Re: [Marxism] Assad's strategy why exposing his crimes is so critical

2014-04-24 Thread Eli Stephens
you need to do is read Clay Claiborne's posts on Marxmail. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu

[Marxism] Would Russia lose Crimea vote?

2014-03-16 Thread Eli Stephens
-vote-join-russia-210/ Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail

Re: [Marxism] No, Ukraine is not being run by fascists - The Week

2014-03-14 Thread Eli Stephens
of Pravy Sektor, is deputy secretary for national security. Somehow I don't remember either the NF or BNP having quite the same presence in government. A guide to who's-who in the government: http://www.pslweb.org/liberationnews/news/whos.html Eli Stephens Left I on the News http

Re: [Marxism] No, Ukraine is not being run by fascists - The Week

2014-03-14 Thread Eli Stephens
want to minimize the danger: http://rt.com/news/merkel-ukraine-answer-sanctions-658/ Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http

[Marxism] PFLP helps break the seige of Yarmouk

2014-01-21 Thread Eli Stephens
in the camp. PFLP-GC members are fighting against Syrian opposition fighters who control most of the camp. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options

Re: [Marxism] Why Twitter sucks big-time (for debates, at least)

2014-01-20 Thread Eli Stephens
to analyze the evidence and cast serious doubt that the weapons were fired by the Syrian government, suddenly the new study isn't part of all the news that's fit to print. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list

Re: [Marxism] Iran executes 40 people in January

2014-01-17 Thread Eli Stephens
murder of Kelly Thomas and subsequent exoneration of the cops is telling. http://www.pslweb.org/liberationnews/news/no-justice-for-kelly-thomas.html There is enough, WAY more than enough, to focus on the U.S. justice system without delving into abuses of justice in other countries. Eli Stephens

[Marxism] Syria: What Revolution?

2013-10-02 Thread Eli Stephens
at the bottom) is also worth reading, though in deference to Louis, I won't post it here. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com What Revolution? (Part 1) http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=10229 by Red Maistre on September 19, 2013 Never has there been so much talk

Re: [Marxism] Syria: What Revolution?

2013-10-02 Thread Eli Stephens
facts or perspectives that might jar their world view. How's the revolution in Libya going, by the way? Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options

Re: [Marxism] Richard Seymour on Syria: How the revolution went wrong

2013-09-30 Thread Eli Stephens
did so yesterday at 11:52 a.m., and yet that post has not shown up on the list. Some kind of weird coincidence? Perhaps. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu

Re: [Marxism] Richard Seymour on Syria: How the revolution went wrong

2013-09-30 Thread Eli Stephens
before. You urge comrades to read the article, yet you prevent it from being posted directly on the list because...you were prevented from accessing their website? In what logic system does that make sense? Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com

Re: [Marxism] Richard Seymour on Syria: How the revolution went wrong

2013-09-29 Thread Eli Stephens
article, from the Northstar, entitled What Revolution? http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=10229 Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http

Re: [Marxism] Syria: you can't be anti-war and pro-dictator

2013-09-21 Thread Eli Stephens
on demonstrations, either post-facto or in advance, encouraging their members and readers to attend them. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http

Re: [Marxism] Syrians In Ghouta Claim Saudi-Supplied Rebels Behind Chemical Attack

2013-09-01 Thread Eli Stephens
coming out of Syria, typically sourced to the Syrian Observatory on Human Rights which in turn talks to activists on the ground. Not that this makes this particular story true or false. I reserve judgment. But again, it is hardly any less credible than most stories coming from Syria. Eli Stephens

[Marxism] Syrian opposition reveals its real nature

2013-09-01 Thread Eli Stephens
be carried out in conjunction with an effort to arm the Free Syrian Army. This will be vital in restraining Assad and ending the killing and chaos he wants to spread throughout the region. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com

[Marxism] FAIR asseses Ghouta attack reports: John Kerry vs. Mint Press

2013-09-01 Thread Eli Stephens
-credible/ Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Marxism] False flag operation?

