[Marxism] My Story -- Abdelbaset Ali Al-Megrahi

2009-09-19 Thread glparramatta
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was convicted before the High Court of Justiciary sitting in the Netherlands of the murder of 270 people. Mr Megrahi contends that he has been the victim of a miscarriage of justice. His case was referred back to the Court of Criminal Appeal by the Scottish

[Marxism] Dennis Brutus yesterday: CT speech, award in NYC, Gull, Tutu/Seeger tributes

2009-09-19 Thread Patrick Bond
Hi comrades, For those interested in Dennis' progress fighting cancer, climate chaos and capitalism, our guru poet was phenomenal last night, starting at 6pm as the surprise guest star of a Cape Town booklaunch party. He first gave us commentary on the 1999 Seattle WTO protest in the context

[Marxism] Abdelbaset Ali Al-Megrahi: My Story

2009-09-19 Thread Louis Proyect
(Libyan accused of Lockerbie air bombing puts evidence online that clears him.) http://megrahimystory.net/ 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] Dennis Brutus yesterday: CT speech, award in NYC, Gull, Tutu/Seeger tributes

2009-09-19 Thread amaral1871
Thank you for the report Patrick. I had the pleasure of manning the Haymarket books table, with Poetry and Protest, the Dennis Brutus Reader, at the War Resister's League event honouring Dennis, among others, last night. The amount of love, respect, and well wishes being sent in the comrade's

[Marxism] Guardian video report on the Gaza massacre

2009-09-19 Thread Leonardo Kosloff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLZgNy46aTQ This may have already been posted, apparently it was done around March. They show an interview to three kids who were taken hostage by the IDF to be used as 'human shields', alongside other niceties...

[Marxism] Evo Morales' Speech in Leganés, Sp ain

2009-09-19 Thread Ma Chetera
...I’m sure, sisters and brothers, the process of liberation, the process of profound transformation, not only in Bolivia, but in Latin America, is a one way path. The process of transformations in democracy is unstoppable in Bolivia. Why do I say this? You, as brothers who live here,

[Marxism] mesoamerican calendars (+ 2012 apocalyptics)

2009-09-19 Thread Max Clark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_calendars Sorry to drop a wiki link but I'm not sure of how many people are aware of these things. Sometime in 2012 one among these many, many calendars resets according to massive, billion year long, astronomical cycle or something. Its even caused

[Marxism] Germany's Die Linke shows the way for the left

2009-09-19 Thread Dennis Brasky
Empire Burlesque - Chris Floyd - Missing Link: Dissent, Delusion and Discontenthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/empire_burlesque/~3/cFMGGx8Ogjc/1842-missing-link-dissent-delusion-and-discontent.html Posted: 18 Sep 2009 04:29 AM PDT clip - America has tea-baggers, who channel the very

Re: [Marxism] Query on British historiography

2009-09-19 Thread Paddy Apling
Lou is showing rather a isolationist view of WWII here, without any conception of the European view of WWII - which although it started in 1939 as a simple war between Germany and Britain and France brought about as what one might well say was a richly deserved result of the appeasement, even

Re: [Marxism] Germany's Die Linke shows the way for the left

2009-09-19 Thread Lüko Willms
Dennis Brasky (dmozart1...@gmail.com) wrote on 2009-09-19 at 13:18:46 in about [Marxism] Germany's Die Linke shows the way for the left: [Frank Spieth's] anti-capitalist, pro-social justice Die Linke is striking a chord with an increasingly disenfranchised electorate, espousing causes 

Re: [Marxism] Query on British historiography

2009-09-19 Thread Shane Mage
On Sep 19, 2009, at 1:53 PM, Paddy Apling wrote: ...From then [June 22, 1941] on there could be no doubt that WWII was a just war, a war of liberation against fascism - and anyone who now seeks to dispute that is effectively a holocaust denier. Anyone who claims that the firestorm

Re: [Marxism] Germany's Die Linke shows the way for the left

2009-09-19 Thread Lenin's Tomb
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Lüko Willms lueko.wil...@t-online.dewrote: The Partei Die Linke shows the way forward? Well, yes, back into bourgeois politics. Yeah, because the working masses have already *abandoned* bourgeois politics, and the Linke wants to *trick* them back into that

