Comments for Machete 408 http://machete408.wordpress.com Life, politics, the revolution Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:17:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Writings of the F5 by Legacy of Struggle: Re-examining the “Survival Programs”of the Black Panther Party and the lessons to be taken for present day revolutionists « The Left Winger http://machete408.wordpress.com/writings-of-the-furious-five-revolutionary-collective/#comment-295 Legacy of Struggle: Re-examining the “Survival Programs”of the Black Panther Party and the lessons to be taken for present day revolutionists « The Left Winger Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:17:36 +0000 http://machete408.wordpress.com/writings-of-the-furious-five-revolutionary-collective/#comment-295 [...] The Black Panthers survival programs started from the premise that, in order to be able to wage a struggle, people should first be able to live. As my Comrade Ian Martin puts it: “The BPP’s Ten Point Program was indeed a simple statement of desired reforms to strive towards.  But again, the situation of African-Americans then (and now) was extreme, with extraordinary levels of violence, police brutality, infant mortality, poor health, and poverty common.  As the Black Panthers conceived it, the Ten Point Program was a program for survival, to keep the community alive long enough to form some kind of revolutionary movement.  Perhaps some may scoff at demands such as affordable housing that is not squalid, crowded, decaying, and in horrible condition, or not having to be at the whim of capricious, uncaring, and greedy landlords, but to the poor, these things are essential.  It is difficult for any human being to pay attention to and fight against relatively nebulous concepts like militarism and the State when they are forced to fight concretely for the very necessities of life everyday.” Ian Martin – From Reforms to Revolution [...] [...] The Black Panthers survival programs started from the premise that, in order to be able to wage a struggle, people should first be able to live. As my Comrade Ian Martin puts it: “The BPP’s Ten Point Program was indeed a simple statement of desired reforms to strive towards.  But again, the situation of African-Americans then (and now) was extreme, with extraordinary levels of violence, police brutality, infant mortality, poor health, and poverty common.  As the Black Panthers conceived it, the Ten Point Program was a program for survival, to keep the community alive long enough to form some kind of revolutionary movement.  Perhaps some may scoff at demands such as affordable housing that is not squalid, crowded, decaying, and in horrible condition, or not having to be at the whim of capricious, uncaring, and greedy landlords, but to the poor, these things are essential.  It is difficult for any human being to pay attention to and fight against relatively nebulous concepts like militarism and the State when they are forced to fight concretely for the very necessities of life everyday.” Ian Martin – From Reforms to Revolution [...]

]]> Comment on Relaunch and Recommended Readings by conatz http://machete408.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/relaunch-and-recommended-readings/#comment-292 conatz Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:46:32 +0000 http://machete408.wordpress.com/?p=409#comment-292 good lookin out. i knew of most of this, but not that FAU translation. thanks good lookin out. i knew of most of this, but not that FAU translation. thanks

]]> Comment on Can we rebuild the labor movement with the Employee Free Choice Act? by Relaunch and Recommended Readings « Machete 408 http://machete408.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/us-labor-and-the-efca/#comment-291 Relaunch and Recommended Readings « Machete 408 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:11:46 +0000 http://machete408.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-291 [...] Gross of the IWW. There is much to be critical about of the EFCA (See the Machete 408 piece on EFCA here), but what Gross provides us with is a total rethinking of what ails the labor movement and what [...] [...] Gross of the IWW. There is much to be critical about of the EFCA (See the Machete 408 piece on EFCA here), but what Gross provides us with is a total rethinking of what ails the labor movement and what [...]

]]> Comment on Outline of US Labor History with a Focus on the Role of the Left by adamfreedom http://machete408.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/outline-of-us-labor-history-with-a-focus-on-the-role-of-the-left/#comment-290 adamfreedom Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:31:11 +0000 http://machete408.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-290 Thanks, it still needs some clearing up, but I'm pretty happy about it. Thanks, it still needs some clearing up, but I’m pretty happy about it.

