Re: [Marxism] Another survey showing Crimeans content with the break from Ukraine
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. * On 3/7/15 12:16 PM, Roger Annis via Marxism wrote: Concerning the Tatar exception which the authors claim, their survey actually shows the opposite. It is amazing that Roger can minimize Tatar disaffection when the very article he cites to back up this claim states: Polling by the International Republican Institute found only 6% of Crimeans believed the country (Ukraine) was heading in the right direction in November 2009, 11% in October 2011, and 24% in May 2013. The May 2013 figure for how Crimea specifically was heading was 22%. We have found that this generic question about the direction of a region is a powerful predictor of political preferences, and it also encapsulates a variety of beliefs about recent economic performance and future expectations of prosperity. A remarkable difference is seen in the response of the Crimean Tatars to this key question, with only 28% agreeing that life was improving. The disaffection of Tatars since the annexation is well documented and their political and human rights situation is increasingly precarious. Likewise, Crimeans have different perceptions about Russia moving in the right direction, with over 90% of ethnic Russians and Ukrainians believing it to be so, but only 33% of Tatars feeling that way. full: https://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/john-o%E2%80%99loughlin-gerard-toal/crimean-conundrum _ 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
Re: [Marxism] Fwd: On the Independent Greeks; and on Alliances | lives; running
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 complete the picture, it would be helpful to know what compromises the Bolshevik Party made before leading the accomplishment of a working class revolution from below 10.17. In fairness to Syriza, it may be worth remembering that the leadeship of that organization never promised to expropriate the Greek capitalist class, smash the capitalist state or lead any revolution anywhere. Therefore, to reproach Syriza for selling out etc. etc. by practicing reformist politics is silly bombast. T -Original Message- From: Louis Proyect via Marxism marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu Sent: Mar 7, 2015 7:51 AM To: Thomas F Barton thomasfbar...@earthlink.net Subject: [Marxism] Fwd: On the Independent Greeks; and on Alliances | lives; running It may be helpful to review at this point some of the compromises that the party most often cited as a comparison, the Lenin-era Bolsheviks, made with its enemies. Brest-Litovsk, the recruitment of Tsarist officers to senior positions in the Red Army, one-man management in industry, the NEP, the Rapallo peace treaty under which the German military hosted its research facilities in tanks and chemical weapons on Bolshevik soil. _ 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
[Marxism] Fwd: WordPressure | Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist
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. * As some of you may know, I was a computer programmer for 44 years until my retirement in July 2012. I can’t say that I was any kind of genius but I managed mostly from being fired. One thing that I have gotten out of that experience is an understanding of the complexities of software installations, something that I was reminded of yesterday when I spent a good six hours working on the North Star website that ceased processing comments. full: http://louisproyect.org/2015/03/07/wordpressure/ _ 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
[Marxism] stuck in a hall of mirrors
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. * This Is a Declaration of War by Bruce Gagnon https://www.blogger.com/profile/10845856861232395427 3/5/15 At times I feel completely overwhelmed by the current US-NATO military operations aimed at Russia. It's growing rapidly - one can't help but wonder if the recent 'victory' of the self-defensive forces in eastern Ukraine wasn't allowed by Washington and Kiev as a way to get public opinion behind the already well established plans for even more NATO escalation. . . . full at: http://space4peace.blogspot.com/2015/03/this-is-declaration-of-war.html _ 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
[Marxism] Fwd: ISIS: Managers of Savagery - In These Times
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. * By contrast, Patrick Cockburn’s The Rise of Islamic State: ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution is a high-altitude polemic that blames the IS’s rise on U.S. and Saudi support for the anti-Assad rebellion. It has little or nothing to say about IS ideology or composition. Acting more as an advocate than an observer, Cockburn argues for rapprochement with the Assad regime. But to make his case, Cockburn dispenses with proportion and distinction. Though in successive reports the U.N., Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have indicted the Assad regime as by far the leading perpetrator of violence in the conflict, Cockburn’s account is devoted almost entirely to opposition atrocities. (He reports exclusively from regime-held areas.) Regime repression does receive cursory mention, but Nazi analogies are reserved for the opposition. Cockburn makes no mention of the divergent interests and active rivalries between IS and Syria’s nationalist opposition. For him, to assist the opposition is to assist the IS. To support this claim, he quotes “an intelligence officer from a Middle Eastern country neighboring Syria” who told him “ISIS members ‘say they are always pleased when sophisticated weapons are sent to anti-Assad groups of any kind because they can always get the arms off them by threats of force or cash payments.’” (Cockburn quotes many anonymous intelligence officials in the book but on no other occasion does he grant the country anonymity. Might it be because the “country neighboring Syria” is Iraq, a key Assad ally?) full: http://inthesetimes.com/article/17714/isis-managers-of-savagery _ 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
Re: [Marxism] SYRIZA leader: 'Less words, more action' needed now
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[Marxism] Fwd: On the Independent Greeks; and on Alliances | lives; running
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. * It may be helpful to review at this point some of the compromises that the party most often cited as a comparison, the Lenin-era Bolsheviks, made with its enemies. Brest-Litovsk, the recruitment of Tsarist officers to senior positions in the Red Army, one-man management in industry, the NEP, the Rapallo peace treaty under which the German military hosted its research facilities in tanks and chemical weapons on Bolshevik soil. The pamphlet in which the Bolsheviks drew up a balance-sheet on their experiences drew the inevitable conclusions – “to reject compromises ‘on principle’, to reject the permissibility of compromises in general, no matter of what kind, is childishness, which it is difficult even to consider seriously. A political leader who desires to be useful to the revolutionary proletariat must be able to distinguish concrete cases of compromises that are inexcusable and are an expression of opportunism and treachery.” Some of the Bolsheviks’ compromises went deep. As Isaac Babel pointed out, long ago in Red Cavalry (and as Brendan McGeever has shown again in research which, when it makes it into print, should be compulsory reading for anyone nostalgic for a time which never existed), these compromises included in 1918-1919 leaving local Soviet power in many areas in the hands of people who were murderously anti-Semitic. This approach proved temporary because the Civil War finished and there was then a struggle within the fragile Soviet regime to purge itself of these elements. So, a compromise with conservatives or racists is always unwanted and undesirable (means and ends always interconnect), but may be necessary as a temporary device provided as a minimum that it is the right making the principal compromises and the direction of travel is towards liberation. full: https://livesrunning.wordpress.com/2015/03/07/on-the-independent-greeks-and-on-compromise/ _ 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
[Marxism] The Sahel, the desert, and Tuareg refugees in Burkina Faso
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[Marxism] Fwd: 'NYT' reports 'surge of hostile sentiment against Jews' nationwide -- on what basis?
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[Marxism] JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN FOR ALEXANDER KOLCHENKO!
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. * JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN FOR ALEXANDER KOLCHENKO! Alexander Kolchenko is a Crimean anarchist, social activist, and antifascist who is being held by the Russian authorities. Along with other Crimean activists, he was kidnapped by the Russian FSB (ex-KGB) and is now detained as a political hostage in Lefortovo Prison in Moscow. He has been charged with committing “acts of terrorism” and “belonging to a terrorist community. Why is Alexander Kolchenko in jail? Alexander, who has proven his antifascist stance over many years, is facing preposterous accusations of belonging to Right Sector, the radical Ukrainian right-wing organization, whose real role in Ukrainian events has been blown out of proportion by Russian official propaganda. In modern Russia, any activist — left wing, anarchist or liberal — can be slandered as a member or sympathizer of Right Sector. This situation is comparable to the hunt for nonexistent Trotskyists under Stalin, or the McCarthy witch hunt for communists in the US. Putin’s authoritarian and nationalist regime, which uses everything from religious prejudices and conspiracy theories to outright racism in its propaganda, shamelessly steals antifascist rhetoric. And yet anyone who is considered bothersome is called a fascist, even if he/she stands on the opposite side of the political spectrum. The case against antifascist Alexander Kolchenko and civil activist and film director Oleg Sentsov (investigators enrolled them in the same “terrorist” group) is political. It is meant to intimidate the inhabitants of Crimea and prevent any resistance on the peninsula. The most authoritarian of methods are now used in annexed Crimea to repress all dissent. Many people have been forced to leave Crimea because their life and freedom were threatened: lawyers, left-wing activists, student and trade union activists, anarchists, antifascists, and Crimean Tatar activists who have fallen victims of ethnic discrimination. What does Alexander Kolchenko face? Alexander Kolchenko is threatened with a terrible prison sentence of up to 20 years for a non-existent “terrorist attack” in which he was not involved. Kolchenko and other Ukrainian political prisoners have been detained only to demoralize the opposition through show trials. Their freedom is directly linked to the stability of the Putin regime. If we can shake Putin's confidence in his impunity, the prisoners will be set free. There is no hope that Kolchenko, Sentsov, and others will be given fair trials. Their arrests were unlawful, and the charges against them are far-fetched. It was not a mistake: the regime knows what it is doing. How can you help Alexander Kolchenko? We are asking international left wing and libertarian forces for help. You can organize and lead actions of protest and solidarity, write letters to Kolchenko, and send donations to pay for lawyers, food parcels, and support for his family. It is also important to spread information about his case. Most of all, we need to