Re: [marxmail] A review of the new film 'American Coup: Wilmington 1898,' which premieres tomorrow on PBS.

So this documentary is nothing more than a plot to "divide the poor" rather than to expose the ugly side of America about a racist event that many don't know about??? Wow! This on a Marxist blog! On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 4:28 PM Barry Brooks via groups.io wrote: > > Will the PBS show tomorrow ab

[marxmail] Biden’s Gaza Policy Leaves the Middle East in Flames

Biden has now joined the ranks of Carter and W. Bush as a president whose Middle East policy crashed and burned spectacularly. Unlike Carter, who was stymied by the Iranian hostage crisis, or Bush, who faced a popular Iraqi resistance movement, Biden’s woes weren’t inflicted by an enemy. Quite the

[marxmail] A review of the new film 'American Coup: Wilmington 1898,' which premieres tomorrow on PBS.

In 1935, when fascism was rising globally, Sinclair Lewis wrote *It Can’t Happen Here* , a novel warning Americans against homegrown threats of dictatorship. Now, on the heels of a presidential race billed as an

Re: [marxmail] Where is the united front, can you direct us

Why don't you inform us as to the author of this slanderous crap - the Stalin worshipper Grover Furr himself! On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 8:44 PM Charlie via groups.io wrote: > (1970) In Detroit, at Wayne State University, the Socialist Workers Party > argued that forcing ROTC off campus was not a r

[marxmail] Harris Ran to Trump’s Right on Immigration — and Gained Absolutely Nothing For It

> > > Harris could have focused on how U.S. foreign policy pushes immigrants to > leave their homes. Instead, she ran on border security. > *Just six weeks* after Joe Biden’s inauguration, 80 House Democrats urged the newly sworn-in president to immediately renew diplomatic engagement with Cuba

[marxmail] “American Coup: Wilmington 1898”: Tonight's PBS Film Examines Massacre When Racists Overthrew Multiracial Gov’t

*American Coup: Wilmington 1898* premieres tonight on PBS and investigates the only successful insurrection conducted against a U.S. government, when self-described white supremacist residents stoked fears of “Negro Rule” and carried out a deadly massacre in Wilmington, North Carolina. Their aim wa

Re: [marxmail] Biden Backs Down on 30-Day Israel Arms Ultimatum

I imagine that Biden/Harris supporters on this list feel like suckers for supporting them - or probably not! On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 7:40 PM Charles Keener via groups.io wrote: > Biden Backs Down on Israel Arms Ultimatum > > > Th

[marxmail] As Infested Flour Becomes a Staple, State Dept “Still Assessing” Israel’s Aid Restrictions to Gaza

On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 4:50 PM Jeremy Scahill wrote: > “I dream of food every day” > ͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏ >   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏ >   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏  

[marxmail] The Antisemitism Scare: Guide for the Perplexed - By Alan Wald

INTRODUCTION: As we enter a new political landscape following the election of Trump, resistance to Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza and its bellicose military actions in the region takes on a greater urgency than ever before–even as political repression on US campuses intensifies. The following

Re: [marxmail] Where is the united front, can you direct us?

Voting against an administration that consistently gave a blank check of weaponry and financial aid to Israeli genocide was not only a strong moral position in defense of the right of Palestinians to live, but may prove to be the first step in breaking away the left wing of the Democratic Party and

[marxmail] U.N.-Backed Panel Warns Action Needed in Days to Avert Gaza Famine

The warning focused on the north comes as the Biden administration has set a mid-November deadline for Israel to deliver more humanitarian supplies to the enclave or face a cutoff of weapons aid. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/world/middleeast/un-panel-gaza-famine.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

[marxmail] NACLA Update

On Cuba: Reflections on 70 Years of Revolution and Struggle (Review) The recent book by Noam Chomsky and Vishay Prashad provides a critical analysis of the U.S. empire’s treatment of Cuba, from the Cuban Revolution to the present. https://nacla.org/cuba-reflections-70-years-revolution-and-struggl

[marxmail] No, there were no ‘antisemitic pogroms’ in Amsterdam. Here’s what really happened.

