[Marxism] Red Vienna: the architecture of socialist hope | Dennis Broe | Culture Matters

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[Marxism] [SUSPICIOUS MESSAGE] [UCE] The Christian right, the Republican Party and Donald Trump | John Newsinger | International Socialism

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[Marxism] Fascism in full bloom

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As the NYT report says, Modi and his Fascist goons believe that they can 
suppress dissent by violence.
Democracy in India is on sound footing and the millions who are coming out into 
the streets across the length and breadth of the 
country is ample evidence that fascism will no have an easy going. Common 
citizens till now remained nonchalant as the Hindu 
Nationalist BJP acquired power by employing devious means. Many people voted 
for BJP attracted by the nationalist rhetoric of Modi 
and his vitriol against Pakistan.but now, with the introduction of Citizenship 
Amendment Act, people are realizing that Muslims will 
be targeted much like the Jews in Hitler's Germany. And the irony is that when 
this law, in its previous avatar was implemented in 
Assam, the state bordering Bangladesh, on the plea that a large number of 
Muslims had infiltrated in to the country, more Hindus lost 
their citizenship than Muslims. And there was an outcry from the supporters of 
the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) itself.
And now, Amit Shah, the right-hand man of Modi and the Interior Minister is 
advocating that the citizenship verification would be 
taken up in all over the country, even in those states which saw no 
infiltration from outside the borders, and that Non-Muslims need 
not worry, he was reinforcing the fear of many that the Law will discriminate 
against 180 million Muslims and will ultimately deprive 
them of Indian citizenship. Increasing provocative statements from Law makers 
and leaders of BJP, claiming that the whole bunch of 
Muslims will be dumped in to Pakistan had made the mood of the people turn 
sour. People in hundreds of thousands are holding rallies
and day and night vigils in biting  2 Deg,C cold in Delhi and other Northern 
towns. And what is worrying Modi and his government is 
that there are more Hindus rallying against his Government, decrying 
discrimination on the basis of religion. It shows that democratic
culture is deep-rooted in India, which is historically home to many religions. 
Rare display of solidarity is witnessed in different parts 
of the country. Fearing that Hindu Nationalist RSS goons might attack, Hindus 
and Sikhs stood guard while Muslims were offering 
their Friday prayers in Delhi. And in the state of Kerala, a church has invited 
Muslim brothers to offer their prayers in its premises.
When a TV Channel reporter said that only Muslims are protesting, an angry 
young man, took off his shirt and displayed his sacred 
thread which Hindu Brahmins wear.
Vijaya Kumar M
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[Marxism] Announcing: new edition of Marxist Left Review

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Issue 19 of the Marxist Left Review is going to the printers today! It has
three major themes: the return of revolutionary protests to the world
stage; responding to the climate crisis; and debates on the left regarding
reformism and electoral strategies for change.

The full list of articles is:

- Resisting barbarism: Contours of a global rebellion by Omar Hassan
- Is the world economy on the verge of a new recession? by Tom Bramble
- From revolutionary possibility to fascist defeat: The French - Popular
Front of 1936-38 by Sandra Bloodworth
- We’ve been down this road before: Jesse Jackson, the Democrats and the
left by Nick Everett
- New movement, new debates: The contested politics of climate change by
Sarah Garnham
- Fuelled by coal: Piercing the mirage of a sustainable capitalist
Australia by Catarina Da Silva
- Interview: Gilbert Achcar on the undying revolutions in the Middle East
and North Africa
- Interview: Isabelle Garo on Marx’s strategic thought and the spirit of
revolt
- Review: Workers’ anti-war resistance in Japan by Shomi Yoon
- Review: The politics of the Indonesian union movement by Ben Reid

Please follow the link to our website and subscribe now to help out
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Re: [Marxism] Global Research discusses tragic airliner crash

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From the egg on our faces department at Global Research, the article (still 
there) is now preceded by this:

"Update

"The latest information suggests that the Ukraine plane was brought down by a 
missile, following statements emanating from the Iranian government."

