It's unlikely that it was a direct assassination. I haven't studied MLKs assassination that closely, but I think there are parallels to the case of JFK, whose assassination might be more attractive...
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It's unlikely that it was a direct assassination....It's unlikely that it was a direct assassination. I haven't studied MLKs assassination that closely, but I think there are parallels to the case of JFK, whose assassination might be more attractive...
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I wish I didn't live in a tory-labour marginal...I wish I didn't live in a tory-labour marginal constituency (Tories have less than 100 vote majority) cos I would just abstain.
I almost feel compelled to vote Labour as my vote literally could...
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Do you only talk in cold war cliches?
I mean,...Do you only talk in cold war cliches?
I mean, you are aware that substituting 'bourgeois culture' for 'anything that comes from a capitalist country' is a really lazy piece of propaganda, right?
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I think, to be fair, that as long as the end of...I think, to be fair, that as long as the end of capitalism in a country like France is not an immediate prospect, it is obviously preferential for money to be re-distributed (in theory, anyway), from...
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Sorry but whilst I don't have much time for...Sorry but whilst I don't have much time for Keynesian economics in general, this isn't factually correct.
Taxes beyond a certain rate are ineffective not because of this 'psychological'...
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I was in a similar situation to you about 5-6...I was in a similar situation to you about 5-6 years ago when I first wanted to become an active communist.
I e-mailed round a few people from SPEW, CPB, and CPGB-ML. I met a guy from SPEW. I was...
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It's not so much the size of the party that...It's not so much the size of the party that should be of a concern, but whether they are actually have, or are making progress towards having, any influence upon the political consciousness of the...
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why would it?
The only reason you would come...why would it?
The only reason you would come to that conclusion is if you look around you and think that hegemonic capitalists, sweatshop labour, and greedy political institutions are the epitome...
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I literally do not understand why anybody would...I literally do not understand why anybody would join the CPB, CPGB-PCC, CPGB-ML or any of the other tiny sects. They are so irrelevant, have been for a long time, and will continue to do no useful...
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Still hanging. Spent about 8 hours doing nothing...Still hanging. Spent about 8 hours doing nothing but drinking at too fast a pace. Oh dear.
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As opposed to the non-physical,...[QUOTE]
As opposed to the non-physical, non-psychological trauma of working in a factory, or a call centre, or in a field. This argument has no factual basis. Prostitution is no more physically...
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It's not strange at all. Every social movement...It's not strange at all. Every social movement that invoked, in effect, state-sponsored violence under the guise of 'revolutionary terror' has in effect just terrorised its own [working] population....
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http://www.historytoday.com/trevor-fisher/sex-and-...http://www.historytoday.com/trevor-fisher/sex-and-mr-gladstone
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Eminem - Stan. Bringin' it back.Eminem - Stan. Bringin' it back.
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Dan Cruickshank (yes I know for a historian I...Dan Cruickshank (yes I know for a historian I have a bad habit of promoting non-professional books) wrote a book on the sex trade in Georgian London and worked out that something like 1 in 3 or 1 in...
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You do realise that the central 'good' on sale in...You do realise that the central 'good' on sale in the sex trade is sex, right? I say this because you seem to be confusing 'sex' with 'other social ills' like 'drug use'.
Which is of further...
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Yep, the Stalin-sponsored terror in the USSR only...Yep, the Stalin-sponsored terror in the USSR only lasted for several years, gays were only persecuted in Cuba for decades, and North Korea only continues to terrorise its population because of those...
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^^Slavery has nothing to do with the specific...^^Slavery has nothing to do with the specific form of social relations that is unique to capitalism. In fact, slavery is the antithesis to capitalism, because it inhibits the very exchange of labour...
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I feel as though there is no point trying to have...I feel as though there is no point trying to have a debate with some people, because actually it's just not helpful to weigh in with ad hominem attacks, mixed in with layers of emboldened,...
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Pointing out that something has a social context...Pointing out that something has a social context is not an argument. Humans exist in an unique way under capitalism, but you wouldn't say that 'humans have never pre-dated class society', would you?...
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Bloom's Taxonomy is becoming fairly discredited,...Bloom's Taxonomy is becoming fairly discredited, and for good reason. It was written half a century ago, by an American, for an American audience, for its time. It's purpose was to allow teachers to...
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Move on to what, though? I'm not asking in a...Move on to what, though? I'm not asking in a snarky way, but I genuinely want to know what you think we should move on to, because this to me seems both a legitimate and crucial point - this isn't a...
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SPGB to continue to be useless and irrelevant? :)SPGB to continue to be useless and irrelevant? :)
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^^Dodo (and TAT): it is one thing to break with...^^Dodo (and TAT): it is one thing to break with out-dated cold war era notions of socialism, but it is another to claim that the PKK/PYD is pursuing socialist ideals, when its constitution suggests...
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I think the article partially addresses the 'now...I think the article partially addresses the 'now what?', or 'how?' question when it says:
"it is clear that the persons fighting ISIS in Rojava do not at this point have the same goals and ideals...