[L-I] Links on independent European military force

In a recent post I mentioned the disagreement over the European military force. Here are a few links from the BBC website: December 10, 1999 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_557000/557700.stm May 24, 2000 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_761000/761467.stm

Re: Interimperialist strife (was Re: [L-I] Chemical/Nuclear Warfare inBosnia: Eyewitness To Hell)

Carrol Cox wrote: Nestor Miguel Gorojovsky wrote: If this is the scenario, then many may be thinking of a new age of "own spheres of influence" such as during the 30s. In a different context, this would have meant a war in a not so far future. What do we think of the possibilities

[L-I] My resignation as moderator from L-I

-International, I have to resign. Here I stand and do not have any choice. Johannes Schneider ___ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international

Re: [L-I] anti- Nazi struggle

Here is the latest from fighting back racists in Germany. The incident happened Friday night. Today is it front page news in all Munich papers. The prompt reaction from the Turkish youth was only possible because the neigbourhood has a relative high percentage of immigrants (I guess about 30%).

[L-I] The Guinea Pigs Of Kano

From the Nigerian Vanguard Daily (Lagos) at: http://allafrica.com/stories/200101100249.html Other related Nigerian press articles: http://allafrica.com/stories/200101080236.html http://allafrica.com/stories/200101030031.html http://allafrica.com/stories/200101060019.html

Re: [L-I] DaimlerChrysler to shrink Chrysler group

Here is the latest on DaimlerChrysler from today's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung www.faz.com Mr. Gentz, who was born in the Latvian capital, Riga, grew up in Berlin. He studied law and earned a Ph.D at Berlin's Freie Universitt. Since 1970, Mr. Gentz has been with the Stuttgart-based car

[L-I] On Centrism

In recent postings other organisations have been referred to as beeing 'centrist'. Though especially in Trotskyite circles this is a very popular attribute given to political (mostly other Trotskyites) adversaries, as a moderator I would like to point out, that this kind of lingo is not

[L-I] Fw: Correction from Nestor (on Argentinian road blocks)

On my answer to Johannes I wrote: "...Laferrere, an important town of lower middle class / working class ridden by unemployment constituency" I should have written "...Laferrere, an important town of lower middle class / working class (ridden by unemployment) constituency" Where I

Re: [L-I] (Spanish) News on Argentina and Ecuador that don't make the headlines

Nestor Miguel Gorojovsky quoted: REGIONAL. E/0901/02232. BUENOS AIRES, 9(PSI).- PREPARAN UN CONGRESO NACIONAL DE PIQUETEROS. Organizaciones de piqueteros de todo el pas preparan un congreso nacional para el segundo fin de semana de abril, de acuerdo a la resolucin que adopt el pasado 16 de

Re: [L-I] Bush, Putin seen headed for trouble over missiles

Macdonald wrote: Comrades, before you read this I have a couple of questions for any who care to answer me. I agree and have noticed this basic thrust of the Putin administration that the article is referring to. It is quite true that Russia is carving a new role, somewhere in between the

[L-I] Ethnic Cleansing - Palestine 48 (German)

The following article appeared in today's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, leading conservative paper in Germany. Author is Salah Abd el Dschawad, professor at Bir-Zeit-University. In the article he comes to the conclusion that there was a Zionist master plan to drive out Palestinians in 1948.

Re: [L-I] FW: [Marxism-Thaxis] Vote

Communards wrote: It looked like our side was going to just keep on moving ahead in the poll, but now the FBI forces have been getting out the word to their supporters and the gap is getting smaller. Right now the vote is: Yes (in support of Leonard Peltier) 15.473, 52%, No (in support

[L-I] Chrysler crisis

From Sundays's Washington Post at: http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/europe/A2243-2000Dec30.html The original Schrempp interview is in the Saturday edition of Stuttgarter Nachrichten, p. 1 an 3 Accessible two weeks through www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de Johhannes German Parent Predicts

[L-I] Chrysler crisis

From Sundays's Washington Post at: http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/europe/A2243-2000Dec30.html The original Schrempp interview is in the Saturday edition of Stuttgarter Nachrichten, p. 1 an 3 Accessible two weeks through www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de Johhannes German Parent Predicts

[L-I] Bush to pull US troops out of Balkans

From the December 31 Sunday Times http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/12/31/stifgnusa02006.html I wonder what US-American comrades make of this. Is this a major US policy change or is this food not eaten as hot as it is cooked? Johannes Bush to pull US troops out of Balkans Tom

