Re: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-18 Thread Nestor Miguel Gorojovsky
En relaciĆ³n a Re: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - R, el 18 Jan 01, a las 4:44, Macdonald Stainsby dijo: > > - Original Message - > From: Tony Abdo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > (startled by Yoshie): > > > Social Democratic 'Movement' vs SD 'results'??? > > Umm, yeah. I would think t

Re: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-18 Thread Macdonald Stainsby
- Original Message - From: Tony Abdo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (startled by Yoshie): > Social Democratic 'Movement' vs SD 'results'??? Umm, yeah. I would think this point is one of the least controversial that has been made on the list. Put it this way: Austria has almost all services in pub

RE: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-18 Thread Mark Jones
> This may be chauvinism. But probably the less "C" of all the CPs in the world > was the Argentine one (and the Uruguayan?). I missed it on Mark's short list, > when in fact it should have been heading it. sorry, Nestor. My mistake. ___ Leninist-In

RE: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-18 Thread Nestor Miguel Gorojovsky
En relaciĆ³n a RE: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - R, el 17 Jan 01, a las 20:50, Mark Jones dijo: > you don't think that the CPRF = Marxism-Leninism, do you? > > No, no and again no, as Vladimir Ilyich might say. But so what? Is it the use of > the name 'communist' which winds people

RE: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-18 Thread Mark Jones
> > The man's craftier than Zyuganov, I gather. He has his supporters > use the anti-Semitic rhetoric, avoiding it himself. This was not an anti-semitic joke but a joke by a famous *Jewish* comedian. If the context had been transferred to Brooklyn and the person who made the joke was Woodie All

RE: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-17 Thread Alexander Domrin
The joke was disgusting, by the way. AD At 10:23 PM 1/17/2001 -, you wrote: >Yoshie wrote: >> Putin, by co-opting anti-Semitic & anti-liberal rhetoric widespread >> in Russia, can coopt the themes of "socialism = the modern form of >> Russian patriotism" as well. The CPRF has only itself to

Re: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-17 Thread Alexander Domrin
It's not a matter of "political analysis". It has nothing to do with "rank-and-file members". It's a question if Myers lies or tells the truth that Makashov's position in the KPRF is higher than a CC member. He lies. Very simple. Best, AD At 03:27 PM 1/17/2001 -0500, you wrote: >> >Makahov is

RE: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-17 Thread Mark Jones
Yoshie wrote: > Putin, by co-opting anti-Semitic & anti-liberal rhetoric widespread > in Russia, can coopt the themes of "socialism = the modern form of > Russian patriotism" as well. The CPRF has only itself to blame, > since it's happy with the role of the loyal opposition. On the contrary, Pu

RE: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-17 Thread Mark Jones
you don't think that the CPRF = Marxism-Leninism, do you? No, no and again no, as Vladimir Ilyich might say. But so what? Is it the use of the name 'communist' which winds people up into such hysterical frenzies? But we have had non-communist communist parties for years and decades and people ha

RE: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-17 Thread Mark Jones
Yoshie wrote: > > The CPRF's program, such as it is, can never be achieved by the > CPRF's means. This means that it's a normal party no? Operating according to the normal rules of hypocrisy, double-dealing, sanctimoniousness etc of bourgeois parties everywhere. Until just a few years ago, the Br

Re: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-17 Thread Louis Proyect
Yoshie: >The CPRF's program, such as it is, can never be achieved by the >CPRF's means. I'm afraid that the anti-Semitic rhetoric employed by >some officials of the CPRF is not just a reflection of "a society in >deep crisis" but also rooted in the CPRF's social democratic >orientation, easil

Re: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-17 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
> >I do not know whether General Makashov was a CPRF CC member, but he was >>elected on the CPRF slate to the Duma. Unfortunately it will be rather easy >>to find more antisemitic quotes from leading CPRF members. >> >>Johannes > >Just as you will find antisemitic quotes from leaders of the Germa

Re: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-16 Thread Macdonald Stainsby
Considering the sectarian nature of the matter, I tend to agree. Steve, your address is [EMAIL PROTECTED], so people who are burning to get your analysis will get it there. Too many people are choked at your analysis. Personally, I am not pleased with calling the Zyuganov bunch "linked with the w

