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Trump, Charlottesville, Chemnitz and the struggle
Posted in Featured, Racism and Repression, U.S. Politics
By Fred Goldstein posted on September 4, 2018.
Anti-fascists confront racist march in Chemnitz, Germany, Sept. 1.
Sept. 1 — To many progressives among the population, Donald Trump appears to be on the ropes. They are waiting for the establishment to take him down. There is great anticipation that the Democratic Party will make electoral gains and get the chance to further discredit him.
There is the mounting public evidence of Trump's corruption. Many in his inner circle have pleaded guilty or been convicted of lying, money laundering, tax and/or bank fraud. There is his growing anxious rage expressed in his tweets against the Mueller investigation. There is also his isolation from ruling-class society as illustrated by his exclusion from the week-long and highly publicized, super-patriotic, militaristic funeral ceremonies for John McCain.
But the fascist march in Charlottesville, Va., in August 2017 and the recent fascist anti-im/migrant riot in Chemnitz, Germany, show how illusory this view is that the defeat of Trump will solve the problem of racist reaction.
No one knows at this point how the struggle between Trump and his allies, on the one hand, and the anti-Trump forces in the ruling class on the other, will turn out. But it would be fatal for progressives and revolutionaries to rely on the reactionary ruling class to defeat Trump.
Moreover, while the political defeat of Trump is important, it will not be fundamental because it will not deal with the racist, misogynist, xenophobic, national chauvinist forces that Trump has conjured up and consolidated into a reactionary base. This base is not going to go away, whatever happens to Trump. The workers and the oppressed will still have to deal with this reactionary mass. What will be needed in the future is to defeat Trumpism, not just at the polls but on the ground.
Charlottesville — fascism shows its face
The world got a glimpse of the forces emerging around Trump at Charlottesville last year when the Klan and the Nazis united with other fascist forces in the "Unite the Right" armed torchlight parade through the University of Virginia campus in defense of a statue of Robert E. Lee, commanding general of the slavocracy during the Civil War.
One anti-fascist demonstrator was killed, a Black man was brutally beaten and many were injured as the police watched passively. Trump refused to denounce the fascists and finally said that there were good people "on both sides."
Fortunately, the movement recovered from this assault and forced the removal of Confederate statues in many cities, from Louisiana to Texas. The Unite the Right forces received an important blow when the movement toppled a Confederate statue in Durham, N.C.
Because of the militant resistance, the "Unite the Right 2" rally in Washington, D.C. on the one-year anniversary of Charlottesville this Aug. 10 fell flat.
Pro-Confederate forces in high places
However, the degree to which the racist, pro-Confederate forces in the ruling class are dug in was shown by the reaction of the University of North Carolina administration to the recent pulling down of a Confederate statue in Chapel Hill, N.C.
The statue of a Confederate soldier was pulled down by students after their campaign to have the authorities remove it went nowhere. After it was pulled down, the university and the board of governors decided it should be relocated on campus. Meanwhile, arrest warrants were issued for student demonstrators.
This incident illustrates how deeply embedded pro-Confederate sympathy is in the ruling class 150 years after the Civil War. Chapel Hill is supposed to be a liberal institution. States all over the South and elsewhere have passed laws forbidding the removal of a statue without the express consent of the state historical society, regardless of the sentiment of African Americans or progressive anti-racist sectors of the population. Liberal Ivy League colleges and universities in the North have refused to budge on this matter as well.
Racism and the face of fascism in the U.S.
The origin of this underlying racism which penetrates U.S. capitalist society goes back to the betrayal of the enslaved people after the Civil War by the victorious capitalist class of the North.
The Northern armies occupied the Southern slave states. There was a period of Reconstruction from 1865 to 1877. Voting rights were granted for formerly enslaved peoples. Many African Americans were elected to various state and local offices. During the brief period of Reconstruction, a Freedmen's Bureau was created and land ownership rights and other rights for African Americans, such as the right to sue, to serve on a jury, etc., were enforced by the U.S. military occupation forces.
This period of Reconstruction was ended abruptly in 1877 with the withdrawal of U.S. forces after the Hayes-Tilden Compromise, in which Rutherford B. Hayes was given the presidency in return for troop withdrawal from the South.
The political dominance of the South by the former slavocracy was restored. The formerly enslaved were resubjugated and pressed into a form of feudalism or land slavery called sharecropping. Lynching ran riot. Rigid racist segregation was enforced. The landowners once again ran the South and did so for 100 years.
There was no attempt by the Northern capitalist class to purge the South of racism and racist officials. There was no reeducation campaign among the white population. No resources were devoted to the anti-racist transformation of the South. The capitalists of the North were quite content to build railroads and shipping lines and to create banks to profit from the land slavery of African Americans. Racism was not only enforced in the South with Ku Klux Klan violence and lynchings, Black Codes, Jim Crow segregation, poll taxes, etc., but it also prevailed in the North.
Chemnitz, fall of Berlin Wall, and end of denazification
Fascists, right wingers, and anti-immigrant racists of all sorts have been mobilized in this country by Donald Trump. He has fomented his anti-immigrant racism on a world stage. This anti-immigrant, right-wing trend has been reflected in Europe among fascist and pro-fascist forces as well. Indeed, Trump sounds much like the European right.
On Aug. 28, the world was treated to the ugly spectacle of a mob of thousands of Nazis and anti-immigrant sympathizers arriving from all over Germany and taking over the streets of the German city of Chemnitz and hunting down immigrants "like wolves," as the New York Times put it on Aug. 31.
The mob formed after the capitalist press triggered the event with the headline "35-Year-Old Dies after Stabbing in the City." The rumors were that the man who was stabbed was protecting a woman from sexual assault by immigrants. Even the police had to eventually declare that rumor false.
The following evening a reported 8,000 racists occupied the center of the city and hunted down anyone they suspected of being an immigrant. There were Nazi salutes with "Sieg Heils," which are outlawed in Germany, and chants of "We'll get you all."
The German bourgeois publication Der Spiegel reported that "The police in Saxony likewise hit the headlines with predictable regularity when they, for example, prevent journalists from doing their jobs or fail to mobilize enough officers, thus forcing them to stand by passively as right-wing extremists rampage through the streets." (Der Spiegel, Aug. 31)
Chemnitz was formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt during the period of the German Democratic Republic, before the Berlin Wall came down in 1989 and capitalism was restored as West Germany annexed the East in 1990. It is the third-largest city in the southeastern state of Saxony with a population of 250,000.
Denazification in socialist East Germany
After the Red Army occupied eastern Germany in 1945, the Communist Party was merged with the Social Democratic Party to become the Socialist Unity Party. In 1949 the GDR was established following the establishment of West Germany. The new government undertook a vigorous program of denazification, unlike what occurred in capitalist West Germany, or the Federal Republic.
In the capitalist West, high Nazi officials retained their pensions and got official jobs. "A total of 25 cabinet ministers, one president and one chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany — as postwar Germany is officially known — had been members of Nazi organizations." (Der Spiegel, March 6, 2012) This list was finally forced into the public by the Left Party.
The GDR, under socialist leadership, took an entirely opposite approach. It was undoubtedly very difficult to construct a state and a society with a population that had lived under Hitler for 12 years. Nevertheless, the attempt was made.
For example, Bruno Bruni de la Motte, no socialist himself, wrote in the London Guardian on March 8, 2007: "I was born and grew up in the German Democratic Republic. Our school books dealt extensively with the Nazi period and what it did to the German nation and most of Europe.
"During the course of their schooling, all pupils were taken at least once to a concentration camp, where a former inmate would explain in graphic detail what took place. All concentration camps in the former GDR were maintained as commemorative places, 'so that no one should forget.' The government itself included a good proportion of those, including Jews, who had been forced to flee Hitler fascism or who had been interned.
"In the East, thousands of new teachers had to be found overnight, as those tainted by the Nazi ideology were not suitable to teach a new postwar generation, and this resulted in schools having under-trained and inadequate teaching staff for some years; all lawyers were replaced, too…."
Nazism revived by capitalist Germany
De la Motte continued, "In [capitalist] West Germany thousands of leading Nazi army officers, judges who had sent Jews and leftists to their deaths, doctors who'd experimented on concentration camp victims, politicians and others, were left unscathed and continued in their professions."
The fall of the Berlin Wall and the return to capitalism brought a quick shift. From the very outset there were demonstrations against immigrants. Naziism and right-wing politics resurfaced in the form of anti-immigrant racism and xenophobia.
It is no surprise that 29 years after the restoration of capitalist exploitation and with the creeping world economic crisis hitting Germany, including the youth and the petty bourgeoisie, the neo-fascist movement should take on the tone of a racist, anti-immigrant crusade.
In the U.S, even more than in Europe, racism in one form or another has always been the cutting edge of fascism and the face of political reaction.
Capitalist class never tried to root out racism
It is no accident that the KKK and Nazis rallied around Barry Goldwater in his run for president in 1964. It is no accident that Richard Nixon started his presidential campaign in 1972 with a racist "Southern strategy" to bring Southern Democrats into the Republican Party in the wake of the Civil Rights movement.
It should also be noted that in 1982 Ronald Reagan began his presidential campaign in Philadelphia, Miss., with Confederate flags flying — in a city where three civil rights workers had been murdered in 1964 by the Klan during the voting rights campaign in the South. And Bill Clinton, besides passing racist legislation on mass incarceration, the death penalty and "terrorism," during his election campaign showed his racism by going back to his state of Arkansas to witness the execution of a mentally disabled Black man.
Fascism at the border
Right now ICE and the Border Patrol are carrying out fascist measures against immigrants by deliberately separating families, as well as rounding up workers everywhere.
So the capitalist class has now had 150 years to root out racism and has not made any serious effort to do so. The capitalists have shown that they feel it is in their class interests to perpetuate racism.
They never instituted a thoroughgoing anti-racist educational campaign of making every student in school go to photo exhibits of lynchings to be narrated by families or neighbors of victims. Slave quarters were not preserved as exhibits for mandatory visits so no one would ever forget. And importantly, compensation was not paid to the victims of slavery nor were they given the lands of the plantation owners for whom they labored.
In short the capitalist ruling class has always preserved racism rather than destroy it, just as the German ruling class has never made a determined effort to root out Nazism.
The revolutionary forces in the U.S. must organize for struggle against the revived, concentrated racist base that has been fostered by Trump. The progressives, revolutionaries and advanced workers must also be prepared for struggle after Trump, because anti-immigrant and anti-Black racism is a lethal weapon the bosses keep in reserve for times of crisis.
Trump bajo fuego: el dilema de la clase dominante
Posted in Spanish, U.S. Politics
Por Fred Goldstein, el 4 de septiembre, 2018
Donald Trump ha sufrido una serie de golpes por las fuerzas anti Trump en la clase dominante y el establecimiento legal. Esto sin duda ha alentado a las fuerzas progresistas y revolucionarias que legítimamente quieren ver a este Trump reaccionario, autoritario, racista y misógino caer.
Los eventos recientes han golpeado a Trump. Su gerente de campaña, Paul Manafort, fue condenado en el juicio por ocho cargos criminales de fraude y evasión fiscal. Su abogado de muchos años y "reparador", Michael Cohen, se declaró culpable y apuntó con el dedo a Trump por violaciones de la ley de campaña. Estos acontecimientos llegaron el mismo día.
Al día siguiente se reveló que el presidente ejecutivo del National Enquirer, David Pecker, que operaba una hoja de escándalo pro Trump, había recibido inmunidad para hablar sobre cómo trabajó con Michael Cohen para suprimir historias críticas sobre Trump comprandolas y luego no publicarlos.
Veinticuatro horas después se reveló que el CFO de la Organización Trump, Allen Weisselberg, también recibió inmunidad para testificar. Weisselberg ha estado a cargo de las finanzas de la Organización Trump desde los días del padre racista y pro nazi de Trump, Fred Trump.
Wall Street y Pentágono trazan línea sobre Rusia y RPDC
Poco después, el Secretario de Estado Mike Pompeo fue obligado a suspender su viaje a la República Popular Democrática de Corea con una semana de aviso. Pompeo ya había elegido al jefe de Ford Motors para dirigir la delegación. La semana pasada notamos que el desfile militar de Trump fue cancelado y que el Pentágono y la clase dominante se resistían a su intento de realinear la política exterior imperialista de Estados Unidos hacia Rusia, que la clase dominante ha bloqueado. ("Revuelta de los espías", WW, 23 de agosto)
El último movimiento para cancelar el viaje de Pompeo a la RPDC es la respuesta de la clase dominante al intento de Trump de realinear la política exterior de EUA en la península de Corea. Finalmente, firmando un tratado de paz con la RPDC – para una guerra que terminó en un punto muerto hace 65 años – es una condición para seguir adelante. Todo el establishment militar y político se opone a esto y finalmente gana, incluso cuando Trump estaba siendo debilitado en los tribunales.
La clase dominante ha establecido la línea en lo esencial. Pueden vivir con las atrocidades fascistas de Trump en las fronteras, separando familias inmigrantes. Pueden hacer caso omiso de su apoyo a la brutalidad policial y el asesinato en las comunidades afroamericana y latina. Pueden vivir con sus insultos racistas contra África y Haití.
Pero cuando se trata de lo básico, la agresión hacia Rusia y la apertura de relaciones pacíficas en Corea, Wall Street y el Pentágono trazan una línea cerrada.
Los jefes rechazan la destitución por ahora
Debe notarse que estos acontecimientos han sido acompañados por un esfuerzo concertado para enterrar cualquier movimiento incipiente para la destitución, que ha sido acelerado por los reveses legales de Trump.
Este esfuerzo para anular cualquier conversación sobre el juicio político proviene tanto del liderazgo del Partido Demócrata como de los republicanos por igual. Una larga historia en el New York Times cuenta cómo la jerarquía del Partido Demócrata está tratando de apagar los incendios de destitución entre los demócratas de base. La línea del partido es proteger la investigación de Mueller y dejar que se desarrolle. (25 de agosto)
En este momento, la clase dominante es cautelosa de avivar un movimiento de destitución. Hay al menos dos razones. En primer lugar, están sacando toneladas de dinero por los beneficios de los recortes tributarios y la desregulación por Trump. El recorte total de un billón de dólares reduce directamente los gastos corporativos y va directamente al resultado final de la empresa. Las ganancias se dispararon durante dos trimestres. Ningún jefe o banquero quiere sacudir ese bote.
Segundo, tienen miedo de provocar una rebelión de derecha desde la base de Trump. Escuchan los mítines de Trump, que continúan tal como fueron durante la campaña, a pesar de todas las revelaciones sobre lo que es un racista de mala vida, misógino y fanático, Trump. La burguesía es siempre colaboradora, conciliadora o cobarde frente a la derecha, y esta es una lección que la clase trabajadora siempre debe recordar.
Todas las acusaciones, negociación de culpabilidad, inmunidades, exposiciones, etc., ascienden a esto: las fuerzas anti-Trump en la clase dominante están bailando con Trump. En este momento, la clase dominante está tratando de debilitarlo principalmente con ataques legales y publicitarios. Esto puede cambiar en circunstancias futuras como por ejemplo, si la guerra comercial con China se sale de control o algún otro acontecimiento catastrófico amenaza sus intereses capitalistas. Pero, en última instancia, esperan eliminarlo a través del proceso electoral de 2020.
