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 →