[Marxism-Thaxis] credit default swap disaster - the dog that did not bark?

2008-10-17 Thread Charles Brown
Here's somebody who had a front row seat. Charles ^^^ From: David Chris Burford writes about credit default swaps below: I thought I would share that in my capacity as a bankruptcy lawyer, I listened to today's hearing in the Lehman bankruptcy case, which included an extensive report to the

[Marxism-Thaxis] credit default swap disaster - the dog that did not bark?

2008-10-17 Thread Charles Brown
To: Progressive Economics From: Doyle Saylor -- On Oct 16, 2008, at 3:00 PM, Chris Burford wrote: I would be interested to know whether other list

[Marxism-Thaxis] Is Fox news equating Obama with socialism, or worse yet...Marxism?

2008-10-17 Thread Charles Brown
Is Fox news equating Obama with socialism, or worse yet...Marxism? James Heartfield ( Thaxis alumnus) Hey, we're all Marxists, now, aren't we? At least the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury thinks so: Face it: Marx

[Marxism-Thaxis] centralization of credit

2008-10-16 Thread Charles Brown
From: [PEN Progressive Economics -- Channel 4 News (UK) this evening gleefully opened by announcing that the Bush administration had implemented what the Communist had called for in the Great

[Marxism-Thaxis] Notes on the current crisis of capitalism

2008-10-16 Thread Charles Brown
This is an nice Marxist analysis of the current crisis. Charles Anthony [Marxism] Notes on the current crisis of capitalism Matt wrote this in response to my post regarding Mandel and crises of overproduction. I am forwarding it on to Marxmail. Anthony I

[Marxism-Thaxis] Welcome to depression

2008-10-16 Thread Charles Brown
Welcome to depression From: Doyle Saylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:16:05 -0700 Greetings Economists, On Oct

[Marxism-Thaxis] What Went Wrong

2008-10-16 Thread Charles Brown
Well, part of what went wrong, anyway. Charles ^ What Went Wrong By Anthony Faiola, Ellen Nakashima and Jill Drew Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, October 15, 2008; A01 A decade ago, long before the financial calamity now sweeping the world, the federal government's economic brain

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Race and class

2008-10-15 Thread Charles Brown
CeJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/15/2008 4:38 AM CB: Yep. There is a big surge from the right in the working class against Wall Street right now. It's an instant populism, recent rightwingers making a left move. I don't know how left the move is. ^^^ CB: All those rightwingers in Congress who

[Marxism-Thaxis] Beware the Economyths

2008-10-15 Thread Charles Brown
Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute, Beware the Economyths The real questions on economics to ask the presidential contenders in Wednesday's debate: In a new York Times October 7, 2008 Op-Ed Contributors JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ, R. GLENN HUBBARD and MYRON S. SCHOLES

[Marxism-Thaxis] Happy days are here again

2008-10-15 Thread Charles Brown
Market roars back, but does that mean the worst is over? Bargain hunters spark the Dow's biggest rally in 7 decades http://www.freep.com/article/20081014/COL07/810140379 Happy days are here again So long sad times Go long bad times We are rid of you at last Howdy gay times Cloudy gray times

[Marxism-Thaxis] Nader to lead Wall Street rally

2008-10-15 Thread Charles Brown
Nader to lead Wall Street rally It's GO TIME! We only have less than two days left before Ralph speaks, lets try and make this event as awesome as possible. Below is an email for you to send out to everybody and anybody you think might be interested in coming. Feel free to put it out on any

[Marxism-Thaxis] Market freefall takes huge bite out of corporate pension plans

2008-10-15 Thread Charles Brown
Market freefall takes huge bite out of corporate pension plans By Mark Bruno and _Tom Henderson_ (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) (http://oascentral.crainsdetroit.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.detroitbusiness.com/index/[EMAIL

[Marxism-Thaxis] Nader to lead Wall Street rally

2008-10-14 Thread Charles Brown
Nader to lead Wall Street rally It's GO TIME! We only have less than two days left before Ralph speaks, lets try and make this event as awesome as possible. Below is an email for you to send out to everybody and anybody you think might be interested in coming. Feel free to put it out on any

