A South African ruling-class brawl
Submitted by Malatesta Black on Mar 31 2017 10:16
This article looks at the factions of the ruling class battling for positions and control over the state in South. It considers whether such battles offer anything to the working class in the country.
Hillary Clinton’s complaints about the spread of “fake news” belie her contributions to it
Submitted by Soapy on Feb 18 2017 15:03
The 2008 Clinton campaign played an instrumental role in spreading rumors that Barack Obama was a Muslim not born in America
Authoritarian Neoliberalism: the Specter of Pinochet
Submitted by Victory Of The ... on Feb 15 2017 09:50
This essay explores the rise of populist demagogues and the economics of their regimes. Rather than marking a clear break with neoliberalism or a direct tie to early twentieth century fascism, these figures historically connect to the regime of Augusto Pinochet and illustrate a growing trend of authoritarian-neoliberalism.
Contrasting populisms: Lambie’s labourism and Hanson’s opportunism
Submitted by Is There No Alt... on Feb 14 2017 15:17
The Australian Left are keen to conflate the anti-politics offered by Jacqui Lambie and Pauline Hanson. While they share similar cultural prejudices, they could not be further apart in their material solutions.
Trump and trade war - Mouvement Communiste/Kolektivně proti Kapitălu
A brief text discussing the likely impact of Trump's economic policies (in so far as he has coherent policies) and the social and economic forces behind them.
So this is how it ends: Obama spends his last months in office shilling for the TPP
Submitted by Soapy on Jul 15 2016 12:56
The “hope and change” candidate will go out with a whimper. After nearly eight years of consistent support for neoliberalism, Obama will spend the freest months of his presidency shilling for the likes of Pfizer and Comcast.
Standing at night, or taking it lying down? - Mouvement Communiste/Kolektivně proti Kapitălu
A byproduct of the recent protests against the new "Labour Law" in France was an Occupy-style protest movement (known as "Nuits Debout") based around gatherings in public squares, notably Place de La République in Paris. This is a translation of a highly critical leaflet which Mouvement Communiste distributed at the gatherings. The original French version is provided as a PDF.
Libertarian critique and the left wing of capitalism - Miguel Amorós
In these (January 2016) draft notes for a lecture on the “partiocracy” and its crisis—pertaining for the most part to Spain and Southern Europe—Miguel Amorós points out that, while the “professional politicians” continue to betray their former constituencies (relatively privileged layers of the middle class), and the civil society movement (the “left wing of capitalism”, “led for the most part by professors and lawyers”) tries to rally those same constituencies to support illusory “reforms”, a revolutionary response must involve at least in part the pursuit of a kind of “restoration” that takes its “inspiration from historical examples of non-capitalist ways of living together”.
Syrian refugees get Obama’s sympathy, what about the refugees of the war on drugs and NAFTA?
Submitted by Soapy on Nov 20 2015 20:29
Obama claims to care about Syrian refugees, but the refugees from the US led "war on drugs" and free trade agreements receive no such sympathy.
Labour party debate What is Socialism?
Transcript of the opening remarks of a debate between Steve Coleman (for the Socialist Party of Great Britain) and Councillor Laurence Spigel (for the Labour party) taking place on 4 April 1985 at the Duke of York in London. Full audio recording also available online.