El mejor escenario político para las fuerzas anti-Trump en la clase dominante es para que los demócratas ganen la mayoría en la Cámara de Representantes. Esto les dará el poder de convocar audiencias, traer testigos, citar testimonios y documentos, y librar una guerra de relaciones públicas contra Trump, mientras deja abierta la cuestión de la destitución.
En la actualidad, las masas enfrentan tres alternativas prácticas para eliminar a Trump: acusación, juicio político o elecciones. Las tres son soluciones de la clase dominante en arenas dominadas por el capital. La izquierda radical y revolucionaria definitivamente crecían, incluso antes de que Trump entrara. Pero dada la relación actual de las fuerzas políticas, y dada la relativa debilidad numérica de los revolucionarios y radicales izquierdistas, estas soluciones de la clase dominante son las únicas vías para eliminar realmente a Trump en este momento.
Formas de luchar contra Trump y el Trumpismo
Sin embargo, hay muchas formas de luchar contra Trump y Trumpismo sobre el terreno, como derrocar símbolos racistas, luchar para abolir el Servicio de Inmigración y Aduanas, sitiar los centros de detención de inmigrantes, apoyar la actual huelga de prisioneros, luchar contra la brutalidad policial, defensa de los derechos de las tierras nativas, exigiendo el derecho de las mujeres a la justicia reproductiva y los derechos LGBTQ, manifestaciones en contra de la guerra, etc. Todas estas son luchas justas que pueden estar directamente relacionadas con la lucha contra Trump. Pueden y deben emprenderse.
La propaganda y la agitación contra la reacción de Trump son otras vías importantes para ser usadas, especialmente a medida que las elecciones burguesas se acercan. Este es un momento en que las masas están abiertas a escuchar a la política. La izquierda real, la izquierda anticapitalista revolucionaria, puede no ser decisiva en la arena electoral, dada la actual relación de fuerzas. Algunos socialdemócratas, sin embargo, se postulan como candidatos del Partido Demócrata.
Es posible que el papel de la izquierda se lleve a cabo mejor mediante una campaña de manifestaciones y propaganda. En algunos estados, o concursos locales más probables, las fuerzas revolucionarias pueden participar en las elecciones sobre una base revolucionaria con fines de propaganda, así como para obtener representación.
La propaganda y la agitación durante la campaña actual deben elaborarse con sensibilidad. Deben tener en cuenta los sentimientos anti Trump de los indocumentados que han sufrido medidas fascistas en las fronteras, incluida la separación de las familias de sus hijos. Estas medidas fascistas no se limitan a las fronteras, sino que las lleva a cabo ICE en comunidades de inmigrantes y en lugares de trabajo en todo el país.
Esta propaganda debe tener en cuenta la ira en las ciudades y comunidades negras de todo el país contra la policía y el apoyo abierto de Trump para la brutalidad policial y el racismo confederado.
Debe reconocer que hay cerca de un millón de destinatarios de DACA (acción diferida para las llegadas de niños) que tienen la amenaza de la deportación colgando sobre sus cabezas. Además, cientos de miles, incluyendo a haitianos, hondureños, salvadoreños, nicaragüenses y otros cuyo Estatus de Protección Temporal ha sido levantado, están esperando la deportación.
Teniendo esto en cuenta, se puede diseñar una propaganda anticapitalista y pro-socialista que no solo condena a Trump, sino que también muestra que la salvación no radica en el Partido Demócrata, un partido cuyo liderazgo está inextricablemente ligado a intereses corporativos y militares.
El socialismo gana popularidad
Hay mucha discusión y publicidad sobre la creciente popularidad del término "socialismo". Desde la campaña de Bernie Sanders en el 2016, el término se ha vuelto respetable, particularmente a medida que el capitalismo decae y trae sufrimiento y gran desigualdad a las masas. El término "socialista" recibió un impulso adicional cuando Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, una activista puertorriqueña, una aliada de Sanders y miembro de los Socialistas Democráticos de América, ganó una primaria contra un entrometido miembro del Partido Demócrata, Joe Crowley, que estaba en línea a ser nombrado presidente de la Cámara después de Nancy Pelosi. Ocasio-Cortez representará un distrito que se extiende por el Bronx y Queens.
Mientras su victoria primaria ha inspirado un gran entusiasmo entre los progresistas, también ha creado ilusiones entre muchos jóvenes, especialmente de izquierda, que están en el camino hacia hacerse cargo del Partido Demócrata y presentar un programa para erradicar la desigualdad, ganar atención médica universal, viviendas asequibles, incluso la propiedad estatal de industrias, etc. Estas ilusiones deben ser tratadas con argumentos marxistas, y no deben desdeñarse despectivamente. Por ejemplo, el presidente más progresista del siglo 20, Franklin Roosevelt, sofocó el movimiento independentista en Puerto Rico en la masacre de Ponce de 1934. Roosevelt llevó al imperialismo estadounidense a la Segunda Guerra Mundial, no inicialmente contra los nazis sino contra el imperialismo japonés, y justificó el internamiento de japoneses en los Estados Unidos.
Mientras que Roosevelt es bien recordado ahora por el New Deal, que concedió algunos derechos a la clase trabajadora empobrecida en ese momento, en preparación para la guerra, Roosevelt rompió una huelga por los trabajadores la naves aéreas en la costa oeste, hizo alianzas con Dixiecrats del sur, permitió que la segregación permaneciera en su lugar, incluso en el ejército, etc. ¡Y este fue el presidente más progresista del Partido Demócrata! Se enfureció contra los "realistas económicos" pero cumplió sus órdenes en el Pacífico y más tarde en Europa. Antes de entrar en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, dijo: "Sus muchachos no serán enviados a guerras en el extranjero", hasta que los intereses imperialistas de Estados Unidos sean desafiados.
Solo la lucha ganará
¿Cómo ganó la clase trabajadora las concesiones de la administración Roosevelt? El New Deal no fue un regalo otorgado desde arriba. Se ganó a partir de manifestaciones de los desempleados en las principales ciudades; marchas de hambre; huelgas generales municipales en San Francisco, Minneapolis y Toledo en 1936; las huelgas de brazos caídos en Akron y Cleveland, que culminaron en la huelga de brazos caídos de Flint ese mismo año, lo que condujo a la organización de United Auto Workers, el Congreso de Organizaciones Industriales y la organización masiva de la clase obrera industrial.
Esta fue la fuerza que condujo a la Administración de Progreso del Trabajo, la Seguridad Social, el seguro de desempleo, el derecho de huelga y de organizar sindicatos, y muchas otras ganancias asociadas con el New Deal.
Lo mismo es cierto para la Ley de Derechos Civiles, el Acta de Derechos de Voto y otras ventajas legislativas, incluida la decisión Roe v. Wade del Tribunal Supremo y las que confirman los derechos de lesbianas y homosexuales. Fueron ganados primero en las calles del sangriento Sur y luego por rebeliones masivas y marchas en las ciudades del norte.
Los socialistas que tratan de obtener ganancias al afianzarse en el sistema electoral y el Partido Demócrata necesitan saber que los grandes pasos hacia adelante han venido de la lucha de clases: la organización militante de los trabajadores y las rebeliones de las comunidades oprimidas.
A la larga, solo la lucha de masas puede traer progreso social, y solo la revolución puede traer el socialismo.
The lessons of Chicago, 1968
This is the 50th anniversary of the massive street struggles in 1968 during the Democratic National Convention. We reprint here an article by Fred Goldstein from the Workers World of Sept. 13, 1968.
The violence openly inflicted on liberals and radicals alike at the Chicago Democratic Convention confirms that the U.S. ruling class is entering a new phase in which their reliance upon deception is to be increasingly abandoned in favor of the use of force. The use of violence against the white population (after centuries against the Black) is part of the preparations for stepped-up attacks on the oppressed people around the globe.
All attempts to place the responsibility on the insignificant hired thug of the bosses, [Chicago] Mayor Richard Daley, are calculated to mask this fundamental shift.
Thousands of U.S. troops, tanks, jeeps, and all the other necessities of combat cannot be shifted around the country at the cost of creating great political unrest (to say nothing of the expense) on the say-so of such a relatively low-ranking political stooge as Daley. Nor can National Guard troops be called upon by a mayor.
For that matter, the Chicago Police Department would never dare to "mar the image" of the entire Democratic Party unless it had received explicit orders from the party hierarchy to crack heads. The White House, the Pentagon, the Democratic National Committee and the entire capitalist establishment were all involved in the Chicago operation.
In short, Mayor Daley was working for the ruling class and not they for him, as the bourgeois news media imply when they either condemn or condone "Daley's handling" of the fascist attack on anti-war protesters in Chicago.
(The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Sept. 3 that it had just allocated $3.9 million to the cities for so-called "riot-control.")
Of course, the billionaires did not shift from fraud to force arbitrarily. It's just that their bag of tricks is just about empty and their two war candidates are about equally discredited.
It is no coincidence that they started clubbing, gassing and breaking heads just at the moment when the "peace" campaign of Eugene McCarthy was about to come to an ignominious end. (The police attack on McCarthy headquarters was the final humiliation dealt the liberals and served to illustrate the fascist mood of the ruling class.)
The rulers who rigged the convention long in advance knew that McCarthy was to be discarded in Chicago. And they also knew that thousands of youth whom the McCarthy campaign had kept off the streets would be back on the streets, together with thousands of radical youth who had never fallen for the imperialist-liberal McCarthy in the first place.
So the bosses prepared well ahead of time to deal with the anger and indignation which was as inevitable as the Humphrey-Nixon race. They decided to give the white youth a taste of the treatment hitherto reserved for the Black liberation struggle.
But an important by-product of Chicago is the wave of revulsion of new layers of youth for a parliamentary system which has to defend its candidates from the hatred of the population with bayonets and clubs.
Parliamentary illusions went up with the clouds of tear gas as the war party at the amphitheater steam-rolled over popular anti-war sentiment. The flow of blood from the heads of unarmed demonstrators in front of the Conrad Hilton made many a convert to the revolutionary struggle.
The bourgeoisie used strong-arm methods to brush the liberals aside and thus demonstrated the fraudulence and the futility of imperialist democracy.
If the liberal politicians folded up at the first show of force by the ruling class, the militant youth did not.
While McCarthy crept off to the sidelines and McGovern stepped into Humphrey's fold, the fighting young people who really want and need to end imperialist wars were spontaneously fighting back against the cops. New and militant tactics were being developed simultaneously with the beginnings of change in their ideology.
Several hundred police, who tried to attack a Grant Park rally after someone lowered the U.S. flag, were literally driven away by the youth in the crowd. The cops were hit with everything that could be thrown and then surrounded by barricades of benches and immobilized before they withdrew in defeat.
Mobile street demonstrations were carried out, during which obstacles were strewn about to slow down police cars. Youth at Lincoln Park built such sturdy barricades to keep from being driven from the park that police had to saturate the area with tear gas many times in order to drive them out.
Occasional aggressive forays were made by small bands of youth in search of isolated police on foot or in patrol cars. In general, however, the brutality of the police produced spontaneous retaliation wherever possible.
Many so-called leftists frown upon these new tactics as "adventuristic" and inadequate to defeat such a heavily armed force as the police. But those who are serious about leading a revolutionary struggle against imperialism must take a carefully constructive attitude towards the initial bursts of revolutionary energy shown by the young people in Chicago.
Opponents of imperialism will try to assist the militants to improve their tactics, not throw cold water on them.
In general, the Chicago events have shown that the capitalists will always resort to force if popular will stands in the way of their imperialist objectives.
These events have confirmed the Marxist analysis of the state. This resort to violence on the eve of new imperialist crises has pointed out to thousands of young people that revolutionary resistance to boss rule is the only way to stop wars of aggression.
These are the lessons of Chicago.
Trump under fire — the ruling-class dilemma
Posted in Featured, Imperialism and War, U.S. Politics
By Fred Goldstein posted on August 28, 2018
All the indictments, plea bargaining, immunities, exposures, etc., amount to this: The anti-Trump forces in the ruling class are doing a dance with Trump.
Donald Trump has suffered a series of blows from the anti-Trump forces in the ruling class and the legal establishment. This has undoubtedly encouraged progressive and revolutionary forces who rightfully want to see this reactionary, authoritarian, racist, misogynist Trump go down.
Recent events have pummeled Trump. His campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was convicted at trial of eight criminal counts of fraud and tax evasion. His long-time lawyer and "fixer," Michael Cohen, pled guilty and pointed the finger at Trump for campaign law violations. These developments came on the same day.
The following day it was revealed that the CEO of the National Enquirer, David Pecker, who operates a pro-Trump scandal sheet, had been granted immunity to talk about how he worked with Michael Cohen to suppress stories critical of Trump by buying and then not publishing them.
Twenty-four hours later it was revealed that the CFO of the Trump Organization, Allen Weisselberg, was also given immunity to testify. Weisselberg has been in charge of Trump Organization finances dating back to the days of Trump's racist, pro-Nazi father, Fred Trump.
Wall Street, Pentagon draw line — at Russia and DPRK
Shortly thereafter, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was forced to call off his trip to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea with one week's notice. Pompeo had already chosen the head of Ford Motors to lead the delegation. Last week we noted that Trump's military parade was canceled and how the Pentagon and the ruling class were resisting his attempt to realign U.S. imperialist foreign policy toward Russia, which the establishment has blocked. ("Revolt of the spymasters," WW, Aug. 23)
The latest move to cancel Pompeo's trip to the DPRK is the ruling class's answer to Trump's attempt to realign U.S. foreign policy on the Korean peninsula. Finally signing a peace treaty with the DPRK — for a war that ended in a stalemate 65 years ago — is a condition for moving forward. The entire military and political establishment is opposed to this and finally won out, even as Trump was being weakened in court.
The ruling class has laid down the line on the essentials. They can live with Trump's fascist atrocities on the borders, separating immigrant families. They can shrug off his support for police brutality and murder in the Black and Latinx communities. They can live with his racist slurs against Africa and Haiti.
But when it comes to basics, aggression toward Russia and opening up peaceful relations in Korea, Wall Street and the Pentagon draw a sharp line.
Bosses reject impeachment for now
It must be noted that these developments have been accompanied by a concerted effort to bury any incipient movement for impeachment, which has been quickened by Trump's legal setbacks.
This effort to quash any talk of impeachment comes from both the Democratic Party leadership and the Republicans alike. A long story in the New York Times tells how the Democratic Party hierarchy is trying to put out impeachment fires among rank-and-file Democrats. The party line is to protect the Mueller investigation and let it play out. (Aug. 25)
Right now, the ruling class is wary of stoking an impeachment movement. There are at least two reasons. First, they are making tons of money in profit from the Trump tax cuts and deregulation. The entire trillion-dollar tax cut directly reduces corporate expenses and goes straight to the corporate bottom line. Profits have been shooting up for two quarters. No boss or banker wants to rock that boat.
Second, they are afraid of provoking a right-wing rebellion from Trump's base. They listen to Trump rallies, which continue on just as they were during the campaign, despite all the revelations about what a low-life racist, misogynist, bigoted crook Trump is. The bourgeoisie is always collaborative, conciliatory or cowardly in the face of the right wing — and this is a lesson the working class must always remember.
All the indictments, plea bargaining, immunities, exposures, etc., amount to this: The anti-Trump forces in the ruling class are doing a dance with Trump. Right now the ruling class is trying to weaken him primarily with legal and publicity attacks. This may change under future circumstances, for instance, if the trade war with China gets out of control or some other catastrophic development threatens their capitalist interests. But, ultimately, they hope to remove him through the 2020 election process.
