Re: [marxmail] Beijing’s Post-Election Plan for Taiwan and Lai

2024-03-09 Thread Marv Gandall
BTW, on the assmption that many others find these exchanges with Charlie tiresome, let me be clear that so do I. I avoid commenting on Charlie’s posts and typically find little of value in his numerous and inevitable replies to mine. If we were to just ignore rather than talk past each other, I

Re: [marxmail] Beijing’s Post-Election Plan for Taiwan and Lai

2024-03-09 Thread Marv Gandall
On Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 11:35 AM, Charlie wrote: > > Marv blandly tilts against reality. The people of Taiwan see themselves as > primarily Taiwanese not Chinese, and they do not want > unificationBefore you interpret a situation, you need to get the facts > straight. Not my facts, but those

Re: [marxmail] "Games of Khrushchev and the boys"

2024-03-09 Thread Marv Gandall
On Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 03:08 PM, Mark Baugher wrote: > > There's no demand. It was a suggestion that you're free to ignore. Not to belabour the point, Mark, but it’s not a useful suggestion. This is a list serve and not a thesis panel and the very great number of opinions expressed, including

Re: [marxmail] Joti Brar’s Tantrum About the Imperialist Pyramid

2024-03-09 Thread Charlie
1. I can only comment on Joti Brar. Nothing said about her can be taken to apply to her father, especially on the day after Women's Day. 😉 2. When, as noted in the article, Joti Brar wrote 7000 words of lecturing abuse directed at the CP of Greece, some pushback is to be expected. 3. The topic

Re: [marxmail] "Games of Khrushchev and the boys"

2024-03-09 Thread Mark Baugher
> On Mar 9, 2024, at 12:13 PM, Marv Gandall wrote: > > you and Charlie are demanding. Is this a new protocol being introduced on > Marxmail? Not at all. There's no demand. It was a suggestion that you're free to ignore. Continue as you wish. Mark -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Lin

[marxmail] Joti Brar’s Tantrum About the Imperialist Pyramid

2024-03-09 Thread Michael Pugliese
Joti Brar’s Tantrum About the Imperialist Pyramid Joti Brar, a leader of the CPGB M-L and the World Anti-Imperialist Platform, worked up a froth over a simple analogy. This brief note, published by New Worker on

Re: [marxmail] Arundhati Roy: With Genocide in Gaza, the Word 'Never' Has Been Stripped From 'Never Again'

2024-03-09 Thread Dayne Goodwin
again Arundhati Roy on Gaza: N̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ Again The millions of protestors on the streets of Europe and the US are the hope for the future of the world.. Arundhati Roy, Scroll.in, March 7 https://scroll.in/article/1064867/arundhati-roy-on-gaza-never-again On Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 9:31 AM Charles Keen

Re: [marxmail] Ecosocialist Bookshelf, March 2024.

2024-03-09 Thread Mark Baugher
Thanks very much for your time today. Mark > On Mar 9, 2024, at 12:25 PM, Ian Angus wrote: > > 10 new books for reds and greens > > https://climateandcapitalism.com/2024/03/09/ecosocialist-bookshelf-march-2024/ > > Ian Angus > Editor, Climate & Capitalism > https://climateandcapitalism.com >

[marxmail] Ecosocialist Bookshelf, March 2024.

2024-03-09 Thread Ian Angus
10 new books for reds and greens https://climateandcapitalism.com/2024/03/09/ecosocialist-bookshelf-march-2024/ Ian Angus Editor, Climate & Capitalism https://climateandcapitalism.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29360

Re: [marxmail] "Games of Khrushchev and the boys"

2024-03-09 Thread Marv Gandall
On Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 06:25 AM, Mark Baugher wrote: > > I am suggesting they anchor their debate. So when each claim the other is > wrong, including some references would allow anyone interested to better > evaluate their claims. I’ll consult these books for footnotes to “anchor” each statement

Re: [marxmail] Beijing’s Post-Election Plan for Taiwan and Lai

2024-03-09 Thread Vladimiro Giacche'
The 60% share of the popular vote by the two opposition parties which favour stable and cooperative cross-strait relations is a fact, you may like it or not. VG Inviato da iPhone > Il giorno 9 mar 2024, alle ore 20:35, Charlie ha > scritto: > >  > Before you interpret a situation, yo

Re: [marxmail] "Games of Khrushchev and the boys"

2024-03-09 Thread Charlie
> > > > On Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 08:38 AM, Michael Pugliese wrote: > > > > Re : Privilege in the Khrushchev-Brezhnev-Gorbachev era and its role in > the collapse of the Soviet Union are examined in "Material Forces that > Turn Socialism into Capitalism" at > https://www.idcommunism.com/2023/04

[marxmail] Beijing’s Post-Election Plan for Taiwan and Lai

2024-03-09 Thread Marv Gandall
Interesting analysis in Foreign Policy magazine of China-Taiwan relations in the aftermath of the island’s election two months ago. The author is a senior China fellow at The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington-based research institute “dedicated to strengthening US national secu

[marxmail] Arundhati Roy: With Genocide in Gaza, the Word 'Never' Has Been Stripped From 'Never Again'

2024-03-09 Thread Charles Keener via groups.io
Opinion | With Genocide in Gaza, the Word 'Never' Has Been Stripped From 'Never Again' | Common Dreams With Genocide in Gaza, the Word 'Never' Has Been Stripped From 'Never Again' The Palestinians, facing down the most powerful countries in the world, left virtually alone even by their allies,

Re: [marxmail] "Games of Khrushchev and the boys"

2024-03-09 Thread Mark Baugher
> On Mar 9, 2024, at 2:17 AM, gojko rakic wrote: > > Mark. I do not understand your remark. Aren't they debating that dead horse? > Like abandoning socialism in 53 by Khrushchev or some socialism in 91?? I am suggesting they anchor their debate. So when each claim the other is wrong, inclu

Re: [marxmail] "Games of Khrushchev and the boys"

2024-03-09 Thread Michael Pugliese
Re : Privilege in the Khrushchev-Brezhnev-Gorbachev era and its role in the collapse of the Soviet Union are examined in "Material Forces that Turn Socialism into Capitalism" at https://www.idcommunism.com/2023/04/material-forces-that-turn-socialism-into-capitalism.html. It argues from the data

Re: [marxmail] "Games of Khrushchev and the boys"

2024-03-09 Thread Vladimiro Giacche'
Gojko, someone on this list doesn’t appear to share your opinions on this subject. You should come to terms with this and let other comrades debate also if you don’t agree with them. VG Inviato da iPhone > Il giorno 9 mar 2024, alle ore 11:17, gojko rakic ha > scritto: > > Mark. I do not

Re: [marxmail] "Games of Khrushchev and the boys"

2024-03-09 Thread gojko rakic
Mark. I do not understand your remark. Aren't they debating that dead horse? Like abandoning socialism in 53 by Khrushchev or some socialism in 91?? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29350): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/mess