I'm never sure what all fuss about Zizek is. He seems to me like the
Hipster's Marxist, and a thoroughly obtuse one at that. Maybe someone
on
this list can explain the fascination with his ideas.
He is now a genuine hipster's Marxist, but his writing never strikes me as
too difficult
NY Times, November 11, 2009
3 Top Obama Advisers Favor Adding Troops in Afghanistan
By ELISABETH BUMILLER and DAVID E. SANGER
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Adm. Mike Mullen,
the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton are coalescing
(Levitt and Dubner's first book was called Freakonomics, which can
best be described as economics for the conventionally-minded under
the guise of breaking with convention. Their latest book reviewed
below has been hammered on the web and in print for a really
stupid analysis of climate
Full at http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org
“Zion”: A fortress. An ideal religious community. A sanctuary. A perfect place.
Zion National Park is in that part of Utah known as “Dixie.” Brigham Young,
looking both to consolidate his earthly empire and to begin cotton production,
partly
did marx ever say and where did he say:
the revolution needs the whip of the counter-revolution to advance??
i dont care about exact wording, but something along those lines?
many thanks and in sol
jeremiah
ps. i have this qouted from Alan Woods' The Venezuelan Revolution: A
marxist
I am almost certain I have read something like this, I'm now trying to find
the source. What I remember went something like this:
That the revolution must create its own enemy, and its enemy, by its
reaction, increases somehow the readiness or the capability of the
revolutionaries to carry the
This is the quote I was thinking of, which does not exactly say the same
thing, but is I believe close enough. It's from the preface to the Class
Struggles in France:
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1850/class-struggles-france/index.htm
In a word: The revolution made progress,
Alan Woods was probably quoting Trotsky rather than Marx but I don't
know the source.
In 'Beyond CAPITAL', I quoted Marx from 'The First Outline of the Civil
War in France':
'The Communal organisation once firmly established on a national scale,
the catastrophes it might still have to undergo
NY Times, November 11, 2009, 1:59 pm
Pakistan Rock Rails Against the West, Not the Taliban
By ADAM B. ELLICK
While Pakistani journalists, playwrights and even moderate Islamic
clerics have boldly condemned the Taliban, the nation’s pop music
stars have yet to sing out against the group, which
Yes, I agree-- it's all historical, but the reference Zizek makes is
specifically to China. I agree also that China is not a successor state to
the US in the configuration of advanced capitalism.
It, China's new model capitalism, is based on the rather old cheap labor
model, more
Sanhati Update, 8 November 2009
1. The dangers are great, the possibilities immense: On the current
political struggle in India
By Saroj Giri (Source - MRZine)
http://sanhati.com/excerpted/1897/
2. Gurgaon workers unrest: Background, features, chronology, and
economic notes on India’s
(JAI: RAC was formed as a response to the police riot in MacArthur Park on May
Day 2007 that their intimidation will not deter us from working in our
neighborhood for the human rights of all.)
Music Line up for 2 yr Anniversary
Of course I forgot to put my own thoughts on this.
A year and half ago I visited Mexico (with an American delegation that
included Cynthia McKinney) to a conference on privatization sponsored by
various energy unions in Latin America. In fact it was held at the SME
headquarters, the one now
As far as I know Marx did not state the exact quote attributed to him,
but he occasionally said something like it, referring to the whip
imagery for example with reference to the German monarchy, in the
Eighteenth Brumaire and in Capital.
The late Cyril Smith mentioned:
In the first edition
(Sikhs better keep their eyes open as well...)
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/tampa-police-marine-reservist-attacked-greek-priest-he-mistook-for/1050707
Priest's plea for help nets beating
By Alexandra Zayas and Demorris A. Lee, Times Staff Writers
Published Tuesday, November
What a s**tbag country this is, and Florida being one of the biggest bags.
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Louis wrote:
For newcomers to Marxmail, please understand that Paula has a heterodox
definition of imperialism and it is really not worth having an argument
about since it lacks traction not only here, but on the left in general
as well. Not to speak of the solar system.
When orthodox views
Then again, why should the women's movement be different from every other
non-corporate interest that was sold out by this congress?
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A very few words about the NYT Simon Romero bullshit about blackouts in
Venezuela. The NW corner of South America is like the west coast of North
America. Most electrical energy is hydroelectirc. El Niño has produced a
drought. This happens regualarly every 7 years or so, but is probably
worsening
Jewbonics has posted a new item, 'Berlin Wall? Ni'lin Wall'
Beautiful.
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Look, we need to get some numbers here-- in terms of increased power
consumption in Venezuela. Remember about soviets and electricity? Well
social revolution, social development takes a lot of juice, literally. So
the improved social welfare of more, rather than fewer people in Venezuela
On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:35:38 -0800
Matthew Russo russo.matth...@gmail.com wrote:
At my Japanese-English speech club here in San Francisco, I was struck by
the themes of two speeches given by two of our Japanese members (in Japanese
of course): Why don't Americans ever do ayamari (apologies)
It is really telling to compare the PRC's capitalist development with that
of the U.S. from the latter 19th century - early 20th century, a meme often
found in the bourgeois press.
On the basis of a relativity high wage structure - an early spur to
mechanization - U.S manufacturing was primarily
So here's what the IEA says for 2006:
Vz: total electricity generation app 110,000 Gwh
Hydro-electric portion 70% (Colombia about 75%, Brazil 85%)
Consumption 80,773 GWh
Loss in distribution 24, 028 [perhaps David or Anthony can explain that
number-- is it really Gwh lost in transmission and
Looking for Papers on the Socialist Communes and Socialist Caracas Project(also
the Cuban praxis of People's Councils)
Anyone who is interested in the socialist communes in Venezuela can contact me
for a possible publication project (a book on the production of space in the
Third World).
Anyone who is interested in the theory and praxis of the Construction of the
Socialist Countryside in China can contact me for a possible publication
project (a book on the production of space in the Third World).
efe.can.gur...@umontreal.ca
- Rural Revolution (A Revoluton in the Revolution?)
It is not possible to achieve a communist society in Ireland through social
revolution. This is because, if such a society were realized, it would be
easily crushed by the imperialist states that surround it. A communist Ireland
is sustainable only if communism has been realized in the UK
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