dissociate ourselves from any forces that support the aggressive expansion of Russian nationalism, even if they cover it up with leftist and anti-imperialist rhetoric. Putin's regime is doing just fine without your sympathy. You had better save it for those who are its victims. When should you start? You can start right now by helping us spread this appeal, translating it into other languages, and sending it to comrades. We also strongly encourage you to organize demonstrations from April 1 to 7, 2015, in support of Alexander Kolchenko and other political prisoners jailed in Russia. Sentsov’s and Kolchenko’s current terms in pretrial police custody end on April 11 and 16, respectively. In the first half of April, Lefortovo District Court in Moscow will decide whether they should await trial in jail, be placed under house arrest or be released on their own recognizance, Only strong, massive pressure on the Putin regime and protests around the world will make it possible to set our comrades free. We demand their immediate release and the dropping of charges against them. You can find more information below. Interview with Alexander Kolchenko http://noborders.org.ua/en/fields-of-work/other/aleksandr-kolchenko-i-am-not-a-terrorist-i-am-a-citizen-of-ukraine/ Repressions against Crimean activists: the political context https://avtonom.org/en/news/repressions-against-crimean-activists-political-context Multilingual Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/144468784296/ Contact us at freekolche...@gmail.com _ Full posting guidelines at:
[Marxism] Marxism, women's liberation
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[Marxism] mass incarceration
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. * The journal Socialism and Democracy presents its special issue on Mass Incarceration, edited by Mumia Abu-Jamal Johanna Fernández Nothing to Lose But Our Chains: Black Resistance and the Roots of Mass Incarceration Speakers Sekuo Odinga, Recently Released Political Prisoner Asha Ransby-Sporn, Black Youth Project 100 Laura Whitehorn, Former Political Prisoner Nyle Fort, Newark-Based Youth Organizer Writer déqui kioni-sadiki, Educator Activist Friday March 20, 2015 Malcolm X Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center 3940 Broadway at 165th Street Reception Journal Signing 6-7PM Panel Discussion begins promptly at 7PM _ 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
Re: [Marxism] [mlg-ics] mass incarceration
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. * Following up on George's post, I just wanted to remind everyone that the special issue on The Roots of Mass Incarceration is now available online for free and in full (for a limited time), via this website: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/csad20/28/3#.VPuIvEKJlSU You should be able to download all the articles in the issue there. It's really an important issue, I think. Almost ideal for reading groups and for deepening the consciousness of students engaged in the anti-racist upsurge. -Joe On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 4:33 PM, George Snedeker george.snede...@verizon.net wrote: The journal Socialism and Democracy presents its special issue on Mass Incarceration, edited by Mumia Abu-Jamal Johanna Fernández Nothing to Lose But Our Chains: Black Resistance and the Roots of Mass Incarceration Speakers Sekuo Odinga, Recently Released Political Prisoner Asha Ransby-Sporn, Black Youth Project 100 Laura Whitehorn, Former Political Prisoner Nyle Fort, Newark-Based Youth Organizer Writer déqui kioni-sadiki, Educator Activist Friday March 20, 2015 Malcolm X Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center 3940 Broadway at 165th Street Reception Journal Signing 6-7PM Panel Discussion begins promptly at 7PM ___ MLG-ICS mailing list mlg-...@lists.andrew.cmu.edu https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/mlg-ics _ 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
[Marxism] Spartacus: The Eternal Ideal
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. * The slave revolt led by Spartacus shook the Roman world to its foundations, and although a failure, has inspired the oppressed for centuries. Despite being dramatized in novels and films, we know very little about the historical figure of Spartacus. Communist historian Doug Enaa Greene delivers a lecture at the Center for Marxist Education on the historical figure of Spartacus on March 7, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sho0BQJkLaQ Jim Farmelant http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant http://www.foxymath.com Learn or Review Basic Math How Old Men Tighten Skin 63 Year Old Man Shares DIY Skin Tightening Method You Can Do From Home http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/54fbb36d51602336d43e6st04vuc _ 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
[Marxism] Bourgeois women and International (Working) Women's Day
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. * Bourgeois women sure are ungrateful towards the left for battering down the doors to opportunity: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2015/03/08/right-wing-women-ungrateful-whingers/ Phil _ 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
[Marxism] SYRIZA leaders on new situation in Greece
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[Marxism] Libya
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. * France: Former Sarkozy Aide Arrested in Gaddafi Funding Scheme http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/France-Former-Sarkozy-Aide-Arrested-in-Gaddafi-Funding-Scheme-20150307-0020.html Libyan City Sues France for Support of Anti-Gaddafi Militias http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Libyan-City-Sues-France-for-Support-of-Anti-Gaddafi-Militias-20140822-0025.html _ 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
