[marxmail] remember Rachel Corrie: Palestine solidarity activist

U.S. Activist Crushed by Israeli Bulldozer in Rafah March 16, 2003 DemocracyNow! https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/18/rachel_corrie We mark the 21st anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old U.S. peace activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli soldier driving a military

Re: [marxmail] The economic systems of Fascism and Communism, including the present-day People's Republic of China

Gojko, the Trotskyist movement to which I once belonged believed, as you probably know, that the Bolsheviks under Lenin presided over a "workers' state" and that the state "degenerated" under Stalin but did not change its class character because the bourgeoisie had been eliminated as a class in

[marxmail] Israel Has Ruined 76 Percent of Gaza’s Schools in Systematic Attack on Education

*Denying Palestinians’ right to education has been central to Israel’s settler-colonial project for eight decades.* by Thea Renda Abu El-Haj, Fida J. Adely, Jo Kelcey, Truthout, March 17, 2024

Re: [marxmail] The economic systems of Fascism and Communism, including the present-day People's Republic of China

"t he degree of labour unrest" ( https://jacobin.com/2012/08/china-in-revolt ) https://jacobin.com/2012/08/china-in-revolt ( https://jacobin.com/2012/08/china-in-revolt ) Reading   " historical high point of such worker militancy were of course the workers'soviets which played a pivotal role

[marxmail] Workers Deserve More Time for Themselves

Shawn Fain, Jacobin, March 15 https://jacobin.com/2024/03/shawn-fain-thirty-two-hour-workweek-speech *On Thursday, March 14, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders introduced a Senate bill that would mandate a standard thirty-two-hour workweek with no loss in pay. The same day, Sanders chaired a hearing

[marxmail] Perspectives for socialists in 2024

Interview with David McNally—Part 1 by Tempest, February 11 https://www.tempestmag.org/2024/02/perspectives-for-socialists-in-2024/ Part 2, March 4 https://www.tempestmag.org/2024/03/perspectives-for-socialists-in-2024-2/ both parts, all in one at Links, March 12

Re: [marxmail] Biden knew since late October that Israel was regularly bombing civilian targets in Gaza

Well I can well believe that Biden was at such a meeting but whether he knew what was going on or not is another matter. Biden's intellectual and moral decay is a factor in all this. When the history comes to be written someone will make the case that Netanyahu was able to pursue the Greater

Re: [marxmail] Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation

again -- apologies for sounding like a blockhead --- but suppose there were no rapes and the Israeli government did NOT make up stories --- would the Israeli people therefore NOT react as violently to the murder of civilians, including babies? would they have forced their government not to engage

Re: [marxmail] Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation

Surely - the Israeli government are using this rape charge to justify to the external world their "mission" to kill/starve/force into dispossessed exile all Palestinians - known to the Israeli cabinet as 'animals'? And - to 'motivate' their own population with an even greater blood-lust. To

[marxmail] Biden knew since late October that Israel was regularly bombing civilian targets in Gaza

The White House knew since late October that Israel was regularly bombing civilian targets in Gaza, but US President Joe Biden continued to publicly defend the Israeli military’s conduct, the Washington Post reported on Monday. On October 27, three weeks into Israel’s war with Hamas, Biden’s top

Re: [marxmail] Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation

I don't expect people on this list will stop debating this issue anytime soon because we hear about it constantly through the media, at least in the US. So why are we talking about atrocities on 10/7 rather than atrocities happening today like starvation as a tool of war? I think the answer is

Re: [marxmail] Longi solar panel giant cuts a third of its workforce

ADD: China's oil monopolies pursue their profit interest. In case you thought the PRC had gone all out to get away from oil energy, check out what a "commanding heights" state-owned corporation is doing. - - - - - - China's CNOOC discovers 100 million ton oilfield in Bohai Sea Reuters,

[marxmail] Longi solar panel giant cuts a third of its workforce

Longi solar panel giant cuts a third of its workforce It is an ordinary business news story for capitalists: the world's largest maker of solar panels cuts about 30% of its workforce. The world market for panels is in a slump. But the facts of the matter do belie the Pollyanna story peddled

Re: [marxmail] The economic systems of Fascism and Communism, including the present-day People's Republic of China

