[Marxism] For fans of Dennis Brutus - WRL award tonight in NYC

2009-09-18 Thread Patrick Bond
(Below the announcement is an excerpt of tonight's program for the War Resisters' League in NYC. Though he is battling cancer, a very vigorous Dennis Brutus will beam in from Cape Town, and looks forward to personal discussions with his comrades and friends over dinner, as a laptop skype

[Marxism] Free pamphlet: `The Labour Aristocracy: The material basis of opportunism in the labour movement'

2009-09-18 Thread Harry Feldman
Joaquin Bustelo wrote: There are free software PDF readers and file creators, in addition to the Adobe reader being free of charge even if not freeware. And Jeffrey Thomas Piercy [mqd...@mqduck.net] responded: Actually, that's what freeware means. Unfortunately, there's no convenient

[Marxism] Photos from the AFL-CIO Convention

2009-09-18 Thread Jon Flanders
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[Marxism] One in seven Germans want Berlin Wall back?

2009-09-18 Thread Adam Richmond
Long Live the Anti-Fascist Barricade? One in seven Germans want Berlin Wall back? Reuters Thu Sep 17, 2:19 pm ET BERLIN (Reuters) – One in seven Germans want the Berlin Wall back because they were better off when the country was divided, according to an opinion poll published on

Re: [Marxism] Query on British historiography

2009-09-18 Thread Paul Flewers
Re Lou P's query: I ought to know more about this, but from what I know the British revisionist historians tend to be right-wingers who feel that Churchill's line brought Britain unnecessarily into a war with Germany, and as a result lost its Empire. They feel that Britain could have stayed out of

Re: [Marxism] Free pamphlet: `The Labour Aristocracy: The material basis of opportunism in the labour movement'

2009-09-18 Thread Ambrose Andrews
2009/9/18 Harry Feldman harry.feld...@gmail.com: Quoting Jeffrey Thomas Piercy [mqd...@mqduck.net]: Actually, that's what freeware means. Unfortunately, there's no convenient term in English for GNU-style free software, at least not without borrowing from other languages (libre

[Marxism-Thaxis] NATO chief proposes linked US/Russian/NATO defense

2009-09-18 Thread c b
NATO chief proposes linked US/Russian/NATO defense By ROBERT WIELAARD, Associated Press Writer Robert Wielaard, Associated Press Writer 17 mins ago BRUSSELS – The head of NATO called Friday for the U.S., Russia and NATO to link their missile defense systems against potential new nuclear threats