[Marxism] Bulgaria's middle class protests

[Stuart Munckton]

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Bulgarians voted for a new parliament on May 9, two months ahead of
schedule. It came after mass protests against poverty and economic
disadvantage forced the centre-right Citizens for European Development of
Bulgaria (GERB) government to resign.

Two weeks after a new government was formed, a protest movement began in
Bulgaria's capital, Sofia. The protests were triggered by the appointment
of a media giant, Deljan Peewski, as chair of the State Agency for National
Security (DANS). - See more at:
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/54475#sthash.7Efugshm.dpuf

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[Marxism] Pacific 'free trade' deal threatens poor

[Stuart Munckton]

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The United States government hopes that negotiations for the Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP) will reach a final agreement this year. If completed, it
will create the world’s largest “free trade agreement” — with serious
consequences for the hundreds of millions of people living in the affected
countries.

The 18th round of TPP negotiations will take place in Malaysia on July
15-25. This will be the first time Japan has taken part, joining the US,
Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, Chile, Brunei, Canada, Malaysia, Mexico,
Peru and Vietnam.

The discussions are being held behind closed doors. What we know of the
contents of the TPP has only come from leaks, and they aren’t good news for
ordinary people.

http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/54454

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Re: [Marxism] Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela all offer Snowden asylum

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Yes, indeed.  The Obama adminsitration is trying to make itself immune from
criticism by the flag-lapel fetishists by having a pissing contest with
every other govenrment on the planet.  There's not much in it for any of
the other governments to help them out of this bind.

The hubirs of the US brought on these disclosures, which are causing
genuine scanadals--not so much in the US with its rather domesticated news
media--but abroad where the secrets of their own intelligence activities
are beginning to unravel.  It makes sense that they're not willing to put
themselves out too much.

Probalby, we're seeing another way in which the massive institutions crank
out the lowest-common-denominator, flat-out dumbest psswoble solution.

ML

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Re: [Marxism] Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela all offer Snowden asylum

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The longer this goes on, the worse it will look for the US government. The  
best way for the US to stop the bad press is to let him get out to 
Venezuela and  let the story die. Then if the US tries to demand Snowden from 
Venezuela, they  can respond in the  same way the US responded to their demand 
for 
the  terrorists who bombed a Cuban jetliner. The US would be better advised 
to let  this one die and not raise too big a stink since they will come out 
on the  losing end domestically and internationally. Randy
 
 
In a message dated 7/8/2013 8:11:21 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
markala...@gmail.com writes:

. Obama  made a serious mistake in
authorizing his underlings to lean on France and  Portugal over that flight
from Moscow.  It seems to me that the longer  this goes on, there will be
more discrediting  incidencents.,


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Re: [Marxism] Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela all offer Snowden asylum

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I think the best answer is that these various governments don't want to
depart too much from the norm in finding a solution.

Remember that while this leaves Snowden on the hook, it also leaves his
psychotic Uncle dangling as well. Obama made a serious mistake in
authorizing his underlings to lean on France and Portugal over that flight
from Moscow.  It seems to me that the longer this goes on, there will be
more discrediting incidencents.,

ML

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Re: [Marxism] Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela all offer Snowden asylum

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I'll query him when he returns from California tomorrow.

On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 7:17 PM,  wrote:

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> The fact is that Snowden can reach Venezuela as long as he has a visa for
> it. He still has physical custody of his US passport, and thus can travel
> on
>  that unless he hits a country who will honor the US revocation of it. Ask
> your  brother about  how he can get to Venezuela since he might have some
> info on  that. I think Venezuela can take a visa to him at the airport,
> and he
> can get on  an airline flight. Randy
>
>
> In a message dated 7/8/2013 9:38:32 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> gulfm...@gmail.com writes:
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> Why  can't such nations prepare papers making Snowden an "honorary
>  citizen"
> &/or papers granting him immediate assylum, deliver them  directly to him
> in
> the Moscow airport, and walk with him to a waiting plane  to carry him to
> the receiving nation? This will require a novel procedure  for sure, but a
> legally not unreasonable one to deal with a novel  situation.
>
> On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 6:41 AM, Wythe Holt jr.   wrote:
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> >  ==
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> will
> > grant him asylum.  But no nation has said they would grant  such asylum
> if
> > Snowden cannot reach their territory first, and no  nation has allowed,
> much
> > less invited, Snowden to cross "their"  airspace to reach a place of
> asylum.
> >
> >
> >  
> > From:
> marxism-bounces+wholt=law.ua@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu
> [marxism-bounces+wholt=
> >  law.ua@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu] on behalf of Stuart Munckton
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> >  NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has now been offered asylum in three
> >  American countries: Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
> >
> >  http://wlcentral.org/node/2846
> >
> > --
> > “Disobedience, in  the eyes of anyone who has read history, is humanity’s
> > original  virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made,
> >  through disobedience and through rebellion.” — Oscar Wilde, Soul of  Man
> > Under Socialism
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Re: [Marxism] Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela all offer Snowden asylum

