Re: [Marxism] Socialist Project in Canada--as bad as Global Research on Syria

2017-09-11 Thread Louis Proyect via Marxism

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On 9/11/17 8:58 PM, Richard Fidler wrote:

What has happened to your search skills? Try these:
https://socialistproject.ca/bullet/1332.php
And there are other articles as well, including by myself..


If you find a single article about Syria written by a Syrian or an Arab, 
your search skills are far better than mine.


In any case, if you were following Socialist Project on Twitter, you 
would find nothing approaching diversity of opinion. It is total 100 
percent Assadist crap. I was prompted to write my post because I have 
become totally disgusted with the junk that some asshole has been 
Tweeting in the name of Socialist Project. If you have any influence on 
Albo, tell him that these Assadist tweets are appalling. Basically, they 
are the same things you would read on Ben Norton or Max Blumenthal's 
Twitter account.

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Re: [Marxism] Socialist Project in Canada--as bad as Global Research on Syria

2017-09-11 Thread Richard Fidler via Marxism
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What has happened to your search skills? Try these:
https://socialistproject.ca/bullet/1332.php
And there are other articles as well, including by myself...

Richard

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On 9/11/17 8:31 PM, Richard Fidler wrote:
> That is why they are often read by far more people than party sites. 
> The idea is to acquaint readers with a variety of views one finds on 
> the left, to stimulate debate and critical analysis, much needed in this day 
> and age.

This might make sense if the Socialist Project ever ran anything on Syria 
except this kind of filth. It is essentially the Canadian version of Yoshie's 
MRZine, when it comes to Syria.


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Re: [Marxism] Socialist Project in Canada--as bad as Global Research on Syria

2017-09-11 Thread Louis Proyect via Marxism

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On 9/11/17 8:31 PM, Richard Fidler wrote:

That is why they are often read by far more people than party sites. The idea is
to acquaint readers with a variety of views one finds on the left, to stimulate
debate and critical analysis, much needed in this day and age.


This might make sense if the Socialist Project ever ran anything on 
Syria except this kind of filth. It is essentially the Canadian version 
of Yoshie's MRZine, when it comes to Syria.

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Re: [Marxism] Socialist Project in Canada--as bad as Global Research on Syria

2017-09-11 Thread Richard Fidler via Marxism
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Louis, you are making the same mistake you often make about independent
(non-party) left web sites. They may (like Socialist Project) publish or draw
attention to articles that do not express a "party line." In fact, as a
long-time member or associate of Socialist Project, I would be hard pressed to
describe what it's "line" is other than a determination to help build an
anticapitalist tendency in the Canadian left. 

That is why they are often read by far more people than party sites. The idea is
to acquaint readers with a variety of views one finds on the left, to stimulate
debate and critical analysis, much needed in this day and age.

I know this is hard to understand for someone like you who was trained in a
party that regarded all of its publications as "line" documents, and was very
harsh with those who intentionally or (as often as not) unintentionally strayed
from the "correct" line, but that's life. Relax, and take advantage of the
cornucopia of views one can find on sites like SP's. That's how many of us treat
Marxmail, in part because you save us from reading a lot of uninteresting stuff
in the New York Times or Washington Post, and you often point us toward more
interesting and relevant material, including some by non-Marxists, incredible as
it may seem.

Richard

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On 9/11/17 7:57 PM, Andrew Pollack via Marxism wrote:
> Louis, I don't see a link to the Crooke article.
> Anyway as I recall from discussions during the Panitch/Gindin betrayal 
> on Greece, those two are central to the Socialist Project. So I'm not 
> surprised if they have a Pink Tide line on Syria (but need citations).


It was in the News column on the right side of the page.

You can also find this:

The Much-Maligned Views of Rania Khalek on Syria Rania Khalek interviewed by
Justin Podur

https://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/1393.php

I have a suspicion that Podur, who is a total Assadist, is responsible for most
of this crap with Albo serving as his enabler.

Also, I wouldn't make an amalgam between Syriza and Syria even though they are
kind of spelled alike. I have my own views on Syriza that are distinct from
Panitch and Gindin but don't think that the word betrayal applies to what they
have written. In fact, we should fucking retire the word "betrayal" along with
"petty-bourgeois" and "revisionist". It has a kind of musty, cobwebs aura that
makes me glad I left the Trotskyist movement 39 years ago. I only wish it had
been 49 years ago.
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Re: [Marxism] Socialist Project in Canada--as bad as Global Research on Syria

2017-09-11 Thread Louis Proyect via Marxism

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On 9/11/17 7:57 PM, Andrew Pollack via Marxism wrote:

Louis, I don't see a link to the Crooke article.
Anyway as I recall from discussions during the Panitch/Gindin betrayal on
Greece, those two are central to the Socialist Project. So I'm not
surprised if they have a Pink Tide line on Syria (but need citations).



It was in the News column on the right side of the page.

You can also find this:

The Much-Maligned Views of Rania Khalek on Syria
Rania Khalek interviewed by Justin Podur

https://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/1393.php

I have a suspicion that Podur, who is a total Assadist, is responsible 
for most of this crap with Albo serving as his enabler.


Also, I wouldn't make an amalgam between Syriza and Syria even though 
they are kind of spelled alike. I have my own views on Syriza that are 
distinct from Panitch and Gindin but don't think that the word betrayal 
applies to what they have written. In fact, we should fucking retire the 
word "betrayal" along with "petty-bourgeois" and "revisionist". It has a 
kind of musty, cobwebs aura that makes me glad I left the Trotskyist 
movement 39 years ago. I only wish it had been 49 years ago.

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Re: [Marxism] Socialist Project in Canada--as bad as Global Research on Syria

2017-09-11 Thread Andrew Pollack via Marxism
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Louis, I don't see a link to the Crooke article.
Anyway as I recall from discussions during the Panitch/Gindin betrayal on
Greece, those two are central to the Socialist Project. So I'm not
surprised if they have a Pink Tide line on Syria (but need citations).
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