Introduction On January 13, 2024 (after some technical difficulty in entering into the webinar--I reregistered in order to do so), I attended a webinar sponsored by Labour for Palestine Canada, titled "Worker to Worker Solidarity : The role of unions in fighting Israeli apartheid." The video is available on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCHAgqCrJPA). The Nature and Content … Continue reading Some Questions about a Webinar On the Palestinian Genocide, or: Why Not Try to Connect Up Particular Events with the Class Issue?
Month: January 2024
Economics for Social Democrats–but Not for the Working Class, Part Five: Critique of Jim Stanford’s View that Workers Sell Their Labour (Time): Part One
Introduction This is a continuation of an initial critique of views of the social-democratic economist, Jim Stanford. In a previous post on this topic, I showed that Mr. Stanford's background and his nationalist idealization of Canada indicate that he likely adopts a social-democratic view of the world (see Economics for Social Democrats–but Not for the Working … Continue reading Economics for Social Democrats–but Not for the Working Class, Part Five: Critique of Jim Stanford’s View that Workers Sell Their Labour (Time): Part One
Pointing Out the Superexploitation of Workers Still Requires Connections to the Regular and Unacknowledged Exploitation of Workers
I was surprised to see the following recent Facebook post by John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), without any comments: The brand name companies profit from exploitation and brutality but contract out the messy details to local enforcers. From The Guardian. Leading fashion brands including Barbour and PVH, which … Continue reading Pointing Out the Superexploitation of Workers Still Requires Connections to the Regular and Unacknowledged Exploitation of Workers
The International Rule of Law and Legitimacy of the Class Power of Employers
John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted the following on Facebook: It has long been clear that the 'international rule of law' is a farce and that the existing world order operates on the basis of a hierarchy of human life. There has always been some effort, however, … Continue reading The International Rule of Law and Legitimacy of the Class Power of Employers
Another Example of the Limits of the Law, or Legal Reasoning
Introduction It is amazing how the so-called radical left refer to international law without qualification when they try to defend Palestine against Israel (see for example The Limitations of a Union Position–and Much of the Left– with Respect to the Israel-Palestine Conflict: The Idealization of International Law). Legal Opposition to a Particular Infringement of Civil … Continue reading Another Example of the Limits of the Law, or Legal Reasoning
Management Rights and the Lack of Criticism of Such Rights Among the Social Democratic Left, Part One: Regional Cancer Centres Employers Association
Introduction At the beginning of writing this blog, I wrote up some posts that focused on the management-rights clause of collective agreements between a union and an employer in order to demonstrate the limitations of collective bargaining and collective agreements. I then integrated the issue of management rights into an anlaysis of the rate of … Continue reading Management Rights and the Lack of Criticism of Such Rights Among the Social Democratic Left, Part One: Regional Cancer Centres Employers Association
Social Democrats Call for the “Transformation” of the Police Force: Radicals Call for Its Abolition: Canadian Police Violence 2023
The following was recently posted by John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, on Facebook: The lethal approach to 'public safety.' From mediacoop. At least 97 people had their lives taken through police actions in 2023. This comes after a December in which at least 12 people were killed in police … Continue reading Social Democrats Call for the “Transformation” of the Police Force: Radicals Call for Its Abolition: Canadian Police Violence 2023
Canadian Peace Activists and Workers Coordinate to Disrupt the Shipment of Arms to Israel by Zim, a Capitalist Employer
The following was posted on the Socialist Project website: Coordinated Actions by Peace Activists Across Canada Disrupt Israeli Cargo Shipping Company Zim By World BEYOND War, December 14, 2023On Monday December 11, Zim, Israel’s largest cargo shipping company, was disrupted across the country of Canada. Zim offices in Montreal and Toronto were taken over by … Continue reading Canadian Peace Activists and Workers Coordinate to Disrupt the Shipment of Arms to Israel by Zim, a Capitalist Employer
Leftist Radicals Who Refer to Human Rights Abuses and the Abuse of International Law: Should Such References Be Criticized?
References to human rights and international law seem to be in vogue by the radical left these days. Thus, John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, posted the following recently on Facebook: Imagine if a regime Washington was hostile to had carried out 1% of the human rights abuses and violations … Continue reading Leftist Radicals Who Refer to Human Rights Abuses and the Abuse of International Law: Should Such References Be Criticized?
The Abolitionary 