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"I follow Baraka on Twitter and I have not seen a single tweet about Syria in 2 years from him." Here's one from Feb 2017 calling the White Helmets al-Qaeda: https://twitter.com/ajamubaraka/status/836359981662339074 ("The real scandal last night was the awarding of an Oscar to the civil defence outfit of the al-Nursra front, the al-Qaeda off-shoot in Syria"). And unless I missed it, Jacobin has ceased publishing pro-revolution voices again (going on a year now) and refuses to publish a rebuttal of Shupak's horrible article. On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 3:32 PM, Louis Proyect via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > On 6/4/18 3:01 PM, John Reimann via Marxism wrote: > >> In my opinion, much of the left reflects the generally low level of >> consciousness and militancy in the working class as a whole. But it >> reflects it in a twisted and distorted way, as if in a fun-house mirror. >> >> I think this may not change until there is a massive change in the working >> class consciousness, and I think that won't change without some huge >> shock. >> The only consolation is that that shock is coming. >> > > It shouldn't come as any surprise to John that I have a different take on > this since we talked about it over the phone. > > I follow Baraka on Twitter and I have not seen a single tweet about Syria > in 2 years from him. Furthermore, when he was a candidate, he never spoke > about Syria--only domestic issues for the most part. Same with his running > mate Jill Stein, who I voted for. If Baraka had been the presidential > candidate, I might have not backed him. > > The main thing to understand is that the tide has turned on Syria. There > was not a single pro-Assad panel at the Left Forum. Even Blumenthal and > Norton spoke at sessions that did not take up Syria. > > Keep in mind that Jacobin, Democracy Now and CounterPunch no longer > publish the extreme Assadist material that used to appear there. In fact, > as I pointed out, Diana Johnstone has denounced CounterPunch as pro-war. > > Of course, it is tragic that it took 7 years for this to happen but since > the Middle East will be in revolutionary turmoil for years to come, it is a > battle that was well worth fighting. > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/opt > ions/marxism/jasonh99%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
