Re: [PEN-L] Soviet history

that their nostalgia for the good old times is insufficient for motuivating them to act politically Nostalgia is one thing, political activity is another matter altogether Best wishes to you and to your girl-friend's dad. Aki ORR Chris Doss wrote: --- aki_orr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [PEN-L] Soviet History

in his recent criticism of the 1990s reforms. Capitalists hate the market in practice... Best wishes from Riga, Jeff Date:Tue, 1 Feb 2005 01:16:34 +0200 From:aki_orr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Soviet history Dear Chris, Many thanks for your kind reply. However, I ask you to consider

Re: [PEN-L] Soviet history

Dear Chris, State monopoly of the MOP is not merely an economic concept. For workers it means that in every place of work State officials decide ALL issues of work:: they decide the speed of the assembly line, the production quotas, the machinery of production, how much will the worker get per

Re: [PEN-L] Soviet history

barely meant anything in 1991 -- it was way too overused. He was omnipresent. --- aki_orr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Chriss, Could you please cite the source subtantiaite your claim ? The concept of Large minority raises two questions: 1. Where did this minority emerge from ? 2. Why

Re: [PEN-L] Soviet history

of the wisdom of socialism here many times. Let's not go over it again. On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 02:52:08AM +0200, aki_orr wrote: Dear Melvin, In discussing the USSR I tried to reduce to aminimum the use of terms like socialism and marxism although I could not avoid them entirely. I used instead the concept

Re: [PEN-L] Soviet history

Aki ORR replies to Louis Proyect Louis Proyect reviews 2 books that put forward the view that the collapse of the USSR does not imply a collapse of socialism and marxist theory because the USSR was State Capitalism and not Socialism. This is an attempt to use a verbal smokescreen to hide a

Re: [PEN-L] getting kicked off pen-l

[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Perelman Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:56 AM To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: Re: getting kicked off pen-l no problem. On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 09:00:21AM +0200, aki_orr wrote: Dear Michael Perelman, Being new to the list I did not know

[PEN-L] The Cake or the Bakery

Dear PEN - L subscribers, Being new to the list I did not realize that most subscribers do not like attachments. I therefore re-send my reply to Louis Proyects critical comments on Castoriadis and London Solidarity as part of this mail. Apologies for this repetition. Aki ORR Dear subscribers at

Re: [PEN-L] getting kicked off pen-l

Thanks Bill, I did. . Aki Bill Lear wrote: On Thursday, January 27, 2005 at 22:27:26 (+0200) aki_orr writes: Dear Max, 1 Louis could be misinformed. 2. We are dealing with interpretation of data, not with raw data. 3. Define inaccuracy. 4. Never inaccurate sounds like God You need

Re: [PEN-L] getting kicked off pen-l

Dear Michael Perelman, Being new to the list I did not know that attachments are not wellcome. I wish to mail my reply to Louis Proyect e-mail directly, not as an attachment. I have no intention to raise any personal comtroversy nor to enflame. I just to correct some of inaccuracies in the

[PEN-L] Castoriadis

Dear friends at PEN-L Louis Proyect has recently e-mailed you some accusations against Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-1997) and the London Solidarity group. In the attachement I reply to these accusations. If you have time to read it I shall be grateful sincerely, Aki ORR