[marxmail] The Avignon 'Amazons' bolster and support Madame Gisele Pelicot

2024-12-19 Thread hari kumar via groups.io
I thought the tactics of pasting up words from the trial to publicise the actual testimony, a good way of reminding the population of Avignon (and France) of the realities. At: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/world/europe/avignon-france-pelicot-trial.html?unlocked_article_code=1.i04.MDpm.2EdC

Re: [marxmail] Declaration: An Internationalist Position on the Fall of Assad and the Crisis in Syria

2024-12-19 Thread hari kumar via groups.io
Hi Mark. Thanks for this primer on AI. Their usage in information sciences have rocketed. As one example, medical peer review journals now allow 'blind' authors to use chat-Bot-AI. But they are supposed to declare this. I have no idea how that can be policed actually. In any case is there a 'sta

Re: [marxmail] Declaration: An Internationalist Position on the Fall of Assad and the Crisis in Syria

2024-12-19 Thread hari kumar via groups.io
Thanks David. Perhaps your characterisation of why the reasons the ML parties split as being the "same" as the reason the Trotsky parties split may not be quite right is this: The reasons (apart from the supervening personality ones, which were not to be minimised and numerous) were : Khruschevi

Re: [marxmail] Declaration: An Internationalist Position on the Fall of Assad and the Crisis in Syria

2024-12-19 Thread Mark Baugher
> On Dec 19, 2024, at 7:06 PM, Anthony Boynton via groups.io > wrote: > > I think Chat GBT is not very useful since it is EuroAmero centric. The > largest Trotskyist groups are based in Latin America, starting with the > IWL(FI) and its descendants. I'd recommend that you use it yourself

[marxmail] Doctors Without Borders Says Israel's Assault on Gaza Bears 'Clear Signs of Ethnic Cleansing'

2024-12-19 Thread Charles Keener via groups.io
Doctors Without Borders Says Israel's Assault on Gaza Bears 'Clear Signs of Ethnic Cleansing' | Common Dreams Gaza death trap: MSF report exposes Israel’s campaign of total destruction | Doctors Without Borders - USA MSF_REPORT_Gaza Life in a death trap Report_20241229.pdf Doctors Without Bord

Re: [marxmail] Declaration: An Internationalist Position on the Fall of Assad and the Crisis in Syria

2024-12-19 Thread Mark Baugher
> On Dec 19, 2024, at 8:19 AM, David Walters via groups.io > wrote: > > There really is no difference between Marxism-Leninism of the Trotskyist type > and that of the "Stalinist" type. Except for permanent revolution, socialism in one country, the nationalist direction of the Comintern,

[marxmail] Israel’s massive attack on free Syria: Background and motivations

2024-12-19 Thread Michael Karadjis via groups.io
It didn't take long: from the moment the Assad regime collapsed and the rebels entered Damascus, Israel’s massive land and air attack began. As long as all these arms depots, military airports, intelligence centres, scientific research centres, air bases, air defence systems, ammunition manufacturi

[marxmail] Alex Caputo-Pearl on "Block and Build"

2024-12-19 Thread Steven L. Robinson via groups.io
How Labor Can Fight Trump’s Authoritarianism Former United Teachers Los Angeles president Alex Caputo-Pearl lays out a “block and build” strategy for labor to defeat the rising right-wing attacks on workers and democracy in the coming Donald Trump administration. By Alex Caputo-Pearl/Jac

Re: [marxmail] Declaration: An Internationalist Position on the Fall of Assad and the Crisis in Syria

2024-12-19 Thread Anthony Boynton via groups.io
Those Latin American  based groups include the one that Juan Gallardos speaks for and the ones he is polemnicizing against. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#34140): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/34140 Mute This Topic

Re: [marxmail] Declaration: An Internationalist Position on the Fall of Assad and the Crisis in Syria

2024-12-19 Thread Anthony Boynton via groups.io
I think Chat GBT is not very useful since it is EuroAmero centric. The largest Trotskyist groups are based in Latin America, starting with the IWL(FI) and its descendants. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#34139): https://g

Re: [marxmail] Declaration: An Internationalist Position on the Fall of Assad and the Crisis in Syria

2024-12-19 Thread sartesian via groups.io
On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 11:19 AM, David Walters wrote: > > There really is no difference between Marxism-Leninism of the Trotskyist > type and that of the "Stalinist" type. All these groups generally, due to > their isolation, elevate tactical differences to one of principles, and > thus split.

