Re: [Marxism] Alexander Cockburn RIP

2009-08-22 Thread Tom Cod
Yeah, I mean, let's use words in their commonly understood meaning, particularly loaded terms like this one, and not waste time with obscurantist pedantry that isolates us from the real political struggles that the use of these terms reflects.

Re: [Marxism] Alexander Cockburn RIP

2009-08-22 Thread Jim Farmelant
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:46:52 -0400 gregoryabut...@aol.com writes: David, I'm not familiar with the history of the Eugenics movement in the Kingdom of Spain - but I am familiar with the history of the Eugenics movement? here in the United States of America. Historically, Eugenics

Re: [Marxism] Alexander Cockburn RIP

2009-08-22 Thread Louis Proyect
Jim Farmelant wrote: So once again I will raise the question as to what role would eugenics, voluntary or not, have in a communist society? The main contribution communist society could make toward eugenics is making sure that every baby had access to the food, housing, health and

Re: [Marxism] Alexander Cockburn RIP

2009-08-22 Thread John
On Sat, 2009-08-22 at 20:26 -0400, Jim Farmelant wrote: and probably more than one member of this list has turned to genetic counseling when making reproductive decisions, then it seems to me that, like it or not, voluntary eugenics is something that is already going on, right under our

Re: [Marxism] Alexander Cockburn RIP

2009-08-21 Thread Shane Mage
On Aug 21, 2009, at 3:42 PM, gregoryabut...@aol.com wrote: A screed in which he portrays himself as an Antiabortion Prohibitionist dittohead. YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to:

[Marxism] Alexander Cockburn RIP

2009-08-18 Thread Louis Proyect
This is not an easy post for me to write. I have been reading Alexander Cockburn for over two decades. He was unlike most progressive writers in that he took the time to critique American liberalism, although always with a tint of a European leftover from the '68 siege on Paris. And like in