[Marxism] The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning's detention

2010-12-15 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Bradley Manning, the 22-year-old U.S. Army Private accused of leaking classified

[Marxism] Wikileaks Wrap-Up

2010-12-06 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == For a summary of Wikileaks-related news from the last day or so, see here:

Re: [Marxism] Wikileaks Wrap-Up

2010-12-06 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == It's not really clear what's happening here (or, rather, why it's happening).

Re: [Marxism] Doug Henwood on Bill Gates's genius

2010-12-02 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Well put. A small correct, though: On 12/02/2010 10:43 AM, Louis Proyect wrote:

Re: [Marxism] Doug Henwood on Bill Gates's genius

2010-12-02 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Stallman's personal website is worth checking out now and then, by the way:

Re: [Marxism] Kentucky governor rebuilds Noah's Ark (no kidding!)

2010-12-02 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == That's nothing. I like the congressman who says he doesn't believe in global

Re: [Marxism] Doug Henwood on Bill Gates's genius

2010-12-02 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 12/02/2010 06:08 PM, Richard Fidler wrote: And check out Richard Stallman and

Re: [Marxism] Wikileaks

2010-11-30 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 11/30/2010 01:08 PM, Dan wrote: -On North Korea, Chinese Foreign Minister

[Marxism] Stephen Colbert, the person, interviewed by Reddit

2010-11-30 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == I don't know about the rest of you, but I really like Stephen Colbert. Despite his

Re: [Marxism] Washington considers espionage charges against Assange

2010-11-30 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 11/30/2010 04:48 PM, MARGARET WYLES wrote: Sorry, but something is not adding

Re: [Marxism] Wikileaks

2010-11-30 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 11/30/2010 05:23 PM, Intense Red wrote: While listening to NPR today prattling

Re: [Marxism] Washington considers espionage charges against Assange

2010-11-30 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 11/30/2010 05:30 PM, MARGARET WYLES wrote: As for the problem of what might

Re: [Marxism] Washington considers espionage charges against Assange

2010-11-30 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 11/30/2010 07:45 PM, S. Artesian wrote: Wait a minute... what does any of that

Re: [Marxism] The Economy is not coming Back

2010-09-23 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 09/23/2010 02:56 PM, Dan wrote: Yes, I miss Sartesian's incisive commentary

[Marxism] Jon Stewart Interviews Tim Kaine

2010-09-09 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Yesterday (Wednesday), Jon Stewart interviewed DNC chairman Tim Kaine. Stewart

Re: [Marxism] WikiLeaks Founder Accused of Rape in Sweden, Calls it Dirty Trick

2010-08-21 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 08/21/2010 08:50 AM, Michael Perelman wrote: The accusations have been

Re: [Marxism] The Woman Question

2010-07-20 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 07/20/2010 12:15 PM, Manuel Barrera, PhD wrote: Well, I'm not sure if this is a

Re: [Marxism] Why Misogynists Make Great Informants: THANK YOU MY BROTHAH!!!!!

2010-07-19 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 07/19/2010 12:07 PM, Homo Indeterminatus wrote: It seems to me you could simply

Re: [Marxism] Why Misogynists Make Great Informants: THANK YOU MY BROTHAH!!!!!

2010-07-19 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 07/19/2010 12:58 PM, Mark Lause wrote: I don't doubt Jeffrey's experience in

Re: [Marxism] Why Misogynists Make Great Informants: THANK YOU MY BROTHAH!!!!!

