Re: [Marxism] When Rights Collide

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> On Dec 21, 2019, at 8:09 PM, Philip Ferguson via Marxism 
>  wrote:
> 
> It is timely
> as a British employment court has ruled against Maya Forstater who took a
> case against an employer who sacked her for expressing gender-critical
> views outside of work hours.


Should the left rally behind people who dispute the reality of structural 
racism outside of work hours, when employers sack them for those views? Always? 
If not always, under what circumstances?

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Re: [Marxism] When Rights Collide

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> On Dec 21, 2019, at 8:09 PM, Philip Ferguson via Marxism 
>  wrote:
> 


From the piece:

“The distinction between biological sex and gender is paramount. Biological sex 
is an objective attribute. Gender, on the other hand, is a collection of 
subjective preferences, behaviors and stereotypes. Positions and arguments that 
fail to appreciate this distinction are built on sand, with no firm foundation 
and no logical consistency.” 

Let’s talk about logical consistency. The following two assertions are made 
back-to-back in the linked piece:

1. “[I]t’s important to recognize that, like most species, humans are sexually 
dimorphic, with 99.98% of all humans clearly identifiable at birth as either 
male or female.

2. While gender  expression can change over time for both individuals and 
society as a whole, biological sex is immutable.

Without getting into the numbers, the second assertion directly contradicts the 
first — unless perhaps the word “immutable” is to be construed in some 
miraculously dialectical way.

When people ostensibly on the left start insisting that others simply accede to 
their terminology in order to be taken seriously, it’s time to accept that 
they’re not interested in good-faith dialogue. They’re shouting. Actually, it 
starts to sound a lot like Jordan Peterson or Ben Shapiro (which may not be 
coincidental).

I understand why Louis is reluctant to take steps to keep this shit off the 
list, but I’d appreciate at least getting a temperature check to know whether 
any of the odious nonsense that Philip keeps posting is considered to deserve 
substantive engagement. I’m happy to just ignore it if I know that everyone 
else is ignoring it too, although it seems like there is at least some degree 
of hesitation among at least some list members to do so. Maybe Louis could take 
some kind of off-the-record poll, since it seems like relatively few people are 
willing to take a position for the record. But this is getting tedious.

PS: Is there a functionally Marxist definition of “paramount”? Asking for a 
friend.



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[Marxism] When Rights Collide

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*This article is about competing rights and material reality. It is timely
as a British employment court has ruled against Maya Forstater who took a
case against an employer who sacked her for expressing gender-critical
views outside of work hours. Kathleen Stock noted
 “the judgment
removes women’s rights and the right to freedom of belief and speech. It
gives judicial licence for women and men who speak up for objective truth
and clear debate to be subject to aggression, bullying, no platforming and
economic punishment.”*

*Bruce Lesnick is a long-time political activist, currently living in
Washington state in the USA.  He has been published on counterpunch.com
, truthout.org
 commondreams.org
, socialistaction.org
 and elsewhere. But when it comes to
discussing gender-critical feminism and trans extremism, no publication in
the U.S. will publish his writings. He has submitted this article to
Redline on how the extremes of the trans agenda threaten women’s rights,
gay and lesbian rights, children and democratic rights in general.  **Bruce’s
blog can be read here .*
by Bruce Lesnick

The left in the U.S., Canada and Europe – ranging from militant radicals to
tepid reformers – has exhibited remarkable silence regarding certain
aspects of transgender ideology and their deleterious effect on other
social movements. Everyone defends the concept of civil and human rights
for all, including trans people. But some go a step further, demanding not
only the right of each individual to their own personal preferences,
behaviors and lifestyle, but also the right of a few to impose their
beliefs on others. Those beliefs, when codified in law and public policy,
materially affect the rights of women, gays, lesbians and more.

Presumably, all can agree that. . .

full at: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2019/12/19/when-rights-collide
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Re: [Marxism] Trump Should Be Removed from Office

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Ken Hiebert wrote:

As the author says, " If we don?t reverse course now, will anyone take anything 
we say about justice and righteousness with any seriousness for decades to come??
"If you don't change course, you'll end up where you're headed." 
~ancient Chinese proverb.

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[Marxism] Pete Buttigieg and the $900 bottles of wine: what they tell us about capitalist politics | Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist

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https://louisproyect.org/2019/12/21/pete-buttigieg-and-the-900-bottles-of-wine-what-they-tell-us-about-capitalist-politics/
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[Marxism] Vanessa Beeley speech

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I haven’t invested the time to watch this.  I send it for those who might wish 
to see it.
ken h

"Canada's Dirty Role in the war on Syria: the White Helmets and the 
regime-change billionaires."

http://hamiltoncoalitiontostopthewar.ca/fall-winter-events-2019/vanessa-beeley-dec-3-2019/
 

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[Marxism] Four Tests for Impeachment | National Review

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Old-guard Republican conservatives join Christian Evangelist magazine in 
calling for Trump's impeachment.


https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2019/12/31/four-tests-for-impeachment/
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[Marxism] Mass graves and False positives

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Mass graves and False positives (Spanish)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nEPNy_22vM
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[Marxism] It’s Time for Activists to Stop Defending Dictators | OZY

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https://www.ozy.com/news-and-politics/why-the-left-needs-to-stand-by-international-solidarity-through-its-actions/258611/
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[Marxism] Yes, It Is Plainly Wrong To Meet Donors In A Billionaire's Crystal Wine Cave | HuffPost

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-2020-corruption-buttigieg-warren-wine-cave_n_5dfd0815e4b05b08bab50c3b
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[Marxism] What Has Just Happened in Chile? | Lefteast

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This text, composed cooperatively by four Chilean academics, was read 
during the opening ceremony of the Sixth International Days of Latin 
American Problems (VI Jornadas Internacionales de Problemas 
Latinoamericanos 2019), a biannual conference that in 2019 set out to 
examine contemporary social, political, cultural and democratic 
movements in the light of the neoliberal restoration and the alleged end 
of the ‘progressive cycle in Latin America. The conference took place on 
the 27-29 November 2019, in the History and Social Science Department of 
the Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of Valparaíso, 
Chile. It so happened that while it was being organised, a new wave of 
protests erupted around the region, with Chile seeing its most massive 
protests since the end of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.


http://www.criticatac.ro/lefteast/what-has-just-happened-in-chile/
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[Marxism] Top ten posts of 2019 | Michael Roberts Blog

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[Marxism] More on Brexit

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Thanks to all here, for prior texts on Brexit. I think not enough
emphasis has been put on why Brexit debate-election happened in
first place.
Anyway - this is slightly different viewpoint. I also think that the LP
threw the election.
http://ml-today.com/2019/12/21/the-general-election-of-december-2019-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-a-thrown-election/
Hari Kumar
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