[Marxism-Thaxis] We charge "socialism"

We charge "socialism" To: , Subject: [A-List] We charge "socialism" From: "Charles Brown" Date: M

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Struggle Against Which Enemies Within the Working-Class Movement

The Struggle Against Which Enemies Within the Working-Class Movement Helped Bolshevism Develop, Gain Strength, and Become Steeled First and foremost, the struggle against opportunism which in 1914 definitely devel

[Marxism-Thaxis] The time for a revolution

http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=76&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=6815&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com The time for a revolution By Ron Walters N

[Marxism-Thaxis] GM "nationalization"

December 23, 2008 http://www.freep.com/article/20081223/BUSINESS01/812230364 U.S. gets big bite of GM Government can buy stock equal to all outstanding shares BY KATIE MERX FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER As GM goes, so goes the nation. That saying has never been more true than now, as the governm

[Marxism-Thaxis] America cares little about fate of Detroit's Big Three

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Daniel Howes Commentary: America cares little about fate of Detroit's Big Three Forget the politicians and their calculated "rescue" of Detroit's automakers. They won't be the ones who save, or kill, the Big Three where it matters most -- in the marketplace. It'll be

[Marxism-Thaxis] Reluctance to Help Detroit Reeks of Class Bias

Not to mention racism. CB Reluctance to Help Detroit Reeks of Class Bias By Warren Brown December 7, 2008 Washington Post It has happened repeatedly in the last several weeks -- well-paid, well-known journalists questioning the wisdom of "bailing out Detroit," of helping an industry whose uni

[Marxism-Thaxis] Factory output in Japan sees biggest monthly fall

Factory output in Japan sees biggest monthly fall By JAY ALABASTER ● Associated Press ● December 26, 2008 ! TOKYO — Japan’s contracting economy got more bad news Friday when the government said industrial production plunged by its biggest margin since records were started in 1953, the jobless rate

[Marxism-Thaxis] Korsch revisited (reposted)

Well, revisited only briefly, but I will have to make a careful study of Karl Korsch’s 1923 book Marxism and Philosophy when I can squeeze it into my reading schedule. These issues are all old now, but they were new then, and they continue to resurface in our milieu. I’ve just read a few essays b

[Marxism-Thaxis] Saint-Simon

Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon Henri de Saint-SimonNote: This article is almost entirely based on, and includes large transcripts from, Thomas Kirkup, 'History of Socialism', London, 1892. Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, often referred to as Henri de Saint-Simon

[Marxism-Thaxis] Support for Waistline's line

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Top ten

Top ten to twenty reasons that US is not a free market system. Best answers to be on Dave Numberman show: Reason # 1) Wall Street Bankers are not free to sleep under bridges at night. 2)... This message has been scanned for malware by SurfControl plc. www.surfcontrol.com

[Marxism-Thaxis] The owl of Minerva,

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker The owl of Minerva, takes its flight only when the shades of night are gathering. — Hegel's Philosophy of Right, Preface There are lots of different translation, such as, "The owl of Minerva only takes flight as the dusk begins to fall." Hegel argues that it is only

[Marxism-Thaxis] Young Hegelians

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Hegelians Main Members CB: Marx and Engels critiques of the Young (left)Hegelians are in _The German Ideology_, and _The Holy Family_, _Ludwig Feuerbach_ and the Theses on Feuerbach. The Young Hegelians are atheist idealists philosophers, sort of . They

[Marxism-Thaxis] Lenin's "Left Wing Communism"

From: waistli...@xxx Comment I respect your understanding. I voted for Obama, agitated for him and urged others to vote for him. I would say that most of my comrades and former comrades did not vote for Obama or urge others to vote for him. The anti-Obama left and their urging other

[Marxism-Thaxis] U.S. Woes Open Door for China: Workers/Capital, Obama, State

From: Waistline2 Comment At the risk of being a pinprick, I see no modern evidence of the existence of "anything" that can be called "industrial capital" in America. CB: What you say is consistent with Lenin's analysis of "industrial capital" in the imperialist stage as "merged" with