2013-08-27 Thread Eli Stephens
another U.S. war? Or will you be content to rail against imperialism on the Marxmail list? And continue to lend your implicit support to the justification for the attack by asserting something you cannot possibly know at this time, that the Syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians? Eli

[Marxism] Extradition hypocrisy on the part of the U.S.: whistleblowers yes, terrorists no

2013-07-09 Thread Eli Stephens
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == http://lefti.blogspot.com/2013/07/extradition-hypocrisy-on-part-of-us.html

Re: [Marxism] Books about Cuba

2013-07-08 Thread Eli Stephens
, but the book itself is really worthwhile: http://www.freethefive.org/usTerrorism/USTerrWaldBolender40811.htm Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your

Re: [Marxism] The Economist on Iran's nuclear program

2013-06-27 Thread Eli Stephens
likelihood is that stalemate will continue and the new Rohani government will seek an end to sanctions in exchange for dropping its active support for Islamist movements and regimes opposed to Western interests in the region. IMO, not gonna' happen. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http

Re: [Marxism] Angry Arab

2013-06-21 Thread Eli Stephens
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Louis: On 6/21/13 1:37 AM, Eli Stephens wrote: But most telling in your post

Re: [Marxism] The US and Iran

2013-06-19 Thread Eli Stephens
to a fair extent) is to inflict pain and suffering on the Iranian people. I agree that the U.S. would prefer to avoid a shooting war. However, whether terrorism, economic war, or shooting war, we should be clear that the U.S. goal is NOT containing Iran, but regime change. Eli Stephens Left I

Re: [Marxism] Baathist use of chemical warfare

2013-05-27 Thread Eli Stephens
embargo, and soon you'll have your wish of a full-scale imperialist assault (or imperialist-backed at the very least) on Syria. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism

Re: [Marxism] Ahmadinejad appeals to Green movement's base

2013-04-04 Thread Eli Stephens
. Anyway, it's worth remembering that this is not some sudden deathbed conversion by Ahmadinejad. One of his very first actions as President, which was quickly overruled by Khamenei, was to allow women spectators at football matches. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com

[Marxism] Brian Becker: The war danger in Korea

2013-03-30 Thread Eli Stephens
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == http://www.pslweb.org/liberationnews/news/the-war-danger-in-korea.html The war

[Marxism] The conspiratorial leftist perspective

2013-03-30 Thread Eli Stephens
began on a small scale in early 2012 and continued intermittently through last fall, expanded into a steady and much heavier flow late last year, the data shows. It has grown to include more than 160 military cargo flights... Conspiratorial leftist perspective my a--. Eli Stephens Left I

Re: [Marxism] The conspiratorial leftist perspective

2013-03-30 Thread Eli Stephens
claim that the government has slaughtered 80,000 of its people says a lot about your perspective, or rather, your loss of it. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu

Re: [Marxism] Why there needs to be big international anti-war protests of Israel's bombing of Syria?

2013-01-31 Thread Eli Stephens
, Palestinians, under their wings and hosted us on their land for over sixty years. We are confident that they will prevail over this problem. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism

Re: [Marxism] Why there needs to be big international anti-war protests of Israel's bombing of Syria?

2013-01-31 Thread Eli Stephens
of the story (and that those diplomats aren't in turn giving the information to the journalists)? Surely you aren't that naïve. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu

Re: [Marxism] The PSL embarrasses itself big-time

2012-11-07 Thread Eli Stephens
that are embarrassing themselves big-time. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive

Re: [Marxism] Bruce Springsteen develops early Alzheimer's

2012-10-22 Thread Eli Stephens
about him: We made love, but it wasn't so great Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options

[Marxism] Very important antiwar initiative

2012-10-04 Thread Eli Stephens
Forward co-founder Mike Prysner was on RT talking about the campaign: http://youtu.be/Wy8KjWWm_no Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options

Re: [Marxism] Syria rally: World silence is killing Syria

2012-08-27 Thread Eli Stephens
. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Marxism] Why defend Assange...