[Marxism-Thaxis] Happy days are here again

2008-10-14 Thread Charles Brown
Market roars back, but does that mean the worst is over? Bargain hunters spark the Dow's biggest rally in 7 decades http://www.freep.com/article/20081014/COL07/810140379 Happy days are here again So long sad times Go long bad times We are rid of you at last Howdy gay times Cloudy gray times

[Marxism-Thaxis] Funny money

2008-10-14 Thread Charles Brown
http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2008/10/01/crisis-time-for-wall-streets-creatures-in-congress/#comments Wm. Terry L., RN: I’ve read all the articles about the causes of the current crash of the market but read little about solutions for the worker who has been forced to place money

[Marxism-Thaxis] Debt Bondage: A Christian Perspective on the Paulson Bank Bailout

2008-10-14 Thread Charles Brown
Debt Bondage: A Christian Perspective on the Paulson Bank Bailout http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=vaaid=10458 by Dr. Michael Hudson Global Research, October 5, 2008 An unprecedented popular protest led Congress to reject the Treasury’s initial bailout plan on

[Marxism-Thaxis] Who is Behind the Financial Meltdown?

2008-10-14 Thread Charles Brown
Who is Behind the Financial Meltdown? Market Manipulation and the Institutional Speculator http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=vaaid=10529 by Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, October 11, 2008 Email this article to a friend Print this article The market is heavily

[Marxism-Thaxis] Recent history of bailouts

2008-10-13 Thread Charles Brown
US capitalism has been operating on state-monopoly ( definition of a monopoly is too big to fail) underwriting or subsidizing for a while. What are the amounts of these bailouts ? Are there others ? Charles Chrysler bailout - 1979 ? S L bailout LTCM bailout 2008: GM-Chrysler-Ford loan

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Recapitalization of Banks ?

2008-10-13 Thread Charles Brown
The Recapitalization of Banks: Policy Makers Finally on Right Track by: Brian Griffin October 13, 2008 | about stocks: XLF Brian Griffin Add to Your WatchlistAbout this author: Bio more articles Visit author's site Become a Contributor Submit an ArticleFont Size: PrintEmail After a

[Marxism-Thaxis] The crisis of family debt

2008-10-13 Thread Charles Brown
The crisis of family debt Author: Art Perlo People's Weekly World Newspaper, 10/06/08 17:38 There is broad consensus among labor unions and progressive organizations, economists and politicians that we need a bottom-up solution to the economic crisis. That is, the priority should be

[Marxism-Thaxis] Recapitalization Is Not Nationalization

2008-10-13 Thread Charles Brown
Sunday, October 12, 2008 Recapitalization Is Not Nationalization by Norman Markowitz The major industrial capitalist countries today are in effect purchasing equity stakes in major central banks, guaranteeing credit and deposits, and seeking to recapitalize through state investments and,

[Marxism-Thaxis] Recapitalization Is Not Nationalization

2008-10-13 Thread Charles Brown
Sunday, October 12, 2008 Recapitalization Is Not Nationalization by Norman Markowitz The major industrial capitalist countries today are in effect purchasing equity stakes in major central banks, guaranteeing credit and deposits, and seeking to recapitalize through state investments and,

[Marxism-Thaxis] 'Economic 9/11' Exacting Grim Toll On Average Americans

2008-10-13 Thread Charles Brown
'Economic 9/11' Exacting Grim Toll On Average Americans http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=254064 Agence France-Presse October 10, 2008 'Economic 9/11' exacting grim psychological toll in US -This compares to 9/11 in terms of the impact, definitely. And it's significant that it isn't

[Marxism-Thaxis] Chomsky: Anti-Democratic Nature of US Capitalism

2008-10-13 Thread Charles Brown
Anti-Democratic Nature of US Capitalism is Being Exposed Bretton Woods was the system of global financial management set up at the end of the second World War to ensure the interests of capital did not smother wider social concerns in post-war democracies. It was hated by the US

[Marxism-Thaxis] Inflammatory Republican rallies raise concern

2008-10-10 Thread Charles Brown
Another Poster' s comment: [Rallies are eliciting angry audience exclamations like Kill him! and Off with his head! when Palin esp. launches into anti-Obama tirades. One clip I saw featured an angry man ranting to McCain that socialists are taking over the country! - B.]