[Marxism-Thaxis] Interview with Gao Ziquing

*** DECEMBER 2008 In his first interview since the world financial crisis, Gao Xiqing, the man who oversees $200 billion of China’s $2 trillion in dollar holdings, explains why he’s betting against the dollar, praises American pragmatism, and wonders about enormous Wall Street paychecks. And he ha

[Marxism-Thaxis] Nobody makes no mistakes

[*] What applies to individuals also applies—with necessary modifications—to politics and parties. It is not he who makes no mistakes that is intelligent. There are no such men, nor can there be. It is he whose errors are not very grave and who is able to rectify them easily and quickly that is int

[Marxism-Thaxis] Parts of Lenin's analysis cogent today

http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism-thaxis/2008-December/023379.html ...Today, when I hear our tactics in signing the Brest-Litovsk Treaty being attacked by the Socialist-Revolutionaries, for instance, or when I hear Comrade Lansbury say, in a conversation with me, "Our British trade unio

[Marxism-Thaxis] "Left-Wing" Communism in Germany The Leaders, the Party, the Class, the Masses

"Left-Wing" Communism in Germany The Leaders, the Party, the Class, the Masses ---http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1920/lwc/ch05.htm- The German Communists we must now speak of call themselves, not "Left-wi

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Coming Capitalist Consensus

http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/5765 The Coming Capitalist Consensus December, 26 2008 By Walden Bello Not surprisingly, the swift unraveling of the global economy combined with the ascent to the U.S. presidency of an African-American liberal has left millions anticipating that the world is on th

[Marxism-Thaxis] Monopoly is the historical tendency of capitalism

Lenin's reasoning in _Imperialism_ follows from Marx's thinking below. _Imperialism_ is _Marxist_-Leninist theory: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch32.htm ...As soon as this process of transformation has sufficiently decomposed the old society from top to bottom, as soon as

[Marxism-Thaxis] Germany's Vice Chancellor wants help for auto sector

Germany's Vice Chancellor wants help for auto sector Automotive News Europe | December 29, 2008 09:00 CET BERLIN (Reuters) -- The German government should create incentives for consumers to buy cars, Vice Chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a newspaper interview published on Su

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Lenin's Imperialism and Imperialism today

>>> 12/29/2008 5:51 PM >>> ^^^ >> CB: I disagree with that ( smile). In particular, I'm noticing that his theory of imperialism is very enlightening concerning the current finance capitalist crisis. His whole framework is much more fresh than most credit today. The auto companies are a car

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Ishay Landa reviews Nietzsche & African-Americanthinkers

Cool ! Great to be able to get NS&T online. I remember a previous article by Landa critical of N. Gave me a new line of criticism of N. I think I raised it here. Rightwing atheism. CB >>> Ralph Dumain 12/30/2008 4:01 AM >>> I can't find a record of having mentioned this essay before, though I

[Marxism-Thaxis] Our time is not the 30s

Our time is not the 30s By Grace Lee Boggs ( one third of Johnson-Forrest) Special to The Michigan Citizen http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=77&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=6788&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&r

[Marxism-Thaxis] "From above" and "from below"

Hey Solidarity !, Lenin quotes a German group using the "from above/from below" terminology. CB "Left-Wing" Communism in Germany The Leaders, the Party, the Class, the Masses "Published by the "local group in Frankfurt am Main", a pamphlet One is a party of leaders, which is out to organ

[Marxism-Thaxis] Abrupt transition of a party from legality to illegality

"...when the party's abrupt transition from legality to illegality upset the customary, normal and simple relations between leaders, parties and classes." ( from "Left-Wing" Communism in Germany The Leaders, the Party, the Class, the Masses"). CB: In US history , Communist Part(ies) suffere

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Nature, Society, and Thought ceasing publication

It's a nice group of collected works >>> Ralph Dumain 12/30/2008 10:33 AM >>> The Marxist journal Nature, Society, and Thought will cease publication with vol. 20: http://webusers.physics.umn.edu/%7Emarquit/nst.html The final issue, Vol. 20, no. 3–4, includes a complete index. This announcem

