From: "Ben Axelrad" <soulfrieda@hotmail.com> To: zorn-list@lists.xmission.com Subject: jazz/socialism (was: Re: books on my bedside table) Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 11:57:09 -0500

If I could piggyback on this thread....

I was wondering if there are any substantial ties between the improv musicians in Europe and socialism/communism. A week or two after purchasing one of Paul Rutherfords ISKRA cds, I came across the word ISKRA in Lenin's "Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder." Apparently it is the name of a pre-Revolutionary journal edited by Lenin, Plekhanov, and others. Anyone have more info (maybe Bill Ashline if he is still around)?

Yes, still here but lurking mostly. Check out the following sites for more details. But basically you got it right. Rutherford is appropriating a kind of revolutionary slogan: http://www.themilitant.com/1996/6045/6045_19.html http://www.marxists.org/glossary/periodicals/i/s.htm#iskra http://www.stel.ru/museum/Lenin_pe.htm There's also a discussion group at YahooGroups devoted to ISKRA: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iskra/ You could sign up and ask more detailed questions there. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx