Re: [marxmail] Seeking relief from stress through pop Stoicism

2024-03-29 Thread Marv Gandall
Interesting, BTW, how those reclaiming Stoicism have shaped it to conform to capitalist ideology. As the reviewer Athitakis notes, "cafeteria Stoicism has become diluted into the language of go-get-’em motivational speech...Tuitert’s workbook is more about the mind-set for high achievement — go

[marxmail] Airplanes falling from the sky

2024-03-29 Thread duen filan
Bobby asked Kristin "are you saying that opposing diversity, equity and inclusion is the commmunist solution?" me - Kristin is guilty of class reductionism, that fighting against non-class issues of oppression is a waste of time and divides the working class, eg. his disdain for "identity politic

[marxmail] Portland Oregon students walk out for Palestine

2024-03-29 Thread Mark Baugher
https://www.streetroots.org/news/2024/03/27/pps-students-walk-out-palestine-call-education-genocide More than 300 students walked out of school and protested at the Portland Public Schools, or PPS, district office on March 15. They were taking action to demand education about Palestine, and that

Re: [marxmail] Seeking relief from stress through pop Stoicism

2024-03-29 Thread Charlie
Seems the CPGB M-L (be sure to include 'G' for Great to distinguish this group from others of a similar name) thought it would be a good theme for a leaflet. Not for a bit of humor among comrades, no, a "serious" leaflet. Published, with "homlessness" typo intact, at https://thecommunists.org/2

Re: [marxmail] Airliners Fall Apart in the Sky - What Is a Communist Solution?

2024-03-29 Thread Travis Reid via groups.io
Great article.  The early Soviet airliners, though considered decent quality, were rarely built with safety or efficiency in mind, and quality was only a concern if the higher-ups said anything.  This resulted in a much larger number of crashes than those experienced with American airliners, which

[marxmail] Seeking relief from stress through pop Stoicism

2024-03-29 Thread Marv Gandall
The latest rendition of an old theme: How to cope as an individual with daily life under capitalism while contributing to a flourishing motivational coaching industry. “We’re flooded with Stoic books”, writes Mark Athiikais, " it’s arguably America’s leading nonreligious doctrine.” --

Re: [marxmail] Airliners Fall Apart in the Sky - What Is a Communist Solution?

2024-03-29 Thread Charlie
On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 11:23 AM, David Walters wrote: > > > > I thought the article was generally spot on. A quite readable summation of > the issues with Boeing. > > Thank you. > > > > I would say there is a whopping huge oversight in the article and that is > no direction for workers

Re: [marxmail] Airliners Fall Apart in the Sky - What Is a Communist Solution?

2024-03-29 Thread David Walters
I thought the article was generally spot on. A quite readable summation of the issues with Boeing. I would say there is a whopping huge oversight in the article and that is no direction for workers in their own organization , the IAM union! The way to accomplish the goals of a safer passenger ai

Re: [marxmail] Airliners Fall Apart in the Sky - What Is a Communist Solution?

2024-03-29 Thread Bobby MacVeety
To be clear, you are saying that opposing diversity equity and inclusion is the communist solution to industrial failure and environmental degradation?On Mar 29, 2024, at 6:58 AM, Kristin Bayrd via groups.io wrote:The communist solution is to eliminate DEI. Kristin Bayrd _._,_._,_ Group

Re: [marxmail] Airliners Fall Apart in the Sky - What Is a Communist Solution?

2024-03-29 Thread Kristin Bayrd via groups.io
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