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

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: 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

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

Re: Anne Applebaum, neoliberalism, etc

2022-05-02 Thread Michael Benson
t; (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's growing s

Re: Anne Applebaum

2022-05-02 Thread Keith Sanborn
y 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: >> > >> >> Hello Nettimers >

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 uncritically posted > he

Re: Anne Applebaum

2022-05-02 Thread carl guderian
lo 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

Re: Anne Applebaum

2022-05-02 Thread Andreas Broeckmann
en 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 uncritically posted

Re: Anne Applebaum

2022-05-01 Thread Ted Byfield
t 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-leaning > politics

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 attacks

Anne Applebaum:

2022-04-30 Thread patrice riemens
9629/ 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 activists went house to house in the Ukrainian countrysid