Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Feitshization -things vs relations

2009-01-16 Thread Mehmet Cagatay
I differ here with both BodyS and Hugh Rodwell. I think Marx applied the term fetishism to denote the singularity that in capitalist societies the commodity form of our mutual objects converts them to fetishes that provide the recognition of social relations in the imaginary form through conceal

[Marxism-Thaxis] Another version of the Internationale

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
Arise, Ye children of starvation Arise, Ye wretched of the earth For justice thunders condemnation The earth shall rise on new foundations There's a better world in birth Of the past let us wipe the slate clean Masses, slaves, arise, arise The world is about to change its foundation We were naught

[Marxism-Thaxis] was Marx an underconsumptionist?

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2000/2000-February/004780.html was Marx an underconsumptionist? Charles Brown CharlesB at CNCL.ci.detroit.mi.us Mon Feb 28 16:08:09 PST 2000 Previous message: Editorial on AFL and

[Marxism-Thaxis] Marx refers to a dialectical law in "nature"

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
-TH: dialectical nature Charles Brown CharlesB at CNCL.ci.detroit.mi.us Tue Jan 12 08:39:07 MST 1999 Previous message: M-TH: Marx contributed to Anti-Duehring Next message: M-TH: Jim F on heuristic Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] ---

[Marxism-Thaxis] Historical Progress

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
Historical Progress Charles Brown CharlesB at CNCL.ci.detroit.mi.us Fri Feb 4 09:51:44 PST 2000 Previous message: LatAm grim: Wolfie Next message: Z magazine on Marc Cooper and Mumia Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Search LBO-Talk Archives Limit search to: Su

[Marxism-Thaxis] Andy A critiques "standpoint" and "identity" politics

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
M-TH: Re: Abstract & concrete people/s Charles Brown CharlesB at CNCL.ci.detroit.mi.us Thu Dec 3 08:47:35 MST 1998 Previous message: M-TH: SV: Workers Action & Libel Next message: M-TH: Re: Abstract & concrete people/s Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] --

[Marxism-Thaxis] Lenin on Imperialism

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
http://www.massline.org/PolitEcon/ScottH/LeninOnImperialism.pdf http://www.massline.org/PolitEcon/ScottH/LeninOnImperialism.pdf Lenin on Imperialism [These are two chapters from a longer work that I may never get around to finishing. The idea was to first sum up Lenin’s views on imperialism in

[Marxism-Thaxis] A Marxist Political Economy Site

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
http://www.massline.org/PolitEcon/ A Marxist Political Economy Site [www.massline.org/PolitEcon] Economics pamphlets, essays, articles and reviews from the Marxist perspective This is a site devoted to Marxist political economy. It is still under development and a lot more material will be added

[Marxism-Thaxis] Financial Tsunami in US

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
Financial Tsunami in US: Investigating the Root Causes and Broader Implications http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_2008/december/article.html Part - II Arindam Sen “The contradictions inherent in the movement of capitalist society impress themselves upon the practical bourgeois most striking

[Marxism-Thaxis] Financial crisis: working people forced to pay to save capitalism

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
Financial crisis: working people forced to pay to save capitalism http://www.dsp.org.au/node/209 By Dick Nichols “Will my superannuation fund be next?” “Are my savings safe?” As working people in the developed economies watch the assets of one financial institution after another vaporise into no

[Marxism-Thaxis] The return of the prophet

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
The return of the prophet http://21stcenturysocialism.com/article/the_return_of_the_prophet_01780.html In Highgate Cemetery, three miles from where I write, Karl Marx's body lies a-mouldering in his grave; and, for so many years, it seemed that his critique of the capitalist system was also safely

[Marxism-Thaxis] Marx - still valid

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
Marx - still valid By Victor Perlo, in People's Weekly World, 20 April, 1996 The books of MIT economics professor Paul Krugman were called to my attention recently. Krugman dismisses the liberal economist John K. Galbraith as a "media personality," one not taken seriously by academic economists.

