Thursday, February 28, 2019
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Police announce “investigation closed” into desecration of Marx’s grave
Just WHO would even think of vandalizing Marx's gravesite or desecrating Jewish cemeteries ? Decaying capitalism has produced a vast sub-class of drug addicted, ignorant, often illiterate, nihilistic youth . Historically this " lumpen proletariat are likely to become the storm troopers of blackguard reaction. I am reminded of the movie " Clockwork Orange ". But not even the music of Beethoven can pacify the people of the Abyss.
It is truly a crisis of civilization. Whenever I catch a bus in Kennedy Plaza I wonder what can possibly become of the alienated LIVING DEAD ?
The many millions LOST SOULS of capitalism in its death agony.
Say, do you know what time it is ? Time is running out .
On " Clockwork Orange "
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It is truly a crisis of civilization. Whenever I catch a bus in Kennedy Plaza I wonder what can possibly become of the alienated LIVING DEAD ?
The many millions LOST SOULS of capitalism in its death agony.
Say, do you know what time it is ? Time is running out .
On " Clockwork Orange "
Mar 31, 2014 - Uploaded by Ben Daniels
An excerpt from Kubrick's classic film "A Clockwork Orange" where Mr. Alexander (Patrick Magee) tortures ...Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Monday, February 25, 2019
Smollett and Kraft- for me their sins are already forgiven
Jussie Smollett, #MeToo and the presumption of innocence
" The WSWS correctly characterized and condemned Smollett’s selfish, careerist behavior, which only feeds the growth of the extreme-right and casts doubt on future allegations of right-wing vigilante attacks. "
I feel that the same is true of New England Patriots' owner Mr. Kraft. In general -and many radical feminists would agree- prostitution should be de-criminalized. Since when does an old man like Kraft -the target of ubiquitous Viagra commercials- make BANNER HEADLINE NEWS - for seeking out the solace of a young Asian prostitute ? In " Lust for Life " the troubled artistic genius Vincent Van Gogh explains that " sex lubricates ".
In defense of Smollet : Hollywood is a truly " Hollywood Babylon " : it corrupts everything it touches . I did not watch the Oscars last night and have not enjoyed more than three Hollywood movies in the last 20 years.
I spent the time reading Bronte's " Jane Eyre " - and focused on her would be husband - the monster of Freudian repression, St. John Rivers. The sexual tension is hot but only suggested. Jane's " master " Rochester, 20 year older than her , has the right stuff -BOTH money and sexual magnetism.
We picture Jane Eyre living happily ever after.
How will it turn out for Smollett ? For me his sins are already forgiven !
I feel that the same is true of New England Patriots' owner Mr. Kraft. In general -and many radical feminists would agree- prostitution should be de-criminalized. Since when does an old man like Kraft -the target of ubiquitous Viagra commercials- make BANNER HEADLINE NEWS - for seeking out the solace of a young Asian prostitute ? In " Lust for Life " the troubled artistic genius Vincent Van Gogh explains that " sex lubricates ".
[Van Gogh has been taken to the hearts of millions of Amer- icans, most of ...... “
In defense of Smollet : Hollywood is a truly " Hollywood Babylon " : it corrupts everything it touches . I did not watch the Oscars last night and have not enjoyed more than three Hollywood movies in the last 20 years.
I spent the time reading Bronte's " Jane Eyre " - and focused on her would be husband - the monster of Freudian repression, St. John Rivers. The sexual tension is hot but only suggested. Jane's " master " Rochester, 20 year older than her , has the right stuff -BOTH money and sexual magnetism.
We picture Jane Eyre living happily ever after.
How will it turn out for Smollett ? For me his sins are already forgiven !
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| A hot couple - Jane and Rochester |
Sunday, February 24, 2019
Fwd: From the WSWS
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 at 13:43
Subject: Re: From the WSWS
To: John Marion <johnmarion2@verizon.net>
To: John Marion <johnmarion2@verizon.net>
Thank you for your invitation. Presently I favor the SEP and the World Socialist Web Site. But at my age ( 71 ) I am wise to remain a " critical supporter " of the generic Left . I am sad to see how a number of my comments have been misconstrued as reactionary " anti-Semitism " -even with numerous positive references to the Jewish Left.
I know how hard it is to respect the democratic ideals of FREE SPEECH and FREE THOUGHT.
When I suggest that you can LEARN even from political enemies I mean it.
I am most impressed with David North's defending the honor of the Russian Revolution and the heroic Old Bolsheviks.
I am NOT connected to any political organization or party. The fragmentation of socialist parties is a century old tragedy.
I am always willing to reconsider any of my views - with the help of cogent arguments.
In my future comments I will just try to say something useful and instructive or inspiring to ANY honest socialist.
