The inefficiency of capitalism - Brian Oliver Sheppard Sheppard takes on capitalism by critiquing the fact that by fostering desire over need, waste,…
The ragged trousered philanthropists - Robert Tressell A Marxist critique of society dressed up as a novel, Ragged Trousered Philanthrophists follows…
The sick society - Miguel Amorós A veritable catalogue of environmental and biological disasters brought to us by capitalism followed by some suggestions for their remedy: …
Capital, technology and proletariat - Miguel Amorós A brief review of the parallel development of technology and the proletariat since the end of feudalism, stressing the factors that limited the…
City air: the end of freedom in the generalization of urban space - Miguel Amorós A brief examination of urbanism and urban development as tools of capitalist social control and…
Happy hookers: sex workers and their would-be saviors Melissa Gira Grant on the framework in which sex work is discussed.
The trouble with “economic growth” – Gabriel Levy This article (edited version of a talk) argues that the idea of “socialist economic growth” should be junked. Socialism is about human happiness,…
State: an introduction A brief introduction to what we at libcom.org mean when we refer to the state and how we think we should relate to it as workers.
2009 Interview with IHU Online - Robert Kurz A wide-ranging and comprehensive summary of Robert Kurz’s views on capitalism, economic crisis, gender relations, the environmental crisis,…
The stalemate of two economic models - Robert Kurz In this 2012 article, Robert Kurz discusses the crisis management strategies implemented by the US and Europe, their seemingly paradoxical…
Robotics and labor: the nightmares of reified consciousness - Robert Kurz A short 2010 article by Robert Kurz, reflecting on the crisis of abstract labor in capitalism and…
Winning the war of position: working-class hegemony and class unionism This article makes a number of arguments about the direction the IWW should take in its organizing,…
