Re: [marxmail] Where is the United Front, Can you direct us ?

Every once in a while I read the comments of those who think they are Marxists just for bitter entertainment. Here, after one of the admin. of this group - Anthony Boynton - vociferously denied there was any significant worker support for Trump, after he and Mark Bougher were silent as church mice

[marxmail] Perspectives for the coming Trump regime, Part 2

In this part we will discuss - *Trump’s opposition within and rule over the capitalist class and their parties.* - *Possible stresses and divisions within the Trump administration and within the Republican Party.* - *Possibilities of a movement from below against Trump.* - *Some

[marxmail] perspectives for coming Trump regime, Part One

“Chaos and repression” are the words that can best sum up the coming Trump regime. This is the environment in which fascism thrives. Facing that, any thinking adult will have experienced anger, grief, even depression after the election. After passing through these feelings, we must step back and

[marxmail] Report from rural California

We have received the following report from rural California: “In the past week we’ve had a black man trying to open a bakery on Main Street here had his business attacked with racist literature, a young gay male was beaten while leaving work walking to his car and a Hispanic woman who owns a smooth

[marxmail] Dutch politician condemns Maccabi thugs

Dutch politician Stephan van Baarle, leader of the DENK party, speaks before the Dutch Parliament about the hooligan behavior of the Maccabi thugs in Amsterdam. He gave an excellent speech. https://oaklandsocialist.com/2024/11/15/video-dutch-politician-condemns-maccabi-thugs/ -- *“Science and soc

[marxmail] Brian Thompson assassination: Official figures shocked at reaction

The official figures, liberals and conservatives alike, are *shocked* – shocked I tell you! - at the reaction to the assassination of Brian Thompson. (My personal favorite is "why all this hoopla over a victimless crime?") I have a reliable source who told me that NYC detectives are really not try

Re: [marxmail] Can Trump institute fascism?

Charlie in effect asks what I would advocate regarding automation on the docks. Back after WW II, there was a call of 30 for 40 - thirty hours work for 40 hours pay. The idea was if automation reduces the number of labor hours necessary to produce an automobile, then the workers should benefit from

[marxmail] a dream that could happen

"Last night I had a dream. In it I saw a NY Times headline, “President Trump releases Stewart Rhodes.”1 "In that state between consciousness and sleep, my semi-conscious imagination took the dream further. It went to the East Coast dockers union (ILA), who will likely go on strike starting on Jan

Re: [marxmail] what we are witnessing in Syria today is a huge defeat

It is entirely fitting that New Left Review should carry this article which mourns the fall from power of a barbaric head of state who was responsible for torturing to death tens - probably hundreds - of thousands of "his" people. After all, NLR was the same journal which carried an entirely friend

Re: [marxmail] what we are witnessing in Syria today is a huge defeat

The issue is not Tariq Ali. We have a whole wide layer of those on the "left" who in effect defend Assad, completely ignoring the mass terror he unleashed against the Syrian people. 100,00 or more tortured to death and these "leftists" ignore - meaning they justify it? I use the quotation marks adv

[marxmail] rising conflict within the Trump coalition: preview of what's to come

Last week, we analyzed the rising conflicts within the Trump coalition centered around the budget crisis. Now, it's breaking out around the issue of immigration. This article explores that conflict as well as other coming ones a

[marxmail] The brilliant "Marxist" geniuses

Trump is now saying openly that the Palestinians in Gaza should leave and that Gaza real estate should be developed. This is no surprise as it was the position of Kushner all along and there was never any reason to doubt it was Trump's position also. When added to everything else that is going on -

[marxmail] video: CNN report DOGE's "Big Balls", over Treasury, linked to Russia

*Video of CNN report that DOGE’s “Big Balls”, who is over the U.S. Treasury Department and has access to all its files, is linked to Russia. Also had recruited professional hackers. After we made this video, CNN revealed that another one of these geniuses had had access to the US nuclear codes. Wha

Re: [marxmail] The brilliant "Marxist" geniuses

John Edmundnson justifies the "Marxists" doing nothing to oppose/warn against or organize against Trump by writing: "The enemy is not Trump and his self serving cabal. It's the whole damned system." The reality is that he is really speaking for many on this list. He/they should read a little histor

Re: [marxmail] The strange constitutional/unconstitutional coup in the USA

Anthony Boynton is largely correct about what has happened. The Trump/Vance/Musk Triumvirate are moving to reverse the entire "administrative state" that was instituted initially by the FDR administration. They are giving the capitalists a completely free hand, while using all forms of bigotry t

[marxmail] The threat of the new Brown International

*Introduction by Oaklandsocialist: This article by Yorgos Mitralias was written before the inspiring overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria. Assad himself, and his mentor Putin, form an important link in the “brown international” to which Yorgos refers. (A "Brown International" refers to the Nazi "

Re: [marxmail] Are layers of the Anarchists moving towards Trotsky's transitional method despite having this author having the worse aspects of Anaracism!

