Ten theses that I can stand behind: the basic principles of the “Worker’s Offensive”
Source: WORKERS’ OFFENSIVE These are the basic political principles that the members of our organization and its sympathizers are expected to uphold and …
Tag Archives: Capitalism
The Opioid Epidemic in America – Killing One Million Workers: The Triumph of Capital: Creating a Domestic ‘Shithole’ — Prof. James Petras and Robin Eastman-Abaya
[Hat tip to An Outsider’s Sojourn II (The Journey Continues)] By Prof. James Petras and Robin Eastman-Abaya Global Research, January 26, 2018 Introduction The …
Capitalism’s Contribution: looting, lying, and acting obscene
Originally posted on Tubularsock:
Capitalism’s Contribution: looting, lying, and acting obscene © 2017 Dan Stevenson III the die is cast…
The Black Jacobins: A review of C. L. R. James’s classic account of Haiti’s slave revolt — Ashley Smith | International Socialist Review
Note: A .pdf version of C.L.R. James’s The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution can be obtained …
Soviet Communism and Capitalism: a comment casually tossed off by “Sorry, Not Buying It,” over at Off-Guardian . . .
Source: Sorry, Not Buying It “The communist system tried by the soviet union did not work and the capitalist system of …
“These make the wounds of men” — Norman Bethune, 1939
[Hat tip to Stephen Gowans, quoting Bethune in the last few minutes of this lecture launching his book, Washington’s Long War on …
Racism, Equal Opportunity, and Capitalism — written by Norm
[Note: I’m re-posting this from Jan 2016 — well, to remind myself what on the whole is my position on …
Essentially, two versions of the same point, or “why electoral politics (and by implication, non-violent protests) cannot possibly lead to a more progressive post-capitalist era.”
I remember the story, more or less, of how Mahatma Gandhi, through nonviolent civil disobedience, led India into the promised land …
A World Gone Mad — Eduardo Galeano | Third World Traveler
Sourced from: Third World Traveler A World Gone Mad by Eduardo Galeano The Progressive magazine, Dec 2000 Fear of losing …
Just a note on Paulo Freire’s “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” — Norman Pilon | Taking Sides
A link to an online copy of Freire’s book: Pedagogy of the Oppressed (181 pages). [If for whatever reason the preceding link …
Distorting Fascism to Sanitize Capitalism — Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh | Global Research
Distorting Fascism to Sanitize Capitalism By Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh Global Research, June 18, 2016 The facile and indiscriminate use of …
Kazakhstan born Robin Hood of the science
Originally posted on unnecessary news from earth:
by Mehmet Somel, May 23, 2016 A young scientist supports scientists of the poorest countries with…
Stories from the Grocery Store
Originally posted on Voices from the Margins:
Carol A. Hand Going to the grocery store is not my favorite chore. In truth, I…
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised…Nor Will It Be Brought To You By Russell Brand, Oliver Stone Or Noam Chomsky
Originally posted on what's left:
By Stephen Gowans Not too many years ago, when protesters were running riot through the streets,…
State Terror or Capitalist Terror, Military Coup or Capitalist Coup — James Petras | The James Petras Website
State Terror or Capitalist Terror, Military Coup or Capitalist Coup by James Petras | The James Petras Website 10.19.2015 :: Latin America Introduction: Democratic …
Caleb Maupin, United Nations Correspondent For Press TV On 44 Days Radio Sinoland 2015.9.6 — Jeff J. Brown| 44 days Radio Sinoland
Source: 44 Days / Caleb Maupin, United Nations Correspondent for Press TV, guest on 44 Days Radio Sinoland, 2015.9.6 [ …
Some thoughts and prognostications: a critique of the craft of economic forecasting
Economic forecasters get it half right and half wrong. I don’t mean to say that on average the information they …
A description of “Primitive Accumulation” in the 21st Century . . .
Norm’s Comment: Is it the “New World Order” or “Capitalism?” To my mind, “Capitalism” has always been ‘monopolistic.’ From its …
The Innate Sloth and Indolence of the Working Class
Originally posted on The Most Revolutionary Act:
The Invention of Capitalism: Classical Political Economy and the Secret History of Primitive Accumulation By Michael…
Federal Reserve says your wages are too high
Originally posted on Systemic Disorder:
The Federal Reserve has declared that the reason for ongoing economic weakness is because wages have…
