[Marxism] Video of eirigi chairperson speech to 2015 ard fheis

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eirigi is probably the most exciting development since the formation of the
IRSP over 30 years ago.  While the core of eirigi came out of the Provos
(IRA/SF), they are very keen supporters of Seamus Costello, who left the
Officials to found the IRSP.  (The other most well-known IRSP founder being
Bernadette Devlin).

Anyway, here is the address to the 2015 national conference of eirigi in
late November by party chairperson Brian Leeson:

https://rdln.wordpress.com/2015/12/06/eirigis-2015-ard-fheis-national-conference-chairpersons-speech/

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[Marxism] India's own military-industrial complex

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https://rdln.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/indias-rising-corporate-military-complex-a-critical-appraisal/
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[Marxism] Fwd: Opposition Landslide in Venezuela - Maduro Accepts Results

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Greg Wilpert interview.

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content=view=31=74=15237
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[Marxism] joint statement against war, repression, counterrevolution

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http://al-manshour.org/node/6689
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[Marxism] Fwd: Putin Adopts Netanyahu’s Twisted Logic

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By Joshua Frank.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/12/08/putin-adopts-netanyahus-twisted-logic/
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[Marxism] Assad: the Kurds are being supported, trained and armed "mainly by the Syrian army"

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Question 6:  Not even the Kurds and the FSA for example, the free Syrian 
army?


President Assad: The Kurds are fighting the terrorists with the Syrian 
army, in the same areas.


Question 7:  But they are also being supported and armed and trained and 
backed by the Americans to also launch, to fight …


President Assad:  Mainly by the Syrian army, and we have the documents. 
 We sent them armaments, because they are Syrian citizens, and they 
want to fight terrorism.  We do the same with many other groups in 
Syria, because you cannot send the army to every part of Syria.  So, it 
is not only the Kurds.  Many other Syrians are doing the same.


http://sana.sy/en/?p=63558
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[Marxism] Fwd: ‘Sometimes I Cry’: a Ground-Level View of Student Poverty - The Chronicle of Higher Education

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1 out of 4 CUNY students "had experienced both food and housing 
insecurity in the previous year."


http://chronicle.com/article/Sometimes-I-Cry-a/234509
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[Marxism] Fwd: A Real Plan for Defeating ISIL | Alternet

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David L. Phillips is a Columbia University professor who wrote a 
Huffington Post "research paper" on Turkey's support for ISIS that was 
simply a list of ALLEGATIONS from the Kurdish and anti-AKP press in 
Turkey. The semi-literate Assadist propagandist John Wight then wrote an 
article for RT.com that claimed that Phillips's article was PROOF of 
Turkey-ISIS ties.


Like a bad penny, Phillips turns up again today on alternet.org offering 
a speech that Obama should have given the other night. It includes this: 
"Close radical mosques and prayer rooms, which are hubs for incitement. 
Imams who advocate violent jihad should be detained or deported."


What is a radical mosque? Your guess is as good as mine.

http://www.alternet.org/world/real-plan-defeating-isil
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[Marxism] What the Venezuelan election results mean

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 Forwarded Message 
Subject: 	What Could Venezuela’s Opposition Do With a Simple, 3/5, or 
2/3 Majority?

Date:   Mon, 7 Dec 2015 13:18:05 -0800
From:   michael a. lebowitz 
To: ml >> me 


The official count last night was 99 definite seats for the opposition 
with outstanding results for 22 seats as yet not irreversible but I did 
hear mention of 105 opposition seats more recently. Here below is what 
that means once the new National Assembly takes office next month (note 
that the existing assembly has the power to act in the interim)./michael


venezuelablog.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F134693710504%2Fwhat-could-venezuelas-opposition-do-with-a
venezuelablog.tumblr.com 
 




 What Could Venezuela’s Opposition Do With a Simple, 3/5, or 2/3 Majority?


*Geoff Ramsey*

While polls in recent weeks have led many analysts to expect Venezuela’s 
opposition to gain a majority of the 167 seats in the 2015-2020 National 
Assembly, the exact nature of this majority could vary widely. The 
Venezuelan Constitution requires different thresholds of votes in order 
for the National Assembly to pass certain measures. These thresholds can 
be grouped into three categories: those requiring a simple majority, 
those requiring a “qualified majority” of three-fifths of the Assembly, 
and those requiring an absolute two-thirds majority.