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The fact is that Snowden can reach Venezuela as long as he has a visa for  
it. He still has physical custody of his US passport, and thus can travel on 
 that unless he hits a country who will honor the US revocation of it. Ask 
your  brother about  how he can get to Venezuela since he might have some 
info on  that. I think Venezuela can take a visa to him at the airport, and he 
can get on  an airline flight. Randy
 
 
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Why  can't such nations prepare papers making Snowden an "honorary  citizen"
&/or papers granting him immediate assylum, deliver them  directly to him in
the Moscow airport, and walk with him to a waiting plane  to carry him to
the receiving nation? This will require a novel procedure  for sure, but a
legally not unreasonable one to deal with a novel  situation.

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>  ==

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>  Such chances "grow" only in the number of nations willing to say they  
will
> grant him asylum.  But no nation has said they would grant  such asylum if
> Snowden cannot reach their territory first, and no  nation has allowed, 
much
> less invited, Snowden to cross "their"  airspace to reach a place of 
asylum.
>
>
>  
> From:  
marxism-bounces+wholt=law.ua@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu[marxism-bounces+wholt=
>  law.ua@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu] on behalf of Stuart Munckton  [
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>  NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has now been offered asylum in three
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>
>  http://wlcentral.org/node/2846
>
> --
> “Disobedience, in  the eyes of anyone who has read history, is humanity’s
> original  virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made,
>  through disobedience and through rebellion.” — Oscar Wilde, Soul of  Man
> Under Socialism
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[Marxism] ISO's multiple personalities

[Todd Chretien]

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Dear MarxMail,
  I was honored to be singled out by Louis as the only ISOer who's ever "veered 
from orthodoxy," or whatever Louis' line was.  Various responses come to mind, 
but I will simply say that even though I know Louis cannot believe this, the 
ISO has a very open intellectual atmosphere and there is quite a range of 
opinion on many questions.  We voted to remove "state cap" from Where We Stand  
several years ago, etc.  I do not agree with everything Sam F writes, although 
I cannot for the life of me figure out the antagonism he receives from many on 
this list.  He is a brilliant Marxist, a defender of the revolution (not of 
Castro of course), and a wonderful teacher.  
 As for Nicaragua, Louis is right, I asked him for some books about ten 
years ago (I also asked him about Beethoven).  My intention was to write 
something for the 25th anniversary of the Nicaraguan Revolution, but then the 
anti-war movement took over and I had to leave it behind.  I hope I can get it 
together to write something in time for the 35th anniversary.  I consider the 
Nicaraguan revolution the most radical event in the history of the Western 
hemisphere... or at least its in the mix with the U.S. Civil War and the 
Haitian Revolution.  I caught the very tail end of it as a young student and it 
continues to be the main reason I believe revolution is possible (at a gut 
level).  

Comradely,
Todd

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[Marxism] Ireland rejects US arrest warrant for Snowden

[Stuart Munckton]

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http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/ireland-rejects-us-arrest-warrant-for-whistleblower-edward-snowden-29404087.html

Ireland has denied the US an arrest warrant for whistleblower Edward
Snowden in case he lands in the country, it has been revealed.

The High Court in Dublin ruled thatWashington
DC
security
chiefs failed to show where alleged crimes had been committed by the former
intelligence contractor.

The US applied for a provisional arrest warrant on Friday through its
Ballsbridge embassy.

Officials made the move after
formerCIA
worker
Mr Snowden contacted 21 countries including Ireland seeking asylum.

There were concerns the fugitive intelligence officer, who has been living
in the transit section of Moscow's Sheremetyevo-2 airport, would pass
through Shannon
airporten
route to South America.

