Marxjour List
May, 1997 - Digest
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Date: Thu; 8 May 1997 11:17:03 -0400
From: bookmarks ( bookshop@compuserve.com )
Subject: Bookmarks new and recommended books
BOOKMARKS THE SOCIALIST BOOKSHOP The latest list of new reduced and recommended books from Bookmarks Britain's biggest socialist bookshop is now available. If you'd like a copy e-mail us at: bookmarks_bookshop@compuserve.com (bookmarks_bookshop if you're a Compuserve user). If you'd perfer to get a copy through the post just send us your address. Charlie Hore Bookmarks Bookshop
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Date: Tue; 6 May 97 11:20:03 CDT
From: Sean Purdy ( sean.purdy@sympatico.ca )
Subject: Marxism '97 Conference - Toronto May16-19
Marxism '97 80 Years Since the Russian Revolution: The Struggle Continues-La Lutte Continue A weekend conference of socialist ideas in action sponsored by the International Socialists Friday May 16 to Monday May 19 1997 Jorgenson Hall Ryerson Polytechnic University Toronto (Gould St. one block north of Dundas subway and east of Yonge St.) TO REGISTER/FOR INFORMATION CALL (416) 972-6391 Highlights Friday May 16 7:30pm Room A-250 Jorgenson Hall Ryerson Polytechnic University Can the NDP Be Reformed? A debate between Peter Kormos NDP MPP Welland Thorold and Ritch Whyman International Socialists Discussion and Party to Follow (refreshments available) Saturday May 17 7:30pm Racism and Resistance Speakers: -Lawrence Hayes former member of the Black Panther Party and former death row prisoner in the U.S. -Minniejean Brown Trickey one of the Little Rock Nine who in 1957 desegregated an all-white high school in Arkansas for the first time -Ahmed Shawki editor Socialist Worker U.S. author of Black Liberation and Socialism Discussion and Party to Follow (refreshments available) Sunday May 18 7:30pm 'If Provoked We Strike': Lessons From the Lines Speakers: -Phil Biggins Union of Injured Workers -Dave Bleakney National Union Representative Canadian Union of Postal Workers -Glenn Lee President Local 2784 United Steelworkers of America Oshawa Ontario -Carolyn Egan President Local 8300 United Steelworkers of America International Socialists Discussion and Party to Follow (refreshments available) In addition to the evening panel discussions there are approximately forty other talks being given on the weekend. The conference is organized in a series of courses (two to four separate meetings per course at various times during the weekend). Courses include: -The Russian Revolution of 1917 -State Capitalism Versus Socialism -Transitions in History -The Battle of Ideas -Women and Revolution -Oppression Capitalism and Liberation -Socialists and the Working Class -Native Rights/Quebec Rights -Explaining the Economic Crisis -Questions for Socialists -Canada's Social Democracy For a full schedule call 416-972-6391 REGISTRATION $60.00 Waged-$30 unwaged for the weekend Day Pass $22 Waged $12 unwaged One session $5
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Date: Thu; 24 Apr 97 11:36:33 CDT
From: Louis N Proyect ( lnp3@columbia.edu )
Subject: New Marxist Journal
HISTORICAL MATERIALISM: RESEARCH IN CRITICAL MARXIST THEORY Historical Materialism is a new journal which seeks to play a part in the recovery and renewal of the critical and explanatory potential of classical Marxism. Historical Materialism will provide a forum for: - The reappropriation and refinement of the classical Marxist tradition for emancipatory purposes. - A genuine and open dialogue between individuals working in different traditions of Marxism. - Interdisciplinary debate and communication on an international scale between graduates researchers and academics. Historical Materialism wishes to encourage the new generation of Marxists. The advisory editors who support the project and will actively engage with this emergent intellectual community include: Elmar Altvater Chris Arthur Jarius Banaji Werner Bonefeld Robert Brenner Simon Bromley Peter Burnham Gugliemo Carchedi Andrew Chitty Andrew Collier Terry Eagleton Gregory Elliot Bob Fine Heide Gerstenberger John Haldon Wolfgang-Fritz Haug Michael Heinrich John Holloway Geoff Kay Michael Lebowitz Andrew Levine Peter Linebaugh Joe McCarney Istvan Meszaros Fred Mosely Bertell Ollman John O'Neill Justin Rosenberg Mark Rupert Sean Sayers Hazel Smith Tony Smith John Weeks Chris Wickham Ellen Meiksins Wood and others. Historical Materialism will be launched in Summer 1997 The first issue will feature articles by: ELLEN WOOD 'The Non-History of Capitalism' COLIN BARKER 'Reflections on Two Books by Ellen Wood' ESTHER LESLIE 'Woman&Ware Craving&Corpse in Benjamin's Arcades Project' JOHN WEEKS 'The Law of Value and the Analysis of Underdevelopment' Plus contributions from Peter Linebaugh Andrew Chitty John Holloway Gregory Elliot Tony Smith and others. Subscribe Now! For annual subscription (two issues) send cheque or international money order payable to 'Historical Materialism' at the below address. Individuals: 10 pounds/ 20 US-dollar (airmail 25 US-dollar). Institutions: 30 pounds/ 60 US-dollar. You can also help to defend and develop historical materialism by distributing this e-mail and sending in abstracts or articles as well as shorter pieces of a provocative or exploratory nature. Historical Materialism 5 Gunton Road London E5 9JT UK. E-mail: SB264@CAM.AC.UK
