[Marxism-Thaxis] Nearly half of Detroit's workers are unemployed: absolute general law of capitalist accumulation

2009-12-18 Thread c b
At one pole increased wealth , 11or 12 trillion dollars or so goes to Wallstreet; at the proletarian pole a mass reserve army of the relative surplus population, lazurus layers of immiseration , concentrated geographically in places like Detroit. CB Nearly half of Detroit's workers are

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Nearly half of Detroit's workers are unemployed: absolute general law of capitalist accumulation

2009-12-18 Thread c b
in absolute number than in 1867. Hope you're well. Peace, Matt Same to you , comrade. On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 9:35 AM, c b cb31...@gmail.com wrote: At one pole increased wealth , 11or 12 trillion dollars or so goes to Wallstreet; at the proletarian pole a mass reserve army

[Marxism-Thaxis] Kucinich: `Class war is over, working people lost'

2009-12-21 Thread c b
Kucinich: `Class war is over, working people lost' By Sahil Kapur The Raw Story December 17, 2009 http://rawstory.com/2009/12/kucinich-class-war-working-people-lost/ WASHINGTON Reflecting on the growing divide between Wall Street and Main Street, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) on Wednesday

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Have a happy and merry December 25

2009-12-26 Thread c b
Today, as the world pauses on the birthday of one of history's greatest men, whose teachings continue to benefit the entire human race, let us join in toasting the memory of Sir Isaac Newton, and of all the giants on whose shoulders he stood. Jim Farmelant Let us raise our glasses in equal

[Marxism-Thaxis] Interesting article by a detroit autoworker; worth reading

2009-12-26 Thread c b
Interesting article by a detroit autoworker; worth reading http://www.peoplesworld.org/what-if/ ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to:

[Marxism-Thaxis] The revolutionary hope of Christmas

2009-12-30 Thread c b
The revolutionary hope of Christmas by: Tim Yeager December 24 2009 Christmas time can be so depressing. It brings out some of the worst features of capitalism and rubs them in our faces. You can't escape, whatever your philosophical or religious belief. Advertisements spur on feelings of

[Marxism-Thaxis] Reflections on some political and ideological questions today

2009-12-30 Thread c b
Reflections on some political and ideological questions today http://www.peoplesworld.org/reflections-on-some-political-and-ideological-questions-today/ by: Sam Webb December 21 2009 The president doesn't simply register and reflect the balance of power; he influences it as well; no other

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Interesting article by a detroit autoworker; worth reading

2009-12-30 Thread c b
http://dogangocmen.wordpress.com/ http://www.dogangocmen.blogspot.com/ -Original Message- From: c b cb31...@gmail.com To: Forum for the discussion of theoretical issues raised by Karl Marx and thethinkers he inspired marxism-thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu; a-l...@lists.econ.utah.edu

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Interesting article by a detroit autoworker; worth reading

2009-12-30 Thread c b
On 12/26/09, waistli...@aol.com waistli...@aol.com wrote: So what if I told you that by supporting the 1935 Social Security Act you would be selling out the working class and capitulating to right-wing special interests who wrote half the bill? Didn't see that one coming, didja? To get

[Marxism-Thaxis] Why Did Engels Write Anti-Dühri ng?

2010-01-04 Thread c b
Why Did Engels Write Anti-Dühring? Thomas Riggins http://paeditorsblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/why-did-engels-write-anti-duhring.html In the 1870s the German professor Eugen Dühring joined the German Social Democratic Party. He made a lot of friends and began interpreting socialism along lines

[Marxism-Thaxis] Howard Fast: Two Memoirs, One Life

2010-01-04 Thread c b
Howard Fast: Two Memoirs, One Life By Gerald Meyer http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/view/9196/1/378/ Political Affairs Magazine Being Red (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1990), Howard Fast’s account of his

[Marxism-Thaxis] Wall Street's 10 Greatest Lies of 2009

2010-01-04 Thread c b
Wall Street's 10 Greatest Lies of 2009 By Nomi Prins, AlterNet. Posted December 28, 2009 http://www.alternet.org/media/144776/wall_street%27s_10_greatest_lies_of_2009?page=entire Lies that justify screwing over Main Street. On December 13, President Obama declared that he was not elected to

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Barack Obama Worked For The CIA - John Pilger

