http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/ World in Common Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:22:49 GMT robbo203 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9731 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9731 ... I agree Torgun. I read Cyrus Bina's article too and found it to be a bit too contrived and forced. There seemed to me to be too many big gaps in the Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:03:15 GMT Torgun Bullen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9730 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9730 I have just read this article by the US based academic Cyrus Bina (I came across it on the WSM forum) , presenting an alternative view on the reasons why the Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:14:59 GMT robbo203 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9729 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9729 ... Hi Trevor and Bob I look forward to that as Im sure will Andy Cheers Robin Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:54:21 GMT joolsyp http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9728 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9728 I think readers of this list should be aware that a regular poster on here by the name of Mike Morin has made a number of explicitly sexist and homophobic Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:19:07 GMT John Bissett http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9727 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9727 November 21st, 12 Noon, upstairs at same venue; 'The Syndicalist challenge in the Durham coalfield before 1914' - a talk by Lewis Mates 5th Working Class Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:23:46 GMT Bob Howes (vegan) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9726 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9726 The answer doesn't surprise me, I discovered I was already an anarchist in 1971, and I've been trying to convince others to get together and change things ever Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:23:36 GMT Bob Howes (vegan) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9725 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9725 Hi Robin, Say hi to your brother. I started reading his thing but can't stay awake. I'll try tomorrow after I get back from the dentist. Cheers, Bob Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:36:07 GMT Citizens of the World http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9724 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9724 Bonjour Robin, and Andy, Nepotism! Nepotism! Nepotism! Smile icon. That's quite a brother you have. I am looking forward to reading the full text. I only Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:54:27 GMT Mr. X http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9723 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9723 Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Suprise You!   Author:  David Graeber   Chances are you have already heard something about who anarchists are and what Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:10:11 GMT andyfcox http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9722 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9722 Hi Guys, I'd really appreciate some feedback on an essay I recently completed. No doubt, it'll be grist to the mill for most members of the group. But, anyway, Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:49:29 GMT Danny O'Dare http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9721 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9721 ... The point of Capital - and all of Marx's writings, in a sense - is to show or demonstrate precisely that: that the "free-market" is a myth. Or, if you Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:21:17 GMT robbo203 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9720 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9720 Hi All My brother, Andy, has recently written a very long and interesting essay which can be accessed here: http://andycox1953.webs.com/ It covers a variety Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:14:04 GMT robbo203 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9719 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9719 Thanks for that, Eric. A very helpful contribution. Just on the subject of Somalia I seem to remember a discussion going on in some anarcho-cap circle that Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:08:03 GMT Eric R. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9718 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9718 Hi Robin I don't know enough detail about the history of capitalism throughout the world to cite a specific instance at a specific historical moment as the Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:29:52 GMT robbo203 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9717 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/message/9717 ... Quite true Eric but just as a matter of interest where and when would you say here has been the closest approximation to free market capitalism? My guess