Media claims of ‘antisemitic pogroms’ against Israeli fans in Amsterdam are the latest in a pattern of false narratives fueling anti-Muslim violence and justifying the genocide in Gaza. The coverage of events in Amsterdam reveals a troubling, but transparent and tired pattern: it serves as a rheto

[marxmail] Underlying the Democrats’ Defeat

I will say this,” one House Democrat said. “The Democratic Party has a major working-class voter issue. It started a decade ago as a working-class White issue. It’s now gotten even worse and spread across racial lines.” —The Washington Post, 11/6/24 Excerpt - Throughout the campaign, Donald Trump

[marxmail] Israel Is Waging War on Palestinian Prisoners

Since October 7, 2023, conditions in Israeli prisons have paralleled the besieging and retaliatory war on the people of Gaza. But the heightened aggression against Palestinian prisoners started almost one year earlier. Palestinian men are detained by Israeli forces in the streets of Beit Lahiya, i

[marxmail] The Heritage Foundation's "Project Esther" aims to destroy the Palestine solidarity movement

The Heritage Foundation's "Project Esther" claims to combat antisemitism but in fact, aims to destroy the Palestine solidarity movement as a first step in a crusade against all domestic dissent in the U.S. https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/inside-project-esther-the-right-wing-action-plan-to-take-down

[marxmail] "The girl who saved Paris" dead at 100

Humiliated by a Nazi officer as a teenager, she joined the French Resistance. By the time she was 20, she had killed a German soldier, survived torture and captured a supply train. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/world/europe/madeleine-riffaud-dead.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links:

[marxmail] Lyd - the city that once connected Palestine to the world

The film Lyd (the Arabic name of Lod, a city now in Israel) is about a 5,000-year-old bustling Palestinian town that was taken over when Israel was established in 1948. An exploration of wha

[marxmail] Ceasefire in Lebanon, and the future of resistance to Israel

The ceasefire agreement between Hezbollah and Israel has accomplished Israel’s goal of decoupling Gaza from Lebanon. But while the future of the Axis of Resistance remains unclear, so does Israel’s own strategic path forward. https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/ceasefire-in-lebanon-and-the-future-of-re

Re: [marxmail] (Fwd) Confusion at National Endowment for 'Democracy' event Re: (Fwd) Tutu Foundation exits NED conference stage left

Here here!! On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 7:41 PM Charles Rachlis via groups.io wrote: > If we’re going to persist in calling Bolshevik-Leninists, and advocates of > the theory of Permanent Revolution Trotskyites we may as well just agree > it’s fitting to call advocates of the Popular Front, Socialis

[marxmail] “Israel Wants Wars”: Gideon Levy on Lebanon Ceasefire, Gaza & Gov’t Sanctions Against Haaretz

We’re joined by Israeli journalist Gideon Levy as we continue our conversation on the Israeli-Lebanon ceasefire. We take a look at the mood within Israel, where Levy characterizes the Israeli public as “sour” about what is seen as a premature deal. “They would like to see more blood, more destructi

[marxmail] Leopold, Ivory, and the Congo

https://www.delanceyplace.com/view-archives.php?5155 For those who haven’t read this classic work - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Leopold%27s_Ghost -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#33675): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/

[marxmail] “I would like to say that the Islamic Republic is directly responsible for Kianoosh’s death,”

Repeatedly imprisoned in his country, Kianoosh Sanjari refused to be silenced by the government. But in the end, despairing of change, he silenced himself. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/world/middleeast/iran-kianoosh-sanjari-suicide.html “The Islamic Republic ruined the days of my youth, as

[marxmail] Was the USSR Producing Enough Food? U.S. Intelligence Community Monitoring of Soviet Agriculture during the Cold War

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[marxmail] what really happened in Amsterdam with Israeli hooligans

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[marxmail] Hezbollah demystified

Despite relentless Israeli attempts to misrepresent and dismantle Hezbollah, the organization has endured. A look at the group's history and goals explains its enduring power and shows how much of what’s said in Western media is not true. https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/hezbollah-demystified/ -=-