[L-I] Rote Hilfe (German)

Below is an article about the history of the support organisation for political prisoners 'Rote Hilfe'. Unfortunately it is in German, anyone volunteering for an English (or any other language) translation, is more than welcome. Author of the article is Munich Journalist Nick Brauns, who writes

[L-I] Imperialist secret services and the war in Chechnya

Recent postings led me to the conclusion that some listers think imperialist states (Germany, UK, US) are actively supporting the Islamic rebels in Chechyna. I would like to know, what to make out of the following article. Johannes St.Petersburg Times, April 11, 2000

[L-I] Vauxhall workers storm offices

Full text at: http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/12/13/europe/vauxhall/ LONDON (CNNfn) - Hundreds of workers at a Vauxhall Motors plant outside London stormed the car company's offices Wednesday, protesting the planned closure of the factory and the firing of some 2,000 people announced by U.S.-based

[L-I] Moderation announcement on attachments

Comrades, to prevent computer virus beeing spread through Leninist-International all sort of attachments from now on will be rejected. I ask all comrades to convert any attachment to plain text before posting it to L-I Johannes Schneider Co-moderator

[L-I] More on virus removal

It looks as if the Corporate Edition of Norton Antivirus removes MTX as well. Here are the steps: (a) Uninstall any antivirus working on your PC and install NAV corporate edition (b) Insert in drive the first of 5 rescue diskettes of NAV you have previously prepared on a clean PC (the file

[L-I] German police wants to cover up racist murder

Below is the Frankfurter Allgemeine account of a racist murder German police initially wanted to cover up a simple accident. Today its front page news on most German papers. This case shows how far the level of racist violence has risen in some parts of Germany nowadays. A group of about fifty

[L-I] VIRUS

Comrades, as most of you will have probably noticed by now LI has been hit by the MTX virus. First of all I want to apologize to any inconveniences this might have caused to LI subscribers. At the moment we are discussing steps to prevent this to happen again. As a general rule I would like

[L-I] Enforcing Islamic law in Germany

From the liberal Frankfurter Rundschau: http://www.fr-aktuell.de/english/401/t401001.htm WHEN MUSLIM WOMEN MAY WEAR HEADSCARVES IN GERMANY Constitutional Court hears case of women forced to wear head covering By Ursula Knapp Karlsruhe - At a sitting of the German Constitutional Court held on

[L-I] Argentine unions join forces for nationwide strike

I am sure comrades from Argentina will keep us updated. Johannes Here is the latest from the imperialist media: From CNN, full text: http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/americas/11/16/argentina.strike.reut/index.htm l Argentine unions join forces for nationwide strike November 16, 2000 Web posted

[L-I] Wealth, poverty and income distribution in Germany

Below are some basic data on the class structure in Germany. It has been taken from: http://www.eiro.eurofound.ie/2000/10/features/DE0010287F.html BTW: The website is an excellent source for recent developments within EU trade unions. Mainly it centers around bread-and-butter issues, but as

[L-I] Immigration to Germany

Since immigration is one of the key issues in German politics today I post an surview about immigration to (West) Germany since 1945. The article (correctly) deals with all various forms of immigration to Germany. This approach is has been used for long in scientific discussion, but in the

[L-I] The Muslims the German Bourgeoisie loves to see

Below you will find the most hypocritical piece of so-called journalism in Germany I have come across in recent years. Basically it comes down to preach religion and family values to the German working class. Hypocritical because exactly the same social forces who are praising family values are

Re: [L-I] To the Administration team

Sorry for posting a private issue to the list, but wanted to ask something from the administrators, and I guees this is the best way to reach at least one of them. Certainly you can reach the administration team that way. But I would ask comrades to use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for purely

[L-I] Man-Made Weather: A Weapon of the Future?

