Re: [marxmail] Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh

Good article Hari. Very close to the analysis i made here: https://tempestmag.org/2024/04/the-israel-iran-theater-show-a-distraction-from-gaza-genocide/ On Fri, Aug 2, 2024 at 9:48 AM hari kumar via groups.io wrote: > Three connected pieces to this act: > i) NYT: > https://www.nytimes.com/2024/

Re: [marxmail] Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh

Good morning Michael: Have not heard of this paper - Tempest - before. Thank you for the remark. Yes, we do seem to have a similar viewpoint. I had noticed this before on Syria. Please be well, H -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply On

Re: [marxmail] Aug. 3 message from CP of Venezuela

Thank you Charlie. Largely makes sense to me. However, they say this: "The political dispute between the t wo hegemonic blocs of the national bourgeoisie tends to become more acute, as a result of the deficiencies of the presidential electoral process of last July 28. On the one hand, the fracti

Re: [marxmail] An Attack on Venezuela’s Democracy - ZNetwork

I would like to receive from you one article that would not be biased (consciously or unconsciously), about any political situation anywhere in the world... Fortunately this is about Venezuela and only one article. With the title; *‘Maduro has lost the streets’: in Venezuela’s barrios, former loya

Re: [marxmail] Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh

Sorry Michael K: I return to the train of thought, after reading in this a.m.'s NYT an intelligent theme that at least I had not broached - but I had thought of. The article was already too long for current purpose, without this argument. In other words the bankruptcy and uselessness of 'defeat'

Re: [marxmail] An Attack on Venezuela’s Democracy - ZNetwork

Dan, thanks for your thoughtful response. Clearly, Maduro is acting like a typical politician using all the resources of government to cling to power. Joining the opposition and imperial condemnation is easy. But how can we support the workers? Do we support Eduardo Gonzales whom the US government

Re: [marxmail] Lenin on Serbia's Role in World War I: A useful Analogy for the current Ukraine War?

On Ireland, James Connolly, the Great War and Ukraine: https://independentleft.ie/connolly-and-ukraine/ On Ireland and Ukraine's struggle for independence 1916-23: https://independentleft.ie/ireland-and-ukraine/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this gro

Re: [marxmail] Lenin on Serbia's Role in World War I: A useful Analogy for the current Ukraine War?

[Edited Message Follows] On Ireland, James Connolly, the Great War and Ukraine: https://independentleft.ie/connolly-and-ukraine/ On Ireland and Ukraine's struggle for independence 1916-23: https://independentleft.ie/ireland-and-ukraine/ Karl Liebknecht is the touchstone (along with a version o

Re: [marxmail] JD Vance and looming fascism

> > Correct url pointer, https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/08/01/vance-trump-new-right-republican-election . The Seven Thinkers and Groups That Have Shaped JD Vance’s Unusual Worldview Post-liberals, “crunchy

[marxmail] Interview with Doug Greene concerning his new book

Communist historian Doug Greene has done an interview on hia new book The New Reformism and the Revival of Karl Kautsky with the New Books Network which can be listened too at the following link. https://newbooksnetwork.com/ the-new-reformism-and-the- revival-of-karl-kautsky ( https://newbooksn

Re: [marxmail] JD Vance and looming fascism

The media interest exaggerates the strength of Vance, etc., but they'e nothing particularly new. Opportunist politicians pandering to what they think will win them elections. I don't think Vance can tie his own shoes without an instruction manual to consult, an advisor to read it for him, and two

Re: [marxmail] JD Vance and looming fascism

I would also recommend PREQUEL which is a book version of the first seasons of ULTRA -- (with much more detail) -- SHe is actually a scholar who has morphed into a journalist but still has that skill and inclination to take deep dives --- > > Horrifically right-wing voices have long been heard i

Re: [marxmail] An Attack on Venezuela’s Democracy - ZNetwork

I myself am fortunate that I have the time and resources to follow what is happening in the world on a daily basis. That way, no one can tell me later what may or may not have happened in the past... And so I know a few facts, but that is all... Don't look to me for solutions; unfortunately I don

Re: [marxmail] August 3 message from CP of Venezuela

"Allowing either of the two fractions of the bourgeoisie to impose itself... is a step in the consolidation of an authoritarian regime" // socialist worker.co.uk April 2006 The fascist invasion of Abassinia "In Britain a debate broke out on the left on what attitude to tak

Re: [marxmail] Lenin on Serbia's Role in World War I: A useful Analogy for the current Ukraine War?

