[Marxism-Thaxis] A play about Stalin

2010-07-16 Thread Karl Dallas
I have just completed the first draft of a play about Stalin, the result of over 12 years of research. Though some scenes have been imagined, as far as possible I have gone to published sources for reports of what happened or what was said at the time. At present it is far too long for theatrical

[Marxism-Thaxis] Calhoun

2010-07-16 Thread c b
Nietszche ain't got nothin on John C. Calhoun. Charles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Calhoun Slavery Calhoun was shaped by his own father, Patrick Calhoun, a prosperous backcountry planter who supported the Revolutionary War but opposed ratification of the federal Constitution. The

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Scope and Limits of Theory

2010-07-16 Thread c b
On 7/13/10, waistli...@aol.com waistli...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 7/12/2010 11:11:52 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, _cb31...@gmail.com_ (mailto:cb31...@gmail.com) writes: In the context of _What is to be done_, I think Lenin's revolutionary theory is a synonym for Marxism. More

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Calhoun

2010-07-16 Thread Shane Mage
On Jul 16, 2010, at 8:35 AM, c b wrote: ... I hold then, that there never has yet existed a wealthy and civilized society in which one portion of the community did not, in point of fact, live on the labor of the other... In his masterwork American Political Traditions Richard Hofstedter

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Calhoun

2010-07-16 Thread c b
On 7/16/10, Shane Mage wrote: On Jul 16, 2010, at 8:35 AM, c b wrote: ... I hold then, that there never has yet existed a wealthy and civilized society in which one portion of the community did not, in point of fact, live on the labor of the other... In his masterwork American Political

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Calhoun

2010-07-16 Thread c b
On 7/16/10, Shane Mage shm...@pipeline.com wrote: On Jul 16, 2010, at 8:35 AM, c b wrote: ... I hold then, that there never has yet existed a wealthy and civilized society in which one portion of the community did not, in point of fact, live on the labor of the other... In his masterwork