[Marxism] Forthcoming: Tony Norfield on London and the global power of finance
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[Marxism] Fwd: Why Apple Is Right to Challenge an Order to Help the F.B.I. - The New York Times
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[Marxism] Who carries the carrion?
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[Marxism] New Book on the City of London as a Financial Centre
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Re: [Marxism] Carnage in Syria a Product of US Empowerment of Saudi Arabia--really?
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Re: [Marxism] Carnage in Syria a Product of US Empowerment of Saudi Arabia--really?
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * I read Part 1 yesterday (the linked Part 2 has video but no transcript, only comments). I'll be damned if I can find it now, but as I remember Prashad uses the phrase "proxies of the Saudis and Turkey" about 10 times, with no other reference to any of Assad's opponents. On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 12:47 PM, Louis Proyect via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > POSTING RULES & NOTES > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > * > > Since I follow Vijay Prashad on Twitter, I became aware of his interview > with Paul Jay on the Real News Network: > > > http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=15697 > > I was intrigued by the subject heading. Is the carnage in Syria really a > product of US empowerment of Saudi Arabia? > > Unlike raving Baathist lunatics like Mike Whitney, Vijay Prashad is a far > more subtle commentator on the region taking great care to give the > appearance that he is opposed to all intervention, either from the USA, > Turkey and Saudi Arabia on one side and Russia and Iran on the other. This > distinguishes him from the Baathist amen corner even though most of the > discussion with Paul Jay had to do with Saudi Arabia's role in a proxy > war--as they put it. > > But what does this really mean? (This is a rhetorical question since I am > used to Vijay seeing Marxmail as a one-way street.) > > There have been, by Vijay's admission, 470,000 deaths in Syria. On one > side you have MIG's, armored helicopters, tanks, heavy artillery, poison > gas, rocket launchers that were in and of themselves insufficient to quell > the rebellion. So now we have Russian bombers and battleships firing cruise > missiles. On the other side, you have had for the most part machine guns > and mortars with anti-tank weapons only entering the picture fairly > recently. Does anybody think that an anti-tank weapon has been used to kill > massive numbers of pro-Assad Syrians? Why would you waste a TOW missile on > a Damascus high-rise when it would be much more useful aimed at a tank? > This is not to speak of the refusal of the bloodthirsty Saudis to refuse > supplying MANPAD's to the rebels. > > I don't know if Vijay Prashad or Paul Jay ever bothered watching a film > like "Return to Homs" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuiFGECCmRw), > which shows the asymmetrical nature of the war in Syria. Young men hide out > in bombed out buildings looking like those in Stalingrad 1943 poke their > machine guns out of holes in the wall to try to stop tanks. That's what the > war has been about. And here we have a couple of Marxists, progressives, > radicals, anti-imperialists--whatever they want to call > themselves--basically arguing that the carnage in Syria is to be blamed by > Turkey or Saudi Arabia providing machine guns and bullets to people whose > only goal is to get rid of family dynasty that has enriched itself while > the country goes hungry. > > Sad, really. > > _ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/acpollack2%40gmail.com > _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Carnage in Syria a Product of US Empowerment of Saudi Arabia--really?
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * Since I follow Vijay Prashad on Twitter, I became aware of his interview with Paul Jay on the Real News Network: http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=15697 I was intrigued by the subject heading. Is the carnage in Syria really a product of US empowerment of Saudi Arabia? Unlike raving Baathist lunatics like Mike Whitney, Vijay Prashad is a far more subtle commentator on the region taking great care to give the appearance that he is opposed to all intervention, either from the USA, Turkey and Saudi Arabia on one side and Russia and Iran on the other. This distinguishes him from the Baathist amen corner even though most of the discussion with Paul Jay had to do with Saudi Arabia's role in a proxy war--as they put it. But what does this really mean? (This is a rhetorical question since I am used to Vijay seeing Marxmail as a one-way street.) There have been, by Vijay's admission, 470,000 deaths in Syria. On one side you have MIG's, armored helicopters, tanks, heavy artillery, poison gas, rocket launchers that were in and of themselves insufficient to quell the rebellion. So now we have Russian bombers and battleships firing cruise missiles. On the other side, you have had for the most part machine guns and mortars with anti-tank weapons only entering the picture fairly recently. Does anybody think that an anti-tank weapon has been used to kill massive numbers of pro-Assad Syrians? Why would you waste a TOW missile on a Damascus high-rise when it would be much more useful aimed at a tank? This is not to speak of the refusal of the bloodthirsty Saudis to refuse supplying MANPAD's to the rebels. I don't know if Vijay Prashad or Paul Jay ever bothered watching a film like "Return to Homs" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuiFGECCmRw), which shows the asymmetrical nature of the war in Syria. Young men hide out in bombed out buildings looking like those in Stalingrad 1943 poke their machine guns out of holes in the wall to try to stop tanks. That's what the war has been about. And here we have a couple of Marxists, progressives, radicals, anti-imperialists--whatever they want to call themselves--basically arguing that the carnage in Syria is to be blamed by Turkey or Saudi Arabia providing machine guns and bullets to people whose only goal is to get rid of family dynasty that has enriched itself while the country goes hungry. Sad, really. _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Fwd: Do capitalists create use-values? | Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist
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Re: [Marxism] 1941 - Japan starves
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[Marxism] Fwd: How the Southern Strategy Made Donald Trump Possible | New Republic
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[Marxism] Was Heathcliff Black?
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[Marxism] Fwd: The House that Marx Built - bookforum.com / omnivore
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[Marxism] Fwd: NY college event with Israeli scholar who said only rape can deter Palestinian militants postponed after protests - Salon.com
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