[Marxism-Thaxis] Panic of 1907

2008-10-10 Thread Charles Brown
Panic of 1907 A swarm gathers on Wall Street during the bank panic in October 1907.The Panic of 1907, also known as the 1907 Bankers' Panic, was a financial crisis that occurred in the United States when the stock market fell close to 50 percent in January from its peak in the previous year.

[Marxism-Thaxis] Reverse auction

2008-10-10 Thread Charles Brown
Reverse auction A reverse auction (also called procurement auction, e-auction, sourcing event, e-sourcing or eRA) is a tool used in industrial business-to-business procurement. It is a type of auction in which the role of the buyer and seller are reversed, with the primary objective to drive

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Business Cycle in American History

2008-10-10 Thread Charles Brown
http://mgagnon.myweb.uga.edu/Tbanks.htm HISTORY 2111 The Business Cycle in American History There have been many economic depressions in American History; so many that economists created the term business cycle

[Marxism-Thaxis] Moral Hazard

2008-10-10 Thread Charles Brown
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_hazard Moral hazard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Moral hazard is the prospect that a party insulated from risk may behave differently from the way it would behave if it were fully exposed to the risk. Moral hazard arises

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Obama on Afghanistan and Iraq Withdrawal

2008-10-09 Thread Charles Brown
CeJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/08/2008 9:38 PM CB: No, the distinct characteristic of Obama's position is that he proposes a definite timetable for withdrawal as opposed to an indefinite one or eventually. Well timetables have been discussed 'concretely' since the invasion and occupation started.

[Marxism-Thaxis] insty-book on The Crisis

2008-10-09 Thread Charles Brown
Doug Henwood : Let me alert you to an 'instant book' from Vox, 'Rescuing our Jobs and Savings: What G7/8 Leaders can do to Solve the Global Credit Crisis': For immediate release, PM Thursday 9 October 2008 RESCUING OUR JOBS AND SAVINGS We are in the throes of what is almost certainly the most

[Marxism-Thaxis] Pit Bull

2008-10-09 Thread Charles Brown
The ancestors of modern Pit Bulls come from the bulldogs and terriers of England. Pit Bull http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_bull This article is about the group of breeds commonly called Pit Bulls. For the specific breed from which the term is derived, see American Pit Bull Terrier or American

[Marxism-Thaxis] Lessons for Today: Bank Panics and the Great Depression

2008-10-09 Thread Charles Brown
February 15, 2008, 12:27 pm Lessons for Today: Bank Panics and the Great Depression The Great Depression may be ancient history but interest in the subject is enjoying a revival, including at the Federal Reserve, now chaired by self-described “Great Depression buff” Ben Bernanke. A new research

[Marxism-Thaxis] Bank run

2008-10-09 Thread Charles Brown
Bank run http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_run A poster for the 1896 Broadway melodrama The War of Wealth depicts a typical 19th-century bank run in the U.S. 2007 bank run on Northern Rock, a UK bankA bank run (also known as a run on the bank) occurs when a large number of bank customers

[Marxism-Thaxis] History of materialism: The proof of the pudding is in the eating

2008-10-09 Thread Charles Brown
The test of theory is practice or The proof of the pudding is in the eating The proof of the pudding is in the eating is a proverb that means You will not fully comprehend it until you try it or results are what count. It is frequently rendered in the shorter form The proof is in the pudding,

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Presidential debate 2: Obama falters McCain the winner

2008-10-08 Thread Charles Brown
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/07/2008 10:44 PM Well, the wife said and I agree with it, that Obama stumbled and falter and seemed like an amateur. The most disheartening answer both candidates offered was their reply to the question should health car be treated as a commodity? Both candidates

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Bailout is a Fraud

2008-10-08 Thread Charles Brown
The Bailout is a Fraud Published 10/03/08 Paul Craig Roberts, former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury - Print Article E-mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Editor's Note: The following is by Paul Craig Roberts, and may not reflect the views or opinions of EconomyInCrisis.org. Before Congress passes