2010-01-04 Thread c b
/wiki/The_Manchurian_Candidate ^ Le 4/01/10 21:03, « c b » cb31...@gmail.com a écrit : CeJ jannuzi Actually the youtube title is sensationalistic because in this little clip you will see Pilger do more analysis of Bushwa and Obama than you will see watching a year of Wolf Blitzer

[Marxism-Thaxis] Speaking of Mau Mau's

2010-01-04 Thread c b
Monday, January 4, 2010 Podcast #112: Interview with Gerald Horne about his latest book, Mau Mau in Harlem? http://paeditorsblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/podcast-112-interview-with-gerald-horne.html Political Affairs #112 - The US and Kenya: Interview with Historian Gerald Horne Gerald Horne is

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Why Did Engels Write Anti-Dü hring ?

2010-01-05 Thread c b
consists in its materiality, and this is proved not by a few juggled phrases, but by a long and wearisome development of philosophy and natural science. -- F. Engels At 02:36 PM 1/4/2010, c b wrote: Why Did Engels Write Anti-Dühring? Thomas Riggins

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Barack Obama Worked For The CIA - John Pilger

2010-01-05 Thread c b
What is WMR material ? On 12/31/09, CeJ jann...@gmail.com wrote: Actually the youtube title is sensationalistic because in this little clip you will see Pilger do more analysis of Bushwa and Obama than you will see watching a year of Wolf Blitzer on CNN--starting with 'class', which is a term

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Barack Obama Worked For The CIA - John Pilger

2010-01-05 Thread c b
On 1/4/10, CeJ jann...@gmail.com wrote: Here is one follow directed to CB. On the near moribund PEN-L ^ CB: Who told you ? A ghost ? you stated that Obama didn't criticize Clinton much. Actually he did. ^ CB: Not when I was watching the campaign. He specifically talked about

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Why Did Engels Write Anti-Dühri ng ?

2010-01-05 Thread c b
On 1/5/10, CeJ jann...@gmail.com wrote: Go back in your history far enough and you see how free trade wasn't really the reality of the British or the Americans. In the first half of the 19th century, many Americans talked the Adam Smith talk, but walked the 'national dirigiste development'

[Marxism-Thaxis] How Atheists Can Use Christianity

2010-01-05 Thread c b
How Atheists Can Use Christianity By Nathan Schneider, The Guardian Posted on January 5, 2010, Printed on January 5, 2010 http://www.alternet.org/story/144931/ James Wood, a writer who himself has lived between the tugs of belief and unbelief, made an eloquent call in the New Yorker last August

[Marxism-Thaxis] Christian Story of Jesus's Birth Is a Myth Born of Politics

2010-01-05 Thread c b
Christian Story of Jesus's Birth Is a Myth Born of Politics By Rev. Howard Bess, Consortium News Posted on December 23, 2009, Printed on January 5, 2010 http://www.alternet.org/story/144510/ The Advent season is a fun time. For many Christians, it is the happiest season of the year. The joy

[Marxism-Thaxis] Could God die again ?

2010-01-05 Thread c b
Could God die again? Death of God theology was a 1960s phenomenon that casts light on the narrowness of the current debate Nathan Schneider guardian.co.uk, Sunday 4 October 2009 09.00 BST It is a familiar scene. A religious revival has just swept through the United States, spurred in part by

[Marxism-Thaxis] Could God die again?

2010-01-05 Thread c b
Unlike some of the prominent atheists of today, these thinkers knew intimately the theology they were attacking. Life after God, they believed, could not move forward without understanding the debt it owed to the religious culture that had gone before. Consequently the movement went far beyond the

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Could God die again ?

2010-01-05 Thread c b
Ralph Dumain wrote: What Dawkins et al are deficient in is far more serious. First, they are philosophically naive or inept. They don't understand the interplay between the realms of philosophy and empirical science (cum scientific theory), and they don't understand how philosophy works. So

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Could God die again ?