The current issue of L ’Anticapitaliste, the weekly newspaper of France’s Nouveau parti anticapitaliste, has a two-page feature on the resistance to fascist occupation in WWII, and the role of the French Trotskyists.

Re: [marxmail] Lenin on Serbia's Role in World War I: A useful Analogy for the current Ukraine War?

On Sun, Aug 4, 2024 at 11:33 AM, Richard Fidler wrote: > > Many of these contradictions are excellently portrayed in the popular > French TV narrative “Un Village Français” (A French Village), its hundred > episodes in eight series (!) created in large part by Frédéric Krivine, a > scion of the K

Re: [marxmail] Lenin on Serbia's Role in World War I: A useful Analogy for the current Ukraine War?

I agree --- it is a fabulous series --- in a sense the writers were re-creating the Camus novel La Peste (down to a doctor being a "hero" in the village) --- the ambivalence of the Communists during the period before the Soviet Union was attacked is quite well done I think ... (the very ending was

[marxmail] LSE admits discriminating against professor opposing Zionism

JPLO – The censorship applied in academia to professors and students alike is the result of the dominant theocratic notion of the Nation-State as ‘In G~d We Trust’, meaning the Christian deity made of the Jewish martyr Jehoshua ben Yousef. This is a second precedent to overturn the political d

[marxmail] German Colonialism in Africa left Hundreds of Thousands Dead: Its Chilling Afterlife

*Germany was a significant – and often brutal – colonial power in Africa. But this colonial history is not told as often as that of other imperialist nations. A new book

[marxmail] Electoral theatre in Venezuela: a tale from election day in Caracas (Venezuelanalysis)

https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/electoral-theater-in-venezuela-a-tale-from-election-day-in-caracas/ Brian Mier: "Maria Corina Machado, Edmundo Gonzalez, and the PUD announced weeks before the election that they were not going to respect the democratic rule of law and would tally their own

[marxmail] English Racialist Violence Directed at Migrants

As it was with Jan 6th, the Left is in the unfamiliar and unfortunate position of not opposing police attacks upon civilians. And the Left will be next in the explosion of hatred. Fully expect similar to occur urged on by right wingers here with the elections as an excuse. Trump win. Trump los

Re: [marxmail] Electoral theatre in Venezuela: a tale from election day in Caracas (Venezuelanalysis)

https://socialistcall.com/2024/08/03/the-situation-in-venezuela/ On Sunday, August 4, 2024, Chris Slee via groups.io wrote: > https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/electoral-theater-in- > venezuela-a-tale-from-election-day-in-caracas/ > > Brian Mier: > > "Maria Corina Machado, Edmundo Gonzalez, a

Re: [marxmail] Electoral theatre in Venezuela: a tale from election day in Caracas (Venezuelanalysis)

In the Socialist Call article cited by Avram Rips, Edgardo Lander says the figures published by the Venezuelan electoral commission are improbable. But the figures given by the right-wing opposition are even more improbable, as was pointed out by Jorge Rodriguez, as quoted in this article: ht

[marxmail] Can Harris Win Back Arab American Voters? The Door May Be Cracked Open.

“Slogans and phrases are not going to do it,” he said. “There has to be a willingness to acknowledge the policy failures over the last several months, and naturally what are the concrete steps that will be taken to avoid a repeat of these failures.” “I am a Palestinian American, Muslim Democrat,

Re: [marxmail] English Racialist Violence Directed at Migrants

Hi Cmde John: So I definitely get where you are coming from. But in this instance, the British police are being instructed by the Labour Party (it seems anyway!) to clamp down on fascists. Not on "civilians". If you look at the videos I suggested to watch at the Guardian web-site ( Aug 3   #314

[marxmail] U.S. Sanctions Have Devastated Venezuela.

On Wednesday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro called on the Biden administration to end the “anti-human” measure, adding that the sanctions only bring more hunger and violence. Washington has embraced a policy of intense sanctions — imple

[marxmail] Venezuela: Government, Opposition Supporters Take to the Streets in Post-Electoral Scene

https://venezuelanalysis.com/multimedia/venezuela-government-opposition-supporters-take-to-the-streets-in-post-electoral-scene/ Caracas, August 4, 2024 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelans held demonstrations both in support and against the Nicolás Maduro governme