Re: [marxmail] 1 In 4 Americans Thinks The Sun Goes Around The Earth, Survey Says : The Two-Way : NPR

Most of those who say they believe the craziest stuff don't really, but feel obligated to say that they are believers. Rather like most other religious faiths. On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 10:27 PM wrote: > Surprised it's so few--and apparently fewer than think The Donald is from > God. > > The

Re: [marxmail] 1 In 4 Americans Thinks The Sun Goes Around The Earth, Survey Says : The Two-Way : NPR

Surprised it's so few--and apparently fewer than think The Donald is from God. The good new is that this must mean, surprisingly, that there are Trumpies who get this right.  Maybe there's hope for America after all. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to

[marxmail] A great response to Chris Hedges's attack on "cancel culture"

From Mark Steuart on FB: On a quick reading through of this, there are a host of flaws. 1) Trump was barred from Twitter because he violated the ToS. EVERY platform has the right to moderate their spaces. Taking that away would be a direct infringement of the first amendment. There are a lot of

[marxmail] Trump's letter on McConnell

The Republican Party can never again be respected or strong with political “leaders” like Sen. Mitch McConnell at its helm. McConnell’s dedication to business as usual, status quo policies, together with his lack of political insight, wisdom, skill, and personality, has rapidly driven him from

[marxmail] The “Amazonification” of Higher Education Has Arrived. It’s Not Pretty.

Suzanne Jones and Audra Heaslip are professors at Collin College in McKinney, Texas. Or, rather, they wereuntil January 28, 2021. That afternoon, college

[marxmail] Bernard Lown, Inventive Heart Doctor and Antiwar Activist, Dies at 99

Bernard Lown, Inventive Heart Doctor and Antiwar Activist, Dies at 99 He created the first effective heart defibrillator and co-founded a physicians group that campaigned against nuclear war, earning a Nobel Peace Prize. *

Re: [marxmail] Maduro discovers cure for covid... again

There is a world system of capitalism--including the famous "shithole countries"--with a vast, complex, inefficient, and ultimately self-destructive vital capitalist infrastructure that needs to be taken over and revolutionized.  This can't occur under any form of (false) degrowth that embraces

[marxmail] Where is UPS going? - Tempest

When United Parcel Service (UPS) announced on January 25 that it was selling its freight division to the Montreal-based TFI International Inc., it hit like a bombshell. The sale represents a major shakeup of the freight industry, and it is the first major strategic decision by new UPS CEO

[marxmail] Turkey's dirty war gets dirtier (Green Left)

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Re: [marxmail] Something useful from the establishment

Marx, Capital, vol. 3, chap. 29: " No matter how often this transaction is repeated, the capital of the state debt remains purely fictitious, and, as soon as the promissory notes become unsaleable, the illusion of this capital disappears. Nevertheless, this fictitious capital has its own laws

[marxmail] Review of *Faith in the Masses: Essays Celebrating 100 Years of the Communist Party, USA*, edited by Tony Pecinovsky | Michael Berkowitz | People's World

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Re: [marxmail] Maduro discovers cure for covid... again

I am responding to Louis’ message of yesterday. First, I want to change something I said. Louis objected to the phrase “a correct understanding.” I should have said “a better understanding.” “Correct understanding" smacks of “the correct line’ which itself suggests and all-wise and

[marxmail] Judas and the Black Messiah | Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist

“Judas and the Black Messiah” is the story of Fred Hampton’s assassination by the Chicago police in 1969. Co-written by Will Berson, a Jew, and Shaka King, an African-American, it unites a team that worked together in the past on featherweight TV comedies. In addition to co-authorship of the

[marxmail] End Capitalism | Boston Review

If many marine mammals are on the verge of extinction, it is not for lack of environmental activism, but because we are entangled in a global financial system that it does not seem possible to transformIf many marine mammals are on the verge of extinction, it is not for lack of environmental

[marxmail] The Americans Who Embraced Mussolini | Boston Review

// Katy Hull Princeton University Press, $35 (cloth) On the eve of the November 1938 midterm elections, President Franklin Roosevelt delivered a forceful radio address. “If American democracy ceases to move

[marxmail] 'He Is Lying. People Are Dying': Calls for Texas Governor to Resign as He Blames Power Outages on Wind and Solar | Common Dreams News

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[marxmail] Something useful from the establishment

Dear comrades --- I don't know how many people on this list regularly read "establishment economics" but for those who don't I recommend a short piece that is available through this link: 1) The *Review of Keynesian Economics (ROKE)* is pleased to announce publication of Volume 9 (1). All the