Why the Working Class is Key
Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 7 2020 12:23
Some may wonder why we keep harping on about the working class. Let’s briefly explain…
The Socialism of The Intellectuals: Jan Waclaw Machajski
The following article on Jan Waclaw Machajski appeared in issue 1 of Virus, the magazine of the Anarchist Communist Group
Supplementary Thoughts on The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists and the Ongoing Great Money Trick
Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 5 2020 09:37
After 100 years of us failing to achieve the "Co-operative Commonwealth" the bourgeoisie continue to dominate workers' lives with the "Great Money Trick". As Tressell foresaw, there remains a desperate need for the revolutionary reconstitution of society.
The Life and Times of Jimmy Hoffa
Submitted by Marx-lover on Dec 28 2019 05:31
There appears not to be a thorough, fair-minded history of Jimmy Hoffa anywhere on the internet. So here's one. Hoffa was far from perfect, but he did a lot of good.
Down But Not Out: The Unemployed in Chicago during the Great Depression
Submitted by Marx-lover on Dec 27 2019 00:50
This is a Ph.D. dissertation in the field of U.S. labor history. See www.wrightswriting.com/ for more Marxist scholarship.
Sorry We Missed You: Wage Slavery in the Spotlight
Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 21 2019 10:42
North or South, anyone who’s ever worked as a courier or care/support worker, or grew up in a working class nuclear family household, will have serious déjà vu watching the new Ken Loach film.
Only the Working Class Can Save the Planet
Submitted by Internationalis... on Sep 23 2019 10:03
Only in a communist world without states and borders will human beings be able to really tackle the damage that has been done to their natural surroundings.
Capitalism's New Economy: The Working Class
Submitted by Internationalis... on Sep 10 2019 20:26
On re-reading this piece, what is striking about the picture of the working class in capitalism's self-styled service economy in 2006 is how much it resembles the situation today. After decades of capitalist restructuring in the face of problems stemming from the declining rate of profit (problems by no means confined to the economy of the UK) there are now recognisable constants in the socio-economic profile of the 'restructured' working class.
Zealots and ditherers
Submitted by Gabriel Levy on Aug 15 2019 08:44
The UK government seems hell-bent on crashing out of the European Union without a deal on 31 October. What does this say about the politics of the ruling class?
ANC: The Chosen Party for South African Capitalism
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 29 2019 13:46
The victory of the ANC in the South African election has yet again shown it is the capitalists’ chosen party for running South African capitalism. Its primary role is organising and enforcing the exploitation of the working class even when this means downing strikes in bloodshed as we saw at Marikana in 2012 (see leftcom.org).
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