Re: and other South African "state capturers" are toppled Re: [marxmail] Head of McKinsey Is Voted Out as Firm Faces Reckoning on Opioid Crisis

On 2/25/2021 2:22 PM, Louis Proyect wrote: What? I did review it. Yes, my apologies, Louis; that's a fine review, comrade. Sorry I missed it last year. / / /Influence /really is excellent and since the South African bot armies hired to spread weird (albeit superficially-plausible,

Re: sanitation eco-modernization in poor cities Re: [marxmail] Monthly Review | Cesspools, Sewage, and Social Murder

Patrick Bond's post here made me wonder. How universal are "low flow" toilets? Ithought they were mainly used in areas like the desert Southwest, where there are chronic water shortages. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online

Re: [marxmail] Lenin

I would personally shy away from a focus on Lenin's "grasp" of ecology, whatever comprehension he might have held strikes me as frankly antiquated and divorced from the sorts of scientific notions we are encountering with the ecological collapse caused by global warming. Nobody understood that

Re: [marxmail] We Are Living In The Shitposter Economy | Defector

On 2/25/21 10:04 PM, nicoleclark...@gmail.com wrote: Some time ago, I came across a video on YouTube of John McWhorter talking with Glenn Loury. I didn't know who either of them were. It was one of those rare, genuine debates where neither person tried to demolish the other. Maybe that's

Re: [marxmail] Create a Mass Party! - COSMONAUT

in Solidarity Dayne, "present development of productive forces is so high there is no need for capitalism which now become the destructive force of all planet" should be explained to working people of US and that should be main task of that Mass party. The present corona crise showed that most

Re: [marxmail] We Are Living In The Shitposter Economy | Defector

Some time ago, I came across a video on YouTube of John McWhorter talking with Glenn Loury. I didn't know who either of them were. It was one of those rare, genuine debates where neither person tried to demolish the other. They have quite a few videos together. It's called The Glenn Show (

Re: [marxmail] Oliver Eagleton, Vicious, Horrible People, NLR 127, January–February 2021

On 2/25/21 8:18 PM, Louis Proyect wrote: Owen Jones,This Land: The Story of a Movement Allen Lane: London 2020 352 pp, 978 0 2414 7094 7 OLIVER EAGLETON I just finished reading this long (6000 words) article. It is a great must-read, take-down of Owen Jones as a kind of "socialist mascot"

Re: [marxmail] It’s time for Canada to strengthen our ties with Cuba

Hi Ken, It was posted to the Globe's online edition this afternoon. It's slated to appear in the Friday print edition or editions. Please share. Art Young -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#6748):

[marxmail] Rand Paul Launches Into Transphobic Rant Against Trans Nominee

Vile, utterly vile. I wish the guy who beat him up over property line issues had finished the job. https://www.thedailybeast.com/rand-paul-launches-into-transphobic-rant-against-trans-nominee -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply

Re: [marxmail] Lenin

Michael: You posed a query about whether Lenin could be thought of as a polymath, and I guess specifically asking whether he had any grasp of science. I fully agree with the drift of David W's response to your query. I am not sure about the part where David describes Lenin as "better in these hard

[marxmail] Oliver Eagleton, Vicious, Horrible People, NLR 127, January–February 2021

Owen Jones,This Land: The Story of a Movement Allen Lane: London 2020 352 pp, 978 0 2414 7094 7 OLIVER EAGLETON VICIOUS, HORRIBLE PEOPLE Arange of coroners’reports followed the expiry of Corbynism. In early 2020 Jeremy Gilbert published his five-part analysis of the election defeat on

[marxmail] Cihan Tuğal, Turkey at the Crossroads?, NLR 127, January–February 2021

CIHAN TUĞAL TURKEY AT THE CROSSROADS? Ten years ago,Erdoğan’s Turkey was hailed in Washington as an example to the Muslim world—a free-market, pro-American Islamic democracy with high growth rates, renowned cultural monuments and beautiful beaches. ‘A model partner’, Obama affirmed in

[marxmail] It’s time for Canada to strengthen our ties with Cuba

I received this from a friend. It is dated today, but I did not see it in the print edition. The Globe is not the biggest paper in Canada, but it is the most authoritative “national” newspaper in English Canada. ken h

Re: [marxmail] The Forverts premieres Yiddish version of Woody Guthrie’s classic, ‘This Land is Your Land’