With a *simple majority *of more than 50 percent of the National 
Assembly (84 members), the opposition can:


 * Issue a vote of no confidence in the Vice President and cabinet
   Ministers
 * Investigate and question public officials
 * Have a deciding role in the national budget and debt debates
 * Approve an amnesty law
 * Select the members of the Supreme Court of Justice
 * Approve laws on health, justice and basic goods
 * Name ambassadors
 * Convene national referendums on matters of special importance and
   amendments to the Constitution (with National Assembly approval)
 * Attribute to states or municipalities certain issues that currently
   fall under national competence
 * Authorize the President to leave the country (for 5 days)
 * Elect the President of the National Assembly, and its two Vice
   Presidents
 * Indict congressmen

With a *qualified majority* of 3/5 of the National Assembly (101 
members), the opposition can:


 * Decide that a vote of no confidence in the Vice President or cabinet
   Ministers should lead to their dismissal, and subsequently dismiss them
 * Authorize presidential decrees allowing expanded executive authority
   (so-called “enabling laws” or “leyes habilitantes”
 * Appoint members of the National Electoral Council (CNE)
 * Remove members of the CNE, provided it is backed by a ruling by the
   Supreme Court

With an *absolute majority* of 2/3 the National Assembly (112 members), 
the opposition can:


 * Remove Supreme Court justices in cases of gross misconduct
 * Subject any bills under discussion in the National Assembly to
   approval by referendum
 * Convene a National Constituent Assembly, as well as a recall
   referendum for President Maduro
 * Submit international treaties, conventions or agreements to referendums
 * Pass and modify any draft organic law  (laws which determine the
   fundamental political principles of a government)



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Professor Emeritus
Economics Department
Simon Fraser University
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Home:   Phone 604-689-9510
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[Marxism] Further on Cuban migrants

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This lends some support to the Nicaraguan view.
ken h

http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=115350

Guatemalan authorities argued that it would be very difficult to explain to 
their citizens that Cubans would pass through the country heading for the 
United States when the Guatemalans themselves-and many other
Central Americans face obstacles to enter that country.
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Re: [Marxism] Fwd: A Real Plan for Defeating ISIL | Alternet

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on Dienstag, 8. Dezember 2015 at 14:57, Louis Proyect via Marxism wrote:

> What is a radical mosque? 

 A radical mosque is one which is being raided and destroyed by heavy armed 
police in military gear. 

 That is proof enough. Do you need more? Ask Donald Trump! 

 Donald trumped up by admitting that he doesn't know what's going on, and wants 
to stop the world turning round until the US congress has found out what's 
going on. 


 
Cheers, 
Lüko Willms
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
http://www.mlwerke.de
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[Marxism] Fwd: Camp Woodland | Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist

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Joan Roelof wrote a comment yesterday on my post about Chester’s 
Zumbarg: “I wonder if you know about Camp Woodland. It was a major 
influence in my life.” As it turns out the book on the Catskills that I 
had excerpted for that post had a couple of pages on Camp Woodland just 
before the Chester’s passage. Camp Wo-Chi-Ca, which stood for Workers 
Children Camp, was based in New Jersey and like Camp Woodland catered to 
the children of leftists, especially CP’ers. Three years ago I blogged 
about Fred Baker’s experiences at Wo-Chi-Ca and perhaps I will get the 
opportunity to interview Joan Roelof before too long as part of my video 
project about the Borscht Belt and the left.


full: http://louisproyect.org/2015/12/08/camp-woodland/
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[Marxism] Fwd: Is Donald Trump a fascist? | Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist

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[Marxism] Proof of Turkey-ISIS ties?

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Rick Sterling, you wrote in today's CounterPunch:

"A Columbia University researcher lists proof of Turkish collaboration 
with ISIS here."


The word here links to a Huffington Post article 
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-l-phillips/research-paper-isis-turke_b_6128950.html) 
that says nothing about PROOF. It is in fact a list of ALLEGATIONS. Both 
you and fellow Baathist amen corner member John Wight have both made 
claims that the Columbia professor did not even make himself. In fact 
his article ends with this disclaimer:


"Author's Note: Information presented in this paper is offered without 
bias or endorsement."


