Re: [marxmail] video: Why Marxism opposes individual terrorism, Part 2

2024-05-02 Thread Mark Baugher
Some armed struggles are like individual terrorism in substituting action by a vanguard for the masses, who become observers. That point came through in the video. It's not unlike the black clad types who took over the university library here last night in the name of Gaza, which they are

[marxmail] Anatomy of a Moral Panic

2024-05-02 Thread Charles Keener via groups.io
Anatomy of a Moral Panic (jewishcurrents.org) | | | | | | | | | | | Anatomy of a Moral Panic The repressive machine currently arrayed against campus protests follows a familiar pattern. | | | The repressive machine currently arrayed against campus protests follows

Re: [marxmail] video: Why Marxism opposes individual terrorism, Part 2

2024-05-02 Thread David Walters
John has mis-termed the issue he is trying to put forth. None of what John polemicizes about has a thing to do with individual terrorism but rather armed struggle, which is NOT, IMO, "individual terrorism". I'm very surprised that he...tars...armed struggle organizations...the very *opposite*

[marxmail] AI has increased the risk of nuclear war

2024-05-02 Thread Marv Gandall
Alarm continues to mount about the risk of accidental nuclear war resulting from the rapid and largely uncontrolled development of artificial intelligence Prompted by the war in Ukraine and other conflicts between the major nuclear powers, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved its Doomsday

[marxmail] Humanity at Its Best: Why are US Students Rising for Gaza?

2024-05-02 Thread Dennis Brasky
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[marxmail] The Distortion of Campus Protests Over Gaza

2024-05-02 Thread Dennis Brasky
How the Right Has Weaponized Antisemitism to Distract from Israel's War *https://tomdispatch.com/the-distortion-of-campus-protests-over-gaza/ * -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this

[marxmail] Socialism outlawed?

2024-05-02 Thread Richard Fidler
On April 5, 2024, the Russian Socialist Movement was declared "foreign agent." What has been its role in Russian left-wing politics? What is the reason behind its "foreign agent" status? Together with its members, Posle.media recalls the history of the movement in the past decade On April 5,