Reflections on Mark Fisher's Essay on "Capitalist Realism"
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jun 16 2020 15:35
Fisher's book on Capitalist Realism remains a popular reference point for many would be anti-capitalists in the UK. As such, we have decided to translate this new review from our comrades in Italy, where the book has only recently been published. See also our reviews of Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work and Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future by authors from a similar milieu.
The Pickles Papers
In October 1988 Eric Pickles and his Tory group took control of Bradford Council with a radical programme designed to "wipe out municipal socialism forever". The story behind the "Bradford Revolution" is the story of Eric Pickles - now an ambitious Tory M.P. and shadow minister with a safe seat. It is a story of intrigue and double-dealing, ambition and power, sex and money, conspiracy and corruption, betrayal and blackmail! Taken from the 1 in 12 Publications archive.
Finding Our Compass: Reflections on a World in Crisis
An 'experimental' book that touches on a wide range of topics while maintaining a grounding in left-wing philosophies.
The Commoner #7: The "governance" of Imposed Scarcity
Issue 7 of The Commoner magazine
GM's plant closures stink of corruption on so many levels
Submitted by Soapy on Mar 25 2019 15:52
Investors and top executives have used profits at GM to enrich themselves for years, while insisting mass layoffs are an unavoidable fact of economics.
Thoughts on the strike of Albanian students last winter
Submitted by Mumakil on Mar 20 2019 08:50
During the last months of the passing year, a rather important event has unfolded in my home-country of Albania. This event is none other than the student strike launched against the legislation passed by the Rama government with regard to third-degree education. This law aims to introduce a complete restructuring of the prevailing situation in the sphere of higher education, in favor of private educational institutions. The strong presence of students in the street, with the organization of many protests against the ministry of education, the government and the state, begins on March 4, 2018, and continued until February, with a small pause in their activity during the turn of the year.
Links to PDFs of 96 left-wing books
Here's a list (taken from wrightswriting.com) of some good leftist books. Click on the titles for the PDFs. It's a somewhat arbitrary list, but I tried to keep it confined to fairly easy-to-read books, not overly theoretical or abstruse ones that might leave the beginning reader bewildered. I've been unable to find PDFs of certain excellent works, unfortunately. You can also check out the extraordinary footnotes to Chomsky's Understanding Power, which have informative excerpts from hundreds of books. .
Thoughts on overcoming despair
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. But perhaps even some cautious optimism of the intellect, too?
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