3 weeks Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping. Other Editions: Hardcover __

[Marxism-Thaxis] Maurice Sugar was a sponsor of the Herbert Aptheker Testimonial Dinner

2010-08-11 Thread c b
Maurice Sugar http://keywiki.org/index.php/Maurice_Sugar Maurice SugarMaurice Sugar Esq. of Michigan was a lawyer for the United Auto Workers Union. Herbert Aptheker Testimonial Dinner On April 28, 1966 Maurice Sugar was a sponsor of the Herbert Aptheker Testimonial Dinner. The dinner was held

[Marxism-Thaxis] I. I. Rubin's Essays on Marx's Theory of Value

2010-08-11 Thread c b
There is the theoretical problem. Does the bourgeois mode of commodity production reach its historical limit based on its internal components, i.e., the wage labor form OR as the result of the emergence of a qualitatively new technology regime? The former states that bourgeois production re

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Ford Hunger March, by Maurice Sugar, 1980

2010-08-11 Thread c b
The Ford Hunger March Ford blamed the depression on the poor, and said in March, 1931, "These are really good times, but only if you know it. . . The average man won't really do a day's work unless he is caught and cannot get out of it." (p. 25, The Ford Hunger March, by Maurice Sugar, 1980). Ford

[Marxism-Thaxis] Maurice Sugar: Law, Labor, and the Left in Detroit, 1912-1950

2010-08-11 Thread c b
Maurice Sugar Law, Labor, and the Left in Detroit, 1912-1950 By Christopher H. Johnson http://wsupress.wayne.edu/books/418/Maurice-Sugar Published 1988 Pages: 336 Subjects: Labor and Urban Studies: Labor Studies, Regional Studies: Automotive History Cloth - 9780814318515 Price: $54.95s Des

[Marxism-Thaxis] Labor struggle songs written by Maurice Suger

2010-08-11 Thread c b
Maurice Sugar wrote this song. He also wrote "Soup". He was a founder of the Buck Dinner. CB http://www.laborarts.org/exhibits/laborsings/song.cfm?id=5 CHORUS: Sit down, just keep your seat Sit down and rest your feet Sit down, you got 'em beat Sit down, sit down! (Repeat after each verse)

[Marxism-Thaxis] The ERA's long, strained trip (Raqhel Maddow)

2010-08-11 Thread c b
The ERA's long, strained trip News Type: Event — Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:01 PM EDT By Will Femia http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/08/10/4864599-the-eras-long-strained-trip At the very end of the segment with Yale Law School professor Healther Gerken on Monday night's show, Rachel suggested

[Marxism-Thaxis] Bourgeoisie of the world, unite

2010-08-11 Thread c b
34 billionaires pledge half of their fortunes To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] 34 billionaires pledge half of their fortunes Interesting perspective: German billionaires criticize the charity of US b

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Quiet Revolution

2010-08-11 Thread c b
The Quiet Revolution: Venezuelans Experiment with Participatory Democracy By Andrew Kennis August 10, 2010,In These Times http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/6202/ Selling goods to passersby on the street, Jenny Caraballo describes her local communal council. "Some of our members are homemakers

[Marxism-Thaxis] Bill Press

2010-08-12 Thread c b
ON THE SHOW Thursday, August 12, 2010 August 12th, 2010 http://www.billpressshow.com/ Today’s Hot Topics Harry Reid says: “I don’t know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican”… Bill says he’s right Robert Gibbs stands by his comments on the ‘professional left’ but won’t name names

[Marxism-Thaxis] Genes don't have selves

2010-08-12 Thread c b
Post to Pen-l CB ^ Genes don't have selves ^ Commentor: PART 2 SELFISH GENES: Richard Dawkins' "selfish genes" metaphor has been almost universally misunderstood. "Selfish genes" does not mean a selfish person. It's simply a way of looking at evolution as though animals act on behalf

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Genes don't have selves

2010-08-12 Thread c b
e or teleology ,as you say. The discovery that some of our genetic code we inherited from viruses suggests something potentially interesting perhaps a metaphor in the direction of "selfish-viruses", though, viruses are not people or full organisms. > > On 8/12/2010 1

[Marxism-Thaxis] Chicken Little and Social Security

2010-08-12 Thread c b
Chicken Little The name Chicken Little may refer to: The Sky Is Falling (fable), a fable also known as "Chicken Little" or "Chicken Licken" after the main character Chicken Little (1943 film), American short film based on the fable Chicken Little (2005 film), American computer animated feature in

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Genes don't have selves

2010-08-12 Thread c b
On 8/12/10, Shane Mage wrote: > > On Aug 12, 2010, at 10:21 AM, c b wrote: > > > > ...It's a truism or trivially true from the premises of Darwinism > > that , > > _for species that do survive and don't go extinct_, "the individual > > organism i

