Re: [marxmail] Notes on the present conjuncture in Europe (thinking out loud)

So all I mean by the prior message is that the contradictions run deep; that yes at the moment the USA is top of the pile despite its own huge problems; that the Chinese have ambitions as seen by their now quite old proclamations of the 'Belt and road'. These contradictions are taking time to ar

Re: [marxmail] Was the German election 'manipulated"?

Well I do not doubt that. I was not suggesting falsified votes were being pushed into the ballot box. But isn't propaganda - "manipulation"? Indeed before the days of anti-'social media', the print newspapers would play their part in manipulating. And still do. . . H -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Gr

Re: [marxmail] Notes on the present conjuncture in Europe (thinking out loud)

On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM, hari kumar wrote: > > As always perhaps, it is not so straight-forward...I believe that indeed > there is a re-shuffling of the powers that be.  But such dramatic changes, > may take time I fully agree nothing is forever, Hari, but I'm not sure what you're refer

Re: [marxmail] WOW!

Yes - good point. Even Thomas Friedman in the NYT, is now bringing this up. Jane Meyer I believe is a respectable source->Jane Mayer; “How Russia Helped Swing the Election for Trump “; Annals of PoliticsOctober 1, 2018 Issue of the New Yorker; at: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/01/ho

[marxmail] Zelensky to Trump and Vance: “Suka, Blyat”

*Zelensky to Trump and Vance: “Suka, Blyat”* /By Michael Pröbsting, RCIT, 28 February 2025/ The press conference between U.S. President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky was definitely a historic meeting. Initially the orange man had it all well arranged. The Americans attempted to humil

[marxmail] Trump's Ukraine Rhetoric Reinforces Imperialism, Not Peace

Opinion | Trump's Ukraine Rhetoric Reinforces Imperialism, Not Peace | Common Dreams  Trump's Ukraine Rhetoric Reinforces Imperialism, Not Peace By suggesting that Russia's land seizures should be accepted due to its military losses, he legitimizes conquest as a political norm. In discussions

[marxmail] 38 minute podcast - On Justice, Complicity and International Law w/ Francesca Albanese

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Re: [marxmail] WOW!

at least Chamberlin didn't attempt to brow beat the czechs --- he made his deal with Hitler in private! On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM Ed George via groups.io wrote: > It is, isn't it. Here's a longer video: < > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIEZEvx1HfU>. > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Re: [marxmail] WOW!

Have this film running in my head of Trump serenading Putin by singing Smokey Robinson's "You Really Got a Hold on Me" -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#35563): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/35563 Mute This Topic: htt

[marxmail] How Israel Deceived the U.S. and Built the Bomb

Newly declassified documents reveal how Israel operated under the noses of U.S. inspectors. https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/07/israel-nuclear-weapons-dimona-deception-cia-jfk-eisenhower-lbj-ben-gurion/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/R

[marxmail] Chris Hedges Full Speech at Workers Strike Back Conference

Chris Hedges Full Speech at Workers Strike Back Conference (2440) Chris Hedges FULL SPEECH at Workers Strike Back Conference - YouTube This was a talk I gave at the Workers Strike Back conference in Seattle earlier this week. Transcript of my talk: For over two decades, I and a handful of ot

[marxmail] WOW!

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Re: [marxmail] WOW!

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[marxmail] No Trains, No Planes and Huge Protests: Strike Brings Greece to a Halt

Two years after the country’s deadliest rail disaster, many are still demanding greater safety and accountability. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/world/europe/greece-strike-train-crash-anniversary.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/

[marxmail] An extensive Washington Post investigation has revealed a very different reality—one where Musk’s business empire has been deeply dependent on taxpayer money.

An extensive Washington Post investigation has revealed a very different reality—one where Musk’s business empire has been deeply dependent on taxpayer money. Musk, who has positioned himself as a champion of the free market, has repeatedly benefited from government programs that he publicly criti

Re: [marxmail] Notes on the present conjuncture in Europe (thinking out loud)

Thanks for the response Mark. Here are my responses to some of the things you bring up. *** Mark: “We did go back once already, didn't we? Trump refused to answer Merkel's question whether the US would defend Europe from attack and, a few years later, Biden's US led the NATO coalition to suppo

Re: [marxmail] Notes on the present conjuncture in Europe (thinking out loud)

Yes, this Campism is a product of the Popular Front strategy that presupposes an alliance with the national bourgeoisie is an anti-imperialist position. This is the fundamental contradiction with the elaboration of the Permanent Revolution by Bronstein/Trotsky. The uneven and combined develo

Re: [marxmail] But WTAF is a working day?