Re: [marxmail] Human Rights Watch finds Israel guilty of extermination and ‘acts of genocide’

2024-12-19 Thread Charles Keener via groups.io
Human Rights Watch is accusing Israel of committing acts of extermination and genocide by deliberately restricting safe water for drinking and sanitation to the Gaza Strip. The report details how Israel has cut off water and blocked fuel, food and humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza Strip,

Re: [marxmail] Declaration: An Internationalist Position on the Fall of Assad and the Crisis in Syria

2024-12-19 Thread Mark Baugher
One dim spot in the constellation of 4th Internationals is this, https://iclfi.org/pubs/wv/1183/luigi, which apparently was published without consulting their founder's work: In “Why Marxists Oppose Individual Terrorism," Trotsky wrote "In our eyes, individual terror is inadmissible precisely

Re: [marxmail] Declaration: An Internationalist Position on the Fall of Assad and the Crisis in Syria

2024-12-19 Thread Mark Baugher
> On Dec 19, 2024, at 11:45 AM, duen filan via groups.io > wrote: > > David - "There really is no difference between Marxism-Leninism of the > Trotskyist type and the "Stalinist" type" > > The common denominator - They are all led by MEN with a reactionary attitude > towords the feminist r

[marxmail] Extreme heat killed over 1300 Hajj pilgrims in 2024

2024-12-19 Thread Ian Angus via groups.io
Heat tolerance limits for older adults were exceeded on all six days of this year's pilgrimage. Extreme heat killed over 1300 Hajj pilgrims in 2024. https://climateandcapitalism.com/2024/12/19/extreme-heat-killed-over-1300-hajj-pilgrims-in-2024/ Ian Angus Editor, Climate & Capitalism https://cli

Re: [marxmail] Declaration: An Internationalist Position on the Fall of Assad and the Crisis in Syria

2024-12-19 Thread duen filan via groups.io
David - "There really is no difference between Marxism-Leninism of the Trotskyist type and the "Stalinist" type" The common denominator - They are all led by MEN with a reactionary attitude towords the feminist revolution, that they distainfully call "identity politics". Fuck'm. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

[marxmail] Human Rights Watch finds Israel guilty of extermination and ‘acts of genocide’

2024-12-19 Thread Charles Keener via groups.io
Human Rights Watch finds Israel guilty of extermination and ‘acts of genocide’ – Mondoweiss Extermination and Acts of Genocide: Israel Deliberately Depriving Palestinians in Gaza of Water | HRW Today, Human Rights Watch issued a devastating report on Israel’s genocide in Gaza, titled: “Exterm

Re: [marxmail] Declaration: An Internationalist Position on the Fall of Assad and the Crisis in Syria

2024-12-19 Thread David Walters via groups.io
Hari, I think Mark did a good job of Trotskyist spotting some/most of the Trotskyist internationals out there. There are more not mentioned and I'm not inclined to count all of them as it is sort of an apolitical exercise. Always, almost, these groups split for same reasons your M-L groups have

[marxmail] video: interview with Syrian journalist and freedom fighter Wael AlAmri

2024-12-19 Thread John Reimann via groups.io
I was honored to be able to interview Syrian freedom fighter and journalist Wael AlAmri. https://oaklandsocialist.com/2024/12/19/video-interview-with-wael-alamri-syrian-journalist-and-freedom-fighter/ -- *“Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” *Felicity Dowling Check out:https:http://oaklandsoc