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A Special Appeal to All Our Online Readers:We Need Your Help to Keep News & Letters alive!News and Letters, March 2004Lead Article Bush lies and scapegoats to save his presidency What do you do if you get caught lying about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, in order to invade the country at a cost of over 29,000 dead and wounded? What if you promised that giant tax cuts for the rich and a hopeless half trillion dollar budget deficit would lead to prosperity, but employment and a decent standard of living remain out of reach for most? If you’re George W. Bush, you point at gay and lesbian America and shout, “There’s the problem!” Editorial Women's worldwide struggle for freedom There can be no better month than March, Women’s History Month, and International Women’s Day, March 8, to see that women’s worldwide fight for freedom is one of the greatest challenges not only to degenerate capitalism, but to all obstacles standing in the way of a new human world. From the Writings of Raya Dunayevskaya: Marxist-Humanist Archives In celebration of Women's
History Month A whole host of specters haunted Khomeini's "Islamic Republic" before ever it was officially established 15 years ago, centrally the specter of a full social revolution in the very unfoldment of the Iranian Revolution. It had not only driven the Shah from the throne, but the manner in which the workers ended their general strike to return to work without returning their guns, as the Ayatollah had commanded, showed that only Chapter 1 of the revolution had ended. Women taking to streets on International Women's Day, shouting "At the down of freedom, we have no freedom!," showed the way to the second chapter of revolution that awaits the regime. Review Essay 'Marx’s Concept of Intrinsic Value' "[E]xchange-value appears to be something accidental and purely relative, and consequently intrinsic value, i.e. exchange-value that is inseparably connected with the commodity, inherent in it, seems a contradiction in terms. Let us consider the matter more closely." Marx shows that value, not exchange value, is intrinsic to the commodity. A good portion of the pamphlet is devoted to showing that despite the extensive discussion of exchange ratios in chapter 1 of CAPITAL, Marx is actually conducting an investigation into what it is that makes two commodities equivalent... Dissaffection behind Iranian election boycott The conservative clerical oligarchy in Iran achieved a victory in the Feb. 20 elections for parliament, mostly because it was obvious that these were not free elections. About 2,000 candidates were disqualified by the Guardian Council, including 80 incumbent, reformist parliament members. Strikes in Germany blunt class struggle Since January the German trade union for the metal and electronics industries (IG Metall) has been on strike for higher wages. Thousands of workers, mainly in the auto industry and on the docks, followed IG Metall’s call by going out on strike for 10 days in January and February. The climax came on Feb. 5 when 90,000 workers left their workplaces. MORE ARTICLES...
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