[marxmail] The not-so-secret history of Netanyahu’s support for Hamas

>From sabotaging Oslo to funneling Qatari cash into Gaza, Bibi has spent his career bolstering Hamas to help perpetuate the conflict. Even after Oct. 7, argues historian Adam Raz, he's still advancing the same strategy. https://www.972mag.com/netanyahu-hamas-october-7-adam-raz/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

[marxmail] Trump’s unfinished business for ‘Greater Israel’

>From annexation to UNRWA, Trump’s Israel advisors should be taken at their word — and Democrats won’t stand in their way, says Lara Friedman. https://www.972mag.com/trump-greater-israel-lara-fri

[marxmail] Tulsi Gabbard, Bashar Al-Assad and Me

Trump’s DNI pick and I were both in Damascus in the winter of 2017 to meet with the dictator of Syria. We came away with very different takes https://portside.org/2024-11-25/tulsi-gabbard-bashar-al-assad-and-me -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group.

[marxmail] The ICC warrants: Palestinian skepticism and the glimpse of justice

Palestinians hold deep skepticism of courts based on generations of Israeli abuse. But the ICC warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant are a moment to expose the contradictions of the American Empire and put a crack in the veneer of impunity. https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/the-icc-warrant

[marxmail] At Top Colleges, 100 Years of Affluence/The Age of Class Dealignment

A comprehensive new study found that the socioeconomic makeup of highly selective colleges is roughly the same as it was a century ago, even as access to higher education has exploded. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2024/11/21/no-change-elite-college-low-income-enro

[marxmail] I’m One of the Last Doctors in This Hospital in Gaza. I’m Begging the World for Help.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/opinion/gaza-hospital-kamal-adwan.html .. Israel Builds Bases in Central Gaza, a Sign It May Be There to Stay In recent months, soldiers have demolished more than 600 buildings to create a buffer area and expanded a network of bases,

[marxmail] Netflix Removes Palestinian Stories From Its Library

The streaming giant’s move has sparked criticism from entertainment workers and activists. https://progressive.org/latest/netflix-removes-palestinian-stories-from-its-library-badawi-20241113/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online

[marxmail] Global Fury After State Dept Claims Israel Not Violating US Law by Blocking Gaza Aid

"This will be the Biden administration's legacy: unconditional support for war crimes and complicity in genocide," said one group "By spending over a year ignoring U.S. law on supplying arms, the Biden administration has handed Trump an excuse to ignore any law he wants," Center for International

[marxmail] Gags and Grievances - the labor origins of whistleblowing

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[marxmail] Bernie Would Have Won. Seriously.

What a joke! His candidacies were sabotaged in 2016 and 2020 by the Democrats' decision makers. Instead of denouncing them and their control of the party and abandoning this dead end to create a progressive alternative, he put his personal career first, endorsed both Hillary and Genocide Joe, and c

[marxmail] West Bank annexation - will Israel finally do the dirty deed?

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced that 2025 will be the year Israel annexes the West Bank. With the Trump administration entering the White House, the stage is set for Israel to finally take total control over the occupied territory. > *https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/west-bank-annexa

[marxmail] Israel’s Revenge: An Interview with Rashid Khalidi

The following interview with Rashid Khalidi, a renowned Palestinian American scholar and author of *The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine*

[marxmail] Good Luck Finding Legal Representation if You Support Palestine

A law firm dumped me as a client because of my support of students’ right to protest Israel’s actions. I’m far from the only one shut out. *https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/columbia-law-palestine-ethics/ * -=-=-=

[marxmail] Three Teachers Tried to Give Palestinian Students a Safe Haven — and It Cost Them Their Jobs

The Philadelphia school ordered teachers to “stay neutral” on Israel’s war on Gaza, but they helped students make pro-Palestine posters. https://theintercept.com/2024/12/03/philadelphia-school-district-palestine/ Biden Makes His Own Attack on Nonprofit Over Palestine

[marxmail] South Koreans Defy Biden's Man in Seoul

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[marxmail] Israel accused of violating Lebanon cease-fire agreement nearly 100 times

As accusations mount against Israel for repeated cease-fire violations in Lebanon, the precarious truce negotiated by the U.S. and France is tested by escalating violence, raising questions about its legitimacy and enforcement. https://www.nationofchange.org/2024/12/03/israel-accused-of-violating-

[marxmail] From DSA's Kindergarten to Real World

If DSA can graduate from the kindergarten playground to the real political world, it can make a major contribution to putting the interests of the inclusive and diverse working class onto the national political agenda. *https://www.chartist.org.uk/from-kindergarden-to-real-world/

[marxmail] Syria is free of Assad!

On Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 4:45 AM Razan Rashidi – The Syria Campaign < i...@thesyriacampaign.org> wrote: > Dear Friend, > > This is the message we have been waiting so long to write. *Assad is > gone. The Syrian people have toppled the Assad regime.* Our hearts burst > with hope today. A war criminal

[marxmail] Film Review - The Labor Documentary Amazon Probably Doesn’t Want You To See

‘UNION’ follows Amazon warehouse organizers through an uphill battle, a stunning victory, and an uncertain future https://progressive.org/latest/the-labor-documentary-amazon-probably-doesnt-want-you-to-see-isser-20241206/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to

[marxmail] NY Times Opinion - The Rage and Glee That Followed a C.E.O.’s Killing Should Ring All Alarms

> > The conditions that gave rise to this outpouring of anger are in some ways > specific to this moment. Today’s business culture enshrines the > maximization of executive wealth and shareholder fortunes, and has > succeeded in leveraging personal riches >

[marxmail] Frightening - Research shows more than 150 million mental diagnoses may be linked to lead in gasoline

> > A history of lead in gasoline may be behind tens of millions of mental > health conditions in the United States, according to new research. > > The study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > estimates that about 151 million mental disorder diagnoses in the US are > attr

[marxmail] conversation overheard about health insurance exec's execution

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[marxmail] “From Ground Zero”: Oscar-Shortlisted Film Features Stories from Palestinian Filmmakers in Gaza

As the genocide in Gaza enters its 15th month, we look at *From Ground Zero*, a collection of 22 short films made in Gaza by Palestinian filmmakers surviving Israel’s bombings and brutal blockade. The film has been shortlisted for this year’s Academy Awards in the category for best international fe

[marxmail] American Historical Assoc. Votes Overwhelmingly to Support Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza

The American Historical Association, the oldest learned society in the United States, has adopted the “Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza,” condemning Israel’s “intentional effort to comprehensively destroy the Palestinian education system.” We speak to Sherene Seikaly and Barbara Weinstein

[marxmail] The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane

> An opening scene in the doc shows Dane flipping through the pages of a > massive looseleaf binder that contains her entire FBI Red Squad files. > > You’re probably asking “*who* is Barbara Dane?” The most overlooked > ‘superwoman’ of progressive music culture has performed onstage with the > like

[marxmail] NYTimes: ‘American Primeval’ Gets Its Hands Dirty

Set in 1857 amid the brutal Utah War, the Netflix series spares none of the grime and violence in its attempt to offer a fair and authentic retelling. > > https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/arts/television/american-primeval-netflix.html >

Re: [marxmail] Over the Weekend, Israeli Assault on Gaza Continued, with more than 73 Killed in 24 Hours

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[marxmail] The Antisemitism Scare: Guide for the Perplexed

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[marxmail] Over the Weekend, Israeli Assault on Gaza Continued, with more than 73 Killed in 24 Hours

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[marxmail] The Speed of Human Thought Lags Far Behind Your Internet Connection, Study Finds

A new study is “a bit of a counterweight to the endless hyperbole about how incredibly complex and powerful the human brain is,” one researcher said. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/science/speed-of-thought.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this gro

[marxmail] Climate change is depleting plant nutrition, threatening herbivores from grasshoppers to giant pandas

Rising CO2 levels are driving faster plant growth but reducing nutrient density, with alarming impacts across ecosystems. https://www.nationofchange.org/2024/12/30/climate-change-is-depleting-plant-nutrition-threatening-herbivores-from-grasshoppers-to-giant-pandas/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups

[marxmail] How a US president and JP Morgan made Panama: and turned it into a tax haven

This article was written over 8 years ago and is still accurate. In 1903 the US bullied Colombia into giving up the province that became Panama. The plan was to create a nation to serve the interests of Wall Street https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/10/panama-canal-president-jp-morgan-tax