[Marxism-Thaxis] Nietzsche and African American Thought:

Nietzsche and African American Thought: A Review Essay Ishay Landa Critical Affi nities: Nietzsche and African American Thought. Edited by Jacqueline Scott and A. Todd Franklin. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2006. 265 pages, cloth $74.50; paper $24.95. Nietzsche scholarship over r

[Marxism-Thaxis] China’s state sector urged to boost economy

China’s state sector urged to boost economy By Jamil Anderlini in Beijing http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c301096-d37b-11dd-989e-77b07658.html?nclick_check=1 Published: December 26 2008 18:37 | Last updated: December 26 2008 18:37 Senior government officials have publicly called on China’s state-

[Marxism-Thaxis] Chris Hedges comes out as socialist

Whose Chris Hedges ? Seems to be a monopoly media journalist. See wikipedia bio below. hm CB [wow...] Why I Am a Socialist Posted on Dec 29, 2008 By Chris Hedges The corporate forces that are looting the Treasur

[Marxism-Thaxis] Damn it ! Capitalism does too work !

. . . . . Manic government spending in January is no answer. Weaker revenues and higher employment insurance payments will hurt Ottawa's bottom line, but rather than demanding more red ink, Canadians should be thinking about the next expansion and the economy they want in the future. Bailouts a

[Marxism-Thaxis] Ishay Landa in NST

"Landa's real concern was to distinguish socialist atheism from bourgeois atheism." ^^^ CB: To me this is the crux of Landa's good work on Nietzsche. In general, there is very little discussion in Marxist and left literature that I see of the important fact that the bourgeois ruling class acts

[Marxism-Thaxis] Chris Hedges comes out as socialist

CB: There is something reminiscent of the 1848 " spectre" that "haunt(ed) Europe" in all these faux socialisms suddenly "arising" in the US ; as in the campaign when McCain et. al. accused O of socialism ; and then the Wall Street bailout was termed "socialist" by the right-wing. The bo

[Marxism-Thaxis] Leninist anthropology

Counterpunch, December 30, 2008 How "Yes, Sir" Necessarily Becomes "No, Sir" Ted Downing and Troublemaker Anthropology By BRIAN McKENNA Censorship and suppression of one's work are among the worst things that can happen to a writer, bureaucrat or cultural worker. Ted Downing, former Society for

[Marxism-Thaxis] Lenin's Imperialism and Imperialism today

Waistline2 ^^^ CB: I didn't say it is a "central feature". I said it seems to apply. So, another aspect of Lenin's discussion is pertinent in 2008. WL: Sorry, I apologize for not directly presenting the quote in question separately. You spoke of the central concept of Lenin's imperi

[Marxism-Thaxis] Should Revolutionaries Work in Reactionary Trade Unions?

Should Revolutionaries Work in Reactionary Trade Unions? http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1920/lwc/ch06.htm The German "Lefts" consider that, as far as they are concerned, the reply to this question i

[Marxism-Thaxis] GP entrails [In defense of Harrington and AmericanMenshevism (3)

America was capitalist from its inception. There was a large and widespread class of small producers. Most importantly, from time to time, as much as one-quarter of the toilers were slaves. During this period, until the end of the Civil War in 1865, the communist groupings were primarily immi

[Marxism-Thaxis] money

money >I think that the chartalist idea makes a lot of sense. But the key issue is whether or not the money is scarce.< JD Taxation creates the demand for money in this argument. It also makes sure the money is scarce by removing it from the economy. Government spending supplies the money

[Marxism-Thaxis] Should Revolutionaries Work in Reactionary Trade Unions?