2010-07-19 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 07/19/2010 01:14 PM, Mark Lause wrote: Apologies. If you weren't in the

Re: [Marxism] Tea Party Leader Mocks NAACP Coloreds In Online Screed

2010-07-18 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == The National Tea Party Federation, an organization that represents the Tea Party

Re: [Marxism] Tea Party Leader Mocks NAACP Coloreds In Online Screed

2010-07-17 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == The worst thing about this racist parody? How fucking lazy it is. What kind of

[Marxism] BP claim the leak has been stopped

2010-07-15 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
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Re: [Marxism] [Pen-l] `Capitalism' Not So Sacred to Americans as Mood Sours

2010-07-14 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 07/14/2010 08:19 AM, michael perelman wrote: But the success of that PR

Re: [Marxism] BitTorrent advice

2010-07-13 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 07/13/2010 06:03 AM, Louis Proyect wrote: Just for argument's sake, if Random

Re: [Marxism] Anti-death group says others abandon fight for Mumia Abu-Jamal;

2010-07-13 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == It's the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal in particular that first won me over to the

Re: [Marxism] Cockburn Joins Right Wing POW-MIA Hysteria

2010-06-13 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 06/13/2010 12:37 PM, Tom Cod wrote: Recently Alexander Cockburn solidified his

Re: [Marxism] Money from salvage oil to protect wildlife?!

2010-06-09 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == The PR will probably last for about as long as it takes for the press release to

Re: [Marxism] Dalai Lama: I am a Marxist

2010-05-22 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == The Dalai Lama is living proof that the character of a movement or regime (or, in

Re: [Marxism] Alexander Cockburn: stop picking on Rand Paul

2010-05-22 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == If I may add to the idea of the ambiguous middle class: In the advanced capitalist

Re: [Marxism] The Roots of Rand Paul's Civil Rights Resentment

2010-05-22 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Speaking of the Paul family, his father has a long history of association with the

Re: [Marxism] Obama and Kagan as generation X'ers

2010-05-19 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 05/19/2010 10:02 AM, Heath Eddy wrote: Anyone know when the change in

Re: [Marxism] Communist debate group chooses Stalin as next topic

2010-05-17 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 05/17/2010 09:29 AM, Mehmet Cagatay wrote: utilizing their time by

Re: [Marxism] Communist debate group chooses Stalin as next topic

2010-05-17 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 05/17/2010 10:28 AM, Mehmet Cagatay wrote: As regards to drugs, I only had a

Re: [Marxism] Is this a Trotskyist list, Or what limits

2010-05-10 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == First, I'd like to belatedly comment that the accusation that Trotsky was a Nazi

Re: [Marxism] Obama improves image of US Empire

2010-04-21 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 04/20/2010 07:27 PM, Lajany Otum wrote: Judging by the graph, only about 13% of

Re: [Marxism] Obama improves image of US Empire

2010-04-21 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 04/21/2010 05:49 PM, Greg McDonald wrote: Wow! you into Lamonte Young? He's

Re: [Marxism] Obama improves image of US Empire

2010-04-20 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == I'm pretty sure this is the article linked to: Poll shows US image improving

Re: [Marxism] Obama improves image of US Empire

2010-04-20 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Also, this article has more information: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8626041.stm

Re: [Marxism] Christopher Hitchens -- An 'Expert' on George Orwell

2010-04-18 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Funny, I always thought that everyone agreed that Old Major represented both Marx

Re: [Marxism] Stalin Archive now on the Revolutionary Democracy website

2010-04-18 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 04/18/2010 09:31 AM, Marxist Front wrote: These colossal victories would not

Re: [Marxism] The Anatomy of Teabagging

2010-04-17 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 04/17/2010 01:11 PM, S. Artesian wrote: the movement as a social movement

Re: [Marxism] T.A.M.I

2010-04-09 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 04/09/2010 08:39 AM, S. Artesian wrote: For those whose lives were saved by

Re: [Marxism] Red baiting in the Australian climate movement

2010-04-08 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == I have some small, partially-developed thoughts on this matter... If the Left were

[Marxism] Wikileaks

2010-04-08 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Has anyone tried to browse the Wikileaks website? I can't seem to find where you

Re: [Marxism] Tea Party Poll

2010-04-06 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 04/06/2010 05:19 AM, brad bauerly wrote: Which begs the question as to the

Re: [Marxism] Tea Party Poll

2010-04-06 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 04/06/2010 12:43 PM, S. Artesian wrote: I think the poll is shite. No