Re: [Marxism] Germany's Die Linke shows the way for the left

2009-09-19 Thread Mark Lause
Lenin's Tomb leninstombb...@googlemail.com wrote: the working masses have already *abandoned* bourgeois politics, and the Linke wants to *trick* them back into that old shell game. Is it just me or does laughter tend to echo in Lenin's Tomb? ML

Re: [Marxism] Germany's Die Linke shows the way for the left

2009-09-19 Thread Bhaskar Sunkara
There is a militant minority in Die Linke that wants to build an oppositional movement and not be mere left-social democrats. YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set

Re: [Marxism] Germany's Die Linke shows the way for the left

2009-09-19 Thread Mark Lause
The point is the absurdity of the notion that the German working class has repudiated bourgeois politics ML 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] Germany's Die Linke shows the way for the left

2009-09-19 Thread Bhaskar Sunkara
Not only was the content of Richard's post dripping with sarcasm he even put asterisks for extra emphasis. On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Mark Lause markala...@gmail.com wrote: The point is the absurdity of the notion that the German working class has repudiated bourgeois politics ML

[Marxism] Obama to Israel's rescue

2009-09-19 Thread Dennis Brasky
http://mondoweiss.net/2009/09/ask-and-you-shall-receive-the-us-appears-willing-to-help-israel-stonewall-the-goldstone-report.html YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to:

[Marxism] Carl Finamore: Backstage at the AFL-CIO Convention

2009-09-19 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/22645 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] Germany's Die Linke shows the way for the left

2009-09-19 Thread Mark Lause
yes. YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com

[Marxism] NYC - A Health Care demo worth considering

2009-09-19 Thread Dennis Brasky
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Cliff Conner cliff.con...@mac.com wrote: Dear friends, I suspect many of you, like me, have been frustrated with the public discourse regarding the healthcare issue. I want to call your attention to a forthcoming demonstration in Manhattan that at least offers

[Marxism] India: Petition for Justice in Chhattisgarh

2009-09-19 Thread Politicus E.
f.y.i. If you wish to endorse this petition, please visit http://aidindia.org/main/component/option,com_facileforms/Itemid,423/ Note that Sanhati is a signatory. epoliticus * Association for India's Development, in partnership with many other groups, is hosting events across the US and

Re: [Marxism] Query on British historiography

2009-09-19 Thread Politicus E.
Paddy Apling wrote: Bringing the Bengal famine into the argument is a red herring. British communists - and indeed the working class movement in Britain generally, were active throughout the war - and before - in promoting the anti-colonial struggle; but all direct contact with Marxists in India

Re: [Marxism] Query on British historiography

2009-09-19 Thread Gary MacLennan
I suppose it must be my age showing but have a fascination with this topic I must confess and it is good to see Paddy take a part in the thread. WW2 is a complex phenomenon and it is unfortunate that Trotsky did not live long enough to make a definitive contribution to its analysis. I am away

Re: [Marxism] Political Economy for the 21st Century

2009-09-19 Thread S. Artesian
But are we really about developing a political economy for the 21st Century? Isn't Marx all about the merciless criticism of political economy, and its overthrow, not its improvement, rationalization? - Original Message - From: michael perelman mich...@ecst.csuchico.edu To: David

Re: [Marxism] Political Economy for the 21st Century

2009-09-19 Thread Michael Perelman
As I mentioned, I have not got to the Marx part yet. On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 10:56:32PM -0400, S. Artesian wrote: But are we really about developing a political economy for the 21st Century? Isn't Marx all about the merciless criticism of political economy, and its overthrow, not its

Re: [Marxism] Political Economy for the 21st Century

2009-09-19 Thread S. Artesian
Yes, but in this first part you talk about what is required to develop a political economy for the 21st century...when the task so to speak is the practical abolition of political economy. - Original Message - From: Michael Perelman mich...@ecst.csuchico.edu To: David Schanoes

[Marxism] Trotsky: The Movie

2009-09-19 Thread John E. Norem
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/The-Trotsky-Trailer-Marxism-Meets-The-21st-Century-14845.html YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: