A 30-year-old Toyota worker who collapsed at one of its plants had died of overwork. It emerged that the man had worked 106 hours of overtime in his final month, most of it unpaid. Unions say that companies generally see working unpaid overtime as a sign of loyalty. Toyota has a reputation for using...
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Lazy Workers?
The “Logic” of the GOP faction of Capitalism
The Republican Party has been arguing against higher wages (esp. for minimum waged workers) because higher wages cause higher prices. They also call for decreased taxes to allow workers to keep more of their pay checks – ie higher wages. By this logic, decreased taxes cause price increases.
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Anarchist FAQ says “WSP Correct”!
Well, they still don’t agree with us, entirely. But this interesting and even handed article discusses how the World Socialists (the “SPGB and its sister parties”) are true to Marx’s politics as opposed to Lenin. The author states: “I’ve spent some time recreating the Marxist theory of the state and comparing it to the...
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ASK! How can socialism become reality?
P.M. writes: “I like the bulk of your ideals. By what means can they become reality? FNB Replies: It’s our position that socialism can become reality when a majority of the population (primarily the working class) desires socialism and rejects capitalism. I understand that sounds a rather simplistic answer. But the capitalist class cannot...
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What Marx Should Have Said To Kropotkin
The following is the transcript of a talk given by Adam Buick to the 1994 Socialist Party of Great Britain Summer School, which was held that year at Ruskin College in Oxford, England. I once read a book which contained a sentence which began “As Marx said to Lenin …” This would not have...
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Hypothetical Case for a Socialist Economic Model:
The calculation of labor-hour cost of producing treated drinking water In proposals for a rudimentary method for calculation labor costs associated with a socialist economy, we operate under the assumption that the labor-hour will be adopted as the unit of choice. This has the strongest tradition in socialist literature, however in the 21st...
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“Socialism is Illogical and Irrational”
“Socialism is Illogical and Irrational” I’ve been told this on a number of occasions when attempting to discuss the pros and cons of socialism and capitalism . . . not that the proponents of that view can offer any evidence that the present system of free-market capitalism is either rational or logical. Theirs is...
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Work as it is (and could be)
“That would never work!” A typical response, I imagine, to the description of a socialist society, where people work because they want to, on a voluntary basis. Such a society would not work, we are told, because no one in it would do any work. However, that view of work as, well, work...
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Green without being Green
October 25th‘s New York Times contained a special full-color insert titled “Corporate Social Responsibility – Designing a Sustainable Future”. The introduction, given by the President and CEO of Business for Social Responsibility Aron Cramer, tells us that “Consumers are paying more attention to the sources of the food they eat and the safety of...
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Socialist Standard – Sept.
Monthly Publication of the Socialist Party of Great Britain since 1904 Featured in this issue: Who controls the world: the Illuminati or the Market? Why do some people think the world is run by a shadowy group called the Illuminati? Who were they? Hot Air Since the 1997 Kyoto Protocol little substantial has been...
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