The best case political scenario for the anti-Trump forces in the ruling class is for the Democrats to win the majority in the House of Representatives. This will give them the power to call hearings, bring witnesses, subpoena testimony and documents, and wage a public relations war against Trump, while leaving the question of impeachment open.
At the present time the masses are faced with three practical alternatives to removing Trump: indictment, impeachment or elections. All three are ruling-class solutions in arenas dominated by capital.
The radical and revolutionary left were definitely growing, even before Trump got in. But given the present-day relationship of political forces, and given the relative numerical weakness of the revolutionary and radical left, these ruling-class solutions are the only paths to actually removing Trump at the moment.
Ways to fight Trump and Trumpism
However, there are many ways to fight Trump and Trumpism on the ground, such as bringing down racist symbols, fighting to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement, putting immigrant detention centers under siege, supporting the present prisoners' strike, fighting police brutality, defending Native land rights, demanding women's right to reproductive justice and LGBTQ rights, demonstrating against the war drive, etc. All of these are righteous struggles that can be directly related to the struggle against Trump. They can and must be waged.
Propaganda and agitation against the Trump reaction are other important avenues to be used, especially as the bourgeois elections get closer. This is a time when the masses are open to listening to politics. The real left, the revolutionary anti-capitalist left, may not be decisive in the electoral arena, given the current relationship of forces. Some social democrats, however, are running as Democratic Party candidates.
It may be that the role of the left will be best carried out by a campaign of demonstrations and propaganda. In some states, or more likely local contests, revolutionary forces may be able to participate in elections on a revolutionary basis for propaganda purposes as well as for gaining representation.
Propaganda and agitation during the current campaign have to be sensitively crafted. They must bear in mind the anti-Trump sentiments of the undocumented who have suffered fascist-like measures on the borders, including the separation of families from their children. These fascist-like measures are not restricted to the borders, but are carried out by ICE in immigrant communities and at workplaces across the country.
This propaganda must bear in mind the anger in the cities and Black communities all over the country against the police and Trump's open support for police brutality and Confederate racism.
It must acknowledge that there are close to a million DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients who have the threat of deportation hanging over their heads. In addition, hundreds of thousands, including Haitians, Hondurans, Salvadorans, Nicaraguans and others whose Temporary Protected Status has been lifted, are awaiting deportation.
Bearing all this in mind, anti-capitalist, pro-socialist propaganda can be fashioned which not only condemns Trump, but also shows that salvation does not lie in the Democratic Party, a party whose leadership is inextricably tied to corporate and military interests.
Socialism gaining popularity
There is much discussion and publicity about the growing popularity of the term "socialism." Since the campaign of Bernie Sanders in 2016, the term has become respectable, particularly as capitalism decays and brings suffering and gross inequality to the masses. The term "socialist" got a further boost when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Puerto Rican activist, a Sanders ally and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, won a primary against an entrenched Democratic Party hack, Joe Crowley, who was in line to be named Speaker of the House after Nancy Pelosi. Ocasio-Cortez will represent a district that spans the Bronx and Queens.
While her primary victory has inspired a great deal of enthusiasm among progressives, it has also bred illusions among many young people, especially on the left, that they are on the road to taking over the Democratic Party and bringing forward a program of wiping out inequality, winning universal health care, affordable housing, even government ownership of industries, etc.
These illusions must be dealt with by Marxist arguments, and should not be contemptuously dismissed. For example, the most progressive president of the 20th century, Franklin Roosevelt, put down the independence movement in Puerto Rico in the Ponce Massacre of 1934. Roosevelt took U.S. imperialism into World War II, not initially against the Nazis but against Japanese imperialism, and justified the internment of Japanese people in the U.S.
While Roosevelt is well remembered now for the New Deal, which granted some rights to the impoverished working class at the time, in preparation for war Roosevelt broke an aircraft strike on the West Coast, made alliances with southern Dixiecrats, allowed segregation to remain in place, including in the military, etc. And this was the most progressive Democratic Party president ever! He raged against "economic royalists" but did their bidding in the Pacific and later on in Europe. Before entering World War II, he said "Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars" — until U.S. imperialist interests were challenged.
Only struggle will win
How did the working class win concessions from the Roosevelt administration?
The New Deal was not a gift granted from above. It was won beginning with demonstrations of the unemployed in major cities; hunger marches; municipal general strikes in San Francisco, Minneapolis and Toledo in 1936; the sit-down strikes in Akron and Cleveland, culminating in the Flint sit-down strike the same year, which led to the organization of the United Auto Workers, the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the mass organization of the industrial working class.
This was the force that led to the Works Progress Administration, Social Security, unemployment insurance, the right to strike and to organize unions, and many other gains associated with the New Deal.
The same is true for the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act and other legislative gains, including the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision and those confirming lesbian and gay rights. They were won first in the streets in the bloody South and then by massive rebellions and marches in northern cities.
Socialists trying to make gains by getting a foothold in the electoral system and the Democratic Party need to know that the great steps forward have come from the class struggle — the militant organization of the workers and the rebellions of oppressed communities.
In the long run, only the mass struggle can bring social progress, and only revolution can bring socialism.
Revolt of the spymasters
Posted in Featured, U.S. Politics
By Fred Goldstein, posted August 20, 2018.
Bulletin, Aug. 20: Some 170 additional former government officials, including ambassadors, U.S. attorneys and other officials, have asked to have their names added to the protest letter over Trump's suspension of the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan.
Donald Trump has provoked a revolt within the department of dirty tricks. The Central Intelligence Agency, which overlaps with the Pentagon officer corps, has issued a protest signed by over 70 former CIA officials denouncing the removal of the security status of former CIA chief John Brennan.
Why would such a rogues' gallery of assassins, torturers and spies suddenly unite on an unprecedented scale and become partisans of the "free speech" of John Brennan? Brennan denounced Trump as dangerous and unfit, and he described Trump as "drunk on power" after the president revoked his security clearance.
The CIA is not an agency unto itself. It is deeply connected to the ruling class and its officialdom. Trump is acting more and more like an authoritarian ruler and making sections of the political and military establishment nervous.
He is using the powers of the presidency to endanger imperialist interests and capitalist commercial interests without deliberation or consultation with the most powerful elements in capitalist society.
The letter defending the "free speech" of former CIA director John Brennan can be seen as a message to Trump concerning his authoritarianism and his flouting of basic capitalist procedures of behavior established by custom and by law.
This letter is also a defense of the agency itself. These 70 plus cutthroats consider themselves defenders of U.S. capitalism around the world. It is perhaps hard work setting up eavesdropping, torture sites, assassinations, kidnapping, etc. In fact, it can involve risks. (Although the higher-ups who order the dirty tricks do not expose themselves to personal risks at all.) These CIA criminals want to be treated with respect by the chief executive of U.S. imperialism, but Trump has demeaned them and the FBI repeatedly.
The movement began with retired Navy Adm. William H. McRaven. He had been commander of the Joint Special Operations Command and oversaw the 2011 raid by Navy SEALs that "took out" Osama bin Laden and had his body dumped into the sea. McRaven is now a chancellor of the University of Texas system.
In an op-ed for the Washington Post, McRaven denounced Trump for "McCarthyite tactics" and, as an act of solidarity with Brennan, asked that his own security clearance be taken away, too.
To show how the CIA was primed for this attack, one of the signers told a Slate reporter on Aug. 17: "[T]he statement was circulated to all living ex-directors and deputy directors at noon on Thursday, with a request to reply by 6 that night." All but four responded.
Who is Brennan?
According to Glenn Greenwald, writing in The Guardian on Jan. 7, 2013, President Barack Obama had to withdraw Brennan's nomination for CIA director because of his record under the George W. Bush presidency of defending torture, as well as "rendition" (sending prisoners to third countries to be tortured at secret sites), electronic surveillance of civilians, targeted drone strikes in which the "targets" were unknown, etc.
This quarrel amounts to one section of the state defending its right to speak against the president. The CIA, which has overthrown governments, destroyed movements and assassinated leaders is claiming First Amendment "free speech" rights for Brennan.
Trump is screwing up the job of protecting U.S. imperialism
But more important, as defenders of U.S. capitalism, they feel that Trump is screwing up the job. In this, they speak for a large section of the military, the diplomatic corps and the capitalist brain trust.
They fear that Trump is moving in an authoritarian direction — against them!
When Trump abuses the masses of people with his racism, misogyny, anti-immigrant fanaticism and cruelty, there is no mention of the freedom to live, let alone to speak of the victims of racist police murder. They said not a word about the kidnapping of women and children at the border and the wholesale violation of domestic and international asylum laws. Nor did these butchers mention a thing about the innocent civilians killed by U.S.-made drones in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya and U.S. bombs in Yemen.
They said nothing about the rights of Mumia Abu-Jamal and Leonard Peltier to be protected from unjust imprisonment, or the right of the incarcerated masses to be free of sadistic prison guard persecution.
Trump's grand military parade canceled
It is no accident that the same week this CIA protest letter was circulated, Trump's Washington, D.C., grand military parade was cancelled. It had been an authoritarian move, characteristic of dictators. Trump claimed he wanted a parade like the one he saw in Paris during his visit to French President Emmanuel Macron last year.
He forgot that the parade he saw was not for Macron but for Bastille Day, a national holiday which the French ruling class uses annually to pump up patriotic war sentiments.
The fact that Trump wanted the Pentagon to back a parade aimed at glorifying himself was not greeted kindly among the brass, especially since he is trying to discipline them. Even though Trump has given them hundreds of billions of dollars in weapons and soldiers, they were not buying his extravagant appetite for pomp and ceremony dedicated to celebrating — Trump!
Secretary of Defense James Mattis denied that the price tag for the parade would be $92 million, but all other government and department estimates were around that figure. Trump tried to place the blame for the cancellation on the majority African-American city. They rebutted his argument, showing that the D.C. part of the cost was miniscule.
So Trump had to suffer a public humiliation at the hands of the brass. They don't want to fan the flames of Trump's authoritarianism at a time when he is wrecking their alliances in NATO and blocking them in their drive against Russia.
Clearly, the capitalist state is deeply divided with differences over what the crisis of imperialism is and how to deal with it.
Trump and Turkish crisis
Looking at the crisis from Trump's point of view, Turkey under President Recep Erdogan is turning into an enemy that has to be subdued. Turkey is holding a U.S. operative under house arrest. He is a pastor under suspicion of participating in the anti-Erdogan coup in 2016 and of being linked to Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish cleric living in the Pocono mountains of Pennsylvania whom Erdogan accuses of engineering the coup.
Regardless of the merits of the case, Trump reduces the issue to one of bringing a small, defiant government in Ankara to its knees, in order to let the world know how allegedly all-powerful Washington is.
Looking at the same crisis from the Pentagon's point of view, Trump has made an enemy of an important NATO ally that is desperately needed in the struggle for the military to regain some of its foothold in the Middle East. To complete the argument, the strategic Incirlik NATO air base is in Turkey. Trump has jeopardized all this in order to put Turkey "in its place."
Looking at it from the vantage point of Wall Street, Trump has doubled the tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminum, escalating a tariff war when Turkey is in the middle of an economic crisis that is leading to a debt crisis. The Turkish ruling class is in debt to many European countries, especially Spain and Greece. As the value of the Turkish lira falls, its debt to Europe becomes more burdensome. Furthermore, by squeezing Turkey, Trump runs the risk of triggering defaults, both in Turkey and in continental Europe.
Indeed, all sectors of the ruling class are watching Trump's attack on Turkey with great trepidation.
Trump and Saudi-Qatari conflict
Or look at the crisis in the Gulf states, where Saudi Arabia is in a virtual war with Qatar. Saudi Arabia has blockaded Qatar because it is sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood, a political rival to the Saudis in the Middle East.
In this conflict, in spite of mediation efforts by Secretary of Defense Mattis, Trump has come down heavily on the side of the Saudis, especially after they wined and dined him, giving him the royal treatment on his early visit there.
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, former CEO of ExxonMobil, intervened last year to stop the Saudis and the United Arab Emirates from carrying out a joint invasion of Qatar. This may have been what led to his firing by Trump. (Al Jazeera, Aug. 1)
Qatar is the site of a strategic U.S. air base, Al Udeid, which is home to the Air Force Central Command and some 10,000 American troops.
Revolt of the spies
On the international scale, the CIA and the Pentagon have significant overlap. A number of Pentagon generals and admirals have been appointed directors of the CIA. In any case, both agencies share the task of securing the U.S. imperialist empire, using different means.
While they are always at war with one another over turf, resources, etc., they are both deeply concerned with how Trump's policies affect them. Trump blames members of the CIA and the FBI for the Mueller investigation. In fact, Trump removed former CIA director Brennan's security clearance because he was part of the "Russia witch hunt."
Trump's military policy, which seeks to weaken if not to destroy NATO, strikes at the heart of U.S. military strength in Europe, up to and including on the borders of Russia.
Trump is attacking the CIA and FBI as part of a "Russia witch hunt" while also attempting to weaken the U.S. strategic military alliance with NATO. These two policy conflicts alone could bring about a bloc from above to interfere with Trump's poorly thought-out strategic view of how to ensure U.S. imperialist world domination.
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Graphical user interfaces (GUIs), due to their event-driven nature, present an enormous and potentially unbounded way for users to interact with software. During testing, it is important to #x201C;adequately cover #x201D; this interaction space. In this paper, we develop a new family of coverage criteria for GUI testing grounded in combinatorial interaction testing. The key motivation of using combinatorial techniques is that they enable us to incorporate #x201C;context #x201D; into the criteria in terms of event combinations, sequence length, and by including all possible positions for each event. Our new criteria range in both efficiency (measured by the size of the test suite) and effectiveness (the ability of the test suites to detect faults). In a case study on eight applications, we automatically generate test cases and systematically explore the impact of context, as captured by our new criteria. Our study shows that by increasing the event combinations tested and by controlling the relative positions of events defined by the new criteria, we can detect a large number of faults that were undetectable by earlier techniques.