2010-01-05 Thread c b
something (pseudo-)new. Don't be a copycat is an important American value. (Dawkins is British, ok). What are some of the ways in which they stumble and stunt philosophically ? At 04:34 PM 1/5/2010, c b wrote: Ralph Dumain wrote: What Dawkins et al are deficient in is far more serious

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] How Atheists Can Use Christianity

2010-01-05 Thread c b
, no ? ^ At 02:13 PM 1/5/2010, c b wrote: How Atheists Can Use Christianity By Nathan Schneider, The Guardian Posted on January 5, 2010, Printed on January 5, 2010 http://www.alternet.org/story/144931/ James Wood, a writer who himself has lived between the tugs of belief and unbelief

[Marxism-Thaxis] Popularity of Atlas Shrugged: r ( theory, practice)

2010-01-05 Thread c b
Carrol Cox is a Marxism-Thaxis alum CB Message: 4 On PEN-L Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:56:38 -0600 From: Carrol Cox cb...@ilstu.edu Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Popularity of Atlas Shrugged The basic fact about _all_ belief systems is that holders of any given belief may have quite contrary positons on

[Marxism-Thaxis] Barack Obama Worked For The CIA - John Pilger

2010-01-06 Thread c b
As for what ghost told me about PEN-L, all I had to do was look at the web archive and the , ummm, almost total lack of discussion outside of the usual shameless self-promoters. Looks like Prof. Milquetoast got his wish. As for that ghost, it must have been the same one who made you buttered

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Could God die again ?

2010-01-06 Thread c b
From there he got the chance in 1849[11] to emigrate to the United States (as one of the Forty-Eighters). ^ CB: I wonder if he fought in the US Civil War. I don't see Weitling mentioned in this section from Chapter III. Socialist and Communist Literature the critique of other communist

[Marxism-Thaxis] Barack Obama Worked For The CIA - John Pilger

2010-01-06 Thread c b
Doug Henwood On Jan 1, 2010, at 10:35 AM, Jim Farmelant wrote: That would be an interesting issue to look into. How does the US ruling class go about recruiting political talent? How were people like Jimmy

[Marxism-Thaxis] You Remind Me of Herbert Hoover

2010-01-06 Thread c b
Barack Obama, You Remind Me of Herbert Hoover But it doesn't have to be this way. John B. Judis The New Republic - January 5, 2010 http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/barack-obama-you-remind-me-herbert-hoover Barack Obama has been compared to almost every American President of the last

[Marxism-Thaxis] The New New Anti-Communism

2010-01-06 Thread c b
The New New Anti-Communism by John Feffer Foreign Policy in Focus - January 5, 2010 Vol. 5, No. 1 http://www.fpif.org/articles/the_new_new_anti-communism Hillary Clinton is a commie symp. That's a familiar line from the rabid right, which hasn't yet gotten the news that the Cold War is over.

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Could God die again ?

2010-01-06 Thread c b
regiment in the Union army. I need to check my book on the Ohio Hegelians. . . . Oh, the individual in question is August Willich. At 08:48 AM 1/6/2010, c b wrote: From there he got the chance in 1849[11] to emigrate to the United States (as one of the Forty-Eighters). ^ CB: I

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Popularity of Atlas Shrugged: r ( theory, practice)

2010-01-06 Thread c b
On 1/6/10, CeJ Oops. I forgot to discuss Rand. I think perhaps at least one LBO-Talker noticed what I already had--she isn't a half-bad novelist. I'd rather read her than any number of novelists of the 20th century (although I'm coming around to, for example, reading CP Snow again). CB:

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Christian Story of Jesus's Birth Is a Myth Born o f Politics

2010-01-06 Thread c b
On 1/6/10, farmela...@juno.com farmela...@juno.com wrote: To me one of the most interesting aspects of the history of Christianity, was how a religion that for many years was regarded by the Roman establishment as a politically subversive cult was eventually embraced by that establishment

[Marxism-Thaxis] August Willich in the Civil War: Heart of a Communist/Mind of a Prussian

2010-01-06 Thread c b
August Willich in the Civil War: Heart of a Communist/Mind of a Prussian by Mike Quigley http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/ArticlesWillich.htm He was also referred to as The Reddest of the Red and at a meeting at a Cincinnati German Workers Union Hall in the uproar on the execution of John

[Marxism-Thaxis] COMMUNISTS’ EFFECT ON AMERICA

2010-01-06 Thread c b
Ironically, it is the neo-Confederate rightwingers who are , I guess, trying to bring back slavery in the South, who chronicle the enormous contributions of German Communists to the military cause of the North in the Civil War CB COMMUNISTS’ EFFECT ON AMERICA