Oh beautiful, beautiful! Thanks for sharing. On 02/25/21 06:08 PM, Alan Ginsberg wrote: https://forward.com/yiddish/464504/watch-the-forverts-premieres-yiddish-version-of-woody-guthries-classic/

[marxmail] [Reviews] The Artist Disappears, By Christine Smallwood | Harper's Magazine

(A brilliant take-down of Helen Frankenthaler, a leading Abstract Expressionist. Harper's allows you to read one article a month (perhaps more) just by registering. This one makes it worth it.) When Frankenthaler was visiting Spain in 1953, her friend Sonya Rudikoff wrote to her and asked for

Re: [marxmail] Create a Mass Party! - COSMONAUT

Hi, I am just joining this group, but I have been following marxmail for probably maybe last 10 years, more all less, I was sometimes commenting on https://louisproyect.org/, sometimes not agree with Louis when he is writing about my former country Yugoslavia or Bosnia, which I think he does

[marxmail] NY Times: Douglas Turner Ward, Pioneer in Black Theater, Dies at 90

obit discusses his leftist background In the late 1940s, Mr. Ward joined the Progressive Party and took to left-wing politics. He was arrested and convicted on charges of draft evasion and spent time in prison in New Orleans while his case was under appeal. After his conviction was overturned,

[marxmail] The Useful Libertarian Idiocy of The Great Barrington Declaration - Niskanen Center

As a strategy for dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic,the Great Barrington Declaration leaves a great deal to be desired. Thanks tothe Trump administration’s embrace

[marxmail] The Forverts premieres Yiddish version of Woody Guthrie’s classic, ‘This Land is Your Land’

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Re: [marxmail] We Are Living In The Shitposter Economy | Defector

On 2/25/21 5:18 PM, Louis Proyect wrote: John McWhorter, a linguistics professor at Columbia University. He calls the woke agenda a "religion." See: That's what you'd expect from someone who is a contributing editor to the Manhattan Institute. The institute enjoyed close

Re: [marxmail] "Twenty thousand farmers commit suicide in India every year" - Interview with Madhuresh Kumar - Lefteast

If this has been linked here before, it's worth doing again. One of the better pieces I have read about the Indian farm crisis. https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/23/indias-farm-crisis-they-sell-our-wheat-to-us-at-thrice-the-price/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all

Re: [marxmail] We Are Living In The Shitposter Economy | Defector

On 2/25/21 12:52 PM, Jim Miller wrote: While the Times sponsored the 1619 Project, which conforms to the elitist "social justice" agenda, it is undoubtedly aware that there is a growing wave of opposition to the injustices meted out by the woke warriors who

Re: [marxmail] The failures of the DSA are going to get us killed | puntorojo

I suppose some of you subscribe to Jacobin ,or have at least seen the cover of the current issue. I don't believe the cover story is online yet. What does this story have to say about Biden ? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply

[marxmail] Tonight @7:00 Eastern, Monthly Review, Portside, LaborPress on Zoom/FB Libe

Progressive Media in an Age of Covid & Capitalist Crisis - Thursday, February 25, 7:00 p.m. (Eastern) - Join via Zoom or the Facebook Livestream

Re: [marxmail] Create a Mass Party! - COSMONAUT

Cuba solidarity is alive in the U.S. and U.K. alike. The National Network on Cuba sponsors annual Mayday Brigades in April and May. I participated in 2018. See: http://www.buildingrelationswithcubanlabor.org/events/2019/3/9/national-network-on-cuba-may-day-brigade-2019 In addition, the

[marxmail] Leonard Cohen’s haunting rendition of Irish rebel song, Kevin Barry

https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/leonard-cohen-irish-rebel-song-kevin-barry The song describes Barry's final moments as British soldiers try to turn him into an informant hours before he faces the hangman.

Re: [marxmail] A piece I'm working on

Chris, Thank you for your response. Thank you to those who contacted me privately, also. Nicole -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#6727): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/6727 Mute This Topic:

[marxmail] H-Net Review [H-SHERA]: Biedarieva on Szczerski, 'Transformation: Art in East-Central Europe after 1989'

Best regards, Andrew Stewart Begin forwarded message: > From: H-Net Staff via H-REVIEW > Date: February 25, 2021 at 1:21:34 PM EST > To: h-rev...@lists.h-net.org > Cc: H-Net Staff > Subject: H-Net Review [H-SHERA]: Biedarieva on Szczerski, 'Transformation: > Art in East-Central Europe

Re: [marxmail] Create a Mass Party!

