[marxmail] Fw: Britain's theft of Venezuela's gold part of regime changs agenda (Green Left)

2020-07-26 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/britain-theft-venezuela-gold-part-illegal-regime-change-agenda -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#23): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/23 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/75812

[marxmail] Operation Peter Pan: how the US stole 14,000 children (Green Left)

2020-07-26 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/operation-peter-pan-how-united-states-stole-14000-cuban-children -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#24): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/24 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt

Re: [marxmail] MR Online | Has anything changed since 1840? Trade, imperialism, Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta megacity

2020-07-30 Thread Chris Slee
view a movement confined to Hong Kong has little prospect of success. The struggle for democracy in Hong Kong can only succeed in the context of change within China as a whole. Chris Slee From: marxmail@groups.io on behalf of Louis Proyect Sent: Th

[marxmail] Interview with Leyla Guven

2020-08-03 Thread Chris Slee
[Leyla Guven was a member of the Turkish parliament for the HDP (Peoples Democratic Party). She has been jailed, been on hunger strike, and been stripped of her parliamentary status] https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/leyla-güven-we-can-exist-only-solidarity’ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.

Re: [marxmail] Transitional Programme | A Transition to Nowhere | Prometheus

2020-08-13 Thread Chris Slee
s should not support Ethiopia because of Haile Selassie's dictatorial rule. I am not an uncritical defender of Trotsky. The theory of permanent revolution sometimes led him to a schematic approach. But in this case I think the criticism is invalid. Chris Slee __

[marxmail] Sri Lanka: Chauvinist alliance wins election (Green Left)

2020-08-14 Thread Chris Slee
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Re: [marxmail] Is the Band’s “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” really a pro-Confederate anthem?

2020-08-15 Thread Chris Slee
Bob Dylan wrote a good song about this - Only a pawn in their game: https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/only-pawn-their-game Chris Slee From: marxmail@groups.io on behalf of John A Imani Sent: Sunday, 16 August 2020 9:22 AM To: marxmail@groups.io Subject: Re

Re: [marxmail] Is the Band’s “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” really a pro-Confederate anthem?

2020-08-16 Thread Chris Slee
ng of the words and just regard it as a nice tune. This ambiguity is commercially advantageous. It enables The Band to sell more records. Chris Slee From: marxmail@groups.io on behalf of Greg McDonald Sent: Sunday, 16 August 2020 11:13 AM To: marxmail@gro

Re: [marxmail] Transitional Programme | A Transition to Nowhere | Prometheus

2020-08-16 Thread Chris Slee
rsonal qualities of Haile Selassie. Chris Slee From: marxmail@groups.io on behalf of Joseph Green Sent: Friday, 14 August 2020 5:43 PM To: marxmail@groups.io Subject: Re: [marxmail] Transitional Programme | A Transition to Nowhere | Prometheus On 14 Aug 2020

[marxmail] Fw: The Left in Belarus Is Fighting to Put Social Demands at the Heart of the Protests

2020-08-20 Thread Chris Slee
T h e B u l l e t A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 2173 ... August 20, 2020 ___ The Left in Belarus Is Fighting to Put Social Demands at the Heart of the Protests The polic

Re: [marxmail] Marxism, housing and rent

2020-08-26 Thread Chris Slee
Socialist Alliance housing policy: https://socialist-alliance.org/policy/housing/housing Green Left article: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/housing-crisis-demands-vision-councils From: marxmail@groups.io on behalf of Anthony Teso Sent: Sunday, 23

[marxmail] "Black Wave" tracks conflicts across the Islamic world (Green Left)

2020-08-30 Thread Chris Slee
Book review: Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the rivalry that unravelled the Middle East, by Kim Ghattas: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/black-wave-tracks-conflicts-across-islamic-world -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply O

[marxmail] A disastrous friendship: India's support for Israel (Akash Bhattacharya)

2024-01-19 Thread Chris Slee
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[marxmail] Palestine solidarity marches and blockades in Australia (Green Left)

2024-01-22 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/marches-and-blockades-continue-summer-heat-win-freedom-palestine -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#28588): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/28588 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/

[marxmail] Russia: Boris Kagarlitsky on the Nadezhdin phenomenon (Links)