[Marxism-Thaxis] Genes don't have selves

2010-08-12 Thread c b
-- Forwarded message -- From: c b Date: Aug 12, 2010 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Genes don't have selves To: Forum for the discussion of theoretical issues raised by Karl Marx and the thinkers he inspired On 8/12/10, Shane Mage wrote: > > On Aug 12, 201

[Marxism-Thaxis] I wanna be a billionaire so fricking bad

2010-08-12 Thread c b
Travie Mccoy Billionaire lyrics Travis McCoy lead singer of the rockband Gym Class Heroes featuring Bruno Mars. Billionaire, Travie McCoy Featuring Bruno Mars is currently (week 32, 2010) in the HOT100 Billboard charts at position 8. The Billionaire lyrics by Travie Mccoy are displayed below. To p

[Marxism-Thaxis] Gibbs apologizes ?

2010-08-12 Thread c b
WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN APOLOGIZES AFTER SAYING 'PROFESSIONAL LEFT' SHOULD BE DRUG TESTED Agence France Presse Obama's aide Robert Gibbs backtracked after claiming the left "wouldn't be satisfied if Dennis Kucinich was president. "http://www.alternet.org/story/147807/white_house_spokesman_apologizes

[Marxism-Thaxis] White House Spokesman Apologizes

2010-08-12 Thread c b
White House Spokesman Apologizes After Saying 'Professional Left' Should Be Drug Tested Obama's aide Robert Gibbs backtracked after claiming the left "wouldn't be satisfied if Dennis Kucinich was president." August 10, 2010 | http://www.alternet.org/story/147807/white_house_spokesman_apologizes_

[Marxism-Thaxis] Terrorist

2010-08-12 Thread c b
Posted: 6:20 a.m. Aug. 12, 2010 | Updated: 3:02 p.m. today Man held in connection with Flint serial stabbings Arrest made as Elias Abuelazam tried to board flight to Israel BY GINA DAMRON, MATT HELMS, ZLATI MEYER AND ELISHA ANDERSON FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS Comments (329) Recommend (17) Print E-

[Marxism-Thaxis] Jimmy Reid 1932-2010: The best MP Scotland never had

2010-08-13 Thread c b
Jimmy Reid 1932-2010: The best MP Scotland never had by Craig McDonald and Tom Hamilton Daily Record (UK) August 11, 2010 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2010/08/11/obituary-jimmy-reid-86908-22479995/ He beat the Tory axemen and saved a Scottish way of life - at least for a w

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Racists Return - Did They Ever Go Away? (2 articles)

2010-08-13 Thread c b
The Racists Return - Did They Ever Go Away? (2 articles) * The Racists Return (Joe Conason in TruthDig) * The Unbearable Whiteness of Being (Mark Naison in History News Network) == The Racists Return By Joe Conason TruthDig (drilling beneath the headlines) August 11, 2010 http://ww

[Marxism-Thaxis] Truthout's Union From the

2010-08-13 Thread c b
Shannon Duffy: An Update on Truthout's Union From the National Newspaper Guild [Shannon Duffy is a union organizer. He has been the business manager of TNG-CWA 36047, the St. Louis Newspaper Guild, since September, 2005 and is currently Truthout's union representative.] http://www.truth-o

[Marxism-Thaxis] 100-year-old Scotch pulled from frozen crate

2010-08-13 Thread c b
Last Updated: August 13. 2010 3:52PM 100-year-old Scotch pulled from frozen crate Associated Press Wellington, New Zealand -- A crate of Scotch whisky that was trapped in Antarctic ice for a century was finally opened Friday -- but the heritage dram won't be tasted by whisky lovers because it's bei

[Marxism-Thaxis] White House opposes ending birthright citizenship

2010-08-13 Thread c b
White House opposes ending birthright citizenship ASSOCIATED PRESS Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said today she’s surprised that Republican congressional leaders are joining a push to reconsider the 14th Amendment instead of working with Democrats on comprehensive immigration refo

[Marxism-Thaxis] Russia's Agony a "Wake-Up Call" to the World

2010-08-16 Thread c b
Russia's Agony a "Wake-Up Call" to the World To: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=52455 * Russia's Agony a "Wake-Up Call" to the World * * Stephen Leahy* * VIENNA, Aug 11 (IPS) - A wind turbine on an acre of northern Iowa farmland could generate 300,000 dollars worth of greenhouse-gas-free el

[Marxism-Thaxis] History: Demolition of imperialist lying propaganda about Yugoslavia