From the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: www.faz.com Man-Made Weather: A Weapon of the Future? By Nico Stehr DELMENHORST. At the recent Fifth German Climate Conference, a climate expert and I gave a joint paper on man-made climate disasters that were threatening man in historic times. After

[L-I] Online intifada

The Lebanese Daily Star seems to be an excellent source on the cyber-war. Latest reports can be found here: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/04_11_00/art4.htm http://www.dailystar.com.lb/06_11_00/art2.htm In German there is a report on Telepolis:

[L-I] Torture for peace

Below is an article from todays's Independant by Robert Fisk: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/World/Middle_East/2000-11/ruthless061100.s html The report Fisk references seems to be here: http://www.csis.org/stratassessment/reports/IsraelPalestine.pdf It is a 125 page document. The dates vary

[L-I] The Intifada and the Information Society

From Telepolis http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/co/4153/1.html The Intifada and the Information Society John Horvath 31.10.2000 The use of information distribution as a sophisticated means of propaganda is a very real threat Often, an event from the real world is needed to wake those

[L-I] Mideast website wars swaps to US

Here are some of the latest news on the issue: - Lucent is telling his website has been attacked: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-3368676.html - The FBI has issued a formal warning http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-3359667.html Some information can be found at the iDefense website:

[L-I] Re: Website wars in the Middle East

More on the topic from October 25 Lebanese paper Daily Star http://www.dailystar.com.lb/25_10_00/art3.htm Israeli website tries to shut down Hizbullah's Ranwa Yehia Daily Star staff Israel has set up a website to show both amateur and professional internet users how to "attack and destroy

[L-I] Re: Website wars in the Middle East

From todays Washington Post: http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21154-2000Oct26.html Pings and E-Arrows Fly in Mideast Cyber-War By Lee Hockstader Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, October 27, 2000; Page A01 JERUSALEM, Oct. 26 -- The Web site of Hezbollah, the militantly

Re: [L-I] Nietzsche

Thank you Anton for forwarding the interesting article on Nietsche. Actuall it is the third part of a series. The articles can be found here: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/oct2000/niet-o20.shtml http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/oct2000/niet-o21.shtml

[L-I] Not Even Kitchen Knives

From todays Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung www.faz.com Not Even Kitchen Knives By Hasan Al Khader RAMALLAH. I stood on the roof of my house and watched Israeli helicopter gunships bombing targets in Ramallah. The bombardment went on for several hours, long enough for me to detect the pattern

[L-I] German style cultural imperialism

From Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung www.faz.com Hong Kong Teaches Berlin By Mark Siemons BERLIN. Hong Kong came close to hosting the first Love Parade on Asian soil next month, as the climax of a major Berlin Festival organized by the local Goethe Institute. The plan was evidence of a

[L-I] NarcoNews.com

The AP correspondent in Bolivia recently had to resign because he was working at the same time as a lobbyist for a water firm. The full story is at: http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A690-2000Oct24.html McFarren's extracurricular efforts were disclosed by journalist Al Giordano, a

[L-I] The Pre-Election Climate in Kosovo

After more than a year of imperialist occupation UNMIK and KFOR is fully responsible for the situation described below. From a recent Human Rights Watch report: Full text at: http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/eca/kosovo-election-bck.htm The Pre-Election Climate in Kosovo More than a year after

[L-I] Police looked on as German right-wingers attacked

From the centre-left Frankfurter Rundschau http://www.fr-aktuell.de/english/401/t401002.htm NEO-NAZI PLAYS INNOCENT IN COURT Police looked on as German right-wingers attacked By Heike Kleffner Berlin - The trial of Alexander T. (last name withheld under German law) has begun at the district

[L-I] Child hunger in Canada

The following is from the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The full text is at: http://www.cma.ca/cmaj/vol-163/issue-8/0961.htm Here are some quotes: The number of Canadian children experiencing poverty is unacceptably high. In the past decade the poverty rate for Canada's children has

[L-I] UNMIK to OSCE: Human rights in Kosovo 'unrealistic'

The OSCE has recently published a report on the criminal justice in Kosovo. According to an OSCE press release these are the key findings: - some provisions of applicable law may conflict with human rights standards; - the report finds clear and compelling evidence of actual bias by the courts

Re: [L-I] October Le Monde diplomatique on Kosovo

I wrote: The latest edition of Le Monde diplomatique has an article on Kosovo. The English title is 'The other Yugoslavain election', the German edition has it under the title 'UN-Protektorat oder Mafia-Republik'. English: http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/10/07kosovo German:

October Le Monde diplomatique on Kosovo

The latest edition of Le Monde diplomatique has an article on Kosovo. The English title is 'The other Yugoslavain election', the German edition has it under the title 'UN-Protektorat oder Mafia-Republik'. English: http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/10/07kosovo German:

[L-I] PIN: La renuncia del vicepresidente Alvarez (forward from Nestor)

La renuncia del vicepresidente Alvarez ANTE UNA OPERACION POLITICA PARA SALVAR EL MODELO DE LA DEPENDENCIA La renuncia de Carlos Alvarez a la vicepresidencia de Nación cerró el breve capítulo de una alianza gubernamental concebida para durar por todo un período. Cualquiera sea la continuidad

Neo-Nazis Lay Claim to Center of Small Town

From todays Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung www.faz.com Some of the remarks are quite revelaing Johannes Neo-Nazis Lay Claim to Center of Small Town By Peter Carstens NEUSTADT. Neustadt an der Orla has a late-Gothic town hall, a 500-year-old church, a business park, and something that the

Re: [L-I] Is German-Troops-In-Yug- Dispatch for Real??

First of all: German and other NATO troops have to leave the Balkans immedieately. All santions against Yugoslavia have to be lifted. The NATO governments have to stop interfering in Yugoslavia. I think the most important interfernece in Yugoslavia recently has been the financing of the

Edward Said on the Palestinian uprising

From todays Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung www.faz.com Nothing Left to Offer By Edward W. Said NEW YORK. Misreported and hopelessly flawed from the start, the Oslo peace process has entered its terminal phase -- one of violent confrontation, disproportionate Israeli repression, widespread

Re: [L-I] On the hunger strike

. As far as I am aware these problems are solved now. If any listers is still experiencing delivery problems please let me know. Comradely Johannes Schneider Co-moderator Leninist-International ___ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [L-I] On the hunger strike

dhkc wrote: 2) Despite his protestations to the contrary, Nestor's message, taken as a whole, is an attack on the hunger strikers and an attempt to deny them solidarity. == Comrades, I think in order to show solidarity with the hunger

[L-I] Nazis stopped in Munich

Though it is sort of late by am still forwarding here a report about the anti-fascist mobilisation last Saturday in Munich, Germany. The author is Nick Brauns a journalist for the German left-wing dailies Neues Deutschland and junge welt, member of the PDS and well known Munich activist. Besides

[L-I] Request from the Moderators

on the Internet today is getting less of an issue, there are still listers who suffer from slow and expansive connections. This you should keep in mind as well. Johannes Schneider Co-moderator Leninist-International ___ Leninist-International mailing list

Re: [L-I] Moderators note

No more discussion on this issue! Stephen got his _last_ warning. Roma locuta, causa finita! Johannes Schneider Co-Moderator Leninist-International - Original Message - From: "Stephen E Philion" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 20

[L-I] Moderators note

I have just warned Stephen, that his recent postings in reply to the DHKC are totally inacceptable and beyond what the moderators want to see on Leninist-International. Johannes Schneider Co-moderator Leninist-International ___ Leninist

Re: [L-I] Re: Women Industrialization (was Re: capitalist patriarchy)

Mine Aysen Doyran asked: Can I suggest something? Where did Jim Heartfield's post originally appear? lbo-talk. Its archived at: http://nuance.dhs.org/lbo-talk/current/0463.html I agree with Mine that posters should please indicate a reference if they crosspost from another list. Johannes

Re: [L-I] Speaking the same language?

Lieber Johannes, ich schreibe Dir privat, weil ich keine Lust mehr habe, diese Diskussion auf der LI-Liste fortzuführen. Lieber Lothar, ich verstehe Deinen beleidigten Unterton eigentlich nicht. Gerade öffentliche Diskussionen leben gerade von kontroversen Standpunkten. Wo Polemiken in

Re: [L-I] Speaking the same language?

Nestor wrote: But the basic question is "why does not the German formation work in order to have these migrants learn German?". In Argentina, European migrants were very proud that they did not speak the same language that the unworthy locals, but the Argentine formation took the pains

Re: [L-I] What to do if the KLA and NATO fight (Fwd from Louis Proyect)

Louis Proyect: What you call consciousness I regard as socialist ideology. In point of fact, revolutions generally take place in advance of acceptance of socialist ideology by the great majority. Louis, I dont think that fact is contested at all. The common misconception of Marxists

Re: [L-I] Why worry about Neonazis if you have doctors like this

A.Holberg wrote Interesting stuff, Johannes. But what is your position? Maybe it helps some folks to learn that after staying in a foreign country for 21 years they should have bothered to learn the language? Anton, I think you raised important points, but its important we look at those

[L-I] Re: GERMANY: Authorities' hypocrisy on racist violence (from GLW)

I (Johannes) quoted Green Left Weekly: http://www.greenleft.org.au/current/417p18.htm Leading capitalist associations fear for the country's economy, and their profits, as the news of the racist terror in Germany spreads around the world. In todays Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (usually

