... This is called bending the stick in the opposite direction. It has led Walter to adopt a kind of watered-down Stalinism which compels him to put a plus...
1808
Walter Lippmann
walterx
Apr 1, 2006 3:47 pm
Marxists ought to be able to learn from historical experience. Perhaps it's time to re-read Hansen's "Cuba -- The Acid Test". ...
1809
David Walters
tialsedov
Apr 1, 2006 4:11 pm
I would agree Walter. And, perhaps, you could explain how Bolivia compares to the Cuban Revolution (please note that NO ONE is referring to events in La Paz as...
1810
lproyect
Apr 1, 2006 6:32 pm
... I have no idea what Goethe has to do with your apologetics for Chinese censorship. "Washington and the media in the U.S. faults China for seeking to ...
1811
Walter Lippmann
walterx
Apr 1, 2006 9:44 pm
The Cuban and Bolivian processes aren't really comparable. In Bolivia, Evo Morales and the Movement Towards Socialism came to power through a parliamentary...
1812
Louis Proyect
lnp3@...
Apr 1, 2006 10:02 pm
... Industrial development is not a prerequisite for socialist revolution, as Vietnam and China would indicate. ... Andy Pollack didn't post something that...
1813
Mark Lause
m_lause.geo
Apr 3, 2006 3:29 am
I've had recent occasion to reread a biography of Buonarroti, Babeuf's co-conspirator from the French Revolution and ran across this really great explanation...
1814
Philip Ferguson
philip.ferguson@...
Apr 3, 2006 3:32 am
Yep, sounds familiar. But at least Buonarroti had the excuse of being in the first wave, so they're allowed to make a lot of mistakes. Plus he was fighting...
1815
Brian Shannon
bas01957
Apr 3, 2006 3:35 am
... Your implication is that this is like the old SWP, but with many criticism of it, it was never like this. Serendipitously, this came up on the Google News...
1816
Mark Lause
m_lause.geo
Apr 3, 2006 4:13 am
No, I'm not saying that the old SWP functioned like an early nineteenth century secret society. And I definitely wouldn't want to rob many later leaders of...
1817
Brian Shannon
bas01957
Apr 3, 2006 4:33 am
(1) I recall that at the beginning of the Vietnam war, Joe Hansen wrote in either an article or resolution, and it probably appeared in the ISR, that the U.S....
1818
Joaquín Bustelo
joaquin_bustelo
Apr 3, 2006 5:30 am
I am unsubscribing from this list, given that it is basically an offshoot and sublist of the Marxism list. I have unsubscribed from the Marxism list since...
1819
Walter Lippmann
walterx
Apr 3, 2006 3:26 pm
Is there someone out there with the time and energy and interest to transcribe a previously untranscribed and unpublished speech by Joe Hansen, "The Policies...
1820
Thomas Bias
barrett53
Apr 3, 2006 3:38 pm
A technical question to the whole group: can one use a voice recognition app like Dragon Naturally Speaking to transcribe a cassette? Can one plug a cassette...
1821
Brian Shannon
bas01957
Apr 3, 2006 3:47 pm
I used to be a typesetter, but my skills have degenerated a great deal and am not up to it. However, aside from Tom's suggestion, anyone who undertook this...
1822
Thomas Bias
barrett53
Apr 3, 2006 4:09 pm
I have no experience with voice recognition software; however, I do know from people who have used it that it has to be "taught." It essentially has to be...
1823
Walter Lippmann
walterx
Apr 3, 2006 4:22 pm
Yes, I suppose if I could locate Al Hansen, he might help... Anyone in touch with him? Walter ... From: swp_usa@yahoogroups.com...
1824
Walter Lippmann
walterx
Apr 3, 2006 4:24 pm
Joe's voice is very easy. But this would be most of a day's work and all I have to offer is public credit and very deep gratitude by ways of compensation. ...
1825
Thomas Bias
barrett53
Apr 3, 2006 4:31 pm
I don't know if Al is still living; the last I remember he was living in Florida, and Bev Scott was gravely ill with cancer. I did not hear if she survived,...
1826
Richard Fidler
rfidler@...
Apr 3, 2006 4:49 pm
I use Dragon Naturally Speaking. I have found it quite unsatisfactory for transcribing tapes of persons other than myself. DNS has to be trained to understand...
1827
altman1917
Apr 3, 2006 9:51 pm
... offshoot ... Walters to ... this list ... Joaquin: Wah! Wah! Wah! I always enjoy reading your contributions on this list and Marxmail. Unfortunately, you...
1828
Mark Lause
m_lause.geo
Apr 4, 2006 1:15 pm
While disagreeing with the method, I really understand Joaquin's anger on this. I vividly remember an SWP in which any disagreement with "the line" on the...
1829
Brian Shannon
bas01957
Apr 4, 2006 2:51 pm
- sent to Marxmail, but just as applicable here - “This truly national nation” The Balcony, Jean Genet ____________________ I don’t like to write behind...
1830
Walter Lippmann
walterx
Apr 5, 2006 5:46 pm
On February 4, 1958, in an interview with Andrew St. George, published in Look magazine, Fidel Castro, when asked about his political objective, explained: ...
1831
lproyect
Apr 5, 2006 11:58 pm
... Actually, Walter, Marxism is not really that much in the business of making predictions one way or the other, especially about how an elected official will...
1832
Walter Lippmann
walterx
Apr 7, 2006 12:28 pm
Hi, Richard - I've ordered the upgrade to Omnipage 15 and should have it in a week. Thanks again for your help on the Posada document. Walter ... From:...
1833
Walter Lippmann
walterx
Apr 7, 2006 4:11 pm
THE MILITANT April 17, 2006 letter to the editor ‘Playa Girón’ The lead article on the sports page of the March 7 New York Times is one in a series on the...
1834
Walter Lippmann
walterx
Apr 7, 2006 4:35 pm
(The SWP seems to be really in awe of the claims being made by the Bush administration. Of course, this organization also says that the United States actually...
1835
Walter Lippmann
walterx
Apr 7, 2006 4:36 pm
(The discussion period after the formal presentations was lively and open-ended. I passed out some copies of the review of this terrific new book which had...
1836
Brian Shannon
bas01957
Apr 9, 2006 4:33 am
I have the impression that there was little or no public outcry during the wave of expulsions from the SWP in the early 1980s. Was this ever considered? If it...