Re: [Marxism] militias

2010-03-31 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 03/30/2010 07:02 PM, Jeff wrote: No, they are good ol' Fascists that the

[Marxism] Kucinich on Democracy Now

2010-03-18 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Since nobody else mentioned it, Dennis Kucinich was on Democracy Now! again today,

Re: [Marxism] Video of KKK Rally: 2010 South Georgia (last week)

2010-03-02 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Not to criticize you for sending this, which I think was worthwhile, but for the

Re: [Marxism] General Strike in Greece

2010-02-22 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == How common is such a thing in Greece? A general strike of any substance is so out

Re: [Marxism] Suicide Bomber

2010-02-18 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Shane Mage wrote: Well, we all condemn him too. But does that mean it *wasn't*,

Re: [Marxism] Gays Against Gays in the Military

2010-02-09 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == What term would you have used? David Thorstad wrote: I have signed this petition,

Re: [Marxism] [microsound] More idiocy at Counterpunch

2010-01-08 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == nada wrote: But the idea that this is 'mutilation' is *insulting* to the real

Re: [Marxism] Why can't Marxmail use sensible subject headings?

2009-12-28 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == mkarad...@theplanet.net.au wrote: I've never understtod the aversion nearly all

Re: [Marxism] Fw: Dr. Kevorkian

2009-12-13 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Jeff wrote: His one lesser, but unforgivable action, was to advocate for the

Re: [Marxism] Don't Ask, Just Tell

2009-11-30 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == David Thorstad wrote: After Don't Ask, Don't Tell is repealed (as it inevitably

Re: [Marxism] Long Live the 5th International!

2009-11-23 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == sobuadha...@hushmail.com wrote: It appears that Chavez is also acquainted with

Re: [Marxism] what we share with other animals

2009-11-20 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Several here have come rather close to endorsing the notion that animals deserve

Re: [Marxism] Cyber Cuba

2009-11-19 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Lüko Willms wrote: I have just added the following information to the english

Re: [Marxism] Cyber Cuba

2009-11-19 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Lüko Willms wrote: I am at odds to understand your comment -- my English is not

Re: [Marxism] Bob Dylan

2009-11-07 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
Every middle-aged person I know loves him, except my father who thinks... his music sucks. He doesn't have radically different musical tastes in general, he just doesn't like Dylan. Maybe it's cause by a rare, recessive anti-Dylan gene. I don't know. S. Artesian wrote: I just thought his music

Re: [Marxism] Free pamphlet: `The Labour Aristocracy: The material basis of opportunism in the labour movement' | Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal

2009-09-17 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
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. Actually, that's what freeware means. Unfortunately, there's no convenient term in English for GNU-style free software, at least not without

[Marxism] Queers: An oppressed, White, middle-class establishment

2009-09-17 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
Not quite Stonewall: 40 years later the cops haven't changed, but we have http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/2398 From the article: Hopes for an unleashed queer fury, not quite Stonewall but not quite HRC, were quickly dimmed by the organizers of the rally, however. Messages were sent out on

Re: [Marxism] BJP, CPM form alliance to win panchayat polls

2009-09-02 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
For those of us who haven't memorized every acronym in every context under the sun, BJP stands for the Bharatiya Janata Party, a conservative, capitalist Hindu Nationalist party. The CPM is the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Politicus E. wrote: From the Times of India (29 August 2009):

Re: [Marxism] Woodstock 40 years ago: Country Joe McDonald's and Jimi Hendrix's antiwar classics | Links

2009-08-17 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
Jim Farmelant wrote: That sort of thing was rather characteristic of much of the socialist movement in both the US and UK at the time. One of the leading figures in the American branch of the IWMA, was Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president of the US, was a famous medium.

Re: [Marxism] Moderator's Note

2009-08-05 Thread Jeffrey Thomas Piercy
Greg McDonald wrote: Richard Levins wrote: After perusing the discussion on rape, I would add marxfail. I do hope 4chan memes aren't starting to enter this list. http://images.google.com/images?q=fail YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when