2010-08-16 Thread c b
The debate on the US war on Yugoslavia returned, momentarily, to the A-list this week. Charles ^^^ Thanks, Tony, for that prompt demolition of the imperialist lying propaganda about Yugoslavia. Ironically for Todd's account, Yugoslavia was "ethnically" homogeneous -- Slav. But Croatia was

[Marxism-Thaxis] Kobach anti-immigrant nominee in Kansas

2010-08-16 Thread c b
People from Kansas please pay attention to his mail _ From: nair...@googlegroups.com [mailto:nair...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of dorinda moreno Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 5:40 PM To: hladc.sf...@gmail.com; Local/National/Global; south_bay_activists; CentralCoastDiversityAlliance; BBU;

[Marxism-Thaxis] Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on Alzheimer's

2010-08-16 Thread c b
Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on Alzheimer's By GINA KOLATA New York Times Published: August 12, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/health/research/13alzheimer.html In 2003, a group of scientists and executives from the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the d

[Marxism-Thaxis] Computers driving the hospital of the future

2010-08-16 Thread c b
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100816/NEWS06/8160343/1322/Future-technology-floods-into-hospitals&template=fullarticle Posted: Aug. 16, 2010 Computers driving the hospital of the future Electronic medical records system cuts errors, coordinates care BY PATRICIA ANSTETT FREE PRES

[Marxism-Thaxis] Hero judge bounces check fees

2010-08-16 Thread c b
Hero judge bounces check fees http://www.detnews.com/article/20100816/OPINION03/8160307/Hero-judge-bounces-check-fees A California judge is my new personal hero. Not the wise and fair-minded U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker, who overturned the state's odious gay marriage ban -- he's last wee

[Marxism-Thaxis] Capitalist Crisis, Radical Renewal?

2010-08-16 Thread c b
Capitalist Crisis, Radical Renewal? http://www.zcommunications.org/capitalist-crisis-radical-renewal-by-leo-panitch An Interview with Leo Panitch, Sam Gindin, and Greg Albo By Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin and Greg Al

[Marxism-Thaxis] Building a Movement by Offering Solutions

2010-08-16 Thread c b
Building a Movement by Offering Solutions By Michael Kazin The Nation August 12, 2010 http://www.thenation.com/article/154018/building-movement-offering-solutions If the left were not somewhat unhappy with Barack Obama, it would not be much of a left. That, in effect, is the underlying point of

[Marxism-Thaxis] Financial crisis of 2007–2010 (wikipedia)

2010-08-17 Thread c b
The Wikipedia item on the _ongoing_ world financial crisis doesn't seem to pull any punches Charles ^^^ Financial crisis of 2007–2010 Solutions[show] Subprime mortgage crisis solutions debate Regulatory responses to the subprime crisis Alternative system based on the Socialist mode of p

[Marxism-Thaxis] Financial crisis of 2007–2010

2010-08-17 Thread c b
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%932010#Systemic_crisis Systemic crisis Another analysis, different from the mainstream explanation, is that the financial crisis is merely a symptom of another, deeper crisis, which is a systemic crisis of capitalism itself. According to

[Marxism-Thaxis] Financial crisis of 2007–2010

2010-08-17 Thread c b
Public outrage This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this section if you can. (July 2010) The financial crises have provoked an outpouring of articles and books outside of the scholarly and financial press. Most notable have been articles and books

[Marxism-Thaxis] Bailout

2010-08-17 Thread c b
Bailout http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailout ) A bailout is an act of giving capital to an entity (a company, a country, or an individual) in danger of failing in an attempt to save it from bankruptcy, insolvency, or total liquidation and ruin; or to allow a failing entity to fail gracefully wit

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Loss of a Jazz Warrior-Abbey Lincoln, 1930-2010

2010-08-17 Thread c b
. The Loss of a Jazz Warrior -- Abbey Lincoln, 1930-2010 Obituary by John Pietaro August 16, 2010 submitted to portside The struggle against racial injustice has lost a most stirring cultural worker; another artist of conscience is gone with passage of time. But wasn't that a time? Vocalist, actr

[Marxism-Thaxis] Robert Gibbs attacks the fringe losers of the left

2010-08-19 Thread c b
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/08/10/gibbs/index.html Robert Gibbs attacks the fringe losers of the left By Glenn Greenwald AP Robert Gibbs, White House press secretary.(updated below - Update II - Update III) You may think that the reason you're dissatisfied with the Oba

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Mark Lindley on "Marx and Engels on music"

2010-08-19 Thread c b
This is delightful, but omits the fact that the more than 80 works which Liszt performed in Berlin included not only his own music and transcriptions but also compositions by Bach, Händel, Beethoven and other leading masters; Liszt thereby departed from the traditional role of the traveling virtuos