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[Marxism] On Edward Snowden, UNASUR and Double Standards

[Ian J. Seda-Irizarry]

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http://nacla.org/blog/2013/7/8/edward-snowden-unasur-and-double-standards


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[Marxism] Why and How to Read Marx’s “Capital”? Reflections on Johan Fornäs' book “Capitalism. A Companion to Marx’s Economy Critique”

[Christian Fuchs]

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Fuchs, Christian. 2013. Why and How to Read Marx’s “Capital”? 
Reflections on Johan Fornäs' book
“Capitalism. A Companion to Marx’s Economy Critique”. tripleC: 
Communication, Capitalism & Critique 11 (2): 294-309.

http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/488

Abstract
This paper is a reflection on Johan Fornäs book “Capitalism. A Companion 
to Marx’s Economy Critique” - a new introduction to all three volumes of 
Karl Marx's "Capital". It contextualizes the book with the help a 
comparison to other contemporary introductions to Marx's "Capital".

The reflection is organized in the form of 8 sections:
1) Context
2) Method and Logic of Presentation
3) The Logical and the Historical in Marx’s Works
4) From Karl to Adolf Marx in German Marxist Theory?
5) Visualization
6) Crises
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Re: [Marxism] Books about Cuba

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In addition to Esteban Morales' Race in Cuba, mentioned by Erik, two other 
recent Monthly Review Press books are worth reading: The Economic War Against 
Cuba by Salim Lamrani and One Day in December: Celia Sanchez and the Cuban 
Revolution.   

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Re: [Marxism] Books about Cuba

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Following Rich Fiddler's suggestion...

1. Dairy of the Cuban Revolution by Carlos Franqui.
Probably the closest thing to an "official" early 1960s examination of the
Revolution there is, and after Franqui broke with Fidel (albeit to the
left...initially) is his quite fascinating

2. Family Portrait With Fidel: A Memoir. Details some/much of the disputes
between communists from the July 26th Movement and those that came from the
pro-Moscow Popular Socialist Party.

David Walters

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Re: [Marxism] Books about Cuba

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On the historical side, I would highly recommend
Julia Sweig, Inside the Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro and the Cuban
Underground
Armando Hart, Aldabonazo: Inside the Cuban Revolutionary Underground
1952-58. Hart led the urban underground after the death of Frank Paez, and
was later Minister of Education in the Revolutionary Government (father of
Celia Hart, husband of Moncada heroine Haydee Santamaria).

On Che, this is excellent:
Helen Yaffe, Che Guevara: The Economics of Revolution. Detailed analysis of
Che's evolving concepts of economic organization in the transition to
socialism, and his critique of the Soviet system, among other things.

More contemporary, 
Aviva Chomsky (daughter of Noam) et al., The Cuba Reader: History, Culture,
Politics.


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Today someone sent me email today asking for some books about Cuba that 
I found useful. I was asked the same question on Marxmail back in 2002. 
This was my reply:

At 02:57 PM 3/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:
 >What do you think are the best books on the Cuban revolution 
especially ones
 >that can explain the political and class nature of the revolution?
 >
 >Daniel Baker

1. James O'Connor, "Origins of Socialism in Cuba"
2. Edward Boorstein, "Economic Transformation of Cuba"
3. Arnold August, "Democracy in Cuba and the 1997-1998 Elections"
4. Frank Fitzgerald, "The Cuban Revolution in crisis : from managing
socialism to managing survival"
5. Carlos Tablada, "Che Guevara: Economics and Politics in the 
Transition Period"
6. Philip Brenner, "The Cuba Reader"
7. Carolee Bengelsdorf, "Cuba in transition : crisis and transformation"
8. Margaret Randall, "Women in Cuba"
9. Maurice Zeitlin, "Revolutionary politics and the Cuban working class"

Not all of these are in print, but the first 5 on the list are
indispensable. If you want to save time, I'd track down number 6 even
though it is sadly out-of-print. Brenner was associated with NACLA when 
it was radical.

