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palafox posted:

Lessons posted:

For their part the Naxalites have been positive about solidarity stuff. This was their statement on the solidarity conference in Hamburg last year.

http://www.signalfire.org/?p=25582

keep in mind that this isn't the statement of all naxalites, but rather one of several (three? four?) major semi-aboveground naxal parties, although it is the largest and most important- in other words, it's the one with the most international presence and relations, and thus has the most stake in international solidarity concerns. you probably knew already, but there's a plethora of both tactical and ideological differences within the movement, often along regional lines.

Uhh well it's from the CPI-Maoist and they also got a similar letter from the CPI-ML (Naxalbari), and while these groups don't literally represent all of the Naxalites they're the two largest and most active groups. The CPI-MLN might be described as "semi-aboveground" but the CPI-Maoist definitely isn't, they run the PLGA which is more or less synonymous with the current conflict and operates probably half of the active guerrilla units. The guy who signed that, Ganapathy, is the gensec and is the #1 target of Operation Green Hunt.

while the party itself is banned, certain of its affiliated groups (at least a couple of worker's organizations, several student groups, etc.) are still legal and functional political entities, which is what I meant by "semi-aboveground"- smaller militant naxal groups don't have these assets. And yes, like I said, the cpi-m are the largest and most important militant naxalite group, but it doesn't mean that other currents in the movement aren't interesting or worth paying attention to or important- for instance, some naxalites intentionally narrowed their scope in the wake of majumdar's "annihilation" line in the 70s, and i don't think that strain has left the movement- though i certainly don't want to overstate its case here

discipline posted:

I went to a talk the other night and asked a question and then silvia federici said my question was the best she's heard in a long time and I was so happy my heart grew three times that day

what did you ask and what did she say. shes cool

getfiscal posted:

jacobin recently printed an article by a lead strategist at a currency exchange brokerage who lives in new york. the article argues that obama could have passed single-payer if he promised to buy every insurance company in america at double market value. i'm not even joking.

http://jacobinmag.com/2013/12/the-backroom-deal-that-couldve-led-to-single-payer/

pretty funny how he advocates firing a half million people and justifies it with ceo salaries being in the millions of dollars and some glib stuff about mba's and powerpoints

discipline posted:

babyhueypnewton posted:

Nothing against Discipline, her beliefs are usually ok, but writing a blog instead of posting and getting into twitter wars with random pro-prostitution feminists is just shadowing jacobin and the new-left blogosphere/twitterverse, this sounds like sour grapes to me.

actually I work like 60 hours per week getting people contracts, asshole

Hey now. Baby Hue works like 69 hours doing cool sex organizing..... Let's watch:

SariBari posted:

go!

i sort of can't for boring reasons. i also wanted to go to an anarchist tabling fair on sunday but it's my extended family's huge christmas party (like 50+ people go or something) and i have to stay home because i'm anxious about that. i think if i went to toronto to go to an anarchist book fair because i said i was too anxious to hang out with my family that my immediate family would not understand that. even though it's every teen's dream to be the adult that skips out on family to hang out with anarchists probably.

babyhueypnewton posted:

getfiscal posted:

doug henwood is coming to toronto on friday to give a talk. i could take the train in and angrily demand he explain what narcotic earnestness is. i probably won't though.

you should ask him why he's crypto-trotskkkyist 1st world scum who has betrayed the proletariat and the eternal science of marxism-leninism-maoism-gonzalo though. then the whole room will stand up and applaud and women will come up and ask for sex.

discipline posted:

fuckin do it donald, I'll give $50 to anyone who gets an answer out of this a$$hole

he means someone that lacks self-awareness and irony, that appears to others to be a zealot that is engaged in left activism for reasons of psychological mania rather than the concrete goals of the movements. he probably thinks this because of defeatism or at least pessimism but also because leftism appears preposterous in neoliberal postmodernity so people have to preface themselves with a wink in order to make clear that they aren't one of those weird people who takes socialism too seriously. this is encouraged in part because the far left attracts lots of people who sound insane and you have to establish yourself as a reasonable person to get a fair hearing. otherwise people in his social circle just assume you've stumbled upon your beliefs seemingly at random and are expressing them incoherently for reasons of severe mental illness.

i think that viewpoint is misleading because:

1. it's not as if this weird professional left subculture of journalists and activists and such is somehow less insane than the general public or random socialist zealots, it just appears that way due to their class composition. they are generally petty-bourgeois and therefore speak in ironic and educated tones but i mean they still are pretty crazy and petty and rude a lot of the time like anyone else.

