Hear, hear! Louis Proyect wrote: > For many on the left, capitalist Russia today serves the same purpose as > it did when it was the USSR, namely as a foil to imperialism. Perhaps > one of the more revealing expressions of that came from long-time > Marxist Roger Annis in Canada who wrote: > > "Russia´s independence, and that of other, rising capitalist powers such > as China and Brazil, is of considerable political consequence for the > international working class. The frictions and conflicts between > competing capitalist blocs create political and economic fissures > through which peoples and countries can assert and defend their > independent interests." > > http://www.rogerannis.com/what-stand-for-progressives-on-events-in-crimea-and-ukraine/ > > Implicit in this statement is that it is probably best for the rights of > the Ukrainians to be violated if Venezuela´s are respected. In the > geopolitical chess game, sometimes a pawn has to be sacrificed to > advance major pieces. > > full: http://louisproyect.org/2014/04/13/donetsk-in-context/ > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
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