2024-01-23 Thread Chris Slee
https://links.org.au/russia-boris-kagarlitsky-nadezhdin-phenomenon "Boris Nadezhdin did not simply criticize the authorities, thought he did so much more harshly than officially permitted opposition candidates had allowed themselves even in freer times. But he directly declared himself as an opp

[marxmail] Right-wing hysteria over Leila Khaled speaking engagement (Green Left)

2024-02-27 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/fake-outrage-right-wing-hysteria-erupts-over-leila-khaled-speaking-engagement -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29142): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29142 Mute This Topic: http

[marxmail] Russian socialist explains who Putin killed Navalny and jailed Kagarlitsky (Green Left)

2024-02-27 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/russian-socialist-explains-why-putin-killed-alexei-navalny-and-jailed-boris-kagarlitsky Interview with Kirill Medvedev. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29146): https://groups.io/g/marx

[marxmail] Interview with Leila Khalid (Green Left)

2024-02-27 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/leila-khaled-free-palestine-has-become-slogan-peoples-world -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29147): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29147 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/104

Re: [marxmail] US postwar labor strike data

2024-02-27 Thread Chris Slee
as well as Western Europe. The US was declining relative to other imperialist powers. Changes in China during the 1970s were important politically. Nixon's visit to China in 1972 threw a section of the left in the US and elsewhere into a state of confusion. Chris Slee -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Re: [marxmail] US postwar labor strike data

2024-02-28 Thread Chris Slee
Here is some information on outsourcing from the US to Mexico. Wikipedia says that the maquiladora program began in 1964: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maquiladora Chris PS: In my previous message I referred to Marv (Gandall) when I should have referred to Mark (Baugher). This was in relat

[marxmail] Palestine solidarity in Australia (Green Left)

2024-03-06 Thread Chris Slee
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[marxmail] Fascism in India has found role model in Israel. Indian port workers strike in solidarity with Gaza (Links)

2024-03-06 Thread Chris Slee
Fascism in India has found a role model in Israel (plus: India’s port workers strike is an act of anti-colonial solidarity with Gaza) | Links -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Lin

Re: [marxmail] "Games of Khrushchev and the boys"

2024-03-07 Thread Chris Slee
written by Trotsky, Tony Cliff and Szymanski: https://links.org.au/debate-about-nature-former-soviet-union-who-was-right Chris Slee -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29318): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29318 Mute

[marxmail] Community picket shuts down weapons factory ( Green Left)

2024-03-08 Thread Chris Slee
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[marxmail] Venezuelan govt demands compensation for seized airplane, closes airspace to Argentina

2024-03-14 Thread Chris Slee
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-govt-demands-compensation-for-seized-airplane-closes-airspace-to-argentina/ Caracas, March 13, 2024 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuela has closed its airspace to flights to and from Argentina in response to the “crimina

Re: [marxmail] Venezuelan govt demands compensation for seized airplane, closes airspace to Argentina

2024-03-14 Thread Chris Slee
More on the US sanctions against Venezuela, which amount to an economic blockade: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/us-sanctions-are-killing-venezuelans Sanctions are political, not legal instruments. Their goal is to cause pain and suffering in order to force populations to overthrow their

[marxmail] Russian leftists planning to disrupt Putin's fake election (Green Left)

2024-03-15 Thread Chris Slee
Interview with Mikhail Lobanov: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/russian-leftists-are-planning-disrupt-putins-fake-presidential-election-weekend -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29463): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/me

[marxmail] Petition: free Boris Kagarlitsky and other Russian anti-war prisoners

2024-03-15 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/petition-free-boris-kagarlitsky-and-all-other-russian-anti-war-political-prisoners -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29464): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29464 Mute This Topic:

Re: [marxmail] "Games of Khrushchev and the boys"

2024-03-16 Thread Chris Slee
kely to be Brezhnev than Khrushchev. Chris Slee - From: marxmail@groups.io on behalf of hari kumar Sent: Thursday, 14 March 2024 9:13 AM To: marxmail@groups.io Subject: Re: [marxmail] "Games of Khrushchev and the boys" Hello Marv: I have been l

[marxmail] Putin's plebiscite, Russia's "left" and Russia's left (Links)

2024-03-16 Thread Chris Slee
https://links.org.au/russia-putins-plebiscite-russias-left-and-russias-left -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29486): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29486 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/104979631/21656 -=-=- PO