[Marxism-Thaxis] REPUBLICAN PARTY, RED FROM THE START

2010-01-06 Thread c b
A few years ago in a thread and argument on the extent of the influence of Marx and Engels on Lincoln, I found on the web that Lincoln had owned a German language newspaper in Illinois. Perhaps his famous quote following was rooted in his reading German Communists Labor is prior to, and

[Marxism-Thaxis] Marxism, Marxists and US Civil War

2010-01-06 Thread c b
Here are some of the posts from on thread on this from LBO-Talk CB http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2006/2006-February/004245.html Wedemeyer and cannons Charles Brown cbrown at michiganlegal.org Tue Feb 28 11:02:21 PST 2006 Previous message: [lbo-talk] Renters Getting Screwed - or

[Marxism-Thaxis] ] Could God die again ? : Dennett

2010-01-06 Thread c b
Daniel_Dennett wikipedia note: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism-thaxis/2006-February/019940.html Daniel Clement Dennett (born March 28, 1942) is a prominent American philosopher. Dennett's research centers on philosophy of mind and philosophy of science, particularly as those fields

[Marxism-Thaxis] Could God die again ? : Dennett

2010-01-06 Thread c b
Another post from Ralph on Dennett. CB Dennett's Breaking the Spell Ralph Dumain rdumain at igc.org Wed Feb 1 02:33:18 MST 2006 Next message: [Marxism-Thaxis] On necessity and law in human history Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

[Marxism-Thaxis] ] Could God die again ? : Dennett

2010-01-06 Thread c b
Dennett's Breaking the Spell http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism-thaxis/2006-February/019846.html Charles Brown cbrown at michiganlegal.org Wed Feb 1 07:58:48 MST 2006 Previous message: [Marxism-Thaxis] www.darwin.ws Next message: [Marxism-Thaxis] Philipp Frank: historical background

[Marxism-Thaxis] Could God die again ? : Dennett

2010-01-06 Thread c b
Religion and science: a reply to a right-wing attack on philosopher Daniel Dennett http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism-thaxis/2006-March/020130.html Jim Farmelant farmelantj at juno.com Wed Mar 22 07:21:18 MST 2006 Previous message: [Marxism-Thaxis] Global_economy Next message:

[Marxism-Thaxis] Could God die again ? : Dennett

2010-01-06 Thread c b
[Marxism-Thaxis] Religion and science: a reply to a right-wing attack on philosopher Daniel Dennett Ralph Dumain rdumain at igc.org http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism-thaxis/2006-March/020131.html Wed Mar 22 08:15:33 MST 2006

[Marxism-Thaxis] Could God die again ?

2010-01-06 Thread c b
Another biologist on religion. Wilson is a main sociobiologist. CB http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism-thaxis/2005-November/019411.html Wilson: science and religion are incompatible Charles Brown cbrown at michiganlegal.org Thu Nov 17 13:52:26 MST 2005 Previous message:

[Marxism-Thaxis] Marxism, Marxists and US Civil War

2010-01-06 Thread c b
Here's the link that asserts that Lincoln owned a German language newspaper CB [Marxism-Thaxis] Marx on Lincoln; Lincoln owned German language newspaper Charles Brown charlesb at cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us Thu May 8 08:43:35 MDT 2008 [Marxism-Thaxis] Marx on Lincoln; Lincoln owned German language

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] COMMUNISTS’ EFFECT ON AMERICA

2010-01-06 Thread c b
had experience with fighting from the 1848 revolutionary war in Germany At 11:31 AM 1/6/2010, c b wrote: Ironically, it is the neo-Confederate rightwingers who are , I guess, trying to bring back slavery in the South, who chronicle the enormous contributions of German Communists

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Relevance of Lenin Today

2010-01-06 Thread c b
The Relevance of Lenin Today Posted by Jason Schulman on 1/04/10 • Categorized as Exogenous Views, Theory http://theactivist.org/blog/the-relevance-of-lenin-today SAMUEL FARBER The left has been experiencing a situation somewhat similar to the World War I years. At that time, the abject

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Climate Justice Movement Breaks Through

2010-01-06 Thread c b
The Climate Justice Movement Breaks Through (1) 12/11/09 • MARK ENGLER In early September 2006, Johann Hari, a columnist for the British newspaper The Independent http://theactivist.org/blog/the-climate-justice-movement-breaks-through ___

[Marxism-Thaxis] Cox tries to think out making movement

2010-01-06 Thread c b
[lbo-talk] Bill Gross fulminates Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu Wed Jan 6 09:16:27 PST 2010 Previous message: [lbo-talk] Bill Gross fulminates Next message: [lbo-talk] Bill Gross fulminates Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Search LBO-Talk Archives Limit search to:

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Could God die again ?