[Marxism-Thaxis] Myth of the greedy public-sector workers

2010-08-19 Thread c b
Myth of the greedy public-sector workers How can politicians and the media be complaining about pensions for government workers when a decent society would guarantee a decent retirement for all workers? socialistworker.org August 18, 2010 http://socialistworker.org/2010/08/18/greedy-government-wor

[Marxism-Thaxis] Final U.S. combat brigade departs Iraq

2010-08-19 Thread c b
Final U.S. combat brigade departs Iraq Rebecca Santana / Associated Press http://www.detnews.com/article/20100819/NATION/8190429/1020/Final-U.S.-combat-brigade-departs-Iraq Khabari Crossing, Kuwait -- As their convoy reached the barbed wire at the border crossing out of Iraq on Wednesday, the so

[Marxism-Thaxis] Sherrod Shakes Her Fist at Breitbart -- and Hugs the NAACP

2010-08-19 Thread c b
Sherrod Shakes Her Fist at Breitbart -- and Hugs the NAACP by Jamilah King ColorLines August 17 2010, 4:07 PM EST http://colorlines.com/archives/2010/08/shirley_sherrods_back_with_fighting_words.html Shirley Sherrod stepped back into the spotlight today. The former USDA state director from Georgi

[Marxism-Thaxis] The 'Principled Left' Obama Needs

2010-08-19 Thread c b
The 'Principled Left' Obama Needs Katrina vanden Heuvel August 15, 2010 http://www.thenation.com/blog/154046/principled-left-obama-needs When Barack Obama embarked on what most political insiders saw as an audacious campaign for the presidency, the question was whether a newly-elected senator fro

[Marxism-Thaxis] Greece

2010-08-21 Thread c b
Entering a Death Spiral? Tensions Rise in Greece as Austerity Measures Backfire By Corinna Jessen in Athens The austerity measures that were supposed to fix Greece's problems are dragging down the country's economy. Stores are closing, tax revenues are falling and unemployment has hit an unbeliev

[Marxism-Thaxis] Civil Rights' Most Misunderstood Moment: The Freedom Rides

2010-08-23 Thread c b
[The film Freedom Riders (directed by Stanley Nelson) is scheduled to air on the PBS series American Experience in 2011 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides. To arrange a showing of Freedom Riders, contact Firelight Media (http://firelightmedia.org/). View trailer: http://www.y

[Marxism-Thaxis] Violence Erupts as Zuma Orders Police to Crush National Strike

2010-08-23 Thread c b
Violence Erupts as Zuma Orders Police to Crush National Strike By Daniel Howden, Africa Correspondent Friday, 20 August 2010 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/violence-erupts-as-zuma-orders-police-to-crush-national-strike-2057296.html South Africa's schools and hospitals were transfo

[Marxism-Thaxis] The United Nations, Impunity And War

2010-08-23 Thread c b
The United Nations, Impunity And War Reflections by comrade Fidel Resolution 1929 of the United Nations Security Council on June 9, 2010 sealed the fate of imperialism. I'm not sure how many noticed that among other absurdities, the Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, fulfilling

[Marxism-Thaxis] Famed Investor Bill Gross Calls For Massive Taxpayer-Backed Mortgage Refinance Initiative

2010-08-23 Thread c b
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/17/bill-gross-mortgage-refi-_n_685228.html August 18, 2010 The Huffington Post Famed Investor Bill Gross Calls For Massive Taxpayer-Backed Mortgage Refinance Initiative The head of the world's biggest bond fund, bemoaning the slow economic recovery, re

[Marxism-Thaxis] Peace, Freedom and McCarthyism - Anticommunism and the African American Freedom Movement

2010-08-25 Thread c b
Peace, Freedom and McCarthyism - Anticommunism and the African American Freedom Movement Book Review Anticommunism and the African American Freedom Movement: "Another Side of the Story" edited by Robbie Lieberman and Clarence Lang Palgrave Macmillan. 251 pages, $85.00 Reviewed by Mark Solomon A

[Marxism-Thaxis] UAW and Rainbow Push Announce Aug. 28th Detroit March

2010-08-25 Thread c b
http://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/detroit/ UAW and Rainbow Push Announce Aug. 28th Detroit March Posted on August 5, 2010 by dsalaborblogmoderator UAW President Bob King United Auto Workers President Bob King and Rev. Jesse Jackson announced an August 28th march to mark the beginning

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Peace, Freedom and McCarthyism - Anticommunism and the African American Freedom Movement

2010-08-25 Thread c b
cult. Historical amnesia rules the roost to > this day. ^ CB: Certainly agree that Robeson really counted. I'm trying to think more specifically what you mean. Robeson was in the "mainstream" media of the day, a sort of superstar before there was such a thing; so he had a ver

[Marxism-Thaxis] Forever Young: Staughton Lynd at 80

2010-08-25 Thread c b
Forever Young: Staughton Lynd at 80 By Andy Piascik Center for Labor Renewal Forging a New Consciousness of Solidarity and Struggle August 22, 2010 http://www.centerforlaborrenewal.org/?P=A&Category_ID= 1&Article=247 [Note: A version of this article appeared in The Connecticut Post http://www.