I would update this list with a few new ones:

1. Richard Gott's History of Cuba
2. Ignacio Ramonet's Interviews of Fidel Castro


I should add that I plan to get back to my dissection of Sam Farber's 
latest book on Cuba. Even though I have retired, I find that I tend to 
bite off more than I can chew. That being said, I think it is important 
for his crap to be answered. It thoroughly depresses me that young 
radicals in the ISO can take this guy seriously. Here was my first 
installment:

http://louisproyect.org/2013/01/04/samuel-farber-versus-the-cuban-revolution
-part-one/

Finally, this is a long article I wrote on Cuba in response to a British 
SWP'er on Marxmail long ago.

http://www.columbia.edu/%7Elnp3/mydocs/state_and_revolution/cuba.htm


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Re: [Marxism] Books about Cuba

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To understand Cuba in the world, you also need to understand the 50-year
history of U.S.-based terrorism against Cuba, something which is FAR more
extensive and has more long-lasting effects than most people understand. I
can't recommend more highly Keith Bolender's book, "Voices From the Other
Side: An Oral History of Terrorism Against Cuba".

Karen Wald review provides a flavor, but the book itself is really
worthwhile:

http://www.freethefive.org/usTerrorism/USTerrWaldBolender40811.htm

Eli Stephens
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Re: [Marxism] Books about Cuba

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Louis:

I see that Brenner has a new reader on Cuba titled: "A Contemporary Cuba
Reader: Reinventing the Revolution" that was published in 2007. Would you
recommend that one also?

Erik Toren


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> 6. Philip Brenner, "The Cuba Reader"
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>
> Not all of these are in print, but the first 5 on the list are
> indispensable. If you want to save time, I'd track down number 6 even
> though it is sadly out-of-print. Brenner was associated with NACLA when it
> was radical.
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Re: [Marxism] Books about Cuba

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On 7/8/13 3:22 PM, Louis Proyect wrote:



I would update this list with a few new ones:

1. Richard Gott's History of Cuba
2. Ignacio Ramonet's Interviews of Fidel Castro





And this as well: Esteban Domínguez, "Race in Cuba" (MR)


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[Marxism] Books about Cuba

[Louis Proyect]

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Today someone sent me email today asking for some books about Cuba that 
I found useful. I was asked the same question on Marxmail back in 2002. 
This was my reply:


At 02:57 PM 3/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>What do you think are the best books on the Cuban revolution 
especially ones

>that can explain the political and class nature of the revolution?
>
>Daniel Baker

1. James O'Connor, "Origins of Socialism in Cuba"
2. Edward Boorstein, "Economic Transformation of Cuba"
3. Arnold August, "Democracy in Cuba and the 1997-1998 Elections"
4. Frank Fitzgerald, "The Cuban Revolution in crisis : from managing
socialism to managing survival"
5. Carlos Tablada, "Che Guevara: Economics and Politics in the 
Transition Period"

6. Philip Brenner, "The Cuba Reader"
7. Carolee Bengelsdorf, "Cuba in transition : crisis and transformation"
8. Margaret Randall, "Women in Cuba"
9. Maurice Zeitlin, "Revolutionary politics and the Cuban working class"

Not all of these are in print, but the first 5 on the list are
indispensable. If you want to save time, I'd track down number 6 even
though it is sadly out-of-print. Brenner was associated with NACLA when 
it was radical.


I would update this list with a few new ones:

1. Richard Gott's History of Cuba
2. Ignacio Ramonet's Interviews of Fidel Castro


I should add that I plan to get back to my dissection of Sam Farber's 
latest book on Cuba. Even though I have retired, I find that I tend to 
bite off more than I can chew. That being said, I think it is important 
for his crap to be answered. It thoroughly depresses me that young 
radicals in the ISO can take this guy seriously. Here was my first 
installment:


http://louisproyect.org/2013/01/04/samuel-farber-versus-the-cuban-revolution-part-one/

Finally, this is a long article I wrote on Cuba in response to a British 
SWP'er on Marxmail long ago.


http://www.columbia.edu/%7Elnp3/mydocs/state_and_revolution/cuba.htm


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[Marxism] Egypt: Down with the Military Coup d’État! Prepare Mass Resistance!

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*Egypt: Down with the Military Coup d’État! Prepare Mass Resistance!*
/Statement of the Revolutionary Communist International Tendency, 
8.7.2013, www.thecommunists.net/


1. The Revolution in Egypt faces a new danger! After the heroic mass 
demonstration of 17 million workers and peasants against the Mursi 
regime on 30th June, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has 
organized a reactionary, pro-Western coup d’état on 3rd July. The 
popular masses must oppose this conspiracy of the army and organize mass 
resistance. Only the struggle for a general strike, for a revolutionary 
Constituent Assembly and ultimately a workers and peasant government 
based on worker and popular councils and militias offers a way out of 
the crisis.