Do you and Wight really think that a video with guys in black shirts and 
long hair (http://odatv.com/vid_video.php?id=8D3C0) "proves" that they 
were ISIS members? Maybe they were Metallica fans instead.


Also, I would be a bit more wary about citing David L. Phillips, the 
Columbia professor. Aren't you aware that he was an adviser to the State 
Department planning committee working on a post-Saddam Iraq in 2002? 
Phillips was very close to Christopher Hitchens ideologically, seeing 
the Kurds as a critical element in overthrowing Saddam. He is also the 
Executive Director of the Elie Wiesel Foundation.


One of the saddest things about the Baathist amen corner is its utter 
disregard for the truth. Do you think that it strengthens your cause by 
writing lies? Maybe that's the only route open to someone who is trying 
to make Bashar al-Assad a knight in shining armor when he is in fact a 
blood-soaked dictator who has much more in common with Suharto, Pinochet 
or Mobutu.

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[Marxism] Leila Khaled poster

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A great poster of the iconic Palestinian revolutionary - it only costs a
few bucks and this is a great way to support the Irish revolutionary
movement eirigi:
https://rdln.wordpress.com/2012/07/11/leila-khaled-poster/

There are also excellent posters of Lenin, Marx, Che and other iconic - as
well as Irish - revolutionary figures.

Phil
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[Marxism] [UCE] Re: Proof of Turkey-ISIS ties?

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What exactly is the meaning of 'Baathist amen corner' that is different using 
the wording 'pro-Baathist'? Perhaps it is a uniquely US leftists' expression, 
or 
is it unique to this discussion list, where it keeps popping up?

Jim




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Re: [Marxism] [UCE] Re: Proof of Turkey-ISIS ties?

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On 12/8/15 6:01 PM, Jim via Marxism wrote:

What exactly is the meaning of 'Baathist amen corner' that is different using
the wording 'pro-Baathist'? Perhaps it is a uniquely US leftists' expression, or
is it unique to this discussion list, where it keeps popping up?

Jim


I like the term amen corner because it evokes a congregation saying 
"amen" to a preacher. I was searching for a term that could best express 
the blind loyalty that a John Wight or a Pepe Escobar have toward Assad 
and this was the best I could come up with. Number two below covers it.


http://www.thefreedictionary.com/amen+corner

amen corner
n.
1.
a. A place in a church reserved for persons leading congregational 
responses.

b. A group of ardent worshipers in a church.

2. Informal A group of uncritical supporters of a leader, party, or 
policy, especially a controversial one.

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[Marxism] James Connolly, imperialism and anti-imperialism

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Excellent piece by my friend Liam O Ruairc on Connolly, imperialism and
anti-imperialism.

>Connolly developed a number of innovative theoretical positions regarding
the relationship between marxism and anti-imperialism; positions heretical
to both conventional forms of Irish nationalism and the form of socialism
espoused by the Second International prevalent during his life time. He was
among the first to combine the politics of anti-imperialist nationalism
with international marxism in the colonial arena. His fundamental teaching
is that the struggle for national liberation from imperialism is not
opposed  to the struggle for socialism but and integral and necessary part
of it. This is why, in his view, “The cause of labour is the cause of
Ireland, the cause of Ireland is the cause of labour. They cannot be
dissevered” (Connolly 1988, 175).  Why are the two interdependent? . . .
 full at:
https://theirishrevolution.wordpress.com/2015/12/09/james-connolly-imperialism-and-anti-imperialism/
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[Marxism] Support Kobanê's School for the Children of Martyrs

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Between September 2014 and January, Kobanê was under siege from the IS, and
has since come under regular attack from IS, other terrorist groups and
Turkish forces. The town was totally devastated and its reconstruction is
hampered by a continued Turkish blockade.

*John Tully, from* Australians for Kurdistan
 have made the following appeal.
https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60807

-- 
“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is humanity’s
original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made,
through disobedience and through rebellion.” — Oscar Wilde, Soul of Man
Under Socialism

“The free market is perfectly natural... do you think I am some kind of
dummy?” — Jarvis Cocker
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[Marxism] Chinese investment in Africa

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A few days ago Louis posted an interesting piece about Chinese investment
in Nigeria.