[marxmail] Gaza Famine Warning Report Retracted after Pressure from US Govt – AP

The request for retraction of the report by the US-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) followed public criticism of its findings from the US ambassador to Israel, *reported* AP. It

[marxmail] Welcome to The Syria Campaign

On Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 11:42 AM Mais A - The Syria Campaign < i...@thesyriacampaign.org> wrote: > Dear Friend, > > You’ve joined more than 500,000 people campaigning for a peaceful and > democratic future for Syria. Welcome to The Syria Campaign. > > The movement began in March 2014 -- three year

[marxmail] Great 4 minute TED Talk - How art can shape America's conversation about freedom

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[marxmail] A Well-Connected NYU Parent Is Trying to Get Students Deported

> > The founder of Mothers Against College Antisemitism says her 62,000-member > Facebook group is influencing NYU policy > https://theintercept.com/2025/01/31/nyu-gaza-protesters-deport-maca-antisemitism/ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. V

[marxmail] Columbia students just sued the university for attacks on pro-Palestine activism

As Trump threatens to deport ‘pro-Hamas’ students, campus activists who were suspended last spring fight back *https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/columbia-students-sue-university-palestine-activism * -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: [marxmail] The brilliant "Marxist" ‘geniuses

Reimann - why didn’t you praise Biden and Harris to Palestinians in Gaza - those who were not killed by US bombs - as the lesser evil? Perhaps you wanted to avoid being spat upon! “Show me who your friends are and I’ll know who you are” - old political saying. > On Feb 4, 2025, at 8:02 PM, John

[marxmail] The dark history of the overthrow of Hawaii

It was January 16th, 1895. Two men arrived at Lili’uokalani’s door, arrested her, and led her to the room where she would be imprisoned. A group had recently seized power and now confiscated her diaries, ransacked her house, claimed her lands, and hid her away. Lili’uokalani was Hawaii’s queen

[marxmail] Fiftieth Anniversary of Uncovering the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: The Story and Timeless Lessons

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the uncovering of the Tuskegee syphilis study, when the public learned that the Public Health Service (precursor of the CDC) for 40 years intentionally withheld effective therapy against a life-threatening illness in 400 African American men. In 2010, we lear

[marxmail] 110th anniversary D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation

Hollywood Gives Racism a Big Boost FEBRUARY 8 IS THE 110TH ANNIVERSARY OF the premiere showing of The Birth of a Nation, an infamously racist film, which was, not coincidentally, the first film to be screened inside the White House, at the behest of the famously racist President Woodrow Wilson. T

[marxmail] Israel’s Increasingly Extremist Turn to Misogyny is Pinkwashed, while the Press Stereotypes Muslims

Pinkwashing of discrimination against women in Israeli politics and society has led western politicians and media to ignore the issue. Israeli news sites, in contrast, are frank about this worsening problem, which is spearheaded by the far right. In this article I will look at misogyny within the p

[marxmail] Bomb the area, gas the tunnels: Israel’s unbridled war on Gaza’s underground

In a groundbreaking investigation, *Yuval Abraham *revealed the Israeli army intensively bombarded residential areas in Gaza when it lacked intelligence on the exact location of Hamas commanders hiding underground, and intentionally weaponized toxic byproducts of bombs

[marxmail] The Far-Right Group Building a List of Pro-Palestine Activists to Deport

Betar U.S. said it has shared with the Trump administration a list of the “names of hundreds of terror supporters.” https://theintercept.com/2025/02/06/betar-palestine-school-activists-target-deport-trump/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/

[marxmail] Trump Orders Halt to Aid to South Africa, Claiming Mistreatment of White Landowners

The racist sympathizer ordered that all foreign assistance to South Africa be halted and said his administration would prioritize the resettling of white, “Afrikaner refugees” into the United States. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/politics/trump-south-africa-aid-white-landowners.html Move

[marxmail] The Dangerous A.I. Nonsense That Trump and Biden Fell For

China’s tech industry recently gave the U.S. tech industry — and along with it, the stock market — a rude shock when it unveiled DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence model that performs on par with America’s best, but that may have been developed at a fraction of the cost and despite trade restrict