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Date: Fri; 09 May 1997 18:31:48 +0100
From: New Worker Online ( NCP@oocities.com )
Subject: A call for change
New Worker Online Digest is out now! Week commencing 9th May 1997 1) Editorial - A call for change. 2) Lead story - Labour victory lifts gloom. 3) Feature article - Bosses failing parent employees. 4) International story - May Day in Brussels. 5) British news item - Essex firefighters: no compromise talks now! 6) In celebration! - A letter to the editor. GONE AT LAST! The disastrous 18 years of Tory rule are over -- the Tories lie buried under Labour's historic landslide victory in last week's general election. Read all about it in this week's issue. Available on the web or by email. Comradely Richard. New Communist Party of Britain Homepage http://www.oocities.org/CapitolHill/2853 A news service for the Working Class! Workers of all countries Unite!
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From: "Ian Land" ( iml@dircon.co.uk )
Date: Sun; 11 May 1997 13:43:45 +0000
Subject: New book: The origins of the SWP
The IS Group are pleased to announce the publication of MORE YEARS FOR THE LOCUST by Jim Higgins with cartoons by Phil Evans and a Preface by Roger Protz. Jim is a former National Secretary of the International Socialists forerunners of the Socialist Workers Party (UK). His book is the first detailed history of the IS from its inception in the 1940s to his expulsion in the mid-1970s. As he writes in his introduction: The IS, successors to the Socialist Review Group and precursors to the Socialist Workers Party, was the very best chance we have had since the 1920s to build a serious revolutionary socialist organisation. It was a chance that was not taken and those who were responsible for that error have much to answer for and should be called to account if only in the pages of this book. To order write to: PO Box 13824 London SW1P 2ZL UK Price: 5.99 (UK Pounds) - cheques or International Money Orders payable to The Assassin. Postage and packing: 66p in the UK 1.50 UK Pounds rest of the world.
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Date: Sat; 10 May 97 10:51:57 CDT
From: David Walters ( dwalters@labornet.org )
Subject: Spring Additions to the Marx/Engels Internet Archvie
Spring additions (in reverse chronological order) to the Marx/Engels Internet Archive at http://www.marx.org.This is the Internet's largest collection of original writings by Marx and Engels. Please note that we now have an new sub-Archive dedicated to the writtings of Irish revolutionary socialist James Connolly. Volunteers are welcome to participate in the transcription of the works of these and other writers. Conact comm@marx.org to volunteer. May 9 1997: ADDITION: The Trotsky Internet Archive adds Trotsky's The Stalin School of Falsification published in 1937. (Thanks to David Walters.) May 5 1997: UPGRADE: Happy birthday Karl! In Herr Doktor's honor we present two upgraded sections: 1) the collected media interviews with Karl and Fred which highlights more personal aspects of their characters and 2) an HTML verison of his 1849 classic Wage-Labor and Capital. May 3 1997: ADDITION: A series of articles have been added to the Lenin Internet Archive. They include: Casual Notes (I. Beat -- But Not to Death!) The Attitude of the Workers' Party to Religion Classes and Parties in Their Attitude to Religion and the Church May Day Action By The Revolutionary Proletariat The Bourgeois Intelligentsia's Methods of Struggle Against the Workers War and Revolution. (Thanks to the Robert Cymbala.) May 1 1997: ADDITION: In celebration of May Day around our ever-spinning planet we open The James Connolly Internet Archive. Twelve new articles about the socialist movement in Ireland during his time (Connolly was executed in 1916). (Thanks to the Workers' Web ASCII Pamphlet project and The Irish Republican Socialist Party.) April 26 1997: UPGRADE: Marx's 1848 Free trade speech -- including Engels' 1888 introduction to the speech's publication