[marxmail] Residential schools leaving haunting memories

Scroll through to A3. https://issuu.com/blackpress/docs/i20210708223216104/1?ff&pageLayout=singlePage -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#9812): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/9812 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/84

Re: [marxmail] Galloway and the CPGB-ML: notes on a romance

https://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article7211 Galloway’s tactics have a distinct echo of the ‘national Bolshevism’ stand of the German Communist Party (KPD) in the early 1930s. The KPD made correct criticisms of the Social Democrats on their pro-capitalist economic policies, but tried

[marxmail] Climate change in western Canada

Fraser Valley farm says heats causing worst year ever for raspberries https://www.citynews1130.com/2021/07/06/fraser-valley-heat-killing-raspberries/ Last year’s high temperatures were just high enough to help the berries grow, Suffron explains, but during this year’s heatwave — specifically the

[marxmail] Impact of First Nations struggles

One of the publications I follow is Business in Vancouver, “Business intelligence for B. C.” https://biv.com/ They guard some journalistic credibility by opening their pages, from time to time, to union leaders in BC. I was very interested to find this insert in the June issue of BIV. https://b

[marxmail] Candy Bar War, 1947

I wonder if the tradition of trade union struggles in this area could account for the readiness of the children to take action. kan h https://www.saanichnews.com/entertainment/author-tells-true-story-of-the-b-c-kids-post-war-candy-protest-that-swept-the-country/ ‘Candy Bar War’ tells the

[marxmail] Village destroyed by fire

The village of Lytton had been subject to record breaking temperatures. We became acquainted with Gordon Murray and his partner Carel Carel Moiseiwitsch though their work on Palestine. ken h https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=wizfgB1Hlek http://www.freexero.com/ http://

[marxmail] Fire forces evacuation of Lytton, B.C., after days of record-breaking heat

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/fire-forces-evacuation-of-lytton-b-c-after-days-of-record-breaking-heat-1.5492913 Scroll down to some of the stories on the left. ken h -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#9571): https://gr

[marxmail] Cubans in Russia “Buy” Promises, Infections and Scams

https://havanatimes.org/features/cubans-in-russia-buy-promises-infections-and-scams/ Some 25,000 Cubans are entering Russia every year, according to statistics from Border Control published in El Pais. Vladimir Putin’s government doesn’t require Cubans to have a visa; you just need a plane ticket

[marxmail] Canada Day cancelled in many places

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_K_2VeQbFw Multifaith motorcycle convoy rides to Brandon residential school to honour survivors, victims https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/motorcycle-convoy-manitoba-brandon-residential-school-1.6082356 Hundreds in convoy to Kamloops to show support for

[marxmail] Just Say Yes: Nancy Reagan Gave the Best...

I also would call this trash. The writer seems to be untouched by the Me Too movement and the abuse inflicted upon young women by powerful men in the movie industry. Best? From whose point of view? ken h -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to

Re: [marxmail] Paul Robeson Was One of the Greatest Figures of the 20th Century

Paul Robeson sang at the border between Canada and the US in 1952. I was at the commemoration in 2002. ken h http://www.cpsr.cs.uchicago.edu/robeson/peacearch.html Paul Robeson's legendary border-straddling concert https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/paul-robesons-legendary-border-stra

[marxmail] Collaboration between DSA and ILWU

https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/anchor-steamed-how-dsa-worked-to-unionize-an-iconic-craft-brewery/ https://inthesetimes.com/article/bay-area-tartine-bakery-workers-union-ilwu-dsa-labor -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (

Re: [marxmail] Thinking like an Octopus | Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist

Louis mentions Farley Mowat. I confess I never read Never Cry Wolf. According to this entry Mowat did contribute to shifting attitudes towards wolves, even while he was inclined to make things up. If I recall correctly, Mowat was an important public figure in the response to the Vietnam War.

