Re: [Marxism] WNYT.com - Hawkins argues discord on the left improves his chances for Governor

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I was at the press conference today and accompanied Howie later to a 
meeting of the Albany Federation of Labor, which gave him a serious 
listen with lots of questions, an interesting sign coming from a largely 
Working Families oriented group.


Howie got lots of coverage from his trip to Albany today;

Jon Flanders


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   *Howie Hawkins*says Green Party has a shot at victory
   http://wrvo.org/post/howie-hawkins-says-green-party-has-shot-victory

WRVO Public Media -?3 hours ago?
Green Party politician*Howie Hawkins*says a third party candidate has a 
chance to win the governorship. The left-leaning Working Families Party 
has endorsed Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Democrat running for reelection, but 
some members of the party weren't ...



   *Hawkins*argues discord on the left improves his chances for
   Governor http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S3462879.shtml

WNYT -?1 hour ago?
ALBANY -*Howie Hawkins*was not seeking the Working Families Party 
nomination for Governor, but argues he's been helped by last Saturday's 
open argument at the convention in Colonie. And it opens up the 
possibility, not only of us getting a double digit ...



   *Hawkins*: The WFP got played by Cuomo
   
http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/214074/hawkins-the-wfp-got-played-by-cuomo/

Albany Times Union (blog) -?1 hour ago?
Green Party gubernatorial candidate*Howie Hawkins*believes that the 
Working Families Party's controversial decision to throw its support 
behind Gov. Andrew Cuomo provides a clearer choice for voters seeking an 
alternative to both major parties this fall.



   After other liberal party backs Cuomo, Green candidate hopes to woo
   progressives
   
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/after-other-liberal-party-backs-cuomo-green-candidate-hopes-to-woo-progressives-1.8335292

Newsday -?3 hours ago?
Green Party gubernatorial candidate*Howie Hawkins*, seeking to unite 
disaffected Democrats and liberals, said he's the lone progressive 
candidate left in the field after the labor-backed Working Families 
Party decided to endorse Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

http://wxxinews.org/post/green-party-candidate-says-his-chances-are-improving


   Green Party Candidate says His Chances Are Improving
   
http://wxxinews.org/post/green-party-candidate-says-his-chances-are-improving

WXXI News -?1 hour ago?
The Green Party candidate for governor, making a statewide tour, says 
there's always been an alternative, left leaning candidate for governor, 
and he says his chances to win votes are now better than ever.*Howie 
Hawkins*, the Green Party nominee for ...



   Cuomo Says He's Proud of Lack of Partisanship in Albany
   http://wxxinews.org/post/cuomo-says-hes-proud-lack-partisanship-albany

WXXI News -?2 hours ago?
Green Party candidate for Governor*Howie Hawkins*, who stopped in Albany 
as part of a statewide swing, says the Working Families Party is no 
longer in a position to criticize the governor over any perceived 
contradictions. After Working Families gave him ...




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Re: [Marxism] Questions for Vijay Prashad

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On 08/27/2014 02:04 PM, Clay Claiborne via Marxism wrote:

Does it mean to you that the state shouldn't be overthrown and that the
Qaddafi regime should have been allowed to perfect its Green Book based
state for at least another 60 years?

Clay


Did you listen to the interview with Vijay?

Jon Flanders


But the second reason I was opposed to U.S. andNATOforce was that by the 
time the Americans started talking about intervening, a third of Libya 
was out of Mr. Gaddafi’s hands. And I’ll give you a sense of this. If 
you traveled to Libya, Egypt and Syria prior to the Arab Spring, you 
would find something interesting. In Libya, since 1987, the military has 
been a wreck. There’s no morale. You know, you could walk in and out of 
a base without being asked questions. In other words, their military was 
a shambles. When Gaddafi’s son visited Benghazi a week into the 
rebellion, he came running back to Tripoli and said, you know, Papa, 
it’s over. We’ve lost Benghazi. You know, they essentially ceded that 
part of the country. Libya was going—Gaddafi’s rule was going to fall. 
There was no need forNATOintervention. In Egypt, the military is very 
powerful, but you will find something interesting. The soldiers have 
dark skin compared to the other Egyptians. They are recruited from upper 
Egypt. They are very disciplined, but they are not exactly with high 
morale. In Syria, the military has very high morale. You know, it has 
often been amazing to me. I keep wondering, why did the Turks and others 
believe that the Syrian regime was going to fall like the Libyan regime? 
They have completely different military structures, and the morale is 
completely different.


So, the second reason I opposed intervention in Libya was it was 
inevitable that Gaddafi was going to lose power. Let the process take 
its own way. Let them fight a little bit. Let there be a political 
dialogue within the rebellion. Let them create alternative structures of 
power. If you just give the Libyan people a destroyed country, how are 
they going to build a future? And that was the real danger of aerial 
bombardment of the style the Americans conduct. They level countries and 
then tell people, Well, create a democracy. It doesn’t work like that. 
If the Libyans had been given three, four, eight months to fight against 
Gaddafi, already much weakened, I think a different outcome might have 
been possible.



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[Marxism] In These Times looks at the growing labor support for Hawkins in NY Governor's race

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Re: [Marxism] Fwd: In Run For Governor, Hawkins Could Have Best Finish Yet | WAMC

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http://wamc.org/post/run-governor-hawkins-could-have-best-finish-yet


I was campaigning with Howie yesterday in Troy and a remarkable number 
of people on the street said they
were planning to vote for him. This morning Chuck Todd and NBC said that 
he is getting very high number of
none of the above responses about the election, people telling him 
they were going to vote third party.


Look to be an interesting election night.

Jon Flanders

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1020861817527.1073742049.01type=1l=15be9435c7



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Re: [Marxism] Dog bites man

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On 12/03/2014 03:37 PM, Louis Proyect via Marxism wrote:


U Albany students here are out blocking traffic. Big protest in Albany 
tomorrow. It strikes me that the ruling class
may be approaching an Enron moment. They will have to make an example 
out some cop, hoping to quiet

this growing movement.

Jon Flanders




http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/nyregion/grand-jury-said-to-bring-no-charges-in-staten-island-chokehold-death-of-eric-garner.html 


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Re: [Marxism] Fwd: A Short History of Sniper Cinema » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

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How about Jules Feiffer's Little Murders.?The CP author fails to 
mention one of the best of this genre
I think, given the Eastwood film's popularity. The protagonists 
literally go mad and become random snipers

in the city.

Jon Flanders

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Murders


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http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/01/30/a-short-history-of-sniper-cinema/
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Re: [Marxism] Just woke up to Paris Killings

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On FB a bunch of people are saying they will unsub from Jacobin over 
Seymour's piece. This inspired me to subscribe. Given the comments I saw,
I was amazed that some of these people subbed to it in the first place. 
Evidently this incident is turning over a rock on the left and all sorts 
of creatures are crawling out.


Jon Flanders

Like everyone else I condemn the killings in Paris with all my being, 
but is it beyond us to ask what good is served by mocking and ridiculing 
people's beliefs? Is politeness and respect beyond us? Are we letting a 
bunch of thugs become our teachers? comradely Gary 



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Re: [Marxism] How to Attract Female Engineers

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On 04/27/2015 07:46 PM, Jim Farmelant via Marxism wrote:

US government defense labs hired many recent female college graduates with math or 
science degrees to perform the laborious computations that were required for such 
things a compiling artillery tables and such. Back in those days the people who 
performed such computations were called computers.
Yes, exactly. My great-uncle Donald was the mathematician in charge of 
the computing group for the theoretical division of the Manhattan 
Project. Under him were a group of women who did the grunt work. Some of 
them were scientists wives, according to the book cited, among other 
things,they work better and are cheaper.


Today of course this work can be done in India and other places that are 
 cheaper. Some things never change under capitalism.


Jon Flanders

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Re: [Marxism] Fwd: Amtrak Says Shortfalls and Rules Delayed Its Safety System - NYTimes.com

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On 05/15/2015 09:44 AM, Louis Proyect via Marxism wrote:


The Federal Railroad Administration twice sought extra funding from 
Congress to finance the technology for Amtrak and other commuter 
rails. A first request for $825 million was ignored. A second request 
for extra funding was made this year for the 2016 budget as part of 
the Department of Transportation’s Grow America budget.


The chronic underfunding of Amtrak is well known by those who follow the 
rail industry. Those who would like to privatize it and get their hands 
on the Northeast Corridor are behind attempts in Congress to starve 
Amtrak of funds enough to create a crisis.


As for this particular wreck, however, there is another issue that 
stands out. Amtrak trains are run with one person in the cab, unlike 
almost all freight trains. Thus this engineer had no second pair of 
eyes  to warn him that he might be missing something, if that is what 
happened.


The freight railroads, pulling all kinds of hazardous materials, are 
hell bent on eliminating the freight conductor position. They will cite 
technology that can run the train, PTC etc. All I can say is the public 
beware. Anyone wanting more information on the Single Person Crew issue 
should check out the website of Railroad Workers United(RWU), 
www.railroadworkersunited.org.


Ever since it helped to lead a campaign to defeat a Single Person Crew 
contract proposal on Warren Buffett's railroad, the BNSF, RWU's influence
in rail labor has skyrocketed. Now more than 5000 railroaders are subbed 
to RWU's Facebook page, where believe me, this incident, the oil trains  
and all kinds of labor issues are being debated and discussed. I expect 
a RWU press release on the Amtrak wreck shortly, I'll post it here.


Jon Flanders

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[Marxism] RWU Statement on the Wreck of Amtrak Train #188

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Railroad Workers United Statement Regarding the Wreck of Amtrak Train #188

It has been a week now since Amtrak Train #188 derailed at speed east of 
Philadelphia, PA. The last week has witnessed endless speculation as the 
official investigation into the cause of the derailment continues apace. 
Those of us in the rail industry anxiously await the findings. Meantime, 
regardless of what the NTSB, the FBI and other agencies discover and 
conclude about the tragic wreck, there are a number of facts that are 
worth considering.


1 – It is roundly agreed by railroad executives, union officials and 
industry insiders that had Positive Train Control (PTC) been in place 
and in effect on this section of track, the wreck would more than likely 
not have been possible. PTC would have resulted in a train brake 
application in order to slow the train, recognizing that its speed was 
excessive and therefore unable to negotiate the tight curve ahead. PTC 
has been mandated by Congress, but its complete implementation has been 
delayed on the Northeast Corridor and elsewhere for a myriad of reasons. 
In Amtrak’s case, one of these reasons is a lack of adequate funding 
from Congress.


2 – Amtrak has been underfunded for decades and forced to scrape by, 
cutting corners and deferring maintenance, ever under the microscope by 
a budget cutting Congress more concerned with ideological purity and 
political expediency than with safety and security. On the busy 
Northeast Corridor where the recent wreck took place, Amtrak faces a 
backlog of drastically needed repairs to bridges and tunnels, obsolete 
rail interlockings, and trains that rely at times on 1930s-era 
components. Repairs for the Northeast Corridor are estimated at 4.3 
billion over the next 45 years, while federal funding is expected to 
dwindle to $872 million.


3 – As a result of this constant pressure to reduce costs, on March 
23rd, 2015, just six weeks prior to the wreck, Amtrak had unilaterally 
implemented a new scheduling arrangement for Corridor (NEC) train and 
engine crews over the vehement objections of its operating craft unions 
– the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLET) and the United 
Transportation Union (UTU, now known as SMART-TD). The new schedule 
arrangements – designed to save the company $3 million by reducing 
scheduled layovers -- were condemned by both unions as a disaster in the 
making. Amtrak overturned a tried and true couplet system (trains paired 
out and back) for working crews in the NEC that had been in effect, with 
little modification, for decades. Prior to March 23rd,**couplets adhered 
to the 90-minute layover minimum and took into account other factors 
including difficulty of the train in question,duration of trip, number 
and location of stops, timeliness etc. Now, not only has the 90-minute 
layover been scrapped, but crews have no guarantee of any break 
whatsoever. In addition, the new arrangement allows for a different 
on-duty time each day of the work week, and these start times are no 
longer restricted to within a few hours of one another -- they now can 
be any time of the day! (Note: the engineer of Train #188 had 
experienced a non-routine westbound trip earlier that day, causing 
delays to his train, thereby shortening up an already diminished layover 
time under this new scheduling arrangement).



4 – Simple technology has existed for nearly a century now that can aid 
and assist in preventing accidents such as this one. As with the wreck 
at Spuyten-Duyvil, NY on the Metro North railroad on December 1st, 2013, 
a simple transponder could have easily been located west of the curve 
that would have prevented the train from entering it at such an excess 
speed (in fact, such a transponder is in place on the approach to the 
curve in the westbound direction). This being one the tightest and most 
restricted curves on the corridor, it seems an appropriate location for 
such a life-saving device. (Note: Since the above referenced MN wreck, 
such a transponder has since been placed on the section of track leading 
to the 30 mph curve where that train derailed).


5 – Amtrak Train #188 – operated by lone engineer Brandon Bostian, 
entered the permanent speed restriction at the curve, rated for 50, at 
over 100 mph. Whether it was fatigue, the result of a projectile that 
hit the train (and possibly the engineer), inattentiveness on the part 
of the engineer, or other factors at play, it is expected that the 
investigation will eventually pinpoint the cause. Nevertheless, there is 
the possibility that we may never know. But we do know this: had there 
been a second crew member in the 

[Marxism] Bhaskar Sunkara at the James Connolly Forum in Troy, NY Friday

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Re: [Marxism] [Pen-l] Convert to the Drachma – Piece of Cake. Right… | naked capitalism

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On 07/16/2015 09:24 AM, Andrew Pollack via Marxism wrote:

the decades-old
conundrum of why computerization hasn't transformed the economy the way
railroads and then auto did.
I can't claim authority for the whole US economy, but in the railroad 
industry where I worked, computers most definitely increased 
productivity by eliminating thousands of mainly clerical jobs. Now not 
just clerical, but with crews and mechanical forces, with sensors and 
gps maxed out on the power.(locomotives)


Certainly likely true with the rest of transportation and distribution, 
trucks, Walmart, Amazon etc. Bricks and mortar are on life support.


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Re: [Marxism] Background on Kwame Sombrau!

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Recent photos of Kwame here in Albany, NY.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10208482139906956.1073742204.01=1=850ff18163

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Re: [Marxism] Chanel Stages Fashion Show In Cuba

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On 05/06/2016 12:51 AM, Ken Hiebert via Marxism wrote:

  If it can be shown that the money from these events can ease the hardships of 
the Cuban people, then a responsible government should allow them.


Isn't it obvious that tourism and its related ills are necessary for Cuba?


Personally, after visiting Cuba, I'm finding Arnold August the most 
perceptive commentator on events there. I'm reading his book on the late 
nineties elections


in Cuba at the moment. Here's a sample of his thinking.

http://dissidentvoice.org/2015/01/anarchism-and-communism-in-cuba/


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Re: [Marxism] 3 Articles in Black Agenda Report on "Good News of Brexit"

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I believe this was true in the case of the United Farm Workers and undocumented 
Mexican workers.


Actually Chavez was not so good on the undocumented. He initially 
sponsored a vicious campaign against illegals. Later this policy was 
modified, I understand.


Jon

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Re: [Marxism] The true Fidel Castro

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I would start with this book.
https://www.amazon.com/Fidel-Castro-Life-Spoken-Autobiography/dp/1416562338

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I have been following this list for at least a year. I continue to learn
from the great information posted here. But now it's time for me to post. I
hope this post is appropriate.

I grew in Florida during the 1970s and 80s. Fidel was a pariah. I would
like to be able to say I challenged this thinking, but I didn't. However I
did think even then that Miami had serious anger management issues and they
just spouted the same tired angry cliches. The Cuba I learned about via my
radio was vastly different from what I was told was fact.

In college, around 1990, I took a course on the Cuban Revolution. It
greatly changed my views not only on Cuba, but about the US's disastrous
history of imperialism. What I learned and remembered dove tails with what
Louis Proyect posted yesterday. <
http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mydocs/state_and_revolution/cuba.htm>

All of this brings me to my question. What books do you recommend about
Fidel and the Cuban Revolution in general? I see many available, but it
seems more than not, they're just anti-Castro pablum.

BTW, Louis, I have now found this page of yours <
http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mypage.htm> which I plan to reference as I
continue my journey left.
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[Marxism] Fwd: Prensa Latina THE END OF IDEOLOGY IN CUBA?

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The End of Ideology in Cuba?

By Arnold August.

In 1960, the American sociologist and academic Daniel Bell (1919–2011) 
published /The End of Ideology/. It became a classic book in official 
political science. The publication was listed by /Times Literary 
Supplement/ as one of the 100 most influential non-fiction books in the 
second half of the 20th century. While there were other “end of 
ideologies” in the 1950s and early 1960s, Bell’s is considered the most 
authoritative. The many varieties that emerged from this school of 
thought have a common denominator. While not oversimplifying this 
important trend, for the purposes of this article one can say that it 
surfaced out of the perceived failures of both socialism in the former 
U.S.S.R. and capitalism in the West. It was born out of opposition to 
“extremism.”


In November 1968, along with other political science students at McGill 
University in Montreal, I founded the Political Science Students 
Association. It organized a strike around two basic demands. The first 
was student participation on faculty hiring committees; the second, 
linked to this potential student empowerment, demanded a more inclusive 
faculty and curriculum. This would include writings other than by Daniel 
Bell (who, of course, was considered mandatory reading and enjoyed 
uncontested reference in political science), progressive social 
scientists and the works of Marx and Lenin. These were all excluded at 
the time. After a 10-day occupation and strike, the students’ demands 
were finally met by the university.


Bell was blind to the inevitable uprisings that were about to take place 
in the U.S. among African-Americans shortly after his best-seller rolled 
off the press. These progressive struggles, like those of the Native 
peoples, who also revolted, have their origins in the Thirteen Colonies. 
In the 1960s, American students were also attracted to alternative 
ideologies and politics. In fact, the youth movement was omnipresent 
throughout North America and much of Europe. While this inclination in 
the 1960s was characterized by different left-wing political and 
ideological features, and experienced its ups and downs, it was the 
death knell for the End of Ideology hypothesis. However, Bell’s heritage 
keeps coming back to haunt us.


In Cuba, in the last year or so, there has been a steady increase in the 
End of Ideology code words and buzz phrases emitted by some marginal 
Cuban bloggers and intellectuals. They were timid at first but became 
increasingly bold. To mention just a few: complaining of what they see 
as a “sterile dichotomy between socialism and capitalism”; advising 
Cuban revolutionaries to be “balanced and more profound in offering 
their criticism” of U.S. imperialism; opposing what they consider the 
extremist “Fidelista” and “anti-Castro” positions, placing both on the 
same footing; labelling those who are Marxist-Leninist or Fidelista as 
“extremists” or “fanatics”; writing about “two major fallacies of what 
it means to be a revolutionary in Cuba, from the left and right,” both 
being based on “exclusive dogma”; and, finally, asserting that “life is 
much more profound than even ideology.”


Reading these pieces, my university days back in 1968 kept piercing 
through my thought process. How was it possible that we opposed the End 
of Ideology in the heart of capitalism yet now it rears its head in 
Cuba, of all places? One can argue that the opposition in Cuba is coming 
from the “left,” that is, from those who claim that they support the 
Revolution. Well, where else can it emerge if not from the so-called 
left? This is Cuba. Let us not forget that Bell had identified as a 
leftist. His opposition to ideology was ostensibly from the leftist 
outlook and not the right. This, after all, was how he won his 
credibility and credentials. Bell became disillusioned with socialism. 
He could not see an alternative so he decided to wage a struggle against 
both capitalism and socialism. His work is a reflection of his own 
personal/political predicament. Objectively, however, this so-called 
neutrality against extremes consists in throwing a life jacket in 
support of capitalism. It is no accident that he is so appreciated by 
the ruling elites of the West.


I have always maintained that the most dangerous opposition to the Cuban 
Revolution comes from the so-called left, and not from the openly right 
Plattists, or annexationists. It is a cancer in Cuban society that, if 
left to grow without sharp ideological resistance, can influence the 
most naive, especially among youth, intellectuals and artists.


When Bell wrote his 

[Marxism] The Red and the Green: the Struggle for Ireland's Workers' Republic 100 Years On: Ronan Burtenshaw

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*Ronan Burtenshaw is the Europe Editor for Jacobin Magazine and edited 
their Irish issue on the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising last year. 
He is a former researcher and political organiser in Dáil Éireann and 
representative of the youth section of the Irish Congress of Trade 
Unions, and is active in the Right2Water movement. He is based in Dublin.*


*A talk at the T**he James Connolly Forum on March 22, 2017
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Re: [Marxism] The Making and the Breaking of the Legend of Robert E. Lee

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And as I am wont to point out these days, fellow Virginian George Thomas
who fought for the North was virtually forgotten while Lee was sanctified

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[Marxism] The Cuban Contrast

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Let's recap what independent socialist Cuba dealt with after Irma. And 
contrast this with the Puerto Rican colony of the US as Trump's visit 
approaches. This report is from a few days ago. Do you think the kind of 
detail Cuba has managed to compile has happened in Puerto Rico? Never 
mind the spectacularly different outcomes? Which you will *NEVER *hear 
reported in the corporate media. In fact the Trump administration is 
seeking to make sure you won't hear from Cuba by stopping the issuance 
of visas to Cubans.


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*"The National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI) along the 
three chiefs of the strategic regions the country is divided into, 
reported the following figures to the Cuban National Defense president:*


*Close to 1.9 million Cubans were evacuated to safer places. Up to date 
11,689 people remain in shelters, receiving state support of food and 
other first need items in nine provinces.
Over 158 thousand houses were affected: 14,657 were totally destroyed 
and 16,646 suffered large damages. Also, over 23 thousand lost their 
roofs, and over 100 thousand suffered some damages on them.*


*The National Power Grid suffered major damages in most of the country. 
Some 4,000 poles were knocked down by the winds, close to 3 500 
kilometers of power lines went down. Out of the 8 largest power plants, 
half of them had to halt due to the severity of the damages. Two weeks 
later, 99.9 percent of the country had the power restored.*


*In telecommunications, a quarter of a million landlines were affected, 
as well as 1,471 internet lines. 27 phone towers fell along 4,764 poles. 
Today, 85.3 percent of these services are already restored."*



http://en.granma.cu/tourism/2017-09-27/cuba-will-be-ready-for-tourist-high-season-without-a-trace-of-hurricane-irma
http://en.granma.cu/cuba/2017-09-28/the-guiteras-thermoelectric-plant-up-and-running
http://en.granma.cu/cuba/2017-09-27/the-havana-malecon-preparing-to-reopen-photos


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Re: [Marxism] Cuban Doctors Revolt: ‘You Get Tired of Being a Slave’

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(I take anything written about Cuba in the NY Times with a grain of 
salt but still find this disturbing. With the growing dynamic toward 
market solutions in Cuba, is it any surprise that some of its citizens 
would want to exploit their labor power as a free market commodity?)


NY Times, Sept. 29 2017
Cuban Doctors Revolt: ‘You Get Tired of Being a Slave’
By ERNESTO LONDOÑO 


If you google Cuban Doctors you will find lots of articles like this. 
It's a real phenomenon and reflects tensions in Cuba that do exist. The 
Cuban government doubled health workers salaries in response to the 
disparity of pay between them and those working in the tourist industry. 
I certainly saw plenty of hustling going on with tourism in Cuba while I 
was there.
But I think the NYT runs this article now because the issue of Cuban aid 
to Puerto Rico is staring them in the face. Puerto Rican's will be 
asking why Haiti got Cuban medical help and they don't. Not to mention 
asking why they can't have Venezuelan oil that has been offered.


Jon Flanders

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Re: [Marxism] The Young Karl Marx

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I think its a very good film, but for those who are not so up on Marx's 
history I made up this in case we show it around here.


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*Cast of Characters: The Young Karl Marx*


*J**enny Von Westphalen*

Jenny Von Westphalen was born into a prominemt family in Trier and 
married Karl Marx after a lengthy engagement.


Is said to have been an early influence on his politics and was involved 
with his work throughout her difficult life.



*Friedrich Engels*


Lifelong co-worker with _Karl Marx 
_; co-authored 
_The Communist Manifesto 
_ among 
many others.


Engels translated many of Marx's works into English. In his last years 
he was the outstanding figure of the young Second International.




*Mary Burns*


One-time lover/admirer of Frederick Engels and sister of Lizzy Burns.


*Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel*


The most important representative of classical German philosophy; he 
represented an objective idealism;


a brilliant investigator of the laws of dialectic, which he was the 
first consciously to apply. An understanding of the influence Hegel had 
on Marx and Engels, and their opinions of Hegel:



*Arnold Ruge*


Young Hegelian. Editor of Hallische Jahrbücher, then published Marx’s 
first really comprehensive political treatise.


With Marx, Feuerbach, and Bakunin, founded the 
newspaper Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher. Broke with Marx in quarrel 
over Herwegh.





*Wilhem Weitling *


One of Germany’s first proletarian writers. Collaborated with Blanqui. 
German utopian egalitarian socialist.


A tailor and travelling activist in proletarian movements. Criticised by 
Marx.



*Pierre Joseph Proudhon*


French political economist and acknowledged by Bakunin as the founder 
of anarchism, envisioned a society of independent, self-employed artisans.



*Karl Von Bruhn*


German communist journalist. Expelled from the Communist League in 1850. 
Later, 1861-66, editor of the Lassallean paper Nordstern, Hamburg.



*Michael Bakunin*


Russian revolutionary. One of the founders of anarchism. In the 1830s 
Bakunin was a Young Hegelian.


In 1848 he took part in the German revolution (the rising in Dresden). 
He was arrested (1849), and eventually handed


over to the Russian government and sentenced to life imprisonment. After 
the death of the Tsar Nicholas I, Bakunin was exiled to Siberia (1857). 
In 1861 he escaped exile and went to London.







On 2/14/18 10:12 AM, Mark Lause wrote:
I started watching this . . . the same way I watch most new movies . 
. . and expected very little.


It very quickly became evident that it deserved very close attention. 
Who'd have imagined that professional actors vied with the each other 
for the role of Arnold Ruge?






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Re: [Marxism] The Young Karl Marx

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I downloaded an mp4 of it and put it on a dvd.

Jon


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On 02/14/2018 11:25 AM, bonnieweinstein via Marxism wrote:

How can we see it?






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Re: [Marxism] Leon Trotsky: Is It Possible to Fix a Definite Schedule for a Counter-Revolution or a Revolution? (September 1923)

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On 09/24/2018 03:28 PM, Louis Proyect via Marxism wrote:

As it turns out, the article is online and truly misbegotten.

How so? I don't see any mention of the need to for the uprising in 
Germany to co-incide with the date of the October Revolution. What 
Trotsky argues for is the need for
a conscious decision when to strike. Which makes sense to me. Seizing 
power means actually seizing things. That has to be planned and 
organized. If a union decides to go
on strike, it has to be a very planned and timed affair. The same would 
hold for a revolution.


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[Marxism] Video of Spenser Rapone's talk at the James Connolly Forum

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Spenser Rapone enlisted as an infantryman out of high school in 2010, 
and deployed to Afghanistan in 2011 in the Army Rangers. After returning 
from his combat tour, he applied and was accepted into the United States 
Military Academy at West Point, NY in 2012, graduating and receiving his 
commission in May 2016. Deciding he could no longer stomach the 
immorality of US imperialism, he spoke out against the reprehensible 
actions of the military in September 2017. He ultimately resigned his 
commission, and was separated from the Army in June 2018 with an Other 
Than Honorable discharge.

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[Marxism] Howie Hawkins on the need for an independent socialist party based on the working class.

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https://popularresistance.org/from-the-bottom-up-the-case-for-an-independent-left-party/?fbclid=IwAR1lfkPNY58RS1vaZGz_tG_aWHMcI8roi-LVsqTPu0R48WOsD9l2aUpXn84

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