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As of this morning, this article still appears on the Global Research website.
I have omitted some of the article.
ken h

“Fake Intelligence”? Washington Blames Iran for Ukraine Airliner Crash. Was the 
Plane Brought down by a Missile?
Stephen Lendman

https://www.globalresearch.ca/blaming-iran-ukraine-airliner-crash/5700207 




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[Marxism] All the Times the US allied with Gen. Soleimani against Common Enemies, giving him Air Support at Tikrit

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Soleimani was a complicated man, a man of the religious far right, an
authoritarian. Although I think it is nonsense to speak of him committing
terrorism, he did commit war crimes. I am not sure he is responsible for
nearly as many deaths as George W. Bush, though. In this essay I’m not
defending Soleimani, I’m only trying to complicate the glib story being
pushed at us by the Trump administration, which can’t speak two sentences
without telling four lies. The best antidote to black and white
authoritarian views of the world is an attention to irony and ambiguity.

https://www.juancole.com/2020/01/soleimani-against-support.html
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[Marxism] Global Research discusses tragic airliner crash

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As of this morning, this article still appears on the Global Research website.
I have omitted some of the article.
ken h

“Fake Intelligence”? Washington Blames Iran for Ukraine Airliner Crash. Was the 
Plane Brought down by a Missile?
Stephen Lendman

https://www.globalresearch.ca/blaming-iran-ukraine-airliner-crash/5700207 


A Reuters report was similar, saying the Ukraine aircraft “was likely brought 
down by an Iranian missile,” citing Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and 
“intelligence from Canadian and other (unnamed) sources.”

Iranian officials debunked false claims about a missile or rocket downing the 
Ukraine airliner.

Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization head Ali Abedzadeh said the following:

“From a scientific viewpoint, it is impossible that a missile hit the Ukrainian 
plane,” adding:

“The plane caught fire three minutes into the flight, according to what the 
witnesses have reported and the data collected from the parts of the airplane.”

“The pilot tried to return the airplane at the altitude of 8,000 feet, but due 
to the fire, the airplane crashed and exploded.”

“We can say that the airplane, considering the kind of the crash and the 
pilot’s efforts to return it to Imam Khomeini airport, didn’t explode in the 
air. So, the allegation that it was hit by missiles is totally ruled out.”

“(B)ecause the airplane was Ukrainian, Ukraine is obliged to cooperate with us, 
and has started cooperation. Their team of experts has arrived in Tehran, and 
we have coordinated the issue with them on different aspects.”

“Iranian experts and the Ukrainian ones have had a meeting so that we could 
determine the cause of the incident in cooperation with the Ukrainian side.”

An official investigation into the cause of the crash is underway.

On Thursday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi dismissed false 
accusations about an IRGC missile downing the Ukraine airliner.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran has begun investigation into the cause of this 
plane crash in accordance with the international standards and the ICAO’s 
(International Civil Aviation Organization’s) criteria, and has invited 
Ukraine, as the owner of the plane, and the Boeing company, as the plane 
manufacturer, to take part in the investigation,” he explained, adding:

“The Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes the presence of experts from the 
countries whose nationals have been killed in the tragic incident, and requests 
the Canadian prime minister and any other government with information about 
this issue to give the information to the committee investigating the incident 
in Iran.”

Ukraine Airlines Flight 752 crashed hours after Iranian missiles struck two US 
bases in Iraq.

They were launched in retaliation for the Trump regime’s assassination of IRGC 
Quds Force commander General Qassem Soleimani — an act of war by the US against 
Iran.

Both incidents were unrelated, no credible evidence suggesting otherwise.

On Thursday, IRGC spokesman Abolfazl Shekarchi debunked false accusations, 
saying:

Western sources “are spreading propaganda that the Ukrainian flight was 
targeted. This is ridiculous,” adding:

“Most of the passengers on this flight were our valued young Iranian men and 
women.

“Whatever we do, we do it for the protection and defense of our country and our 
people.”

If the airliner was struck by a missile, it likely would have broken apart in 
flight which no evidence suggests happened.

Separately, Ukrainian authorities ruled out terrorism, suggesting likely engine 
failure, what an analysis of the crash site and black boxes aboard the doomed 
aircraft will likely determine.

Falsely claiming an Iranian missile may have brought down Ukraine Airlines 
Flight 752 is similar to wrongfully accusing Russia for downing Malaysian 
Airlines MH17 on July 17, 2014 in eastern Ukraine airspace.

The latter Big Lie persists despite no credible evidence proving it, plenty of 
evidence debunking it.

Investigations of commercial airline crashes take considerable time to complete.

It’ll likely be months before it’s officially known why Ukraine Airlines Flight 
752 went down.

There were no credible reports of satellite images showing one or more missiles 
in Iranian airspace before the Ukraine airliner crashed.

When the cause is determined and publicly announced, it’ll no doubt cite a 
technical malfunction, not an Iranian missile responsible for what happened.