[marxmail] Residential schools

Two further indications of the way that Canada has been rocked by the finding of unmarked graves at a residential school. ken h https://vernoncommunityschool.wordpress.com/vcsplorations-2016-2017/monster-a-poem-by-dennis-saddleman/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article-behind-th

Re: [marxmail] The ship that changed the world

If you have access to a PBS channel you can watch or record it. ken h -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#8946): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/8946 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/83264749/21656 -=-

Re: [marxmail] 'The Landscape is Shifting': Over 35,000 Rally for Palestine in DC on Memorial Day weekend

In Canada ,as well, we are seeing public actions where there were none before. ken h Surrey is outside Vancouver. https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-pro-palestine-protest?auto=true Red Deer is a city of

[marxmail] 'We do not want this to be hidden'

Residential school survivors society calls for action following discovery of children's remains https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/indian-residential-school-survivors-society-calls-for-action-1.6045448 'We do not want this to be hidden': Remains of 215 children discovered on site o

Re: [marxmail] Canada’s Communists Played a Vital Role in the Workers’ Movement

No doubt there are many other readings. These three are among them and quite useful ken h >From Victoria to Vladivostok Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-19 https://www.ubcpress.ca/from-victoria-to-vladivostok Soldiers of the International: A History of the Communist Party of

[marxmail] Churchill's anti-German message

This week I picked up a publication, Veterans News https://veteransnews.ca/ at my local Legion. It does not appear to be a publication of the Canadian Legion. I found a fragment of anti-German propaganda from WWII. In motivating his country for the fight Churchill preferred to appeal to anti-Ge

[marxmail] 215 children found buried at former B.C. residential school

Most often these children were removed from their communities by force or coercion. Those that died were typically buried without documentation and without communication with their families. ken h Remains of 215 children found buried at former B.C. residential school, First Nation sa

[marxmail] For many Indigenous people, memories of Oka are driving solidarity with Palestinians

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-for-many-indigenous-people-memories-of-oka-are-driving-solidarity-with/ I see this as something of a breakthrough. In the past there were voices among First Nations people in support of Palestinians. But they were few and not particularly represe

[marxmail] Palestine/two items in the Globe and Mail

My parents are being displaced from Sheikh Jarrah. The fight for their neighbourhood is a fight for our rights https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-my-parents-are-being-displaced-from-sheikh-jarrah-the-fight-for-their/ Biden puts U.S. policy toward Israel on an unpredictable path http

[marxmail] Chile 1973

Today in the free box outside our library I picked up the October 1973 issue of National Geographic. It includes an article on Chile. Evidently it went to press before the coup. ken h https://www.amazon.com/National-Geographic-October-Chile-Revolution/dp/B000LJCDNC -=-=-=-=-=-

[marxmail] Huge pro Palestine demo in Detroit

The person posting claims a quarter million at the demo. Do you think that is accurate? In any case, very impressive. ken h https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p0yIvqw1l4 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all message

[marxmail] How long did Israel think Palestinians would put up with their current situation?

Interesting that this appeared in the pre-eminent English language paper in Canada (if not the biggest). ken h Jon Allen is a former Canadian ambassador to Israel and a senior fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/

[marxmail] The Ever Given and the Monstrosity of Maritime Capitalism

The Ever Given and the Monstrosity of Maritime Capitalism http://bostonreview.net/class-inequality-politics/charmaine-chua-ever-given-and-monstrosity-maritime-capitalism Also, The Dawn Watch by Maya Jasanoff – Joseph Conrad in world history https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/03/dawn-watch

Re: [marxmail] The Paranoid Style in Adam Curtis

I think I have previously shared this spoof of Adam Curtis on this list. ken h https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1bX3F7uTrg -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#8502): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/8502 Mute This

[marxmail] IBEW on May Day/Texas power failure

The IBEW is in the news, with a specific mention in Biden’s speech. The IBEW, I think it is fair to say, has a reputation as one of the more right wing unions. So I was interested to see this account of May Day. ken h http://www.ibew.org/articles/21ElectricalWorker/EW2105/Groun

[marxmail] Putchist generals and sorcerer’s apprentices

https://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article7123 Julien Salingue "If nothing is done, laxity will continue to spread inexorably in society, ultimately provoking an explosion and the intervention of our comrades on active duty in a p

[marxmail] Left Bloc defends the waiving of patents on vaccines against Covid-19

https://www.esquerda.net/en/artigo/left-bloc-defends-waiving-patents-vaccines-against-covid-19/73679 Left Bloc presented a draft resolution in the Portuguese Parliament for the government to d

Re: [marxmail] Remember Warsaw Ghetto Uprising!