I welcome all mail from the SEP and the World Socialist Web Site.
I am always free to change my mind !
On Sat, 23 Feb 2019 at 21:37, John Marion <johnmarion2@verizon.net> wrote:
Dear Ron,
As a writer for the World Socialist Web Site, I make sure to follow the comments sections under the articles I write.
From what I can tell, your comments express 1) a lot of thought and 2) a fair amount of agreement with us.
Are you interested in political discussion with the Socialist Equality Party, with an eye to joining?
-John Marion
Saturday, February 23, 2019
Are crypto-Zionists ruining the Socialist Left ?
Perhaps NOBODY here is as sharp as you two in unmasking fascists, racists, and anti-Semites. But is this defamation coming from crypto-Zionists fearing that the generic LEFT is becoming too hard on Apartheid Israel ? What did I ever say here or anywhere else that indicated Nazi sympathies or a perverse desire to harm Jews ?
I VOTE for socialists. I VOTED for SEP presidential candidates in 2016. But I remain an INDEPENDENT socialist not at all like a " CLEAR " in the Church of Scientology.
I suspect that crypto-Zionists are now corrupting the socialist movement -with the blessing of Greater Israel and the Democratic Party.
And how can the obnoxious tone of New Atheism ever evolve into a mass movement ? Fanatical sectarian " socialists " - out of touch with feelings of the masses- pronouncing anathema on all other socialist parties and organizations- could not attract a flock of pigeons in Kennedy Plaza, Providence.
Observing that secular Zionist Jews control the mainstream news media in the United States, control the Democratic Party, the odious FBI, CIA , the shadowy " Deep State " is just a scientific appreciation of objective TRUTH .
Jewish intellectuals - uncorrupted by money, class privilege and Zionism - are free to denounce Zionism as did the famous scientist Oliver Sacks . He described the Zionist fund raisers of his youth in England as BULLIES. And so they are.
Recall that the socialist humanist Albert Einstein finally collectively condemned Germans and Germany as hopelessly EVIL .
Can the same be said about Zionists and Israel today ?
I VOTE for socialists. I VOTED for SEP presidential candidates in 2016. But I remain an INDEPENDENT socialist not at all like a " CLEAR " in the Church of Scientology.
I suspect that crypto-Zionists are now corrupting the socialist movement -with the blessing of Greater Israel and the Democratic Party.
And how can the obnoxious tone of New Atheism ever evolve into a mass movement ? Fanatical sectarian " socialists " - out of touch with feelings of the masses- pronouncing anathema on all other socialist parties and organizations- could not attract a flock of pigeons in Kennedy Plaza, Providence.
Observing that secular Zionist Jews control the mainstream news media in the United States, control the Democratic Party, the odious FBI, CIA , the shadowy " Deep State " is just a scientific appreciation of objective TRUTH .
Jewish intellectuals - uncorrupted by money, class privilege and Zionism - are free to denounce Zionism as did the famous scientist Oliver Sacks . He described the Zionist fund raisers of his youth in England as BULLIES. And so they are.
Recall that the socialist humanist Albert Einstein finally collectively condemned Germans and Germany as hopelessly EVIL .
Can the same be said about Zionists and Israel today ?
Friday, February 22, 2019
Psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow - a victim of sexual McCarthyism ?
Renowned Psychiatrist Keith Ablow Facing Malpractice Lawsuits
"Two more patients of Dr. Keith Ablow have filed lawsuits against the renowned Massachusetts psychiatrist alleging he pressured them into sexual relationships."
CAUTION HERE ! There is too much of a guilt by allegation atmosphere in the era of # MeToo sexual McCarthyism.
The male victim today has as much chance at redemption as a Jew in the Christian Dark Age accused of ANYTHING by the holy representatives of God on Earth .
The deeper impersonal EVIL here is this : AMERICAN PSYCHIATRY IS CORRUPT .
CAUTION HERE ! There is too much of a guilt by allegation atmosphere in the era of # MeToo sexual McCarthyism.
The male victim today has as much chance at redemption as a Jew in the Christian Dark Age accused of ANYTHING by the holy representatives of God on Earth .
The deeper impersonal EVIL here is this : AMERICAN PSYCHIATRY IS CORRUPT .
Thursday, February 21, 2019
To those ON THE LEFT smeared as anti-Semites
"Since then, the media have mounted a furious campaign to denounce the “anti-Semitic left” "
Obviously there is much complexity here . In " Mein Kampf " Hitler rants against subversive Jewish Bolsheviks ( and those depraved Slavic Russians ! ) and at the same time he rants against those crafty ,odious, international Jewish bankers .
Meanwhile in the USA you had the industrialist Henry Ford saying ( in a quite honest tone) that the only people who benefit from war are militarists and money lenders. The fact that Hitler admired Henry Ford did not make Ford a Nazi.