[Marxism-Thaxis] N.Y. census counts prisoners in home districts

2010-08-25 Thread c b
N.Y. census counts prisoners in home districts http://freedianebukowski.org/n-y-census-now-counts-prisoners-in-home-districts/#more-663 NOI Prison Ministry leader Troy X speaks to Second Chance Support Group/ Info: www.hopedetroit.com. By Dr. Publico–American Tribune “Gov. David Paterson of

[Marxism-Thaxis] Belarus's Democracy

2010-08-26 Thread c b
sage: 5 Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:58:03 +0100 From: "james daly" Subject: [A-List] globalresearch.ca: Belarus's Democracy To: Message-ID: <09fb6f9a0b514b488ca72b03672c6...@home9sg93n9r5y> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" - Original Message - From: James Patrick Jord

[Marxism-Thaxis] Workers Demands Are Legitimate!!

2010-08-27 Thread c b
Workers Demands Are Legitimate!! SACP Media Statement South African Communist Party August 22, 2010 http://groups.google.com/group/SACP-Media/browse_thread/thread/954b7e757f879c8a >From the outset of the current public sector strike, the SACP has consistently indicated its support for what we rega

[Marxism-Thaxis] Just Foreign Policy News

2010-08-27 Thread c b
Just Foreign Policy News August 26, 2010 Just Foreign Policy News on the Web: http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/691 [To receive just the Summary and a link to the web version, you can use this webform: http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/switchdailynews] Why Should the Senate Fund "Enduring" U.

[Marxism-Thaxis] US Strategy: Control the World by Controlling the Internet

2010-08-30 Thread c b
A Chinese Perspective by Chen Baoguo Global Times (August 23 2010) Global Research (August 24 2010) US controls threaten Internet freedom In May 2009, Microsoft announced on its website that they would turn off the Windows Live Messenger service for Cuba, Syria, Iran, Sudan and North Korea

[Marxism-Thaxis] Visiting Gerardo in prison

2010-08-30 Thread c b
http://canadiandimension.com/articles/3278/ Visiting Gerardo in prison Danny Glover & Saul Landau | August 19th 2010 Gerardo Hernandez is one of the Cuban Five >From the Ontario California airport some 60 miles east of downtown Los Angeles we drove north on Highway 15, the road to Las Vegas. Ca

[Marxism-Thaxis] Obama's Silent Jewish Majority

2010-08-30 Thread c b
Obama's Silent Jewish Majority by Eric Alterman The Daily Beast August 22, 2010 http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-08-22/obamas-silent-jewish-majority/ Times columnist Charles M. Blow was apparently light on ideas for his weekly column the other day and so he decided to wade into

[Marxism-Thaxis] March and Rally in Detroit

2010-08-30 Thread c b
compa�...@s: Here are three photo galleries of yesterday's March and Rally held here in Detroit. We had the following "Arizona Apartheid" banner; it was interesting that as we marched with our banner a border patrol officer took a picture of our banner. It was also interesting that a couple of

[Marxism-Thaxis] Protest Wed. against Bank of America foreclosures

2010-08-30 Thread c b
compa�...@s, Let's take action against the foreclosure crimes these BANKSTERS are committing against US, the people. "Home Foreclosures" are the "CRIME of the CENTURY"; please join in this demonstration on this coming Wednesday. _ From: peoplessum...@googlegroups.com [mailto:peoplessum

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Backlash Against Obama's Blackness

2010-08-30 Thread c b
The Backlash Against Obama's Blackness From Arizona to Ground Zero via birthers, the Republicans are riding a wave of white resentment. It's reckless and frightening By Dan Kennedy Guardian (UK) August 24, 2020 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/aug/24/obama-back

[Marxism-Thaxis] From 'The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama':

2010-08-30 Thread c b
>From 'The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama': 'The Kochs are longtime libertarians who believe in drastically lower personal and corporate taxes, minimal social services for the needy, and much less oversight of industry-especially environmental regulation. These views dovet

[Marxism-Thaxis] Fw: History is being made in South Africa

2010-08-30 Thread c b
Fw: History is being made in South Africa Ricky - Forwarded Message From: "ericlee at labourstart.org" To: Where trade unionists start their day on the net. History is being made this week with the largest strike ever to take place in Africa. LabourStart has up-to-date and comprehensiv