I was sick a couple of days and ended up watching TV a lot during the day.
One of the things I watched was a travel show about Namibia.  A bit
depressing - a couple of decades after 'freedom' massive poverty and
inequality remains the order of the day.  But the show also had a few bits
about Chinese investment there; the Chinese seem to be major outside
investors in Namibia.

They are also now significant investors in the Pacific.  This presents
Australia and NZ with a few interesting contradictions.  On the one hand,
both countries had rigid white immigration policies directed primarily
against the Chinese, were hostile to China in the Cold War yet now have
vital trade links with China.

China, for instance, is now NZ major export market - it even overtook
Australia a year or two back in that regard.  China is a more important
trade partner than the United States for both Australia and New Zealand.
And with a substantial wealthy class and a huge middle class (in straight
numerical terms) China is likely to remain a key export destination for
what bourgeois economists call value-added export goods from Australia and
NZ.

Yet, historically, we have really close ties with the United States, going
back over 100 years, but becoming even more strong during WW2 and the Cold
War.  The NZ ruling class tends to be a bit less ra-ra for the US than
Australia, but the ruling classes on both sides of the Tasman are in a bit
of a bind.  On the one hand, historically allied with the US in
Asia-Pacific, now more profitable links with China while at the same time
wary of Chinese investment and influence in Pacific island countries.

You'd almost feel sorry for the Chinese.  They were hated by the US ruling
class when they were 'communist' and they're hated, possibly even more, now
they're very successful capitalists.
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Re: [Marxism] [UCE] Re: Proof of Turkey-ISIS ties?

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Trotsky used the word "epigones" to good effect.

T


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>To: Thomas F Barton 
>Subject: Re: [Marxism] [UCE] Re: Proof of Turkey-ISIS ties?
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>On 12/8/15 6:01 PM, Jim via Marxism wrote:
>> What exactly is the meaning of 'Baathist amen corner' that is different using
>> the wording 'pro-Baathist'? Perhaps it is a uniquely US leftists' 
>> expression, or
>> is it unique to this discussion list, where it keeps popping up?
>>
>> Jim
>
>I like the term amen corner because it evokes a congregation saying 
>"amen" to a preacher. I was searching for a term that could best express 
>the blind loyalty that a John Wight or a Pepe Escobar have toward Assad 
>and this was the best I could come up with. Number two below covers it.
>
>http://www.thefreedictionary.com/amen+corner
>
>amen corner
>n.
>1.
>a. A place in a church reserved for persons leading congregational 
>responses.
>b. A group of ardent worshipers in a church.
>
>2. Informal A group of uncritical supporters of a leader, party, or 
>policy, especially a controversial one.
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[Marxism] The way forward for workers and trade unionists

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Veteran workplace union activist and Marxist Don Franks addressed a meeting
organised by the Workers Educational Association in Christchurch (New
Zealand) this month two years ago on the way forward for workers and union
activists.

Don was a militant union delegate in one of the big car plants in
Wellington in the 1970s.  After it closed down in the 1980s he became a
cleaner for the rest of his working life, as well as being active in the
cleaners' union.  He's probably the most experience shopfloor militant in
the country, albeit recently retired.


https://rdln.wordpress.com/2013/12/08/which-way-forward-for-workers-and-unions/
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[Marxism] Spain: Left councils heading resistance to 'war on terror'

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By Dick Nichols

The November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris were an ideal political gift for
Europe's warmongers. In Spain, however, the militarists have a tricky job
getting the country on board the “war on terror”.
https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60782


*'Not in our name'*

The statement below was released by four mayors of cities in the Spanish
state — Barcelona, Cadiz, Zaragoza and A Coruna — and signed by many
well-known figures from Spanish media and culture.

https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60780
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“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is humanity’s
original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made,
through disobedience and through rebellion.” — Oscar Wilde, Soul of Man
Under Socialism

“The free market is perfectly natural... do you think I am some kind of
dummy?” — Jarvis Cocker
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