Should Revolutionaries Work in Reactionary Trade Unions? Waistline2 at aol.com Waistline2 at aol.com Tue Dec 30 17:08:21 MST 2008 Previous message: [Marxism-Thaxis] Should Revolutionaries Work in Reactionary Trade Unions? Next message: [Marxism-Thaxis] GP entrails [In defense of Harrington and

[Marxism-Thaxis] Central Committee as "oligarchy"; "from above and from below"

"From above and from below" is still the terminology today. "This, it would appear, is a full-fledged "oligarchy". No important political or organisational question is decided by any state institution in our republic without the guidance of the Party’s Central Committee. " "Such is the general

[Marxism-Thaxis] So that they are able to do everything

The abolition of the antagonism between predominantly physical and predomiantly mental labor. Everybody does everything in socialism. Charles "...to eliminate the division of labour among people, to educate and school people, give them all-round development and an all-round training, so that

[Marxism-Thaxis] New opportunities to overcome trade union opportunism

Lenin mentions the struggle against Gompers, which is to say he includes the AFL as a reactionary labor federation. We might see Reuther as a "Menshevik" , in Lenin's analogy here, and , of course , Reutherism is long triumphant in the UAW; and a neo-Gompers line developed in the AFL-CIO , it's na

[Marxism-Thaxis] Central Committee as "oligarchy"; "from above and from b...

>>> 12/31/2008 12:43 PM >>> In a message dated 12/31/2008 11:04:05 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, charl...@cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us writes: "From above and from below" is still the terminology today. "This, it would appear, is a full-fledged "oligarchy". No important political or organisati

[Marxism-Thaxis] Should we Participate in Bourgeois Parliaments?

Should we Participate in Bourgeois Parliaments? It is with the utmost contempt—and the utmost levity—that the German "Left" Communists reply to this question in the negative. Their arguments? In the passage quote

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Should Revolutionaries Work in ReactionaryTrade Unions?

>>> : -- -- Comment (Expanded, edited version) Yes. I worked in one for the better part of my life. There are those who do not consider the auto workers union - UAW, reactionary. I do. ^^^ CB: It has been

[Marxism-Thaxis] Black Workers Hurt by Detroit’ s Ills

December 30, 2008 Black Workers Hurt by Detroit’s Ills By MARY M. CHAPMAN DETROIT — Since millions of African-Americans began leaving Southern farms for Northern factories nearly a century ago in what is still known as the Great Migration, the destinies of many of them have been entwined with the

[Marxism-Thaxis] specific help requested

When I sent the quote on dialectics from Karl Marx in response to the inquiry of Susan F Dane, I cut off the last paragraph . I put it back in below. I do so because it is a nice comment on the current economic crisis , and even more interestingly, how it is the bourgeois media that keeps popping

[Marxism-Thaxis] Super Capitalism, Super Imperialism and Monetary Imperialism - Lenin

Waistline2 The structural link between capital and imperialism was actually written about by the economist Mr. Henry CK Liu. This is not to say that Lenin should not be read, but for those who used Lenin regularly as a guide, this long article is enlightening. Henry is an accomplished econo

[Marxism-Thaxis] No Compromises?

No Compromises? http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1920/lwc/ch08.htm In the quotation from the Frankfurt pamphlet, we have seen how emphatically the "Lefts" have advanced this slogan. It is sad to see pe

[Marxism-Thaxis] Super Capitalism, Super Imperialism and Monetary Imperialism - Lenin

nyone, that read the above quote or Lenin's "Imperialism" will notice that he formulates Imperialism including monopoly - centralization and concentration of finance and production. My emphasis on finance and its new evolution since Lenin's death does not nullify centralization and concentr

[Marxism-Thaxis] Central Committee as "oligarchy"; Henry CK & Lenin

What I means is that the "other bodies" do not have to be PARTY ORGANIZATIONS, or "other than party organizations," much less the Central Committee of THE PARTY. We do not need the state as state overseeing production or organizing production as such and this is exactly what the state had t

[Marxism-Thaxis] Central Committee as "oligarchy"; Henry CK & Lenin

Lenin writes about "important question faced by state institutions" and the role of the Central Committee. What we do know is that any organization of production in America is going to based on an entirely different level of development of the productive forces. If fact the level of developme