Are they going to have another sample sale? They are having one in London this week.
From what I know, this is for Market Market, which they said will be in the next three years. The people I'm working with have no clue - even though they work for Comme Des Garçons (not Dover Street), but yes I would expect a new Market Market soon.
the flickr set by "TT Tse Tan" used to have much more lookbook entries also with earlier 2000' HP collections, if anyone know if that moved somewhere else ?
hi everyone, I am new here but read the forums a lot, so I hope this is an appropriate question (and the right page) for you all..
I hope one of you experts can help me identify the season/year of my Comme des Garçons jacket. I purchased it on ebay years ago, probably around 2013. There is no inner tag with the date. Does anyone here have any idea when this came out, or what collection it may be from? It is wool but lined with chiffon or similar. The back drapes lower than the front. I have been trying to identify it based on the label tag but the tag style has varied so much that it's hard to say!
Looks like something from the 90s - I think it'd take a real CdG fanatic to identify it correctly. Look great though, especially with the current season Comme you are wearing.
I've been saving images of dated vintage garment tags to try to track it down... the closest I've found to this style is from 1993, but other tags from the 90s are the larger/longer logo and even seem to vary within the same year depending on the garment. So, not sure!
The fabric and stitching don't match but the logo size/style is similar.


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We headed to Kuala Lumpur today, using Transtar Coach Service. Their Solitaire class lets the passengers travel in style and comfort. We took the early morning trip where we had to go to Golden Mile Complex to board the bus.
The Solitaire coach has very comfortable and spacious seats, complete with massage function and individual entertainment system. Meal was also provided, though it was nothing to rave about. We had some vermicelli with slither indiscernible pieces of char siew.
However I can't complain about anything: staff are courteous and efficient; and best of all, the hotel is pretty much located in the middle of shopping malls and eating mecca of Bukit Bintang.
We walked to Hutong @ Lot10, where we fueled up to prepare for the rest of the day... . I love this place. Great hawker food in air-conditioned environment.
After that, it was a very short walk to Pavilion mall, passing dozens of other malls along the way. Ah... what's a girl to do... too many temptations... .
Pavilion mall contain a small section on level 6, dedicated to Japanese goods and food. Aptly called 'Tokyo Street', it was somewhat made in Japanese style.
There is a bridge walkway that connects Pavilion mall to KLCC area. The walkway is clean, air-conditioned, and certainly a very good alternate way (rather than taking taxi or rail) for people to head to Suria KLCC, Petronas Twin Tower, or Aquaria, which was we were headed to next.
These otters were waiting for their food feeding session. The attendant got them to perform various tricks before rewarding them with food. I was very impressed as I have never seen otters performing such tricks, much like dogs or cats do.
Then off we went to take a short stroll towards Petronas Twin Tower and Suria KLCC - an upclass mall located just below.
The walkway bridge connecting the Petronas Twin Tower that would usually be opened for public access was closed on 15/10 public holiday. it costs MYR80 per person anyway, so I don't think we would have gotten on there.
We took taxi from KLCC to Petaling Street in Chinatown. It was bustling with merchants and hawkers although it was public holiday (15/10).
This stall makes seriously yummy Claypot Bak Kut Teh for MYR10.


