[Marxism-Thaxis] Ghosts of Germany's Communist Past Return for Election

2009-08-31 Thread c b
Ghosts of Germany's Communist Past Return for Election By: Erik Kirschbaum - Erik Kirschbaum is a Reuters correspondent in Berlin. August 28th, 2009 http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate-uk/2009/08/28/ghosts-of-germanys-communist-past-return-for-election/ Will the party that traces its roots to

[Marxism-Thaxis] Japan opposition takes on economy after landslide

2009-08-31 Thread c b
Japan opposition takes on economy after landslide By ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press Writer Eric Talmadge, Associated Press Writer 1 hr 53 mins ago TOKYO – Japan's likely next prime minister rushed to select Cabinet ministers Monday after his party trounced the ruling conservatives in elections

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Ghosts of Germany's Communist Past Return forElection

2009-08-31 Thread steiger2001
This is a partly at least misleading report not taking into account the changes that one of the constituent elements of Die Linke - ie the former PDS which arose from the eastern Communist Party, SED - went through nor does it take into account what the West German element, originally called

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Ghosts of Germany's Communist Past Return forElection

2009-08-31 Thread c b
If a non-European wants to really understand what is going on he (she) has to read a countervailing reports by ot er journalists (in differenr media). Stephen Steiger, Praue, Czech Republic ^^^ CB Got any countervailing reports ? ___

[Marxism-Thaxis] Japan Votes for Multipolarity

2009-08-31 Thread c b
Japan Votes for Multipolarity dredmond Voters roundly reject the LDP's watered-down variant of a US-subservient neoliberalism: http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200908300210.html Japan, it should be

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Japan opposition takes on economy after landslide

2009-08-31 Thread CeJ
The thing to remember is this: the NEW RULING party is simply a set of factions that emerged from the OLD RULING party over 10 years ago. They ran as opposition on MORE FREE MARKETS, DEREGULATION, LIBERALIZATION and appeasement of big business interests that seek to co-habit with American big