Read this post in English Esta es la conclusión de una serie de publicaciones anteriores sobre el tema. En una publicación anterior, critiqué la afirmación del Sr. Gindin de que la expansión de los servicios educativos implicaría escasez y, por lo tanto, requeriría algún tipo de motivación externa o extrínseca. (El Sr. Gindin es (o … Continue reading El Socialismo, Novena Parte: Una concepción inadecuada de la naturaleza de la libertad y la necesidad, o del tiempo libre y el tiempo necesario, Cuarta Parte: El Arte
Management Rights and the Lack of Criticism of Such Rights Among the Social Democratic Left, Part Fourteen: Private Sector, British Columbia
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 City TV Vancouver & Omni BC Operations, A … Continue reading Management Rights and the Lack of Criticism of Such Rights Among the Social Democratic Left, Part Fourteen: Private Sector, British Columbia
El Socialismo, Novena Parte: Una concepción inadecuada de la naturaleza de la libertad y la necesidad, o del tiempo libre y el tiempo necesario, Tercera Parte: La Educación
Read this post in English [Utilicé ChatGPT (Inteligencia Artificial) para traducir la versión en inglés al español.] Esto es una continuación de una publicación anterior. En una publicación anterior, señalé que el Sr. Gindin afirmó que la expansión de los servicios educativos implicaría escasez y, por lo tanto, requeriría algún tipo de motivación externa o … Continue reading El Socialismo, Novena Parte: Una concepción inadecuada de la naturaleza de la libertad y la necesidad, o del tiempo libre y el tiempo necesario, Tercera Parte: La Educación
The Rate of Exploitation of Workers at Maple Leaf Foods, Or: How Unionized Jobs Are Not Decent or Good Jobs
Introduction In another post I presented the twenty largest employers in Toronto according to level of employment (see A Short List of the Largest Employers in Toronto, Ontario, Canada). I also presented various posts where I calculated the rate of exploitation of such workers (see, for example, The Rate of Exploitation of the Workers of … Continue reading The Rate of Exploitation of Workers at Maple Leaf Foods, Or: How Unionized Jobs Are Not Decent or Good Jobs
El Socialismo, Novena Parte: Una concepción inadecuada de la naturaleza de la libertad y la necesidad, o del tiempo libre y el tiempo necesario, Segunda Parte
Read this post in English [Utilicé ChatGPT (Inteligencia Artificial) para traducir la versión en inglés al español.] Esta es una continuación de una publicación anterior. En una publicación previa, critiqué la opinión del Sr. Gindin de que el ocio es el reino puro de la libertad. (Sam Gindin es (o fue) el director del Comité … Continue reading El Socialismo, Novena Parte: Una concepción inadecuada de la naturaleza de la libertad y la necesidad, o del tiempo libre y el tiempo necesario, Segunda Parte
Economics for Social Democrats–But Not for the Working Class, Part Six: Collective Bargaining
In the following, I provide a series of examples taken from the Internet that illustrate that Mr. Stanford, a former economist for the Canadian Auto Workers union (now Unifor) and author of the book Economics for Everyone: A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism, expresses a social-democratic or social-reformist position. It is meant to … Continue reading Economics for Social Democrats–But Not for the Working Class, Part Six: Collective Bargaining
El Socialismo, Novena Parte: Una concepción inadecuada de la naturaleza de la libertad y la necesidad, o del tiempo libre y el tiempo necesario, Primera Parte
Read this post in English [Utilicé ChatGPT (Inteligencia Artificial) para traducir la versión en inglés al español.] Esta es una continuación de publicaciones anteriores sobre el tema de la naturaleza del socialismo: una sociedad que busca la abolición del poder de los empleadores como clase y la apropiación inicial de los requisitos necesarios para controlar … Continue reading El Socialismo, Novena Parte: Una concepción inadecuada de la naturaleza de la libertad y la necesidad, o del tiempo libre y el tiempo necesario, Primera Parte
Should Not the Radical Left Take into Account the Attitude of Workers Towards Their Own Jobs? Part Four, The Case of General Motors 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 Four, The Case of General Motors Workers
Swedish Dockworkers Vote to Block Military Shipments to and from Israel
The following is from Labor Notes (January 14, 2025,Katy Fox-Hodess and Rafeef Ziadah) (https://labornotes.org/blogs/2025/01/swedish-dockworkers-vote-block-military-shipments-and-israel?fbclid=IwY2xjawH198RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYBqKDOzrnyPWhG71A02_ZzzcEEBTBYmXRnIvI7KawSOgIbXYB0MjLfU3A_aem_KVJWpcV5T6JiIC6owJG-2Q),I stated a long time ago that only a coordinated effort to stop arming Israel (in various ways) could stop the genocide. Had this and other efforts occurred much earlier, in a coordinated international effort, then the genocide may have halted in … Continue reading Swedish Dockworkers Vote to Block Military Shipments to and from Israel
Management Rights and the Lack of Criticism of Such Rights Among the Social Democratic Left, Part Thirteen: Public Sector, Alberta
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 City of Medicine Hat and the Canadian … Continue reading Management Rights and the Lack of Criticism of Such Rights Among the Social Democratic Left, Part Thirteen: Public Sector, Alberta
The Abolitionary 