El Socialismo, Cómo Podría Ser o Visiones de un Tipo de Sociedad Mejor Sin Patronos, Cuarta Parte

Read this post in English [Utilicé ChatGPT (Inteligencia Artificial) para traducir la versión en inglés al español.] Lo siguiente es una continuación de publicaciones anteriores sobre la posible naturaleza del socialismo que excluye el poder de los empleadores como clase. A continuación, Tony Smith desarrolla la naturaleza democrática del lugar de trabajo, que está sujeto … Continue reading El Socialismo, Cómo Podría Ser o Visiones de un Tipo de Sociedad Mejor Sin Patronos, Cuarta Parte →

Management Rights and the Lack of Criticism of Such Rights Among the Social Democratic Left, Part Eleven: Public Sector, Manitoba

Introduction The following is the continuation of a series that illustrates the common power of management over workers in unionized settings (and of course in non-unionized settings). The power or employers to dictate to workers is hardly confined to Canada, of course. Various countries dominated by the class of employers have the right to dictate … Continue reading Management Rights and the Lack of Criticism of Such Rights Among the Social Democratic Left, Part Eleven: Public Sector, Manitoba →

El Socialismo, Cómo Podría Ser o Visiones de un Tipo de Sociedad Mejor Sin Patronos, Tercera Parte

Read this post in English [Utilicé ChatGPT (Inteligencia Artificial) para traducir la versión en inglés al español.] La siguiente es una continuación de una publicación anterior (El Socialismo, Cómo Podría Ser o Visiones de un Tipo de Sociedad Mejor Sin Patronos, Segunda Parte), sobre la naturaleza del socialismo, que es una solución a los problemas … Continue reading El Socialismo, Cómo Podría Ser o Visiones de un Tipo de Sociedad Mejor Sin Patronos, Tercera Parte →

Economics for Social Democrats–but Not for the Working Class, Part Five: Critique of His View that Workers Sell Their Labour (Time): Part Two

Introduction In a previous post, I criticized the social-reformist economist (and former economist for the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW, now Unifor), Jim Stanford, who argues that what workers sell is their labour (time) (see Economics for Social Democrats–but Not for the Working Class, Part Five: Critique of Jim Stanford’s View that Workers Sell Their Labour … Continue reading Economics for Social Democrats–but Not for the Working Class, Part Five: Critique of His View that Workers Sell Their Labour (Time): Part Two →

Critical Education Articles Placed in the Teacher Staff Lounge While I Was a Teacher, Part Thirty-Four (Last Part): A Critique of an Attempt to Identify Dewey’s Progressive Educational Theory with Modern School Practice

This is the final post of a series of posts on summaries of articles, mainly on education. When I was a French teacher at Ashern Central School, in Ashern, Manitoba, Canada, I started to place critiques, mainly (although not entirely) of the current school system. At first, I merely printed off the articles, but then … Continue reading Critical Education Articles Placed in the Teacher Staff Lounge While I Was a Teacher, Part Thirty-Four (Last Part): A Critique of an Attempt to Identify Dewey’s Progressive Educational Theory with Modern School Practice →

Another Example of Union Ideology Concerning a “Fair Contract” and “Fair Wages”: The Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 831

I came across the following, which provides further evidence of how unions use the concept of "fair wages" to paint over the oppression and exploitation of workers (see https://springmag.ca/municipal-workers-in-brampton-are-striking-for-fair-wages): By Santiago Moran-Izquierdo On November 7, after nine months of negotiations and nine proposals rejected by their employer, City of Brampton workers started their strike. CUPE … Continue reading Another Example of Union Ideology Concerning a “Fair Contract” and “Fair Wages”: The Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 831 →

El Socialismo, Cómo Podría Ser o Visiones de un Tipo de Sociedad Mejor Sin Patronos, Segunda Parte

Read this post in English [Utilicé ChatGPT (Inteligencia Artificial) para traducir la versión en inglés al español.] A continuación se presenta la continuación de una publicación anterior (El Socialismo, Cómo Podría Ser o Visiones de un Tipo de Sociedad Mejor Sin Patronos, Primera Parte) sobre la naturaleza del socialismo, que constituye una solución a problemas … Continue reading El Socialismo, Cómo Podría Ser o Visiones de un Tipo de Sociedad Mejor Sin Patronos, Segunda Parte →

The Poverty of Academic Leftism, Part Eleven: Superficial Rejection of Aiming for a Socialist Society in the Present by Idealizing the Rule of Law in the Present: Part One

Introduction Jeff Noonan, supposedly a Marxist philosopher, in a recent post (https://www.jeffnoonan.org/?p=5864#comments) has the following to say on his blog: Practically speaking, there are no revolutionary movements of any consequence. So the question is: what does one do right now: abstractly condemn the rule of law as a bourgeois subterfuge? Or criticise the reality of … Continue reading The Poverty of Academic Leftism, Part Eleven: Superficial Rejection of Aiming for a Socialist Society in the Present by Idealizing the Rule of Law in the Present: Part One →

Management Rights and the Lack of Criticism of Such Rights Among the Social Democratic Left, Part Ten: Private Sector, Ontario, Canada

Introduction The power or employers to dictate to workers is hardly confined to Canada, of course. Various countries dominated by the class of employers have the right to dictate to workers except as limited by the collective agreement (and, of course, certain legislative acts). Collective Agreement Between the Carpenters' Employer Bargaining Agency (E.B.A.) and the … Continue reading Management Rights and the Lack of Criticism of Such Rights Among the Social Democratic Left, Part Ten: Private Sector, Ontario, Canada →