Re message of April 19 #8083  Does anyone on this list recall an incident when an Israeli general (or other officer) preparing his troops to attack Palestinians, exhorted them to act like the German troops in the Warsaw ghetto? I am reasonably sure o

[marxmail] Two websites

The first is for a leftist group. The second an anti-vaccine group in Canada. My comments below along with items from the websites. ken h They don’t say where they are based, but it appears to be in the US. https://mltoday.com/ https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/91080.Introductio

[marxmail] The Commissar Vanishes

I happened on this today, from 2018. ken h https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-photo-book-that-captured-how-the-soviet-regime-made-the-truth-disappear -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#8056): htt

Re: [marxmail] Palestinians of Gaza, under Israeli Blockade, face Devastating Second wave of Covid-19

There is a small side issue. Some people who present themselves as supporters of Palestine are at the same time anti-vaccine. This presents them with the question of why the Israeli government would subject Israeli citizens to the vaccines and go out of their way to deny vaccines to Palestinia

[marxmail] Response to "Erasing People through Disinformation: Syria and the “Anti-Imperialism” of Fools"

I received this today from the The United AntiWar Coaliton. It is a reply to the earlier statement "Erasing People through Disinformation: Syria and the “Anti-Imperialism” of Fools.” https://newpol.org/erasing-people-through-disinformation-syria-and-the-anti-imperialism-of-fools/ They refer to

Re: [marxmail] "The Age of Permanent Revolution" - another short response

llborn. So if he had lived, it is possible to imagine him ending up roughly akin to Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, exiled dissident Jews who used to sympathize with the Russian revolution but ended up writing polemics with limited shelf life. * * * * * Ken Hiebert repsonds: Regarding

[marxmail] Further re: "The Age of Permanent Revolution"

used to sympathize with the Russian revolution but ended up writing polemics with limited shelf life. Ken Hiebert replies: The note about Trotsky’s thoughts on the rise of Hitler and Stalin, as well as the account of his participation in Central Committee meetings, were they from the

Re: [marxmail] "The Age of Permanent Revolution"

Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, exiled dissident Jews who used to sympathize with the Russian revolution but ended up writing polemics with limited shelf life. Ken Hiebert replies: The note about Trotsky’s thoughts on the rise of Hitler and Stalin, as well as the account of his participation

[marxmail] Important vote on Palestine

This is a breakthrough, in my opinion. The New Democratic Party received 20% of the vote at the last federal election and at various times has been the government in five Canadian provinces. At present it is in office in only one province, BC. ken h Independent Jewish Voices C

[marxmail] Uyghur issue in Canadian politics

In the province of British Columbia. ken h Claims of Uyghur genocide in China are ‘lies,’ adviser to B.C. premier says https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2021/04/06/claims-of-uyghur-genocide-in-china-are-lies-adviser-to-bc-premier-says.html Horgan faces backlash for genoci

[marxmail] A reply to the open letter

DIANA JOHNSTONE: The Imperialism of Foolery https://consortiumnews.com/2021/04/07/diana-johnstone-the-imperialism-of-foolery/ * * * * * * * Johntone’s article is a reply to this letter. Erasing People through Disinformation: Syria and the “Anti-Imperialism” of Fools https://newpol.org/erasing-

[marxmail] Lenin on the Train

Just finished this. In spite of Merridale’s bitter hostility to the Russian Revolution, I found it engrossing and well worth reading. ken h Lenin on the Train by Catherine Merridale review – rose-tinted red https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/23/lenin-on-the-train-catherine-merrid

Re: [marxmail] Did China use a sock puppet to bolster support for its forced assimilation of the Uighurs? | Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist

I don’t have time right now to pursue this story to a conclusion. Here is a reply on the CGTN website. "The article reflects the author's opinion and not necessarily the views of CGTN.” ken h How Le Monde pretended a French reporter didn't exist https://news.cgtn.com/news/20

Re: [marxmail] Open Letter on Syria and the “anti-imperialism of fools”

