Looking for Innovators...

Wed Jan 23 19:03:01 CST 2008

Dear Ed and Adam,
Thanks for the shout out for the International Class, Adam!  Ed, I agree with
you that Marxism does not work.  Many aspects of Marx have failed.

  I do however, think as with a lot of methods, there are SOME things about
Marx that are extremely useful.  Have you ever considered postmodern marxism?
Dialectics is certainly one of the most important aspects of social
therapy--in that it is about dialogue, activity, and people being impacted on
by others arguments.  Isn't that what we strive for--to impact each other in
such a way that we can have peaceful and giving relationships, communities,
and worlds with a diversity and dynamism of different world views?
I hope so....  I don't want a world where everyone thinks and looks like me--I
rather like a good dialogue/activity with differing views.  The creative
challenge is what makes life worth living!  

Also, I welcome anyone to sit in on a conversation the International Class is
having...to see how these remarkable individuals from different places create
something together.

I hope to hear from you,
Melissa  

Melissa J. Meyer
email: mmeyer at eastsideinstitute.org
website: www.eastsideinstitute.org

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From: list-bounces at grouptalkweb.org [mailto:list-bounces at grouptalkweb.org] On
Behalf Of Edward Schreiber
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:31 PM
To: Adam Blatner; grouptalk Listserv
Subject: Re: Looking for Innovators...

This is not what I am talking about, although this is, for sure, one response
to the world situation. "The International Class" is a part of the Institute
for Social Therapy, a Marxist Based Therapy.  I do not hold to a marxist
perspective, and agree with Moreno's critique of marxism in Sociometry, 
Experimental Method and the Science of Society.  His critique is the most
accurate I know of about why it (marxism) does not work (although
Moreno called Marx one of the most significant pre-sociometry social
scientists. Moreno also described Walt Whitman the same.

Ed

On Jan 23, 2008, at 7:25 PM, Adam Blatner wrote:

	is this the kind of thing people are talking about? 

					Perhaps this is for you or for someone
you know who wants 
	to make a difference: 

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