new info sheet--PLEASE READ

["Jonathan P. Beasley-Murray" <jpb8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

please send any comments directly to me.  Please do not delete this message.

Jon

Jon Beasley-Murray
Literature Program
Duke University
jpb8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Welcome to MARXISM.  Further, welcome to our new home at the IATH.  Please
read and save the following message.  You will want to consult it later!
It is in several parts: current activity, general, administration
possibilities, purpose of the list, and list 'etiquette.'  At the end of
this message, there are also some suggestions of further "Left" internet
resources.  If anyone can add to this list of resources, please inform
jpb8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

**current activity (December 7):

Some stuff on the Birmingham School; some stuff on computers, the internet
and socialism.

It seem the plan to conduct a reading in the near future has been
shelved, at least temporarily.

Any suggestions for the list will be welcomed.  Jump in with what interests
you, and please introduce yourself.**

The list does not currently have a digest function (though we are working on
it), but it does now have an archive; please email jpb8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx for
further details.


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The MARXISM list has been conceived as a place to explore the field of
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Clearly, this field encompasses a diversity of differing traditions and
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sociologists, artists, literary critics, philosophers and so on.
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times, the list may seem quite focused on such readings, but they tend
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