"The "one of the most criminal armies in the world" is also profoundly immoral. No need to be a spiritual authority to arrive at this conclusion, considering the low standards to which they (and many illegal settlers) have descended."
— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine
“ISRAEL uses sophisticated attack jets and naval vessels to BOMB densely-crowded refugee camps, schools, apartment blocks, MOSQUES, and slums to attack a population that has NO air force, NO air defence, NO navy, NO heavy weapons, NO artillery units, NO mechanised armour, NO command in control, NO army, and CALLS IT A WAR.
That Jacobin article on #NoamChomsky was hot garbage.
The comparisons to #Marx are especially bizarre given that #Chomsky is probably one of the more prominent anti-communist liberals out there. He’s spent his career paying the most basic lip service to Marx and then ruthlessly criticizing socialist countries with no regard for larger historical context. He actually peddles the idea that Leninism is a right-wing perversion of Marx and referred to #Marxism as an “irrational cult.”
Chomsky is a liberal reformist who's hostile towards revolution and pacifies the revolutionary masses with his words. Genuine working-class revolutionaries, stay away from Chomsky!
Noam Chomsky has not died (or passed on, choose your verb). I am his department head, and I texted with his wife an hour ago. The rumors and fuss in the media and social media are not helping him or his family, they're adding stress. Before you post something, please consider that he and his wife are human beings, and post with thoughtfulness. #NoamChomsky#Chomsky#AcademicChatter
Agreed. And I fear with the rise of AI, even more 'fake news'/disinformation/just plain mistakes will increase for a great many others, and not just on the issue of mortality too.
Personally, I'm greatly relieved. He's one of my intellectual heroes.
Today in Labor History May 18, 1814: Russian anarchist militant and philosopher Mikhail Bakunin was born. In Paris, in the 1840’s, he met Marx and Proudhon, who were early influences on him. He was later expelled from France for opposing Russia’s occupation of Poland. In 1849, the authorities arrested him in Dresden for participating in the Czech rebellion of 1848. They deported him back to Russia, where the authorities imprisoned him and then exiled him to Siberia in 1857. However, he escaped through Japan and fled to the U.S. and then England.
In 1868, he joined the International Working Men’s Association, leading the rapidly growing anarchist faction. He argued for federations of self-governing workplaces and communes to replace the state. This was in contrast to Marx, who argued for the state to help bring about socialism. In 1872, they expelled Bakunin from the International. Bakunin had an influence on the IWW, Noam Chomsky, Peter Kropotkin, Herbert Marcuse, Emma Goldman, and the Spanish CNT and FAI.
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As a Libertarian Communist, I share many of Mikhail Bakunin's critiques of the state and capitalism. However, it's important to acknowledge and condemn Bakunin's antisemitism, which is a significant flaw in his ideology. While we can appreciate his contributions to anarchist thought, we must also recognize and reject his discriminatory views towards Jews.
Effective propaganda demands a captive audience. What happens when media giants decide what is news and what is advertised instead of governments?
Despite Chomsky's disdain for Walter Lippmann, they are both right.
Now, what happens if a grass roots movement arises to circumvent corporate control? Will there be an attempt to destroy these efforts? Threads anyone?
Today in Labor History May 30, 1814: Russian anarchist militant and philosopher Mikhail Bakunin was born. In Paris, in the 1840’s, he met Marx and Proudhon, who were early influences on him. He was later expelled from France for opposing Russia’s occupation of Poland. In 1849, the authorities arrested him in Dresden for participating in the Czech rebellion of 1848. They deported him back to Russia, where the authorities imprisoned him and then exiled him to Siberia in 1857. During his imprisonment, he lost all his teeth due to scurvy. However, he eventually escaped and made it to England.
In 1868, he joined the International Working Men’s Association, leading the rapidly growing anarchist faction. He argued for federations of self-governing workplaces and communes to replace the state. This was in contrast to Marx, who argued for the state to help bring about socialism. However, he agreed with Marx’s class analysis. Nevertheless, in 1872, they expelled Bakunin from the International.
Bakunin died in 1876 in Bern, Switzerland. He influenced anarchist movements throughout the world, but especially in Italy and Spain. He also influenced the IWW, Noam Chomsky, Peter Kropotkin, Herbert Marcuse, and Emma Goldman.