Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Test to see if restriction setting is OFF

2001-09-26 Thread Rob Schaap
... and back to normal service we are. Rob. ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis

[Marxism-Thaxis] Test to see if restriction setting is OFF

2001-09-26 Thread Rob Schaap
G'day Thaxlotls, In case you've been wondering why some messages have been getting delayed (and generating 'pending approval' messages), it's coz we've had a little setting problem. Just sending this to check that Hans's magic touch has fixed things and that we are back to normal service. Cheer

[Marxism-Thaxis] WTC - small biscuits; Capitalist crisis - a real meal

2001-09-26 Thread abc170
Well, well, well. Middle Eastern terorists bombed American civilians as an act of retribution for earlier so-called American cruelty to several Middle Eastern populations. But we must also remember the American terrorism inherent in the bombing of many more buildings and greater massacre th

[Marxism-Thaxis] Explanation Yes; Justification No

2001-09-26 Thread Charles Brown
Comments interjected below: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/25/01 03:21PM >>> Dear Comrades, Here is something that I hope you will find useful in the Great Debate about how to react to the Sept. ll tragedy. Bertell Ollman EXPLANATION YES; JUSTIFICATION NO

[Marxism-Thaxis] Terrorism and the Left

2001-09-26 Thread Karl Carlile
The prevalent view within left liberal to radical left circles is that the Mujahadeen and later the Taliban including Bin Laden are a product of the CIA, Pakistani ISI and Saudia Arabia. These facts are used to morally discredit Washington and its so called war against terrorism. They also add th

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] G'day Bertell

2001-09-26 Thread Charles Brown
Yes, I learned from Mr. Ollman's _Alienation_ , and I have his game "Class Struggle." CB >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/26/01 05:39AM >>> Thanks for that helpful note, Bertell. Time spent listening in on US discourse has shown that the proposition that events have historical contexts is taken , when

[Marxism-Thaxis] Infinite War

2001-09-26 Thread Charles Brown
>From the Indian Journal Frontline Aijaz Ahmad, author of *In Theory: Classes, Nations, and Literature*, Verso Press. "A Task That Never Ends" Bush Proposes Perpetual War * The date of 11 September has a powerful resonance in the annals of modern history. Twenty-eight years ago on this date, t

[Marxism-Thaxis] Globalisation of capital: Oz as case study

2001-09-26 Thread Rob Schaap
A quick update on the world's most dynamic capitalist economy (as our treasurer and primeminister-in-waiting Peter Costello likes to characterise it). Australia's telecommunications (OneTel, the third largest telco in the country, collapsed three months ago), insurance (HIH, the country's biggest

[Marxism-Thaxis] US Media takes another well-earned hit

2001-09-26 Thread Rob Schaap
Robert W. McChesney: Media too influenced by their corporate owners By Robert W. McChesney September 20, 2001 In just the past nine months, the U.S. news media have been presented with what most journalists believe will be the two most dramatic and important stories of their lifetimes. Vast, pe

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Globalisation of capital

2001-09-26 Thread Rob Schaap
Be assured I'm not planning to carpet-bomb Thaxlotls on a daily basis. Just seeing which thought-pieces excite interest ... and which don't. Gutsy effort here by erstwhile conservative, currently interestingly confused John Gray. Cheers, Rob. The New Statesman 24 September 2001 The era of glob

[Marxism-Thaxis] US Media takes a well-earned hit

2001-09-26 Thread Rob Schaap
http://www.counterpunch.org/ Was It Really Worth It, Mrs. Albright? THE PRICE By Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair Once a war criminal,

[Marxism-Thaxis] US interests & Central Asia

2001-09-26 Thread Rob Schaap
THE SILK ROAD STRATEGY ACT OF 1997, H.R. 2867 -- HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN (Extension of Remarks - November 08, 1997) ... [Page: E2241] GPO's PDF Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may

[Marxism-Thaxis] G'day Bertell

2001-09-26 Thread Rob Schaap
Thanks for that helpful note, Bertell. Time spent listening in on US discourse has shown that the proposition that events have historical contexts is taken , when the socially cohering term 'war' fills the air, as an instance of blaming victims. Enjoyed your 'What Is Marxism" at http://www.pipel

[Marxism-Thaxis] Labour Theory of Value ere Smith & Ricardo ...

2001-09-26 Thread Rob Schaap
G'day Quiet Ones, Abd al-Rahman Ibn Muhammad Ibn Khaldun al-Hadrami of Tunis, father of the LTV ... here's the intro - more at http://www.georgetown.edu/oweiss/ibn.htm IBRAHIM M. OWEISS In his Prolegomena (The Muqaddimah), 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn Muhammad Ibn Khaldun al-Hadrami of Tunis (A.D. 1332-1