The idea that Trotsky wrote something called "The Transitional Program" is a myth made up by dogmatists. There is no such thing and can never be any such thing. What Trotsky did write was called "The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International". In it, he explained: "It is n

[marxmail] video: interview with Syrian journalist and freedom fighter Wael AlAmri

I was honored to be able to interview Syrian freedom fighter and journalist Wael AlAmri. https://oaklandsocialist.com/2024/12/19/video-interview-with-wael-alamri-syrian-journalist-and-freedom-fighter/ -- *“Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” *Felicity Dowling Check out:https:http://oaklandsoc

[marxmail] Did Trump/Putin steal the election?

Here is a detailed analysis of the claims that Trump/Putin "stole" the election via hacking the voting machines (or some other means). I think the analysis decisively debunks those claims and that Trump won by actually getting more votes than Harris. Period. The article is pretty long, but I hope c

[marxmail] Interview with Craig Unger

Craig Unger is the author of several books including "House of Trump, House of Putin," which is the best book about Trump of the dozen or so that I've read. The reason it's so good is that it puts the development of both Trump and Putin as well as the relationship between them in their historical b

[marxmail] Can Trump institute fascism?

Can Trump institute fascism? The Republicans’ recent budget fiasco, plus one or two other developments, including developments on the labor front, reveal a lot about fissures and conflicts that already exist within the Trump camp and Trump’s party, and which seem likely to worsen once Trump comes i

[marxmail] union leaders prove medical science wrong

“I have a dream.” The words reverberated through my head. The date was February 1, 2025, and on that day, the union leadership, and Sean Fain, president of the United Auto Workers in particular, proved all of medical science wrong. Up until that time all of medical science had believed that it was

[marxmail] Trump takes office

"At the celebratory luncheon – more like a MAGA rally – after the inauguration, Elon Musk pranced and danced around on the stage and then gave the sieg heil Nazi salute not once but twice as he turned around and gave the same salute to the crowd behind him. Videos

[marxmail] How violent can MAGA get?

*Introduction: “Frank” is a well-paid white worker and a socialist who lives in a largely white neighborhood in a major East Coast city. In his life, he gets around and talks with a lot of workers, many of whom are Trump supporters. We had this conversation with him about the threat of violence fro

Re: [marxmail] How violent can MAGA get?

David Walters writes: "I've never seen anyone argue that MAGA doesn't have any significant support among within the working class. Not on this list. Not on other social media. I think that is sort of a straw-man argument." Actually, in 2016 there were a lot of people on the left making that claim,

Re: [marxmail] Can Trump institute fascism?

In the first place, I try to be as precise as possible in my language and Mark Lause should do the same in characterizing what people say. I never said Trump would institute fascism. I did say something to the effect that he’d be far more authoritarian, more racist, etc. than he was in his first te

[marxmail] Trump as a Ukrainian socialist sees him

*It is important to understand how the situation in the U.S. is perceived in Ukraine. Here is the point of view of Alexander Skyba. He is a Ukrainian socialist and head of the Charitable Fund for the Development of the Trade Union Movement. This is an English translation of Alexander’s article whic

Re: [marxmail] Ben Seattle reviews the MarxMail forum on "What's Next for the Left?"

(1) Ben says there are 38 subscribers to this email list. Is that correct? (2) As with almost all the very revolutionary lefts, Ben fulminates against the Democratic Party, but he neglects to mention the role of those responsible for bringing the Democratic Party into the working class. Yes, I'm ta

Re: [marxmail] Ben Seattle reviews the MarxMail forum on "What's Next for the Left?"

To Ben Seattle: Please do not include any comments I have made to this list regarding this subject in what you publish. My comments were for this list only. If you have already included my comments on your article, please delete it. John Reimann -- *“Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” *Feli

[marxmail] Trump the "peacemaker" like Hitler the "chancellor of peace"

*Friedenskanzler*, i.e. Chancellor of Peace. If we tell you that’s what Hitler was called before he started the Second World War, you won’t believe your ears. And yet it’s true, because the image of a “pacifist” Hitler was cultivated not only by his acolytes, but also by those Europeans – and they

[marxmail] Video: Trump and Vance - Putin's bullies at work

Here is a video I made of Trump and Vance sabotaging the White House meeting with Zelensky. The purpose of that sabotage was to justify enabling Putin to take over Ukraine. https://oaklandsocialist.com/2025/03/01/video-trump-vance-putins-bullies-at-work/ Video: Trump & Vance: Putin’s bullies at wor

[marxmail] report from Germany

Report from "G", who lives in eastern Germany: https://oaklandsocialist.com/2025/02/13/report-from-germany-3/ -- *“Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” *Felicity Dowling Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all mess

Re: [marxmail] Ben Seattle reviews the MarxMail forum on "What's Next for the Left?"

Baugher writes: > > On Feb 19, 2025, at 3:11 AM, John Reimann via groups.io <1999wildcat@...> > wrote: > > Please do not include any comments I have made to this list regarding this > subject in what you publish. My comments were for this list only. If you > have alre