Dear Comrades, Dr. Victoria Hale, co-founder and chief executive of OneWorld Health, America's first non-profit (sic) drug company, is interviewed in the...
Parasites can also be good things, and poverty is not the only reason drugs are not developed. A recent item in Private Eye (Sept 3) made an interesting point...
For those who have enjoyed Howard Zinn's ' Peoples History of United States ' the link is to a special reading of the book that was transmitted on the...
alan johnstone
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Oct 1, 2004 4:31 pm
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Here's a copy of the leaflet that Australian members of the WSM will be distributing at the anti-Iraq War demonstrations there tomorrow (or is it already...
Adam Buick
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Oct 2, 2004 8:46 am
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A nice leaflet by the Australians. Watching the Kerry-Bush debate yesterday, it was interesting to see how the oil question was evading; being mentioned only...
Alan thanks, I saw that link last month while working on a Standard piece. He is also the author of 'Marx in Soho' a good read. William alan johnstone...
The following from Counterpunch deserves a read: http://www.counterpunch.com/roberts09292004.html War, Outsourcing and Debt Delusion Rules By PAUL CRAIG...
Is this the same Paul Craig Roberts who, if my memory is right, wrote an article in which he defended the idea that socialism was the abolition of commodity...
Malcolm: I don't know, but if you can get a copy I and several others would like to read it. Byron ... From: Malcolm MANSFIELD <malcolm.mansfield@...> ...
The article by Craig Roberts was in the 1970's and I don't have a copy. It could well be on the concept of the communist mode of production or something like...
Hi All, Fascism as I understand it is the duping of workers into following, supporting and permitting leaders to rule over them with forcible means and ...
Here is a link to numerous radio interviews , mostly concerned about the media .There is one featuring Greg Palast , which i have just listened and he at one...
alan johnstone
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Oct 4, 2004 12:03 pm
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Malcolm: Note that Craig Roberts was a former assistant editor at the Wall Street Journal. That doesn't mean that he didn't "see the light," but one wonders ...
Bill, Surely your definition of fascism is so wide ranging that it becomes meaningless? I can't imagine someone saying that their local school or hospital was...
Hi all, I'm doing a lecture on 'Measuring Class' this evening. Can anyone point me in the direction of some recent figures illustrating the class divide in the...
For all you futurologists out there http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3701486.stm "...Ten years ago China imported no oil at all. Last year it overtook Japan...
alan johnstone
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Oct 5, 2004 6:50 am
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In the 50 Years Ago column in this month's Socialist Standard (see http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/oct04/index.html ), a comrade from the World Socialist...
Julian Prior <debord@...> wrote: Hi all, I'm doing a lecture on 'Measuring Class' this evening. Can anyone point me in the direction of some recent figures...
Dear Adam and Forum Good news! Chris Knight would be pleased to do a meeting on something like 'Engels and the Origins of Society'. No doubt sex strike...
Excellent news! I am pleased to report that Blood Relations would seem to be readily available again. Hope to see some of you next month, and at the debate -...
Ittai, I hate having to use the title you've chosen for this thread since it reflects a myth, but, yes, we have just published a book(let) on this called "Are...
Adam Buick
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Oct 7, 2004 4:27 pm
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Ittai: Adam has already replied to your message....
... Hi Cenred, Acquiescing and supporting a minority group giving power to rule with force over the masses is the foundation of fascism that stems from the...
Bill, Cenred I would have thought that Islamic fundamentalism is worse than fascism. So to call them "fascists" would be a sort of compliment. After all, the...
Adam Buick
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Oct 8, 2004 3:39 pm
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Dear Adam, Whether it is too mild or too strong, it is inaccurate to call the regime in Saudi Arabia fascist and it serves no useful purpose to do so. I have...
Dear Bill, Any use of such an emotive word which requires such a lengthy re-definition in order to be justified should be avoided . Otherwise you would be...
... From: "cenred2k" <cenred2k@...> To: <WSM_Forum@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 1:41 PM Subject: [WSM_Forum] Re: Iraq War leaflet...
Julian Vein
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Oct 9, 2004 1:06 pm
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Its certainly very daft to call the social aspects of modern capitalism 'fascist' for the following reasons: Nowadays if you in any way annoy gays, blacks, or...