On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 05:43 AM, hari kumar wrote: > > > I regret I had not heard of her before. > > No kidding! Nor had I until three weeks ago. Very nice account of her life here by Matt Siegfried: https://youtu.be/LzBClhpdPSo?si=rQlGkIAMyQz8e6FX&t=1 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Li

Re: [marxmail] But WTAF is a working day?

On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 08:41 AM, Tom Walker wrote: > > https://youtu.be/LzBClhpdPSo?si=rQlGkIAMyQz8e6FX&t=1 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#35546): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/35546 Mute This Topic: https://grou

Re: [marxmail] Notes on the present conjunture in Europe (thinking out loud)

> On Feb 27, 2025, at 10:52, duen filan via groups.io > wrote: > > "not a penny for imperialist war" > > pazifistischer unsinn This post illustrates the trolling tradition of marxmail. One person writes a thoughtful, reasoned and referenced paper only to have someone dismiss it with a sin

Re: [marxmail] Trump and Musk’s War on Workers

On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 04:09 AM, Michael Meeropol posted an article by Joseph A. McCartin, who wrote : > > permission to escalate their tactics What tactics? What strategy? What theory? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#

[marxmail] Hard bargaining for Ukraine’s mineral wealth

The sharing of the spoils between the Euro-Atlantic ‘allies’ and Russia is at the heart of the negotiations for the ‘day after’ in Ukraine. Amid the destruction of the war, the US and the EU are vying to get their hands on the precious metals, while Russia is also negotiating to sell rare earths

Re: [marxmail] Notes on the present conjuncture in Europe (thinking out loud)

Hi Marv: As always perhaps, it is not so straight-forward. For you say this: " What the so-called campists and anti-campists have in common on this list and outside of it is the belief that the current global order is "multipolar", with China and Russia as major challengers to US hegemony.  The t

Re: [marxmail] Notes on the present conjuncture in Europe (thinking out loud)

And yes - I forgot again to take out an empty (ii). . .  But someone no doubt will want to slap that down also. H -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#35553): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/35553 Mute This Topic: https://

Re: [marxmail] But WTAF is a working day?

On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 05:43 AM, hari kumar wrote: > > Thanks Tom. > I regret I had not heard of her before. > > Nor had I,  in all of the various groups, formal and informal, that I've belonged to., and in all of what I've read about the SPA and IWW.  Another striking example close to home

Re: [marxmail] Notes on the present conjuncture in Europe (thinking out loud)

On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM, Mark Baugher wrote: > > >> * Post-stalinist campism. Certain political currents, either emerging from >> the Communist Parties, or influenced by them, maintain an outlook in which >> the world is divided up into an imperialist camp and an anti-imperialist >> one

Re: [marxmail] Notes on the present conjuncture in Europe (thinking out loud)

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Re: [marxmail] Notes on the present conjunture in Europe (thinking out loud)

Neither pacifist, nor nonsense. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#35539): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/35539 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/111427717/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extra

Re: [marxmail] Trump and Musk’s War on Workers

This is generally a nice article, calling for some more active response to the Trump onslaught on workers' rights. But it's weak on what to do, especially since it avoids the question of how to deal with the labor bureaucrats. It sidesteps this question by referring to "we" in "the labor movemen

Re: [marxmail] But WTAF is a working day?

Thanks Tom. I regret I had not heard of her before. Quite a woman. With a sad end at an early age of 45. -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Marcy and-> https://www.marxists.org/archive/marcy-m/index.htm -> Which also contains the article you noted-> https://www.marxists.org/subject/women/auth

[marxmail] Trump and Musk’s War on Workers

This is a very interesting article --- curious what comrades think of the argument -- Forwarded message - From: Portside Trump and Musk’s War on Workers

[marxmail] Brazilian magazine interviews Ian Angus

A Portuguese translation of my book, *Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System*, was published in Brazil in 2023. I was subsequently interviewed by Claudia Antunes for the multilingual magazine SUMAÚMA, a radical environmental journal that takes its name from o