[Marxism-Thaxis] Fancy and the Ideal

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
M-TH: Fancy and the Ideal Charles Brown CharlesB at CNCL.ci.detroit.mi.us Thu Sep 10 14:52:48 MDT 1998 Previous message: M-TH: Forwarding Next message: M-TH: "Labor in white skin shall not be free while Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] --

[Marxism-Thaxis] underconsumptionism

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
M-TH: underconsumptionism Charles Brown CharlesB at CNCL.ci.detroit.mi.us Thu Oct 1 10:26:53 MDT 1998 Previous message: M-TH: Re: LI-CRG: money imbroglio Next message: M-TH: underconsumptionism Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] ---

[Marxism-Thaxis] Feitshization -things vs relations

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
Fetishization -- things vs relations Hugh Rodwell m-14970 at mailbox.swipnet.se Fri Sep 25 01:20:38 MDT 1998 Previous message: M-TH: Money for Old Tropes Next message: M-TH: Money for Old Tropes Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] --

[Marxism-Thaxis] Real money vs Credit money

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
TH: Money, money, money, must be funny... Hugh Rodwell m-14970 at mailbox.swipnet.se Tue Sep 22 03:08:35 MDT 1998 http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism-thaxis/1998-September/011456.html Previous message: M-TH: Re: Swedish Elections -- postscript Next message: M-TH: LBJ tapes released M

[Marxism-Thaxis] Struggle against exploitation as learned and drive

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
M-TH: Struggle against exploitation as learned and drive Charles Brown CharlesB at CNCL.ci.detroit.mi.us Tue Sep 8 14:39:51 MDT 1998 Previous message: M-TH: Book Review- "Reds". Next message: M-TH: Internationalism includes national tasks Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ a

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] The Internationale

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
Through the magic of google (smile) http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/billy+bragg/the+internationale_20018240.html Stand up, all victims of oppression For the tyrants fear your might Dont cling so hard to your possessions For you have nothing, if you have no rights Let racist ignorance be ended For re

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] The Internationale

2009-01-16 Thread JC Helary
I like Billy Braggs' version. Do you have it ? Jean-Christophe Helary On samedi 17 janv. 09, at 00:05, Charles Brown wrote: > French lyrics Literal English translation ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your o

[Marxism-Thaxis] The changes in the composition of the working class and the proletariat

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
International Communist Seminar Brussels, May 2-4, 1998 The changes in the composition of the working class and the proletariat Jean Pestieau Workers' Party of Belgium

[Marxism-Thaxis] Defining the working class changingly

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
M-TH: Defining the working class changingly Charles Brown CharlesB at CNCL.ci.detroit.mi.us Tue Aug 25 10:38:09 MDT 1998 Previous message: M-TH: end of cooperation with Straight Facts Radio. Next message: M-TH: BP & Amoco Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] ---

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Internationale

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
French lyrics Literal English translation First stanza Debout, les damnés de la terre Debout, les forçats de la faim La raison tonne en son cratère C'est l'éruption de la fin Du passé faisons table rase Foules, esclaves, debout, debout Le monde va changer de base Nous ne sommes rien, soyons tout

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Internationale

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
The Internationale From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the 1990 folk album, see The Internationale (album). The Internationale L'Internationale in the original French. International Anthem of International Socialist Movement International Anarchist Movement International Communist Moveme

[Marxism-Thaxis] Toward a Left

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
Whether or not there are or are not, should be or should not be, mass demonstrations currently is not relevant to my original post. It is the absence of a _coherent_ left, visible as (more or less) a UNITY by those not presently part of it that I note. My point about the '60s was not that, gee

[Marxism-Thaxis] 10-point platform

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Brown
THE ORGANIZER NEWSPAPER P.O. Box 40009, San Francisco, CA 94140. Tel. (415) 641-8616; fax: (415) 626-1217. email: theorgani...@earthlink.net> PLEASE EXCUSE DUPLICATE POSTINGS Dear Sisters and Brothers: Greetings. On Monday, January 18, we are sen