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Mint Press was the source for another error-plagued and politically stupid article on Bolivia headlined "Another Latin American soft coup on tap?" that MRzine reposted on April 7. As in the case of Venezuela, a complex situation in which the Morales government has made some egregious errors is attributed almost 100% to US imperialism. Articles like these discredit MRzine and harm the cause of solidarity with the progressive forces in Latin America; when we propagate them they make us look like idiots incapable of serious critical engagement with reality. -----Original Message----- From: Marxism [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Louis Proyect via Marxism Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 9:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Marxism] Chemical weapons redux: taking the world to the brink of annihilation | MR Online ******************** 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. ***************************************************************** Sad to see MROnline serving as a propaganda outlet for the mass murder that took place in Douma in December. I blame John Bellamy Foster and his Rasputin aide John Mage for hiring someone with the same rancid politics as Yoshie Furuhashi. I guess the only saving grace is that at least he or she does include some useful posts. In seven years of genocidal war, Monthly Review has not published a single article on Syria. Instead it has allowed the current online auxiliary outlet and the one that Yoshie ran to crosspost the worst kind of garbage. Rick Sterling's article linked below appeared on Mint Press, a tawdry publication that was notorious for its article blaming East Ghouta rebels in 2013 for gassing their own families through the accidental mishandling of sarin as if they were the Three Stooges tossing around bottles. A few days after the article appeared, the reporter under whose name it appeared demanded its retraction since she had nothing to do with it. I doubt that Foster or Mage have given much thought to Syria. At least Foster is spending his time productively researching and writing about ecosocialism. On the other hand, Mage, who serves on the editorial board and has never written a single article in the last decade, is a worthless individual with no saving graces. https://mronline.org/2018/04/11/chemical-weapons-redux-taking-the-world-to-the-b rink-of-annihilation/ _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/rfidler%40ncf.ca _________________________________________________________ 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