[Marxism-Thaxis] ] Obama falters McCain the winner

2008-10-08 Thread Charles Brown
The debate format this time visually favored BO because he is taller and moved more fluidly--I could almost imagine him up in front of a class of law students bullshitting his way around constitutional law. McCain looked like an old man and moved like Bob Dole. ^^^ CB: McCain looks and feels

[Marxism-Thaxis] McCain's Michigan Woes May Widen as Economy Hits Working Class

2008-10-08 Thread Charles Brown
McCain's Michigan Woes May Widen as Economy Hits Working Class By Heidi Przybyla (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=photossid=adM8Fq0RTis0) Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Kari Durell, a 38-year-old waitress, had her doubts about Barack Obama after reading wild Internet rumors that he trained

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Obama falters McCain the winner

2008-10-08 Thread Charles Brown
Doug Henwood No, the distinct characteristic of Obama's position is that he proposes a definite timetable for withdrawal as opposed to an indefinite one or eventually. Yeah, and he explicitly wants to take the troops withdrawn from Iraq and send them to Afghanistan. Surely you've

[Marxism-Thaxis] Wall Street - Cold, Flat, and Broke

2008-10-08 Thread Charles Brown
Wall Street - Cold, Flat, and Broke October 06, 2008 C R Sridhar http://desicritics.org/2008/10/06/114033.php “Dreamed about AIG and the stock market, woke up with the urge to stock up on canned goods and shotguns.” - Michele Catalano of Long Island, an angry blogger. The month of September

[Marxism-Thaxis] Community Reinvestment Act at fault -- NOT

2008-10-08 Thread Charles Brown
Community Reinvestment Act at fault -- NOT From: Slate Magazine / moneybox Subprime Suspects The right blames the credit crisis on poor minority homeowners. This is not merely offensive, but entirely wrong. By Daniel Gross Posted Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, at 2:08 PM ET We've now entered a new

[Marxism-Thaxis] Community Reinvestment Act at fault -- NOT

2008-10-08 Thread Charles Brown
there's a somewhat deeper issue here; while blaming the CRA is clearly asinine talking points, in my opinion, the whole project of looking for micro explanations of what was clearly a macro phenomenon is screwed. If you run a current account deficit then (by accounting identity), domestic

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Obama falters McCain the winner

2008-10-08 Thread Charles Brown
Also, I forgot to mention that best to bog down US military in Afghanistan so the forces there can't be redeployed to Venezuela and Bolivia. CB Charles Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/08/2008 10:56 AM Doug Henwood No, the distinct characteristic of Obama's position is that he proposes

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] The playboy philosopher

2008-10-08 Thread Charles Brown
when that was not very popular in France, even on the left. Jim F. CB: That's my understanding of the history. Sartre had better positions than the PCF on French colonialism in Algeria (!), making them real good positions. -- Charles Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ralph Dumain What

[Marxism-Thaxis] Community R Act

2008-10-08 Thread Charles Brown
Isn't singling out the CRA and its mid-90s amendment just another example of selective right-wing demonization? One might just as easily point to the Garn-St. Germain Act of 1982 which deregulated - and annihilated - the SLs and further integrated local real estate financing into the global

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] communism mailing list

2008-10-08 Thread Charles Brown
Thanks ehrbar [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/04/2008 5:53 PM There is no danger that I will close down marxism-thaxis. Hans. ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to:

[Marxism-Thaxis] Sarah Palin lowered the standards for female candidates and political discourse |

2008-10-08 Thread Charles Brown
Michelle Goldberg: Sarah Palin lowered the standards for female candidates and political discourse | Flirting her way to victory Sarah Palin's farcical debate performance lowered the standards for both female candidates and US political discourse Michelle Goldberg guardian.co.uk, Friday

[Marxism-Thaxis] Maverick

2008-10-08 Thread Charles Brown
Maverick A maverick is an unbranded range animal, especially a motherless calf; it can also mean a person who thinks independently; a lone dissenter; a non-conformist or rebel. People Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803–1870), Texas cattleman from whom the term maverick originated Samuel

