Re: [Marxism] China's high speed rail plans

2009-09-04 Thread Lueko Willms
S. Artesian (sartes...@earthlink.net) wrote on 2009-09-04 at 00:38:31 in about Re: [Marxism] China's high speed rail plans: Funny isn't it how neither Trotsky in his History of the Russian Revolution, nor Lenin in his various writing mentions that the Petrograd and Moscow Soviets during

Re: [Marxism] invasion of the Israelii (or Jewish) bo9dy snatcchers

2009-09-04 Thread Fred Feldman
Les wrote: i didn't see an outpouring of discussion on this topic, in spite of its full posting to the list. Les wrote: i didn't see an outpouring of discussion on this topic, in spite of its full posting to the list. Fred comments: No outpouring, true. Just four or five, not

Re: [Marxism] Voting with feet, not commendable in Argentina Re: China's high speed rail plans

2009-09-04 Thread Néstor Gorojovsky
A national issue is, by definition, a class issue. The national question is a class question. Imperialism 101, dear Artesian. Of course there are lots of class analyses to be made on the national question, and related issues. The first and foremost being what bloc of classes will succesfully

[Marxism] Samir Amin critiques Stiglitz report

2009-09-04 Thread John E. Norem
This critique relates to the Report of the Commission of Experts of the President of the UN General Assembly on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System http://snipurl.com/rjh2f. This commission was set up by the current president of the United Nations General Assembly, Padre

Re: [Marxism] Voting with feet, not commendable in Argentina Re: China's high speed rail plans

2009-09-04 Thread Néstor Gorojovsky
Sorry, I was thinking in Argentinean parliamentary terms. Voting with the feet, here, means leaving the Hemicycle so that the numbers fall below the minimum required to vote a law. Voting with the ass means remaining at one´s seat even though one does not favor a law, but at least provides the

Re: [Marxism] [GreenLeft_discussion] US cuts more aid to Honduras coup regime, rejects stacked election

2009-09-04 Thread John
On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 18:50 +1200, John wrote: On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 11:43 +0530, Sukla Sen wrote: Quote The US announcement of an aid cutoff to Honduras is a direct blow against the strategy of the coup regime in Honduras, deposed President Manuel Zelaya declared in an interview with The

Re: [Marxism] Voting with feet, not commendable in Argent ina Re: China's high speed rail plans

2009-09-04 Thread Lüko Willms
Néstor Gorojovsky (nmg...@gmail.com) wrote on 2009-09-04 at 06:00:26 in about Re: [Marxism] Voting with feet, not commendable in Argentina Re: China's high speed rail plans: Sorry, I was thinking in Argentinean parliamentary terms. Voting with the feet, here, means leaving the

[Marxism] T-Shirts with Marxist and Progressive Themes Available

2009-09-04 Thread jollyjack
To Readers of the Marxism List, Several years ago I sent a notice to the list announcing the opening of our web store promoting T-Shirts with Marxist themes. Since that time we have expanded our selection greatly to include buttons and hats and have added many new designs.   Most of our shirts

[Marxism] SPIEGEL ONLINE - Scandalous Images from Kabul: Guards at US Embassy Organized Humiliating Sex Games

2009-09-04 Thread David Thorstad
The outrage many have expressed over this latest all-American wartime sex scandal is more amusing than outrageous, insofar as it demonstrates the following: 1. Universal homoerotic impulses can emerge in twisted (or, depending on one's point of view, creative) ways under wartime and

[Marxism] who uses which marxmail archive?

2009-09-04 Thread Les Schaffer
this is an informal poll of people reading marxmail via the web. if you can send me an email offlist ( les.schaf...@gmail.com ) letting me know whether you read the web via the '100 Latest Messages' page: http://www.marxmail.org/maillist.html or one of the archives at the Utah server:

[Marxism] Cockburn takes jeff mackler to task

2009-09-04 Thread Eric Johnson
http://www.counterpunch.com/cockburn09042009.html CounterPunch Diary Deeper Into the Tunnel By ALEXANDER COCKBURN As General Stan McChrystal plans his march on Washington to demand more troops in Afghanistan the antiwar movement lies on the sidewalk, as inert and forlorn as a homeless

Re: [Marxism] U.S. Suspends $30 Million To Honduras

2009-09-04 Thread Bhaskar Sunkara
Actually I'm sorry I linked to yesterday's article. Here is today's news http://www.cepr.net/index.php/press-releases/press-releases/imf-may-withold-aid-honduras/ On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Bhaskar Sunkara bhaskar.sunk...@gmail.comwrote: Reports right now make it seem likely that the IMF

