03/18 Open Thread: Radical Far Left Communism
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Wed, 03/18/2020 - 5:00am
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Capitalism
Karl Marx revisited: or, the cynical class structure
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sat, 03/14/2020 - 9:14pmMany of you are familiar with the idea of social class. There is, of course, the idea of social class as portrayed in popular culture. Social class has been around since time immemorial -- the Romans, for instance, had a class system, and the current incarnation of the Wikipedia page on this topic renders it well.
The neoliberals' cultural stock is in decline.
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sun, 03/01/2020 - 5:00pmThe neoliberals' cultural stuck is in decline. When they had that suave dude Barack Obama telling everyone he was like Gandhi or Mandela, that was totally a thing. Cultural neoliberalism was rockin' da house as every branch of government, both state and Federal, was being awarded to Republicans.
Why capitalism is the problem
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sat, 01/04/2020 - 10:38am1) What we usually get in defense of capitalism these days is "gee, if we could have well-regulated/ environmentally conscious/ socially equitable capitalism then it would be totally kewl." You get the capitalism they feed you, not the stuff you want.
Critique of California
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 9:20pmSo the latest news from California is this:
New fires flared up in Riverside, Ventura and San Bernardino Counties on Wednesday and Thursday just as winds eased in the north and firefighters wrangling the state’s largest active blaze, the Kincade fire, managed to contain more than half of its 76,800-acre footprint for the first time.
9/18 Open Thread: What's Broken & Who Broke it??
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Wed, 09/25/2019 - 5:00am-
Outside the Asylum
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Sun, 09/15/2019 - 5:00am
Come outside.
A couple of weeks ago, I began an analysis of capitalism's catechism. Here's the next entry in the series.
One goal for humankind: adulthood
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 6:52pmYan Lianke's (2010) novel The Four Books is about a re-education camp in China during the Great Leap Forward.
Outside the Asylum
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Sun, 08/25/2019 - 5:38am
Come outside.
Socialism 2019?
Submitted by wendy davis on Tue, 07/09/2019 - 12:41pm
Who knew that socialism had already come to the US? I’d given some of these links a few days ago to Aspie Corner, but he seemed to have been off on another project. I thought he’d enjoy a lot of this; I know I do. First, some background:
June 28, 2019 ‘Socialism 2019: the Left at a Crossroads’, Louis Proyect, counterpunch.org, June 28, 2018 (some bits and bobs)
“For a number of years, the International Socialists Organization, once the largest Marxist group in the USA, held educational conferences either in Chicago or in various American cities. In 2004, I attended a plenary session of a regional conference at City College in New York, mostly to hear my old friend Peter Camejo who was the featured speaker alongside Ahmed Shawki, the disgraced former leader whose cover-up of multiple rapes in the ISO led to its dissolution this year.”
