M-TH: Farewell

1999-09-10 Thread Andrew Wayne Austin
List, I am unsubbing from marxism-thaxis. Take care of yourselves. Peace, Andy Austin --- from list [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Re: M-TH: Re: dialectical materialism

1999-08-06 Thread Andrew Wayne Austin
On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Rob Schaap wrote: (a) 'material': an analytic foundation conceived of as an integration of two dynamics: the way a society reproduces its physical existence and the relations that constitute that society; Engels recognizes this in his best work, Origin of the Family,

Re: M-TH: dialectical materialism

1999-08-04 Thread Andrew Wayne Austin
The basis for my position is simple. I regard historical materialism as a scientific method. Until Marx, historiography had no objective foundation or scientific method. Marx put the analysis of history on a sound ontological and methodological basis: the materialist conception of history. The

Re: SV: M-TH: American civil war

1999-06-13 Thread Andrew Wayne Austin
Some people shouldn't open their mouths when it comes to talking about race. Not because it makes them look stupid, but because it reinforces the system of racism. To say that racism today is "voluntary discrimination" reveals a profound ignorance of reality. But ignorance in this case also has

Re: M-TH: Re: Paragraph on Balkans

1999-05-29 Thread Andrew Wayne Austin
I have myself begun to rethink the idea of reformism. I have a webpage titled "Reformist Socialism." This webpage has links to DSA and so forth. But what I really mean is "reformist capitalism," since DSA is not working to reform socialism, but to reform capitalism. But that is problematic in

Re: M-TH: Re: Paragraph on Balkans

1999-05-28 Thread Andrew Wayne Austin
On Fri, 28 May 1999, J.WALKER, ILL wrote: the Guardian has never been Marxist. From the editorial page of the Guardian, 1978: "Racism is institutionalized in the U.S. because it is an indispensable prop of the capitalist system. White supremacy and the prevalence of racist ideology make

Re: M-TH: Could these be asteroid belts?

1999-05-07 Thread Andrew Wayne Austin
On Fri, 7 May 1999, Chris Burford wrote: That is why, applied non-dogmatically, I consider dialectical materialism universally applicable. This sentence speaks for itself. Andy --- from list [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Re: M-TH: Inter-capitalist war

1999-05-04 Thread Andrew Wayne Austin
On Wed, 5 May 1999, Ian Hunt wrote: Chris Burford expresses my view of the conflict in Serbia/Kosovo. I am glad he is able to put systematically and well what I have only had the opportunity to touch on. What political lable this might bring down on me, I do not know, and do not care, Since you

Re: SV: M-TH: Re: Jim's times letter on fascism...

1999-05-02 Thread Andrew Wayne Austin
I think Bob is onto something. Over there at LM there is a collective mind set that people worry too much over things like pollution, the safety of consumer products, neo-nazi activities, etc. The line is handed down by Furedi and informed by the "sociology of risk," the latest libertarian craze

Re: M-TH: definitions of genocide

1999-04-15 Thread Andrew Wayne Austin
Kim, Does the suppression of the Spanish language in some US schools, however deplorable this is, constitute "genocide" in the United States? Suppose that the US was successful in eliminating Spanish in the United States. Wouldn't they still speak Spanish in Mexico? Just to make this clear: I