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Karl Marx (1818-1883) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Marxism? In America? The very idea sounds absurd to most people. After all, this is the “land of the free.” Plus, we won the Cold War against the Soviet… more →

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Hard science in Cuba

richmx2 wrote 1 hour ago: Cuban doctors have implanted more than a thousand prosthetic penises since 2005. Made of silicon wit … more →

Tags: cuba, Humor, Americas (outside U.S. and Mexico), health, Medicine

IS RELIGION THE CAUSE OF ALL WAR? Part 1: Introduction

Fuel For Faith wrote 2 hours ago: Many times in my life I’ve heard this statement by people who claim to be atheists: “Religion is the … more →

Tags: Apologetics, Atheism, Christian Apologetics, Christianity, communism, History, Political Correctness, Religion, Socialism

EYE-BALL's Herman on: Creative Destruction ... — 3 comments

hermanohermitage wrote 3 hours ago: Title: Creative Destruction … By: Herman O’Hermitage Joseph Schumpeter (1883 –1950) gave … more →

Tags: Politics, Domestic, Current Affairs, The EYE-BALL Herman O'HERMITAGE, Abuse of Power, Australia, Bass Strait, BHP Billiton, Craig Thomson, Daily Telegraph

PARABLE OF THE PEN

zebbook wrote 6 hours ago: PARABLE OF THE PEN by ‘Lanre ‘lordrooz’ Bucknor Write your way to glory, Be like t … more →

Tags: Poetry, Author, greatness, Kofi Annan, pen, popularity, Purpose, Skill, Talent

31 May 2012: Guns, Germs, and Steel

sunnysmile wrote 1 day ago: Cover via Amazon Today I am grateful to Jared Diamond, the author of Guns, Germs, and Steel. It is a … more →

Tags: gratitude, Gratitude 2, Thanks, Education, book, History, World, Guns Germs and Steel, jared diamond

MARXISM, AMERICAN-STYLE... — 1 comment

Gunny G wrote 1 day ago: Karl Marx (1818-1883) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Marxism? In America? The very idea sounds absurd to … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Bilderberg Group, Cold War, Democratic Party, Marx, Marxism, Republican, Ron Paul, Russia

Careful, Mr. President!...Your socialism is showing!...AGAIN!

Scott wrote 1 day ago: “I want to thank the President for this award…I mean, where else but in this country can … more →

Tags: Current Events, Politics and Policy, ACORN, Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Front Page Mag, Organized Labor

Europe and the crisis

Alright Jack wrote 1 day ago: Note: I have written the below for myself in order to make sense of the euro-crisis that I have been … more →

Tags: Politics, capitalism, eurocrisis, Eurozone, Fiscal pact, Greece, IMF, neoliberalism, New Constitutionalism

Historical Materialism conference - call for papers

stuartelden wrote 2 days ago: ‘Weighs Like a Nightmare’ – Ninth Annual Historical Materialism Conference Central … more →

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Less than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism

rikowski wrote 2 days ago: Hegel LESS THAN NOTHING: HEGEL AND THE SHADOW OF DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM NEW TITLE: LESS THAN NOTHIN … more →

Tags: Books, communism, historical materialism, London Political Meetings, Marxism, Marxist analysis, Marxist Theory, Philosophy, Dialectical Materialism

Henry Buckle and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations

Christopher Donohue wrote 2 days ago: Henry Buckle (24 November 1821 – 29 May 1862), much like the semi-acknowledged French sociologist Al … more →

Tags: History of economic thought, History of the Human Sciences, Alexis de Tocqueville, Auguste Comte, David Hume, David Landes, David Ricardo, Edward Gibbon, Ellen Semple

The Future Says We Are Dumb

Jason Kramer wrote 2 days ago: Peering into history it is easy to find things that seem ridiculous – like trepanation, the medical … more →

Tags: Culture, caste, Culture 2, female genital mutilation, Future, harvard, Human Nature, Human Rights, Larry Summers

Marxist contradictions in China’s transformation.

Jonathan Story, Professor Emeritus, INSEAD wrote 3 days ago: This is an unpublisheds paper from 2009, where I analyse China using a Marxist paradigm. Rapid econo … more →

Tags: Position Paper, China, party-state, Class, rural and urban contradictions, Local Government, central government, knowledge structure