Re: [marxmail] The economic systems of Fascism and Communism, including the present-day People's Republic of China

2024-03-17 Thread Chris Slee
ao's family, which was estimated at $3 billion. Bloomberg ran a similar story in June 2012 on the wealth of Xi Jinping's relatives. Those who have access to these sources may wish to find the articles and judge for themselves how strong the evidence is. Chris Slee -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

[marxmail] Death rates in Russia

2024-03-17 Thread Chris Slee
h traumatic memories, their health finally deteriorated to such an extent that they died. This is all speculation. Perhaps others are able find articles giving evidence about the reasons for the decline. Chris Slee -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sen

Re: [marxmail] Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation

2024-03-21 Thread Chris Slee
tage issue provided them with a propaganda theme. For a time, concern about the hostages overshadowed concern about Palestinian victims of Israeli bombing in Western media coverage. This may have slightly delayed the building of the solidarity movement with the people of Gaza. Chris Slee -

[marxmail] Merri-bek council votes to do more for Palestine (Green Left)

2024-03-23 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/merri-bek-council-votes-do-more-palestine "Merri-bek Council was one of the first, last November, to call for an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. "On March 13, council voted unanimously to support two more Palestine motions, initiated by myself [Sue Bolt

[marxmail] Interview with Leila Khaled (Links)

2024-03-23 Thread Chris Slee
Palestinian revolutionary Leila Khaled on US-Israeli imperialism, Hamas’ October 7 attacks and the Kurdish liberation struggle | Links -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Lin

[marxmail] Ksenia Kagarlitsky: Solidarity with Russian anti-war prisoners (Green Left)

2024-03-26 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/ksenia-kagarlitsky-left-needs-show-solidarity-russian-anti-war-political-prisoners -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29693): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29693 Mute This Topic: h

[marxmail] Beat the Facebook ban on Green Left!

2024-03-27 Thread Chris Slee
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[marxmail] Innovation in times of blockade (Venezuelanalysis)

2024-03-31 Thread Chris Slee
https://venezuelanalysis.com/columns/innovation-in-times-of-blockade/ This article gives some examples of the effect of the US blockade on Venezuela's health system, and some of the attempts to solve the problems. *** One of the most serious cases was the shortage of tungsten filaments that we

[marxmail] A revolution in Russia is possible (Mikhail Lobanov)

2024-04-06 Thread Chris Slee
https://links.org.au/revolution-russia-possible The first thing we should understand and accept is that the war in Ukraine can only truly end once there has been profound political change in Russia. The second thing to understand, without which the first only leads to undue despair, is that

[marxmail] Boris Kagarlitsky: for solidarity campaign with left-wing political prisoners

2024-04-07 Thread Chris Slee
https://links.org.au/boris-kagarlitskys-open-letter-russian-prison-supporting-left-wing-political-prisoners-act -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29830): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29830 Mute This Topic: https://

[marxmail] Rojava: We will defend this life, we will resist on this land

2024-04-09 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/rojava-we-will-defend-life-we-will-resist-land "The revolutionary process in Rojava in North East Syria (also known as the Democratic Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria, DAANES), based on the pillars of grassroots democracy, women’s libe

Re: [marxmail] Breaking the Silence: Israeli Army Veterans Tour U.S. & Canada to Speak Out Against Occupation

2024-04-11 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/video-former-israeli-soldier-says-zionism-racist-ideology Former Israeli soldier says Zionism is a racist ideology. (Green Left) _. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29870): https://group

[marxmail] Protestors blockade office of shipping company, thousands protest genocide (Green Left)

2024-04-16 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/protesters-blockade-office-worlds-largest-shipping-company-supporting-gaza-genocide https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/thousands-protest-genocide-israel-threatens-escalate-conflict -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to

[marxmail] interview with Taras Bilous

2024-04-16 Thread Chris Slee
https://links.org.au/if-we-didnt-join-armed-forces-left-ukraine-would-cease-exist-says-taras-bilous An interview with Taras Bilous, a Ukrainian historian and essayist who has served in the Ukrainian army since the beginning of the Russian aggression. Bilous is one of the most visible representa

[marxmail] End US-imposed austerity in Cuba (Green Left)