And the legendary pilot Charles Lindberg being demonized as a hard core anti-Semite for voicing traditional American pacifism. Much like Old Joe Kennedy with the United States on the brink of entry into World War II . Crude remarks do not necessarily contain the poison of race hatred.
Too many GREAT writers have also been demonized as incorrigible anti-Semites . I am thinking of H.L. Mencken and H.P. Lovecraft. Neither writer deserves professional obloquy.
Only FREE SPEECH can separate truth from fiction here.
I like what Albert Einstein said when " questioned " about God by a Catholic bishop : " Tell the Bishop I 'm an honest man ! "
A good reply for all those ON THE LEFT today smeared as anti-Semites.
Obviously there is much complexity here . In " Mein Kampf " Hitler rants against subversive Jewish Bolsheviks ( and those depraved Slavic Russians ! ) and at the same time he rants against those crafty ,odious, international Jewish bankers .
Meanwhile in the USA you had the industrialist Henry Ford saying ( in a quite honest tone) that the only people who benefit from war are militarists and money lenders. The fact that Hitler admired Henry Ford did not make Ford a Nazi.
And the legendary pilot Charles Lindberg being demonized as a hard core anti-Semite for voicing traditional American pacifism. Much like Old Joe Kennedy with the United States on the brink of entry into World War II . Crude remarks do not necessarily contain the poison of race hatred.
Too many GREAT writers have also been demonized as incorrigible anti-Semites . I am thinking of H.L. Mencken and H.P. Lovecraft. Neither writer deserves professional obloquy.
Only FREE SPEECH can separate truth from fiction here.
I like what Albert Einstein said when " questioned " about God by a Catholic bishop : " Tell the Bishop I 'm an honest man ! "
A good reply for all those ON THE LEFT today smeared as anti-Semites.
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Netanyahu and Ayn Rand Zionism vs. Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church ?
Trump Officials Tried To Rush Nuclear Technology To Saudis, House Panel Finds
If Trump is indeed an " asset for Russia ", how many public officials in the United States ( or just the Mueller Russia investigation ) are assets for the Israel lobby ? What IMAGE has greater world opinion popular appeal : Netanyahu and Ayn Rand Zionism- or Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church ?
How many working class Christian Americans are enthusiastic defenders of Apartheid Israel ? Well, they are the MAJORITY of voters in the United States. And like an avalanche from hell , they can move EN MASSE .
How many working class Christian Americans are enthusiastic defenders of Apartheid Israel ? Well, they are the MAJORITY of voters in the United States. And like an avalanche from hell , they can move EN MASSE .
Like the Great Oz Trump banishes SOCIALISM forever from God's Country
The right wing news media is sounding the alarm about " far left " ( ??? ) socialists ( like Bernie Sanders ??? ) taking over the Democratic Party - for years now a neo-con, war mongering party.
" Red Eye Radio " nightly bloviates on the insanity and " bloody history " of " socialism " - as if it were some terrifying ( to the ruling class ) social disease. Never an iota of honesty - always brainless ( in the intellectual elite ! ) fear and trembling.
President Trump himself - in the manner of the Great Oz - has banished SOCIALISM from God's Country in the present moment of time and forever.
Despite the OBVIOUS socialist takeover of the Democratic Party " liberal " newspapers rarely if ever publish an opinion piece or even a letter-to-the editor of any serious socialist of whatever stripe : Marxist socialist, Fabian socialist, Christian socialist, anarchist socialist. They seem to favor only anti-socialist socialists ( like Old Bernie ) .
But just WHO will finally prove worthy of the scientific name of the human species - HOMO SAPIENS ? I suspect a very DIVERSE bunch of socialist leaders. For now it is almost enough to agree on the rottenness of capitalism. Time for capitalism to go !
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
" Oh say can't you see ? " The pubic school system is rotting !
Eleven-year-old Florida student arrested after refusing to recite Pledge of Allegiance
' [ According to Kennedy, however, the substitute teacher was not aware of the student’s right and will no longer be allowed to work at any of the district’s schools. He added that school officials will look at improving training for substitute teachers. ] '
Is there any " intellectual freedom " for teachers here NOT to lead the class in the traditional Pledge of Allegiance ? I can see both sensitive and intelligent teachers and pupils saying it and singing the Star Spangled Banner with mental reservations : " liberty and justice for all " ? Hail " bombs bursting in air " ( like over Hiroshima and Nagasaki ? ) ?
Of course it is foolish to disrespect " sacred " patriotic and religious symbols and rituals anywhere at any time.
I just read that some jerks want to make it AGAINST THE LAW for public school teachers to introduce ANY political or religious controversy into the class room. How can kids learn anything that matters then ? What about the school textbooks ? No political or religious views presented there ?