2010-01-07 Thread c b
CeJ jann...@gmail.com wrote: Also interesting is what Engels wrote in 1843: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1843/10/23.htm The New Moral World No. 21, November 18, 1843 Germany had her Social Reformers as early as the Reformation. Soon after Luther had begun to proclaim

[Marxism-Thaxis] Matt Turney, RIP

2010-01-07 Thread c b
For Martha Graham fans... Mary Hinkson, Matt's close friend and associate, and a famous Graham prima ballarina herself , is my aunt. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance/biographies/hinkson.html I remember many happy times with Matt. She was very beautiful. Concerning a recent thread on the

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Popularity of Atlas Shrugged: r ( theory, practice)

2010-01-07 Thread c b
Thanks. I'll take a look On 1/7/10, CeJ jann...@gmail.com wrote: I'd say Ayn Rand is the person most responsible for both 'libertarianism' and the 'self-esteem movement' as we know them today, even if she is identified philosophically with the term 'objectivism' (her use of that term, that

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Popularity of Atlas Shrugged: r ( theory, practice)

2010-01-07 Thread c b
In her epistemology, Rand draws our attention to the fact that we humans obtain our information about reality through a process of integration. We integrate from a lower level of awareness to a higher one: from senses into percepts and from percepts into concepts. The very first information we

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Popularity of Atlas Shrugged: r ( theory, practice)

2010-01-07 Thread c b
I have just stated that human cognition begins with the ability to perceive entities directly through our senses, mostly by touch and sight. ^ CB: This is wrong. _Human_ cognitiion begins with language and communication with other humans, not with perceiving through the senses, except

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Popularity of Atlas Shrugged: r ( theory, practice)

2010-01-07 Thread c b
When I saw the painting above by the Belgian artist René Magritte at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, there was a young American couple trying to figure out the meaning of the banner in French (“Ceci n’est pas une pipe”). So I confirmed to them that, yes, it means “This is not a pipe.” “But

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Popularity of Atlas Shrugged: r ( theory, practice)

2010-01-07 Thread c b
Throughout the history of art, there have been many examples of fads against depicting images. The iconoclasts in Oriental Christianity and the Moslem law against representation of human beings are just two examples. Even in prehistoric times, we observe that the living form was often abandoned,

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Popularity of Atlas Shrugged: r ( theory, practice)

2010-01-07 Thread c b
The young Aniska, whose portrait we see now, is a member of the Communist Young Pioneers organisation; you can tell by the red scarf she wears around her neck. What is moving in this picture is that the painter, David Sterenberg, has chosen to show the girl in the uniform of a collective

[Marxism-Thaxis] Evolutionary Surprise: Eight Percent Of Human Genetic Material Comes From A Virus

2010-01-07 Thread c b
Wow ! About eight percent of human genetic material comes from a virus and not from our ancestors, according to researchers in Japan and the U.S. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100107103621.htm ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Popularity of Atlas Shrugged: r ( theory, practice)

2010-01-10 Thread c b
wrote: SEE CB, her philosophy of art didn't make you gag. CB: Unlike , Nietszche :( As for the rest, I'll pronounce you here and now a far more profound philosopher than Ayn Rand. And when your man Barry appoints me as head of the Fed, I'll cite you every chance I get as an

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Popularity of Atlas Shrugged: r ( theory, practice)

2010-01-11 Thread c b
On 1/11/10, CeJ What is a right-wing libertarian? A Republican with marijuana plants in his closet. CB: Isn't that redundant ? Leftwing anti-statists are anarchists ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Popularity of Atlas Shrugged: r ( theory, practice)

2010-01-11 Thread c b
On 1/11/10, Ralph Dumain wrote: About 30 years ago, Lyndon La Rouche's disciples were actively recruiting orthodox Jews. Any idea why that might be? CB: What is La Rouche's position on Palestine and Israel ? I remember he had a position that the Queen of England was running drugs.