2024-04-17 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/need-end-us-imposed-austerity-cuba By Mike Treen: Over the past few weeks, the Western news media has been full of stories of “unrest” in Cuba including protests over food and fuel shortages. From Western media reports, you would think that the Government

[marxmail] US reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela

2024-04-21 Thread Chris Slee
Washington re-imposes oil sanctions on Venezuela: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-washington-reimposes-oil-sanctions-maduro-govt-pledges-continued-growth/ The pretext is that an extreme right politician, Maria Corina Machado, has not been allowed to participate in the forthcoming pre

Re: [marxmail] The Two-State Solution Is an Unjust, Impossible Fantasy

2024-04-22 Thread Chris Slee
Palestinians in a revolutionary challenge to the Israeli state. But I don't see any sign of this at present. Chris Slee -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30050): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30050 Mute This

[marxmail] Belgian police target Kurdish media (ANF)

2024-04-23 Thread Chris Slee
Belgian police have raided the Kurdish media: During the night, Belgian police stormed the studios of Stêrk TV and Medya Haber TV in Denderleeuw near Brussels. The Kurdish broadcasters were literally sabotaged by cutting cables and confiscating technology. This is part of a pattern of increased

[marxmail] US reimposes sanctionsn on Venezuela (Green Left)

2024-04-25 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/united-states-reimposes-oil-sanctions-venezuela -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30086): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30086 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/105745383/2165

[marxmail] Gaza solidarity camps at Australian universities (Green Left)

2024-04-27 Thread Chris Slee
Camps have been set up at a number of Australian universities. Here is a video of interviews from Melbourne. https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/video-unimelb-solidarity-encampment-begins-anzac-day -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Repl

[marxmail] Venezuela's Communard Union in a nutshell (Venezuelanalyis)

2024-04-29 Thread Chris Slee
https://venezuelanalysis.com/video/venezuelas-communard-union-in-a-nutshell/ The Communard Union brings together more than 50 communes nationwide with the goal of building new social relations from the ground up. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this g

[marxmail] UQ students force Albanese off campus (Green Left)

2024-04-30 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/uq-students-force-albanese-campushttps://www.greenleft.org.au/content/uq-students-force-albanese-campus University of Queensland students force Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese off campus. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all m

[marxmail] Tzdek collective: the safety that Zionist ideology offers is a lie ( Green Left)

2024-05-03 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/tzedek-collective-safety-zionist-ideology-offers-lie Speech at the Sydney University encampment. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30189): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30189 Mute

[marxmail] Countering the impact of the US blockade (Venezuelanalysis)

2024-05-03 Thread Chris Slee
https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/countering-the-impact-of-the-us-blockade-a-conversation-with-llanisca-lugo/ Interview with Cuban intellectual Llanisca Lugo about the problems facing Cuba and Venezuela as a result of the US blockade: "Our situation is complex, because Cuba and Venezuela

Re: [marxmail] On Tuesday, Biden demonized the protesters as hate groups.

2024-05-04 Thread Chris Slee
an alternative. Jill Stein seems like the best candidate in the current presidential election. Chris Slee From: marxmail@groups.io on behalf of Marv Gandall Sent: Sunday, 5 May 2024 4:09 AM To: marxmail@groups.io Subject: Re: [marxmail] On Tuesday, Bide

Re: [marxmail] The myth of multipolarity

2024-05-05 Thread Chris Slee
Here is my review of the Richard Smith's book "China's Engine of Environmental Collapse": https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/chinas-engine-environmental-collapse Chris Slee -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/

[marxmail] After 12 week community picket, HTA denies role in F-35 fighters for Israel (Green Left)

2024-05-08 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/after-12-week-community-picket-hta-denies-role-f-35-fighters-israel Several Australian companies make parts for F-35 fighter jets that Israel uses to bomb Palestinians. One such company is HTA. Activists have been picketing its Melbourne factory for 12 week

[marxmail] Cut ties with Israel, picketers tell Bisalloy Steel (Green Left)

2024-05-11 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/cut-ties-israel-picketers-tell-bisalloy-steel -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30296): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30296 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/106037958/21656 -=

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

2024-05-18 Thread Chris Slee
utin shill". Rather I think she is horrified at the ongoing bloodshed and clutching at straws in the hope of a peaceful solution. Chris Slee -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30392): https://groups.io/g/m

