500 Years of Nakbas — Glen Ford, BAR executive editor | Black Agenda Report
Source: Black Agenda Report “The Palestinians face the last bastion of legalized racial rule on the planet.” The great nakba, or “catastrophe,”began …
Author Archives: Norman Pilon
Review: ‘The Impossible Revolution’ in Syria — Joey Ayoub | Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century
Review: ‘The Impossible Revolution’ in Syria By Joey Ayoub 3 October 2017 [Related: Syria: from ‘authoritarian upgrading’ to revolution? — Raymond …
The Horror, the Horror of World Imperialism — Klasbatalo Collective | Libcom.org
Source: Libcom.org In the late 19th century, the Congo was ripped open for its large rubber resources to satisfy capitalism’s new …
Speech from the Dock — John Maclean | Marxists Internet Archive
Source: Marxists Internet Archive Hat tip to Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century, who about the piece write: “I am here as …
Living with depression under capitalism — Kate Bradley | Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century
Living with depression under capitalism By Kate Bradley 28 September 2017 Source: Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century Kate Bradley writes about …
Syria is not exceptional: interview with Joseph Daher | Part 2 — Joe Hayns | Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century
Syria is not exceptional: interview with Joseph Daher| Part 2 By Joe Hayns 10 May 2018 Source: Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st …
A world without money: communism – Les Amis de 4 Millions de Jeunes Travailleurs | Libcom.org
Norm’s note: my apologies (or not) for inflicting this long read on any of you. Unfortunately, sometimes clarifying one’s thoughts …
Costless Diversion in Modern Oligarchy
Originally posted on Comments on Global Political Economy:
I argue in my book Capitalism as Oligarchy that inequality isn’t a side-effect of something we happen…
Discerning the obvious: “Desert Island Economics”
Source: Existential Comics Ayn Rand and Murray Rothbard are free market, capitalist libertarians. They essential believed that we would be the …
Going beyond money — Paul Cockshot
PAUL COCKSHOTT’S BLOG Dr. Cockshott “[e]xplains Marx’s idea for the use of labour certificates in a communist system.” Related: “A …
Global debt crisis ahead?
Originally posted on Michael Roberts Blog:
Argentina is seeking International Monetary Fund aid after a series of drastic interest rate rises failed…
Syria is not exceptional: interview with Joseph Daher | Part 1 — Joe Hayns | Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century
Syria is not exceptional: interview with Joseph Daher| Part 1 By Joe Hayns 27 April 2018 Source: Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st …
I’m Explaining a Few Things — Pablo Neruda
I’m Explaining a Few Things You are going to ask: and where are the lilacs? and the poppy-petalled metaphysics? and …
Two interviews with author, academic & activist Joseph Daher on his view of the ‘Syrian Conflict,’ one recorded, the other in print
First interview: Quote of the description of the content of the recorded interview: Listen to an interview with author, academic …
My debate with Tim Anderson on Syria: Reflections on the collapse of solidarity — Michael Karadjis | Syrian Revolution Commentary and Analysis
My debate with Tim Anderson on Syria: Reflections on the collapse of solidarity by Micheal Karadjis / July 11, 2017 …
The Western left and the Syrian war — Corey Oakley | REDFLAG: A VOICE OF RESISTANCE
Norm’s note: what follows is a sample of the kinds of effusions from people that Will Morrow has described as “the Australian pseudo-left.” …
“Clouds of mystery pourin’ / Confusion on the ground” — those lines from a CCR song from long ago sum up my take on what follows . . .
Norm’s note: I’m going to juxtapose, way down below, two links to two pieces that I think people should read …
World War III Has Started! — Boffy | Boffy’s Blog: Analysis of Politics, Philosophy and Economics from a Marxist Perspective
Source: World War III Has Started! SATURDAY, 14 APRIL 2018 Written by Boffy. World War III Has Started! The bombing of …
The Permanent Crisis – Henryk Grossman’s Interpretation of Marx’s Theory Of Capitalist Accumulation — Paul Mattick (1934)| Marxists Internet Archive
Realted: Marxism: Last Refuge of the Bourgeoisie? (.pdf) (331 pages) Source: Marxists Internet Archive Paul Mattick. 1934 The Permanent Crisis – Henryk Grossman’s …
What the f**k is SNLT, and what does it have to do with me, anyway?
You read some. You talk some. You think some. And as a result, sometimes, you learn some . . . …
