[Marxism-Thaxis] Discussion on Soviet Socialism in Cuba Amongst Intellectual elite

2005-02-28 Thread Waistline2
WHY DID EASTERN EUROPEAN SOCIALISM FALL? A CubaNews translation by Maria Montelibre Edited and this note by Walter Lippmann, February 2005. Full: http://www.walterlippmann.com/docs075.html Ariel Dacal. "We are talking about authoritarianism, personality cult - sometimes charismatic - sometimes

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Working class

2005-02-28 Thread Waistline2
>>CB: To me it's an inference. Capitalism is a mode of production from , for example, "The wealth of the nations in which the CAPITALIST MODE OF PRODUCTION PREVAILS...". And he defines capitalism by labor power as a commodity, or the wagelabor-capital relationship. The latter relationship is a pr

[Marxism-Thaxis] Working class

2005-02-28 Thread Charles Brown
Show where Marx states the mode of production is a set of property relations. Please. Waistline. ^^ CB: To me it's an inference. Capitalism is a mode of production from , for example, "The wealth of the nations in which the CAPITALIST MODE OF PRODUCTION PREVAILS...". And he defines capit

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Working class (1)

2005-02-28 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 2/28/2005 7:57:25 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: CB: Correct. That's all I'm saying. You are obviously free to put forth a different point of view, but it is not a Marxist point of view. Lets just agree and be clear on this. You are putting for the Waistl

[Marxism-Thaxis] Article discussing definition of mode of production

2005-02-28 Thread Charles Brown
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/sangat/Colonial.htm Colonialism and the Rise of Capitalism Hamza Alavi It is quite extra-ordinary to see how, over 45 years ago, leading ‘Western’ Marxists managed to get through an entire debate on ‘The Transition From Feudalism to Capitalism’ (Hilton,

[Marxism-Thaxis] Working class (1)

2005-02-28 Thread Charles Brown
Over the weekend, I ran into a running buddy of yours at the Workers World forum. His name is Abdul. Also, Nelson Peery spoke at the reopening of the Midwest Labor Library and forum on the National Negro Labor Council. Peery said that it was Paul Robeson, not Stokeley Carmicheal who coined "Blac

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Working class (1)

2005-02-28 Thread Waistline2
>>The mode of production is capitalism , as used in the first sentence of _Capital_ I. "The wealth of nations in which the capitalist mode of production prevails...". There is no "industrial" mode of production for Marx. There is the capitalist mode of production which has had an Industrial perio

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Oscar

2005-02-28 Thread Waistline2
>>>I watched this speech and a few others. But I have to confess to being one of these Northerners unwilling to accept the validity of Southern traditions in any respect--including the traditional notions of Southern blacks. I find comments such as Jamie Foxx's depressing in the extreme, tho