[Marxism] Role of Saudi Arabia in Middle East
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[Marxism] Will CUNY Go on Strike? | Left Voice
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[Marxism] An Astonishing New Cancer Memoir Brings Radical Politics to the Genre | The Nation
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[Marxism] When Milton met Shakespeare: poet's notes on Bard appear to have been found | Books | The Guardian
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[Marxism] Bottled Water Is Sucking Florida Dry
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * NY Times Op-Ed, Sept. 16, 2019 Bottled Water Is Sucking Florida Dry By Michael Sainato and Chelsea Skojec GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida has the largest concentration of freshwater springs in the world, but they are being devastated by increasing pollution and drastic declines in water flow. Some springs have dried up from overextraction; others have shown signs of saltwater intrusion and harmful algae blooms. At least 60 springs discharge from the Floridan aquifer into the Santa Fe River, which runs 75 miles through north-central Florida. This aquifer is the primary source of drinking water in the state. The state and local governments have continued to issue water bottling extraction permits that prevent the aquifer from recharging. The answer to this problem is simple: No more extraction permits should be granted, and existing permits should be reduced with the goal of eliminating bottled water production entirely in Florida. At the very least, corporations should be taxed for the water they now extract free of charge. That revenue can be used to pay for water infrastructure projects. In the next few months, Nestlé is set to renew its permit at Ginnie Springs, one of the most popular recreational attractions along the Santa Fe River. The permit allows Nestlé to take one million gallons per day at no cost, with just a one-time $115 application fee. “When the bottling companies come in, they’re taking the water away and we get no benefit,” said Michael Roth, president of Our Santa Fe River, an environmental nonprofit. While other large water bottling companies purchase water directly from municipal water sources in Florida, Nestlé, the largest bottled water company in the world with 48 brands in its portfolio, takes water directly from the source. Nestlé’s free water extraction has incited community pushback in San Bernardino, Calif., where the company gets water for its Arrowhead brand from a national forest struggling with significant drought, and in Osceola County, Mich., where residents are fighting against the company in court to prevent surges in water extraction from local resources. The Florida Springs Institute in August reported that groundwater extractions need to be reduced by 50 percent or more in North Florida to restore average spring flows to 95 percent of their previous levels. From 1950 to 2010, average spring flows in Florida declined by 32 percent as groundwater use increased by 400 percent. “There is no more water to give out from the Santa Fe River,” said Robert Knight, an environmental scientist and the executive director of the Florida Springs Institute. “The aquifer levels are coming down about an inch per year on average. Every year the aquifer level drops there is less pressure and flow at the springs.” Dr. Knight noted that average flow in the Santa Fe River has declined 30 percent to 40 percent. The Florida Springs Institute rates Ginnie Springs’s ecological health a D-plus. He cited another Nestlé water bottling operation in Florida, at Madison Blue Spring, where declining spring flows worsen periodic backflows into the springs from the Withlacoochee River it feeds into, contaminating the aquifer. Untreated wastewater discharged into the river upstream in Georgia has made Madison Blue Springs frequently unsuitable for water bottling. The water at Ginnie Springs suffers from nitrate pollution from wastewater, pesticide and fertilizer runoff, which can cause algal blooms and hurt human health. Nestlé has incensed other communities in the United States. In Michigan, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and the grass-roots nonprofit organization Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation filed an appeal of a decision to allow Nestlé to increase water pumping from 250 gallons per minute to to 400 gallons per minute from a spring aquifer in Osceola County. In April 2018, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality approved Nestlé’s application to increase water extraction to 400 gallons per minute. Nestlé pays a $200 annual administrative fee to extract millions of gallons of water from Michigan every year. Residents of Flint have noted that while Nestlé pays practically nothing for water, they are faced with high bills for poisoned water and have to rely on purchased bottled water. Osceola Township, the site of Nestlé’s well, is also appealing a ruling that allows Nestlé to build a booster pump and extract more water. “This is a poor, rural township. Nestlé goes to towns like these with economic promises of development of jobs, and gives nothing back,” said Peggy
[Marxism] This Government Program’s Job Is to Kill Wildlife
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[Marxism] The Poisoning of the West | Vault
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Re: [Marxism] Aramco Attack: Is War looming in the Middle East?
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * In response to Michael Meeropol I can see the merit of a short slogan to rally around. In the US (and here in Canada)the emphasis should be on No War On Iran. I am guessing that that might be what RKOB will put on their banner. But a statement such as theirs is not meant only to help us organize in the imperialist countries. It is important that in countries affected by the Iranian theocratic and capitalist government, people there should know our attitude to that government. Otherwise they might be repelled from out anti-war movement. ken h _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Lausan - Sharing decolonial left perspectives on Hong Kong
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[Marxism] Right-wing gains force Germany’s Left Party to rethink its strategy | John Wojcik | People's World
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[Marxism] I Am Free — but Turkey Is Not
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Re: [Marxism] Aramco Attack: Is War looming in the Middle East?
