Absolutely not. Sweezy was not an intellectual -- someone who could
be Schumpeter's favorite colleague, even as a student -- but a KGB hack,
applauding each and every execution.
Brad De Long wrote:
>Brad, this is a real stretch. I don't
agree with Stalin's interpretation of the
>theory of value,
Brad De Long wrote,
You write as though there is a mental process called "agreement" going
on here--as if Paul Sweezy reads Stalin's _Economic Problems of
Socialism in the USSR_, analyzes it, decides which parts are accurate
and helpful, and then incorporates it into his mental
(from Christopher Phelp's historical sketch of Monthly Review that appeared
in the May 1999 issue)
On the left, many were thinking along the same lines as the editors of
Monthly Review. Their hopes for change had been fired by the great
movements of the 1930s and rekindled after the Second World
Brad wrote:
I owe the context for a Sweezy quote from _The Present as History_...
The publication in 1952 of Stalin's _Economic Problems of Socialism in the
USSR_ would make possible today a more satisfactory reply to Mr. Kazahaya
on the law of value under socialism. Briefly, Stalin's position
To return to practical reality, the issue is not Milton or shopping malls
but libel and genocide, not Constitutional Rights but Contractual
Obligations. And people should protest Yahoo's actions.
CB: Right on , Tall Paul
Charles Brown
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Can I return a firm
Maybe it's just me but I get sick of DeLong's never-ending redbaiting.
If he worked for Clinton, is he responsible for Clinton' numerous acts
of murder. Should we hold DeLong responsible for Iraqi children's
death? For Billy Ray Rector? He seems to like to deal in absolutes
when discussing
Brad De Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/19/00 02:39PM
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"ACLU Defends Nazis' Right to Burn Down ACLU Headquarters"
CB: That's a good joke cite.
But unfortunately even in the serious world , the ACLU is absurd on this issue.
Charles Brown wrote:
But unfortunately even in the serious world , the ACLU is absurd on
this issue. Suppose the Nazis' various speeches and advocacies
succeed. That would be the end of freedom of speech. The ACLU , arch
defenders of freedom of speech, defend the right of Nazis to try to
end
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Brad De Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/19/00 02:39PM
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"ACLU Defends Nazis' Right to Burn Down ACLU Headquarters"
Charles Brown:
But unfortunately even in the serious
Brad seems to make the mistake of assuming that one that quality is
evidence of another. Actually, some of Stalin's writings were not that
bad.
I think if he ever met Paul Sweezy he would retract his statement right
away.
O.J. Simpson was an excellent football player though he had some other
Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/19/00 03:08PM
Charles Brown wrote:
But unfortunately even in the serious world , the ACLU is absurd on
this issue. Suppose the Nazis' various speeches and advocacies
succeed. That would be the end of freedom of speech. The ACLU , arch
defenders of freedom
Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/19/00 03:37PM
Brad seems to make the mistake of assuming that one that quality is
evidence of another. Actually, some of Stalin's writings were not that
bad.
I think if he ever met Paul Sweezy he would retract his statement right
away.
O.J. Simpson was
Charles Brown wrote:
You can find a lot of people who'd say exactly the same thing about
"Stalinists" or even "Marxists." They'd be as happy to censor you as
the would some pig in a sheet, maybe happier.
CB: They already have. Remember McCarthyism, the Palmer Raids, Mr.
Justice Holmes
Charles Brown wrote:
CB: I wish Brad had had a chance to meet Stalin too.
That's one of the funniest things I've read so far this millennium.
You think Uncle Joe's personal charm would have won Brad over? Or is
this a roundabout way you think that Brad's one of those people for
whom four
Bert Cochran, October 1954:
Labor cannot afford to mark time and just hope for a turn of the wheel for
the better. What is required is a new program of action that will fuse the
membership into an embattled army fighting to advance, not reconciled to
retreat. As our Detroit correspondent
CB: I wish Brad had had a chance to meet Stalin too.
That's one of the funniest things I've read so far this millennium.
You think Uncle Joe's personal charm would have won Brad over? Or is
this a roundabout way you think that Brad's one of those people for
whom four walls are three too many?
Didn't Churchill and Roosevelt refer to him as Uncle Joe? As I recall the
inventor of the condom left his estate to the Bolsheviks. His family appealed
and his estate went to his three daughters. In order to reclaim their rightful
wealth, the Bolsheviks dispatch their three months eligible
This material is excerpted from an article by Ron Friesen in
Manitoba Co-operator Feb 10,2000
%age of disposable income spent on food.
Canada 9.8
United States 10.9
United Kingdom 11.5
Australia 14.6
Japan
As I recall the
inventor of the condom left his estate to the Bolsheviks. His family appealed
and his estate went to his three daughters.
there's a fun only pop novel called "A Pennant for the Kremlin," in which a
crazy old millionaire willed his entire estate to the USSR, including the
Maybe it's just me but I get sick of DeLong's never-ending redbaiting.
If he worked for Clinton...[s]hould we hold DeLong responsible for...
Billy Ray Rector?...
michael yates
It's Rickey Ray Rector.
P.S.: Take a look at: http://www.theonion.com/onion3211/acludefends.html
"ACLU Defends Nazis' Right to Burn Down ACLU Headquarters"
CB: That's a good joke cite.
But unfortunately even in the serious world , the ACLU is absurd on
this issue. Suppose the Nazis' various speeches and advocacies
Michael Perelman wrote,
Didn't Churchill and Roosevelt refer to him as Uncle Joe? As I recall
the inventor of the condom left his estate to the Bolsheviks. His family
appealed and his estate went to his three daughters. In order to reclaim
their rightful wealth, the Bolsheviks dispatch their
I think that none of the three bachelors succeeded in their quest.
Timework Web wrote:
Michael Perelman wrote,
Didn't Churchill and Roosevelt refer to him as Uncle Joe? As I recall
the inventor of the condom left his estate to the Bolsheviks. His family
appealed and his estate went to
To return to fundamentals: the central issue is to protest Yahoo's actions.
That out of the way:
Various governments act in a way that can informally be called "outlawing
fascism." But the formal legal -- and therefore both the practical and
ethical -- reality is different.
The major legal
NY Times, February 18, 2000
After Helping Oil-Producing Nations to Push Prices Up, Mexico Is Having
Second Thoughts
By SAM DILLON
VERACRUZ, Mexico, Feb. 18 -- For two years, Mexico has worked with other
oil producing nations to lift prices, and their efforts have borne fruit.
But in an about
[As I stated last week, the American Socialist magazine co-edited by George
Clarke, Harry Braverman and Bert Cochran represented the first attempts by
Marxists to come to terms with a post-WWII paradigm. This meant, first of
all, dealing with some of the new realities of the American economy.
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