Capitalism
Capitalism, Class, media, News, police, Politics
Why We Can’t Breathe
What is the significance of the mass movement of social protest? A powerful and moving commentary from the group Internationalist Perspective.
Capitalism, Class, News, police, Politics
“When the Looting Starts, the Shooting Starts”
Who and what do the police protect? Three articles on the Black Lives Matter movement from the July 2020 issue of The Socialist Standard
Capitalism, Economics, healthcare, Science
A Cure for COVID-19: A Profit-making Strategy
Interim results of trials of the drug Remdesivir on Covid-19 patients are very encouraging. But could the drug be reaching those who desperately need it more quickly?
Capitalism, Class, Economics, Environment, healthcare, Marxism
The Virus and the Money-tree
A Marxian analysis of the pandemic, its origin, and its economic impact. Reposted from the magazine Internationalist Perspective.
Green Capitalism?
What if there was a way to make capitalism environmentally friendly and more economically robust, in a way that benefited workers in particular? Liberals like Bernie Sanders and congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are claiming that a ‘Green New Deal’ would do just that. Can it? Or is it the very nature of capitalism that makes it so destructive to the environment?
Capitalism, Economics, Housing
Sleeping Pods
As rents soar and swallow up more and more of the earnings of working people, landlords face a problem -- how to pack an increasing number of tenants into a given space. A San Francisco developer has the answer.
Capitalism, Economics, Environment, Marxism
Hope or Hoax: Reflections on the Green New Deal
Can a Green New Deal within capitalism resolve the climate crisis? The author of this article, reproduced from the journal Internationalist Perspective, argues that any such program would be either inadequate or incompatible with the capitalist drive for growth.
Piling up Manure: The Psychology of Wealth Accumulation
"Money is like manure. If you spread it around, it does a lot of good, but if you pile it up in one place, it stinks like hell." Who said that?
