Re: [Marxism] Gowan's book on Syria--a more nuanced tak

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On 10/20/17 9:20 AM, Ron Jacobs via Marxism wrote:


https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/04/11/syria-beyond-western-myths-and-half-truths/



Ron, you wrote:

"For example, although many socialists would have difficulty considering 
the Baathist economy as being socialist in nature, that has been the 
guiding interpretation of many in the Washington political establishment."


What is your point? That an analysis of the Syrian economy should not be 
based on an examination of class structures but what some rightwing 
ideologue in the USA says?


Gowans book is filled with references to "the Washington political 
establishment" but my review is based on the concrete reality of foreign 
investment, the agrarian crisis, rentier state contradictions, etc.


His book is a pile of steaming excrement and you acquitted yourself 
poorly by praising it.

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[Marxism] Gowan's book on Syria--a more nuanced tak

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