I have forwarded this letter somewhere about 60 times. First, to personal contacts, some of whom might not be happy to see it. I found a list of Spanish language periodicals in Canada and forwarded to them (en español, por supuesto). Then I looked up Arab student associations at various universiti

[marxmail] Syria

Some of you are familiar with Portside. https://portside.org/ I get frequent mailings from them. Today there is debate on China and on Syria. https://portside.org/2021-03-31/global-left-midweek-more-china-solidarity-and-anti-imperialism ken h Syria Solidarity Movement Statement

Re: [marxmail] The Dangers of Factionalism in DSA

I believe that both Québec solidaire and the Scottish Socialist party were set up in such a way that organized left groups could join without giving up their identity or their international affiliations. My impression is that gradually those specific identities and affiliations have become less

[marxmail] Lester Pearson and the Myth of Canada as Peaceable Kingdom

I have had occasion to clash with Richard Sanders on another list. It looks like he has done some useful research here. I am judging by the beginning of the article where he cites a shocking speech by Lester Pearson. Pearson is honoured today with and airport named after him and a college on

[marxmail] How the Russian Orthodox Church helped the Red Army defeat the Nazis

https://www.rbth.com/history/333593-how-russian-orthodox-church-helped?__shares=off&utm_source=browser&utm_medium=push_notifications&utm_campaign=push_notifications By opening churches in occupied Soviet territories, the Germans tried to create the impression that religious life was being revived

[marxmail] Israeli firm in scandal

Israeli firm, Back Cube, sought to portray Ontario judge as anti-semite. I have no knowledge of this judge and cannot say if he is or is not an anti-Semite. Even so, the article is revealing. ken h Catalyst offered up to $11-million to Israeli firm that launched sting on Ontar

[marxmail] Sylvia Pankhurst

The London Review of Books, March 4, carries a review of a new book on Pankhurst by Rachel Holmes, Sylvia Pankhurst: Natural Born Rebel. I’ll let someone more adept than myself link you to that review. Interesting to know that, as a child, Pankhurst listened to conversations in her family hom

[marxmail] International Appeal for the Immediate Release of All Political Prisoners in Russia

https://againstthecurrent.org/international-appeal-for-the-immediate-release-of-all-political-prisoners-in-russia/ AT THE END of January 2021, a wave of mass protests swept throug

Re: [marxmail] Eva Bartlett on COVID-19 restrictions

.theleftberlin.com/post/the-petty-bourgeois-threat-of-qanon <https://www.theleftberlin.com/post/the-petty-bourgeois-threat-of-qanon> Ken Hiebert replies: Thank you. I should have been more clear. My only purpose in forwarding this item was to let people know how unreliable Eva Ba

Re: [marxmail] Washington’s Delusion of Endless World Dominion

One of the US criticisms of China has to do with China building up the Spratly islands and claiming them for China. I can see that China’s neighbours have reason to object to this. But it fair to point out that the US did much the same decades ago on the Johnston Atoll, southwest of Hawaii.

[marxmail] Eva Bartlett on COVID-19 restrictions

Vive la lockdown révolution! Growing rebellion against draconian Covid restrictions by easygoing Canadians shows the world the way https://www.rt.com/op-ed/518596-canada-draconian-covid-restrictions/ Increasing numbers of Ca

[marxmail] The scene from Cuba: How it’s getting so much right on COVID-19

https://theconversation.com/the-scene-from-cuba-how-its-getting-so-much-right-on-covid-19-155699 As the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately harms underprivileged people globally

[marxmail] Atlanta

I was just watching coverage on a Canadian network, CTV. I saw banners for PSLAtlanta and from RefuseFascism, which I had not previously heard of. kne h https://refusefascism.org/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Onl

[marxmail] Books available

As I clear out my archives. Contact me off line - knhieb...@shaw.ca ken h Mission to Moscow - David Culbert University of Wisconsin Press About the making of the movie. https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/1013.htm Other Losses - James Bacque- “Canadian Bestseller” “The American and French Armi

[marxmail] Ernest Mandel - Letter to Jean-Paul Sartre

1953: Ernest Mandel - Letter to Jean-Paul Sartre. A Reply to 'The Communists and Peace' https://www.iire.org/node/962 In his essay 'The Communists and Peace', originally published in Les Temps Modernes in 1952, Sartre addressed an article written by Mandel, under