[Marxism-Thaxis] 5000 march in Detroit for Jobs, Justice and Peace

2010-08-30 Thread c b
http://www.freep.com/article/20100829/NEWS01/8290466 Posted: Aug. 29, 2010 5,000 march in downtown Detroit, urge rebuilding nation BY NAOMI R. PATTON FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER * Comments (115) * Thousands of people in downtown Detroit made their way from Jefferson Avenue to Grand Circ

[Marxism-Thaxis] Ford settles stock suit; will offer financial advice to 150,000 retirees, employees

2010-08-30 Thread c b
Ford settles stock suit; will offer financial advice to 150,000 retirees, employees http://www.detnews.com/article/20100830/AUTO01/8300389/Ford-settles-stock-suit--will-offer-financial-advice-to-150-000-retirees--employees David Shepardson / Detroit News Washington Bureau Washington -- Ford Moto

[Marxism-Thaxis] Imhotep

2010-08-30 Thread c b
http://www.africawithin.com/hpi/hp2.htm Historical Personalities & Issues Compiled & Edited by Phillip True, Jr. Imhotep Chapter Two Imhotep "Father of Medicine" (2980 B.C.) Imhotep, called "God of Medicine," "Prince of Peace," and a "Type of Christ." Imhotep was worshipped as a god and healer

[Marxism-Thaxis] Modern Monetary Theory—A Prim er on the Operational Realities of the Monetary S ystem

2010-08-31 Thread c b
Modern Monetary Theory—A Primer on the Operational Realities of the Monetary System By Scott Fulwiller http://www.moslereconomics.com/wp-content/graphs/2010/08/MMT-Scott-Fullwiler.doc ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu T

[Marxism-Thaxis] Two Updates from South African Strike

2010-08-31 Thread c b
Two Updates from South African Strike (1) Zuma Tells Ministers to Negotiate End of Strike by RFI August 30, 2010 http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20100830-zuma-tells-ministers-negotiate-end-strike South African President Jacob Zuma has told his ministers to return to the negotiating table with

[Marxism-Thaxis] Gibbs' professional left

2010-08-31 Thread c b
Not so simple http://www.peoplesworld.org/not-so-simple/ by: Sam Webb August 24 2010 tags: strategy and tactics, Obama I found it "over the top." What? The reactions among the liberal, progressive and left (lpl) commentariat to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs' criticism of the "profess

[Marxism-Thaxis] New photos show Fidel Castro with U.S. journalist

2010-08-31 Thread c b
New photos show Fidel Castro with U.S. journalist http://www.freep.com/article/20100831/NEWS15/100831025/1322/New-photos-show-Fidel-Castro-with-U.S.-journalist ASSOCIATED PRESS *Cuba has released pictures of Fidel Castro with an American magazine correspondent and a Washington-based Latin A

[Marxism-Thaxis] AIG

2010-08-31 Thread c b
ELIZABETH WARREN UNCOVERED WHAT THE GOVT. DID TO 'RESCUE' AIG, AND IT AIN'T PRETTY By William Greider, The Nation The government's $182 billion bailout of insurance giant AIG should be seen as the Rosetta Stone for understanding the financial crisis and its costly aftermath. http://www.alternet.or

[Marxism-Thaxis] 5 THINGS SOCIETY UNFAIRLY EXPECTS OF MEN

2010-08-31 Thread c b
5 THINGS SOCIETY UNFAIRLY EXPECTS OF MEN By Greta Christina, AlterNet Get it up? Bring home the bacon? Here are five rigid, narrow definitions of maleness that men feel pressured to contort themselves into. http://www.alternet.org/story/147779/5_things_society_unfairly_expects_of_men "Even today

[Marxism-Thaxis] Climate Change Sceptics on the Left

2010-09-01 Thread c b
http://canadiandimension.com/articles/3266/ Burn, Baby, Burn Climate Change Sceptics on the Left Andrea Levy | August 16th 2010 | 1 Illustration by Ben Clarkson Although the scientific community has never been more united in its conviction that climate change is well on the way to rendering plan

[Marxism-Thaxis] Fwd: Roy Haynes, Jazz Drummer...