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * I absolutely agree -- in principle -- that all of these issues are HIGHLY relevant --- MY problem is that when I read something like this, what do I take away from it? As a total outsider (I live in the US, am a US citizen and have very little knowledge of details in much of the world ...and even that knowledge is always suspect, right?) I find the conflicts within conflicts mystifying --- I cannot imagine how Syrians negotiate the various "groups" --- Assad, Isis, etc. --- with the all the foreign interventions as well --- So my short post was an attempt -- from a US perspective to narrow the focus on what we can all agree on -- the US is a "bad actor" in all of this and must get the Hell out --- everything else from my perspective is shrouded in a fog of conflicting arguments among this or that group --- many of which all aspire to be a new International --- which just leaves lots of outsiders in utter confusion ( like me ) --- that was the source of my rather abrupt complaint . On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 10:21 AM RKOB via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > POSTING RULES & NOTES > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > * > > I think there is a certain danger in being to US-American centred. You > might think that if you are a US citizen (which I assume you are) it is > sufficient to say “NO US WAR ON IRAN”. > > But unfortunately (or fortunately) the world is bigger than the U.S. and > there are many other citizens outside your country. For my Palestinian > comrades Israel is a very relevant issue. And for my comrades in Yemen, > Saudi Arabia is a main danger. And it is needless to say that for my > Syrian comrades, the issue of the Assad regime (and Iran’s role in it) > is a life-and-death question. > > One does not need to be an Einstein to understand that all these > tensions in the Middle East are connected with each other. > > So if one views this conflict not only from the viewpoint of the U.S. > Left but from an internationalist point of view, it makes sense to deal > with a bit more questions. > > Am 16.09.2019 um 16:03 schrieb Michael Meeropol via Marxism: > > POSTING RULES & NOTES > > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > > * > > > > I read it -- don't want to be too snarky but the effort to be > "consistently > > anti-imperialist" while parsing which "bad" regime is "worse" seems like > a > > lot of scholasticism --- Leave out the discussion of Iran vs. Saudi > > Arabia/Israel --- focus instead of resisting US imperialism and the march > > to war --- (there was very little need to parse the differences between > the > > Soviets and Chinese as the US was waging genocidal warfare against the > > Vietnamese people --- nor was there are need to pass on the "purity" of > the > > Vietnam WOrkers Party and/'or the National Liberation Front --- the > simple > > slogan was US OUT OF VIETNAM! --- today the simple demand is --- must be > > -- NO US WAR ON IRAN. > > _ > > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > > Set your options at: > https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/aktiv%40rkob.net > > -- > Revolutionär-Kommunistische Organisation BEFREIUNG > (Österreichische Sektion der RCIT, www.thecommunists.net) > www.rkob.net > ak...@rkob.net > Tel./SMS/WhatsApp/Telegram: +43-650-4068314 > > > > --- > Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > _ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/mameerop%40gmail.com _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Aramco Attack: Is War looming in the Middle East?
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * I think there is a certain danger in being to US-American centred. You might think that if you are a US citizen (which I assume you are) it is sufficient to say “NO US WAR ON IRAN”. But unfortunately (or fortunately) the world is bigger than the U.S. and there are many other citizens outside your country. For my Palestinian comrades Israel is a very relevant issue. And for my comrades in Yemen, Saudi Arabia is a main danger. And it is needless to say that for my Syrian comrades, the issue of the Assad regime (and Iran’s role in it) is a life-and-death question. One does not need to be an Einstein to understand that all these tensions in the Middle East are connected with each other. So if one views this conflict not only from the viewpoint of the U.S. Left but from an internationalist point of view, it makes sense to deal with a bit more questions. Am 16.09.2019 um 16:03 schrieb Michael Meeropol via Marxism: POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * I read it -- don't want to be too snarky but the effort to be "consistently anti-imperialist" while parsing which "bad" regime is "worse" seems like a lot of scholasticism --- Leave out the discussion of Iran vs. Saudi Arabia/Israel --- focus instead of resisting US imperialism and the march to war --- (there was very little need to parse the differences between the Soviets and Chinese as the US was waging genocidal warfare against the Vietnamese people --- nor was there are need to pass on the "purity" of the Vietnam WOrkers Party and/'or the National Liberation Front --- the simple slogan was US OUT OF VIETNAM! --- today the simple demand is --- must be -- NO US WAR ON IRAN. _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/aktiv%40rkob.net -- Revolutionär-Kommunistische Organisation BEFREIUNG (Österreichische Sektion der RCIT, www.thecommunists.net) www.rkob.net ak...@rkob.net Tel./SMS/WhatsApp/Telegram: +43-650-4068314 --- Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Aramco Attack: Is War looming in the Middle East?
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * I read it -- don't want to be too snarky but the effort to be "consistently anti-imperialist" while parsing which "bad" regime is "worse" seems like a lot of scholasticism --- Leave out the discussion of Iran vs. Saudi Arabia/Israel --- focus instead of resisting US imperialism and the march to war --- (there was very little need to parse the differences between the Soviets and Chinese as the US was waging genocidal warfare against the Vietnamese people --- nor was there are need to pass on the "purity" of the Vietnam WOrkers Party and/'or the National Liberation Front --- the simple slogan was US OUT OF VIETNAM! --- today the simple demand is --- must be -- NO US WAR ON IRAN. _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Aramco Attack: Is War looming in the Middle East?
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[Marxism] The Problem with Canceling the Arnautoff Murals | by Michele H. Bogart | NYR Daily | The New York Review of Books
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[Marxism] The Time Has Come to Talk About Oysters - Los Angeles Review of Books
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[Marxism] The Blood-Dimmed Tide | The New Republic
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[Marxism] For a Social and Democratic Coalition in the Moscow City Parliament: Russian Socialist Movement on the Outcome of the Regional Elections of September 2019 | Lefteast
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[Marxism] Junket journalism in the shadow of genocide | Syria | Al Jazeera
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[Marxism] Second World, Second Sex: How the socialist women of the East shaped feminism | Review of *Second World, Second Sex: Socialist Women’s Activism and Global Solidarity during the Cold War*, by
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