A Final Comment

On Friday, Press TV quoted Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization head Ali 
Abedzadeh, saying the following:

“From a scientific viewpoint, it is 

[Marxism] Fieldston, Elite Private School, Faces Backlash From Jewish Parents

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NY Times, Jan. 11, 2020
Fieldston, Elite Private School, Faces Backlash From Jewish Parents
By Eliza Shapiro

Ethical Culture Fieldston, one of New York City’s most proudly 
progressive private schools, is facing a backlash over its handling of 
race, religion and ethnicity for the second time in less than a year.


In the past few months, some Jewish parents have accused school 
administrators of not acting aggressively enough to address what the 
parents said were anti-Semitic comments by at least one teacher and a 
guest speaker.


The tensions boiled over on Thursday, when the school fired a history 
teacher who has criticized Israel in school and on a personal Twitter 
account.


The dismissal of the teacher, J.B. Brager, which came after an assembly 
focused on anti-Semitism and anti-bias training, was first reported by 
the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. The move quickly touched off a protest by 
Fieldston graduates.


Lauren Coulston, a spokeswoman for the school, declined to discuss the 
precise reasons for the firing, saying that Fieldston “does not comment 
on personnel matters.”


“We can reaffirm, however, that the school does not tolerate hurtful 
offensive or exclusionary content or comments from any member of the 
community,” Ms. Coulston said on Friday. “Students, parents, employees, 
and other members of our community all face consequences for behavior of 
this nature.”


The episode comes at a highly charged moment for the school, and for New 
York.


Fieldston spent much of last year trying to contain a rebellion by its 
students, some of whom locked themselves in buildings on the school’s 
campus in the Riverdale section of the Bronx in March to protest what 
they said was a racist school culture.


The school agreed to many of the students’ demands, including anti-bias 
training and a commitment to hire more teachers of color.


But the fragile peace that followed was short-lived. The student 
protests about perceived racism against people of color soon gave way to 
anger among Jewish parents concerned about anti-Semitism.


In November, Kayum Ahmed, a director at the Open Society Foundations 
philanthropic organization who had been invited to speak at an assembly 
at the high school, responded to a student’s question about South Africa 
by linking what Jews endured during the Holocaust to violence against 
Palestinians in Israel.


Some parents, offended by the comment, urged school leaders to issue a 
forceful statement condemning it. The debate over Mr. Ahmed’s remarks 
was reported by the online publication Tablet as well as the Washington 
Free Beacon. Mr. Ahmed did not respond to a request for comment on Friday.


A few days after the assembly, the head of the school, Jessica Bagby, 
and the high school principal, Nigel Furlonge, sent an email to students 
and parents calling Mr. Ahmed’s remarks “deeply hurtful.” The school, 
Ms. Bagby and Mr. Furlonge wrote, “vehemently opposes anti-Jewish words, 
deeds, and sentiment.”


Before the winter break, Fieldston scheduled an assembly focused on 
anti-Semitism for Thursday, Jan. 9, and announced that two Reform Jewish 
rabbis would speak.


Fieldston was founded in the late 19th century by Felix Adler, a Jewish 
educator, and has long served a significant number of Jewish students. 
But parents’ concerns that the school has looked the other way on 
anti-Semitism have plagued Ms. Bagby throughout her four-year tenure.


The New York Times reported in 2017 that she had referred privately to 
“Zionist” parents raising questions about aspects of the school’s 
experimental approach to combating racism.


The comment alarmed George Burns, the principal of Fieldston’s lower 
school at the time, The Times reported. Mr. Burns’s unexpected departure 
that year prompted a torrent of anger from parents, teachers and students.


Fieldston, which has around 1,700 students from prekindergarten through 
12th grade and annual tuition of about $53,000, is substantially more 
racially diverse than many other private schools in the city, and it 
awards more than $14 million a year in financial aid.


The debate at the school is playing out against a backdrop of heightened 
tensions among Jewish residents of New York and the surrounding area.


Orthodox Jews have faced a series of violent anti-Semitic attacks across 
the city and state in recent weeks, prompting local officials to 
increase security in neighborhoods with large Jewish populations.


This week, tens of thousands of people marched against anti-Semitism in 
New York City. In an email this month, Ms. Bagby encouraged Fieldston 
families to join the march.