2. people who think they aren't buying into ideology are usually some of the people most far gone when it comes to their assumptions about society being fixed. having a sense of irony doesn't exclude you from ideology. as zizek says, hitler was an ironist, the nazi party itself was almost a complete parody of the SPD and KPD. most populist rightists in europe today wink at the camera with their preposterous behaviour. hitchens had a developed sense of irony and he rode it into the pentagon.

swampman posted:

this is on behalf of tHE rHizzonE

literally how i start my order when getting a mcrib at McDonalds

getfiscal posted:

doug henwood is coming to toronto on friday to give a talk. i could take the train in and angrily demand he explain what narcotic earnestness is. i probably won't though.

ask him why he blocked me on twitter just for repeatedly calling him henny penny

swampman posted:

solzhesnitchin posted:

discipline posted:

fuckin do it donald, I'll give $50 to anyone who gets an answer out of this a$$hole

i will do this for $50

hey if you're both serious, i'll give you some money too. $40 additional. anyone in this thread want to help formulate an exact question to be put to henwood?

i want audio of the questioning, also this isn't mandatory but i would appreciate it if you prefaced your question, "this is on behalf of tHE rHizzonE."

(Credit for this excellent OP goes to forums user semiavrage)

Check below for updates!

As an offshoot of the Awful Kickstarter thread, there may actually be something worthwhile. Getfiscal asks Doug Henwood about narcotic earnestness project, who requires a mere six thousand dollars to become a reality, and is run by a very nice gentleman indeed.

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JossiRossi posted:

Who Are We Helping: Getfiscal and Asking Doug Henwood about narcotic earnestess
Why Are We Helping: A seemingly genuine hard working small town man has a dream to expose bourgeois reactionaries. WITHOUT DOOMING HIS FAMILY TO FINANCIAL RUIN no less.
How Are We Helping: Tossing some sweet Kickstarter Bux his way here - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects...obies-dog-house

I Want To Pool Our Cash For Great Rewards: Make a comment stating that you are a part of "Team Frogout" and we could have our good buddy staring back at people from over Getfiscal's Shoulder. You should also mention in the thread to correlate numbers.

As of this writing he is at $1,833 of a modest $6,000 goal. About $1,500 of that is from us.


Over the last two days, we have been following Getfiscal asks Doug Henwood about narcotic earnesness project in the Awful Kickstarter thread. We started out mocking the campaign, which only had a few nasty photos of poorly made hotdogs. So why are we so supportive of it now? After reading into the campaign a little bit, it really seems like Getfiscal is a genuine guy with a decent business plan. He's dreamed of owning his own restaurant for years, but just does not have the money to make it happen. He has all his suppliers lined up and he already has a mildly successful business running out of his trailer. Oh, and did I mention that he's willing to paint a gigantic on the side of his building if he's successfully funded? Because he is.

He isn't asking for much, he already has the property, he just needs to set up the kitchen. For this he needs $6000 dollars. Before goons found his Kickstarter he had $80, at the time of this post he has $1,887. We've even catapulted him to the front page of Kickstarter!



With your help we can push him up to his goal of $6000 dollars. We are not doing this ironically or mockingly. We are doing this to help a person who really is passionate about his business. We want to see him succeed! He's a little overwhelmed with the support he's gotten from us in the last two days, I believe. He's also, naturally, a little confused as to where these donations are coming from.





Getfiscal will use your money for the following things:

Finish the interior: Wall board, stainless steel walls in the cooking area, lights, a vent hood with a grease trap, etc.
A deck with tables and umbrellas in front of the building for dining (approx. 20' x20' )
A larger cooling unit for perishables (aka hotdogs.)
Stainless steel tables for food prep.
A larger serving window to replace the window that came with the building.
Permits
Tile flooring.
Adding a restroom.
Purchase a set of steam pans
Install an electrical breaker box
Install a sink as required by Alabama health codes.


What if I don't care about a drat frog?
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Is that ketchup on that drat hotdog?
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