[Marxism-Thaxis] Moral hazard

2008-10-08 Thread Charles Brown
Moral hazard Moral hazard is the prospect that a party insulated from risk ( e.g. by a bailout-CB) may behave differently from the way it would behave if it were fully exposed to the risk. Moral hazard arises because an individual or institution does not bear the full consequences of its

[Marxism-Thaxis] http://www.therandirhodesshow.com/

2008-10-07 Thread Charles Brown
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[Marxism-Thaxis] Face it: Marx was partly right about capitalism

2008-10-07 Thread Charles Brown
Face it: Marx was partly right about capitalism ^ CB: Well, that's partly right. ^ http://www.spectator.co.uk/print/the-magazine/features/2172131/face-it-marx-was-partly-right-about-capitalism.thtml The Spectator Face it: Marx was partly right about capitalism Rowan Williams

[Marxism-Thaxis] Majority shareholders

2008-10-07 Thread Charles Brown
I wonder how he sleeps at night. To: Progressive Economics pen- Subject: Re: [Pen-l] I wonder how he sleeps at night. From: Lance Murdoch The question of class relations and the increase of CEO pay over the

[Marxism-Thaxis] Invite: Bruce Springsteen in Ypsilanti Today

2008-10-06 Thread Charles Brown
We call Ypsilantii, Ypsitucky. John Henry Charles, This afternoon, please join the Obama campaign for a Vote for Change rally featuring a special acoustic appearance by Bruce Springsteen. Here are the details: Vote for Change Rally with Bruce Springsteen Oestrike Stadium

[Marxism-Thaxis] Left's Bailout Statement Mentioned in Wall Street Journal

2008-10-06 Thread Charles Brown
Ruthless Critic of All that Exists Is the Rescue Plan Socialism? The Far Left Says, 'No Way, Comrade' Wall Street Journal - USA During a transport workers union protest on Wall Street this week, members of the

[Marxism-Thaxis] U.S. Command for Africa Established

2008-10-06 Thread Charles Brown
U.S. Command for Africa Established But concerns remain that whatever arena the Pentagon enters, it has more money, more personnel and more power than any other government organization, American or foreign. By THOM SHANKER October 5, 2008

[Marxism-Thaxis] What's the total amount of money in the whole world ?

2008-10-06 Thread Charles Brown
From: Julio Huato Chris wrote: Whatever the measures, which can proliferate, and interact in complex ways, they are related to labor and the productivity of labor. In the world. That relation is highly mediated, but you're right it's good to see through the mediations. I described in a

[Marxism-Thaxis] ... applying the scientific approach to economics.

2008-10-06 Thread Charles Brown
.. applying the scientific approach to economics. The New York Times / October 1, 2008 Op-Ed Contributor This Economy Does Not Compute By MARK BUCHANAN Notre-Dame-de-Courson, France A FEW weeks ago, it seemed the financial crisis wouldn't spin completely out of control. The government knew

[Marxism-Thaxis] 'Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

2008-10-06 Thread Charles Brown
The New York Times has an interesting article about the way that the subprime mortgage industry pressured Fannie Mae into approving questionable loans. The article has 2 throw-away lines giving the Democrats some responsibility. Is there anything to this accusation? Duhigg, Charles. 2008.

[Marxism-Thaxis] The playboy philosopher

2008-10-06 Thread Charles Brown
Ruthless Critic of All that Exists Sartre had horrible (Stalinist) political views, actually. ^^^ CB: Actually, no he had pretty good ones. Opposed French imperialism and colonialism. And his support of the SU was, of course, another political position. His politics were much better than

[Marxism-Thaxis] Post on crisis

2008-10-06 Thread Charles Brown
bauerly The deregulation of the financial sector — begun under Reagan and the first Bush, and completed under Clinton — has led to the mushrooming of financial derivatives (hedge funds, mortgage-backed bonds, etc.) with little foundation in real capital invested in buildings, machinery,

[Marxism-Thaxis] Shorter work week with no cut in pay

2008-10-03 Thread Charles Brown
Shorter work week with no cut in pay Constitutional Amendment for a right to a job or income. To: Progressive Economics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Problem with Dean Baker's The Bailout Round II: Adult Version? From: Sandwichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 17:43:39

[Marxism-Thaxis] Where Did The Money Go and Will Jobs Also Disappear?

