Re: [marxmail] The contagious idea that Black Lives Matter | Richard Seymour on Patreon

We're not only looking at BLM here but at the networks of its "allies" who have played a major role in the demonstrations but, as far as we OK Boom ar ar ars are concerned, seem to have come out of nowhere and to be both voiceless and anonymous in their own right.  Are these the people who are

[marxmail] This Sat 9/5: Invitation to attend virtual panel on "Kautsky in the 21st Century"

Dear Marxmail, My name is Kaiwen, and I am a student studying math at the University of Chicago. I am also a member of the Platypus Affiliated Society. I would like to invite you all to attend a virtual panel discussion over Zoom I helped organize on "Kautsky in the 21st Century" happening this

[marxmail] Cops and Militias: A Long History of Collusion

After a few days of protests, militia members came to Kenosha to back up the local cops, who were brutalizing protesters. They were more than welcomed by “law enforcement,” who thanked them for being there, offered them water, and generally signaled to them that they were “allies.

[marxmail] H-Net Review [H-Environment]: Gomez on Hochman, 'The Sanitation of Brazil: Nation, State, and Public Health, 1889-1930'

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[marxmail] The Young Eugene V. Debs

The Young Eugene V. Debs An interview with Tim Davenport by Shawn Gude Jacobin, August 28 https://jacobinmag.com/2020/08/eugene-v-debs-unions-american-socialism A pair of leftist historians has undertaken a massive project: compiling a six-volume collection of Eugene Debs’s writings and speeches.

Re: [marxmail] Conversations with Trotsky

This is the book review mentioned by Ken Hiebert. Birney-Trotsky letters a reminder of the perils, challenges of leadership; Books *Author:* Geddes, Gary *Publication info:* Times - Colonist ; Victoria, B.C. [Victoria, B.C]30 Aug 2020: C.1. Conversations With Trotsky: Earle Birney and the

[marxmail] 'A sacred spot': why gold mining threatens Nova Scotia's 'wildest' river | Public lands | The Guardian

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[marxmail] How to stop the 2020s becoming the new 1930s

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[marxmail] Watered-Down “Anti-Racism Training” in Schools from the ADL Is Perpetuating Racism

(ADL is the Anti-Defamation League, a Zionist group.) The ADL’s approach is designed to tick boxes for white adults dutifully talking over racial violence with children, while remaining profoundly unthreatening to actual racist power. For instance, ADL materials don’t mention protesters’

Re: [marxmail] Conversations with Trotsky

Please note re above book review: Gary Geddes is the author of the review, not the author of the book. You can read "Conversations With Trotsky: Earle Birney and the Radical 1930s" for free, if you have access to the Project Muse database (available thorough many academic libraries, and some

[marxmail] From Trade-Union Consciousness to Socialist Consciousness with Chris Townsend - COSMONAUT

Three of our writers are joined by veteran union organizer Chris Townsend for a podcast discussion on labor organizing across history and in the present day. Chris, Remi, Peter, and Annie will explore how to do what Lenin emphasized/had to be done/: how do we inject the political ‘good news’

[marxmail] New Trump pandemic adviser pushes controversial ‘herd immunity’ strategy, worrying public health officials

New Trump pandemic adviser pushes controversial ‘herd immunity’ strategy, worrying public health officials Scott Atlas, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, speaks with President Trump during a coronavirus briefing on Aug 12. Scott Atlas, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, speaks

Re: [marxmail] The contagious idea that Black Lives Matter | Richard Seymour on Patreon

Lou's position on the BLM movement is the correct one. Look I turned on Fox sport a few weeks ago and there were two black cricketers talking about Black Lives Matter. Was I supposed to say this was proof the movement was co-opted? Bull shit. It was proof the movement was breaking through. For

[marxmail] The NBA Strike and the Limits of the Left’s Class-Centric Politics | The New Republic

There’s a popular misconception that the NBA primarily consists of players who hail from challenging backgrounds. The current crop of stars largely skews suburban, and the league is also increasingly international. It’s telling, then, that anti-racist consciousness permeates the NBA even as it

[marxmail] The Young Eugene V. Debs

(That's David Walters, Marxmail subscriber.) Was this how you met your now-coeditor, David Walters? TD Yeah. Once I was aboard with MIA I made the acquaintance of David Walters, one of the founders and the most active volunteers at the site. David saw this slew of previously unknown Debs

[marxmail] Black Dwarf blog launch

My name is Brian Lyons and this is my blog. For reasons explained in the About page, it is named Black Dwarf after its namesake which was published during the revolutionary upheaval of early 19th century Britain. I am not here to promote any political party or a particular cause. Instead, I

[marxmail] Land of Milk and Money - Los Angeles Review of Books

In one of/Capital/’s more homiletic passages, Marx writes that “the taste of porridge does not tell us who grew the oats.” Of course, this is something that a lot of restaurants will gladly tell you now, from farm to table to/Portlandia/ joke

[marxmail] HARDtalk - Sam Harris: A place for conversation in an angry world - BBC Sounds

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[marxmail] Andrzej Wajda’s Hidden History of the Polish Working Class

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Re: [marxmail] More support for the argument that environmental racism defies class-reductionist theories #3

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[marxmail] Marxism and looting: a response to Vicky Osterweil’s NPR interview | Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist

The Marxist Internet Archive has over 180,000 articles but there are none favorable toward riots before the 1960s when they became commonplace in the USA and eventually inspired similar actions in Europe. The handful that were written post-1960s were hardly celebratory. For example, in a long

[marxmail] The anticommunist network | Richard Seymour on Patreon

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Re: [marxmail] The contagious idea that Black Lives Matter | Richard Seymour on Patreon

I'm not saying BLM has already been co-opted,but it is a potential danger everybody should be aware of,and try to prevent.Money from corporate philanthropy does not come without strings attached.The argument could be made,if BLM wanted to stick to their principles,and keep their street

[marxmail] Declassified Records Detail Suspected Paramilitary, Narco Ties of Former Colombian President Uribe

*Washington, D.C., August 31, 2020 –* Under house arrest in a case linking him to a feared paramilitary bloc, former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe Vélez, perhaps the most important political figure in Colombian history, finds his legacy hanging in the balance. Declassified documents published