Social Democracy: Useful for Certain Forms of Resistance but Not for Any Alternative Vision of Society

Introduction On September 25, 2023, I attended, along with around 8,000 others, the protest at Queen's Park, Toronto, against the privatization of health services Having had cancer twice (the third time of metastatic liver cancer is not considered a separate case of cancer), I would have had to declare bankruptcy if health services were privatized. … Continue reading Social Democracy: Useful for Certain Forms of Resistance but Not for Any Alternative Vision of Society →

Implied Management Rights in a Collective Agreement in Mexico: Workers’ Obligations and Prohibitions

When looking at collective agreements in Mexico, I was unable to find a readily available management rights clause. Perhaps there are some, and if anyone has information concerning them, please make a comment so that I can incorporate them into this blog. However, perhaps Mexican management rights are expressed in a different way. The obligations … Continue reading Implied Management Rights in a Collective Agreement in Mexico: Workers’ Obligations and Prohibitions →

Health Care: Socialist versus Capitalist Nationalization

Since the coronavirus and health care are undoubtedly on the minds of many people throughout the world, I thought it appropriate to do a bit of research on socialist health care versus present capitalist health-care systems. Health care even in a nationalized context can easily be an expression of oppression and exploitation. The idealization of … Continue reading Health Care: Socialist versus Capitalist Nationalization →

The Poverty of Academic Leftism, Part Five: Middle-Class Delusions

This is a continuation of a critique of an academic leftist (aka academic historical materialist), the philosopher Jeff Noonan. As noted in a previous post, Professor Noonan makes the following statement in relation to employees at a university (from Thinkings 4: Collected Interventions, Readings, Evocations, 2014-2015, page 13): Instead, all members of the institution– faculty, librarians, … Continue reading The Poverty of Academic Leftism, Part Five: Middle-Class Delusions →