******************** 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. *****************************************************************
John Reimann says that Trump's economic blockade against Venezuela is "irrelevant" in judging whose interests Trump serves. I think the blockade has been imposed in the interests of the US ruling class, which does not want to see left wing governments in Latin America that challenge the economic interests of US corporations. If John thinks that Trump follows instructions from Putin, he has to explain why it is in Putin's interest for Venezuela to be blockaded by the United States and its allies. Chris Slee ________________________________ From: Marxism <marxism-boun...@lists.csbs.utah.edu> on behalf of John Reimann via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> Sent: Wednesday, 8 May 2019 10:46:06 PM To: Chris Slee Subject: Re: [Marxism] Trump and the reluctance to reckon with something fundamentally new ******************** 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. ***************************************************************** To be blunt, the responses of Chris Slee and Richard Fidler to this article are perfect examples of exactly what I was raising: The failure of socialists to absorb what is happening in US politics. The failure to consider that the way capitalism has ruled in the US ever since the Civil War is undergoing a basic shift. (Disclaimer: Please note that I'm not saying it's all the way there, but just the fact that we've gone this far is huge.) Venezuela is only one small part of this issue. And in any case, what Chris Slee raises concerning Trump's Venezuela policy is really irrelevant to the main point I was making. Marxists, above all others, are supposed to be looking at the big picture. John Reimann -- *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black Jacobins" by C. L. R. James Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/chris_w_slee%40hotmail.com _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