Re: [Marxism] Cockburn takes jeff mackler to task

2009-09-04 Thread Tom Cod
Well, at least Socialist Action and Jeff Mackler are involved in the anti-war struggle to the extent that they would earn the public animosity of Cockburn, a nationally known columnist, a fact that by itself merits respect from those of us who might not have been in SF during this particular

[Marxism] Phil Gasper on Iran

2009-09-04 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.isreview.org/issues/67/critthink-iran.shtml ISR Issue 67, September–October 2009 CRITICAL THINKING by PHIL GASPER Which side are you on? Why are some U.S. leftists siding with the repressive Iranian regime against pro-democracy protesters? At the beginning of August, the government

[Marxism] Interesting China article

2009-09-04 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/22515 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at:

Re: [Marxism] John Brown anniversary

2009-09-04 Thread Jay Moore
About 10 years ago maybe, Noel Ignatieff and the Race Traitor folks tried to start up an annual commemoration of Brown's martyrdom at the farm in Elba (Lake Placid) upstate New York where Brown and several of his sons are buried under a huge glacial boulder (and practically in the shadow of

[Marxism] who uses which marxmail archive?

2009-09-04 Thread Les Schaffer
someone asked me about searching the archives, http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/marxism/index.htm wishing it were faster. i highly recommend using google search for fast searches, particularly for stuff that has been in the archives for a while; remember that google will not scan the

Re: [Marxism] John Brown anniversary

2009-09-04 Thread Mark Lause
The Bible Thumpers have made every effort to kidnap John Brown posthumously, but he was never intolerant or bigoted in his Christianity. I think he was certainly one of us in every important sense...though I can't for the life of me imagine him wading through emails. He used to pace in the back

[Marxism] Town Hall Yell Meetings

2009-09-04 Thread Greg McDonald
http://www.redstateupdate.com/video/death-panels-guns-health-care The boys from Murfreesboro strike again YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at:

Re: [Marxism] Voting with feet, not commendable in Argentina Re: China's high speed rail plans,

2009-09-04 Thread Lüko Willms
S. Artesian (sartes...@earthlink.net) wrote on 2009-09-04 at 10:59:55 in about Re: [Marxism] Voting with feet, not commendable in Argentina Re: China's high speed rail plans,: And what is that issue? Let's review, according to LW and Nestor, the CCP is not bowing down to capitalism, it

[Marxism] Voting with feet, not commendable in Argentina Re: China's high speed rail plans,

2009-09-04 Thread Lüko Willms
Leonardo Kosloff (holmof...@hotmail.com) wrote on 2009-09-04 at 13:14:26 in about [Marxism] Voting with feet, not commendable in Argentina Re: China's high speed rail plans, : @Nestor: Well, then, what makes you think that the Chinese bureaucracy won't betray the interests of workers,

[Marxism-Thaxis] Obama speech to students sparks new controversy

2009-09-04 Thread c b
Obama speech to students sparks new controversy By LIBBY QUAID and LINDA STEWART BALL, Associated Press Writers Libby Quaid And Linda Stewart Ball, Associated Press Writers 2 hrs 4 mins ago DALLAS – When kids all across the country return to school Tuesday, some will see a welcoming message from

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Obama speech to students sparks new controversy

2009-09-04 Thread Ralph Dumain
Uh-oh, the crackers are restless . . . At 09:09 AM 9/4/2009, c b wrote: Obama speech to students sparks new controversy By LIBBY QUAID and LINDA STEWART BALL, Associated Press Writers Libby Quaid And Linda Stewart Ball, Associated Press Writers 2 hrs 4 mins ago DALLAS ­ When kids all across the

[Marxism-Thaxis] Where jazz meets hip hop

2009-09-04 Thread c b
Where jazz meets hip hop Detroit-born Karriem Riggins grooves at the corner By W. Kim Heron http://metrotimes.com/music/story.asp?id=14332 SEE ALSO More Jazz Stories Jazz fest highlights (9/2/2009) Some high notes among fest offerings Life lesson (9/2/2009) A tribute to Eric Dolphy — years

[Marxism-Thaxis] Materialism is a form of idealism

2009-09-04 Thread c b
Materialism is a form of idealism Chris Doss I'm not sure what the point you're trying to make is, but I meant metaphysical materialism, not historical materialism, which is a whole other kettle of piscines. Metaphysical materialism is logically incoherent because matter is an idea. Historical

[Marxism-Thaxis] Materialism is a form of idealism

2009-09-04 Thread c b
Materialism is a form of idealism Chris Doss This is not evidence that ideas are not matter. Indeed, as always and inherently, it is the opposite. Because evidence is an idea. :) Really, people didn't only learn