[Peace-discuss] Tariq Ali speaks at UIUC this Thursday

[kmedina67]

Hmm , I would not go so far as to say there was no analysis of how we got Trump, because...1)  there was the mention of Hillary Clinton and her comment "We came, we saw, he died." Plus2) Ali's description of Nixon was pretty good. Plus3) Ali's answer to Jesse Philipe's comments.
Equals: basically the current system produces at best temporary reprieve from the same options. Including that even the gains start listening to the lobbies like NRA and APAC. 
Yes, individual seats are also temporary gains for democratic socialism. But overall, our choices aren't changing much.
I am not sure he should analyze the US more than that.  As it was, he wasn't able to talk about all the continents in one hour. 
-Karen Medina

-------- Original message --------From: David Green <davidgreen50 at gmail.com> Date: 3/30/18  00:25  (GMT-06:00) To: "Carl G. Estabrook" <galliher at illinois.edu> Cc: kmedina67 <kmedina67 at gmail.com>, Peace-discuss List <Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Tariq Ali speaks at UIUC this Thursday 
Ali's analysis of the Russian Revolution diverges from Chomsky in that Chomsky argues that the April Theses were public relations, was as Ali sees them in a more authentic light.
Ali called Trump a "shithole" for what it's worth (although mainly for laughs), cutting him no slack as Caitlin Johnstone is inclined to do. That is, no analysis of populism/nationalism in any positive sense from Ali.


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