Re: M-TH: Jim's times letter on fascism...

1999-05-04 Thread Russ
Strange times. What now appears to be the lone actions of one demented bastard gets turned into a re-run of the rise of fascism in Europe. But, there ain't no fascist threat in contemporary Britain, in fact I 'd go so far as to say that there never has been. Moseley's pathetic Blackshirts were

Re: M-TH: Inter-capitalist war

1999-05-04 Thread Charles Brown
Now there's a novel idea. "George Pennefather" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/04/99 01:41PM Hi Folks, The war in Serbia is essentially an inter-capitalist war between an imperialist alliance and a capitalist state. Given this the war is essentially a war over how exploitation of the working class

SV: M-TH: Jim and the lone Ranger!

1999-05-04 Thread Bob Malecki
Michael wrote.. Bob, source please for the DSA quote. I heard Bogdan Denitch on NPR and know he can sling polemics as well as anyone but the language sounds a bit false still. On the LEFT-L list early in this imperialist barbeque there were some spirited to and fro between "humanitarian

Re: M-TH: Inter-capitalist war

1999-05-04 Thread Andrew Wayne Austin
On Wed, 5 May 1999, Ian Hunt wrote: Chris Burford expresses my view of the conflict in Serbia/Kosovo. I am glad he is able to put systematically and well what I have only had the opportunity to touch on. What political lable this might bring down on me, I do not know, and do not care, Since you

SV: M-TH: Inter-capitalist war

1999-05-04 Thread Bob Malecki
Chris translating Lenin for George! Lenin's formulations about the defeat of one's own bourgeoisie in the first world war were in a certain context 1) that the overall situation was revolutionary (no longer true after 1923 at the latest) Very cute Chris! However false to the core. In fact in