in English. April 18 1997: UPGRADE: The Marx and Engels news items from Neue Rheinische Zeitung. April 17 1997: ADDITION: Three new articles have been added to the Lenin Internet Archive. They are "Petty-bourgeois and proletarian socialism" (1905) Imperialism and the Split in Socialism (1916) and Opportunism and the Collapse of the Second International (1916). (Thanks to the Workers' Web ASCII Pamphlet project.) Also added: "Tasks of the proletariat in the present revolution (1917) April 3 1997: ADDITION: We are very proud to announce the launch of a new mirror site in South Africa. March 9 1997: ADDITION: Leon Trotsky's 1935 The Workers' State Thermidor and Bonapartism an examination of the class structure of the Soviet Union. (Thanks to Doug Fullarton.) ======================================================== http://www.marx.org http://www.marx.org/Lenin http://www.marx.org/Trotsky
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From: yankro@instjm.sld.cu
Date: Mon; 12 May 1997 23:07:31
Subject: The Jose Marti International Institute of Journalism
The Jose Marti International Institute of Journalism: A Cuban Challenge to Imperializing Power 1997 International Events June 24-27 Caribbean Cultural Identity and Journalism Examination of the role of the press in the development of Caribbean culture and identity including important regional figures to participate with guest classes. Exploration of area language and media analysis. Registration: $60.00 USD / $30.00 Student Sep 22-24 Che Guevara and the Media Protagonist of the Cuban Revolution and also a newsman the world will never forget the image of Che Guevara. The encounter will inquire into Guevara's journalistic dimensions both as a subject and producer of information as well as critique the visual representation he has been given in the press. Registration: $50.00 USD / $25.00 Student Send for more information: Instituto Internacional de Periodismo Jose Marti c. G e/ 21 Y 23 La Habana Cuba tel (537) 32 29 65 fax (537) 33 30 79 e-mail:*********************************************** This organization has *extremely* limited means of publicity and appreciates all e-forwards regular mailings published advertisements radio announcements etc of our information. *************** THANKS!!! *******************
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Subject: What's new in the In Defence of Marxism web site
Date: Wed; 14 May 97 11:42:55 +0000
From: ( socappeal@easynet.co.uk )
What's new in the In Defence of Marxism web site - Labour Party victory in Britain We have added two articles which analyse this unprecedented election vitory. One Labour's historic victory ( http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~socappeal/labvic.html ) analyses the election results and puts them in context and compares them with previous election results and the other one Now fight for Socialist policies ( http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~socappeal/labvic2.html ) explains the policies we will need to fight for under this Labour government. - Link to updated version of Marxism in Mexico site ( http://www.oocities.org/CapitolHill/Lobby/3075/index.html ") The web site of Militante the marxist journal of the labour movement in Mexico has changed location and has also a new improved lay out. Worth having a look at even if you Spanish is not that good. socappeal@easynet.co.uk http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~socappeal/IDOM.html PO Box 2626 London N1 7SQ Britain
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Date: Fri; 16 May 1997 09:38:34 -0700
From: Green Left Parramatta ( glparramatta@peg.apc.org )
Subject: Green Left
Dear Comrades I think you should add Green Left Weekly Australia's main left newspaper at. Regards Norm Dixon
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Date: Fri; 16 May 1997 05:21:30 +0100
From: New Worker Online ( NCP@oocities.com )
Subject: Human rights.
New Worker Online Digest Week commencing 16th May 1997 1) Editorial - Human rights. 2) Lead story - Queen's speech - Labour to end "two-tier" NHS. 3) Feature article - Eurotunnel: scrap the open-sided wagons. 4) International story - Zairean rebels enter Kinshasa. 5) British news item - Firefighters dispute wins "core demands". We also have available on request a recent article by Nina Andreyeva of the AUCPB and the speech by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to the Workers' Party of Belgium May Day celebration in Brussels. Comradely Richard. New Communist Party of Britain Homepage http://www.oocities.org/CapitolHill/2853 A news service for the Working Class! Workers of all countries Unite!
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