[marxmail] Formatting

Louis Proyect says: When comrades post larger emails, they should remember to break their text into paragraphs and to skip lines between paragraphs. Thanks. * * * * * * The first time this came up I needed Formatting for Dummies instructions. I finally figured out that I should hit Return twic

[marxmail] H-Net Review [H-Buddhism]: Tam on Chau, 'Religion in China: Ties That Bind'

John Obrien says: More religion proselytizing - especially regular recently by Andrew S. on Buddhism - as "Inspiration and Miracles” Ken Hiebert replies: I took look a the article posted by Andrew Stewart. I did not see any kind of religious proselytizing. It’s a review at an academic

[marxmail] The Lockean Roots of White Supremacy in the U.S. - FPIF

Bello says: Ideas count — sometimes, they are even stronger than material interests. This is the case with the legacy of 17th century philosopher John Locke in the United States, which is central to explaining why class solidarity is so weak while white racial solidarity is so strong. * * * * *

[marxmail] Open Letter to Editors of Jacobin and Monthly Review - New Politics

I circulated the letter https://newpol.org/open-letter-to-editors-of-jacobin-and-monthly-review/ and received pushback from one person I know. He claims that the Council of the Americas supported Perez. I also came acr

[marxmail] A Russian socialist faces imprisonment! Solidarity needed!

https://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article7072 Anastasia Ponkina, 20-year-old activist of the Russian Socialist Movement in Izhevsk (Udmurt Republic), was charged with “hooliganism motivated by political hate” and could face up to 5 years in prison. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Li

Re: [marxmail] MR Online | Displaced persons return home in Latakia, Syria

a distance this does not appear to be the case. * * * * * * * * Ken Hiebert replies: I’m inclined to agree with Chris. At one time Cuba was very dependent on the USSR. I don’t know the nature of the relationship today with Russia and China, but I expect they must be dependent to some degre

Re: [marxmail] MR Online | Displaced persons return home in Latakia, Syria

Typical stupidity from the guy who runs MR Online but just as dismaying to note that the article originally appeared in Cuba's Prensa Latina. https://mronline.org/2021/03/11/displaced-persons-return-home-in-latakia-syria/

[marxmail] The experience of Cubans living in the US

I don’t know how representative these stories are. I believe that some back in Cuba will have access to these accounts. ken h Hotel Kansas City https://havanatimesenespanol.org/diarios/erasmo-calzadilla/hotel-kansas-city/

[marxmail] Stalin and the execution of CPSU members

Mar 1 #685 <https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/6858>8 Ken Hiebert And in response to Roger Kulp, whatever the original history of the Russian Revolution, it is fair to say that Stalinist repression fell heavily on workers and peasants. Is there anyone else on the planet who kille

[marxmail] From Beijing Review

China calls on international community to create sound external environment for Myanmar to solve differences http://www.bjreview.com/Latest_Headlines/202102/t20210204_800234866.html * * * * * * * * World political part

Re: [marxmail] For students of US history

#x27;t suprise me. Ever hear of "Operation Polecat" ? https://muse.jhu.edu/article/370365 <https://muse.jhu.edu/article/370365> Ken Hiebert: No, I hadn’t heard of Operation Polecat. I only knew enough to recognize the book as potentially of interest. It's very rare for me to ra

[marxmail] For students of US history

I have acquired a book which you can have if you want. Thomas Dewy Journey to the Far Pacific 1952 The books decries the “Communist assault on Indo-China.” ken h knhieb...@shaw.ca -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply

[marxmail] Cuba

haps not some other insurrectionary model. If I could I'd like to travel to Cuba and talk to some revolutionaries and find out what they think we should do in the US. Of course, any serious conversation about this would be deemed sedition by Merrick Garland. Ken Hiebert replies: I thi

[marxmail] Top 5 Soviet movies that showed WWII from a different angle

Presumably this website is hosted in Russia, but I can’t say that for sure. And I don’t know the politics of the editors. But there is some worthwhile material. ken h https://www.rbth.com/arts/333480-wwii-soviet-movies How sieged Leningrad was camouflaged during WWII https://www.rbt

