Month: September 2026

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 →

Marx, Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 1, Section 3: The Value-form, or Exchange-Value: Subsection 3: The General Form of Value, Part 1, The changed character of the form of value

I have created a set of flashcards for the first part of the third subsection of the third section of chapter one of Marx's Capital (see https://quizlet.com/ca/1063840516/flash-cards/). 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: … Continue reading Marx, Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 1, Section 3: The Value-form, or Exchange-Value: Subsection 3: The General Form of Value, Part 1, The changed character of the form of value →

Fair Wages: Another Example of the Ideological Rhetoric of Canadian Unions, Part ???: The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL)

Introduction I was surprised to read an article from Kiri Vadivelu (December 31, 2024, "No to Legislative Strikebreaking! Victory to Postal Workers!") in The Red Review, a "Socialist Action journal." [Socialist Action is an allegedly socialist organization]. Vadivelu was a candidate for mayor in the last municipal elections in Toronto--and I voted for him since he … Continue reading Fair Wages: Another Example of the Ideological Rhetoric of Canadian Unions, Part ???: The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) →