[Marxism] Is Goldstone the tipping point for Israel?

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Re: [Marxism] Correction/INLA

My Thanks to Donal on correcting my post referring to he Irish National Liberation Army - INLA. From the INLA prisoners in the Irish Republic came this statement posted recently on the Gaelico blog. “We, the members of the Tony McClelland Cumann, E4 Landing Portlaoise Gaol, unanimously support

[Marxism] British TUC calls for Tough Action on Honduras

http://committeeagainsthondurascoup.blogspot.com/2009/10/british-tuc-calls-for-tough-action-on.html Friday, 16 October 2009 British TUC calls for tough action on Honduras The Trades Union Congress (TUC), the national federation of trade unions in Britian representing nearly 7 million workers is ca

[Marxism] anticapitalist Michael Moore and non union labor

> > > http://abcnews.go.com/Business/michael-moore-snubs-union-workers-making-capitalism-love/story?id=8715559 > > YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at

[Marxism] Honduras: Business suffering badly from conflict

http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-16-voa15.cfm Honduran Businesses Suffer as Political Crisis Continues By Brian Wagner Miami *16 October 2009* More than three months into a political crisis in Honduras, business leaders are starting to feel the pain. Owners say the dispute between ousted

[Marxism] Zelaya's team says Honduras "ungovernable" if no accord met

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aMN4AC2tnZmg Zelaya Team Says Honduras ‘Ungovernable’ If No Accord (Update2) By Blake Schmidt and Eric Sabo Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- A negotiator for ousted Honduran President M

Re: [Marxism] Internationale in English (with lyrics)

Any idea when the video footage was made? And where? England, of course, from the police uniforms. - Bill marxist front wrote: > Internationale (with lyrics) > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DTbashsKic&NR=1 > The British/Irish version of the Internationale sung by Alistair Hulett. > > Lal S

[Marxism] confound the unbelievers

Review of Dinesh D'Souza's What's So Great About Christianity. http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=430 Paula YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set

[Marxism] New book about the UFW

Miriam Pawel, who wrote a dynamite series on the United Farm Workers union (and its demise into a quasi-racket) when she was a journalist at the Los Angeles Times, has written a book, The Union of Their Dreams -- Power, Hope and Struggle in Cesar Chavez's Farm Worker Union (Bloomsbury Books).

[Marxism] Addendum Re: VAT

A supplementary note. Within the very richest segment (those with an income elasticity of consumption approaching zero) VAT would become almost flat (as a percentage of consumption) or somewhat regressive (as percentage of income). Given the ability of the superrich to evade income tax, the

[Marxism] Spanish gov't arrests 10 key leaders of batasuna and left union

http://www.irishbasquecommittees.blogspot.com/ The Spanish government tries to block any new political initiative arresting 10 prominent Basque pro-independence activists. Less than two months after the Spanish Interior Minister’s threats against the Basque pro-independence left’s new polit

[Marxism] Basque unions call for solidarity after arrest of leaders

MAJORITY OF BASQUE TRADE UNIONS CALL NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST ARRESTS CALL FOR URGENT SOLIDARITY WITH THE BASQUE TRADE UNION L.A.B. TO ALL FRATERNAL CENTRES 14TH October 2009 Yesterday afternoon, 13th October, the Police invaded the national headquarters of the LAB trade union and arrested

[Marxism] Shlomo Sand reinvents "the Jewish people"

I went to the talk by Sand at the Brecht Forum last night (see Sebastian's post announcing it). It was disgraceful. If anyone goes to the one today, make sure to ask Sand about his position on the right of return of the Palestinian people. Unfortunately, he opposes it. Sand deconstructs the myth of

Re: [Marxism] IMF style austerity in the works for the USA?

This is related to and answers some of the issues I posed. Panitch on the current state of the dollar. http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=4340 Brad YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying

Re: [Marxism] Gay Patriotism: Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Should women, gays, latinos, blacks be discriminated against-- prevented from, for example, holding office in the US Congress, or the Supreme Court, or the presidency, because, after all, what are those but bodies of the state designed to maintain the oppression and exploitation inherent in cap

Re: [Marxism] Gay Patriotism: Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Mark is right, of course. But that does not excuse the fact that NO gay or lesbian groups (and few left groups, so far as I have been able to tell) are actually opposing militarism. (A year or so ago, I recall the Freedom Socialist Party actually saying that joining the military would be a good