[Peace-discuss] [Peace] News from Neptune #448 notes

[John W.]

On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 5:49 PM Karen Aram via Peace <
peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

Carl and David
>
> On the topic of racism, I suggest in addition to the African American
> scholars often referred to by you both, as well as  CLR James, Ernst
> Mandel. In his brief book, “The Meaning of World War Two,” recommended by
> David, it refers to the true origins of the war, and he clarifies the use
> of racism not as the “cause of war,” but as a tool to vilify those we
> choose to victimize.
>

I'm a bit confused.  If war is used as a tool to vilify, to victimize (or
dare I say exterminate?) how is that racial victimization not the cause, or
a cause, of the war?  What's the distinction?



> I was watching a British series the other evening, dated 2004, dealing
> with WW2, and Nazi occupation, where the German Commander is saying, “the
> reason for this war is we need to get rid of the Jews.”
>
> Only when we understand the true cause are we able to create and implement
> a solution.
>

The "true cause".... The reason?  In this example, getting rid of the
Jews?  Is that not the true cause?




> > On Jan 26, 2020, at 13:33, Karen Aram via Peace <
> peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > I liked Carl’s statement related to the NYT article making the point
> “both Trump and Sanders as populists is opposition to neoliberal policies.”
> > It’s too bad Americans don’t recognize “class,” as the great divide
> recognizing the shared grievances, and come together to reject our one
> Party system of neoliberalism, rather than fighting one another, for which
> our ruling elites have set us up.
> >
> >
> >> On Jan 25, 2020, at 12:31, J.B. Nicholson via Peace <
> peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> News from Neptune #448
> >> Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF951fpWbV0
> >> A "What War?" edition
> >>
> >> A list of links to items referenced on the show.
> >>
> >> Paul Street's articles on CounterPunch
> >> https://www.counterpunch.org/author/paul-street/
> >>
> >> Rob Urie's articles on CounterPunch
> >> https://www.counterpunch.org/author/3abre/
> >>
> >> Benjamin Studebaker & Aimee Terese's show "What's Left?"
> >> https://soundcloud.com/whatisleftpod/ -- list of recent episodes
> >> https://twitter.com/whatisleftpod -- Twitter account
> >>
> https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:595199712/sounds.rss
> -- RSS feed
> >>
> >> Recent Jimmy Dore Show pieces about Elizabeth Warren
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5JWIiVMj6g
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vrzgVczc1Y -- CNN Conflates #MeToo &
> Warren's Attack On Bernie
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmyc--yEjHk -- Audio Confirms Warren's
> Attack On Bernie As Predicted!
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsXBm7aPPqA -- Progressive Destroys
> CNN's Garbage Bernie/Warren Reporting
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ_xK4_dpxw -- Bernie's Poll Numbers
> RISE After Warren Attack
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7UjRmQ5-CE -- Meghan McCain Twists
> Liz Warren Like Pretzel
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5X0OReq2IY -- NYTimes Blatantly Lying
> About Bernie/Warren
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQTWM1_qIcI -- Bernie/Warren Smackdown
> Start To Finish
> >>
> >> Paul Street on "A Letter From Iowa"
> >> https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/01/24/a-letter-from-iowa/
> >>
> >> Tucker Carlson Tonight
> >>
> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlTLHnxSVuIzrARlmz9oCfQEF08UV-v-E
> >>
> >> New York Times Endorses Both Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar for
> Democratic Nominee
> >>
> https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/19/opinion/amy-klobuchar-elizabeth-warren-nytimes-endorsement.html
> >>
> >> Daniele Albertazzi & Duncan McDonnell define populism
> >>
> http://www.palgrave.com/resources/sample-chapters/9780230013490_sample.pdf
> >>
> https://web.archive.org/web/20150924103230/http://www.palgrave.com/resources/sample-chapters/9780230013490_sample.pdf
> >>
> >> Populism
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism
> >>
> >> Katie Miranda's Elizabeth Warren as contortionist
> >> https://mondoweiss.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/lizloz.jpg
> >>
> https://mondoweiss.net/2020/01/warrens-praise-and-occasional-criticism-of-israel-reflects-liberal-establishment-thinking/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Jimmy Dore shows Krystal Ball confusing a Clinton advisor