[marxmail] Film - Palestinian and Israeli Filmmakers Team Up To Create ‘No Other Land’

No Other Land, an award-winning documentary about the dispossession of Palestinians in the West Bank, still hasn’t found a distributor in the US. https://portside.org/2025-02-04/palestinian-and-israeli-filmmakers-team-create-no-other-land -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all

Re: [marxmail] The brilliant "Marxist" geniuses

No doubt Reimann started off as most of us here who see it as a principle that Marxists do not cross class lines to support the boss class, but now he follows the statement of Engels that “the revolution is a great devourer” of one’s energies – especially here in the belly of the beast. He endorsed

[marxmail] The Real Toll of the War in Gaza: A Conversation With Two Doctors

On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM Jeremy Scahill < dropsitenews+drop-site-n...@substack.com> wrote: > Watch now (55 mins) | Dr. Mimi Sayed and Dr. Feroze Sidhwa both traveled > to Gaza multiple times on medical missions to provide emergency health care > during the war > ͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏

[marxmail] MERIP - EVENT: Resistance Issue Launch

On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM MERIP wrote: > View this email in your browser > > > *Middle East Research and Information Project* > *Critical coverage of the Middle East since 1971* > *Launch Event: Resistance -- The Ax

[marxmail] Coming soon: Trump plan for Israeli annexation of the West Bank

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[marxmail] Trump's plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza is fostering radicalization and unity of the Arab world

Trump's plan to relocate two million Palestinians ensnares the leaders of all Middle Eastern countries, not just Egypt and Jordan, in a dilemma fraught with threats. In doing so, he fostered a new sense of Arab unity https://portside.org/2025-02-06/how-trumps-plan-expel-gazans-uniting-arab-states-

[marxmail] Palestine and politics of anti-appeal: an interview with Mohammed El-Kurd Abdaljawad Omar Palestine and politics of anti-appeal: an interview with Mohammed El-Kurd Abdaljawad Omar interview

Israel’s ongoing military offensive in the West Bank has forcibly displaced 40,000 Palestinians from refugee camps in Jenin, Tulkarem, and Tubas, according to UNRWA. https://mondoweiss.net/2025/02/israel-has-displaced-4-palestinians-in-the-west-bank-unrwa-says/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups

Re: [marxmail] This Pope has history with authoritarian dictatorships - and opposes them

Sartesian's critique is on the money! Might I add one more crime of the Catholic Church - the preaching to its flock for over 15 centuries of the lie that the Jews killed Jesus, thus bearing a large responsibility for the many Jew-murdering pogroms, especially the ultimate one - The Nazi Holocaust.

[marxmail] The Gaza ceasefire may be falling apart. The real culprit is Israel.

Trump is threatening to let “all hell break loose” after Hamas paused the release of Israeli captives in response to Israeli violations of the ceasefire. But make no mistake, this is exactly what Israel wants. https://mondoweiss.net/2025/02/the-gaza-ceasefire-may-be-falling-apart-the-real-culprit-

[marxmail] Biden Gave Trump Plan To Lock Up Migrants at Guantánamo

Drop Site published unknown details about the conditions at the secretive facility, now emerging as a centerpiece of the president's extreme anti-immigrant policy. https://portside.org/2025-02-01/biden-gave-trump-plan-lock-migrants-guantanamo -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive a

[marxmail] What a 20th-century revolutionary can teach us about resisting genocide today

Over a century after Rosa Luxemburg was assassinated for opposing German militarism, her spirit lives on through those disrupting Israel’s war machine. *https://www.972mag.com/rosa-luxemburg-gaza

[marxmail] Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic - The Political Force Behind Zionism

In the aftermath of the Gaza cease-fire, Ilan Pappé’s analysis of the enduring power of the Israel lobby feels more urgent than ever. His sweeping history traces its rise and the challenges it has faced as global criticism of Israel has intensified. https://jacobin.com/2025/01/israel-lobby-aipac-pa