2008-10-03 Thread Charles Brown
I just posted my third Crisis Commentary http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/crisis-commentary-third-installment/ -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Where Did The Money Go and Will Jobs Also Disappear? On Monday, September 29 the stock market

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Voting for Obama - yep.

2008-10-03 Thread Charles Brown
Shane Mage On Oct 3, 2008, at 6:57 AM, Ralph Dumain wrote: It is a given that any high-level candidate, certainly a presidential candidate, is a bourgeois politician. That the left would even debate whether to argue against a candidate because he represents bourgeois interests is silly.

[Marxism-Thaxis] Racist scapegoating in financial crisis

2008-10-03 Thread Charles Brown
Another reform won from Democrats. Charles ^ a 31-year-old law passed during the Carter administration by a Democratic Congress, the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate,

[Marxism-Thaxis] Ralph Nader on deregulation and the financial crisis

2008-10-03 Thread Charles Brown
Ralph Nader on deregulation and the financial crisis -- Counterpunch, October 2, 2008 Bailing Out the Casino Soulmates in Deregulation By RALPH NADER The current finger pointing by the deregulation crowd in Congress and their

[Marxism-Thaxis] Michigan Association of REALTORS International Local Council Luncheon

2008-10-03 Thread Charles Brown
11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Michigan Association of REALTORS International Local Council Luncheon @ The Renaissance Club, 200 Renaissance Center, Suite 3600 Comment: Joyce RSVP on 9/11/08 to Amy daunt or Lindsay Macomber at the MAR offices at 517-372-8890. The event is sponsored by Bank of America.

[Marxism-Thaxis] Draft leaflet

2008-10-03 Thread Charles Brown
Leaflet on financial turmoil Page history last edited by Anthony Boynton 2 days, 2 hours ago No Bail Out! Why not buy the banks? The country is mad as hell at the bailout of the banks being pushed down our throats by George W., John McCain, Barak Obama and the leaders of the Democratic and

[Marxism-Thaxis] recapitalization

2008-10-03 Thread Charles Brown
For folks on this list not versed in the ways of finance: recapitalization means adding solid money to a bank's deposit base. Deposits are a tiny chunk of a bank's assets; loans are always much, much bigger, because that's what banks do - borrow short and lend long. That's why nationalization is

[Marxism-Thaxis] In the Sarah Palin debate, patriotism comes 1st, then feminism

2008-10-02 Thread Charles Brown
In the Sarah Palin debate, patriotism comes 1st, then feminism BY ROCHELLE RILEY ● FREE PRESS COLUMNIST ● October 2, 2008 My efforts to convince Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to withdraw from the presidential race drew passionate dissents -- and a lot of hate mail -- from women in the movement.

[Marxism-Thaxis] German Finance Chief: US to Blame for Economic Crisis

2008-10-02 Thread Charles Brown
German Finance Chief: U.S. to Blame for Economic Crisis http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/german_finance_minister/2008/09/29/135626.html seems to me to summarise well, how government policies of cheap credit after 9/11 in the conditions of the USA particularly encouraged a culture of complex

[Marxism-Thaxis] Finite-time singularity in the dynamics of the world population, economic and financial indices

2008-10-02 Thread Charles Brown
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[Marxism-Thaxis] Comrade Picasso

2008-10-01 Thread Charles Brown
But party criticism of a portrait of Stalin as insufficiently realistic cooled Picasso’s interest in communist politics, though he remained a loyal member of the Communist Party until his death. In a 1945 interview with Jerome Seckler, Picasso stated: “I am a Communist and my painting is

[Marxism-Thaxis] A scenario

2008-10-01 Thread Charles Brown
From: Michael Hudson Willem Buiter's FT comment, Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad http://blogs.ft.com/maverecon/2008/09/those-whom-the-gods-would-destroy-the y-first-make-mad/ : What is likely to happen next? With a bit of luck, the House will be

[Marxism-Thaxis] Wall Street Meltdown Primer

2008-10-01 Thread Charles Brown
To: A-List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [A-List] Wall Street Meltdown Primer From: Tony B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:02:23 -0400