A student might read an American history textbook praising the IDEALISM of President Woodrow Wilson . But what did the Russian Bolsheviks think about him ? I recall that even the famous psychiatrist Sigmund Freud wrote about Wilson as a bloody mental case.
Excerpt from a book review of " Thomas Woodrow Wilson - a Psychological Study "
' [ Freud writes in his introduction that he did not begin this study with an objective view of Wilson, but rather held an unsympathetic view of him. But he goes on to say that while reading through materials about Wilson, his strong emotions underwent a thorough subjugation. He describes Wilson as a person for whom mere facts held no significance; he esteemed highly nothing but human motives and opinions. As a result, writes Freud, it was natural for him in his thinking to ignore the facts of the real outer world, even to deny they existed if they conflicted with his hopes and wishes. This habit of thought is visible in his contacts with others. Freud also notes that there was an intimate connection between Wilson's alienation from the world of reality and his religious convictions.] '
It must be awfully tough to be a public school teacher in the USA today. Oh say can't you see ?
Is there any " intellectual freedom " for teachers here NOT to lead the class in the traditional Pledge of Allegiance ? I can see both sensitive and intelligent teachers and pupils saying it and singing the Star Spangled Banner with mental reservations : " liberty and justice for all " ? Hail " bombs bursting in air " ( like over Hiroshima and Nagasaki ? ) ?
Of course it is foolish to disrespect " sacred " patriotic and religious symbols and rituals anywhere at any time.
I just read that some jerks want to make it AGAINST THE LAW for public school teachers to introduce ANY political or religious controversy into the class room. How can kids learn anything that matters then ? What about the school textbooks ? No political or religious views presented there ?
A student might read an American history textbook praising the IDEALISM of President Woodrow Wilson . But what did the Russian Bolsheviks think about him ? I recall that even the famous psychiatrist Sigmund Freud wrote about Wilson as a bloody mental case.
Excerpt from a book review of " Thomas Woodrow Wilson - a Psychological Study "
' [ Freud writes in his introduction that he did not begin this study with an objective view of Wilson, but rather held an unsympathetic view of him. But he goes on to say that while reading through materials about Wilson, his strong emotions underwent a thorough subjugation. He describes Wilson as a person for whom mere facts held no significance; he esteemed highly nothing but human motives and opinions. As a result, writes Freud, it was natural for him in his thinking to ignore the facts of the real outer world, even to deny they existed if they conflicted with his hopes and wishes. This habit of thought is visible in his contacts with others. Freud also notes that there was an intimate connection between Wilson's alienation from the world of reality and his religious convictions.] '
It must be awfully tough to be a public school teacher in the USA today. Oh say can't you see ?
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The " root " of the British Labor Party's political problem ?
True , but the root of their problem may have been Marx's beard - which H.G. Wells ( ? ) always threatened to trim.
I got it . Wrote Trotsky :
' [Yes, indeed, the Marxists, “the wearisome fanatics of the class struggle.” For the English social revolution, too, follows the laws that Marx has laid down. With the wit peculiar to him – heavy as a pudding – Wells once threatened to take a scissors and trim Marx’s “doctrinaire” mane and beard, to anglicize, to respectabilize and fabianize him. But nothing has come of this project. And nothing will come of it. Marx will remain Marx, as Lenin has remained Lenin, after Wells had painfully shaved him for a whole hour
I got it . Wrote Trotsky :
' [Yes, indeed, the Marxists, “the wearisome fanatics of the class struggle.” For the English social revolution, too, follows the laws that Marx has laid down. With the wit peculiar to him – heavy as a pudding – Wells once threatened to take a scissors and trim Marx’s “doctrinaire” mane and beard, to anglicize, to respectabilize and fabianize him. But nothing has come of this project. And nothing will come of it. Marx will remain Marx, as Lenin has remained Lenin, after Wells had painfully shaved him for a whole hour
RESPECT is not just a bourgeois value... respect THE PAST !
The desecration of Marx’s grave: A warning
On the bus in Providence I noticed a Christopher Columbus statue that was vandalized a while back. So " it was all HIS fault " , the famous Italian navigator who " discovered " the New World ? He brought the whole nightmare of Western Civilization to the Native American innocents - even the PLAGUE long before the germ theory of disease was known ?
Everywhere in the USA there are grandiose monuments to the famous " Robber Barons " . Nobody vandalizes them - nor should they.
RESPECT is not just a bourgeois virtue !
Everywhere in the USA there are grandiose monuments to the famous " Robber Barons " . Nobody vandalizes them - nor should they.
RESPECT is not just a bourgeois virtue !
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| Columbus statue in Providence |