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[Marxism] Egypt: The army is trying to hijack the mass protests

[Juan Andres Gallardo]

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http://www.ft-ci.org/Egypt-The-army-is-trying-to-hijack-the-mass-protests?lang=en

Egypt: The army is trying to hijack the mass protests

by : Claudia Cinatti
Sunday 7 July 2013



July 4, 2013

Powerful mass demonstrations sealed the destiny of the Egyptian President
Mohamed Morsi who was toppled on July 3 by the army in a ‘soft coup’
supported by the wide spectrum of opposition to the Muslim Brotherhood
government. The chairman of the Supreme Constitutional Court is the acting
president for an unspecified transitional period. Given the relation of
forces, the military opted to take control of the revolutionary process in
order to derail it and to effect a controlled transition to avoid further
radicalisation.

The popular uprising started on June 30, when several million people –
among them youth, workers, the urban poor, and secular and religious
sectors – took to the streets demanding Morsi’s resignation. Waves of
protest took place not only in Cairo and Alexandria but also in small
cities and villages including the industrial city of Mahalla – where most
of the working class vanguard is concentrated.
The demonstrations were called by the Tamarod (Rebel) movement, which is a
small grassroots campaigning group composed mainly of youth that focused
its activity on collecting signatures for a petition that called for
Morsi’s resignation. They were joined by the bourgeois oppositionists of
the National Salvation Front, a grouping that includes Morsi opponents such
as Mohammed El Baradei, former supporters of the Mubarak regime and the
radical Islamist party Nur.

The June 30 coalition, which is made up of these organisations, has assumed
the leadership of the current process to avoid the struggle against Morsi
escalating into opposition to the entire regime. The army is the real power
behind the throne. For this reason, despite its heterogeneity, all the
participants in the coalition agreed to negotiate with the army the
formation of a new transitional ‘technocratic government’ to replace Morsi,
and to call for new elections.

Although these organisations were able to guide the demonstrations, helped
by the fact that the army didn’t open fire in order to maintain its
credibility as the guarantor of the political order, the protests show that
the revolutionary process which opened with the ousting of Mubarak at the
beginning of 2011 is still going on, now driven by economic and democratic
demands.

*The failure of the Morsi government*

After the overthrow of Mubarak, the army, the Egyptian ruling class, and
the US and other international governments sponsored a ‘democratic
transition’ to derail the revolutionary process. Although demonstrations
continued, they managed, not without difficulty, to organise elections,
which were won by the Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm, the Freedom and
Justice Party.

However, after a year in power, the reactionary character and the
neoliberal agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood became clear to a wide section
of the population, who could see that it was serving the interests of local
entrepreneurs, imperialism and the Gulf monarchies. The democratic
concessions to the masses were minimal. The state apparatus of the Mubarak
dictatorship was still intact, the army continued to maintain its role as
an arbiter and kept control of 40% of the economy, and the country
continued its subordination to the United States and its agreements with
Israel. Moreover, the new constitution gave more power to the Islamic
organisations and threatened the secular character of the state.

Against the backdrop of a capitalist crisis and the decay of the Egyptian
economy – which is highly dependent on exports – the masses’ living
conditions worsened. Unemployment increased from 9% in 2010 to 13% and at
least 25% of the population now lives in poverty. Morsi’s policy was to
accept the IMF’s adjustment plan, which demanded among other things the
withdrawal of subsidies on fuel and other basic goods, in order to obtain
funds.

For that reason, in his year in office Morsi had to confront an
unprecedented wave of strikes. In some vanguard sectors, such as the
textile workers in Mahalla, the demands went beyond the economic and
included the call for a nationalisation programme. In the first quarter of
2013 alone there were 2,400 protests and demonstrations.

*Perspectives*

One of the limitations of the recent mass demonstrations was their
political and class diversity. The working class, which played a key role
in 2011 in precipitating Mubarak’s fall and was an influential player in
the struggles that challenged the derailing of the revolutionary process
since then, didn’t intervene with its own methods of struggle and
organisations, but was dissolved into the mass protests. The central deman

[Marxism] permanent temps

[Robert Schardein]

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"You can hire 10,000 people for 10 to 15 minutes," says Gigwalk CEO Bob 
Bahramipour. "When they're done, those 10,000 people just melt away."