[Marxism-Thaxis] A Bailout We Don't Need

2008-10-01 Thread Charles Brown
A Bailout We Don't Need James K. Galbraith Washington Post September 25, 2008 Now that all five big investment banks - Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Lehman+Brothers+Inc.?tid=informline , Goldman Sachs

[Marxism-Thaxis] Micheal Moore - Coup Averted for Three Days

2008-10-01 Thread Charles Brown
Congratulations, Corporate Crime Fighters! Coup Averted for Three Days! By Michael Moore Friends, 30/09/08 Common Dreams -- - Everyone said the bill would pass. The masters of the universe were already making celebratory dinner reservations at Manhattan's finest restaurants. Personal

[Marxism-Thaxis] Ida B. Wells : American Lenin

2008-09-30 Thread Charles Brown
Ida B. Wells Born July 16, 1862(1862-07-16) Holly Springs, Mississippi Died March 25, 1931 (aged 68) Chicago, Illinois Education Fisk University Occupation Civil rights Women's rights activist Spouse(s) Ferdinand L. Barnett Parents James Wells Elizabeth Lizzie Bell Warrenton Ida Bell

[Marxism-Thaxis] Kucinich on money

2008-09-30 Thread Charles Brown
Revolutionary socialists have always, always, always advocated nationalization of the banks and democratic accountability of the Central Bank. That is what should be meant by fundamental change in the monetary system (any monetary system, like money itself, is by definition debt-based). Isn't

[Marxism-Thaxis] Pakistani and American Troops Exchange Fire

2008-09-30 Thread Charles Brown
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/world/asia/26military.html September 26, 2008 Pakistani and American Troops Exchange Fire By ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON - Pakistani and American ground troops exchanged fire along the border with Afghanistan on Thursday, a top American military official said,

[Marxism-Thaxis] Putin, Chavez Discuss Nuclear, Military Cooperation + Putin Says Ties with Latin America a Top Priority

2008-09-30 Thread Charles Brown
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080926/117116350.html Putin, Chavez discuss nuclear, military cooperation 10:04 | 26/ 09/ 2008 MOSCOW, September 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has hosted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at his official country residence near Moscow, where

[Marxism-Thaxis] Cynthia McKinney

2008-09-30 Thread Charles Brown
Cynthia McKinney A Gift for a Generation: A U.S. Financial System of Our Own September 25, 2008 Last week, I posted ten points (that were by no means exhaustive) for Congressional action immediately in the wake of the financial crisis now gripping our country. At that time, the Democratic

[Marxism-Thaxis] World Capitalism in Crisis, by Alan Woods

2008-09-30 Thread Charles Brown
Waistline2 I am not sure about demands for nationalization, specifically banks and insurance companies. I tend towards their abolition, along with the stock market. ^ 5. Centralization of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an

[Marxism-Thaxis] Obama gas? Detroit station swaps signs, lowers

2008-09-30 Thread Charles Brown
Obama gas? Detroit station swaps signs, lowers prices By KELLY KOZLOWSKI ● Free Press staff writer ● September 25, 2008 Read Comments(169)Recommend(16)Print this page E-mail this article Share this article: Del.icio.us Facebook Digg Reddit Newsvine Buzz up! When it comes to campaigning for

[Marxism-Thaxis] Today's Polls, 9/28

2008-09-29 Thread Charles Brown
406 comments Post a Comment http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/ Today's Polls, 9/28 Here's the long and short of it for John McCain: Barack Obama has as large a lead in the election as he's held all year. But there is much less time left on the clock than there was during other Obama periods of

[Marxism-Thaxis] Henry James brother of William James

2008-09-29 Thread Charles Brown
From Suzanne: Central to his writing, which you may know, was the insight that the Europeans accept evil and good as part pf human nature where as the Americans believe that evil is removeable, improving the human but in reality destroying him. The novel, The Americans is pretty bald statement

[Marxism-Thaxis] Cubism

2008-09-29 Thread Charles Brown
Analytic cubism (1909–1912) is a style of painting Picasso developed along with Georges Braque using monochrome brownish and neutral colours. Both artists took apart objects and “analyzed” them in terms of their shapes. Picasso and Braque’s paintings at this time have many similarities.

