Re: [Biofuel] Article on Marx from www.commondreams.org

2005-07-18 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Mike James Buchan's brilliant study - I'm pleased to hear it and not very surprised. I keep encountering old friends here. A few days ago it was Spencer Reiss, writing for Wired now, he was working for Time last I heard. Another bright spark. I admire Marx as an analyst and philosopher

Re: [Biofuel] Article on Marx from www.commondreams.org

2005-07-18 Thread Michael Redler
"'I'm a Marxist,' one said" Maybe the next time you see this one, you can quote Marx for him. I'm thinking of one quote in particular: "I'm not a Marxist" LOL! I may be wrong but, I think this might have beenMarx's way of telling you to limit your commitments in order to preserve an open mind

Re: [Biofuel] Article on Marx from www.commondreams.org

2005-07-18 Thread capt3d
huh, that was a nice little piece (i liked that expression, market fundamentalism). truly, the best indicator of the relevance of socialist thought in general, and the accuracy and penetrating insight of marx's thesis in particular, is the immense intellectual capital invested over

Re: [Biofuel] Article on Marx from www.commondreams.org

2005-07-18 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Chris huh, that was a nice little piece (i liked that expression, market fundamentalism). So did I! truly, the best indicator of the relevance of socialist thought in general, and the accuracy and penetrating insight of marx's thesis in particular, is the immense intellectual capital

[Biofuel] Article on Marx from www.commondreams.org

2005-07-17 Thread Michael Redler
I admire Marx as an analyst and philosopher (irrespective of whether or not communism is the best model of democracy). This isn't meant to push a particular political ideology. Please know that the reason I posted this is because (IMO) it speaks to some of the discussions we've had about