On Aug 30, 2015, at 6:58 PM, Paul Zarembka <[email protected]> wrote:
> Relax, Carrol. Most of the left is not watching Greece, there are SO many > issues to focus upon (do you watch the range of issues on "Democracy Now!", > for example?). > > If you want to open a discussion of Haiti and Honduras, just do so. Ignore > Marv, as you wish to, he can take it. > > In any case, Greece does influence the U.S., indeed, Bernie Sanders organized > a conference around its austerity policies. And the U.S. influences Greece > (bien sur). > > I hope you get my drift. You would think Carrol, who wants to see the development of an active anticapitalist movement in the US, would have a keen interest in how workers and intellectuals have gone about constructing such a movement in Greece. There are lessons, both positive and painful, which can be learned from their experience - the richest so far this century in the developed capitalist world. Carrol often sounds like a dyed-in-the-wool American exceptionalist who thinks there is nothing of value to be gained from examining how those outside of the US have grappled with the great issues of our time. Like Paul, I’m glad to see him wanting to discuss Honduras and Haiti, and invite him to also pay attention to Greece, another country in which the US has a long history of intervention. > >> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2015 19:27:42 -0500 >> From: "Carrol Cox" >> <[email protected]> >> >> Subject: Re: [Pen-l] More polls show Syriza losing ground to New >> Democracy >> >> >> Briefly, on another list, I declared it sad that U.S. leftists had spent so >> much time focusing on Greece and had given so little attention to Haiti & >> Honduras. (The latter, of course, is a classic example of the horror of u.s. >> intervention in Latin America.) I have not read Marv's post (escept for the >> subject line of course) and do not intend to do so. >> > > Paul Zarembka > -- > ==== Research in Political Economy (since 1977) | Editor's webpage > Theoretical Engagements in Geopolitical Economy (forth.), R. Desai, ed. > Sraffa and Althusser Reconsidered; Neoliberalism Advancing (2014) > Contradictions: Finance, Greed, and Labor Unequally Paid (2013) > The Hidden History of 9-11 (2nd ed., Seven Stories Press) > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
