J does a masterful job of not providing answers to the questions that I
asked. Instead we get an explanation of dialectics. But what J offers
has nothing to do with dialectics as expounded by Hegel in the Science of
Logic, or as demonstrated by Marx in Capital.
And what constitutes the core of
Sartesian:
J's uncritical endorsement gets us behind Arafat and Fatah as
anti-imperialist in the 70s, only to have Arafat and Fatah lead an
accommodation [charitable choice of word] to imperialism. Then it gets us
today to the uncritical endorsement of Hamas as anti-imperialist.
Reply:
Mehmet Cagatay wrote:
I suspect that Jake guy might be Louis as well, intending to discredit the
proponents of MZine position by employing scandalous expressions such as
(self-identified) Iranian Marxists.
No, it was me posing as another contributor named lidia who kept
accusing me of
jlev...@earthlink.net wrote:
It's understandable that you want to change the subject. Thanks for
re-posting my earlier comments; I stand by them
Stand by whatever you want, but you clearly had no business citing me,
especially when it comes to the Ukraine. That was exactly one of those
S. Artesian wrote:
Is that true, Lou? I spent my time arguing with Lidia whom I thought was a
first-class unreconstructed moron suitable for KGB employment, when all the
time it was you?
Geez I guess on the internet nobody does know if you're a dog or not.
Didn't know you had a bit of
The latest article rejects the editorial position of MRZine and
of course will help serve to buttress the online publication's rapidly
sinking credibility. The NY Times follows the same path when it includes
somebody like Barbara Ehrenreich on their op-ed page.
Sure, MRZine couldn't possibly
A ridiculous statement appeared here yesterday which asserts supporting
anti-imperialism is the ABC of Marxism. If it is so, at least considering the
current conditions in Turkey, it means as Marxists we should side with every
reactionary political position since the link that combines them
makes sense.
You are confusing two things. Marxists back colonial resistance to
imperialism, but he never would have backed such a government against
its own people.
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I was about to write a similar response, that I doubt Mr. Cod is confusing
colonialist military occupation with a particular stage of capitalism which was
defined by Lenin with purely economic concepts. Since in the former, the
principal contradiction is between occupying forces and those
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From: Tom Cod t...@hotmail.com
To: sartes...@earthlink.net
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Marxism] Iran: Whose Side are You On?
Yeah, so what's the bottom line in your view?
YOU MUST clip all extraneous text
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Richard Fidlerrfidle...@sympatico.ca wrote:
those actions. Similarly, we can and should defend the Iranian
government against imperialist threats and attacks, while in no way
giving political support to the clerical regime. Why is this so
difficult to
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