I should add: then later, some 'small business interests' rallied
around pro-war Demoncrat
John Kerry because they felt abused by Bush's cronyism in awarding
contracts to a small
handful of contractors, who then chose to award sub-contracts that extracted
profits for themselves while making the tho
>>Use of remaining TARP (bank bailout) funds to get credit flowing to
small and medium businesses that would be a direct help to Main
Street, rather than Wall Street<<
That is indeed quite problematic. For a start because it would just
feed federal waste to
one of the Repugnican Party's main axis
One post-script:
Certainly a re-consideration of M-P on language and language
acquisition helps one to get a better
grasp of both Foucault and Derrida in terms of where they started
from, who influenced them,
and the concepts they themselves arrived at. I will never forget how
the eclectic but phi
While we are on the topic, one system of thought about the matter that is often
overlooked is Merleau-Ponty's. Some here might gag on the idea, from Hegel,
of the 'objective spirit', but I would point out that you have to deal
with this along
some range of thoughs arrayed along 'objective idealism
Perhaps my analysis of cat-human communication was botched.
Suffice to say, while my hand gestures get immediate attention,
cats ignore them. They are looking for tails and ears.
One thing that connects across the species is eyes.
However, and this is something 'cat people' at least
unconsciously
Hey CB, you might find this article interesting.
It's a nice synthesis of 'gestural origins' of language with 'mirror
neuron' research.
Also, I find it interesting how gesture is so different with the cats
I interact with on campus.
Although gestures meaning things like 'come here' are culturall
Lévi-Strauss’s Charge against Sartre
The essence of Lévi-Strauss’s charge against Sartre is that whilst the
French state had colonised Algeria by military force, Sartre had
subjected Algeria to an epistemological colonisation, by winning the
FLN leadership to a narrative of cathartic Maoist world r
Andy Blunden. May 2008
An essay to mark the 100th birthday of Claude Lévi-Strauss
Anti-Historicism and the Algerian War (continued)
Claude Lévi-Strauss on “History and Dialectic”
It must first be noted that some of the claims in this chapter are
exaggerated and unsustainable and are contradicted
Andy Blunden. May 2008
An essay to mark the 100th birthday of Claude Lévi-Strauss
Anti-Historicism and the Algerian War
The Background to French Colonisation of Algeria
In October 1954, five months after France’s disastrous defeat at Dien
Bien Phu, the five ‘historic leaders’ of the various fact
Andy Blunden. May 2008
An essay to mark the 100th birthday of Claude Lévi-Strauss
http://home.mira.net/~andy/works/levi-strauss.htm
Anti-Historicism and the Algerian War
Introduction
The publication of Claude Lévi-Strauss’s “The Savage Mind” in early
1962, as France stood on the precipice of civi
Subject Section: Andy Blunden 1993
http://www.marxists.org/subject/stalinism/origins-future/index.htm
Stalinism: Its Origins & Future
VOLUME I: Origins
Prologue: The Workers Movement from 1848 to 1917, by Chris Gaffney
Introduction
1. Origins of the Workers' Bureaucracy
The Workers' Movement
Stalinism: Its Origins & Future by Andy Blunden
http://www.marxists.org/subject/stalinism/origins-future/index.htm
What is Stalinism?
A very diverse range of politics is subsumed under the heading of ‘Stalinism’.
For instance, between 1933 and 1939 Stalinism moved from the extreme
left to the
[edit] Emergence as guerrilla leader
Sandino (centre) en route to Mexico.Shortly after his return, the
Constitutionalist War began when Liberal soldiers in the Caribbean
port of Puerto Cabezas revolted against Conservative President Adolfo
Díaz, who had recently been installed under U.S. pressure
[edit] Return to Nicaragua, U.S. withdrawal, Sandino's death
Even though Sandino had been unable to secure any outside aid for his
forces, the Great Depression made overseas military expeditions too
costly for the United States. In January 1931, Henry Stimson, who was
now Secretary of State, announ
Augusto César Sandino
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Augusto Calderón SandinoThis is a Spanish name; the first family name
is Calderón and the second is Sandino.
Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino (May 18, 1895 Niquinomo – February
21, 1934 Managua) was a Nicaragu
Sandinista National Liberation Front
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional
Leader Daniel Ortega
Founded 1961
Headquarters Managua, Nicaragua
Ideology Socialism,
Marxism,
Sandinism,
Left-
Felipe Stuart: Two signs pointing to more victories -- Managua and Caracas
Posted to CN by: "Fred Feldman" Sun Nov 22, 2009
7:47 pm (PST)
Felipe Stuart is a writer with decades of experience in Central America. He
lives in Managua, Nicaragua. Fred Feldman
Yesterday was a turning point for San
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