]]> Comment on Outline of US Labor History with a Focus on the Role of the Left by Chuck Morse http://machete408.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/outline-of-us-labor-history-with-a-focus-on-the-role-of-the-left/#comment-277 Chuck Morse Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:48:04 +0000 http://machete408.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-277 this is really interesting, adam. Well done. this is really interesting, adam. Well done.

]]> Comment on A Labor of Criticism by Chuck Morse http://machete408.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/a-labor-of-criticism/#comment-276 Chuck Morse Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:06:45 +0000 http://machete408.wordpress.com/?p=377#comment-276 This is really good, Adam. In my view, the questions that you point to are vital to thinking about union activism and building a new, *radical* labor movement. Please keep up the good work. This is really good, Adam. In my view, the questions that you point to are vital to thinking about union activism and building a new, *radical* labor movement. Please keep up the good work.

]]> Comment on Wallerstein’s essential analysis by afraser http://machete408.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/67/#comment-275 afraser Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:43:58 +0000 http://machete408.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-275 Thanks for that. "Thirty Years’ War 1818-48" is maybe a typo for 1618-48. Thanks for that. “Thirty Years’ War 1818-48″ is maybe a typo for 1618-48.

]]> Comment on Lenin, Wallerstein and Understanding Imperialism by afraser http://machete408.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/lenin-wallerstein-and-understanding-imperialism/#comment-274 afraser Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:43:33 +0000 http://machete408.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-274 Hi Adam Other people from the Wallerstein's World Systems school are worth mentioning too. There was a bit of a split in that with some others going on further to imagine a 5000 years long world capitalist system. Andre Gunder Frank is another major figure in this. His book "ReOrient" is his most important although he has a lot on the web also. His foreward to the Korean translation of ReOrient is especially good http://www.rrojasdatabank.info/agfrank/korean_foreword.html Janet Abu-Lughod's book "Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350" is well worth reading also on this if you have access to a library with a copy (is out of print now). Hi Adam

Other people from the Wallerstein’s World Systems school are worth mentioning too. There was a bit of a split in that with some others going on further to imagine a 5000 years long world capitalist system.

Andre Gunder Frank is another major figure in this. His book “ReOrient” is his most important although he has a lot on the web also. His foreward to the Korean translation of ReOrient is especially good http://www.rrojasdatabank.info/agfrank/korean_foreword.html

Janet Abu-Lughod’s book “Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350″ is well worth reading also on this if you have access to a library with a copy (is out of print now).

]]> Comment on The Revolutionary’s Prayer and The Wobbly Prayer by What in the hell … :: … do you call that voice? :: June :: 2009 http://machete408.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/the-revolutionaries-prayer/#comment-265 What in the hell … :: … do you call that voice? :: June :: 2009 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:29:53 +0000 http://machete408.wordpress.com/?p=371#comment-265 [...] friend Adam sorted me out. Here’s my new prayer: Hail Durutti, full of solidarity, hallowed be thy cause. The Revolution will come, the People’s [...] [...] friend Adam sorted me out. Here’s my new prayer: Hail Durutti, full of solidarity, hallowed be thy cause. The Revolution will come, the People’s [...]

]]> Comment on What Would a Relevant Anarchist Politics Look Like? by What in the hell … :: … are recent anarchist organizations saying? :: June :: 2009 http://machete408.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/what-would-a-relevant-anarchist-politics-look-like/#comment-264 What in the hell … :: … are recent anarchist organizations saying? :: June :: 2009 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:25:40 +0000 http://machete408.wordpress.com/?p=331#comment-264 [...] the statement from Miami Autonomy and Solidarity (MAS). I really like that MAS are “working towards theoretical and strategic unity” - [...] [...] the statement from Miami Autonomy and Solidarity (MAS). I really like that MAS are “working towards theoretical and strategic unity” – [...]

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