[L-I] GERMANY: Authorities' hypocrisy on racist violence (from GLW)

From the latest Green Left Weekly: http://www.greenleft.org.au/current/417p18.htm GERMANY: Authorities' hypocrisy on racist violence KIEL -- After years of racist crimes perpetrated against immigrants and refugees, Germany's establishment is giving the impression that it is finally willing to

[L-I] A German post-communist

More from the FAZ at www.faz.com A Marxist-Leninist's Capitalistic Views By Dieter Wentz SCHWERIN. Helmut Holter, leader of the post-communist Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and labor minister in eastern Germany's Baltic coastal state, recently made an

Re: [L-I] What to do if the KLA and NATO fight

Nestor Miguel Gorojovsky wrote: What kind of a regime would take power in Yugoslavia if the "Serb nationalist and bourgeois" Milosevic regime (your definition, I hardly can imagine the policemen -that is, the concrete face of the State- of a bourgeois regime cherishing Salvador Allende, as an

[L-I] Why worry about Neonazis if you have doctors like this

From the AP wire service: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/2822/wl/germany_transplant_denied_1.html Women Denied Heart Transplant By BURT HERMAN, Associated Press Writer BERLIN (AP) - A German hospital drew harsh criticism Tuesday for admitting it denied a heart transplant to a Turkish

[L-I] Turkish Government is trying to eliminate job security for public servants

This was posted on the Middle East Socialist Network list: http://www.egroups.com/message/mesn/1475 THE LAST DEVELOPMENTS ÝN TURKEY 21.AUGUST.2000 A NEW GAME OF INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND WORLD BANK 'Turkish Government is trying to eliminate job security for public servants' After

Re: [L-I] More on the debate on NATO's war against the Balkans

Nestor Miguel Gorojovsky wrote: It would even be interesting to consider if the Kossovo issue does not have to do with a plan to keep Albanians busy with something else than their own destruction at the hands of imperialists... We are entering the slippery fields of speculation here,

Re: [L-I] a clip of bourgeois news on Colombia

For what it is worth, this came through Lou Proyects marxism list: Hi Lou: FARC in Bogota? By the way the UP still exists. Also Partido Bolivriano In regard to MacDonald Stainsby's "clips from the bourgeois press re Colombia", in which he quotes a Reuters dispatch to the effect that the

Re: [L-I] Re: a clip of bourgeois news on Colombia

Owen Jones wrote: None of these armies will have the ability to seize power unless they have the active support of the urban proletariat. Unfortunately, much of the urban proletariat are not only not actively behind the insurrections, but often are in fact hostile to them. Louis

Re: [L-I] Re: a clip of bourgeois news on Colombia

Owen, first of all welcome back to L-I. I agree with most of what you have said about the need for peasant-worker alliance and the class character of guerilla movements, but havent there been historic examples of rural guerilla armies winning state power without the active support of the urban

Re: [L-I] Re: Interviews with Leaders of REsistance to NATO in Mitrovi

Tony Abdo wrote: Johannes, I doubt very seriously that Jared does not admit the suffering of Albanian Kosovares as you assert. Tony, up to now I have nothing heard like this from Jared, but perhaps I just missed it- I believe that the other camp blames Milosevic for where we're at.

[L-I] Eisenhower ordered murder of Lumumba

From todays (British) Guardian: http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4049783,00.html President 'ordered murder' of Congo leader Martin Kettle in Washington Thursday August 10, 2000 Forty years after the murder of the Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba,

[L-I] Argentina in 1982 (was: Re: Fiji (to Lou Paulsen))

Nestor Miguel Gorojovsky wrote: Let us put things this way: should the Argentinian "democratic" parties (those which are now managing the country on behalf of the imperialists) have given their support to Galtieri against Britain in 1982, during the war, or should they have left Galtieri

Re: [L-I] Fw: Anti-imp camp info #8: Final programme Supporters

Jela Jovanovic wrote: International Antiimperialist Summercamp No to Globalisation! From Seattle to San Vicente Cagun The Revolt against the Dominion of Injustice is Advancing! Assisi, Italy, 30th Juli-6th August

Re: [L-I] Re: Allied bombins durin WWII (was: Re: Land, Bread and Sex!)

E.C.Apling wrote Actually, I think much of the bombing WAS aimed at facvtories and railway yards - it is just that the aim of pilots was VERY bad. No, not on factories, at least in the case of the British RAF. Read: THE UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY Summary Report (European War)