Re: [marxmail] A tribute to Ernie Tate

These words from a message I received. kern h I was in Vietnam two years ago. At the excellent War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City there is an exhibit showing international solidarity with the Vietnamese struggle against the U.S. The Russell Tribunal is featured, and there is a phot

Re: [marxmail] Create a Mass Party! - COSMONAUT

t disparage so-called "state capitalism",I believe state ownership of assets,like internet and energy utilities,and even food manufacturers,is preferable over private ownership. Ken Hiebert replies: I thought it was perhaps wise to let the comment by fkalosar101 pass. But since Roger K

[marxmail] The Mauritanian

The Mauritanian's Canadian connection: What the new film about Guantanamo detainee left out https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mauritanian-salahi-canada-1.5929296 The life of Mohamedou Ould Salahi, pictured in Mauritania in October 2016, is the subject of a new film called The Mauritanian. Salahi wa

Re: [marxmail] Rand Paul Launches Into Transphobic Rant Against Trans Nominee

<>nicoleclark091@...8:41am #6798   <https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/6798> There are only 600+ subscribers to this list, and half a dozen who free to post. The rest are banned when they do. Ken Hiebert replies: I looked at the 100 most recent posts. Aside from Nicole Cla

Re: [marxmail] Create a Mass Party! - COSMONAUT

are now, and any Mass party will not be inspired by you. Ken Hiebert replies: I expect there is a range of opinion in this group. But more often than not, people refer to the Soviet Union simply as the Soviet Union without using words such as “socialist” or “state capitalist” to describe it

[marxmail] A Cuban driving truck in the US

Most of the articles that appear on this website are criticisms of the Cuban government. It also carries an interesting mix of other articles, including from Democracy Now. I believe it is published from Nicaragua. I am intrigued to consider how this article will be received by readers in Cub

[marxmail] It’s time for Canada to strengthen our ties with Cuba

I received this from a friend. It is dated today, but I did not see it in the print edition. The Globe is not the biggest paper in Canada, but it is the most authoritative “national” newspaper in English Canada. ken h https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-its-time-for

[marxmail] Leonard Cohen’s haunting rendition of Irish rebel song, Kevin Barry

https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/leonard-cohen-irish-rebel-song-kevin-barry The song describes Barry's final moments as British soldiers try to turn him into an informant hours before he faces the hangman. -=

Re: [marxmail] Create a Mass Party!

First, I would place the word “create” with "build.” Create is open to many interpretations and might accommodate illusions about how easy it will be. Build is more suggestive of all the work involved. And, I have always believed that a thousand small gestures and acts of unity are better than

Re: [marxmail] marxist definition of fascism?

This is from the pamphlet by Trotsky - Fascism: What It Is And How to Fight It. For me the fact the description of fascism as a mass movement is important. A harsh military dictatorship can do a great deal to repress resistance. A fascist government with supporters in your neighbourhood, on your

Re: [marxmail] What can be done about counterrevolution?

Louis Proyect wrote: On 2/21/21 12:07 PM, Ken Hiebert wrote: Wouldn’t we have the duty to moderate struggles and to reduce expectations? Yeah, that's the message of Eric Blanc, Bhaskar Sunkara and Vivek Chibber. You really need to keep up with Jacobin and Catalyst to see how the concer

Re: [marxmail] What can be done about counterrevolution?

Louis quotes Jame Cannon, "The art of politics is knowing what to do next” While this a very useful insight, it does not argue against having a long view. If we agree that counter-revolution is inevitable, the next question might be, “Can we effectively defeat a counter-revolution?” If the ans

Re: [marxmail] Diane Morgan and Adam Curtis on Brexit, Trump and his new series

Adam Curtis Explains It All https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/adam-curtis-explains-it-all A parody of Adam Curtis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1bX3F7uTrg -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: Y

Re: [marxmail] Diane Morgan and Adam Curtis on Brexit, Trump and his new series

Adam Curtis Explains It All https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/adam-curtis-explains-it-all A parody of Adam Curtis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1bX3F7uTrg -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: Y