[Marxism-Thaxis] Where do we go from here? An active and vocal movement

2010-01-11 Thread c b
Where do we go from here? An active and vocal movement http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=smenu=76twindow=Defaultmad=Nosdetail=8136wpage=1skeyword=sidate=ccat=ccatm=restate=restatus=reoption=retype=repmin=repmax=rebed=rebath=subname=pform=sc=1070hn=michigancitizenhe=.com --

[Marxism-Thaxis] Mexican Electrical Workers Change Strategy

2010-01-11 Thread c b
Mexican Electrical Workers Change Strategy in Face of Government Intransigence By Dan La Botz North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) December 31, 2009 https://nacla.org/node/6334 The Mexican Electrical Workers Union (SME) celebrated its 95th anniversary on December 14 with cultural

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Could God die again ?

2010-01-11 Thread c b
On 1/7/10, CeJ jann...@gmail.com wrote: ^ CB: Luther didn't have that much of a conflict belieiving in both, as most of the Bible is Ye Olde Testament, which is full of affirmation of the right divine of princes and landlords. Moses was a king of sorts, handing down the Ten

[Marxism-Thaxis] Race Riots Grip Italian Town, and Mafia Is Suspected

2010-01-11 Thread c b
January 11, 2010 Race Riots Grip Italian Town, and Mafia Is Suspected http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/world/europe/11italy.html?hpw=pagewanted=print By RACHEL DONADIO ROME — More than a thousand African workers were put aboard buses and trains in the southern Italian region of Calabria over

[Marxism-Thaxis] FYI

2010-01-11 Thread c b
. Japan, with its purely feudal organisation of landed property and its developed petite culture, gives a much truer picture of the European middle ages than all our history books, dictated as these are, for the most part, by bourgeois prejudices. It is very convenient to be “liberal” at the

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Popularity of Atlas Shrugged: r ( theory, practice)

2010-01-12 Thread c b
On 1/11/10, CeJ jann...@gmail.com wrote: CB: Isn't that redundant ? Leftwing anti-statists are anarchists But in the American political lexicon, socialist, communist, even democratic socialist are banned. Social democrat is not much used, while liberal has fallen out of use as well. The

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Race Riots Grip Italian Town, and Mafia Is Suspected

2010-01-12 Thread c b
Carrol Cox cb...@ilstu.edu wrote: One of the few TV programs I watched regularly before my eyes gave out was Real Sports on HBO. The best sociological program that ever appeared on TV. Some years ago they had a wonderful report on racism in European footbll (soccer to Americans). I can't

[Marxism-Thaxis] Trumka: Democrats Are Inviting A Repeat Of 1994

2010-01-12 Thread c b
Trumka: Democrats Are Inviting A Repeat Of 1994 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/11/trumka-democrats-are-invi_n_418694.html One of the top union leaders in the country warned on Monday that the Democratic Party risked suffering electoral losses of historic proportions if they pass

[Marxism-Thaxis] GEITHNERGATE: OBAMA'S TREASURY SEC. SHOULD GET THE BOOT AND LET'S TAKE OUR MONEY BACK TOO

2010-01-13 Thread c b
This article reminds of an old song. CB Get out of here and give me some money too. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080117091741AAaLhqy You had plenty of money in 1922. You let other women make a fool of you. Why don't you do right, like some other men do? Get out of here, get

[Marxism-Thaxis] Race Riots Grip Italian Town, and Mafia Is Suspected

2010-01-13 Thread c b
Recent attacks in Europe expose racist underbelly by: W. T. Whitney Jr. January 12 2010 http://www.peoplesworld.org/recent-attacks-in-europe-expose-racist-underbelly/ Resurgent racism manifested by death threats and violence cropped up last month in Italy and Hungary. Their occurrence follows

[Marxism-Thaxis] i'm tiger woods

2010-01-14 Thread c b
There are lot of new volunteers for this commercial. (smile) CB ^^ video Video results for i'm tiger woods Tiger Woods first Nike Commercial - I am Tiger ... 1 min 12 sec - Mar 13, 2008 www.youtube.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAnlcW_ILyw

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Race Riots Grip Italian Town, and Mafia Is Suspected

