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"What is the communist hypothesis? In its generic sense, given in its canonic Manifesto, 'communist' means, first, that the logic of class—the fundamental subordination of labour to a dominant class, the arrangement that has persisted since Antiquity—is not inevitable; it can be overcome. The communist hypothesis is that a different collective organization is practicable, one that will eliminate the inequality of wealth and even the division of labour. The private appropriation of massive fortunes and their transmission by inheritance will disappear. The existence of a coercive state, separate from civil society, will no longer appear a necessity: a long process of reorganization based on a free association of producers will see it withering away.In many respects we are closer today to the questions of the 19th century than to the revolutionary history of the 20th. A wide variety of 19th-century phenomena are reappearing: vast zones of poverty, widening inequalities, politics dissolved into the 'service of wealth', the nihilism of large sections of the young, the servility of much of the intelligentsia; the cramped, besieged experimentalism of a few groups seeking ways to express the communist hypothesis . . . Which is no doubt why, as in the 19th century, it is not the victory of the hypothesis which is at stake today, but the conditions of its existence. This is our task, during the reactionary interlude that now prevails: through the combination of thought processes—always global, or universal, in character—and political experience, always local or singular, yet transmissible, to renew the existence of the communist hypothesis, in our consciousness and on the ground."--Alain Badiou"¿Cuál es la hipótesis comunista? En el sentido genérico que recibe en su Manifiesto canónico, "comunista" significa, en primer lugar, que la lógica de la clase --la subordinación fundamental del trabajo a una clase dominante, un orden que persiste desde la Antigüedad-- no es inevitable; puede ser superada. La hipótesis comunista establece que es practicable una organización colectiva diferente que elimine la desigualdad en la distribución de la riqueza e incluso la división del trabajo. La apropiación privada de enormes fortunas y su transmisión mediante la herencia desaparecerán. La existencia de un Estado coercitivo, separado de la sociedad civil, dejará de presentarse como una necesidad: un largo proceso de reorganización basado en una libre asociación de productores asistirá a su extinción.En muchos aspectos hoy estamos más cerca de las cuestiones del siglo XIX que de la historia revolucionaria del XX. Una amplia variedad de fenómenos del siglo XIX está volviendo a aparecer: vastas zonas de pobreza, desigualdades crecientes, una política disuelta en el "servicio de la riqueza", el nihilismo de partes considerables de la juventud, el servilismo de buena parte de la intelligentsia; el experimentalismo, asediado y circunscrito, de unos cuantos grupos que tratan de expresar la hipótesis comunista...Por tales motivos no cabe duda de que, como en el siglo XIX, lo que hoy está en juego no es la victoria de la hipótesis, sino las condiciones de su existencia. Esa es nuestra tarea durante el interludio reaccionario que hoy impera: la renovación, mediante la combinación entre procesos de pensamiento --siempre de carácter global o universal-- y experiencia política, siempre local y singular, pero transmisible, de la existencia de la hipótesis comunista, en nuestra conciencia y sobre el terreno."

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The Obama Nightmare

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In the openly imperial foreign policy chapter of his Kennedy-esque campaign book "The Audacity of Hope," Obama criticized "left-leaning populists" like "Venezuela's Hugo Chavez" for thinking that developing nations "should resist America's efforts to expand its hegemony" and for daring (imagine!)...

The Epic of Black Gold - Part IV - 5/5

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Part IV: The Oil DepletionOIL has changed the face of the earth, it has modeled man. Our history, our wars, our living conditions, our standard of living, our working hours, our politics, our basic needs, our lives are totally influenced by oil. We start at the very beginning in the middle of the...

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Part IV: The Oil DepletionOIL has changed the face of the earth, it has modeled man. Our history, our wars, our living conditions, our standard of living, our working hours, our politics, our basic needs, our lives are totally influenced by oil. We start at the very beginning in the middle of the...

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03septiembre2008Mario Silva: "La rebelión de las masas arrasará en las elecciones de noviembre"Oswaldo López/ Luís Tovías Baciao - www.aporrea.org02/09/08 - www.aporrea.org/regionales/n119937.htmlValencia 2 de septiembre de 2008.-Mario Silva, conductor del programa La Hojilla, es uno de los...

The History of the Devil [DOCUMENTARY] - Part 1/6

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Does the devil exist? Discuss @ http://www.mindusion.com/forumsThe idea of God's evil enemy has been around for thousands of years & it's still as powerful as ever. Where did Satan's story begin, where did he come from & how did he become the Prince of Darkness? This documentary seeks to answer...

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Evilness of Power is an examination of the effects of power and hierarchy on individuals, society and the world at large