[Marxism-Thaxis] March on Wallstreet !

2008-09-26 Thread Charles Brown
[from Lauren in Detroit] Members of the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures and Evictions and supporters organized what ended up being a very successful protest in downtown Detroit today (September 25th). Approximately 30 demonstrators gathered in front of the Detroit City Council

[Marxism-Thaxis] Protest on Wall Street

2008-09-26 Thread Charles Brown
http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine/wall-st-protest No Bailout for Wall Street -- Protest on Wall Street this Thursday at 4pm! NOTE TO JOURNALISTS: A September 26 AFP wire story date incorrectly attributed a quote to Naomi Klein that should have been attributed to Arun Gupta. The error has

[Marxism-Thaxis] Labor unions protest in NY against bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Charles Brown
Labor unions protest in NY against bailout . http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE48O8KJ20080926?pageNumber=2virtualBrandChannel=0 By Christian Wiessner NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hard hats, transit workers, machinists, teachers and other labor unionists railed against the U.S.

[Marxism-Thaxis] Financialization

2008-09-26 Thread Charles Brown
a brief section on financialization, taken from book: The Confiscation of American Prosperity. By Michael Perelman http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/financialization-from-the-confiscation-of-american-prospection/

[Marxism-Thaxis] Pablo Picasso

2008-09-26 Thread Charles Brown
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso Pablo Picasso . Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso 1962 Birth name Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso BornOctober 25, 1881Málaga, Spain

[Marxism-Thaxis] Ballad for Americans: US organic radical intellectuals

2008-09-26 Thread Charles Brown
In the 1930's-40's highwater period of US political accomplishments, many of the intellectuals involved in practical critical activity were artists and journalists not so much philosophers. Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Paul Robeson, Billie Holiday, Lillian Hellman, painter Charles White, et al.

[Marxism-Thaxis] Ramming through the bailout

2008-09-26 Thread Charles Brown
Ramming through the bailout http://www.cpusa.org/article/articleprint/987/ Bush, Paulson make Dellinger look like a Boy Scout As the Bush administration attempts to ram a bailout package of nearly one trillion dollars through Congress, it begins to feel like Colonel Sanders

[Marxism-Thaxis] Charles White

2008-09-26 Thread Charles Brown
http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/792/Charles_White_a_lover_of_the_arts http://negroartist.com/negro%20artist/charles%20white/index1.htm This message has been scanned for malware by SurfControl plc. www.surfcontrol.com ___

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Ballad for Americans: US organic radical intellectuals

2008-09-26 Thread Charles Brown
I can't think of any philosophers or other academic thinkers in leading roles. Can you think of any ? Charles Ralph Dumain [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/26/2008 1:18 PM There's a whole book out on that era: THE CULTURAL FRONT, author is, I think, Michael Deming. There are progressive journalists,

[Marxism-Thaxis] Michael Denning's The Cultural Front

2008-09-26 Thread Charles Brown
http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mydocs/american_left/denning.htm Michael Denning's The Cultural Front By Louis Proyect After I joined the Trotskyist movement in 1967, I soon learned that Stalinism was a many-headed monster. Not only did it betray revolutions, it was responsible for the sort

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Legacy of the Cultural Front: an Interview with Alan Wald

2008-09-26 Thread Charles Brown
The Legacy of the Cultural Front: an Interview with Alan Wald By Political Affairs http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/3887/ Editor’s note: Alan Wald teaches at the University of Michigan

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Ballad for Americans: US organic radical intellectuals

2008-09-26 Thread Charles Brown
connected to a movement as far as I can recall. At 01:21 PM 9/26/2008, Charles Brown wrote: I can't think of any philosophers or other academic thinkers in leading roles. Can you think of any ? Charles Ralph Dumain [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/26/2008 1:18 PM There's a whole book out on that era

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Financial Crisis Goes Beyond Finance by Michael Perelman

2008-09-26 Thread Charles Brown
http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/the-financial-crisis-goes-beyond-finance/ http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/pen-l/2008w38/msg00134.htm I just dashed off the first draft of a discussion of the

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