Hello all I spotted this contribution form Pieter Lawrence from the WSM Forum (extract of complete message): "I agree that to express the case for socialism in...
Hi Torgun, Yes, interesting, and I sought out the whole thing (29784) - with some difficulty because there are so many posts, so perhaps WSM is ipso facto this...
HI Chris Yes, I see where you are coming from and I agree. I think we can put our case from several angles. The problem with the kind of individualistic...
Hello all I recently sent an email to the WSM Forum outlining the purpose of World in Common. As there has been a good deal of discussion on the WSM Forum ...
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Dear member I have made more than my fair share of contributions on this forum over the last few weeks. Generally the contributions come from a small range of...
Like the new website and the idea of having something topical on the homepage Robin ... over the ... range of ... about ... discussion ... beginnings of our ...
Robin - we (Torgun, arms and me) are chatting on worldincommon (yahoo groups) - why not drop by? JP ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hi Alan, The thing that strikes me about the whole debate, no matter in which slice of the sector strands it's being carried out in, is in observing it, I'm...
hi arminius, Actually I disagree. A bit of 'blueprintism' now and then (as long as it is placed in context) is not a bad thing. The fact is that we cannot...
Hi Arms I 'm not sure I agree with your comments: there is a great danger I think in talking about "now" and "then" and the "penultimate days bfore the...
Hi Julian, Brian and all, Thanks to you both for your very interesting replies. While reading your 'disagreements' with me, I was struck by how much I didn't...
Hi Arms, You are right: we are saying much the same thing. I think it's the e-mail medium that is the problem. Its easy to find areas of disagreement - it...
Friends, I am a new member to WIC, so I have just read the latest posts. Perhaps a more convenient alternative would be the use of Yahoo messengers Instant...
Hi All, A while back we were having a discussion that touched on the development of the Left Party in Germany. I thought the below useful for bringing us up to...
Hi Kevin Maybe we can give this a go in a week or two? Julian says voice/audio isn't enabled yet for Apple Macs. But it would probably be a lot better to use...
Hi All, Well, for whatever reasons, I cannot seem to access chat today. If anyone on wants to give me a holler and let me know for sure it's going on and...
Hi all! This is the first segment of a much longer piece that you no doubt skipped by because of its length when the author posted it to this list a while ago...
Hi Arms & Jim Yes this is a very interesting peice which I overlooked (or it could be when my computer was on the blink). Jim, I endorse your critique of...
Hi all Came across an organisation called the centre for thestudy of the gift economy recently (http://www.gift-economy.com/). Very interesting. Below is an...
Greetings, There have been revolutions for things in common before the capitalist epoch and I would hate to belive that those people died for something they...
Hello: Just wanted to inform a few socialist friends, a few non-socialist friends, and a few relatives, that the websight of the punque banned CHRIST! is ...
Hi Folks Here's a very interesting and thought provoking article I recently came across. Ive emailed Ethan to see if he might be interested in exchanging ideas...
Hi Robin and Jim! Rob says: Jim, I endorse your critique of "would-be Marxists who have all ... not ... that "socialism ... but ... ***I think (or at least...
"Iraq will most certainly deter the US administration from attacking Iran. Had the Iraq model worked as it was designed by Bush and his neo-conservative...
This month's edition of 'Macworld' magazine carries an article by Michael Prochak ('Podcast for Freedom') which discusses the potential of Podcasting - a way...
Hi Arms Thats a good point you make about social relativity and I can see how it could be that Jim's perspective and mine might not be mutually exclusive....
....I think it was somebody called Bailey or Barley - about a particular tribe in central Africa and the complete collapse of social solidarity it experienced...
Hi Alan Yes, you're right! Thats the guy, Colin Turnbull and it was "The Mountain People". Its years since I read the book and the only embarrassment is,...
It seems that would be one response to the imposition of sudden scarcity. Others would be immigration/migration, war against others wealthier tribes,...