Is an over-supply of labour depressing wages?
Submitted by QQ on Oct 30 2018 19:10
Are trade union bureaucrats correct in saying Marx believed an over-supply of labour depresses wages? We take a look at what Marx called "the absolute general law of capitalist accumulation" to discover if this is true.
The strange career of jim crow - C. Vann Woodward
The Strange Career of Jim Crow is one of the great works of Southern history. Indeed, the book actually helped shape that history.
At canaan's edge: America in the King years, 1965-68
At Canaan's Edge concludes America in the King Years, a three-volume history that will endure as a masterpiece of storytelling on American race, violence, and democracy.
Pillar of fire: America in the King years, 1963-65
From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, the second part of his epic trilogy on the American Civil Rights Movement.
Parting the waters: Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement 1954-63 - Taylor Branch
First of a 3-volume social history, Parting the Waters is more than a biography of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the decade preceding his emergence as a national figure.
Against Racism and Authoritarianism: the Problem is Capitalism!
Submitted by Internationalis... on Oct 18 2018 09:35
“We will chase them out!” Alexander Gauland bawled straight after the entry of the Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany, AfD) to the Bundestag. It should be clear, at least after the racist riots in Chemnitz and Köthen, that this was no empty threat. The AfD’s rise has lent wings to the entire extreme right and is increasingly being translated into racially-motivated violence on the street.
Oiseau-tempête : Second issue
This is a translation of a magazine published by a french collective from 1997 to 2006. The original issues can be found here, in French.
Summary of the second issue (fall 1997) :
-THE IMMIGRANT AND THE « LAW OF POPULATION » IN MODERN CAPITALISM
-WHAT'S UP WITH THE GREEKS ?
-JUNE 36 : BEHIND THE SCENES
-SERGE BRICIANER, SHADES OF BLACK AND BRIGHT RED.
-THE MYTHS OF EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE
-THE LOVES OF ART AND MONEY
-« DECHERVELAGE »
Jomo Kenyatta, post-war Labour Party, strikes and the pass system - Makhan Singh
Annotated excerpt from Makhan Singh's History of Kenya's Trade Union Movement to 1952, describing Jomo Kenyatta's comments on the kipande pass system and strike action shortly after he was elected leader of the Kenya African Union (KAU).
Thoughts on the 70th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust
Submitted by Marx-lover on Aug 23 2018 01:35
Some reflections on the capitalist roots of the Holocaust.
Tearing racism up from its capitalist roots: An African anarchist-communist approach - by Bongani Maponyane (ZACF)
A take down of scientific racism, and analysis of the ongoing links between capitalism and racism in South Africa.
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