2010-09-08 Thread c b
PB: ...who performed on Monday at Hart Plaza at the jazz festival in Detroit, is 85 years old! I had thought that he had played with John Coltrane on a live record featuring My Favorite Things. But I can't seem to find it. However, during his life he did play with Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Lo

[Marxism-Thaxis] SUV Being Used by Rev. Jesse Jackson Stolen

2010-09-08 Thread c b
SUV Being Used by Rev. Jesse Jackson Stolen shieldsgreen [Moderator] 0 minutes ago What with Bing's "back-up" car having the wheels stolen and Jesse's "borrowed" car being stolen, it appears black on black crime has risen to a new level. Yeah, but with the Wall Street bail

[Marxism-Thaxis] Fidel: 'Cuban Model Doesn't Even Work For Us Anymore'

2010-09-08 Thread c b
Fidel: 'Cuban Model Doesn't Even Work For Us Anymore' http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/09/fidel-cuban-model-doesnt-even-work-for-us-anymore/62602/ Sep 8 2010, 12:00 PM ET There were many odd things about my recent Havana stopover (apart from the dolphin show, which I'll get t

[Marxism-Thaxis] Fidel Castro Blasts Ahmadinejad As Anti-Semitic

2010-09-09 Thread c b
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/08/fidel-castro-blasts-ahmad_n_708592.html Fidel Castro Blasts Ahmadinejad As Anti-Semitic WILL WEISSERT | 09/ 7/10 09:01 PM | AP Fidel Castro Cuban former President Fidel Castro gives a speech, on September 03, 2010, at Havana's University. Cast

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Fidel Castro Blasts Ahmadinejad As Anti-Semitic

2010-09-09 Thread c b
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Ralph Dumain wrote: >  It would be interesting to know what he has to say about Hugo Chavez > and his former Eastern bloc patrons in this respect. CB: With respect to anti-Semitism ? > > On 9/9/2010 1:00 PM, c b wrote: >> http://www.

[Marxism-Thaxis] Virtual Chat with author Andrew Bacevich! ( Just Foreign Policy)

2010-09-09 Thread c b
You're Invited to a Virtual Chat with author Andrew Bacevich! | Just Foreign Policy Display images below - Always display images from i...@justforeignpolicy.org Just Foreign Policy Virtual Brown Bag with Andrew Bacevich -- September 24th, 2010, 3:30pm ET.

[Marxism-Thaxis] Pastor, imam at odds over Quran-burning deal

2010-09-10 Thread c b
September 10, 2010 http://detnews.com/article/20100910/NATION/9100404 Pastor, imam at odds over Quran-burning deal ANTONIO GONZALEZ Associated Press Gainesville, Fla.-- Will he or won't he? Negotiations between a local Muslim cleric and the leader of a tiny Florida church who had threatened

[Marxism-Thaxis] U.S. traffic fatalities fall to lowest level in 60 years

2010-09-10 Thread c b
September 10, 2010 http://detnews.com/article/20100910/AUTO01/9100393 U.S. traffic fatalities fall to lowest level in 60 years 33,808 died on nation's roads last year, down nearly 10 percent from 2008 DAVID SHEPARDSON Detroit News Washington Bureau Washington -- The number of people killed

[Marxism-Thaxis] Petraeus Condemns U.S. Church's Plan to Burn Qurans

2010-09-10 Thread c b
* ASIA NEWS * SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 Petraeus Condemns U.S. Church's Plan to Burn Qurans By _JULIAN E. BARNES_ (http://online.wsj.com/search/term.html?KEYWORDS=JULIAN+E.+BARNES&bylinesearch=true) And _MATTHEW ROSENBERG_ (http://online.wsj.com/search/term.html?KEYWORDS=MATTHEW+ROSENBERG&b

[Marxism-Thaxis] Jared Diamond Done Drunk the Kool-Aid

2010-09-13 Thread c b
Jared Diamond Done Drunk the Kool-Aid http://scienceblogs.com/casaubonsbook/2009/12/jared_diamond_done_drunk_the_k.php Category: Climate Change • Collapse Posted on: December 8, 2009 8:08 AM, by Sharon Astyk Last year I was invited to speak at a Green Energy Event in the West. Most such events

[Marxism-Thaxis] Irwin Silber 1925-2010

2010-09-13 Thread c b
Irwin Silber 1925-2010 by Ethan Young submitted to Portside by the author September 12, 2010 Irwin Silber died at the age of 84 on September 8, 2010, after complications from Alzheimer's. Silber's life intersected with the emergence of the radical left out of the Eisenhower/McCarthy era, and the

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Struggle for What We Already Have

2010-09-13 Thread c b
The Struggle for What We Already Have by Joe Nocera The New York Times (September 03 2010) For something that seems so simple and straightforward, "net neutrality" has sure created one big mess. Net neutrality, of course, is the principle that Internet service providers should not be allowed t

[Marxism-Thaxis] INSURGENT ANTHROPOLOGIES: AMERICAN CAPITALIST TRIUMPHALISM AND THE LIBERAL HUMAN RIGHTS PARADIGM

2010-09-13 Thread c b
INSURGENT ANTHROPOLOGIES: AMERICAN CAPITALIST TRIUMPHALISM AND THE LIBERAL HUMAN RIGHTS PARADIGMBy Christopher Carricohttp://asitoughttobe.wordpress.com