2010-01-14 Thread c b
CeJ jann...@gmail.com wrote: I wrote this to someone on Marxmail list, but here it is for this list, fwiw: CB: Thanks My take after reading up. I'm still speculating, I have to follow up on just how far along the Messina Straits bridge project is: (1) The only way Berlusconi stayed in

[Marxism-Thaxis] Italian autoworkers

2010-01-18 Thread c b
1. Fiat workers in Italy aim to strike Feb. 3 2. Kia Motors union to strike for 20th consecutive year Fiat workers in Italy aim to strike Feb. 3 January 14, 2010 By GREG GARDNER FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER

[Marxism-Thaxis] Unions Call for Science-Based Reductions in Greenhouse Gasses

2010-01-18 Thread c b
Unions Call for Science-Based Reductions in Greenhouse Gasses http://www.labor4sustainability.org/post/unions-call-for-science-based-reductions-in-greenhouse-gases/ By Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith Over the past couple of years, the American labor movement has become an enthusiastic

[Marxism-Thaxis] Aesthetic argument

2010-01-18 Thread c b
Carrol says below that The only truth to be found in_any poem/fiction is the truth the reader brings to it. The text is dumb and asserts nothing. This reminds me of what I said about abstract art in criticizing the Randy art critic the other day. Different people see different things in abstract

[Marxism-Thaxis] Earthquake in Haiti: Cuba respondsPrint

2010-01-18 Thread c b
http://peoplesworld.org/earthquake-in-haiti-cuba-responds/ Earthquake in Haiti: Cuba responds by: W. T. Whitney Jr. January 17 2010 tags: Haiti, Cuba By Jan. 13, less than a day after the earthquake struck Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, 30 Cuban doctors were caring for the wounded in a fully

[Marxism-Thaxis] Union leaders announce 'big improvements' in Senate's health care tax plan

2010-01-18 Thread c b
Union leaders announce 'big improvements' in Senate's health care tax plan by: John Wojcik January 15 2010 tags: union, health care, senate Leaders of America's major unions, coming out of intense negotiations with the president and congressional leaders, said late yesterday that they were close

[Marxism-Thaxis] Two Unions Push for Resignation of Armstrong From Citi's Board

2010-01-20 Thread c b
Two Unions Push for Resignation of Armstrong From Citi's Board By DAVID ENRICH January 20, 2010 The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/ SB10001424052748703626604575011174152516314.html?mod= WSJ_business_whatsNews Two major labor groups renewed their push to unseat one of Citigroup

[Marxism-Thaxis] Early shock jock

2010-01-20 Thread c b
This early shock jock and rapper was more left, working class, poor. Then I guess you could say Father Coughlin was an even earlier shock jock. CB ^ Petey Greene Petey Greene Birth name Ralph Waldo Greene, Jr. Born January 23, 1931(1931-01-23) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. Died January

[Marxism-Thaxis] Google in China Is Like Chinese Companies in Africa

2010-01-21 Thread c b
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[Marxism-Thaxis] Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) / Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS)

2010-01-21 Thread c b
MSU students challenge community From Michigan State University Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) / Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS) It’s time for both students and members of the community to act against injustice. This has been done in several ways in the past; students have voted,

[Marxism-Thaxis] Haiti

2010-01-22 Thread c b
Haiti has suffered the most horrific mass death imaginable due to an earthquake . This earthquake has caused such an extraordinary lose of life due to the centuries of racist colonial oppression against the first Black revolution against slavery which has resulted in extreme poverty and poor

[Marxism-Thaxis] Poll Shouts The Message Massachusetts Voters Were Sending

2010-01-22 Thread c b
Poll Shouts The Message Massachusetts Voters Were Sending By Isaiah J. Poole Campaign for Americas Future January 20, 2010 http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2010010320/poll-shouts-message-massachusetts-voters-were-sending The numbers in the Research 2000 exit poll released Wednesday by

[Marxism-Thaxis] Goolsbee Says Obama’s Bank Pl an Not ‘The Full Glass-Steagall’

2010-01-22 Thread c b
Bloomberg Goolsbee Says Obama’s Bank Plan Not ‘The Full Glass-Steagall’ January 22, 2010, 11:27 AM EST More From Businessweek By Joshua Zumbrun Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s financial regulation proposals don’t fully revive bank legislation from the 1930s, said Austan

