Wealth Tax: Expropriation of the Rich or Capitalist Smokescreen?
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 16 2021 15:16
As the bourgeoisie wracks its brains for solutions to this epochal crisis, the tax lever has become one of the main tools that left reformists believe will end capitalist aggression and bring substantial benefits to the depleted pockets of the proletariat.
MMT: A Bankrupt Theory for a Bankrupt Capitalism
Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 13 2020 01:42
Review: The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and How to Build a Better Economy by Stephanie Kelton (published by John Murray, 2020).
Against Police Reform - For the Abolition of Capitalism
Submitted by Internationalis... on Sep 5 2020 21:09
Just as this piece was ready to go online, yet another blatant police shooting of a black US citizen in full sight has triggered angry protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Jacob Blake has been left paralysed from the waist down. Added to the re-run of nightime curfews, tooled-up police and National Guard lining up against protesters came a follower of "Blue Lives Matter": 17 year old Kyle Rittenhouse, with loaded rifle, promptly shot three people, killing two of them.
The Left, Still Clinging onto Gramsci
Submitted by Internationalis... on Apr 16 2020 17:28
If we take this opportunity to criticise Gramsci’s "thought", it is because it is back in fashion with layers of intellectuals dedicated to reworking socio-political "categories" that Gramsci's idealism left as a legacy to his followers.
Repormer At Pulitiko
Submitted by Bandilang Itim on Mar 17 2020 14:47
A translation of Alexander Berkman's “Reformer and Politician” from What is Communist Anarchism?
Destroying Our Planet... Sustainably
Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 10 2020 17:01
As this article goes to press (December 2019), the bush fires that have been raging for weeks through six Australian states, from Queensland to Western Australia, have consumed 12.5 million acres of land and the death toll is mounting. They continue to wreak disaster as record-breaking temperatures average over 400C.
Can Capitalist Reform Save The Environment?
Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 27 2020 15:28
The Stockholm Resilience Centre has recently identified a number of key issues which are becoming catastrophic for life on Earth. Climate change is only one of them but it’s top of the list.
Against Pacifism
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 24 2020 21:19
Of the many utopian positions widespread in the left today, some of the most persistent – and misguided – are various manifestations of pacifism. At its core, this type of thinking can be reduced to a single fundamental assumption: that the atrocities of imperialist war can be overcome and allayed without the disappearance of class society.
Italy: On the Sardines Movement
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 14 2020 19:38
What emerges, even among its younger representatives who are less involved in roles of responsibility, is the fact that politically speaking the Left has "abandoned" the poorest social strata and in every respect embraces the economic logic of the world in which we live.
Every Vote for Labour is a Vote for Capitalism
Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 1 2019 13:42
For those not fortunate to have been born with a silver spoon in their mouth and happy with the status quo, who want to see change, the task of finding a political home is no mean feat. For many the answer is obvious enough. It may be a simple ”Leave the EU” or “Get the Tories out”. But for many workers, Corbyn and his Labour Party represent the way out.
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