[Marxism-Thaxis] The two categories of American corporation - and their politics

2010-09-13 Thread c b
The two categories of American corporation - and their politics By Robert Reich September 12, 2010 http://robertreich.org/post/1110659210/the-two-categories-of-american-corporation-and-their Some giant American corporations depend on a buoyant American economy and a world-class industrial base in

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Irwin Silber

2010-09-14 Thread c b
Just out: an audio interview with Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of the > Doors, plus archive footage: http://www.karldallas.com/doors. > > > >> Message: 2 >> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:22:30 -0400 >> From: c b >> Subject: [Marxism-Thaxis] Irwin Silber 1925-2010 &

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Eisenhower/McCarthy era? a Misnomer, was Irwin Silber 1925-2010

2010-09-14 Thread c b
, Carrol Cox wrote: > > > c b wrote: >> >> Irwin Silber 1925-2010 >> by Ethan Young >> submitted to Portside by the author >> September 12, 2010 >> >> Irwin Silber died at the age of 84 on September 8, 2010, >> after complications from Alz

[Marxism-Thaxis] House Un-American Activities Committee

2010-09-14 Thread c b
House Un-American Activities Committee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Un-American_Activities_Committee HUAC hearing The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA) or House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC),[1] 1938–1975) was an investigative committee of the United States House o

[Marxism-Thaxis] Smith Act

2010-09-14 Thread c b
Smith Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Act The Alien Registration Act or Smith Act (18 U.S.C. § 2385) of 1940 is a United States federal statute that makes it a federal criminal offense for “ Whoever, with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of any such government, prints, p

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Copenhagen Diagnosis: Climate Science Report

2010-09-14 Thread c b
The Copenhagen Diagnosis: Climate Science Report http://www.copenhagendiagnosis.org/ It is more than three years since the drafting of text was completed for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). In the meantime, many hundreds of papers have been pub

[Marxism-Thaxis] Michigan's Denard Robinson dazzles in win over Notre Dame

2010-09-14 Thread c b
Michigan's Denard Robinson dazzles in win over Notre Dame BY MITCH ALBOM FREE PRESS COLUMNIST * SOUTH BEND, Ind. — One day soon, this is going to bite them. One day soon, a team will figure out Denard Robinson and hang a stinging loss on these incomplete Wolverines. One day soon. But in the

[Marxism-Thaxis] Denard Robinson

2010-09-14 Thread c b
Denard Robinson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denard_Robinson Denard Robinson Michigan Wolverines — No. 16 Quarterback Sophomore Major: Kinesiology Date of birth: September 22, 1990 (1990-09-22) (age 19) Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight: 193 lb (88 kg; 13 st 11 lb) Career history High s

[Marxism-Thaxis] Irwin Silber and the Guardian

2010-09-14 Thread c b
Irwin Silber and the Guardian By Jack A. Smith Sept 13, 2010 Submitted by the author to portside I would like to comment on Ethan Young's Portside article on the death of Irwin Silber. I was on the Guardian staff from 1963 to 1984 as a reporter, managing editor and editor, and worked with Irwin

[Marxism-Thaxis] From margins to mainstream: the rise of Rush, Sarah and gang

2010-09-14 Thread c b
>From margins to mainstream: the rise of Rush, Sarah and gang assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedImage6060-sam.jpg by: Sam Webb September 10 2010 tags: ultra-right, elections, GOP, Republicans, racism, strategy and tactics Let me begin with an obvious point: Right wing extremism is gathering str

[Marxism-Thaxis] Nation's First Israel Divestment Campaign as Ballot Initiative

2010-09-14 Thread c b
L.A. Launches Nation's First Israel Divestment Campaign By Linda Milazzo L.A. Progressive September 11, 2010 http://www.laprogressive.com/the-middle-east/israel-divestment-campaign/ On April 1, 2010, in a no-holds-barred interview with the Christian Science Monitor, Israeli peacemaker Jonathan B

[Marxism-Thaxis] Review: The Scottsboro Boys @ The Guthrie Theater

2010-09-14 Thread c b
Review: The Scottsboro Boys @ The Guthrie Theater By Tad Simons August 8, 2010 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine http://blogs.mspmag.com/themorningafter/2010/08/review-the-scottsboro-boys-the.html Is The Scottsboro Boys-the final musical from the legendary writing team of John Kander and Fred Ebb (Ebb died i

[Marxism-Thaxis] Synthetic Biology: Harbinger of an Uncertain Future?

2010-09-14 Thread c b
By Malcolm Dando Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 16 August 2010 http://thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/malcolm-dando/synthetic-biology-harbinger-of-uncertain-future It is hard to imagine that only three years ago, back in 2007, there was such a lack of awareness of dual-use and related bi

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