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GT2EOL13Wo
> >>
> >> Two suggestions on how to defeat New York Times' limited reading:
> >>
> >> 1. Turn off Javascript when reading pages from nytimes.com. This is
> easy to do in Firefox with the uMatrix browser add-on. This will also make
> all browsing faster.
> >>
> >> 2. Delete nytimes.com cookies after you no longer have any nytimes.com
> windows/tabs open. This is easy to do in Firefox with the Cookie AutoDelete
> add-on.
> >>
> >> These add-ons might work in other browsers as well, but I only
> recommend free software (software we're free to run, inspect, share, and
> modify). So I recommend Firefox.
> >>
> >> Elizabeth Bruenig on "Bernie Will Have to Fight Dirty"
> >>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/24/opinion/sanders-biden-2020-corruption.html
> >>
> >> Elizabeth Bruenig 'tweet' on her young child
> >> https://twitter.com/ebruenig/status/1221067805698723843
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> DNC lawyer Bruce Spiva to the court in the lawsuit started by the
> Bernie Sanders 2016 supporters against the DNC on how much power the DNC
> has to determine their own corporate representative (also known as the
> Democratic Party candidate for US President)
> >> http://jampac.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/042517cw2.pdf
> >>
> >> Tulsi Gabbard suing Hillary Clinton on Aaron Maté's "Pushback with
> Aaron Maté"
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0BhVyWLBfQ
> >>
> >> Asad Abukhalili ("The Angry Arab") twitter.com posts on corporate
> media and corporate social media misrepresentation of the Iraqi protests
> against continued US occupation:
> >> https://twitter.com/asadabukhalil/status/1221131053609312256 -- "This
> crowd in Baghdad for example has been more circulated on social media than
> scenes of the hundreds of thousands in the anti-US protests of yesterday."
> >>
> >> https://twitter.com/asadabukhalil/status/1220918811517284352 -- "A
> million people took to the streets in Iraq again act US occupation but NYT
> managed to cite five people who are in favor of US occupation. Lousy
> journalism. ““I reject this kind of protest — it is an abuse of the
> American and foreign presence,””"
> >>
> >> A followup from Hussain Bakar says the BBC is following suit in not
> covering the Baghdad protests properly either:
> >>
> >> https://twitter.com/HussainBakar1/status/1220920564941873153 -- "To
> some extent, same thing with the BBC too. A correspondent spoke about
> people who still yearn for the US' presence."
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Aaron Maté interviews Scott Ritter
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK2kc0eOGS4
> >>
> >> Jim Kavanagh on "Aftermath: The Iran War After the Soleimani
> Assassination"
> >>
> https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/01/24/aftermath-the-iran-war-after-the-soleimani-assassination/
> >>
> >> The Grayzone
> >> https://thegrayzone.com/ -- Main site
> >> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEXR8pRTkE2vFeJePNe9UcQ/videos --
> Videos
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Glen Ford on "Throw Off the Dead Weight of the Democratic Party" (from
> February 11, 2016)
> >> https://blackagendareport.com/node/22770
> >>> “Blacks haven’t transformed the Democratic Party by our overwhelming
> presence.
> >>> Instead, the Party has transformed us – and overwhelmed our radical
> politics.” The
> >>> best result that can occur from the Sanders campaign would be that it
> leads to a
> >>> split in the Democratic Party, and an end to the Rich Man’s Duopoly.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> All pages on the wsws.org site mentioning "1619 project"
> >>
> https://www.wsws.org/en/search.html?sectionId=&maxResults=100&phrase=1619+project&submit=Search
> >>
> >> Tom Mackaman on "An interview with historian Clayborne Carson on the
> New York Times’ 1619 Project"
> >> https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/15/clay-j15.html
> >>
> >> "Higher Ground" program on WEFT
> >> http://new.weft.org/publicaffairs/higherground.html
> >>
> >> Adolph Reed, Jr. on "What Materialist Black Political History Actually
> Looks Like"
> >>
> https://nonsite.org/editorial/what-materialist-black-political-history-actually-looks-like
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> J.B. Nicholson's notes
> >>
> https://lists.chambana.net/pipermail/peace-discuss/2020-January/051809.html
> >> https://lists.chambana.net/pipermail/peace/2020-January/015648.html
> >>
> >> -J
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