Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] critique of the ideology of the Tea Party needed W

2010-11-10 Thread CeJ
Tenthers (the Tenth Amendment cult) are largely people who move in the area of law, scholarly activity, intelligentsia, but I think it is clear that they overlap with the Tea Party activities, which tends towards rallies and media events. I'm not sure how coherent tentherism is when you get to

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] critique of the ideology of the Tea Party needed W

2010-11-10 Thread CeJ
You also have a huge 'ghost' force of 'shadow workers' who comprise a quasi-civil service. And the info. in this article is over 10 years old, pre 9/11 and the 'national security' bubble of the Bushwar-Obomber years. See: http://www.govexec.com/features/0199/0199s1.htm

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] critique of the ideology of the Tea Party needed W

2010-11-10 Thread c b
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 3:43 AM, CeJ jann...@gmail.com wrote: Tenthers (the Tenth Amendment cult) are largely people who move in the area of law, scholarly activity, intelligentsia, but I think it is clear that they overlap with the Tea Party activities, which tends towards rallies and media

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] critique of the ideology of the Tea Party needed

2010-11-09 Thread c b
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Phil Walden philwald...@gmail.com wrote: I have been scouring websites in the USA to try to find a good socialist critique of the ideology of the Tea Party.  But so far I have found nothing.  The WSWS website says absolutely nothing to critique the ideology of

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] critique of the ideology of the Tea Party needed

2010-11-09 Thread Waistline2
full: _http://www.lrna.org/2-pt/articles/v20ed5art5.html_ (http://www.lrna.org/2-pt/articles/v20ed5art5.html) Small Government, Big State: Southern Program Points the Way It is conceivable that fascism could proceed as a movement to defend democracy and a return to the principles of

[Marxism-Thaxis] critique of the ideology of the Tea Party needed

2010-11-08 Thread Phil Walden
I have been scouring websites in the USA to try to find a good socialist critique of the ideology of the Tea Party. But so far I have found nothing. The WSWS website says absolutely nothing to critique the ideology of the Tea Party. It seems that many on the left are adapting to the reactionary