[Marxism] Signs Of Economic Trouble Ahead | Martin Hart-Landsberg | Reports from the Economic Front

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[Marxism] Fwd: Why the left has to stand with Iran's uprising | SocialistWorker.org

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Re: [Marxism] Can Trump keep up the happy face?

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I always like a lot of what John writes, but I have to take exception to
some of his observations. His latest, "Can Trump keep up the happy face?"
concludes with,

"In short, Trump will probably get a boost in his ratings following this
speech (his first State of the Union message). But he will not continue his
happy face. He cannot because his entire situation is too unstable. The
only question is when and how will a renewed working class movement
develop. In its absence, Trumps’ slide towards bonapartism will continue."

Trump really did not look all that happy while he was speaking, but that is
besides the important point: Trump has a lot of big problems that are
likely to get much worse soon even though there is no  "renewed working
class movement" in sight. The confrontation between Trump and the FBI, CIA
and the Democratic Party is a real crisis within the ruling class. John is
correct to write about Trump's corrupt relationship with the Russian
oligarch's, but misses the fact that this is exactly the point of conflict
within the ruling class that is leading to a governmental crisis.

The fact that this is happening in the midst of economic growth that has
resulted in labor shortages in places like the San Francisco Bay area where
John and I live has indeed given the working class unprecedented bargaining
power, but this has yet to result in any major advances made by workers
themselves.

That economic growth however, is making the crisis within the ruling class
even sharper, for the Republican Party, despite the fact that it loathes
Trump almost as much as his wife does, has decided to close ranks around
him.

This has brought us into uncharted waters, making this crisis potentially
much deeper than the Watergate crisis.

The second bone I want to pick with John is his talk statement that " Trumps’
slide towards Bonapartism will continue."

John is correct that Trump is attacking the institutions of the bourgeois
state across the board, including even the sacred dogs of the FBI and CIA,
and he is correct to imply that this is a big change from the actions of
his predecessors, but this is not a slide towards Bonapartism. Bonapartism,
in the sense of Louis Napoleon, is institutionalized in the Constitution of
the United States. What Trump is doing is accelerating the undoing of the
time honored and celebrated balancing act that epitomizes American
bonapartism.

While concentration of power in the office of the President has been going
on for a long time, what is different now is that Trump is trying to place
himself as an individual above the law and above the institutions of the
executive branch. This is not a continuation of the Bonapartism of Barack
Obama who also concentrated power, but who relied on and deferred to the
institutions of the executive branch.

Personally, I think this crisis is going to blow up before the working
class comes on stage, and that it will develop in a very unpredictable way
fraught with both danger and opportunity. Like John - I would be more than
happy to see a mass working class movement sweep all of the rascals out of
the halls of government. Who knows, maybe the crisis that is sweeping
through Washington DC will sned off enough sparks to light the fires of
working class anger.

Anthony






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[Marxism] "Whoppers of Boss Tweet"

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"Whoppers of Boss Tweet…
A thief
a thug
Clown in a rug
A tweet
deceit
A lie
a cheat— Embellish, embroider: a lying disorder…
A myth
a fable
a bit unstable Flimflam, claptrap bunkum—bull crap! An empty wagon
a puffed up dragon…
A whopper
a fib
You peeped from your crib! A sham
a fake
a major ‘mistake—’ Pathological lying false-flag flying…
A grope
a trope
Bad jokes breaststrokes..."
See entire poem here. And thanks to Raymond Nat Turner for his permission
to reprint.
https://oaklandsocialist.com/2018/02/01/whoppers-of-boss-tweet/


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[Marxism] Canadian navy in the Mediterranean

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Sault native Johnson describes life in the navy, some tense moments near 
Russian vessels

https://www.sootoday.com/great-stories/sault-native-johnson-describes-life-in-the-navy-some-tense-moments-near-russian-vessels-6-photos-820481
 

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[Marxism] [UCE] Re: automation

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Thanks for this, Andrew


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After another morning slogging through the manure about artificial
intelligence, machine learning etc. as either panacea or invincible threat,
I went searching for some perspective, and turned to the Marxists Internet
Archive. Typing "automation" in its search form yielded many articles from
the late 1950s/1960s.

Comrades grappling with today's fads could benefit from browsing the search
results; pick an author/tendency you're partial to and I guarantee you'll
find some essential context, analysis, and proposals.
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[Marxism] Robert Fisk, cover-up master

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I have to say, however, that after a 2,000-mile tour over much of Syria, 
I have – for the first time in recent months – seen neither a single 
Hezbollah member or Iranian revolutionary guard. And since Western 
leaders believe Syria is swamped with Iranians, this is interesting.


Robert Fisk, The Independent, 2/1/2018

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The leader of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group said on Wednesday 
the Syrian war, now in its seventh year, will be finished in one or two 
years at most.


In an interview with Lebanon’s pro-Iran al-Mayadeen channel, Sayyed 
Hassan Nasrallah also said Israeli strikes on Hezbollah positions in 
Syria did not, and will not, prevent supplies of weapons reaching the group.


Reuters, 2/1/2018
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[Marxism] Fwd: Chevron Accused of $2 Million Witness Bribery Plot in Ecuador Pollution Case | Alternet

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