Capitalism

Capitalism, Class, Work

Is Employment a Form of Slavery?

Socialists like to talk about 'wage slavery' and 'wage slaves.' But surely it is unreasonable to treat employment for a wage or salary as a form of slavery?

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Capitalism, Work

Power Saws: Safety and Profit

Power saws can be equipped with a safety device that reliably prevents serious accidents. But most of them are not.

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Capitalism, Environment, Socialism

Global Heating and Socialism

The author formulates alternative long-range scenarios for human survival or extinction in the context of global heating. What are the prospects of 'green capitalism'? What does the climate crisis imply for our thinking about socialism?

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Capitalism, Economics, Environment, News

Climate: Up Against the ‘Growth Machine’ of Capital

In fighting to survive as a species in a bearable climate, we are up against a broad range of capitalist interests. Ultimately we shall need to halt the endlessly expanding 'growth machine' of capitalism.

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Capitalism, Human Nature, Marxism, Politics, Socialism

‘Revolution, Not Reform’ by Jordan Levi

In this pamphlet, Jordan Levi explains why reforms within capitalism can't solve the main problems facing humanity and why we need to replace it with socialism.

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Capitalism, Economics, Environment, Work

The Strange Existence of Las Vegas

What sense does it make for a big city to exist in the middle of a scorching desert? What contribution does Las Vegas make to human wellbeing?

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Capitalism, Class

Contrasts: On Yachts and Tropical Diseases

The resources spent by a billionaire on a single residence or yacht would suffice to eradicate trachoma -- a painful tropical eye disease that leads to blindness.

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Capitalism, News

Plane Crashes: Profit Before People

John Ayers of the Socialist Party of Canada examines how capitalist firms put profit before people, taking plane crashes as examples of the tragic consequences. But, he explains, capitalist firms HAVE to operate that way.

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Capitalism, Environment

Anton Pannekoek: The Destruction of Nature

A recently rediscovered essay by an early 20th century socialist theorist demonstrates that ecological thinking has always been part of the socialist worldview.

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Capitalism, Class, Human Nature, War

Impressions on Returning to a Strange Native Land

I have lived more years in Japan than in my native country, the United States. My impressions of American life come from visiting Chicago for a couple ...

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