Re: [Marxism] [UCE] What lies behind Trump's troop withdrawal from Syria and what it means

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Every single member of Trump's administration strongly disagrees with
Trump. This includes the two who are in his inner circle and are the very
most hawkish - Pompeo and Bolton. The three of them (including Trump) have
two and only two concerns as far as that region: Iran and the Islamic
State. And Trump's withdrawal strengthens the both. So how to explain this
complete isolation of Trump from every single one of his administration,
except possibly his family (Ivanka, Kusnher and Donald Jr.)? It simply
doesn't make sense to me to explain it as a tactical division, not when
nobody else agrees with him. Remember the last time he wanted to crawl out
on a limb, when he wanted to invade Venezuela. He dropped that because he
saw he was isolated in his own administration and the issue really didn't
matter that much to him. As far as Erdogan: I agree, Erdogan doesn't have
that much influence on him, but with whom is Erdogan closest? Putin. Given
the circumstances, Putin could not directly communicate with Trump. So it
makes complete sense that he'd use Erdogan as his messenger. That's why I
had guessed so on Wednesday and then, the next day it turned out that the
two (Erdogan and Putin) had been on the phone just two days earlier.

Let's look at it another way: I think it's difficult to conceive of the
President of the United States as being beholden to the Russian oligarchy
vs. simply having a personal affinity. I've noticed that almost nobody on
the left has taken up the issue of Trump's having served as a money
launderer for these oligarchs. It's too weird to conceive of - a president
of the United States having served in that capacity. Just like the fact
that his former personal helicopter pilot is a convicted drug smuggler. I
mean, if somebody had written a novel about this, we would tell the author
to write something that at least has a shred of credibility.

But think about this: If somebody had told you in 2014 that Trump, with all
his weirdness, was going to be president, wouldn't you have said that
person is nuts? I would have. In fact, I never thought he'd come close to
winning the nomination and once he did I assumed that Hillary was going to
be the next president. I know I'm not alone in that. My point is that we
have to start looking at the world through new eyes. What's happening in
the White House is a lot more weird than what meets the eye, and that's
saying a lot.

Once again, I urge the comrades to take a look at some of the articles
 on Trump's role as
a money launderer. They all are well documented, but this one
 has links to all
the articles I know of that reveal the facts. And these are not articles
from the conspiracy theorist web sites. The most recent article that I know
of is from last Sunday's SF Chronicle, one of the two main bourgeois
newspapers on California, and was written by US Representative Jackie
Speier (D, CA). Again, to emphasize: I think it really has not sunken in
that the *president of the United States is a money launderer for the
Russian mafia.* In fact, I think a lot of comrades simply don't believe it
in their heart of hearts. That's the only explanation I can find for why
nearly nobody on the left is raising this fact. Once people start from that
fact, then a lot of other things make sense.

John Reimann

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> Erdogan may well have influenced Trump, but he was not acting as a
> "messenger" for Putin.
>
> Erdogan has always been hostile to Rojava and the Democratic Federation of
> Northern Syria.  He has always complained about US support for the Syrian
> Democratic Forces.
>
> Trump is returning to the longstanding US policy of full support for the
> Turkish state against the Kurdish left.  There was a partial departure from
> this policy when the US began supporting the YPG against ISIS in 2014.  But
> it was only partial.  During this period the US and its allies continued to
> support  Turkey against the PKK.  They continued to ban the PKK as a
> "terrorist organisation".
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> Chris Slee
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Re: [Marxism] [UCE] What lies behind Trump's troop withdrawal from Syria and what it means

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Erdogan may well have influenced Trump, but he was not acting as a "messenger" 
for Putin.

Erdogan has always been hostile to Rojava and the Democratic Federation of 
Northern Syria.  He has always complained about US support for the Syrian 
Democratic Forces.

Trump is returning to the longstanding US policy of full support for the 
Turkish state against the Kurdish left.  There was a partial departure from 
this policy when the US began supporting the YPG against ISIS in 2014.  But it 
was only partial.  During this period the US and its allies continued to 
support  Turkey against the PKK.  They continued to ban the PKK as a "terrorist 
organisation".

Chris Slee

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The main reason for his withdrawal is that he got his marching orders from
his paymaster, Putin. As I had predicted last night on Facebook, these
orders apparently came through Erdogan, with whom he'd been on the phone
just a couple of days earlier. This decision not only means a new stage in
Syria, it threatens to force an all-out war by the mainstream of the US
capitalist class against Trump, who has shown once again that he is Putin's
agent. Even his closest foreign policy advisors - Bolton and Pompeo - are
adamantly against this withdrawal. Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi is hinting at
raising Trump's links with and dependence on the Russian oligarchy.

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Re: [Marxism] Why I’m Suing Max Blumenthal and Benjamin Norton – Sulome Anderson – Medium

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A.R.G. asks: "What, specifically, is the defamatory statement? "

The article states that the complain has not yet been filed, so I can't
provide a definite answer. However, according to the article:

"The complaint I’m about to file, with the help of a law firm that has
taken on the case pro bono, details a long list of politically motivated
attacks against myself as well as many other journalists, rescue workers
and activists whose work counters Russian and Syrian propaganda. These
coordinated attacks frequently put my personal safety at risk by alleging
that I am an agent of the U.S. or Israeli governments."

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Re: [Marxism] [UCE] What lies behind Trump's troop withdrawal from Syria and what it means

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I agree with John on Eastbrook's "comment."

However, while I generally share John's analysis, I cannot agree that he
gets his marching orders from Putin (or Erdogan). US imperialism is far
more powerful than its junior Russian cousin. The difference between the
Trump rapid withdrawers, and the "remainers", is a tactical difference
within US imperialism. Trump rightly has no problem with a
Russian-dominated Syria, because US imperialism never did have any such
problem. There has simply never even been a hint of it during the entire
last 8 years. There has been an awful lot of counterrevolutionary
US-Russian collaboration (and of course tactical and "credibility"
differences). The "remainers" may have a little more of a problem from the
"credibility" point of view with rapid withdrawal (both the credibility of
rapidly ditching allies such as the SDF, and the *appearance* in such a
sudden action of "giving in the the Russians") but if you look carefully
they also don't care a fig about Russian influence in Syria. Rather, they
don't trust Russia will be strong enough to push out Iran alone, and want
to stay and help; Trump however knows that the strengthening of a
Russian-dominated Assad regime, by allowing it to take nearly all of the
country (and further neutralising Turkish opposition to assad by giving
Erdogan a further slice at the expense of the Kurds), makes the
destabilising Iranian role increasingly superfluous to Assad.

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> > > orders apparently came through Erdogan, with whom he'd been on the
> phone
> > > just a couple of days earlier. This decision not only means a new stage
> > in
> > > Syria, it threatens to force an all-out war by the mainstream of the US
> > > capitalist class against Trump, who has shown once again that he is
> > Putin's
> > > agent. Even his closest foreign policy advisors - Bolton and Pompeo -
> are
> > > adamantly against this withdrawal. Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi is hinting
> at
> > > raising Trump's links with and dependence on the Russian oligarchy.
> > >
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> > > Read full article here:
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Re: [Marxism] Why I’m Suing Max Blumenthal and Benjamin Norton – Sulome Anderson – Medium

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What, specifically, is the defamatory statement?

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Re: [Marxism] [UCE] What lies behind Trump's troop withdrawal from Syria and what it means

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John Reimann

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> Be careful, John. The madness is showing.
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> > The main reason for his withdrawal is that he got his marching orders
> from
> > his paymaster, Putin. As I had predicted last night on Facebook, these
> > orders apparently came through Erdogan, with whom he'd been on the phone
> > just a couple of days earlier. This decision not only means a new stage
> in
> > Syria, it threatens to force an all-out war by the mainstream of the US
> > capitalist class against Trump, who has shown once again that he is
> Putin's
> > agent. Even his closest foreign policy advisors - Bolton and Pompeo - are
> > adamantly against this withdrawal. Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi is hinting at
> > raising Trump's links with and dependence on the Russian oligarchy.
> >
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Re: [Marxism] [UCE] What lies behind Trump's troop withdrawal from Syria and what it means

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Be careful, John. The madness is showing.


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> his paymaster, Putin. As I had predicted last night on Facebook, these
> orders apparently came through Erdogan, with whom he'd been on the phone
> just a couple of days earlier. This decision not only means a new stage in
> Syria, it threatens to force an all-out war by the mainstream of the US
> capitalist class against Trump, who has shown once again that he is Putin's
> agent. Even his closest foreign policy advisors - Bolton and Pompeo - are
> adamantly against this withdrawal. Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi is hinting at
> raising Trump's links with and dependence on the Russian oligarchy.
> 
> For international working class solidarity instead of relying on ANY
> capitalist/imperialist force be it the US, Russia, or any other!
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[Marxism] Defense Secretary Jim Mattis Resigns, Rebuking Trump’s Worldview

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NY Times, Dec. 20, 2018
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis Resigns, Rebuking Trump’s Worldview
By Helene Cooper

WASHINGTON — Jim Mattis, the four-star Marine general turned defense 
secretary, resigned on Thursday in protest of President Trump’s decision 
to withdraw 2,000 American troops from Syria, where they have been 
fighting the Islamic State.


Mr. Trump announced the resignation in two tweets Thursday evening, and 
said Mr. Mattis will leave at the end of February.


Officials said Mr. Mattis went to the White House on Thursday afternoon 
in a last attempt to convince Mr. Trump to keep American troops in 
Syria. He was rebuffed, and told the president that he was resigning as 
a result.


Hours later, the Pentagon released Mr. Mattis’ resignation letter, in 
which he implicitly criticized his commander in chief. Mr. Mattis said 
in the letter that he believes that the president deserves a defense 
secretary who is more in tune with his worldview.


“One core belief I have always held is that our strength as a nation is 
inextricably linked to the strength of our unique and comprehensive 
system of alliances and partnerships,” Mr. Mattis wrote.


“Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views 
are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it 
is right for me to step down from my position,” he wrote.


His departure leaves the Trump administration without one of the few 
officials viewed as standing between a mercurial president and global 
tumult. The president said he would name Mr. Mattis’ replacement shortly.


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equipment. General Mattis was a great help to me in getting allies 
and other countries to pay their share of military obligations. A new 
Secretary of Defense will be named shortly. I greatly thank Jim for his 
service!


The president’s tweets announcing the departure of his defense secretary 
shocked officials at the Pentagon, who as recently as Thursday afternoon 
were insisting that Mr. Mattis had no intention of resigning his post, 
despite his anger at Mr. Trump’s decision, announced on Wednesday, to 
withdraw American troops from Syria.


Mr. Mattis had told close friends that he would continue in the job 
despite his deteriorating relationship with Mr. Trump, because he viewed 
his commitment to protecting the Defense Department and its 1.3 million 
active duty service members as paramount.


The widely accepted narrative that Mr. Mattis was the adult in the room 
when at the White House came to annoy Mr. Trump. In October, the 
president accused Mr. Mattis of being a Democrat — a charge akin to 
treason in the current Republican administration.


“This is scary,” Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on 
the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in a tweet. He called Mr. Mattis 
“an island of stability amidst the chaos of the Trump administration.”


“As we’ve seen with the President’s haphazard approach to Syria, our 
national defense is too important to be subjected to the President’s 
erratic whims,” Mr. Warner wrote in the Twitter post.


As defense secretary, Mr. Mattis oversaw the world’s most powerful 
military, supervising active-duty troops based in the United States and 
deployed worldwide, including in war zones in Afghanistan, Iraq and on 
the Saudi border with Yemen. There are also around 25,000 American 
troops in South Korea, where they have served for generations as a 
deterrent against North Korea.


As with Mr. Trump’s abrupt firing of Jeff Sessions, the attorney 
general, the split with Mr. Mattis was a full turn in a relationship 
that once appeared strong.


In Mr. Mattis’s early days as defense secretary, he often ate dinner 
with Mr. Trump in the White House residence. Over hamburgers, and with 
the help of briefing folders, he explained to the president key points 
about America’s relationsh

[Marxism] Why I’m Suing Max Blumenthal and Benjamin Norton – Sulome Anderson – Medium

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[Marxism] [UCE] What lies behind Trump's troop withdrawal from Syria and what it means

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The main reason for his withdrawal is that he got his marching orders from
his paymaster, Putin. As I had predicted last night on Facebook, these
orders apparently came through Erdogan, with whom he'd been on the phone
just a couple of days earlier. This decision not only means a new stage in
Syria, it threatens to force an all-out war by the mainstream of the US
capitalist class against Trump, who has shown once again that he is Putin's
agent. Even his closest foreign policy advisors - Bolton and Pompeo - are
adamantly against this withdrawal. Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi is hinting at
raising Trump's links with and dependence on the Russian oligarchy.

For international working class solidarity instead of relying on ANY
capitalist/imperialist force be it the US, Russia, or any other!
Read full article here:
https://oaklandsocialist.com/2018/12/20/trump-withdraws-troops-from-syria-what-does-it-mean/

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[Marxism] “Fake News/MAGA” sign placed outside Texas Holocaust Memorial Museum

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> “The officer that was exploring and investigating really didn’t see a
> connection between the ‘Fake News’ sign and the intention behind such a
> sign,” Ollervideze said. “That makes me even more determined to teach this
> history and explain how many people out there deny this history.”
>
> She educated the officer on the significance of the phrase and explained
> that there’s a lack of knowledge about the undercurrents of anti-Semitism
> and dog whistles of Holocaust denial. It makes her want to “passionately
> pursue” education in schools and the general public.
>
> While the sign was one of hatred, Ollervideze said it was brought to light
> because of the Muslim Children Education and Civic Center’s quick
> condemnation of it, proving the Jewish community also has incredible
> support and friends. The center was the first to put out a press release,
> and it rejected the sign’s placement as an “insulting, demeaning and
> dehumanizing incident.”
>
> A man in the Muslim community was first to post a picture of the sign on
> social media, calling it out for being anti-Semitic. Ollervideze, who
> teaches young kids, told *Newsweek *his actions embody what she tries to
> impart on kids: "When you see something that's wrong, do something about
> it."
>
>
> https://www.newsweek.com/fake-news-sign-erected-outside-san-antonio-holocaust-museum-1265654
>
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[Marxism] World’s governments indulge in symbolism, not action, at COP24 « Systemic Disorder

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[Marxism] Research Shows Affluent Americans Barely Recognize US Income Gap

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[Marxism] Two important films from Palestine at Toronto Festival | Bill Meyer | People's World

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[Marxism] A Washington Babylon Listicle: Is Trump Wrecking Our Empire? | Washington Babylon

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My latest article on Washington Babylon:

http://washingtonbabylon.com/a-washington-babylon-listicle-is-trump-wrecking-our-empire/


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[Marxism] Breaking Out of the Margins

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The yellow vests protests aren’t just a clash between Paris and France’s 
left-behind provinces. Emmanuel Macron’s fuel tax lit the fuse of a far 
wider sense of inequality.


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[Marxism] US – China rivalry – Brinkmanship and Blinksmanship

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clip - Our daily newsfeeds are filled with stories about the spiraling
conflicts between the U.S. and China: They’re poised on the precipice of a
trade war. They’re fighting over intellectual property rights. They’re
arresting each other’s diplomats and business executives. And, most ominous
of all, the U.S. is challenging China’s rule over the seas off its coast,
where China has seized and militarized islands claimed by U.S. allies.

The competition between these two powers will be the central inter-imperial
rivalry of the 21st century
, and it is already
tearing at the neoliberal world order and the world economy.

But the contours of the conflict are complicated. It seemed to reach a new
stage recently with the shocking arrest of a Chinese tech executive in
Canada at the behest of the U.S. That followed increasingly belligerent
statements from the Trump administration, like Vice Precedent Mike Pence’s
saber-rattling speech at the Hudson Institute, which basically announced a
new cold war on China.

Yet at the same time, with the administration poised to escalate the U.S.
trade war with China
 in
the run-up to the G20 summit in Argentina at the end of November,
brinkmanship turned into “blinkmanship” — both sides backed away, agreeing
to three months of trade negotiations that started on December 1.

To understand the various episodes in this continuing imperial battle, it
is important to start with looking at its economic and political sources
and how these factors have played out over the last several decades.

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[Marxism] “Throw Them All Out!” The Yellow Vests Uprising in France

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But the left could take advantage of the yellow vests in order to 
reconnect with the people like the emergent labour movements did over a 
century ago. However, its way of functioning and its relation to the 
practice of political action would have to undergo a Copernican 
revolution. The left will finally have to learn how to operate 
democratically: absolute parity on all levels, the end of the 
professional political mandates (limited in time and number), the right 
to revoke leaders, collective management. No left party is really living 
up to this kind of democracy. If the left cannot be radically left-wing, 
it could try to be radically democratic and in that way closer to the 
people.


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[Marxism] NATO and the Myth of the Liberal International Order | by Tony Wood | NYR Daily | The New York Review of Books

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By Tony Wood.

Thus, for all the concerns about the impending collapse of the liberal 
international order expressed before and after the Brussels summit, it 
was, from a US point of view, a resounding success. As the headline of a 
New York Times editorial on July 12 acknowledged, “Trump Got From NATO 
Everything Obama Ever Asked For.” Far from being anomalous or atypical, 
the Brussels summit neatly encapsulated the power dynamic between the US 
and NATO: Washington issues instructions, politely or otherwise, and its 
European allies fall into line. A former secretary of the US Air Force 
under Obama called the Brussels meeting “one of the meatiest NATO 
summits that I can recall.” It’s clear, though, who eats and who is 
eaten at this particular table.


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Re: [Marxism] The assault on gender-critical feminists

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> MM wants to blame the lesbians who are
> getting abused in this way and play it down in my view.

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[Marxism] Egypt: Rallies in Protest against the Visit of Killer-General Sisi in Vienna

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*Egypt: Rallies in Protest against the Visit of Killer-General Sisi in 
Vienna*


/Report (with Photos and Videos) from two Rallies in Vienna on 16 and 17 
December 2018///


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