[Marxism-Thaxis] ‘Detroit just like Port-au-Pr ince’

2010-01-22 Thread c b
http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=smenu=76twindow=Defaultmad=Nosdetail=8249wpage=1skeyword=sidate=ccat=ccatm=restate=restatus=reoption=retype=repmin=repmax=rebed=rebath=subname=pform=sc=1070hn=michigancitizenhe=.com ‘Detroit just like Port-au-Prince’ By David Rambeau In the

[Marxism-Thaxis] Nathan Huggins, revolutionary historian

2010-01-22 Thread c b
Nathan Huggins, revolutionary historian -- 11/29/2009 By Grace Lee Boggs The Michigan Citizen On Dec. 5 an Interdisciplinary Symposium at Harvard University will celebrate the Life and Scholarship of Nathan I. Huggins, former director of Harvard’s Department of African and African American

[Marxism-Thaxis] Haiti and the Struggle Against Imperialism

2010-01-22 Thread c b
Haiti and the Struggle Against Imperialism A History of Resistance to Slavery and Occupation http://panafricannews.blogspot.com/2010/01/haiti-and-struggle-against-imperialism.html by Abayomi Azikiwe Editor, Pan-African News Wire A devastating earthquake struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti on

[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 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

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Setting the record straight

2010-01-24 Thread c b
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 b wrote: Setting the record straight by: Sam Webb January 20 2010 tags: Obama, elections, strategy and tactics, communists

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

2010-01-25 Thread c b
the person managing the list at marxism-thaxis-ow...@lists.econ.utah.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Marxism-Thaxis digest... Today's Topics: 1. Setting the record straight (c b) 2. Re: Setting the record straight

[Marxism-Thaxis] Will Obama Put Muscle Into the White House's New Populist Play?

2010-01-25 Thread c b
http://www.counterpunch.org/hudson01252010.html On the Eve of the State of the Union Will Obama Put Muscle Into the White House's New Populist Play? By MICHAEL HUDSON At stake now is President Obama’s credibility as an agent for change. Voters see his main “change” thus far to have been

[Marxism-Thaxis] Setting the record straight

2010-01-26 Thread c b
(smile) Message: 26 Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:39:08 -0500 From: Louis Proyect l...@panix.com Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Setting the record straight To: Progressive Economics pe...@lists.csuchico.edu Message-ID: 4b5c77ac.8030...@panix.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed c b

[Marxism-Thaxis] Jesse Jackson wants state resid ents to lead war on ‘banksters’

2010-01-27 Thread c b
Jesse Jackson wants state residents to lead war on ‘banksters’ Published: Sunday, January 10, 2010 144 comment(s) By Jim Shelton, Register Staff Click to enlarge The Rev. Boise Kimber, left, and Willie Darden, center, listen to the Rev. Jesse Jackson talk about Darden’s home on Thompson

[Marxism-Thaxis] Democratize the Federal Reserve Bank

2010-01-27 Thread c b
Democratize the Federal Reserve Bank by: Sam Webb http://www.peoplesworld.org/sam-webb January 26 2010 What seemed a foregone conclusion - the reappointment of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for another four-year term - has turned into a matter of contention. For this we have to

[Marxism-Thaxis] Jesse Jackson wants state resid ents to lead war on ‘banksters’

2010-01-27 Thread c b
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/01/10/news/a1jesse.txt usually when jesse jackson starts on a rampage i think to myself he goes another case of racism toward Caucasians but i have to say this time he is fighting for something even caucasians can stand behind. it is about time that we

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] 4 Marxism-Thaxis members have posted 14 papers on Academia.edu

2010-01-28 Thread c b
Comrade Price namesake lister, good to hear from you ! Workers of the West, it's our turn. Charles Brown On 1/27/10, Richard Price richard.w.pr...@academia.edu wrote: Dear Marxism-Thaxis members, We just wanted to let you know about some recent activity on the Marxism-Thaxis group on

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Howard Zinn, historian who challenged status quo, dies a...

2010-01-28 Thread c b
Waistline wrote: Gingrich’s “right wing party of big government” is Webb’s “ultra right.” When Gingrich and Webb advance the same theoretical/political proposition, from radically different ideological points of view, one must ask what the heck is going on. CB: And think it might be

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