Read this post in English [Utilicé ChatGPT (Inteligencia Artificial) para traducir la versión en inglés al español.] Here is the Spanish translation, preserving the structure and links, and without adding bold formatting: Tuve un debate en la página de Facebook del Toronto Airport Workers Council (TAWC), una organización creada para facilitar la comunicación y las … Continue reading Los silencios de la izquierda socialdemócrata sobre los criterios que utiliza en relación con la salud y la seguridad
Marx, Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 1, Section 4: The Fetishism of the Commodity and its Secret: Part 3
I have created a set of flashcards for the third part of the fourth section of chapter one of Marx's Capital, on Commodity Fetishism (see ???). There are also previous flashcards for the earlier section of chapter 1 on that site (as well as on this blog). Here is a copy of the flashcards: 1. … Continue reading Marx, Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 1, Section 4: The Fetishism of the Commodity and its Secret: Part 3
Marx, Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 1, Section 3: The Value-form, or Exchange-Value: Subsection2: The total or expanded or form of value: Part 3, Defects of the total or expanded form of value
I have created a set of flashcards for that part of the third section of chapter 1 of Marx's Capital, volume 1, Section 3: The Value-form, or Exchange-Value, Subsection 2: The Total or Expanded Form of Value: Part 3, Defects of the total or expanded form of value (see https://quizlet.com/gt/1056758024/flash-cards/?funnelUUID=a120c121-9b31-4d2b-a3cf-08a07d17be99). There are also previous flashcards … Continue reading Marx, Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 1, Section 3: The Value-form, or Exchange-Value: Subsection2: The total or expanded or form of value: Part 3, Defects of the total or expanded form of value
A Lack of Working-Class Conciousness Among Workers and Some Proposed Solutions, Part One
Introduction My experience with workers has been that workers rarely if ever think about why they and other workers have to work for an employer--they experience a lack of class consciousness. In this series of posts, I am simply going to assemble a series of quotes from various authors about this situation, with my own … Continue reading A Lack of Working-Class Conciousness Among Workers and Some Proposed Solutions, Part One
Should Not the Radical Left Take into Account the Attitude of Workers Towards Their Own Jobs? Part Fifteen, The Case of Telus Workers
Introduction One of the few things that I agree with the academic leftist Jeff Noonan, professor of philosophy at the University of Windsor, Ontario, is that leftists must start where workers are at: Political engagement begins from trying to understand where people are coming from. But where people are coming from can be interpreted in … Continue reading Should Not the Radical Left Take into Account the Attitude of Workers Towards Their Own Jobs? Part Fifteen, The Case of Telus Workers
Los empleadores como dictadores, tercera parte
Read this post in English [Utilicé ChatGPT (Inteligencia Artificial) para traducir la versión en inglés al español.] Here is the Spanish translation, preserving the political and argumentative tone of the original. La izquierda socialdemócrata de Toronto, sin duda al igual que los reformistas socialdemócratas de todo el mundo, continúa ignorando las críticas a su intento … Continue reading Los empleadores como dictadores, tercera parte
The Real World of the Rule of Law, Part 10: The So-Called Right to Consult a Lawyer Before Questioning to Protect a Person Taken to a Police Station
Introduction As some of the left fall all over themseves referring to the genocide in Gaza and the West Bank as a breach of international law without gaining any criticial distancing from the limitations of "the law," , the actual nature of law and its procedural acrobatics lies hidden. It is better to remind workers, … Continue reading The Real World of the Rule of Law, Part 10: The So-Called Right to Consult a Lawyer Before Questioning to Protect a Person Taken to a Police Station
Una breve lista de los mayores empleadores de Toronto, Ontario, Canadá
Read this post in English [Utilicé ChatGPT (Inteligencia Artificial) para traducir la versión en inglés al español.] Cuando formaba parte de una organización de izquierda llamada Toronto Labour Committee (Ontario, Canadá), colaboré, desde una posición bastante menor, en la elaboración de algunas estadísticas relacionadas con las contribuciones financieras a las campañas electorales de Toronto. Al … Continue reading Una breve lista de los mayores empleadores de Toronto, Ontario, Canadá
The Broadbent Institute: A Social-Democratic or Social-Reformist Institution Full of Cliches
Introduction On August 8, 2025, I received a phone call from a man representing the Broadbent Institute, perhaps because I signed one of their petitions (I really do not remember if I did). The man tried to convince me that the institute worked for "positive change" (a cliche who used frequently). He then shifted his … Continue reading The Broadbent Institute: A Social-Democratic or Social-Reformist Institution Full of Cliches
Resistencia de los trabajadores contra la dirección, cuarta parte
Read this post in English [Utilicé ChatGPT (Inteligencia Artificial) para traducir la versión en inglés al español.] Esta es una continuación de una serie de publicaciones sobre la resistencia de los trabajadores. El siguiente texto fue escrito por Herman Rosenfeld. Como formaba parte de un curso que él, Jordan House y yo impartimos para trabajadores … Continue reading Resistencia de los trabajadores contra la dirección, cuarta parte
