Hello All; I know that most socialists don't take to the notion of genetically determined character traits, opting instead for the Marxist theory of social...
Robin, You contradict yourself or maybe it's that you want to have your cake and eat it, but in any event there's something wrong with your argument. On the...
Adam Buick
alb342@...
Oct 1, 2005 9:31 am
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Tony, I couldn't agree more with your final statement. There is no reason to believe the end of capitalism will necessarily bring an end to government rule....
Rebecca: I believe that Marx's notions on this topic was directed toward us as a species and not toward us as individuals--in other words, our "average" ...
Hi Adam ... cake and ... argument. ... doomed to ... you seem ... socialism. ... ideas? No, there is no contradiction; nor am I wanting have my cake and eat ...
Hi Adam ... cake and ... argument. ... doomed to ... you seem ... socialism. ... ideas? No, there is no contradiction; nor am I wanting have my cake and eat ...
... From: "robbo203" <robbo203@...> To: <WSM_Forum@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 3:08 PM Subject: [WSM_Forum] Re: revisionism?? All...
Julian Vein
julianvein@...
Oct 1, 2005 2:49 pm
28044
Hi Rebecca I suspect I share some of your thoughts. I know most "Marxists" seem to say that Karl rejected the idea of human nature. Not having read much of...
High Michael I stuggled to think of a way in which somebody could abuse my labour perhaps my imagination is not as good as it could be. I would never want to...
"The American movement to withdraw from Iraq is being called "the American street" on the Arabic satellite news networks. Although many Shiite and Kurdish...
http://cnjonline.com/engine.pl?station=clovis&template=storyfull.html&id=13222 -- So comrades, come rally And the last fight let us face The Internationale...
"You are mssing the point; the point is to bring socialist ideas to bear upon these very institutions in order to transform them, in order to encourage them to...
Adam Buick
alb342@...
Oct 2, 2005 8:43 am
28049
Karl on are we prisoners of our "animal spirits" Chapter on Co-operation vol I pg 326 L&W 74 Talking on co-operation at work, combining labour power etc. "...
... workers who, ... in their ... the other ... them ... regardless ... the moment*, ... waiting for ... Sure socialists do not see socialism as a distant...
... From: "robbo203" <robbo203@...> To: <WSM_Forum@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 9:14 PM Subject: [WSM_Forum] Re: revisionism?? ... ...
Julian Vein
julianvein@...
Oct 2, 2005 8:44 pm
28052
... to bear ... to ... thought you ... and bore ... always ... parties and ... should we ... it ... committees, ... ideas into ... annual ... I really dont...
... joke ... tourist ... are ... meantime" ... pretty certain ... the ... But this is a catch 22 situation: How do you "make socialists" in the meantime if...
I think I see this problem somewhat differently. I don't see socialist conciousness developing as a steady trickle perhaps picking up pace as time goes on. ...
... The reality is, you can't have socialism without socialists, and there must be a worldwide majority before this ever happens. World Socialism will be the...
... labour ... less ... sure ... looking ... artefacts ... white ... red ... any ... Yes, and i'm sure there will be a lot more parties and social occasions in...
I was searching the British library for Socialist newspapers. It produced an interesting list including the "World Socialist", described as the "Organ of the...
Our economic and social problems run in cycles. We are at a time in history where capitalism is being given a free hand to do as it pleases with little or no...
Hi Mark, you say " The question is not if socialism will return but when? " For socialism to return, it must have existed in the first place. There are so many...
Robert Malone
r.malone@...
Oct 4, 2005 6:27 am
28060
Mark, Bob has already made the point that socialism (properly understood as a society based on common ownership, democratic control, production just for use...
Adam Buick
alb342@...
Oct 4, 2005 2:50 pm
28061
Dear all esp Robbo and Adam, LETS, and other labour voucher schemes (which is essentially what LETS are) are both good and bad from a Socialist perspective. ...
Simon: Although I am not a promoter of LETS, please for the last time, I would like to hear an end to the ridiculous notion that labor vouchers are MONEY....
If you know a way I an uncancell my money once I uses it, out of solidarity share it with me,por favor . :-) yfs Matt ... So comrades, come rally And the last...
Simon, An article "LETS abolish money?" (below) appeared in the December 1994 Socialist Standard. Pained responses from LETS enthusiasists were published in...
Adam Buick
alb342@...
Oct 5, 2005 1:25 pm
28065
Unfortunately Karl was vague, in Capital about what Socialism was to be like. I think his most explicit description was in in Vol III in the chapter "The...
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