Re: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-16 Thread Mine Aysen Doyran
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Mr Jones, you say Johannes should get his facts correct. I my opinion you > >are an opologist for red-brownism, or you are a very silly person. The lies, > >you call "a fact" above is promoted by the KPRF you defend. > > >Now - Mr Jones - prove the fact. Indeed it

RE: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-16 Thread Mark Jones
Stever Myers wrote: >This I will detail in an article I am doing research for >currently - and put on this list. I hope the moderators will permit no such thing. Mark ___ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options

Re: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-16 Thread Louis Proyect
Steve Myers wrote: >L-I Comrades, > >The post below from Owen Jones 2 days ago is as excellent concise >characterisation of the "official" Russian "communist" party, Zyuganov's >KPRF, as exists anywhere. In particular Owen, your description of the KPRF as >more of a reactionary danger to the Ru

Re: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-16 Thread Alexander Domrin
>Makahov is very famous for these quotes all the time as not just a CC member >of the KPRF, but higher than this - Higher than a Member of the Central Committee? What do you mean? There are millions of Communists in Russia. So what? If David Duke is a Republican, does that mean that all those

Re: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-16 Thread SMye5
In a message dated 16/01/01 16:07:46 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The fact that 7 of the 8 'oligarchs' most associated with the plundering of > Russia are Jewish Mr Jones, you say Johannes should get his facts correct. I my opinion you are an opologist for red-brownism, or

Re: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-16 Thread SMye5
In a message dated 16/01/01 15:32:47 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Alexander Domrin wrote: > > > On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 22:18:31 +, > > Owen Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >One of the members of their [KPRF] Central Committee advocated the > > extermination of

Re: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-16 Thread Alexander Domrin
1. >I do not know whether General Makashov was a CPRF CC member, but he was >elected on the CPRF slate to the Duma. Makashov was NEVER on the KPRF Party List. In 1999 he was on the party list of "Movement in Support of Army" (Ilyukhin, Makashov, Savelyev) which got 0.58 percent of votes and fai

RE: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-16 Thread Mark Jones
Johannes wrote: > Unfortunately it will be rather easy > to find more antisemitic quotes from leading CPRF members. > Unfortunately there is seemingly no end to attempts like this to create hysterias about alleged pogroms, mass anti-semitism etc in Russia. Makashov was, of course, roundly condem

Re: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-16 Thread Louis Proyect
>I do not know whether General Makashov was a CPRF CC member, but he was >elected on the CPRF slate to the Duma. Unfortunately it will be rather easy >to find more antisemitic quotes from leading CPRF members. > >Johannes Just as you will find antisemitic quotes from leaders of the German Communi

Re: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-16 Thread Johannes Schneider
Alexander Domrin wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 22:18:31 +, > Owen Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >One of the members of their [KPRF] Central Committee advocated the > extermination of > >the Russian Jewish population. > > Who? Where? When? > From: http://www.adl.org/russia/russian_polit

RE: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-16 Thread Alexander Domrin
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 22:18:31 +, Owen Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >One of the members of their [KPRF] Central Committee advocated the extermination of >the Russian Jewish population. Who? Where? When? Alexander Domrin ___ Leninist-Internatio

RE: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-16 Thread Mark Jones
Owen Jones wrote: > The CPRF are, unfortunately, anything else other than funny and should be > regarded as even more reactionary and dangerous than the regime of Vladimir > Putin. > regardless of the truth or not of what follows, there is no arguing that this is all simply unsupoported, unsubs

Re: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-15 Thread Macdonald Stainsby
- Original Message - From: Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Why doesn't Owen ever supply citations? Because he doesn't know how yet, in all seriousness. Remember, the lad is 16. He can go the citation page at www.sfu.ca and check into it. That would help. > If so, his posts would not

Re: [L-I] Re: Russia: CPRF Leader Interviewed - Russia TV

2001-01-15 Thread Louis Proyect
> The CPRF are, unfortunately, anything else other than funny and should be >regarded as even more reactionary and dangerous than the regime of Vladimir >Putin. > > This may appear to be a pretty wild assertion perhaps, but the future of >the Russian workers' movement hinges on the destruction of