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Re: [Marxism] Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela all offer Snowden asylum m

[Richard Fidler]

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This is all very interesting, but comrades can be sure that many lawyers in
Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Cuba -- and, on the other side, in Washington
-- are working hard on all the legal angles and implications involved. And
of course, the foreign offices and military forces in all of the above, and
quite probably many others, are also devoting considerable resources to the
strategic and other implications.

That there is no easy resolution in international law or strategy is
illustrated by the plight of Julian Assange and Ecuador, in whose London
embassy he has long been trapped -- so long, in fact, that it is possible
that the Ecuadorian consul who unilaterally issued Snowden the travel
document to Moscow might have been under the influence of the "Stockholm
syndrome," the complicity that often afflicts those confined with each other
against their will or preferences for long periods. Assange apparently
convinced him to issue the document out of mutual concern that Snowden's
life was in imminent danger in Hong Kong. But getting from Moscow to Caracas
or elsewhere is a quite different matter, now that his location and status
are notorious. 

If a number of European countries were prepared to risk the life of the
president of Bolivia, at the behest of Washington, will they show any
greater concern for Snowden, whose disclosures moreover are now revealing
their own involvement in illegal spying?

Richard

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Why can't the Russians simply take Snowden to the Venezuelan embassy in
Moscow?

S Ranz


On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Jim Farmelant  wrote:

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> The real problem would be for Snowden to get a flight from Moscow to the
> receiving nation that will not be interfered with by the United States.
As
> I said before, the only scenario that I can envision where that could work
> out , would be for him to fly to the receiving nation on a Russian
> aircraft, with the Russian stipulating that any attempt by the US to
> interfere with the flight would be treated as an act of war.  At this
> point, I cannot conceive of Russia risking World War Three over Snowden.
>
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> -- Original Message --
> From: Gulf Mann 
> Subject: Re: [Marxism] Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela all offer Snowden
> asylum
> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 09:37:23 -0500
>
> Why can't such nations prepare papers making Snowden an "honorary citizen"
> &/or papers granting him immediate assylum, deliver them directly to him
in
> the Moscow airport, and walk with him to a waiting plane to carry him to
> the receiving nation? This will require a novel procedure for sure, but a
> legally not unreasonable one to deal with a novel situation.
>
>
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[Sheldon Ranz]

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Why can't the Russians simply take Snowden to the Venezuelan embassy in
Moscow?

S Ranz


On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Jim Farmelant  wrote:

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> The real problem would be for Snowden to get a flight from Moscow to the
> receiving nation that will not be interfered with by the United States.  As
> I said before, the only scenario that I can envision where that could work
> out , would be for him to fly to the receiving nation on a Russian
> aircraft, with the Russian stipulating that any attempt by the US to
> interfere with the flight would be treated as an act of war.  At this
> point, I cannot conceive of Russia risking World War Three over Snowden.
>
> Jim Farmelant
> http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant
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> -- Original Message --
> From: Gulf Mann 
> Subject: Re: [Marxism] Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela all offer Snowden
> asylum
> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 09:37:23 -0500
>
> Why can't such nations prepare papers making Snowden an "honorary citizen"
> &/or papers granting him immediate assylum, deliver them directly to him in
> the Moscow airport, and walk with him to a waiting plane to carry him to
> the receiving nation? This will require a novel procedure for sure, but a
> legally not unreasonable one to deal with a novel situation.
>
>
> 
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Re: [Marxism] Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela all offer Snowden asylu m

[Jim Farmelant]

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The real problem would be for Snowden to get a flight from Moscow to the 
receiving nation that will not be interfered with by the United States.  As I 
said before, the only scenario that I can envision where that could work out , 
would be for him to fly to the receiving nation on a Russian aircraft, with the 
Russian stipulating that any attempt by the US to interfere with the flight 
would be treated as an act of war.  At this point, I cannot conceive of Russia 
risking World War Three over Snowden.

Jim Farmelant
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-- Original Message --
From: Gulf Mann 
Subject: Re: [Marxism] Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela all offer Snowden asylum
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 09:37:23 -0500

Why can't such nations prepare papers making Snowden an "honorary citizen"
&/or papers granting him immediate assylum, deliver them directly to him in
the Moscow airport, and walk with him to a waiting plane to carry him to
the receiving nation? This will require a novel procedure for sure, but a
legally not unreasonable one to deal with a novel situation.