2012-08-20 Thread Eli Stephens
doing this not to bring a convicted mass murderer to justice, not for a convicted rapist, not even for someone who has been CHARGED with rape, but someone who is simply wanted for questioning? Any assertion that this case is not 100% political simply strains credulity. Eli Stephens Left I

Re: [Marxism] FYI Amnesty International: An Instrument of War Propaganda?

2012-08-10 Thread Eli Stephens
that the Syrian government car-bombed a funeral. None (as far as we know in both cases). Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http

Re: [Marxism] Glenn Greenwald drinks the anti-Syria Kool-Aid

2012-08-08 Thread Eli Stephens
?) targets. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Marxism] A note on the complexities of the Syrian uprising

2012-08-07 Thread Eli Stephens
that it will gladly replace any weapons that they transfer to the rebels. As for the evidence that the actual flow of weapons is very small and light, as well as the claim that the US has absolutely refused to send weapons, in Richard's honor I'll go with my favorite Britishism: balderdash. Eli

Re: [Marxism] Glenn Greenwald drinks the anti-Syria Kool-Aid

2012-08-07 Thread Eli Stephens
with what we actually KNOW about what they are doing in Syria (communications equipment etc.) qualifies as evidence that far surpasses ritual denials by U.S. government spokespeople. If you don't share that opinion, perhaps you need to read a little more history. Eli Stephens Left I on the News

Re: [Marxism] Syria¹s Crumbling Pluralism

2012-08-06 Thread Eli Stephens
but not those that don't support your point of view. Do you think Marxists should assess reality looking only at a portion of the picture? Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism

Re: [Marxism] North Star shows the way to imperialist intervention

2012-07-17 Thread Eli Stephens
interests. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Marxism] Rocky Anderson wins California Primary for Peace and Freedom,

2012-06-11 Thread Eli Stephens
that discussion at the time the law was being debated. Too bad, but not surprising. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http

Re: [Marxism] Fake Houla Massacre Photo: Was the BBC set up?

2012-05-31 Thread Eli Stephens
(and not just the grunts in the field) to discredit the opposition. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http

Re: [Marxism] Fake Houla Massacre Photo: Was the BBC set up?

2012-05-31 Thread Eli Stephens
the massacre in Houla and the fake BBC photo) instead of posting random McCarthyite accusations (bringing in such utterly extraneous issues as Robert Mugabe) about not even me, but friends of mine? Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com

Re: [Marxism] Fake Houla Massacre Photo: Was the BBC set up?

2012-05-31 Thread Eli Stephens
characterization of Syria as a bourgeois-nationalist state couldn't be clearer, even to someone intent on misreading it. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your

[Marxism] Syrian government concludes investigation

2012-05-31 Thread Eli Stephens
plan to succeed in ending the violence so the 14-month-old crisis could be resolved through political dialogue. He also called on opposition groups that reject foreign intervention to come to Syria for talks with the government. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com

Re: [Marxism] Fake Houla Massacre Photo: Was the BBC set up?

2012-05-31 Thread Eli Stephens
that it stands for the country¹s independence, but is organized along capitalist lines. Anyone who pretends that this article characterizes Syria as a socialist state, or that the PSL does, is simply lying. Pure and simple. And willfully. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com

Re: [Marxism] Fake Houla Massacre Photo: Was the BBC set up?

2012-05-31 Thread Eli Stephens
literally has no answer and never will. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism

Re: [Marxism] The latest on Syria massacre from Patrick Cockburn

2012-05-28 Thread Eli Stephens
carried out by regime forces in revenge for the killing of a government informant in the nearby Alawite village of Kabou a month earlier. Can this even REMOTELY be considered credible? Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send

Re: [Marxism] Patrick Cockburn on the slaughter in Syria

2012-05-27 Thread Eli Stephens
, artillery shells, tank shells, but stressed that the circumstances that led to the tragic deaths were still unclear. Whatever I learned on the ground in Syria ... is that I should not jump to conclusions. More here along with links: http://lefti.blogspot.com/2012/05/shaping-truth-on-syria.html Eli

[Marxism] 3rd Party Debate on Live

2012-04-21 Thread Eli Stephens
of Freedom Socialist Party * Dr. Kent Mesplay, seeking the Green Party nomination * James Ogle, seeking the Libertarian Party nomination * Dr. Jill Stein, seeking the Green Party nomination As I write this (2:31 Pacific) the broadcast has started, but the actual event hasn't QUITE started yet. Eli

Re: [Marxism] Rocky Anderson videos

2012-04-19 Thread Eli Stephens
to see at least one socialist alternative on their ballot. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman

Re: [Marxism] Rocky Anderson videos

2012-04-18 Thread Eli Stephens
, but as OPPOSED to it. Like his hero Franklin Roosevelt, his election will be a step to DISARM the left, not arm it. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options

Re: [Marxism] Rocky Anderson videos

2012-04-16 Thread Eli Stephens
, much less is he running to advance the fight for socialism. The event was live-streamed on Ustream and should be available for viewing, although I can't find the link offhand. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list

Re: [Marxism] Rocky Anderson videos

2012-04-16 Thread Eli Stephens
they didn't have representatives at the event. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism

Re: [Marxism] Rocky Anderson videos

2012-04-16 Thread Eli Stephens
be perverted in practice is another question. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options

Re: [Marxism] Rocky Anderson videos

2012-04-16 Thread Eli Stephens
statement of fact. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail

[Marxism] More KONY2012 news

2012-04-09 Thread Eli Stephens
/news/135/ARTICLE/8090/2012-04-08.html Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism

Re: [Marxism] Good take-down of Rachel Maddow's new book

2012-04-05 Thread Eli Stephens
completely fails to mention the word imperialism or offer any real insightful comments as to the underlying CAUSES of war (which I assume is equally lacking from Maddow's book). Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list

[Marxism] Excellent talks about Iraq and more

2012-03-27 Thread Eli Stephens
lessons of the war against Iraq: http://youtu.be/KlHwp16Ac0U Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman

Re: [Marxism] Life styles of the rich and brutal

2012-03-16 Thread Eli Stephens
://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/15/assad-emails-more-huma n Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http

[Marxism] Syria: The Western Deception Over Regime Change Unravels.

2012-03-16 Thread Eli Stephens
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Link: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=vaaid=29660 Syria: The

[Marxism] NATO intervention in Syria

2012-03-14 Thread Eli Stephens
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == http://www.pslweb.org/liberationnews/news/nato-forces-already-operating.html NATO

Re: [Marxism] NATO intervention in Syria

2012-03-14 Thread Eli Stephens
a list of all the countries which have been freed from imperialist exploitation by imperialist bombing. Or which have been freed from imperialist exploitation by imperialists funding and arming a revolution in that country. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com

[Marxism] March Forward on the latest Afghanistan massacre

2012-03-13 Thread Eli Stephens
today: http://youtu.be/Cxta_qlobpI Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism

Re: [Marxism] 400, 000 trade unionists to canvass door to door for Obama?

2012-03-12 Thread Eli Stephens
) to campaign? What law was preventing them? Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism

Re: [Marxism] AIPAC works for the 1 percent

2012-03-05 Thread Eli Stephens
that Iran is determined to build a nuclear weapon, thus adding his imprimatur to the causus belli for an attack on Iran. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set

Re: [Marxism] Why Israel Couldn¹t Take Out Iran¹s Nuclear Program Even if It Wanted To

2012-03-04 Thread Eli Stephens
of a man on a nuclear kick. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail

Re: [Marxism] Why Israel Couldn¹t Take Out Iran¹s Nuclear Program Even if It Wanted To

2012-03-04 Thread Eli Stephens
. Quite right. And one of the ways to do that is to TELL THE TRUTH, and rebut the lies that permeate the U.S. media. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set

Re: [Marxism] Why Israel Couldn¹t Take Out Iran¹s Nuclear Program Even if It Wanted To

2012-03-04 Thread Eli Stephens
., here: http://www.pslweb.org/liberationnews/news/us-hands-off-iran.html That line article doesn't even INCLUDE the word Ahmadinejad, much less represent defending him. And many others: http://www.pslweb.org/liberationnews/search/search.jsp?query=iranfolderID=1 68310601includeSubfolders=true Eli

Re: [Marxism] The End of Taking the Syrian Revolution at Face Value

2012-03-01 Thread Eli Stephens
some one-sided massacre. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail

Re: [Marxism] The End of Taking the Syrian Revolution at Face Value

2012-03-01 Thread Eli Stephens
figures (who wouldn't be easy targets), and except for self-defense as has been occurring in Homs. Talk about self-deception! Even the rebels don't claim such preposterous ratios, and furthermore they have on many occasions claimed to have killed members of the army. Eli Stephens Left I on the News

[Marxism] Debate over Occupy tactics: an invented controversy

2012-02-16 Thread Eli Stephens
and capitalists call in the police to enforce their property rights? How do we do all these things in a way that take us forward, giving people more confidence to struggle? Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions

Re: [Marxism] Debate over Occupy tactics: an invented controversy

2012-02-16 Thread Eli Stephens
that Hedges' critique arose in response to the events of Jan. 28, not the events of Nov. 2. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http

Re: [Marxism] Debate over Occupy tactics: an invented controversy

2012-02-16 Thread Eli Stephens
cancer, which is diagnosed in November and is undetectable in February. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http

[Marxism] Syria¹s Uprising in Context

2012-02-13 Thread Eli Stephens
measure of self-directed development toward socialism. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman

Re: [Marxism] MRZine insanity

2012-02-13 Thread Eli Stephens
). Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Marxism] Syria's Uprising in Context

2012-02-13 Thread Eli Stephens
is to say, to defend Syria from an imperialist onslaught), try Diana Johnstone, who has a different approach, but a similar conclusion: http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/02/13/road-to-damascus-and-on-to-armageddon Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com

[Marxism] Media coverage of Syria gets even more absurd

2012-02-11 Thread Eli Stephens
that there is an actual TWO-sided battle going on (and not just a government assault) is the claim that the population there is restive. Yes, restive and well-armed. http://www.newsday.com/news/world/car-bombs-at-syrian-security-posts-kill-28 -1.3520952 Eli Stephens Left I on the News http

Re: [Marxism] Palestinian intellectuals to Syrian regime: Stop using our cause to cover your crimes

2012-02-10 Thread Eli Stephens
of the Syrian rebels are now appealing to Israel to intervene on their behalf? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxNbixK3qKA Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your

[Marxism] The big lie on Iran continues

2012-02-03 Thread Eli Stephens
a nuclear bomb. But that is a lie. Iran has REPEATEDLY said that it HAS decided - NOT to build a bomb. Details: http://lefti.blogspot.com/2012/02/big-lie-on-iran-continues.html Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list

[Marxism] 200 dead in Syria - but who were they?

2012-02-03 Thread Eli Stephens
, the drumbeat for war continues, with politicians and the media working hand and hand to prepare the American public. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your

Re: [Marxism] The big lie on Iran continues

2012-02-03 Thread Eli Stephens
public and help continue the march to war. As far as I know, not ONE of the unambiguous statements linked in my blog have ever been reported in the U.S. corporate media. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list

[Marxism] Report of the Arab League Mission to Syria

2012-02-02 Thread Eli Stephens
be found here, paints a rather different picture than the one being promulgated by the Western corporate media. So naturally I haven't read a word of it there. http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=vaaid=29025 Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com

Re: [Marxism] MRZine's latest spin for al-Assad dictatorship and the Armenian genocide

2012-01-16 Thread Eli Stephens
bandwagon is rolling, so please, jump aboard. It's easy, and few (except the likes of me) will criticize you for doing so. Just be careful, there's another bandwagon heading in the direction of Iran, you don't want to be on two bandwagons at once, you might split your pants. Eli Stephens Left I

