Re: [marxmail] Does an increasing interest in Trotsky and Joseph Hansen within Ukraine indicate an abrupt left turn by a layer from fascism and Stalinism!

2024-07-18 Thread David Walters via groups.io
[Edited Message Follows] Historically, Mark, your description of Bland's rhetoric is that of all Stalinist groups who cared to opine on the differences between Lenin and Trotsky, of which there were many, prior to 1917, is my understanding as well. Which is why it takes up so much of the writin

Re: [marxmail] Does an increasing interest in Trotsky and Joseph Hansen within Ukraine indicate an abrupt left turn by a layer from fascism and Stalinism!

2024-07-18 Thread David Walters via groups.io
Historically, Mark, you description of Bland's rhetoric is that of all Stalinist groups who cared to opine on the differences between Lenin and Trotsky, of which there were many, prior to 1917 which is why it takes so much of the writings on the subject. Of course 1917 whipped the slate clean on

[marxmail] Amnesty Condemns Israel's 'Mass Incommunicado Detention and Torture' of Palestinians

2024-07-18 Thread Dayne Goodwin
*The head of the human rights group said Israel's Unlawful Combatants Law is enabling "rampant torture" of Palestinian detainees and "institutionalizes enforced disappearance."* by Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams, July 18, 2024 https://www.commondreams.org/news/amnesty-international-israel-torture Is

[marxmail] Report Details Israel's 'Water War Crimes' in Gaza

2024-07-18 Thread Dayne Goodwin
*"Israel is exterminating life in Gaza, and making the conditionsunlivable," said one public health advocate. "Those supporting Israelare supporting genocide."* by Julia Conley, Common Dreams, July 18 https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-gaza-water-2668772742 Since Israel began its bombardment

Re: [marxmail] I know this is behind a paywall but ...

2024-07-18 Thread Mark Baugher
This is the article that MM referenced, ‘Economic nationalism’ at the RNC clashes with Trump’s pitch to donors, but fully available on the Dark Web. > On Jul 17, 2024, at 10:17 AM, Avram Rips via groups.io > wrote: > > https://archive.md/ROT9k A clip from Sean O'Brien's speech to the Republic

Re: [marxmail] Trump's China policy: Asia Times

2024-07-18 Thread Charlie
Another post substituting the remarks of some think-tank servant of imperialism (in this case, David. P. Goldman of the Claremont Institute) in place of a direct look at realities. We are given this quote: "China will let the United States pretend to be a Pacific power, and pretend to threaten

Re: [marxmail] Does an increasing interest in Trotsky and Joseph Hansen within Ukraine indicate an abrupt left turn by a layer from fascism and Stalinism!

2024-07-18 Thread Mark Baugher
I have no opinion on the Last Testament of Lenin and care little about it. But I've been following this thread, reading the posts, and... > https://www.marxists.org/archive/bland/1991/x01/lenins-testament.pdf Bill Bland's paper does not persuade me. The narrative strategy seems to be one of

[marxmail] Trump's China policy: Asia Times

2024-07-18 Thread Marv Gandall
Many Republican economic and military strategists want to confront China even more aggressively than the Biden administration, but the Asia Times conservative commentator David Goldman says the US is in no position to do so and that Trump is well aware of it.. "No expeditionary force 6,000 mil

Re: [marxmail] Teamster president O'Brien channels Gregor Strasser & betrays working class

2024-07-18 Thread Charlie
Let's face it, nearly total emphasis on the Trumpists' bigotry, as John labels it, actually reinforces the division in the working class promoted by J.D. Vance, Teamster O'Brien, and the Trump camp as a whole. Listen to Vance: "I grew up in Middletown, Ohio, a small town where people spoke their

[marxmail] Interview with Workers' Front of Ukraine

2024-07-18 Thread Charlie
Interview with the Workers' Front of Ukraine: Fascism, the Imperialist War and the perspective of Socialism July 17, 2024 The Workers' Front of Ukraine-RFU (Робітничий Фронт України), is a clandestine Marxist-Leninist group founded in 2019. Below you can read the english version of an intervie

Re: [marxmail] Does an increasing interest in Trotsky and Joseph Hansen within Ukraine indicate an abrupt left turn by a layer from fascism and Stalinism!

2024-07-18 Thread Charlie
On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 02:13 AM, Dayne Goodwin wrote: > > *Lenin Internet Archive* > "Last Testament" Why don't you post the text of The Protocols of Zion, too? About as authentic. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31195)

Re: [marxmail] Teamster president O'Brien channels Gregor Strasser & betrays working class

2024-07-18 Thread John Reimann
Thank you, Charlie, for bringing the Dan La Botz article to our attention. It is shockingly bad. La Botz criticizes O'Brien for appearing at the Republican convention, but he never mentions the fact that O'Brien has legitimized the bigotry of all sorts that is essential to today's Republican Party.