[marxmail] Joint Arab Statement Rejects Trump’s Call to Forcibly Displace Gazans

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[marxmail] Photos: Inside the deadly Israeli invasion of Jenin

A look inside the Jenin refugee camp, as Israel continues a devastating offensive, the likes of which residents say they haven't seen in years. *https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/photos-inside-the-deadly-israeli-invasion-of-jenin/

[marxmail] Liberation in Syria Is a Victory Worth Embracing - The country is now free, yet some remain trapped in the past

While most Syrians and their supporters understandably celebrated the downfall of their notorious despot, some self-styled Western “anti-imperialists” — including voices within the pro-Palestinian movement — adopted a more muted stance. It feels perverse to see Syrians forced into defensive positi

[marxmail] In Georgia Protests, Echoes of Ukraine’s Past Revolutions

This former Soviet Republic has been rocked by anti-government demonstrations over the same issues that hurtled Ukraine into war — its relationship with Europe and Russia. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/world/asia/georgia-protests-russia-ukraine.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links:

[marxmail] Israel Expands Invasion of Syria, Launching Massive Airstrikes After Assad's Fall

On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 1:05 PM Jeremy Scahill and Sharif Abdel Kouddous < dropsiten...@substack.com> wrote: > Israel’s message is clear: regardless of who governs Syria, Israel will > ensure it does not possess the basic military capacity to defend itself. > ͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏

[marxmail] Below is the alleged short manifesto written by Luigi Mangione

> > Below is the alleged short manifesto written by Luigi Mangione, the > suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City > last week. To our knowledge, no major news outlet has published this in > full, found in his backpack when Mangione was captured in Altoona, > Pennsyl

[marxmail] When Syria Deployed Its Torture Chambers and Torturers for the CIA

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[marxmail] MERIP Comment: The Fall of Asad

On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 12:00 PM MERIP wrote: > View this email in your browser > > > *Middle East Research and Information Project* > *Critical coverage of the Middle East since 1971* > *MERIP Comment: The Fall of Asad

[marxmail] The global crackdown against climate activists and groups

The global crackdown against climate activists and groups is clearly part of the fossil fuel industry’s strategy to crush dissent and keep burning the planet https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/12/down-to-earth-climate-protest-new-york -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You re

[marxmail] Meet the far-right settler tapped to be the next Israeli ambassador to the U.S.

Yechiel Leiter, a hardcore settler leader once involved in Meir Kahane's fascist Jewish Defense League, will be Israel's next ambassador to the U.S. He will use his role to advocate for one of his long-time goals: Israeli annexation of the West Bank. https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/meet-the-far-rig

[marxmail] Netflix’s Removal of Palestinian Films adds to the Erasure of Palestine

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[marxmail] REUTERS: Israel plans to double population on occupied Golan, citing threats from Syria

> > > Israel agreed on Sunday to double its population on the occupied Golan > Heights while saying threats from Syria remained despite the moderate tone > of rebel leaders who ousted President Bashar al-Assad a week ago. > > > https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-sees-increased-threa

[marxmail] Many wealthy members of Congress are descendants of rich slaveholders

In a new study, we found that legislators who are descendants of slaveholders are significantly wealthier than members of Congress without slaveholder ancestry. https://theconversation.com/many-wealthy-members-of-congress-are-descendants-of-rich-slaveholders-new-study-demonstrates-the-enduring-leg

[marxmail] "Big Food" tries to look good

Most people do their food shopping solely at supermarkets or grocery stores where they find only those options that big food corporations allow them. Today the top five food retail companies account for about half of the market. https://bittmanproject.com/big-food-tries-to-look-good/ -=-=-=-=-=-

[marxmail] Palestinians Sue State Dept., Saying Arms Sales to Israel Violate U.S. Human Rights Law

A new lawsuit accuses the State Department of failing to ever sanction Israeli military units under the Leahy Law, which was passed in 1997 to prevent the United States from funding foreign military units credibly implicated in gross human rights violations. The case was brought by five Palestinian

[marxmail] The Moral Shame of US Foreign Policy

*“A new study has found that almost half of children in Gaza wish to die, as a result of the trauma they have been forced to endure. Every single supplier of arms to Israel has blood on its hands—and the world will ne

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