[Marxism] Fugitive contractor returns from hiding to testify against construction boss Michael Forde

2009-08-08 Thread Greg McDonald
Sometimes stereotypes are true. G. Fugitive contractor returns from hiding to testify against construction boss Michael Forde by Brian Kates Daily News Staff Writer Saturday, August 8th 2009, 4:00 AM Hermann for News Michael Forde may not be so pleased when he finds out that James Murray

[Marxism] Did Goldman Sachs consider suing Matt Taibbi?

2009-08-08 Thread Louis Proyect
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[Marxism] Honduras theme song of the month

2009-08-08 Thread Greg McDonald
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[Marxism] John Hughes

2009-08-08 Thread Louis Proyect
http://dennisperrin.blogspot.com/ Permanent Vacation John Hughes died while strolling through Manhattan. Not to seem insensitive, but that's a great way to go -- at least to diehard New Yorkers like me. I'll be in the city in a couple of weeks, so if I croak while cruising Central Park or Ave.

[Marxism] Tons of Imperial Fun: Hellfire Hillary Pours Oil on Somalia's Fire

2009-08-08 Thread Dennis Brasky
Empire Burlesque - Written by Chris Floyd Friday, 07 August 2009 21:55 clip -- There is apparently no path blazed by George W. Bush that Barack Obama will not eagerly follow. Surges, assassinations, indefinite detention, defense of torture, senseless wars and rampant militarism --

[Marxism] Great Patriotic War

2009-08-08 Thread Tom Cod
Surely and was not patriotic rhetoric used by the Communards in 1871 as it related to the Prussians and the Versailles regime? Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 15:37:32 +0300 From: dgn.g...@googlemail.com Subject: Re: [Marxism] Rape is not necessarily a consequence of war To: t...@hotmail.com The

Re: [Marxism] Great Patriotic War

2009-08-08 Thread Mark Lause
The surrender of Paris to the Germans certainly fueled the Paris Commune. The problem here is less the rhetorical appeal to patriotism than when it is used to dehumanize people who happen to be subjects of the government with which you are at war. ML

Re: [Marxism] Great Patriotic War

2009-08-08 Thread Louis Proyect
Mark Lause wrote: The surrender of Paris to the Germans certainly fueled the Paris Commune. The problem here is less the rhetorical appeal to patriotism than when it is used to dehumanize people who happen to be subjects of the government with which you are at war. This is skirting the same

[Marxism] The truth about recent media events in Venezuela

2009-08-08 Thread Fred Fuentes
 Fact Sheet: THE TRUTH ABOUT RECENT MEDIA EVENTS IN VENEZUELA London, August 4rd, 2009 Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela There has been much uproar in the international media in recent days as various radio stations in Venezuela have been closed and a “Draft Law against Media

[Marxism] biography and history

2009-08-08 Thread george snedeker
I trace the roots of my radicalization back to my childhood when I first came into contact with the ugly face of capitalism via real-estate speculators. Neither the system nor the people who benefit from it have changed very much over the last fifty years! My mother's father owned a bar and

[Marxism] The tourism industry and Samoa's freedom struggle

2009-08-08 Thread Scott Hamilton
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[Marxism] A comment to an AFL-CIO web-page story

2009-08-08 Thread jer...@infowells.com
On the AFL-CIO NOW BLOG web page appeared the article: Jobs Don’t Live Here Anymore by Tula Connell, Aug 6, The unemployment data is due tomorrow, and it’s likely to be bad, with an expected 300,000 to 320,000 jobs lost in July, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) and others.

[Marxism-Thaxis] Short obit for Jerry Cohen

2009-08-08 Thread Jim Farmelant
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