[marxmail] "From the river to the sea..." not antisemitic. Labor senator rebels

2024-05-19 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/river-sea-not-antisemitic Australian Labor Party senators supported a motion from the Liberal opposition to condemn the phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” as “antisemitic”. The Greens opposed the motion. Fatima Payman, a Labor senat

Re: [marxmail] The US ban on Chinese EV's

2024-05-19 Thread Chris Slee
In Australia, socialists have responded to the threat of factory closures by calling for nationalisation of the affected enterprise or industry. See for example: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/why-bhp-should-be-nationalised From: marxmail@groups.io on be

Re: [marxmail] The US ban on Chinese EV's

2024-05-19 Thread Chris Slee
Another example: a call for nationalisation of the car industry: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/socialist-alliance-nationalise-australias-car-industry From: marxmail@groups.io on behalf of Chris Slee Sent: Monday, 20 May 2024 8:09 AM To: marxmail

[marxmail] War, fascism and revolution: Boris Kagarlitsky on why Putin’s Russia invaded Ukraine (Links)

2024-05-21 Thread Chris Slee
Links has reprinted a chapter from Kagarlitsky's latest book: https://links.org.au/war-fascism-and-revolution-boris-kagarlitsky-why-putins-russia-invaded-ukraine Some extracts: Nevertheless, the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine that broke out in 2022 and that rapidly took on the featu

Re: [marxmail] New Caledonia: Popular Uprising against the French Colonial Power

2024-05-22 Thread Chris Slee
https://links.org.au/kanaky-lets-really-put-end-era-colonies-plus-french-new-anti-capitalist-party-statement More information on Kanaky/New Caledonia from the New Anti-capitalist Party in France. From: marxmail@groups.io on behalf of RKOB Sent: Friday, 17 May

[marxmail] Ukrainian unionists: Oligarchs, not Europe’s poor, should pay for weapons and aid to Ukraine (Green Left)

2024-05-22 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/ukrainian-unionists-oligarchs-not-europes-poor-should-pay-weapons-and-aid-ukraine Ukrainian trade unionists in the industrial city of Kryvyi Rih have issued an important appeal for solidarity in the lead up to June 6–9 European Union (EU) elections, remindin

[marxmail] The biggest obstacle to free and fair elections in Venezuela is the US (Venezuelanalysis)

2024-05-23 Thread Chris Slee
https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/the-biggest-obstacle-to-free-and-fair-elections-in-venezuela-is-the-us/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30478): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30478 Mute This Topic: https://gro

[marxmail] Putin using terror laws to crush dissent (Green Left)

2024-05-25 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/russia-putin-using-terror-laws-crush-anti-war-dissent -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30505): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30505 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/106297159

[marxmail] Jewish Council of Australia calls for sanctions on Israel

2024-05-29 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/jewish-council-australia-calls-sanctions-israel (The Jewish Council of Australia is a recently established alternative to the conservative organisations that claim to speak for the Jewish community) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all me

Re: [marxmail] Some interesting DDR images, and potentially some names to follow-up of artists.

2024-05-30 Thread Chris Slee
'Beyond the Wall' brings the GDR's contradictions to life | Green Left The GDR is often painted as a “walled-in, Russian-controlled Stasi land”. However British-German Historian Katja Hoyer's 2023 book Beyond the

[marxmail] Boris Kagarlitsky and the future of the Russian left (Links)

2024-06-01 Thread Chris Slee
https://links.org.au/boris-kagarlitsky-and-future-russian-left Patrick Bond's Foreword to Kagarlitsky’s The Long Retreat -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30572): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30572 Mute This Topic:

[marxmail] Anti-war left makes inroads in Israel: interview with Uri Weltman

2024-06-01 Thread Chris Slee
https://links.org.au/anti-war-left-makes-inroads-israel-interview-standing-togethers-uri-weltmann Omdim be’Yachad-Naqef Ma’an, or Standing Together, is a Jewish-Arab social movement in Israel that organises against racism and occupation, and for equality and social justice. Federico Fuentes inte

Re: [marxmail] Two views of Hamas' military strategy

2024-06-02 Thread Chris Slee
On October 7, Hamas and its allies killed nearly 400 Israeli troops. Many, perhaps most, of the civilians who died were killed by the IDF in its counter attack. >From a narrowly military point of view, October 7 was an impressive tactical >victory for the Palestinian forces. But whether it w

