Yeah if you’re getting very into the weeds on it Is there some minor difference between how that classless/stateless society operates?
Sure but most of the difference in analysis and conclusions is on how to arrive at the classless/stateless society.
The differences between the vision of classless/stateless societies communists and anarchists have is minor compared to pretty much any other broad 2 political ideologies have as what visions of the perfect society is.
Cuba has sent doctors and other medical support to countries of many different ideologies. They would 100% assist an anarchist group if asked and it’s something they could provide.
Currently China and Vietnam are both willing to trade with countries of any ideology.
You’re latching on to a couple examples in the past and saying nothing else can happen besides that. If that’s going to be the extent of your argument no point in continuing this since there’s nothing left to talk about then.
There’s some historical examples where that may have been the case but that’s not some universal constant that can’t be changed.
Fundamentally they both want the same thing in the end so disagreements on how you get there can be resolved. If 2 different areas/groups try 2 different paths there’s no reason they can’t work together where mutually beneficial.
Would people have to get over being too overly dogmatic about their way? Yes and that may be difficult but not impossible.
Which is the end goal of communists, but you can’t really have a stateless society until all or nearly all countries are socialist unless you’re going the anarchist route.
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On Tuesday, Democratic National Committee (DNC) members at the party’s summer meetings rejected Resolution 18, which called for the recognition of a Palestinian state, a ceasefire in Gaza, an arms embargo, and a suspension of military aid to Israel.
Instead, members backed a status quo resolution introduced by DNC Chair Ken Martin, which simply called for more aid to be allowed into Gaza and a two-state solution. Despite the support, Martin went on to withdraw the resolution.
Lmao didn’t even want to commit to having more aid allowed in which is like absolute minimum you could ask for.
“I know that there are some who are interested in making changes today, but as we’ve seen, there’s divide in our party on this issue,” said Martin. “This is a moment that calls for shared dialog. It calls for shared advocacy, and that’s why I’ve decided today, at this moment, listening to the testimony and listening to people in our party, to withdraw my amendment and resolution.”
Martin says he will establish a task force “comprised of stakeholders on all sides of this” so that they can “bring solutions back to our party.”
“Starting a dialog” “establishing a task force” , might as well just say all that can be asked of you is writing a strongly (but not too strong) worded letter.
Yeah it may be pragmatic to do some kind of deal with the US to gas up trumps ego and reduce the chance of a western backed coup.
Like you said though it would need to be similar to how China went about it with state owned companies.
Yeah I’m hoping the leadership in each country turns this down. What’s the point of kicking the French out if your just going to jump back into the neocolonial pit by selling the country to the US?
I’m optimistic though since all that’s been said is that the US has offered this deal. If I’m remembering correctly Burkina Faso recently got military equipment from China so hopefully that relationship countries to grow.
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Actually not just military equipment, found a couple articles on different agreements. Seems they’re pretty solidly choosing China over the US.
Medicine and supplies
Construction Machinery Modernization
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5elYFSawe8
Weapons and Military Equipment
Finally made the switch over to Linux yesterday, kind of cool it was on the anniversary!
I read Imperialism with the reading group and want to read the other 3 after I’m finished with “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa”.
Which order would you recommend the other 3 in?
From the prospective of liberal economists/politcs:
This has never happened before and markets don’t like uncertainty so I’d expect a negative reaction.
It calls into question of the independence of the fed which is something that’s always been sold as one of the reason the dollar is so valued and trusted.
The people still support their government, but are obviously very upset right now. They overwhelmingly blame the US Empire and their blockade, which is just an open tool of economic warfare.
That’s a great point that I forgot to include in my post!
Including some links in case anyone is interested in how elections in Cuba work.
Good Video on the History of Cuban Elections and how they work.
Someone else will hopefully have more specific details on the situation.
In general the economic situation isn’t great due to the blockade since as an island nation they have to Import anything (like oil) that isn’t a natural resource on the island. Blackouts and other energy issues have been a problem due to that.
Trump recently increased the blockade and I know due to COVID their tourism industry was hit pretty hard.
Some silver linings to the situation:
China has provided solar panels that should help strengthen their grid and provide them a source of energy that can’t be blockaded.
They recently became a BRICS partner member which should hopefully give them some ability to trade even with the blockade.
Vietnam recently has raised millions in an ongoing effort to send donations to Cuba.
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Also if anyone is interested in learning more about Cuba and its history I’d recommend the podcast Blowback season 2.
Adding some links to explain how democracy and elections work in Cuba and why the government still has such large public support:
Good Video on the History of Cuban Elections and how they work.
Also Some other links below on recent news:
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Interesting to see the mules backstory although like Hari says I wonder how much of it is true
Third, reject the myth of the “clean weapon.” There is no such thing. All war harms. If a blackout kills a patient, the line between bomb and sabotage vanishes.
I don’t disagree but find it funny that the same people that will say this about China having a graphite bomb would not apply the same logic to something like sanctions or the deaths that capitalism causes by keeping the working class poor.
Pretty good season overall!
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