Re: [Marxism] Rape is not necessarily a consequence of war

Jeff writes: I don't know about you, but I supported the fight against fascism as part of the class war, not because I like one of the nations better than the other! If Russians came to view it as a war between nations, I would call that an ideological failure. And indeed one encouraged by

Re: [Marxism] Lindorff's mea culpa

Dennis Brasky writes: Of course, the proof is in the eating. If it's Obama vs a real greater evil - Palin or Huckerbee in 2012, we'll see if the Lindorffs and Greenwalds continue to hold their noses and vote lesser evil to stop impending fascism. = Maybe some leftists

Re: [Marxism] Guess What? He's a Terrible President

Dennis Brasky writes: On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Marv Gandall marvgand...@videotron.cawrote: At present, as between the two parties, a split within the Republicans seems more likely, with the rich patrician wing which formerly controlled the party now sensing it has more in common

Re: [Marxism] China's high speed rail plans

Artesian writes: As for your spark a run on the dollar would lead to a grave international economic and political crisis whose outcome would more likely than not be catastrophic rather than positive for both the Chinese and American working classes, that is simply absurd... It's the

[Marxism] The panic of 2008

Lehman's collapse almost brought down the money-market industry By Sam Mamudi, MarketWatch September 9 2009 NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- As the threat of a Lehman Brothers bankruptcy grew last September, many money-market fund managers were wary but not worried. Their industry had quietly grown

[Marxism] To a surprising degree... (sic)

Finance Overhaul Falters as '08 Shock Fades By DAVID ENRICH and DAMIAN PALETTA Wall Street Journal September 9 2009 Nearly one year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers sent shock waves across the globe, the world is a different place. The investment bank's messy death intensified the deepest

Re: [Marxism] China's nationalized sector has key rol incurrentgains

overproduction of commodities and overproduction of capital (overaccumulation). -Ernest Mandel, Marx's Theory of Crisis http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article289 - Original Message - From: S. Artesian sartes...@earthlink.net To: Marv Gandall marvgand...@videotron.ca Sent: Monday

Re: [Marxism] China's nationalized sector has key role in current gains

Luko writes one might say, that China is saving world wide capitalism from deeper crises, but I prefer China growing than starving so that the working masses in the imperialist countries fall into misery. I have never been a follower of the the worse the better strategy.

Re: [Marxism] Overproduction - underconsumption

Artesian writes: ...so I wouldn't rush out and buy shares in Baosteel based on the WSA article, know what I mean? == Jeez, Artesian, anyone following your investment advice would have been short China and long the US market since 2000, and we know where they'd

Re: [Marxism] self determination for oppressors

Dennis Brasky writes: If the Israeli Jews are offered self determination after the coming socialist revolution, what form will that take? Won't it be a Jewish state in Palestine - where the Palestinians would want their state? But the Jews already have such a state, so why do they need a

Re: [Marxism] self determination for oppressors

Artesian writes: Dennis is quite write to point out that there is no such thing as self-determination for the Afrikaners in South Africa, for the Israelis in the Middle East, just as the French in Algeria were not entitled to, nor struggling for self-determination.

Re: [Marxism] self determination for oppressors

Proyect l...@panix.com To: Marv Gandall marvgand...@videotron.ca Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [Marxism] self determination for oppressors Marv Gandall wrote: It's not possible to conceive of a socialist revolution in Palestine/Israel which would not involve the participation

Re: [Marxism] self determination for oppressors

Artesian writes: [...] If, however, you're referring to the the type of deal struck by de Klerk, Botha with Mandela, then preserving cultural identity of the minority is a non-issue at best, a joke at worst, as the economic and social power of the minority has been preserved.

Re: [Marxism] self determination for oppressors

Artesian writes: [...] No, I don't consider the end of apartheid a joke-- never said any such thing-- but the sort of Mandela-de Klerk deal does not bring democracy, or secularism, or socialism. Thanks for clarifying. Does anyone think the Afrikaners made this deal out of the goodness of

Re: [Marxism] self determination for oppressors

Artesian writes: I no more deny that apartheid was broken than I would deny that segregation by race has been dismantled in the South. My last word on the subject but as you know I say that often, usually after I have already given assurances of my last word on the subject.

Re: [Marxism] Thankless Bastards

Bhaskar writes: That .pdf that I linked to is still recommended... = Yes, well worth reading. ...the concept of instrumentalism that is so closely associated with Ralph Miliband’s theory of the state is not merely an oversimplication and caricature of

Re: [Marxism] The dollar carry trade (Was: How to Tell When the Market is Topping)

Artesian writes: From the Financial Times of 19 October: Russian plans to raise $18bn with international bond Russia is to launch its first international bond in a decade to bolster its public finances and take advantage of the surge in demand for emerging market debt.

[Marxism] Rise of the dark pools

From a speech to the Senate by Delaware Senator Ted Kaufman, published in yesterday's Huffington Post: (High frequency or flash trading refers to the growing practice of investment houses like Goldman Sachs to locate and program servers next to exchanges, giving them split second advance access

Re: [Marxism] A few words In Defense of the Black Panther Party

Thomas Bias writes: The Fourth International was launched to combat Stalinism and social democracy in the working class, with the belief that without doing so socialist revolution was not possible. It's a little more complicated than that. The Trotskyists

[Marxism] Re: Economists Seek to Fix a Defec t in Data That Overstates the Nation’s Vigor (NYT)

Matt Russo posted: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/business/economy/09econ.html?ref=business A widening gap between data and reality is distorting the government’s picture of the country’s economic health, overstating growth and productivity in ways that could affect the political debate on

Re: [Marxism] Here it comes, Here comes the night

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Ralph Johansen writes: S. Artesian sartes...@earthlink.net wrote From the FRB

Re: [Marxism] Obama is not a Wimp

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Louis wrote: ...an open letter signed by some high-profile Obama supporters

Re: [Marxism] I.F Stone on fighting

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Louis wrote: The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you are going to

[Marxism] US still magnet for foreign scientists and engineers

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == U.S. Keeps Foreign Ph.D.s Despite Fears of a Post-9/11 Drop, Most Science,

Re: [Marxism] The winter of America's discontent

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[Marxism] Obama's Wall Street ass lick: cause and effect

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == The effect: Obama Doesn’t ‘Begrudge’ Bonuses for Blankfein, Dimon By Julianna

Re: [Marxism] Obama's Wall Street ass lick: cause and effect

: == Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Marv Gandall wrote: The effect: Obama Doesn’t ‘Begrudge’ Bonuses for Blankfein, Dimon By Julianna Goldman

[Marxism] Taiwan Gains Mainland Market Entry

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[Marxism] Fwd: Taiwan Gains Mainland Market Entry

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Re: [Marxism] The Palestinian UDI as bargaining chip

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2010-03-04, at 5:50 PM, Gary MacLennan wrote: I thought the reference to

Re: [Marxism] Calling all rebels

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2010-03-09, at 6:16 PM, Louis Proyect wrote: On 2010-03-09, at 4:21 PM, Louis

[Marxism] Hurt Locker

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == My wife and I saw the Hurt Locker on cable last night. I must have missed Louis

[Marxism] Inside the Tea Party Convention

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == At the Tea Party By Jonathan Raban New York Review of Books March 25, 2010 People

Re: [Marxism] Political Crisis in the US [was: In and Out of Crisis]

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2010-03-16, at 9:12 AM, Mark Lause wrote: Lajany Otum is reading far too much

Re: [Marxism] blog post: from Boulder North and West to Portland, part 1

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2010-07-25, at 7:19 PM, MICHAEL YATES wrote: Full at

Re: [Marxism] The working class is growing poorer, statistics prove it

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2010-07-26, at 10:26 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: So?

[Marxism] Chinese curbs on rare earth metal exports

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Below, standard boilerplate from the Tory economic columnist Ambrose

Re: [Marxism] test

. == On 8/2/10 3:56 PM, Marv Gandall wrote: Thank Hans, Les. I'll revert to my previous email acct in order to get copies... according to google: When you send a message to any mailing list you subscribe to, Gmail automatically skips your inbox and archives

Re: [Marxism] Bernanke Says Rising Wages Will Lift Spending

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2010-08-04, at 12:01 AM, michael perelman wrote: The New York Times

[Marxism] Quantitative easing as an alternative to fiscal stimulus

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == The Fed appears poised to resume quantitative easing both because legitimate fears

[Marxism] Sounds like a good candidate for a chat group :)

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Angry flight attendant swears at passenger, quits, and leaves plane by emergency

Re: [Marxism] WikiLeaks Founder Accused of Rape in Sweden, Calls it Dirty Trick

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2010-08-21, at 11:50 AM, Michael Perelman wrote: The accusations have been

[Marxism] Thorium

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Yet another magic bullet we have always been hoping for, this time from the

[Marxism] Renewed speculation on the character of the Chinese economy

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == World Bank data shows investment by state-run companies accounted for a bigger

Re: [Marxism] Part 2 of article on Israel and apartheid

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2010-08-30, at 4:02 PM, Andrew Pollack wrote: Pathetic. After a very

[Marxism] Common patterns in recurrent capitalist crises

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart, co-authors of numerous studies on the

Re: [Marxism] From Jurriaan B. on Judis's article (depression, not a recession)

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2010-09-07, at 9:00 PM, Louis Proyect wrote: Louis, […] The central

Re: [Marxism] Fidel to Ahmadinejad: 'Stop Slandering the Jews'

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2010-09-07, at 4:50 PM, Eli Stephens wrote: Actually much more interesting

[Marxism] Foreclosure Fraud For Dummies

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Lucid five part series, with links...

