[Marxism-Thaxis] Who Are You Calling Names?

2010-06-23 Thread c b
Who Are You Calling Names? By Richard Trumka June 22, 2010, Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-trumka/who-are-you-calling-names_b_619991.html?ir=Daily%20Brief Wop. Hunkie. Polack. Kike. When I was a kid growing up in Nemacolin, Pa., those are some of the slurs people used

[Marxism-Thaxis] Finding Lessons of Solidarity in Auto Industry Shake-Up

2010-06-23 Thread c b
Finding Lessons of Solidarity in Auto Industry Shake-Up By Bankole Thompson and Mitch Moxley Inter Press Service June 20, 2010 http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51886 DETROIT/BEIJING As thousands of people from around the world prepare to converge in Detroit, where expectations are high for

[Marxism-Thaxis] Does the Internet Make You Dumber?

2010-06-23 Thread c b
Does the Internet Make You Dumber? The cognitive effects are measurable: We're turning into shallow thinkers. by Nicholas Carr The Wall Street Journal (June 05 2010) The Roman philosopher Seneca may have put it best 2,000 years ago: To be everywhere is to be nowhere. Today, the Internet

[Marxism-Thaxis] GRACE LEE BOGGS ON THE US SOCIAL FORUM

2010-06-23 Thread c b
THE ANSWERS ARE COMING FROM THE BOTTOM: LEGENDARY DETROIT ACTIVIST GRACE LEE BOGGS ON THE US SOCIAL FORUM By Amy Goodman, Grace Lee Boggs, Democracy Now! Boggs calls Detroit a symbol of a new kind of society, of people who grow their own food, of people who try and help each other.