Re: [Marxism] MRZine's latest spin for al-Assad dictatorship and the Armenian genocide

2012-01-16 Thread Eli Stephens
the Chinese Revolution David talks about Gaddafi, and about unnamed straw groups giving unconditional *political* support to Assad's gov't Not one person actually addresses my question. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com

Re: [Marxism] Students Lose Zeal for Aiding Obama Again

2011-11-15 Thread Eli Stephens
, she said. It¹s easier to be a thoughtful supporter. The fact is that with all the money he's going to raise from his Wall St. backers, Obama doesn't need armies of students ringing doorbells this time around. All he needs is a suitable greater evil to go up against. Eli Stephens Left I

Re: [Marxism] So, who won the war in Iraq? Iran

2011-11-09 Thread Eli Stephens
to be Lenin again? Lenin again? I'm sorry, you can hurl whatever accusations you like at me, and no doubt some of them will be valid, but I have never REMOTELY had any kind of Lenin complex or considered in the slightest way that I was trying to be Lenin. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http

[Marxism] Re; Hiker spent 14 months in solitary confinement in an Iranian prison

2011-11-06 Thread Eli Stephens
in Pakistan. No, Louis specializes in posting material highlighting the defects, real or alleged, of the victims of imperialism. Because, after all, we don't get enough of that from our daily doses of the U.S. corporate media, so we need to come to Marxmail to get it reinforced. Eli Stephens Left I

[Marxism] Franklin Lamb: Libya¹s Liberation Front Organizing in the Sahel

2011-11-06 Thread Eli Stephens
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Is this an optimistic view of the potential threat to Libya's new rulers? I suspect

Re: [Marxism] Re; Hiker spent 14 months in solitary confinement in an Iranian prison

2011-11-06 Thread Eli Stephens
of fact, and, despite Eli's professional wrestling style indignation, this is the only one that I have posted here in months. Really, Louis? Syrian hospitals become torture chambers posted on Oct. 25 doesn't count? Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com

[Marxism] Libya's NTC accused of detainee abuse

2011-10-13 Thread Eli Stephens
to defend themselves properly or be released. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism

[Marxism] Chris Hedges on the Alyona Show

2011-10-07 Thread Eli Stephens
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Great interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz5RxhahHK0 Eli Stephens Left I

[Marxism] Kevin Zeese on OccupyDC/OWS

2011-10-07 Thread Eli Stephens
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Another excellent interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pmJdjSns4E Eli

[Marxism] First of Cuban Five released from prison

2011-10-07 Thread Eli Stephens
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Statement from the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five on the Release from

Re: [Marxism] Steve Jobs

2011-10-06 Thread Eli Stephens
, to be part of this world, to be in this millennium. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options

Re: [Marxism] Imperialist hunt for missiles in Libya (and broader comments y moi)

2011-10-01 Thread Eli Stephens
of Mussolini² Evidently Gaddafi wasn't just a bosom buddy of imperialism, but practically a fascist as well. Simply amazing how much firepower imperialism threw into overthrowing such a person. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com

Re: [Marxism] Right-wing Senators in Libya

2011-09-30 Thread Eli Stephens
as a revolution in the first place. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism

Re: [Marxism] Right-wing Senators in Libya

2011-09-30 Thread Eli Stephens
the American public against the war, rather than weakening that opposition by joining in the U.S. government's two-minute hate against Gaddafi. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism

[Marxism] Right-wing Senators in Libya

2011-09-29 Thread Eli Stephens
expect the pages of Marxmail to be filled with denunciations of Assad as that demand rises to more of a crescendo in the corporate media and political circles. Those who insist that our task is to oppose imperialism will no doubt remain in the minority. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http

Re: [Marxism] Letter to the ISO on Libya

2011-09-20 Thread Eli Stephens
Nations. Expect more to come. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive

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