socialism

Capitalism, Socialism, Nationalization, and the Statified Economy

Submitted by Ivysyn on Jul 20 2019 20:51

Capitalism is typically associated with ownership of firms by private persons while socialism is typically associated with their ownership by the government. However, state owned enterprises (which is the official name) vs private enterprises has very little to do with the actual mode of social labor, production, and distribution.

Bakunin, historical materialism, and social philosophy – Brian Morris

Two chapters from Bakunin: The Philosophy of Freedom by Brian Morris which illustrate Bakunin’s views in terms of historical materialism and social philosophy which have often been misunderstood or overlooked.

What was the purpose of the ISO?

Submitted by Scott Jay on Apr 24 2019 02:36

With the recent dissolution of the International Socialist Organization (US), a former member asks, what exactly did it build for forty years?

The Origins and Capture of International Working Women's Day

Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 8 2019 13:32

We know that the bourgeois state can provide us no genuine or lasting protections and we know that women will never be safe for as long as class society and the social construct of gender exists.

Self-Management

Submitted by Ivysyn on Feb 26 2019 06:27

Introduction to the theory and practice of self-management.

Socialism is not Statism

Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 25 2019 14:44

A spectre haunts the world today. It is the spectre of “socialism”. Commentators of left and right, of reactionary or reformist inclination, agree that “after three decades in the wilderness, socialism is back.”