First, I would place the word “create” with "build.” Create is open to many interpretations and might accommodate illusions about how easy it will be. Build is more suggestive of all the work involved. And, I have always believed that a thousand small gestures and acts of unity are better than

Re: [marxmail] We Are Living In The Shitposter Economy | Defector

Re: Bari Weiss. She deserves the same respect as any other person who tries to carve out a space in the online debating space. Her letter of resignation from the NYT is worth reading: https://www.bariweiss.com/resignation-letter As for the New York Times, it now seems it might be pulling in its

[marxmail] H-Net Review [H-War]: Williams on Angress, 'Witness to the Storm: A Jewish Journey from Nazi Berlin to the 82nd Airborne, 1920-1945'

Best regards, Andrew Stewart Begin forwarded message: > From: H-Net Staff via H-REVIEW > Date: February 25, 2021 at 8:54:18 AM EST > To: h-rev...@lists.h-net.org > Cc: H-Net Staff > Subject: H-Net Review [H-War]: Williams on Angress, 'Witness to the Storm: A > Jewish Journey from Nazi

[marxmail] H-Net Review [H-War]: Todd on Rich, 'Cinema and Unconventional Warfare in the Twentieth Century: Insurgency, Terrorism and Special Operations'

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[marxmail] H-Net Review [H-War]: Clemans on Wilkinson, 'Deadly Quarrels: Lewis F. Richardson and the Statistical Study of War'

Best regards, Andrew Stewart Begin forwarded message: > From: H-Net Staff via H-REVIEW > Date: February 25, 2021 at 8:54:47 AM EST > To: h-rev...@lists.h-net.org > Cc: H-Net Staff > Subject: H-Net Review [H-War]: Clemans on Wilkinson, 'Deadly Quarrels: Lewis > F. Richardson and the

Re: [marxmail] Create a Mass Party! - COSMONAUT

Some days back, I forwarded an invitation to collaborate on a set of resolutions to offer the DSA. That does seem the best way to begin to coalesce something. On the other hand, we might as well just keep it all rather nice and intimate. More comfortable that way. Maybe a few Zoom sessions

[marxmail] The Arab Spring at Ten

NY Review of Books, February 25, 2021 The Arab Spring at Ten A decade ago, countries across North Africa and the Middle East erupted in protests against their autocratic rulers. Five witnesses to those events tell what happened next by Aida Alami Ten years ago, crowds took to the streets in

Re: [marxmail] Create a Mass Party! - COSMONAUT

[Edited Message Follows] Why start from scratch when there are already communist and socialist parties in existence? None may be perfect but nether will anything new. Better to join and work to make better the Communist Party (CPUSA) or the Socialist Party. Factionalism and sectarianism have

[marxmail] We Are Living In The Shitposter Economy | Defector

Let’s start with Bari Weiss. I had no idea who that piece of shit was until one of my friends made me aware of her existence. That friend owes me money. Chances are, the only reason YOU know of Weiss isn’t because she used to write for/The New York Times/, but because people like ME would

Re: [marxmail] Create a Mass Party! - COSMONAUT

Why start from scratch when there are already communist and socialist parties in existence? None may be perfect but nether will anything new. Better to join and work to make better the Communist Party (CPUSA) or the Socialist Party. Factionalism and sectarianism have always held us back. Time

[marxmail] Create a Mass Party! - COSMONAUT

The US left is at a critical juncture where the structure and focus of our organizations will soon be decided. On the one hand, we positively have ongoing processes of cohesion in play with DSA chapters collaborating on writing a national platform and far-flung sects coming together under the

Re: and other South African "state capturers" are toppled Re: [marxmail] Head of McKinsey Is Voted Out as Firm Faces Reckoning on Opioid Crisis

On 2/25/21 12:06 AM, Patrick Bond wrote: Actually, there's another better-known case of 4ICR activists killing a corporation: Bell Pottinger. The disgusting London PR firm - which dictators like Pinochet had on speed dial for their spin doctoring, as Lord Tim Bell had been Thatcher's

Re: [marxmail] Kneel and Starve: Under the Watchful Eye of the Secret Police, Syrians Go Hungry - Newlines Institute

After Turkey invaded Afrin in 2018, the Assad regime sent a small contingent of militia to supposedly help repel the invasion. In fact they were completely ineffective and soon withdrew. But it was understandable that some people in Afrin would welcome what appeared to be help in repelling