Re: Anne Applebaum

2022-05-04 Thread analoguehorizon
What are the odds of a left majority parliament in France? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/04/french-socialist-party-agrees-alliance-with-far-left-for-june-elections On Wed, 4 May 2022 at 02:26, Brian Holmes wrote: > That's brilliant Frederic. I have not followed French politics for

Re: Anne Applebaum

2022-05-03 Thread Brian Holmes
That's brilliant Frederic. I have not followed French politics for years and I am glad to hear what you say! Here, maybe I am missing it, but it seems there is no parallel. Tell more about it, what you think are the strong points. On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 3:19 PM Frédéric Neyrat wrote: > > dear Br

Re: Anne Applebaum

2022-05-03 Thread Frédéric Neyrat
dear Brian, "Archaic communism" is certainly a wrong way to speak about Mélanchon: I mean, it's certainly what Macron thinks, what all the persons who used to vote for the "Parti Socialiste" (sic) in order to set up a neolibreal society think, what many former leftists in Multitudes think (some re

Re: Anne Applebaum

2022-05-03 Thread Frédéric Neyrat
dear Brian, "Archaic communism" is certainly a wrong way to speak about Mélanchon: I mean, it's certainly what Macron thinks, what all the persons who used to vote for the "Parti Socialiste" (sic) in order to set up a neolibreal society think, what many former leftists in Multitudes think (some re

Re: Anne Applebaum

2022-05-03 Thread Brian Holmes
I think this debate is totally interesting, and I certainly would be against screening articles for political correctness! The latter can only be achieved by debate and real understanding. What's characteristic about this moment is that established political positions have collapsed, including tha

Anne Applebaum

2022-05-03 Thread allan siegel
Dear Michael and Nettimers, I do not favour a pre-screening of articles or anything of the like. Rather I am concerned about pointing out and contextualizing certain political arguments. Although she may think otherwise Applebaum represents a strata of opinion makers that specialises in a speci

Re: Anne Applebaum, neoliberalism, etc

2022-05-02 Thread Michael Benson
istory" (2003), which won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, this piece by David Klion in The Nation might be worth reading from January last year: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/anne-applebaum-twilight-democracy/ It delves into some backstory concerning Applebaums&#

Re: Anne Applebaum

2022-05-02 Thread Keith Sanborn
as outrageously skewed. Since your comment didn't offer any specific >> > criticisms, could you be persuaded to do so? >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Ted >> > >> > On 1 May 2022, at 15:00, allan siegel A Train wrote: >> > >> >>

Re: Anne Applebaum

2022-05-02 Thread rob lucas
t; > > > Cheers, > > Ted > > > > On 1 May 2022, at 15:00, allan siegel A Train wrote: > > > >> Hello Nettimers > >> I find it odd that Anne Applebaum's questionable commentary on the > events - and historical references - in Ukraine are uncrit

Re: Anne Applebaum

2022-05-02 Thread carl guderian
; >> Hello Nettimers >> I find it odd that Anne Applebaum's questionable commentary on the events - >> and historical references - in Ukraine are uncritically posted here. Anne >> Applebaum is a notorious right-wing ideologue of the unquestionable >> neolibera

Re: Anne Applebaum

2022-05-01 Thread Andreas Broeckmann
ction, which, when these comparisons are demonstrably wrong, play into the hands of the adversary. -a Am 01.05.22 um 21:00 schrieb allan siegel A Train: Hello Nettimers I find it odd that Anne Applebaum's questionable commentary on the events - and historical references - in Ukraine are u

Re: Anne Applebaum

2022-05-01 Thread Ted Byfield
find it odd that Anne Applebaum's questionable commentary on the events - > and historical references - in Ukraine are uncritically posted here. Anne > Applebaum is a notorious right-wing ideologue of the unquestionable > neoliberal persuasion who has been lauded for her attacks on left-le

Re: Anne Applebaum

2022-05-01 Thread allan siegel A Train
Hello Nettimers I find it odd that Anne Applebaum's questionable commentary on the events - and historical references - in Ukraine are uncritically posted here. Anne Applebaum is a notorious right-wing ideologue of the unquestionable neoliberal persuasion who has been lauded for her attac

Anne Applebaum:

2022-04-30 Thread patrice riemens
ne/archive/2022/06/ukraine-mass-murder-hate-speech-soviet/629629/ First comes the dehumanization. Then comes the killing. By Anne Applebaum, <https://www.theatlantic.com/author/anne-applebaum/> The Atlantic, April 25, 2022 In the terrible winter of 1932–33, brigades of Communist Party ac