[Marxism] Attaching letter received from Walter Lippmann

[nchamah miller]

I hope posting this will not get me banned.

You will recall I was dismayed at Walter's expulsion from the list and
while   I do not share all of his views or positions, I  am enclosing
his letter  in order to afford him  the opportunity to  reply directly
to the group. The fact that his articles are available in other
sources does  seem to me  irrelevant to the conditions of
participation in these Marxist debates, since the material written by
most other thinkers and writers here is also available elsewhere. But
the point is participation in this  forum, and what is even more
necessary, is that  controversial   views be allowed expression, given
that if they are infantile or not within the stream of our interests,
they can of  course be ignored and exterminated by the DELETE button
without further ado.

And if I get banned you can access my material at the web site below.


I repeat I am not a friend of Walter's and have not met him.

nchamah miller
Red de Investigadores Latinoamericanos por la Democracia y la Paz
www.insumisos.com

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Walter Lippmann <walterlx at earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Subject: Marxmail
To: nchamah miller <nchamah at gmail.com>


Dear nchamah -

I don't have internet access at home here in Cuba,
so have to work in hotels, offices and the homes
of friends. It's not like LA where I'm "always on"
with DSL. We in the so-called advanced capitalist
countries take many things for granted which just
can't be assumed in Third World countries today.

I'd like very much to be back on Marxmail. I did not
choose to unsubscribe, so since I did not ask to be
unsubscribed, I'd like to be re-subscribed as soon as
possible.

However, since I haven't changed my political stand,
and Louis clearly removed me for political reasons,
it's clear he really has to decide if he is going to
let me back on Marxmail. I never wanted to leave,
and I did not violate either the frequency nor the
subject-line rules. I was removed because of my
political position. What more can I say?

Naturally, the world revolution will not be in any
way affected by my presence or absence from Marxmail.

The whole discussion about me was a diversion from a
discussion of really important political issues about
which Marxists genuinely do disagree, from the recent
Bolivian referendum to the meaning of the election of
the first Black president of the United States of
America. Fidel has his point of view on it. Others who
are also Marxists clearly disagree. What more can be
said other than Obama's presidency should be a topic
open for discussion on a Marxist e-mail list?

Somewhere on Marxmail it was claimed that I supported
the US bombing of Pakistan. How silly a notion there!

I'm against ANY US military activity anywhere outside
of the legal boundaries of the United States of America,
regardless of who is Commander-in-Chief, including even
the first Black president, Barack Hussein Obama.


Best wishes,


Walter Lippmann

p.s., It would be great if you'd post this to Marxmail
since I'm not able to so at this time.

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    WALTER LIPPMANN
    Havana, Cuba
    Editor-in-Chief, CubaNews
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/
    "Cuba - Un Paraíso bajo el bloqueo"
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