Re: [marxmail] Hypothesis generation: New Stages of the 'Transatlantic' Alliance - The gauntlet is thrown down

2025-02-16 Thread Charlie
The five hypotheses are subjective , about what Musk-Trump want. (I don't understand hypothesis ii 😉.) An objective hypothesis is that U.S. capital has lost the economic strength required to sustain its hegemonic hold over virtually the entire Western world. It is compelled to stop paying the co

Re: [marxmail] Pakistan's rush to rooftop solar brings dreams and nightmares

2025-02-16 Thread Mark Baugher
> On Feb 16, 2025, at 10:09 AM, Charlie via groups.io > wrote: > > What is this "rift in the global left on ecology"? A review of two books does > not qualify as documentation of one. There's always a rift on the left, Charlie. Here's JBF's take on the ecological rift between various flavo

Re: [marxmail] Imperialism: ‘Antagonistic cooperation’ or antagonistic contradictions? A reply to Promise Li

2025-02-16 Thread Charlie
>From the article, we are told that Mr. Li "positively delineates himself from >(proto-)Stalinist writers who adhere to a one-eyed anti-imperialism that >strongly denounces the crimes of Washington but is very restrained when it >comes to the crimes of Beijing and Moscow." "Stalinist" or "(prot

[marxmail] Coverage of Israeli and Palestinian Captives Demonstrates Dehumanization in Action

2025-02-16 Thread Charles Keener via groups.io
Coverage of Israeli and Palestinian Captives Demonstrates Dehumanization in Action — FAIR Three Israeli men held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip were freed on Saturday, February 8,  in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. It was the latest round of captive releases stipulated by

[marxmail] Arab states will have to stand up to Trump to avert ethnic cleansing of Gaza

2025-02-16 Thread Dennis Brasky via groups.io
Arab leaders face increasing pressure from the White House to support the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. As they prepare an alternative proposal for Gaza it seems unlikely they can satisfy both Trump and their own citizens. The Israeli public, by contrast, loves Trump’s ethnic cleansing plan fo

Re: [marxmail] Pakistan's rush to rooftop solar brings dreams and nightmares

2025-02-16 Thread Charlie
Mark wishes that "hopefully the problems have been debated; solutions decided and then implemented by a highly-organized and conscious working class." Bellamy Foster, Saito, and Burkett can have their theoretical go. Opposite views will have their say, too. I've written ( https://mltoday.com/gl

Re: [marxmail] Pakistan's rush to rooftop solar brings dreams and nightmares

2025-02-16 Thread Charlie
What is this "rift in the global left on ecology"? A review of two books does not qualify as documentation of one. The big rift is in the ecological movement, between reform under capitalism and socialist revolution as the only way out. One side says we cannot "wait" for socialism. The other si