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SHANKS: No pitcher is locked in to Braves' rotation
By Bill ShanksColumnist
The demotion Sunday of Sean Newcomb to Triple-A may not have come as a shock. Newcomb was really bad in his start last Saturday, when he allowed four runs and couldn't get out of the second inning.
But to think the Braves would send down a 25-year-old who just last year won 12 games and posted a sub-4.00 earned run average should raise eyebrows. It also shows the depth the Braves have in the starting rotation.
It also proves that if a pitcher struggles in Atlanta, his spot will be in jeopardy with others knocking on the door.
Newcomb's problem is simple, and they'll remind him in Gwinnett. He nibbles with his stuff instead of challenging hitters. This kid is a left-hander with a fastball that can touch 95 mph, and yet sometimes you'd think he's trying to be Tom Glavine.
Well, not everyone can locate pitches with the changeup like Glavine could. If you've got a fastball that can get hitters out like Newcomb, throw it. Challenge them and throw off that fastball and make them realize who is in charge out there.
I'm too young to remember seeing Bob Gibson pitch, but I love hearing about his mentality on the mound. He felt the plate was his, and if a hitter got too close, he'd back them up in a heartbeat. Gibson was a monster, with a mindset that the hitter was an enemy and he was going to destroy them.
Sometimes kids need a little Gibson mentality injected into their soul, to allow their attitude and thought-process to mirror their stuff. There is no denying Newcomb has the pitches, but he's in Triple-A now and that points to something else.
And with the number of pitchers knocking on the door, the Braves can't allow a pitcher to figure things out in the big leagues. Newcomb had to know coming into this season he was not cemented into his spot, and now he's lost it with no guarantee to get it back.
Touki Toussaint relieved Newcomb last Saturday and was excellent. He allowed just an unearned run on four hits in six innings, with two walks and seven strikeouts. And just like that, Toussaint will get the next start in that spot with Newcomb headed to the minor leagues.
Newcomb will have to straighten things out and hope a door will open to give him another chance in the Atlanta rotation. But what if Toussaint sticks? What if Max Fried's blister stays away and he remains in the rotation?
What if Mike Foltynewicz comes back and stays healthy? What if veterans Kevin Gausman and Julio Teheran do well enough to stay in the rotation?
On top of all that, three of Newcomb's new teammates in Gwinnett - Kyle Wright, Mike Soroka and Bryse Wilson - will also be chomping at the bit to get back to Atlanta.
So, Newcomb doesn't only have to worry about getting his own game working again, and not only about an opportunity opening up again, but also that someone else in Gwinnett is simply not more impressive than he is in his attempt to get his job back.
Good luck with that, Sean.
Toussaint had an impressive stretch late last season that got him a spot on the playoff roster as a reliever. And now, after what he did Saturday night, it's his turn to get the chance.
But if he struggles for a couple of starts, Toussaint may find himself at the back of the line if any of the kids in Gwinnett show they deserve their shot.
These are good problems to have. It's very different than the Atlanta bullpen, which is truly a concern with three of the four main relievers now on the injured list.
The strength of this team may turn out to be the rotation, and it'll also show the main strategy of going with pitchers in the rebuild is working with a logjam at the top.

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Crypto Economic Zone Introduced In Philippines
By Mam Sait Nyan April 30, 2018 Digital Currency No Comments
Subsequent to the never-ending controversy of cryptocurrency operating within the borders of the Philippine state, the Government of Philippine has confirmed to allow a set aside economic zone. The structure is provided to potentially generate higher income tax, more employment for citizens of Philippine and maybe a resourceful crypto university as indicated by NewsBitcoin.com.
Economic Zoe to be operated by Crypto Firms in the Philippines
Raul Lambinos, the spokesman of Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) explained to Reuters "We are about to license 10 platforms for cryptocurrency exchange. They are Japanese, Hong Kong, Malaysians, Koreans. They can go into cryptocurrency mining, initial coin offerings, or they can go into the exchange." Exchanges are backed to establish overseas to refrain from breaking laws in Philippine but also these firms offer onramps to the state's fiat money on the other hand.
In hopes of providing more employment for citizens of Philippine, such zones offer advantageous tax regimes. Such zones for Crypto has been permitted by the country, which seems to encourage more virtual currencies than other states in the region, early this year.
Crypto firms are expected to inject capital amounting to more than $1 million, alongside ten percent of the investment going towards establishing a tax base, which is estimated by the local authorities to be done over two years. In efforts to aid give employment to businesses found in the zone, regulators are prepared to include a potential blockchain- based financial technology university.
A wide relationship with virtual currencies
Digital currencies have not been very encouraging by the government of late, but have appeared to be responding to famous feeling with a connection to virtual currencies. In addition to the above, bitcoiners have been arrested by the Philippine National Police and were alleged of being involved in a Ponzi Scheme.
The National Security and Exchange Commission also came down against cloud mining, detailing that certain contracts are very much close to securities.
According to NewsBitcoin.com, recently the opposition leader Senator Leila M. de Lima presumes that the Parliament requires giving great importance to the Senate Bill 1694, a document she issued in the past month. She has also been compelled to call upon her colleagues due to the recent Ordonio Ponzi scheme. She also emphasizes that due to this situation, she hopes her colleagues will back her proposed bill and push for it to be passed into law as soon as possible.
Moments before that, the SEC issued a statement that it is prepared to execute securities law against cloud mining activities. The regulatory body has the view that, these form of contracts "should be defined as securities" according to the SEC, as reported by News.Bitcoin.com
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Abu ol Hayat (, also Romanized as Abū ol Ḩayāt; also known as Bal Hayāt, Bolḩayāt, Bu ol Hayāt, and Tang-e Abū ol Ḩayāt) is a village in Kuhmareh Rural District, Kuhmareh District, Kazerun County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 805, in 176 families.