Re: [marxmail] FYI - Glen Greenwald

I got around to reading the article by Greenwald. Below is an excerpt from his article. Below that are excerpts from the prosecutors court filing. Greenwald has not accurately described what is in the court filing. ken h https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-false-and-exaggera

[marxmail] FYI - Glen Greenwald

I have only glanced at this article. ken h The False and Exaggerated Claims Still Being Spread About the Capitol Riot https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-false-and-exaggerated-claims?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyMTE2MTM5NiwicG9zdF9pZCI6MzI2MDcyMDIsIl8iOiJhcjhQeSIsImlhdCI6MTYxMzYwNDM1Miwi

Re: [marxmail] Maduro discovers cure for covid... again

I am responding to Louis’ message of yesterday. First, I want to change something I said. Louis objected to the phrase “a correct understanding.” I should have said “a better understanding.” “Correct understanding" smacks of “the correct line’ which itself suggests and all-wise and all-know

Re: [marxmail] Maduro discovers cure for covid... again

kes root in a country that has the technical, economic and military prowess to stand on its own. Unfortunately, Venezuela was not one of those countries. Ken Hiebert replies: Louis says, "In the class struggle, the relationship of class forces is the determining factor going back to

[marxmail] British Supremacy

I was just on line looking at the St Catherines Constitutional of 1852. (St Catherines is a smaller city in Ontario.) On the masthead were the words British Supremacy. Trying to make sense of this I thought back to the Rebellion of 1837-38. This rebellion was defeated and the stance of the pa

[marxmail] Article by Ernie Tate (in French)

Translated from Workers Vanguard, the publication of the League for Socialist Action. The French language article appeared in January of 1965. I don’t know if the Workers Vanguard (Canada) of that time is available to us on line. The author is listed as Ernest Strong. Knowing what I know about

[marxmail] Leo Panitch letter (with Colin Leys)

Vol. 3 No. 1 7 January 2921 https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n01/letters Labour and Antisemitism James Butler writes that the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s report on antisemitism in the Labour Party found it ‘responsible for three breaches of equality law, including indirect discr

[marxmail] YouTube deletes neo-Nazi account that promoted hate toward Jews

Further on Cynthia McKinney https://www.blackagendareport.com/content/12000-us-troops-poised-move-malta-libya https://www.facebook.com/CynthiaMcKinney/posts/10157259857424849 https://twitter.com/cynthiamckinney/status/1261610479056826372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Also, this report on a public forum

[marxmail] International appeal for the immediate release of all political prisoners in Russia

International appeal for the immediate release of all political prisoners in Russia https://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article7030 This urgent appeal was written in collaboration with activists and intellectuals living in Russia. Would you be willing to sign it? Please send to the add

[marxmail] A tribute to Ernie Tate

https://socialistresistance.org/a-tribute-to-ernie-tate/21613 Ernest (‘Ernie’) Tate, one of the founders of the International Marxist Group (IMG) and the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign (VSC) in the 1960s, has died from cancer at the age of 86 at his home in Toronto. He played a vital role in a cam

[marxmail] On recent events in Cuba

http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article56649 We reproduce below a statement published at the end of November on the blog Comunistas under the title “Declaración sobre algo màs que los sucesos de San Isidro”. Comunistas is an online publication launched in June 2020 in Cuba, which aims

[marxmail] How Cuba Survived and Surprised in a Post-Soviet World

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/we-are-cuba-review-socialism-soviet-union The article that Louis forwarded is well worth reading. There are good reasons that so many people are so fiercely supportive of Cuba. We should all take pride in their achievements. Last year I had the opportunity to se

[marxmail] Anti-Curfew Protests in the Netherlands: The People are Right to Rebel!

There seems to be agreement that supporters of the Communist Party did not oppose the curfew during the bombing of London, although we should not assume that. I wonder what stance the Trotskyists took. I have asked myself if there were people who opposed the blackout imposed in London and othe

[marxmail] October 1970

I remember the night that Pierre Laporte’s body was found. I was driving taxi. Late at night I walked home through the streets of downtown Vancouver. The Vancouver Province of the next day was already in newspaper boxes. The headline, “The Crime is Treason. The Punishment is Hanging.” The s

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