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theories of value

Jabberman — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:21:03 +0000

do people here embrace the labor or subjective theory of value?
what distingushes value from price?

proposal for reading group: capital vol. i

Spartacus — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:15:24 +0000

so, after traveling about all over the place and finally settling down somewhere and selling my labour, i had no more excuses and have ordered a nice, shiny, hardcover edition of capital volume 1. to be precise i got the edition published by these guys, volume 35 of a 50 volume set of nearly everything marx and engels ever wrote.

The Commune

Devrim — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:50:09 +0000

Has anyone noticed this group? It seems to be influenced by Solidarity.
Devrim

Diggin' the dirt on Winston Churchill

ftony — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:40:36 +0000

Hi all,

couldn't find this anywhere else on libcom, so i thought i'd start a thread. i need some pointers to find out about the dark side of this 'Great Leader'. i already know about his opposition to Indian self-rule, but that's about it. i've heard that he was a really nasty bugger, but can't find any sources on teh interwebs.

Manchester Gay Pride critique

Spikymike — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:14:09 +0000

The annual Gay Pride parade in Manchester is , and has been for some years, a pretty appalling spectacle of all that's worst about capitalist equality, sponsored by an alliance of the local state, big business and the local pink pound.

Elderly 'should carry on working'

jef costello — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:33:05 +0000

David Blunkett wrote:

it should not be assumed the government had "prime responsibility" to support the elderly.

David Blunkett wrote:

"My presumption is this. That all of us, every one of us who is capable of doing so, should aspire to continue with some meaningful activity to the point of our incapacity overtaking us.

Unions against the working class

baboon — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:26:11 +0000

From the Observer 25.8.8:
"The courts have lambasted trade unions for misleading their low-paid women members and settling their equal pay claims for too little..."
Around 150,000 workers are affected

Anarchists raid supermarket (4/9 thessaloniki,greece)

Sotev — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:10:42 +0000

this is the fifth time that a supermarket raid took place in greece during the past months.
Once more, hooded anarchists entered the supermarket, took foodstuff, household items in carts and bags, and handed them out in a nearby outdoors mart.

Unite Injunction against Gordon McNeill

Django — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:51:19 +0000

Repost from Indymedia follows:

Protest - Wednesday 3 September 9.30am Outside Belfast High Court

The case will be heard in Belfast High Court on Wednesday morning. There will be a protest outside the court from 9.30am.

A protest was held at lunchtime today outside Unite’s Antrim Road offices. After the protest Gordon McNeill commented:

Some positive observations on the mexican section of the ICC

marmot — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:07:59 +0000

Well, some months ago I decided I was going to meet with the ICC, either in the US (where I currently recide), or in Mexico, which is my homecountry.

our new member: Download Free ringtones for cingular

dee — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:37:45 +0000

Hi guys
Just seen this new user pop up on the listings for who is using the site at the mo -if you go to their profile it's a chuffing ad for mobile ringtones.
I dunno if this is the kind of topic that gets posted here - sorry if it isn't
dee xx

Nottingham-based arms company illegally supplies arms to Georgia during war in South Ossetia

little_brother — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:52:52 +0000

From: http://nottsantimilitarism.wordpress.com/

18 Aug H&K guns illegally exported to Georgian war zone.
http://nottsantimilitarism.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/hk-guns-illegally-exported-to-georgian-war-zone/

Georgian elite forces fighting in South Ossetia have been illegally armed with Heckler & Koch assault rifles.

Freedom of Movement block on Stop The War march in Manchester on Saturday 20 September 2008

little_brother — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:27:42 +0000

Across the world we see an unprecedented increase in border management and social control. The UK government are at the forefront of this and they are holding their annual party conference in Manchester, from 20th to 25th September 2008. The Stop the War Coalition have called for a march through Manchester on Saturday 20th September.

Police operation harasses foreign workers in preparation for Labour Party conference 2008 in Manchester UK

little_brother — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:14:58 +0000

Quote:

In an outrageous act of media manipulation, Greater Manchester Police announced a couple of weeks ago that "A major operation to police the 2008 Labour Party Annual Conference has resulted in the arrest of three more people on suspicion of immigration offences."
http://www.citylocal.co.uk/cities/Manchester/news/article/24583/

Libcom Wobblies

Joseph K. — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:38:32 +0000

the admins wrote:

Since 'libcom wobblies' seems to be now just filled with the infighting, and some have asked for it to be removed, we'll be merging every post into libcommunity (one or two might be suitable for other forums, but not many), and deleting the forum by the end of the week. If people have serious comments or suggestions about this please post them here.

Logging In

dee — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:46:43 +0000

Hi all
Sorry to be a pain, but I have to keep logging in through my account and go through that captcha thing every time -is there a problem with the login function? I click on it, and only one grey bar comes up, with no way to input info.
Thought I'd better mention it.
dee xx

Capital Accumulation and Global Warming

pingu — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:35:25 +0000

Is capital accumulation not the cause of global warming?

Inter-imperialist conflict in South Ossetia

Django — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:25:30 +0000

With Russian and Georgian forces directly in conflict with one another, the conflict seems to be broadly sketched as Russian aggression against a "rebel" neighbor (Times headline this morning). Not surprising given Georgia is a NATO aspirant, US ally and participant in Western aggression in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan.

saul newman?

Tacks — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:25:12 +0000

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/203-0298684-1147135?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books-uk&field-author=Saul%20Newman

anyone got any ideas on what this chaps main angle is? Does he do owt with the Anarchist Studies Network or whatver its called?

zabalaza is edited in zulu?

NTE — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:50:32 +0000

Hi Comrades,