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Re: [Marxism] Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela all offer Snowden asylum

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Why can't such nations prepare papers making Snowden an "honorary citizen"
&/or papers granting him immediate assylum, deliver them directly to him in
the Moscow airport, and walk with him to a waiting plane to carry him to
the receiving nation? This will require a novel procedure for sure, but a
legally not unreasonable one to deal with a novel situation.

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> grant him asylum.  But no nation has said they would grant such asylum if
> Snowden cannot reach their territory first, and no nation has allowed, much
> less invited, Snowden to cross "their" airspace to reach a place of asylum.
>
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> NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has now been offered asylum in three
> American countries: Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
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> http://wlcentral.org/node/2846
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> original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made,
> through disobedience and through rebellion.” — Oscar Wilde, Soul of Man
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[Marxism] New on Verso, CHE WANTS TO SEE YOU by Ciro Bustos

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CHE WANTS TO SEE YOU

By Ciro Bustos

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Published June 2013

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Riveting memoir of revolution in South America by Che Guevara's Argentine 
lieutenant
Ciro Bustos was Che Guevara's Argentinian lieutenant, fighting beside El 
Comandante in Bolivia. Here, for the first time, Bustos tells his story.

As a young man, with plans for a career as an artist, he was inspired by the 
Cuban example, and in particular by the bravery and revolutionary zeal of his 
compatriot Che Guevara. Bustos went to Havana, was recruited to the cause, and 
returned to Argentina determined to foment revolution, an ambition that 
resulted in the disastrous Salta expedition of 1964, in which most of the 
guerrillas were killed or captured. Bustos's account of the debacle finally 
sets the record straight; he was lucky to get out alive.

It was not until 1966 that Bustos was contacted by the Cubans once again and 
told, 'Che wants to see you.' Travelling under false papers, Bustos crossed the 
border into Bolivia, where Che was in hiding with his guerrilla forces. Che 
made Bustos his confidante, revealing to him his plans for a continental 
revolution. The two men shared the hardships of life in the jungle, as the 
Bolivian forces and the CIA closed in on their camp.

When fighting began, Bustos attempted to escape with R?gis Debray only to be 
captured by local forces and interrogated by the CIA. In this fascinating 
memoir, Ciro Bustos reveals what really happened in Bolivia in 1967 and who was 
responsible for Che's execution.

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"The account of an extraordinary period in contemporary history in which 
thousands of young men and women around the world, inspired by Che Guevara and 
his Cuban comrades, believed they could change the world through armed 
revolution ... the journal of a life lived to the limit in pursuit of an ideal, 
with all of its consequences."?- JON LEE ANDERSON, from the introduction

"The last vital element that completes the jigsaw of Che Guevara's 
extraordinary life. This long-awaited book is both an important contribution to 
history and a gripping read."?- RICHARD GOTT, author of A NEW HISTORY OF CUBA

"With insights and recollections that are useful in filling gaps in the Guevara 
legend, this volume will be valuable for comprehensive collections on Guevara 
and the revolution he sought ..."?- LIBRARY JOURNAL

"Bustos's powers of observation and critical commentary make this required 
reading for both historians of revolution and future world-changers."?- 
PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

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Hardback / ISBN: 9781781680964 / $34.95 / ?25.00 / $39.95CAN / 468 Pages

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[Marxism] a new, crucial post from Syriafreedomforever

[Andrew Pollack]

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Detailed reporting on the continued nationwide activity of grassroots
groups against both the regime and the Islamist usurpers:

http://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/syria-the-people-will-not-kneel-and-will-accept-no-injustice/

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[Marxism] Video showing MB throwing child off building is a hoax

[Louis Proyect]

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http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/resources/commentary-and-analysis/6494-video-showing-mb-throwing-child-off-building-is-a-hoax


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[Marxism] Chris Hedges: We Are All Aboard the Pequod - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig

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Ahab, as the historian Richard Slotkin points out in his book 
“Regeneration Through Violence,” is “the true American hero, worthy to 
be captain of a ship whose ‘wood could only be American.’ ” Melville 
offers us a vision, one that D.H. Lawrence later understood, of the 
inevitable fatality of white civilization brought about by our ceaseless 
lust for material progress, imperial expansion, white supremacy and 
exploitation of nature.


