Re: Trump organizing legal version of January 6th

"Marv Gandall via groups.io" <[email protected]> Sun, 02 Aug 2026 18:29:31 -0700
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On Sun, Aug 2, 2026 at 04:21 PM, Charles wrote:

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> What would Gandall do if he had to relocate to Greece?

Since Charles asked,=C2=A0 I would enjoy the sea and the sunshine. My days =
of belonging to fringe organizations festering on the sidelines are over. =
=C2=A0I still follow politics closely and attend the occasional demonstrati=
on - most recently with the Palestine contingent at the local Pride parade.=
 Otherwise my activity is confined to email exchanges with veteran=C2=A0 le=
ftists on Marxmail and elsewhere. I suspect the same is true of Charles and=
 many others on the list.

At this stage, I=E2=80=99ve been especially interested in looking back and =
drawing a balance sheet of what I learned from more than six decades of pol=
itical activity. Contrary to my early hopes and the hopes and anticipation =
of four or five generations of leftists preceding my own, capitalism is sti=
ll around and the respective projects of both the reformist nor revolutiona=
ry wings of the workers=E2=80=99 movement have each failed in their own way=
. With the advent of job-destroying AI and robotics, the prospects for a re=
vival of a working class movement with the power to shut down production an=
d to contend for political power don=E2=80=99t look promising.

Despite my pessimism of the intellect, I still muster a little optimism of =
the will when I see tiny green shoots of change appear, whatever their impe=
rfections, such as the DSA in the US or the Cockroach movement in India, an=
d continue to hope for their further development.


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<div>On Sun, Aug 2, 2026 at 04:21 PM, Charles wrote:</div>
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<blockquote>What would Gandall do if he had to relocate to Greece?</blockqu=
ote>
Since Charles asked,&nbsp; I would enjoy the sea and the sunshine. My days =
of belonging to fringe organizations festering on the sidelines are over. &=
nbsp;I still follow politics closely and attend the occasional demonstratio=
n - most recently with the Palestine contingent at the local Pride parade. =
Otherwise my activity is confined to email exchanges with veteran&nbsp; lef=
tists on Marxmail and elsewhere. I suspect the same is true of Charles and =
many others on the list.<br /><br />At this stage, I&rsquo;ve been especial=
ly interested in looking back and drawing a balance sheet of what I learned=
 from more than six decades of political activity. Contrary to my early hop=
es and the hopes and anticipation of four or five generations of leftists p=
receding my own, capitalism is still around and the respective projects of =
both the reformist nor revolutionary wings of the workers&rsquo; movement h=
ave each failed in their own way. With the advent of job-destroying AI and =
robotics, the prospects for a revival of a working class movement with the =
power to shut down production and to contend for political power don&rsquo;=
t look promising.&nbsp;<br /><br />Despite my pessimism of the intellect, I=
 still muster a little optimism of the will when I see tiny green shoots of=
 change appear, whatever their imperfections, such as the DSA in the US or =
the Cockroach movement in India, and continue to hope for their further dev=
elopment.</div>


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