Good points all, Michael. IMO, not all trade between countries which export manufactured goods and invest in infrastructive in less developed economies in exchange for resources are "imperialist" *unless they are able to occupy or otherwise set up puppet governments in those territories*. The

[marxmail] Kate Middleton’s Story Is About So Much More Than Kate Middleton

By Zeynep Tufekci Opinion Columnist “Where Is Kate Middleton?” yet another headline blared on Monday. The public

[marxmail] Historic union election at Volkswagen's plant in Chattanooga

The next big test for the labor movement is beginning as the UAW rolls out its new southern organizing offensive on the basis of its recent Big Three contract victory. It filed for a historic union election at Volkswagen's plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee with over 70% of the workers at the

[marxmail] The New York Times is trying to uncover our sources re whether Hamas used rape and sexual violence as a weapon

On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 11:34 AM The Intercept < members...@emails.theintercept.com> wrote: > Over the last few weeks, The Intercept has exposed massive holes in the > New York Times’s marquee front-page exposé on alleged sexual violence > committed on October 7. > --

Re: [marxmail] Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation

On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 06:27 AM, Michael Meeropol wrote: > > sorry to be a skunk at the picnic (a bad habit, I know) but what is the > point? > > Unfortunately, there is still a widespread acceptance in the West of Israeli propaganda which quickly portrayed the rapes as orchestrated by

Re: [marxmail] The economic systems of Fascism and Communism, including the present-day People's Republic of China

maybe a historical analogy will help in the discussion of whether rivalry between the US and CHina has within the the danger of (sorry for the buzz-word) "inter-imperialist war". What led to WW I was the division of the world capitalist system into competing blocs --- what almost led to WW III

Re: [marxmail] Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation

Every exposure of Israeli lies and crimes is a positive in destroying their undeserved reputation as decent, progressive, humanitarian and "the only democracy" in the region. On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 9:28 AM Michael Meeropol wrote: > sorry to be a skunk at the picnic (a bad habit, I know) but

Re: [marxmail] The economic systems of Fascism and Communism, including the present-day People's Republic of China

Thanks everyone for the discussion. Near the top of this thread, I mentioned that the China debate is one "which has been ongoing among Marxist and non-Marxist economists and within Marxist parties and sects and on online forums for close to a half century, and which will not be resolved here.”

Re: [marxmail] Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation

sorry to be a skunk at the picnic (a bad habit, I know) but what is the point? Did Hamas behave according to the rules of war by making sure that only soldiers were shot and all civilians were not shot? Is Hamas an organization that respects human life, not like the murderous Israelis who bomb

Re: [marxmail] Death rates in Russia

Oh - and alcoholism. It has been a particular problem antedating the Soviet era. In the years after 1980 a biography by Tracey Kidder on Dr. Paul Farmer detailed his years working on AIDS in the former USSR. There the interrelation between alcoholism and addictions and HIV is discussed. I will

Re: [marxmail] Death rates in Russia

Hi Chris: Yes thank you. The serious decline in health year expectancy from the 1970s onwards through to about 2000 was indisputable and many epidemiologists noted it. I think we are completely in agreement there. Your data here indicates a decline from about 1960 which I had not been

Re: [marxmail] Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation

A good analysis of the false claim about mass rape by HAMAS. I don't know if you run into the claim over there, but it is always brought up here. If you read it use the whole article in the link. On 3/17/2024 10:22 PM, Dayne Goodwin wrote: by Arun Gupta, Yes! magazine, March 5, 2024

Re: [marxmail] The economic systems of Fascism and Communism, including the present-day People's Republic of China

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_market_economy#:~:text=They%20concluded%20that%20China's%20contemporary,retained%20by%20enterprises%20rather%20than dan -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29513):

Re: [marxmail] The economic systems of Fascism and Communism, including the present-day People's Republic of China

And unfortunately you receive only a billionaire like Bloomberg teaching us through his employees how rich some people in a socialist country is, with focus on the likely next president of that country. LOL! Inviato da iPhone > Il giorno 18 mar 2024, alle ore 07:39, dan ha scritto: > >

Re: [marxmail] The economic systems of Fascism and Communism, including the present-day People's Republic of China

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/29/china-bloomberg-xi-jinping I want an older sister like that too :-( dan -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29511): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29511 Mute This Topic: