That's an outrageous policy, of course, but if I were on mainstream
TV, I wouldn't use capitalist or capitalism either - I'd opt for
more acceptable euphemisms. I've found over the years that lots of
ordinary people are susceptible to Marxist analyses as long as they
don't know that's what
Interesting. I stand corrected. In the Communist
Manifesto, ME use the term capitalist, but not
capitalism, although mostly they speak of
bourgeois and modern industry. In The
German Ideology, which predates the CM, Marx
contrasts communism with political economy.
Curiously both the terms
At the recent (and first ever) ICAPE (international confederation for
the advancement of pluralism in economics) conference here at UMKC, an
Austrian economist on a panel on Rethinking (Post-)Capitalism said he
would not use the word capitalism because it was created by people who
were critical of
Title: RE: [PEN-L] frontline: home | PBS
FWIW, I've seen more and more references to capitalism in orthodox economics books (and the like) lately. Of course, it's likely similar to the rise in references to empire and imperialism, i.e., involving positive conotations.
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What they have done to Frontline is a fucking disgrace. During the
1980s
they had hard-hitting investigative pieces on the contra war, etc.
Since
9/11 it has basically functioned as an outlet of the Pentagon with one
hysterical report after another on terrorist
Michael Hoover wrote:
pbs apparently has policy prohibiting persons being interviewed for
broadcast from using terms 'capitalist' and 'capitalism', reference to
'business elite' is ok, info comes from michael zweig who was recently
subjected to said policy... michael hoover
That's an outrageous
Michael writes:
pbs apparently has policy prohibiting persons being
interviewed for broadcast from using terms 'capitalist'
and 'capitalism', reference to 'business elite' is ok,
info comes from michael zweig who was recently
subjected to said policy...
Assuming that is true (and I have no
Good to know that it's still a bad word. jksDoug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Michael Hoover wrote:pbs apparently has policy prohibiting persons being interviewed forbroadcast from using terms 'capitalist' and 'capitalism', reference to'business elite' is ok, info comes from michael zweig who
Michael Hoover wrote:
pbs apparently has policy prohibiting persons being interviewed for
broadcast from using terms 'capitalist' and 'capitalism', reference to
'business elite' is ok, info comes from michael zweig who was recently
subjected to said policy... michael hoover
That's an outrageous
ravi wrote:
wnyc's brian lehrer talked to arun rath, this morning, regarding an
upcoming frontline pbs show on a popular play in calcutta titled
starring osama, which portrays osama as a hero of sorts (at least
according to arun rath). the program airs on frontline on the 12th of june:
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