[Marxism-Thaxis] On New Year hopes and fears

Top Stories, Video and Blog Posts for AlterNet January 2nd, 2009 http://www.alternet.org ___ 10 REASONS TO BE HOPEFUL ABOUT 2009 -- AND 3 REASONS TO BE TERRIFIED By Sarah van Gelder, Huffington Post Corporate power is waning, health reform

[Marxism-Thaxis] China, Vietnam settle border dispute

China, Vietnam settle border dispute JOHN RUWITCH Reuters December 31, 2008 at 9:50 AM EST HANOI â Vietnam and China said on Wednesday they had finished demarcating their land border, a diplomatic milestone for the Communist neighbours who fought a brief but brutal war along the frontier 30 yea

[Marxism-Thaxis] ARGENTINA: RIGHTS VIOLATORS STAY IN JAIL

ARGENTINA: RIGHTS VIOLATORS STAY IN JAIL On Dec. 22 the second chamber of Argentina's federal appeals court confirmed that "there is no medical examination that would justify" releasing Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla, the first president of the 1976-1983 military regime, from prison. The ruling uphold

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] C C as "oligarchy"; Henry, & Lenin/Tech Revolution is real

>>> In a message dated 1/2/2009 12:08:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, charl...@cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us writes: Lenin writes about "important question faced by state institutions" and the role of the Central Committee. What we do know is that any organization of production in America is goi

[Marxism-Thaxis] Why a Philosophy of the Natural Sciences is Needed

Why a Philosophy of the Natural Sciences is Needed By Erwin Marquit ( physics professor) http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/view/7780/1/355/ My answer to the question “Why is a philosophy of the natural sc

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] C C as "oligarchy"; Henry, & Lenin/Tech Revolution is real

, we look to Marx's elementary analysis of "technology", i.e. machines. CB >>> "Charles Brown" 01/02/2009 5:08 PM >>> >>> In a message dated 1/2/2009 12:08:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, charl...@cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us writes: Lenin writ

[Marxism-Thaxis] "Left-Wing" Communism in Great Britain

"Left-Wing" Communism in Great Britain There is no Communist Party in Great Britain as yet, but there is a fresh, broad, powerful and rapidly growing communist movement among the workers, which justifies the best

[Marxism-Thaxis] philosophy in POLITICAL AFFAIRS (1)

Materialism, Contradiction and the Philosophy of Art http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/142/ COMMENT: A rather scattered and incoherent analysis. ^^^ CB: Form fits content. Art tends to be scattered itself This message has been scanned for malware by SurfControl plc. www.s

[Marxism-Thaxis] Owl of Minerva: looking back at a labor era in Detroit

The end of an era for labor in Detroit was made obvious by the loss of the Detroit newspaper workers' strike. http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism-thaxis/1998-May/009617.html INTERVIEW WITH DETROIT NEWSPAPER STRIKER BARB INGALLS [Editor's note: On July 13, 1995, some 2,500 employees of

[Marxism-Thaxis] Lenin philosophy blog

"Yes, but here is a question to think about. Why is this not a dialectical unity of opposites, a synthesis of a thesis (idealism) and antithesis (materialism), making Kantianism a higher philosophy than either of the others? Why is dialectical materialism so hostile to Kantianism rather than t

[Marxism-Thaxis] Why a Philosophy of the Natural Sciences is Needed

Ralph Dumain This article is shockingly awful and an unfortunate product of CP & Soviet miseducation, and a further contribution to same. ^^^ CB: No this article is very much needed. Your comment is more evidence

[Marxism-Thaxis] American steel industry needs $1 trillion bailout

NY Times, January 2, 2009 Steel Industry, in Slump, Looks to U.S. Stimulus By LOUIS UCHITELLE The steel industry, having entered the recession in the best of health, is emerging as a leading indicator of what lies ahead. As steel production goes — and it is now in collapse — so will go the nat

[Marxism-Thaxis] Worried German bourgeoisie

Louis Proyect (posted to LBO-talk by SA) [From an interview with Hasso Plattner, co-founder of SAP] http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,598945,00.html [...] SPIEGEL: Sometimes it's a nasty game. In 2005, Deu

[Marxism-Thaxis] Thomas Riggins' blog (1)

Early Christianity as a manifestation of the Communist ideal is a rather simplistic conception of the nature of Christianity. See for example, THE MIND OF THE BIBLE-BELIEVER by Edmund G. Cohen. ^^^ CB: True. In case you don't think Engels also held a more complex understanding of the nature of

[Marxism-Thaxis] Super Capitalism, Super Imperialism and Monetary Imperialism

Lenin is dead, and hasn't had a chance to update his work lately. CJ CB: Most of Lenin's concepts from 1916 don't need updating. Monopoly, financial oligarchy cartels. financial sector dominance and parasitism of industrial capital, objective laws or tendencies of capitalism apply better

[Marxism-Thaxis] Good look at crisis in Gaza

http://pww.org/article/articleview/14219/ Gaza crisis: challenge and opportunity for Obama to turn the page toward peace >Archive - Daily >Online Author: Susan Webb People's Weekly

[Marxism-Thaxis] Why a Philosophy of the Natural Sciences is Needed

Ralph Dumain Here is a quick list of some commonly accepted falsehoods or nonsensical assertions: 1. "The logic of the Marxist analysis of social development is based on the philosophical system of dialectical and historical materialism. Dialectical and historical materialism together constitut

[Marxism-Thaxis] More spectre of "socialism" from the right

Speaking of... http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/30/rnc-pushes-unprecedented-criticism-of-bailouts/ Tuesday, December 30, 2008 EXCLUSIVE: RNC draft rips Bush's bailouts Ralph Z. Hallow ( Contact

[Marxism-Thaxis] Systemic Threat?

Re: [PEN-L] Systemic Threat? Eubulides Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:34:29 -0800 On 11/10/05, raghu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Carrol, > > For financial economists, "systemic threat" means a situation where the > regular functioning of the financial markets (i.e. the equity, forex and > the futures ma

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Crash of 2008 and Historical Materialism" (2)

Exactly. Though I would recommend the whole of Part IV of _Capital_ Vol. I to get the whole "swoop" on the Industrial Revolution. Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value Ch. 12: The Concept of Relative Surplus-Value Ch. 13: Co-operation Ch. 14: Division of Labour and Manufacture Ch. 15:

[Marxism-Thaxis] "The Crash of 2008 and Historical Materialism" (4)

Speculation as speculative capital, denotes something different than speculation - risk taking, on the part of finance capital during the era of Lenin. Speculative capital as a concept means investment and risk taking on the basis of financial institutions more than less detached from produc

[Marxism-Thaxis] Does industrial capital exist ?

WL: I am not aware of one single economist of note that speaks of an industrial sector of capital. Web Results 1 - 10 of about 5,210,000 for Industrial sector of capital. (0.23 seconds) Search ResultsIndustrial Sector Outlook - Capital Spending Trends (2 of 2 ...Full Study Keywords: Mar

[Marxism-Thaxis] Lenin philosophy blog

And see: http://www.marxists.org/archive/elkonin/works/1971/stages.htm Also important to note that Piaget, in attempting to work out a description of the 'sciences of man', integrates Marxism into his system. CJ

[Marxism-Thaxis] Super Capitalism, Super Imperialism and Monetary Imperialism

CeJ jannuzi >> Poor CB,he can't even tell when I agree with him. Dude, if you would stop soaking your ass in places like A-hole list, Marxmal and Liberal Bored Observer, maybe we could communicate occasionally. CJ ^ CB: As a linguist , you know it takes two to communicate (smile) This

[Marxism-Thaxis] Industrial organization of production

CB: Sure. The goal is a class_less_ society. The working class is an exploited/oppressed class. The aim in no exploiting or exploited classes. But in the transitional stage, the working class is the ruling class. That's before the total abolition of classes. ^^ > and that the

[Marxism-Thaxis] Blacks versus the New Deal

Charles, I don't know whether the KKK lynched anybody in 1916, but not only wasn't that the question, but an accurate answer to it doesn't enter into what we were discussing...which was Harry Truman's 1922 membership in the KKK. In that context, the point of your eagerness to begin "using the K

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Evidence please. Productive &. Industrialcapital U have...

>>> 01/07/2009 2:36 AM >>> Seems to me you do in fact get the distinction between productive capital and speculative capital. A good Ponzi scheme is not back until it collapses. Profits to be made from that side of the business constituting productive capital has never been bad business.

[Marxism-Thaxis] Piaget and Marx

>>>CB: What are some of the specifics of that integration ?<< First, a correction. I must have imagined any Piaget-Vygotsky correspondence. Piaget only found out about Vygotsky's work after his death, through conta

[Marxism-Thaxis] American capitalism is such that a speculative stock market dominates

American capitalism is such that a speculative stock market dominates the policies of businesses. by Lawrence E Mitchell AlterNet (December 22 2008) Editor's Note: The following is an edited excerpt from The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed Over Industry (2007), Lawrence Mitchel

[Marxism-Thaxis] How Finance Capital Cripples Industrial Capital

How Finance Capital Cripples Industrial Capital: The Role of Fractional Reserve Banking http://www.cbpa.drake.edu/hossein-zadeh/papers/HowFinanceCapital.htm [Published in Briefing Notes in Economics, Vol. 4, Issue No. 26 (January 1997).] Huge amounts of debt have plagued the economies of the

[Marxism-Thaxis] Krugman critiques Obama stimulus plan

Jim Devine wrote: but even FDR's "Bonapartism" was not very good in the early New Deal. The NRA, for example. Needed was mass pressure from the left. Lou Pro: Sad but true. With the left so weak, there is even less incentive for Obama to move boldly. If he has any motivation to create a kind o

[Marxism-Thaxis] Evidence please. Productive &. Industrial capital

U have the CeJ jannuzi at I guess one question here is why Ford, Chrysler and GM didn't re-invest profits into accumulating their industrial capital. One, if the goal was to reach a certain level of production to stay competitive in the world (what is the benchmark now, 2 million vehicles per y

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Krugman critiques Obama stimulus plan

>>> Shane Mage On Jan 7, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Charles Brown wrote: > Brezhnev was to the left of...Krugman. How many counterrevolutionary invasions did Krugman launch? How many political opponents did he send to labor camps? How many did he imprison in mental hospitals? W

[Marxism-Thaxis] Manufacturing Tumbles Globally

(Chart Redacted) a.. JANUARY 3, 2009 Page A-1 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123094144619950373.html Manufacturing Tumbles Globally By KELLY EVANS and ROBERT GUY MATTHEWS Manufacturing activity around the world fell sharply in December, suggesting that the U.S. recession will extend well i

[Marxism-Thaxis] Krugman critiques Obama stimulus plan

>>> Shane Mage 01/07/2009 2:26 PM >>> On Jan 7, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Charles Brown wrote: >>>> Shane Mage > On Jan 7, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Charles Brown wrote: >> Brezhnev was to the left of...Krugman. > How many counterrevolutionary invasions did Krugman l

[Marxism-Thaxis] Unemployment systems crash as jobless numbers hit 26-year high

Unemployment systems crash as jobless numbers hit 26-year high >Archive - Daily Online Author: John Wojcik People's Weekly World Newspaper, 01/07/09 14:53 Jobless benefit filing systems all over the country are crashing this week as an unprecedented wave of tens of thousands of newl

[Marxism-Thaxis] Another Crisis of Capitalism

Another Crisis of Capitalism By Wadi’h Halabi click here for related stories: capitalism 11-24-08, 9:31 am Unfolding globally today is another capitalist "crisis of overproduction" and a corresponding crisi

[Marxism-Thaxis] Bush a Socialist? Don't Make Me Laugh; Response

Bush a Socialist? Don't Make Me Laugh By Joel Wendland click here for related stories: socialism 1-02-09, 10:14 am The Republican Party is lashing out again. This time at itself. Several media sources recentl

[Marxism-Thaxis] Act Now! Imminent Vote on Fair Pay Legislation

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