Re: [marxmail] "in cold blood": Russian troops surrendering Ukrainian soldiers

2024-05-18 Thread Chris Slee
I don't agree with John Reimann's claim that this interview is "Putin propaganda". The interview provides a platform for Human Rights Watch representative Belkis Wille to condemn Russian war crimes, including execution of surrendering Ukrainian soldiers and use of cluster bombs. One of the in

Re: [marxmail] "in cold blood": Russian troops surrendering Ukrainian soldiers

2024-05-18 Thread hari kumar
In support of the 'reality check' that Chris Slee proposes, is this article from the NYT today. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/18/world/europe/ukraine-russia-advance-kharkiv.html?unlocked_article_code=1.s00.Md-2._pVfG4KzJYta&smid=url-share H -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive

[marxmail] The attempted assassination of Robert Fico

2024-05-18 Thread Marv Gandall
The New Left Review’s Lily Lynch comments on its blog about the shooting of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico by a lone gunman whose motives remain unclear. The Western propaganda mill has expressed little regret about the shooting, characteristically dismissing Fico as a pro-Russian stooge f

[marxmail] China: Income polarization hits new high, media respond with "upward mobility"

2024-05-18 Thread Charlie
Chinese social media companies remove posts ‘showing off wealth and worshipping money’ Guardian, 17 May 2024 In a statement posted online on Wednesday, Weibo said it had spent this month carrying out special management work on “undesirable value-orientated content”, including content “showing

[marxmail] Biden’s upcoming graduation speech roils Morehouse College

2024-05-18 Thread Dayne Goodwin
Biden’s upcoming graduation speech roils Morehouse College, a center of Black politics and culture by Bill Barrow and Matt Brown, Associated Press, May 16, 2024 https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-morehouse-campus-protests-donald-trump-8ad48d3f35ad7f18ef92f7ff83ccb688 ATLANTA (AP) — When he gives