Re: [Marxism] Diana Johnstone on the French protests

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2010-10-21, at 10:57 AM, C. G. Estabrook wrote: Of course, the most powerful

[Marxism] Obama cancels trip because Americans c an’t tell Sikhs from Muslims

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Re: [Marxism] The system that protects capitalism

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2010-11-02, at 9:50 PM, sobuadha...@hushmail.com wrote: The anguished

Re: [Marxism] Role of the Army

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Here's one Marine Corps Major General I'd be prepared to posthumously absolve: I

Re: [Marxism] A new spectre haunts the WSJ

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2010-11-16, at 12:45 PM, Intense Red wrote: One can find many aspects of

[Marxism] Brazil would recognize a Palestinian UDI

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == (The PA is using the threat of a unilateral declaration of independence next year

Re: [Marxism] Fed Explains...

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2010-12-05, at 11:31 AM, S. Artesian wrote: As for China. China was

Re: [Marxism] Brazil would recognize a Palestinian UDI,

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2010-12-05, at 3:12 PM, DW wrote: The term Client State is a bit in-exact. I

Re: [Marxism] Pressure mounts for European fiscal union

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2010-12-06, at 1:14 PM, S. Artesian wrote: This is essentially the EU

Re: [Marxism] Pressure mounts for European fiscal union

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On Dec 6, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Marv Gandall wrote: But so far it's only

Re: [Marxism] A letter from a spurned lover

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2010-12-07, at 8:58 AM, Louis Proyect wrote: Obama: On the way to a failed

Re: [Marxism] A letter from a spurned lover

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[Marxism] The beginning of the end of dollar hegemony

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == The Beginning of the End of Dollar Hegemony By RANDALL W. FORSYTH Barron's December

[Marxism] Contradictory US working class consciousness in the Great Depression

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Polling showed large majorities in favor of the Roosevelt administration, federal

[Marxism] Is this as bad as the Great Depression?

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == (Long article with many links) Underneath the Happy Talk, Is This As Bad as the

[Marxism] Joint ventures go global on Chinese terms

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == China Squeezes Foreigners for Share of Global Riches By SHAI OSTER, NORIHIKO

[Marxism] More on global capital's Chinese turn

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Wall Street Warms to China Story By GREGORY ZUCKERMAN Wall Street Journal January 2

Re: [Marxism] John Mearsheimer: Obama continues imperial policies

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2011-01-04, at 4:24 AM, r...@riseup.net wrote:

Re: [Marxism] Andrew Cuomo bares his fangs

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2011-01-06, at 12:52 PM, James Holstun wrote: As the Fiscal Policy Institute

[Marxism] Commentaries on Israeli society

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == 1. A biting satire on the ubiquitous charge of anti-semitism:

[Marxism] The end of the imperialist epoch

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Without describing it in these blunt terms, Financial Times economic columnist

Re: [Marxism] Thoughts on Arizona

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2011-01-10, at 5:50 PM, Mark Lause wrote: I think it's hard to take the issue

Re: [Marxism] Thoughts on Arizona

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2011-01-10, at 6:47 PM, Louis Proyect wrote: In fact, how can a young white

Re: [Marxism] Loughner's last close friend said that he ignored TV and talk radio

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == While there is no clear indication that Loughner was directly influenced by

Re: [Marxism] Loughner's last close friend said that he ignored TV and talk radio

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2011-01-12, at 6:51 PM, Louis Proyect wrote: ...I describe him as

Re: [Marxism] Loughner's last close friend said that he ignored TV and talk radio

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2011-01-12, at 9:55 PM, Louis Proyect wrote: ...if someone stabbed a stranger

Re: [Marxism] What makes Arizona's killer just a loner, not a terrorist?

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2011-01-13, at 1:58 PM, Louis Proyect wrote: Loughner was *not* a terrorist.

Re: [Marxism] [LBO] Surowecki on unions

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Re: [Marxism] Unionization rate drops to 6.9% in private sector

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2011-01-23, at 6:45 AM, Lenin's Tomb wrote: The reality is that unionisation

Re: [Marxism] Slow news day

== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2011-01-23, at 11:55 AM, Einde O'Callaghan wrote: