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Agree. Hope I didn’t leave the impression his murder was somehow justified. On Feb 28, 2015, at 9:38 AM, Andrew Pollack <acpolla...@gmail.com> wrote: > Marv's assessment seems accurate. I mentioned in a facebook post (hopefully > not yet here, sorry if dup) that Nemtsov was surely murdered for his role in > today's antiwar protest - a protest organized by former oligarch Khodorovsky. > From the wikis of both they seem to be for closer ties to Western capital. Be > that as it may, genuine antiwar, anti-imperialist forces must characterize > this assassination openly as the horrendous crime it is. > > On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Marv Gandall 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. > ***************************************************************** > > Nemtsov embodied the contradictions of most current movements for democratic > reform. Since the historic decline of the worldwide trade and socialist > movement, the fight for democratic rights against authoritarian regimes has > more often than not been coupled with an admiration for unfettered capitalism > and its iconic representatives, Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. Nemtsov > became the standard bearer for democratic reform in Putin’s Russia after > having previously served as a prominent figure in the preceding Yeltsin > regime which laid the foundation for the present system of crony capitalism > in the country. > > > On Feb 28, 2015, at 8:03 AM, Ken Hiebert 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. > > ***************************************************************** > > > > Stepan Kutuzov said: > > Nemtsov was a thief and a bandit. He was killed for the cause. There and > > the road. > > > > Ken Hiebert replies: > > "There and the road." If this is a translation from another language, I > > must say I don't get it in English. > > Also, a quick google search for Stepan Kutuzov on Marxmail brings up no > > other messages. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > > Set your options at: > > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/marvgand2%40gmail.com > > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/acpollack2%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