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> On Apr 7, 2020, at 12:33 AM, RKOB via Marxism <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I can only hope that at least some critics would show a bit more sensivity > for the extraordinary conditions of repression particularly in many African > countries (but also others). The army is on the streets, killing people and > so on. African comrades in the slums are living in much more difficult > conditions than those in North America or Western Europe. > > But even in Europe conditions are becoming more repressive: yesterday the > Austrian government announced a ban for all public meetings, demonstrations > etc. at least until the end of June. Similar developments are taking place in > other countries. (Who could have seen this coming?!) > > It is also noticable that yesterday the EU defence ministers had a video > conference to coordinate the role of the military in the current crisis. > (https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/77151/video-conference-defence-ministers-remarks-high-representativevice-president-josep-borrell_en > > <https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/77151/video-conference-defence-ministers-remarks-high-representativevice-president-josep-borrell_en> > ) > > I fear that some of the people who expressed their outrage about my post are > much less outraged about the banning of public assemblies and demonstrations. > They probably even support such banning! This is the real outrageous thing - > at least for people who call themselves progressive! None of the responses to MP’s post expressed “outrage”; that’s a self-serving characterization, and one that suggests a need more for psychological than for poltical intervention. Surprise, incredulity, annoyance — but nothing even close to outrage. But to invoke what’s happening in the townships — where some of us on the list, including myself, have longstanding political connections and very close personal friendships — in an effort to defend one’s reputation and avoid acknowledging a lapse in judgment, is genuinely disgusting. _________________________________________________________ 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
