globalisation

Whither the world - Gilles Dauvé & Karl Nesic

Joseph K. — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:56:33 +0000

WHAT? WHY? HOW?1

1. This is a slightly modified version of G.Dauvé and K.Nesic's Il va falloir attendre I Bref rapport sur l'état du monde, troploin, 2002 (also available on our site). We've left out nearly all notes that refer to French language books and magazines.

Globalisation: Origins-History-Analysis-Resistance - Do or Die, Treason pamphlet

Peter — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 02:56:49 +0000

‘Globalisation: Origins-History-Analysis-Resistance’ was originally published in Do Or Die #8, 1999.

Do Or Die was an annual anarchist/communist/ecological direct actionist journal which published ten issues from 1992 to 2003. They have a website at, http://www.eco-action.org/dod/index.html

Marx’s mole is dead! - Globalisation and communication - Michael Hardt & Antonio Negri

Joseph K. — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:36:48 +0000

This text is effectively a summary of the arguments in Empire, in particular Negri & Hardt’s contention that Marx’s conception of class struggle is obsolete and that globalisation can be understood as capitalism's response to class struggle (7,000 words).

World Bank says: work 24/7 with no rights

Joseph K. — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:32:35 +0000

The 2007 edition of the ‘Doing Business’ report has declared the Marshall Islands to be the world’s “Best Performer” for its almost total absence of labour regulation, displacing last year’s champion, Palau.

Civil service jobs 'to go overseas'

Steven. — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:22:18 +0000

The Public and Commercial Services Union says a leaked document from the Department of Work and Pensions shows that Secretary of State John Hutton is considering the outsourcing plan, which would hit staff in call centres in job centres and benefit agencies.

Marx on capital's globalization: the dialectic of negativity - Paresh Chattopadhyay

libcom — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:23:53 +0000

In what follows, 'capital', following Marx, refers to a historically specific mode of production (based on the producers' separation from the conditions of production) and the corresponding social relation between producers and the owners of the conditions of production - the basis of the modern society.