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all that is solid melts into air

Posted by kerrb at 2005-02-11 05:42 PM

Modern bourgeois society, a society that has conjured up
such gigantic means of production and exchange, is like the sorcerer
who is no longer able ...

at 2005-02-12 05:49 AM

Bugger it, I should have checked things more closely. I meant ignorance of Marxism that exists in progressive circles. ...

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stability is a central issue

Posted by kerrb at 2005-01-31 11:19 PM

I agree with this perceptive comment (fourth comment down)
by Arthur Dent in the Iraq votes thread at Harry's Place which reminds me that there are m ...

at 2005-02-10 04:40 AM

Re Arthurs cooment that the fight is with the mainstream conservative foreign policy establishment: yes indeed, but if this fight is to assist in deve ...

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think strategically

Posted by kerrb at 2005-02-09 07:33 PM

Arthur Dent has thrown down the gauntlet at Harry's Place: on the need
to think strategically about what is really happening now in the world:
If yo ...

at 2005-02-09 02:24 PM

Arthur Dent continues to lead the way in thinking strategically about the new world situation in vigorous discussion at Harry's Place

To keep up wi ...

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Bush supports democratic revolution

Posted by kerrb at 2005-01-20 11:25 PM

George Bush's Inauguration speech 2005
main emphasis is support for democratic revolution, of the struggle for
freedom against tyranny and oppressio ...

at 2005-02-02 09:47 PM

Dear Albert
"We're short on debate here so your desire for an argument is welcome".
Thank you. Perhaps something more like a blog would help; e ...

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the long tail

Posted by kerrb at 2005-01-29 06:37 AM

As a geek, I have a quick response ready for those who say
to me, “Get a life”. My response is, “I have a life, a virtual life”. The
probl ...

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sickening defence of murder-suicide fascists

Posted by keza at 2005-01-27 11:12 PM

In his message Put Humility in Command Alex Block drew my attention to the shameless glorification of suicide bombers by Terry Eagleton in tod ...

at 2005-01-28 07:36 PM

I found the piece below on Butterflies and Wheels.com and enjoyed it so much I thought I'd stick it here.
keza

Oh ...

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we need marx

Posted by kerrb at 2005-01-22 04:07 PM

In response to Norm's challenge, Marcus has initiated a discussion of the Communist Manifesto at Harry's Place

We need Marx and Engels because they ...

at 2005-01-24 03:17 AM

I've posted the following comment at Harry's Place - go here to read the full thread

Some of the posts here show that a common misconceptio ...

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we are all bloggers now

Posted by kerrb at 2005-01-19 08:14 PM

“We are all New Yorkers now” was a slogan born from
September 11th

“We are all bloggers now” is a good slogan following the
achievements of ...

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optimists

Posted by kerrb at 2005-01-14 04:35 PM

Pamela Bone writes in The Age today, 'And now for the good news', or, also find a copy on Last Superpower,
that there is much to be optim ...

at 2005-01-16 01:22 PM

I liked Bone's article too. Voices of optimism are so rare: in the media, in the schools, and in the popular culture. (It will be interesting to see w ...

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Union solidarity

Posted by kerrb at 2005-01-13 12:43 AM

Encouraging to see that the Community and Public Sector Union (Australia) has written a letter of condolence to the Iraqi Federation of Workers' Trade ...

at 2005-01-16 04:09 AM

I found this on Labour Friends of Iraq. I especially like the last paragraph.

Eric Lee pays tribute to Hadi Saleh: ...

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information food chain

Posted by kerrb at 2005-01-13 07:30 PM

THE INFORMATION FOOD
CHAIN AND RSS SERVICES

All of the services described in this article can be used
without creating your own web ...

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the first draft of history

Posted by kerrb at 2005-01-10 11:05 PM

THE FUTURE OF NEWS

WHO IS WRITING THE FIRST DRAFT OF HISTORY?

From Dan Gillmor’s blog entry about the Tsunami and Citizen
Journ ...

at 2005-01-11 07:12 PM

An article in today's Age, How-citizen-reporters-get-the-news-out-first, by Hugh Martin adds some flesh and bones to the general trends outlined ...

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Tsunami

Posted by AlbertLanger at 2005-01-05 01:46 AM

I'm wondering whether the global response to the Tsunami could indicate another turning point and whether it is possible to win support for a concrete ...

at 2005-01-06 04:44 PM

This is slightly off topic but might be better to put here rather than
start a new thread. Ralph Peters has published a piece on the strategic
impor ...

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BELIEFS ABOUT THE TRUTH

Posted by kerrb at 2005-01-06 03:12 AM

The Edge group has published the responses of 120 thoughtful
people (biologists, physicists, psychologists, futurists, philosophers etc.) to
this qu ...

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pseudo left scorned

Posted by kerrb at 2005-01-06 03:40 AM

Beautiful
writing about the idealist outlook (as distinct from materialist
realism) from an Iraqi who traces his surprise, then frustration, then
a ...

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obnoxious quotes

Posted by kerrb at 2005-01-04 04:57 PM

the "revolutionary", the "nature lover" and the "democrat"

the "revolutionary":
"The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not ...

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One war is dividing into two.

Posted by patrickm at 2004-12-24 11:39 AM

The anti- Iraq war movement is now, well and truly, trapped
in a quagmire.

The second anniversary of the very big anti-war marches i ...

at 2004-12-27 02:31 AM

Yeah, I agree, and i like the extension made by Bill to the question of
responsibility. Personally, I think that anti-Iraq-war people,
not onl ...

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The Emperor's New Clothes

Posted by keza at 2004-11-23 05:31 AM

I just posted a review of a book called Postmodernism disrobed. It's quite funny but worth some seri ...

at 2004-12-18 01:28 PM

Hearing you TOM! Ok, Kerry I just read the review and now I can make a more logical reply. I STILL don't know what postmodernism is and would love to ...

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