http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/ Platypus Affiliated Society discussion Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:02:18 GMT G.K. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4027 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4027 The Iranian government charged protesters against alleged fraud in the 2009 elections with following Gene Sharp's tactics. The Tehran Times reported: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:26:42 GMT rer137@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4026 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4026 http://www.berlintwitterwall.com/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:15:25 GMT Andony Melathopoulos http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4025 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4025 There is a measure of anti-Americanism that the Canadian "Left" has become defined by that must be unique to us; it seems pivotal. What is never comprehended Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:03:44 GMT Ryan Hardy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4024 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4024 Here's a good example, this execrable article from Rabble, by one of their usual gang of idiots: Wrongs of the Right By Duncan Cameron | October 27, 2009 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:08:29 GMT Ryan Hardy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4023 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4023 Thanks, Andony for clarifying and expanding on what I wrote. Andony is also right that, historically, since at least the seventies (I think the last remotely Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:27:37 GMT Charley63 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4022 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4022 I am trying to figure out what this terminological difference means. If Chris is right that Marx "expanded" the meaning of capitalism so that it "names" the Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:54:56 GMT Andony Melathopoulos http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4021 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4021 One must keep in mind that the jubilation being expressed by the author has to do with the fact that Canada's social democratic party (NDP) has been on a steep Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:01:11 GMT Chris Cutrone http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4020 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4020 One thing I'd like to say, if only to toot my own horn :) is to point out how accurate my prognosis was in my article in the Platypus Review 14 (August 2009) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:14:23 GMT G.K. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4019 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4019 http://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2009/10/today-interview-capitalism NS: So we have lost the political economy in Marx? SZ: There are some marginal good signs Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:19:16 GMT Benjamin Shepard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4018 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4018 Manifesto distributed during UC "occupation." Intervention may be propitious. http://www.revolutionbythebook.akpress.org/communique-from-an-absent-future- Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:49:29 GMT Ryan Hardy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4017 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4017 "Even the tone of politics has changed, and McNeil is several annoying octaves too high. The Dexter government speaks softly, sounding confidently in charge Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:49:23 GMT tanaforrester@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4016 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4016 This page was sent to you by: tanaforrester@.... INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | November 05, 2009 Clashes in Iran on Embassy Takeover Anniversary By Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:22:55 GMT Laurie Rojas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4015 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4015 For those in Chicago, Laurie ... Unite Here Local 1 Press Advisory for Thursday, November 5, 2009 For questions please contact Annemarie Strassel at (312) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:08:50 GMT rer137@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4014 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4014 Subject: Nova Scotia Votes Left NDP still winning in Nova Scotia By Ralph Surette October 26, 2009 rabble.ca Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:31:28 GMT Chris Cutrone http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4013 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/platypus1917/message/4013