[marxmail] Court rejects Kagarlitsky's appeal (Green Left)

2024-06-06 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/court-rejects-kagarlitskys-appeal-campaign-pledges-redouble-efforts-his-freedom -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30656): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30656 Mute This Topic: http

Re: [marxmail] On elections in general, and on Modi

2024-06-07 Thread Chris Slee
  To:​marxmail@groups.io​ Sat 8/06/2024 7:45 AM https://links.org.au/communist-party-india-marxist-leninist-liberation-lok-sabha-election-results-are-mandate-against From the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation: The Lok Sabha election results are a mandate against Modi's d

Re: [marxmail] On elections in general, and on Modi

2024-06-09 Thread Chris Slee
https://links.org.au/communist-party-india-marxist-leninist-liberation-historic-2024-mandate-against-dictatorial-modi CPI(ML): Historic 2024 mandate against dictatorial Modi regime:: Democracy in India received a powerful and much-needed shot in the arm in the 2024 elections. It was an election

Re: [marxmail] Swiss Peace Summit could end up harming Ukraine as nothing is going to plan

2024-06-10 Thread Chris Slee
untries. See my article "Russian imperialism: economically weak, militarily strong": https://links.org.au/russian-imperialism-economically-weak-militarily-strong See also my discussion of the Maidan rebellion and the anti-Maidan rebellion in Donbas: https://links.org.au/complex-h

[marxmail] NYT ramps up propaganda ahead of Venezuela election (Venezuelanalysis)

2024-06-14 Thread Chris Slee
https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/nyt-ramps-up-venezuela-propaganda-ahead-of-elections/ "Venezuelans will head to the polls on July 28 to choose their president for the 2025–30 term. Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro faces nine challengers as he runs for a third term. "Over the past 25 yea

[marxmail] Framing Palestine: Israel, the Gulf states and US power in the Middle East

2024-06-18 Thread Chris Slee
https://links.org.au/framing-palestine-israel-gulf-states-and-us-power-middle-east Adam Hanieh: "My goal in this piece is to present an alternative approach to understanding Palestine – one that is framed by the wider region and the Middle East’s central place in our fossil fuel-centred world.

Re: [marxmail] Jeffrey Sachs on Russia's conditions for ending the war

2024-06-23 Thread Chris Slee
ld accept a UN-supervised referendum in eastern Ukraine if if it was faced with a revival of the democracy movement in Russia. Unfortunately this is not the case at present, but the situation could change. Chris Slee -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this

Re: [marxmail] Jeffrey Sachs on Russia's conditions for ending the war

2024-06-24 Thread Chris Slee
defend the referendum result. Chris Slee -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30883): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30883 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/106818185/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU

Re: [marxmail] Jeffrey Sachs on Russia's conditions for ending the war

2024-06-24 Thread Chris Slee
urred in these countries. But we need to talk about these progressive struggles, not about "western values". Chris Slee -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30898): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/308

Re: [marxmail] Jeffrey Sachs on Russia's conditions for ending the war

2024-06-26 Thread Chris Slee
, the situation on the battlefield, the choices of the local populations, and tradeoffs made at the negotiating table." Ideally, the "choices of the local populations" would be determined by UN-supervised referendums. This may seem utopian at present, but it happened in East Timor.

[marxmail] Turkey escalates war on Kurds (Green Left)

2024-07-04 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/turkey-escalates-its-war-kurds In a recent escalation of the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan regime’s ongoing war against Kurds, the Turkish armed forces has deployed about 1000 troops and 300 tanks and armoured vehicles in Duhok province in Iraqi Kurdistan. According

[marxmail] Resisting the far right in India (Green Left)

2024-07-05 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/resisting-far-right-india Following India’s 2024 general elections, Green Left’s Isaac Nellist spoke with Clifton D’Rozario, a leading member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPIML), about the results. The CPIML, along with oth

[marxmail] Turkish forces in Syria and Syrian refugees in Turkey (Medya News)

2024-07-07 Thread Chris Slee
https://medyanews.net/turkish-forces-in-syria-and-syrian-refugees-in-turkey-a-weekly-news-review/ Sarah Glynn: "As Syrian refugees face pogroms in Turkish cities, and Turkish occupation forces meet with protests in occupied Syria, Turkey’s role in Syria is once again under the spotlight. Turki

[marxmail] Fw: Ecosocialism 2024 recordings

2024-07-08 Thread Chris Slee
Recordings from the Ecosocialism 2024 conference, held in Perth at the end of June, are starting to be put online. Here is a collection of all the available recordings so far (more to be added). https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/videos-ecosocialism-2024 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links

[marxmail] Fw: Boris Kagarlitsky interview

2024-07-12 Thread Chris Slee
https://links.org.au/black-swan-will-inevitably-alight-boris-kagarlitsky-why-left-movement-will-have-be-constructed Boris Kagarlitsky on why the left movement will have to be constructed afresh. >From a Russian prison, the prominent scholar, Marxist theoretician and >political detainee Boris

[marxmail] Australia urged to break from AUKUS at July 4 protest (Green Left)

2024-07-12 Thread Chris Slee
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/australia-urged-break-aukus-july-4-protest About 100 people joined a rally outside the US Consulate on July 4 to protest the United States role in generating war and devastation across the globe. Chris Slee, representing the Socialist Alliance, criticised

Fw: [marxmail] US empire, global capitalism and the ‘internationalisation’ of states: An interview with Sam Gindin

2024-07-14 Thread Chris Slee
is increasingly reliant on imported raw materials to feed its growing industry. This may at some stage lead it into military intervention to safeguard its access to these resources. Chris Slee -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply On

Re: [marxmail] Venezuela: the end game?: Michael Roberts

2024-07-29 Thread Chris Slee
The right-wing opposition always claims that any election which it loses has been rigged. The US government always supports such claims. Chris Slee From: marxmail@groups.io on behalf of hari kumar Sent: Monday, 29 July 2024 6:37 PM To: marxmail@groups.io

Re: [marxmail] Venezuela: the end game?: Michael Roberts

2024-07-29 Thread Chris Slee
Venezuela: Electoral Authority Formally Declares Maduro Victory: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-electoral-authority-formally-declares-maduro-victory/ On Monday, the National Lawyers Guild praised the “fairness, transparency of Venezuelan election process” and condemned “the role of

Re: [marxmail] Venezuela: the end game?: Michael Roberts

2024-07-30 Thread Chris Slee
paigning against the blockade is an important task. We can criticise Maduro, but criticising our own ruling classes is more important. Chris Slee -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31377): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/mes

Re: [marxmail] Venezuela: the end game?: Michael Roberts

2024-07-31 Thread Chris Slee
would continue, causing continued hardship to the people, whereas if they voted for the right wing, sanctions would end. This was a form of intimidation of the Venezuelan people by the US. Chris Slee -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View

Re: [marxmail] Don't support Jill Stein for president: a reply to Howie Hawkins

2024-08-02 Thread Chris Slee
inton, lost to Trump. A section of those who had voted for Obama in 2008 became disillusioned with the Democrats and voted for Trump in 2016. There is a need for an alternative to both of the major bourgeois parties. Otherwise people will swing back and forth between the Demo

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

2024-08-03 Thread Chris Slee
were falsified. This can lead to violence. We saw the same thing in the United States back in January 2021. For socialists in the US and its allies, campaigning against the blockade is the main task. We can criticise Maduro, but our main criticism should be directed against the US government.

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

2024-08-04 Thread Chris Slee
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

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

2024-08-04 Thread Chris Slee
/03/the-situation-in-venezuela/ On Sunday, August 4, 2024, Chris Slee via groups.io<http://groups.io> mailto:hotmail@groups.io>> wrote: https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/electoral-theater-in-venezuela-a-tale-from-election-day-in-caracas/ Brian Mier: "Maria Corina Machado,

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

2024-08-04 Thread Chris Slee
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

[marxmail] More on the Venezuelan election

2024-08-06 Thread Chris Slee
Venezuela: CNE Turns Over Electoral Data to Supreme Court, US Walks Back González Recognition - Venezuelanalysis Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) President

[marxmail] On the hypocritical US calls for transparency in Venezuela (Venezuelanalysis)

2024-08-07 Thread Chris Slee
https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/on-the-hypocritical-us-calls-for-transparency-in-venezuela/ For decades, the United States has been the primary source of manipulation in Venezuela. With the goal of achieving regime change, the United States has been supporting an opposition movement that

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