1848+: Last and First Men

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-13/-capitalism-not-so-sacred-to-americans-as-downturn-sours-mood-polls-show.html

`Capitalism’ Not So Sacred to Americans as Mood Sours
By Mark Drajem – Jul 13, 2010
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http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/9472/

The Political Activism of Karl Marx
By Bob Patenaude
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http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2010/greene130710.html

Throwing Down the Gauntlet: A Review of Michael Lebowitz’s Socialist
Alternative
by Douglas W. Greene
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NY Times Sunday Book Review July 11, 2010
Hayek: The Back Story
By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER

http://www.marxmail.org/msg79706.html

Last month, a funny thing happened on the way to the best-seller list. A
66-year-old treatise by a long-dead Austrian-born economist began flying
off the shelves, following an hourlong endorsement from a right-wing
television host better known for pumping political thrillers than for
rocking political theory.
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Published on Monday, June 21, 2010 by the Cincinatti Enquirer
Socialism? We Wish, Says Local Group
by Carrie Whitaker
Published on Monday, June 21, 2010 by the Cincinatti Enquirer
Socialism? We Wish, Says Local Group
by Carrie Whitaker

Dan La Botz knows with certainty that President Barack Obama is no socialist.

He’s sure because he’s one himself, and finds little in common with the politics of the 44th president of the United States.

“I don’t support Obama. If I did, I would be a Democrat,” La Botz said. “I find it astonishing that people would think he’s a socialist. He’s given trillions of dollars to bankers, billions to General Motors, created a health care system that supports the health insurance companies … his foreign policy is consistent with Bush’s foreign policy.”

La Botz, of Clifton, is running for a seat in the U.S. Senate this year on the Socialist ticket.

Since President Obama was elected, “socialism” is a word on the lips of many conservative politicians, tea party supporters and political pundits. A CBS News/New York Times poll in April showed 92 percent of tea party supporters believe Obama is moving the country toward socialism – while 52 percent of all Americans held the same belief.

Socialists shake their heads – but they don’t really mind the attention.

Dan La Botz knows with certainty that President Barack Obama is no socialist.

He’s sure because he’s one himself, and finds little in common with the politics of the 44th president of the United States.

“I don’t support Obama. If I did, I would be a Democrat,” La Botz said. “I find it astonishing that people would think he’s a socialist. He’s given trillions of dollars to bankers, billions to General Motors, created a health care system that supports the health insurance companies … his foreign policy is consistent with Bush’s foreign policy.”

La Botz, of Clifton, is running for a seat in the U.S. Senate this year on the Socialist ticket.

Since President Obama was elected, “socialism” is a word on the lips of many conservative politicians, tea party supporters and political pundits. A CBS News/New York Times poll in April showed 92 percent of tea party supporters believe Obama is moving the country toward socialism – while 52 percent of all Americans held the same belief.

Socialists shake their heads – but they don’t really mind the attention.

http://nplusonemag.com/intellectual-situation-your-marx

The Intellectual Situation
On Your Marx
Neoliberalism on the rocks
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This Country Needs a Few Good Communists

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/this_country_needs_a_few_good_communists_20100531/

Posted on May 31, 2010

By Chris Hedges
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=a2.2MZbFjs8Y

Consuming Blue Fin Tuna Is Like Barbecuing Pandas: Interview
Interview by Zinta Lundborg
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Industrial civilisation is trashing the environment.
Should we try to reform it or just watch it go down?
by George Monbiot
Published in the Guardian (May 11 2010)
Those who defend economic growth often argue that only rich countries can
afford to protect the environment. The bigger the economy, the more money
will be available for stopping pollution, investing in new forms of
energy, preserving wilderness. Only the wealthy can live sustainably.
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http://www.alternet.org/story/146611/

Taibbi: The Lunatics Who Made a Religion Out of Greed and Wrecked the
Economy
By Matt Taibbi, The Guardian
Posted on April 26, 2010, Printed on April 26, 2010
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