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import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
import org.apache.beam.runners.spark.ReuseSparkContextRule;
import org.apache.beam.runners.spark.SparkPipelineOptions;
import org.apache.beam.runners.spark.StreamingTest;
import org.apache.beam.runners.spark.examples.WordCount;
import org.apache.beam.runners.spark.io.CreateStream;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.StringUtf8Coder;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.testing.PAssert;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.testing.TestPipeline;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.Create;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.MapElements;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.windowing.FixedWindows;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.windowing.Window;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.PCollection;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.TimestampedValue;
import org.joda.time.Duration;
import org.joda.time.Instant;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
import org.junit.rules.ExternalResource;

/**
 * A test that verifies Beam metrics are reported to Spark's metrics sink in both batch and
 * streaming modes.
 */
public class SparkMetricsSinkTest {
  @Rule public ExternalResource inMemoryMetricsSink = new InMemoryMetricsSinkRule();
  @Rule public final TestPipeline pipeline = TestPipeline.create();
  @Rule public final transient ReuseSparkContextRule noContextResue = ReuseSparkContextRule.no();

  private static final ImmutableList<String> WORDS =
      ImmutableList.of("hi there", "hi", "hi sue bob", "hi sue", "", "bob hi");
  private static final ImmutableSet<String> EXPECTED_COUNTS =
      ImmutableSet.of("hi: 5", "there: 1", "sue: 2", "bob: 2");

  @Test
  public void testInBatchMode() throws Exception {
    assertThat(InMemoryMetrics.valueOf("emptyLines"), is(nullValue()));

    final PCollection<String> output =
        pipeline
            .apply(Create.of(WORDS).withCoder(StringUtf8Coder.of()))
            .apply(new WordCount.CountWords())
            .apply(MapElements.via(new WordCount.FormatAsTextFn()));
    PAssert.that(output).containsInAnyOrder(EXPECTED_COUNTS);
    pipeline.run();

    assertThat(InMemoryMetrics.<Double>valueOf("emptyLines"), is(1d));
  }

  @Category(StreamingTest.class)
  @Test
  public void testInStreamingMode() throws Exception {
    assertThat(InMemoryMetrics.valueOf("emptyLines"), is(nullValue()));

    Instant instant = new Instant(0);
    CreateStream<String> source =
        CreateStream.of(
                StringUtf8Coder.of(),
                Duration.millis(
                    (pipeline.getOptions().as(SparkPipelineOptions.class))
                        .getBatchIntervalMillis()))
            .emptyBatch()
            .advanceWatermarkForNextBatch(instant)
            .nextBatch(
                TimestampedValue.of(WORDS.get(0), instant),
                TimestampedValue.of(WORDS.get(1), instant),
                TimestampedValue.of(WORDS.get(2), instant))
            .advanceWatermarkForNextBatch(instant.plus(Duration.standardSeconds(2L)))
            .nextBatch(
                TimestampedValue.of(WORDS.get(3), instant.plus(Duration.standardSeconds(1L))),
                TimestampedValue.of(WORDS.get(4), instant.plus(Duration.standardSeconds(1L))),
                TimestampedValue.of(WORDS.get(5), instant.plus(Duration.standardSeconds(1L))))
            .advanceNextBatchWatermarkToInfinity();
    PCollection<String> output =
        pipeline
            .apply(source)
            .apply(
                Window.<String>into(FixedWindows.of(Duration.standardSeconds(3L)))
                    .withAllowedLateness(Duration.ZERO))
            .apply(new WordCount.CountWords())
            .apply(MapElements.via(new WordCount.FormatAsTextFn()));
    PAssert.that(output).containsInAnyOrder(EXPECTED_COUNTS);
    pipeline.run();

    assertThat(InMemoryMetrics.<Double>valueOf("emptyLines"), is(1d));
  }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Men's Basketball: George Washington 65 Hampton 57
Patrick Steeves (#10) led GW with 14 points
From our friends at GW Athletics...
GW Men's Basketball Sinks Pirates of Hampton, 65-57
Steeves accounts for 14 points, five rebounds and four assists
In its second home game of the young season, the GW men's basketball team earned its second win via a 65-57 defeat of the Hampton Pirates on Saturday afternoon at the Charles E. Smith Center.
Grad student Patrick Steeves, an applied mathematics major, calculated a perfect formula to add to GW's win column. He tallied 14 points on 7-of-15 shooting while counting five rebounds and four assists. Two steals from the Canadian forward also accounted for half of GW's sum on the defensive end.
It was on that end of the floor where the Colonials earned the win, as despite a game-high 25 points from the Pirates' leading gun, Jermaine Marrow (12-of-25 3pt. FG), the remainder of Hampton's whole totaled just 11 field goals in 34 tries; a .324 shooting percentage that included a 1-of-11 effort from behind the three-point arc (.091) sans Marrow's lone make in his only attempt from deep.
Jair Bolden (#3, 13 points) led all players with 5 assists
Sophomore Jair Bolden supplemented Steeves' offense with 13 points and a game-high five assists, in a Colonials' offensive effort that assisted on 15 of 26 made field goals while only turning the ball over on six occasions. Two of Steeves' 14 came off a nifty give-and-go in transition after he grabbed a defensive board, pushed the ball up the court and found the proper angle to hit a driving Yuta Watanabe with a no-look pass, before receiving the dime in return to finish at the rim and extend to a double-digit, 47-36 margin. GW largely had the game in hand from there, extending to an 18-point lead at its largest with just over 7:00 minutes to play, before cruising to the eight-point win.
5 points & 5 rebounds for Yuta Watanabe (#12)
Justin Williams enjoyed a breakout performance in the contest, as the sophomore netted a career-high nine points, including his first career three-pointer, in a career-high 19 minutes of action. Per the directions of head coach Maurice Joseph, the Colonials also divided rebounding duties, as eight Colonials grabbed between two and seven rebounds. It was Arnaldo Toro who paced the Colonials with seven boards, his third straight game to start the season collecting at least seven caroms. Williams, Toro and Bolden - the trio of sophomores who saw action for GW - each impressed in certain aspects, as Bolden extended his streak to start the season of hitting at least three three-pointers in every game with a 3-of-7 outing from deep.
Sophomore Justin Williams (#4) scored 9 points
GW's other grad student, transfer Bo Zeigler, added nine points on 3-of-4 shooting and a perfect 100 at the free throw line (3-for-3) as part of a bench unit that outdid their counterparts by a 22-10 margin.
Bo Ziegler (#35) added 9 points & 4 boards off the bench
The game was played as part of the Las Vegas Invitational that will see GW take on No. 15 Xavier on Thanksgiving Day in Vegas, followed by either Kansas State or Arizona State on Friday. Rider awaits GW first though, as the Colonials have a quick turnaround before hosting the Broncos on Monday night at 7 PM.
GW First Ladies
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In today's Studio Talk, I'm sipping cinnamon coffee and wondering about path and purpose.
The moon is full and I'm in the studio talking about how moving forward sometimes feels like a spiral, how it felt to be young, and orange eyeshadow.
We have a new moon and I'm in the studio (well, my front hall) talking about voice and empathy and how we can sometimes merge so deeply with others we lose touch with who we are.
I'm in the studio talking about the home as a sanctuary.
There's a full moon tomorrow, so I'm launching a new series of rambling videos. Just me (and Rocky the pug) in the studio talking.


Masella is a ski resort in the Pyrenees mountains, belonging to Alp's municipality, in La Cerdanya in Girona. It lies on La Tossa d'Alp mountain, and with La Molina form the Alp 2500 resort. The temperature varies from 1°C to 15°C/33.80°F to 59°F throughout the year, with February being the coldest month.
With 457 snow cannons, it's open for winter sports for about five months per season. The forest extends along at 80% of its pistes and 90% at face north. It offers the largest vertical drop in the Eastern Pyrenees 935 m/3067 ft with 74 km/46 mi of total snowboarding terrain. Lowest altitude is at 1600 m/5249 ft at Pla de Masella, with a maximum height of 2535 m/8316 ft at La Tosa.
There are 9 beginner, 24 intermediate, and 22 advanced pistes available. This is the ideal spot for high speed snowboarding, with boarders from all over the world riding here. You can move in the area by using 5 chairlifts, 7 draglifts, 2 rope tows and 4 transporting tapes.
You can find plenty of services in the area like children facilities, medical support, lockers and cafes. There are a lot of training schools, clubs and shops in the area where you can buy, repair or even rent your snowboard equipment.


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Sarah Morrison
CEO, Shepherd Center, Inc.
Sarah A. Morrison, PT, MBA, MHA, is CEO of Shepherd Center. She joined Shepherd Center in 1984, immediately after earning her bachelor's degree in physical therapy at the University of Miami, where she graduated summa cum laude. She then received her master's degrees in healthcare and business administration from Georgia State University, where she was awarded the Max G. Holland scholarship for the highest grade point average in the graduate business program.
Since 1984, Sarah has served in various leadership roles at Shepherd Center, including vice president of clinical services, director of the Spinal Cord Injury Program, director of the medical/surgical and ICU programs, manager of the spinal cord injury day program, a physical therapy supervisor and a physical therapist.
Sarah's career-long tenure at Shepherd Center is a testament to her unceasing passion and commitment to the center's long-term success in carrying out its day-to-day mission to advocate for all people with temporary or permanent disabilities and assist them in living their lives with independence and dignity.
Well-respected in the healthcare community, Sarah has written many peer-reviewed publications, presented nationally and internationally and has actively participated research studies. In 2013, Sarah received the award for Clinical Excellence in Neurology from the Neurological Section of the American Physical Therapy Association. In 2018, she was recognized as one of Atlanta Magazine's Women Making a Mark. In 2020, she was recognized as one of Atlanta Magazine's 500 Most Powerful Leaders in Atlanta.
As a leader, Sarah has an innate talent to engage staff at every level of the organization. Her excellent communication and interpersonal skills align with Shepherd Center's culture and serve to create effective, collaborative partnerships with physicians, staff and other stakeholders. Sarah's strong business acumen enables her to analyze needs, streamline operations and foster new clinical programs.
Sarah lives in Atlanta with her husband, Jeff, a visiting instructor at Emory University. Their son, Michael, lives in Watkinsville, Georgia, and works for Cigna Healthcare. Their daughter, Susan, lives in Atlanta and works as an editor for an independent publishing company.


First off making a few changes to this site (all for the better) and doing this to ensure that we will continue to spend more time handicapping picks for our clients and less time updating the website – but still adding content that you want and still being transparent.
First notice that on our Track our Picks page you will have a direct link to our past picks, very easy to make the click and see all the info instead of just yesterday's picks and makes it easier on us.
Next change you will notice is on the free pick page. We will still be using a free pick from our actual card – but with some detailed information and numbers that we have from our database that backs that play.
You can purchase these picks now on our picks and packages page….


Blockchain adoption will be the wave of the future in many sectors; we're talking to Joe Duncan to find out where! Sovereign gold has become a major issue after Venezuela was denied access to its stores in the Bank of England; Sara Montes de Oca has the story. Is China about to put the brakes on GM's Buick? We're going to talk to Lauren Fix to find out! And will India and China be the next big issue for trade? Steve Malzberg has some thoughts!


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Dragonfly Spacecraft And New Smart Cane
On Episode 463 of the Waves of Tech, we dive into a number of fun and related technology topics for you. NASA announced a new mission to Titan, one of Saturn's moons, in which a dual quadcopter drone will survey for organic matter and water. A blind engineer has created a smart cane that includes voice assistant, Google Maps integration, and Bluetooth syncing to assist the visually impaired. We breakdown what we know as details surface about Facebook's own internal Supreme Court that intents to review content after reports of misuse. The NFL is bragging about streaming 4K but that is quite misleading when you read the fine print. Lastly, Google Maps had some fun with the Area 51 with a "We Click in Peace" feature.
Dragonfly Spacecraft Being Sent to Saturn Moon
If you haven't heard the news from NASA's New Frontiers program, it appears that they will soon be launching a octocopter to Saturn's moon Titan. Titan is known for its carbon-rich chemistry, interior ocean, dense atmosphere, and low gravity – all ideal conditions for flying a drone in the atmosphere and potential for biological creation.
The drone will be powered on the moon by essentially a nuclear energized battery
Areas of interest on Titan include a volcanic flows, organic compounds, and water
The conceptual idea took hold with scientists Jason W. Barnes and Ralph D. Lorenz
The contributions to science could be revolutionary with the help of a simple drone
WeWALK – The New SMART Cane
In a world filled with gadgets, internet enabled devices, moving vehicles, obstacles, and more, those with visual impairments and blindness experience significant challenges. However, thanks to Kursat Ceylan, blinded persons now have access to a Bluetooth enabled, Google Maps connected, sensoring buzzing, built-in speaking, voice assisted cane!
Ceylan is Founder and CEO of the Young Guru Academy based out of Turkey
WeWALK makes integration and participation with society just a bit easier with it
One user, Bill Ward, joked, "Just add a taser and it's perfect for all situations!"
An estimated 36 million people of blind/visually impaired around the world
Facebook's Content Oversight Board Takes Shape
Last November, we reported that Facebook announced the creation of an internal board to moderate and review appeals for posts and accounts that had been removed from the platform due to some form of misuse or abuse. They board is now taking shape but questions are still popping up in terms of if this in-house "Supreme Court" is the answer.
The board will be made up of 11 to 40 people with varying backgrounds and experience
Full time staff are charged with review submissions and background research
The main driver in decision making with be the existing Facebook use guidelines
Rumor is that even CEO Mark Zuckerberg cannot override the review board's decisions
FOX Touts 4K NFL Streaming
The sports entertainment industry is always looking to push the envelope in terms of at-home viewing quality. A big push to 4K is on the horizon with more and more 4K units being sold and more broadcasters getting on board. The NFL is going to begin streaming their Thursday evening football in 4K-ish; it's really upscaled 1080p, but they won't say that.
Hardware is the big hurdle, with users needing 4K support from set-top boxes
It's sad to see a league promise a resolution without actually providing the real thing
More and more live sports viewers are demanding higher mobile resolution
The conflict between streaming, data needs, costs, and speed continue to factor in
Dragonfly to Saturn Moon, Titan
Blind Engineer builds Smart cane
Facebook's Supreme Court
Thursday Night Football in"4K"
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Video gaming, Overcharged customers, and the Gate's
Video gaming, Overcharged customers, Home movies and the Gate's.
1.The Video Gaming Industry: Nintendo vs. Playstation vs. iPad vs. Zynga
Nintendo to Miss Holiday Season
Nintendo's highly anticipated 3D handheld video game machine (3DS) will miss the holiday shopping season in the US. Compound this announcement with declining sales of Wii console games and Nintendo has growing concern.
PlayStation obviously sees an opportunity to cash in on the motion sensor video gaming industry. PS recently introduced Move in a $100 bundle for those who already own a PS3 or $400 for a new system and the bundle.
iPad and Zynga
Target has begun selling the popular tablet in their stores with hopes of driving holiday traffic into Target stores. Amazon is now selling the iPad as well. Zynga continues to make progress with games such as Farmville and tremendous gift card sales.
2. Verizon To Pay Out $90 Million for Overcharging Customers
15 million Verizon Wireless users will see refunds of $2-$6 on their October or November statements. The FCC has received several complaints about mysterious charges regarding data usage or Internet access. The refund is one of the largest from a telecommunications company. Click here for a link on avoiding bogus mobile phone fees.
3. $30 for a new release movie at home? Studios think you'll pay
The home entertainment business continues to reach new heights. The major movie studios are considering a deal that would place box-office hits in the home between the theater release date and the typical on-demand period. Is this $30 investment worth it for you? Does it fit your lifestyle?
4. Bill and Melinda Gates: $60 Billion Donation
The question is not "What would you do with $1 million?" The real question is "What would you do with $60 billion?" Listen in to hear what Bill and Melinda have decided to do with their amassed fortune. This is an amazing story folks.
Interview with Tom Chatfield. Fun Inc.
Happy Thanksgiving and our interview with author Tom Chatfield and his new book "Fun Inc. Why Gaming Will Dominate the Twenty-First Century"
It the holiday season and from all of us at Waves of Tech have a great Holiday. If you'll be heading out for Black Friday, take a few tips from OSHA to protect yourself. OSHA Letter
Interview with Author Tom Chatfield. A must listen to episode!
Tom Chatfield is Arts and Books editor at the high prestigious Prospect magazine and also writes for the Times Literary supplement, The Times and the Observer in London. He has designed puzzles and consulted with a number of online game companies. Tom's Blog
Data As Your Identity And E-Government
Welcome to the last show of 2012 and thanks for making Waves of Tech a regular part of your podcasting lives. This week on Episode 164 we discuss preserving and leaving a digital estate for your friends and families to remember you by and the importance of backing your data up. We wrap 2012 up with a review of an array of e-government activities ranging from big data centers, infrastructure investments, and social media expectations. Thanks as always for listening to Waves of Tech and we wish everyone the very best this holiday season.