(Thanks to Michael P for informing others about this site.) Described as a "web journal for other values", this new electronic journal appears to be the collaborative work of a group of autonomous Marxists. The web site for "The Commoner" is: http://www.commoner.org.uk/com_journal.htm When one enters the site, one reads the somewhat cryptic message: "... and the commoners have just a simple idea in mind -- end the enclosures ..." For this group, the enclosure movement is very much alive and is a major component of neo- liberalism. Perhaps we could, at some point, discuss the meaning of the 'enclosure movements' -- then and now? Much of the site is still a "work in progress", but the May issue has a number of feature articles of note including: * an article by Franco Barchesi on the struggle in Tembisa, South Africa against the enclosures and for the 'new commons'. * an article by George Caffentzis on "shall we kill the banks?". This concerns left and right critiques of the IMF and the World Bank. * "Flexploitation Strategies: UK Lessons for Europe" by Anne Costello and Les Levidow. * an article by OPE-L listmember, Massimo de Angelis, on (another unusual title) "the rat race disguised as freedom". The sub-title on "Global Capital, Abstract Labour, and the Fractual- Panopticon" is (except for the last two words) somewhat less enigmatic. * "War is on the agenda" (now there's a depressing title!) by Silvia Federic. The sub-title is: "War, globalization, and reproduction". Overall, the e-journal reminds me a bit of the now defunct "Common Sense". If the first issue is any indication, this journal has a promising future and an important role to play in many contemporary political-economic debates. Check it out. In solidarity, Jerry
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