Catholicism has historically stood in firm opposition to both capitalism and Marxism, but recent comments in influential quarters indicate compromise. What is often obscured since Vatican II is tha...
Another entry in the publisher's redesign of its old Literary A to Z series, this one an update of the volume on Dickens published in 1998. Following a seven-page biography, separate sections deal ...
We shall start by recalling the fundamental structural tendencies of
monopoly capitalism in Western Europe in order to locate the
phenomenon of immigration within this specific social and economic
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From high finance to peak oil, to climate change, the world is seeing a convergence of numerous crises. We join the dots and look to the future. Part 1
In "Stuntman Mike, Simulation, and Sadism," Aaron C. Anderson shows that the structure of Death Proof is about "moving away from memory," from the pained atmosphere of the first half (a moody and s...
Referred to in Prof. Steven Yates 25-page article "The Four Cardinal Errors," the following is Terry Hayfield's article discussing the "Permanent Revolution."
The on-going World War on Terrorism, ...
I wrote this essay for my History of World Civilization Class. It is an essay capitalism, comparing Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations and Karl Marx and Frederick Engels' The Communist Manifesto.
Frankly, I get a real charge from writing about the terribly anal sexually frustrated Republican males of America.
To this day I do not understand how the Republicans in Congress procreate. It mus...
When it comes to believing that business can be profitable and environmentally sensitive, cynics abound on both sides. But in Lean and Green, Pamela Gordon proves that capitalism and environmentali...
Is it fundamentally greedy and immoral, enabling the rich to get richer? Are free markets Darwinian places where the most ruthless crush smaller competitors, where vital products and services are p...
Abstract: In recent years, a small but growing radical intellectual movement has gained a degree of prominence. The members of this loosely defined group are very dissatisfied with the power of th...
Socialist Standard magazine November 2009 -
Front cover: ‘Twenty years beyond the Berlin Wall’
Editorial – ‘Socialism Was Never Tried’
Features
‘The fall of “communism”: Why so peaceful?’
Twen...
Four Cardinal Errors, as I will call them, have all but destroyed our original Republic, dating from July 4, 1776 with the Declaration of Independence.
Error One: the Republic failed to gain fu...
“People don’t seem to realize it that it is not like we’re on the Titanic and we have to avoid the iceberg,” says Rob Watson, CEO and Chief Scientist of The EcoTech International Group. “We’ve alr...