Dr. Brager, the teacher 

[Marxism] Behind Campus Attack in India, Some See a Far-Right Agenda

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NY Times, Jan. 11, 2020
Behind Campus Attack in India, Some See a Far-Right Agenda
By Kai Schultz and Suhasini Raj

NEW DELHI — For decades, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party and its 
affiliates have struggled to control one of India’s most fertile 
ideological recruiting grounds: university campuses.


That project erupted in violence last weekend, as masked men and women 
stormed the New Delhi campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University, one of 
India’s premier liberal institutions.


Witnesses said police officers stood by as students were attacked with 
rods and bricks. Some assailants shouted slogans associated with Mr. 
Modi’s governing party and its parent organization, the Rashtriya 
Swayamsevak Sangh, or R.S.S., which for decades has aspired to turn 
India into a Hindu nation.


“They pelted stones at us, stones half the size of bricks,” said 
Sucharita Sen, a geography professor, who was struck in the head and 
needed stitches. She was bleeding profusely, she said, adding: “I saw 
the face of terror.”


Mr. Modi’s government initially condemned the violence. But some 
ministers, along with others in the governing Bharatiya Janata Party, 
tried to justify it. “For too long, Leftists have been treated with kid 
gloves,” the party’s branch in the state of Karnataka said on Twitter. 
“No wonder this ‘good for nothing breed’ has grown like a Weed.”


As protests continue across India against Mr. Modi’s contentious 
citizenship law, universities have become targets, with far-right groups 
accused of attacking places seen as hot spots for “antinational” 
activism. Some analysts saw the well-orchestrated attack on Sunday as 
something more: a watershed in the ascendant Hindu nationalist 
movement’s fight for control over the influential university, and over 
Indian higher education more broadly.


“For the Modi government, J.N.U. has been a symbol of the territory they 
haven’t been able to capture,” said Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, an author who 
has studied the R.S.S. for years. “They are projecting it as a symbol of 
everything that is bad in this country, and that is why they need to 
destroy it.”


Mr. Mukhopadhyay said the attack was a precursor to shutting down the 
university and “trying to reshape it.”


The university is named for Jawaharlal Nehru, one of India’s founding 
fathers, who resisted the idea of establishing a religious state. Over 
the years, the campus cultivated a reputation for supporting resistance 
movements led by minorities and questioning revisionist histories of 
India pushed by far-right Hindus.


Since Mr. Modi became prime minister in 2014, the Hindu right’s battle 
for influence over young minds has intensified. Observers say that by 
2016, Jawaharlal Nehru University had become a much more frequent topic 
of debate among high-ranking officials in the governing party, who 
questioned the morality of the students and their education.


Students and faculty at the university said freedoms there had eroded 
since the election of Mr. Modi, whose government has appointed 
R.S.S.-affiliated administrators to the university. In the hours after 
Sunday’s attack, staunch supporters of Mr. Modi’s party called for the 
university to be closed.


While leftist ideas have long prevailed at the university and many of 
India’s other leading campuses, the R.S.S. has worked to inculcate its 
far-right ideology at a much younger age. It runs its own network of 
schools, and encourages children to join programs for physical training 
interspersed with Hindu religious rituals.


At the university level, the R.S.S. oversees the Akhil Bharatiya 
Vidyarthi Parishad, one of India’s oldest and largest student unions. 
That group at first denied involvement in the Sunday attack, blaming it 
on “commie goons.”


But Anima Sonkar, a secretary for the group, said in a television 
interview on Monday that two armed men seen in a video of the assault 
were members of the organization. She said they had carried weapons for 
“self-defense,” traveling in groups and carrying rods, and in one case, 
acid.


Since protests began in India last month over the Citizenship Amendment 
Act passed by Parliament — which many see as blatantly discriminatory 
toward Muslims and a threat to the nation’s secular foundation — most 
eruptions of violence have been blamed on the police, who have been 
accused of torturing teenage demonstrators, lobbing tear gas canisters 
into a college library and killing protesters.


But the attack at Jawaharlal Nehru University, where a number of rallies 
against the law have been held, suggested that extremist outfits had 
started mobilizing against protesters, with the 

[Marxism] Rich Greener helped define radio at Atlanta's WAOK

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I had blogged about Richard Greener just after he died. This Atlanta 
Journal-Constitution obit adds interesting information.


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[Marxism] Iran admits it shot down Ukraine passenger jet by accident

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-passenger-plane-admits-missiles-human-error-ukrainian-international-airlines-752-zarif-latest-a9279231.html
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[Marxism] No war on Iran (Green Left Weekly)

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https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/no-war-iran

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