[Marxism] Video evidence of Sri Lankan war crime s — summary execution of Tamils

2009-08-26 Thread Stuart Munckton
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE on 26 August 2009 11:30 AM – www.australiantamilcongress.com Video Evidence of War Crimes Committed by Sri Lanka Armed Forces The Australian Tamil Congress, a national body representing Australian Tamils, wishes to bring to your attention the disturbing video evidence of mem

Re: [Marxism] Marxist Social Theory of Classical Music

2009-08-26 Thread Michael Perelman
I just uploaded part of my Invisible Handcuffs concerning classical music. http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/class-and-classical-music/ -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michae

[Marxism] Brookings Inst. symposium shows solid top-elite support for Afghan war

2009-08-26 Thread Fred Feldman
But not the Nation's blogger and contributor Robert Dreyfuss, who favors a regionalist compromise in Afghanistan that includes the Taliban (and disapproves of but downplays the presence of Al Qaeda). To me, the depth of the ruling class-sponsored elite's, including Obama's, support for victory at

Re: [Marxism] Marxist Social Theory of Classical Music

2009-08-26 Thread Donal Ó Cófaigh
Thanks for those. Always the best place to start - email marxmail! _ See all the ways you can stay connected to friends and family http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/default.aspx _

Re: [Marxism] Another reason not to buy Microsoft products

2009-08-26 Thread David McDonald
I hate Microsoft as much as the next person, but I think the odds are good no one from Microsoft had any idea that a Black person had been Photoshopped out of the image in question. These days everyone buys pre-existing photography (stock photography). Some ad agency probably did the photoshopping

Re: [Marxism] Another reason not to buy Microsoft products

2009-08-26 Thread Bill O'Connor
Louis Proyect writes: > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/26/microsofts-ad-in-poland-p_n_269366.htm Rude. I dropped micros~1 when they dropped OS/2. I used to love their C compiler and Programmer's Work Bench. Never did like any version of Windows, though. -- In Solidarity, Billy O'Conn

[Marxism] Another reason not to buy Microsoft products

2009-08-26 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/26/microsofts-ad-in-poland-p_n_269366.html YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mai

[Marxism] Behind the 2009 upheaval in Iran

2009-08-26 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.logosjournal.com/?q=node/94 Behind the 2009 Upheaval in Iran by Kamran Afary and Kevin Anderson I. Not a Mere Election Protest The Friday, June 12 election was widely expected to be a somnolent affair in which Ahmadinejad coasted to a second term over some lackluster opponents. Inst

[Marxism] Thomas Frank

2009-08-26 Thread Louis Proyect
Here's Thomas Frank of "What's the Matter with Kansas" fame giving Obama advice that he should be more like Harry Truman: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203706604574373000964995482.html In response to the article, I wrote him: Whatever happened to the Baffler radicalism? Giving

Re: [Marxism] K2 study guide

2009-08-26 Thread Rakesh Bhandari
Yes we agree that the disproportion has to be explained. yes I think we also agree that slowdown in trade manifests itself most clearly in overproduction in the capital goods industry--true again in this crisis until the last two months during which capital goods orders have begun to pick up--c

[Marxism] Something by Galeano Re: Panama invasion: Twenty years on

2009-08-26 Thread Nestor Gorojovsky
BTW,for those interested in the role of UK and US diplomacy in the break up of Bolivarian Gran Colombia, there are some hints in Galeano´s Memory of Fire, which is worth reading in general. It is a pity that Chávez gave Obama "The open veins" and not these memories of fire. Stuart Munckton escr

[Marxism] James Petras strikes again :-(

2009-08-26 Thread Nestor Gorojovsky
Mensaje original I have no way to confirm what follows, since the person who told me this story is dead. But it was the most reliable source anyone can get. So that here it goes. Some twenty or twenty-five years ago, I think, Jorge Enea Spilimbergo met James Petras at a local r

Re: [Marxism] Marxist Social Theory of Classical Music

2009-08-26 Thread Ian Pace
From: "Donal Ó Cófaigh" > I would also be interested in any works which open up the art to > criticisms of eurocentricism. I forgot to answer this - the literature here is quite vast, but again mostly written from a liberal perspective. Amongst the best earlier writings you might approach woul

[Marxism] Marxist Social Theory of Classical Music

2009-08-26 Thread Donal Ó Cófaigh
Can anyone point me to a marxist analysis of the various trends, eras and composers in Classical music. I think I read somewhere that one of the Frankfurt school produced such a work but can't find it online. I found a few decent articles by Alan Woods but little else. I'm open to all viewpoint

[Marxism] Labourstart appeal

2009-08-26 Thread Greg McDonald
On June 18th, 2008 LabourStart sent out its first tweet. Initially we were using the microblogging service Twitter primarily as a way to send text messages for free to mobile phones. When Twitter stopped that feature (at least in the UK), we stopped using the service. But three months ago we res

Re: [Marxism] Israeli Organ Theft Story Lacks Guts

2009-08-26 Thread Paul Flewers
A debunking of this tale, 'Baseless Organ Theft Accusations Will Not Bring Israel to Justice', appears at < http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10730.shtml >. 'The fact that Bostrom did not offer evidence for his organ theft claims has given Israel an enormous propaganda gift. Because he offer

Re: [Marxism] Reasons to Read the Grundrisse (was "to read")

2009-08-26 Thread Lüko Willms
Dogan Gocmen (dgn.g...@googlemail.com) wrote on 2009-08-26 at 13:56:41 in about Re: [Marxism] Reasons to Read the Grundrisse (was "to read"): > > > "No, the proper translation from German would be "About the critique of > political economy", or "On the critique of political economy"" > > Well,

[Marxism] Reflections on nuclear weapons by Daniel Ellsberg

2009-08-26 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.japanfocus.org/-Daniel-Ellsberg/3201 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40ma

Re: [Marxism] The Mafia and academia

2009-08-26 Thread farmela...@juno.com
Such phenomena are not confined to Italy as recent news story concerning the PhD bribe scandal among German university professors. See: http://rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/August/25080901.asp Jim F. -- Original Message -- From: Louis Proyect To: farmela...@juno.com Subject:

[Marxism] Why not tear down Lincoln memorial in Washington [Re: Distorting the Molotov-Ribbentrop treaty]

2009-08-26 Thread Néstor Gorojovsky
Ahem. I am not a member of Zyuganov´s party, nor a defender of Zyuganov´s line. But (I asume Thomas C. is American) the fate of the Lenin mummy, or of the Mausoleum itself is as meaningful to Russian politics as the fate of the Lincoln Memorial is to USAmericans. The day a debate arises on whethe

[Marxism] The Mafia and academia

2009-08-26 Thread Louis Proyect
(Well over 10 years ago, a friend who had a tenure-track position in Columbia University's sociology department did not have his contract renewed after Charles Tilly took over the department and began putting his own people into the newly vacated positions. My friend was totally outraged and de

[Marxism] Kennedy joke

2009-08-26 Thread Jeff
Ted Kennedy driving along late at night with a young lady by his side. A bit drunk, both of them joking around and giggling, when the woman broaches the subject: "Now Teddy, I have a BIG surprise for you! Do you know what? You won't believe this. But it turns out that I am PREGNANT!" Kennedy's sm

Re: [Marxism] Reasons to Read the Grundrisse (was "to read")

2009-08-26 Thread Dogan Gocmen
"No, the proper translation from German would be "About the critique of political economy", or "On the critique of political economy"" Well, "on" is one meaning of "Zur". In that case it begs the question why Marx did not put simply 'Über die Kritik der politischen Ökonomie'. As you know "Zur" is

Re: [Marxism] Reasons to Read the Grundrisse (was "to read")

2009-08-26 Thread Lüko Willms
Dogan Gocmen (dgn.g...@googlemail.com) wrote on 2009-08-26 at 11:57:24 in about Re: [Marxism] Reasons to Read the Grundrisse (was "to read"): > > > Marx's project for the critique of political economy > It starts with his first work *Zur Kritik der politischen Ökonomie* which > properly trans

Re: [Marxism] Reasons to Read the Grundrisse (was "to read")

2009-08-26 Thread Dogan Gocmen
Marx's project for the critique of political economy must be taken as a whole. It starts with his first work *Zur Kritik der politischen Ökonomie* which properly translated means To the Critique of Political Economy. Then follows by *Grundrisse der Kritik der politischen Ökonomie* which properly tr

[Marxism] Distorting the Molotov-Ribbentrop treaty

2009-08-26 Thread Thomas Campbell
Unfortunately, Lara, it is has also become almost impossible to breathe in the suffocating atmosphere of current Russian state propaganda, of which Comrade Zyuganov's press release is an example. It would have been good if marxistfront had pointed out that the CPRF Central Committee (if not, always