Melville, who had been a sailor on clipper ships and whalers, was keenly 
aware that the wealth of industrialized societies came from the 
exploited of the earth. “Yes; all these brave houses and flowery gardens 
came from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans,” Ishmael says of New 
England’s prosperity. “One and all, they were harpooned and dragged up 
hither from the bottom of the sea.” All the authority figures on the 
ship are white men—Ahab, Starbuck, Flask and Stubb. The hard, dirty 
work, from harpooning to gutting the carcasses of the whales, is the 
task of the poor, mostly men of color.


full: 
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/we_are_all_aboard_the_pequod_20130707/


My own reflections on Melville:

On Typee: http://www.swans.com/library/art10/lproy19.html

On The Confidence Man: 
http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mydocs/culture/confidence_man.htm


On The 'Gees: http://louisproyect.org/2009/04/08/herman-melvilles-the-gees/


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[Marxism] Morsi and the Army: The Illusive Power

[Louis Proyect]

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An excerpt from Gilbert Achcar's new book:

On 12 August 2012, [Mohamed Morsi] the new Egyptian president sent the 
SCAF’s two most eminent members into retirement. Both of these military 
men had been close associates of Hosni Mubarak: Hussein Tantawi, the 
commander in chief of the armed forces and minister of defense without 
interruption since 1991, and Sami Anan, chief of staff since 2005. This 
operation was orchestrated with great fanfare in order to make the very 
colorless Morsi out to be a forceful and, to boot, “revolutionary” 
president, since he was supposedly fulfilling what had become the 
popular movement’s main demand throughout the year preceding his 
election: that the army go back to its barracks.


The Muslim Brothers promptly mobilized to sing the praises of the 
president—a loyal follower of the Brotherhood’s leadership, just as the 
Tunisian prime minister is a loyal follower of Ennahda’s chief and 
Tunisia’s real president, Rached Ghannouchi. Presenting Morsi as the man 
who has fulfilled the “revolution’s” wishes is all the more grotesque 
for the fact that he has named the chief of military intelligence, 
Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi, to replace Tantawi. Sisi had distinguished himself 
in June 2011 by justifying the “virginity tests” that the SCAF had 
inflicted, among other humiliations, on seventeen female demonstrators 
who had been arrested on Tahrir Square in March. (Sisi’s declarations 
were such an embarrassment that the SCAF was forced to publicly disavow 
him.)


In actual fact, of all the dismissals of military leaders punctuating 
the history of the Egyptian republic, the one for which Morsi was 
responsible is the least dramatic. Compared with the dismissals of Amer, 
Chazly, or Abu Ghazalah, engineered by Morsi’s three presidential 
predecessors, his dismissal of Tantawi and Anan appears as an act of 
broad consensus, so broad, indeed, that even those relieved of their 
commands approved of it. The novelty, undoubtedly, is that Morsi is the 
first Egyptian president not to have come from the army’s ranks. This 
fact has been thrown into sharp relief by untold commentators who seem 
to have forgotten that the Egyptian uprising cheated another civilian of 
the presidency: Gamal Mubarak, Hosni’s son. Yet it is clearly because 
Morsi is a civilian lacking prestige and professional authority in the 
military’s eyes that he took care to confer with the upper echelons of 
the armed forces, in order to secure their full approval before deciding 
on dismissals, promotions, and appointments from their ranks, as has 
been attested by both the military men themselves and numerous observers.


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[Marxism] Refugees, the Pope and Tony Abbott: a tale of two Catholics

[En Passant with John Passant]

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As the Opposition in Australia bays for the blood of refugees and the Labor 
Government delivers a foul, disgusting and cruel anti-asylum seeker policy and 
ramps up its anti-refugee rhetoric, I wonder if the Christian Kevin Rudd and 
the practising Catholic Tony Abbott got the Pope's message of love and 
welcoming for all refugees. 

http://enpassant.com.au/2013/07/08/refugees-the-pope-and-tony-abbott-a-tale-of-two-catholics/

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[Marxism] Snowden reveals Australian involvement in US spy network

[Gregory Adler]

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http://www.smh.com.au/world/snowden-reveals-australias-links-to-us-spy-web-20130708-2plyg.html

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