Class
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, 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.
The Black Death Stalks the USA
Are police killings of unarmed citizens a matter of race, class, or both?
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?
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?
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.
Bernie Sanders and Workers Control
The idea of “workers’ control” or “industrial democracy” is now being discussed in American political circles. Even some of the more far-sighted employers now support the idea ...
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 ...
