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It’s full title is the Organizational Platform of the Libertarian Communists, a document written in Paris in 1926 written by Nestor Makhno, Ida Mett, and Piotr Arshinov, among others. (more…)

SEATTLE, WA (2007-07-06) Starbucks has long enjoyed a reputation as an excellent place to work. But now, Baristas in New York have compared the coffee giant to Wal-mart — for a series of attempts at union-bashing.
The National Labor Relations Board is backing the union, and lawyers on both sides of the issue will argue before a New York judge on Monday (7-9-07)
morning. More from KPLU business and labor reporter Bellamy
Pailthorp.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-604758.mp3

I got into a minor disagreement with Foucault is Dead about Marx in this post over there. (more…)

Nothing of substance. Brevity, perhaps.

I’m lazy about cleaning. I’m also a bit of a pack rat and I’m disorganized. Makes my apartment a bit of a wreck sometimes. Today I sorted out a bunch of crap, eliminated some needless stuff I was keeping, and found some things that were pleasant to find. An old letter, a mix tape, my passport (didn’t realize it was missing, like I said I’m disorganized). And I found the bill slips book, the tickets I was supposed to mail in with my car payments. I bought the car for this job that I really liked that soon after became this job that ate my life then became this job I really hated then became the job I lost and went into a major financial tale spin and unpleasant bout of depression. The car was a reminder of all that. An expensive one, with regular payments, during a long stretch of living paycheck to paycheck and often loan to loan when I lost another job. Felt like I’d never be done with that way of living and that damn car payment. And I am. The car payment is totally done (as is the car, cursed thing) and I’m definitely in a better place re: financial security. Hurray for keeping random crap in a disorganized way, cuz then I find it later and feel better about things as I throw it out. There is progress.

Among my least favorite passages and ideas in Marx is when he comments on Aristotle in ch1 of v1 of Capital. (more…)

Here’s the plan:
1/Read the intro to Laclau and Mouffe’s Hegemony and Socialist Strategy or whatever it’s called

2/Read the relevant Gramsci related to their writing, derived by chasing their footnotes and other recommendations

3/ Discuss both, mainly the Gramsci

4/ Destroy Laclau and Mouffe

Mark and me so far.
Any other takers?