Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Marx and Engels don't use antagonism that way/chauvanism

2005-11-14 Thread Waistline2
CB: In the long run, the running away of manufacturing shops in the last 40 years may become a stuning an blunting with respect to the benefit of U.S. workers such that they do something working class conscious. In that respect, we might see fulfillment of the unchaining of the productive

[Marxism-Thaxis] Antagonism between social production and private property

2005-11-14 Thread Charles Brown
The antagonism between the social nature of production and the private nature of appropriation or property is what you are trying to get at. Technical production as it develops makes itself more and more social. Marx assumes that the overall division or socialisation of labor increases ; maybe on

[Marxism-Thaxis] The War Against the Car

2005-11-14 Thread Charles Brown
Wall Street Journal - November 11, 2005 Supply Side The War Against the Car A few years ago, I made a presentation to my second-grader's social studies class, asking the kids what was the worst invention in history. I was shocked when a number of them answered the car. When I asked why,

[Marxism-Thaxis] Runaway shops not chauvinist or racist usage

2005-11-14 Thread Charles Brown
It is not necesssary to pander to or imply nasty racism or national chauvinism in describing the process of running away shops from U.S. workers. The demand may be keep these shops here and build new shops in other countries; i.e. stop the imperialist policy of preventing industrial development

[Marxism-Thaxis] Michael Albert's report on the Bolivarian Revolution - Special Emphasis on Participatory Democracy

2005-11-14 Thread Jerry Monaco
Michael Albert's report on the Bolivarian Revolution - Special Emphasis on Participatory Democracy *ZNet | Venezuela* *Venezuela's Path* *by Michael Albert; November 06, 2* http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=45ItemID=9067 Going to Venezuela? There are beautiful waterfalls

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Antagonism between social production and private property

2005-11-14 Thread Waistline2
CB: The antagonism between the social nature of production and the private nature of appropriation or property is what you are trying to get at. Technical production as it develops makes itself more and more social. Marx assumes that the overall division or socialisation of labor increases ;