Know Thy Class Enemy: Not as Easy as it Sounds

John Clarke, former major organizer of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted on Facebook: John Clarke I commented yesterday on the quantity of ads I was getting that sought to convert me to Christianity. Then, to my horror, I got one urging me to love my enemies. There are actually some moral propositions … Continue reading Know Thy Class Enemy: Not as Easy as it Sounds →

Denial of Human Beings’ Biological Nature Typical in a Society Dominated by a Class of Employers

John Clarke, former organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), posted this recently on Facebook: Utterly monstrous. https://www.rawstory.com/texas-scraps-water-break-law-for-construction-workers-as-heat-bakes/?fbclid=IwAR2pqHyDekp0kfiGp_MCTrk6ZJpsj1ss8u2dJypf2QUok6vEraI0bN2SFtU The article above has to due with the elimination of a law which gave construction workers the right to a water break in some cities in Texas. Given the heat waves, such a situation is in … Continue reading Denial of Human Beings’ Biological Nature Typical in a Society Dominated by a Class of Employers →

Safety (and Undoubtedly Other Issues) Often a Function of the Level of Class Struggle

John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, posted the following several months ago on Facebook: John Clarke dotsprneSo6thc2iMatah20171t 4mgt9h92fhc7m9469lc4c1f5rt6a2h9u · In the early 1980s, not long after I came to Canada, I worked at a factory in London, Ontario. I had to have an operation, after some wire I was winding on a … Continue reading Safety (and Undoubtedly Other Issues) Often a Function of the Level of Class Struggle →

Forces of the Real Class Enemy: The Police

John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, recently posted this on Facebook: John Clarke sporSotdneug6mgu5am2m l2730c420f9f,yJ9h050u3i2 6a0317140a4lu · “When I see an actual flesh-and-blood worker in conflict with his natural enemy, the policeman, I do not have to ask myself which side I am on.” George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia.

Once Again on Basic Income

John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted the following on Facebook: John Clarke 53m · I confess that, though I have done a lot of work on trying to draw out the harmful role of basic income, I hadn't properly considered how this applies to the Global South. This … Continue reading Once Again on Basic Income →

Left Libertarians Versus Socialists

John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), posted the following on Facebook recently: John Clarke 22h · The problem with ideas like this is that they fail to acknowledge the realities of a capitalist society or the balance of class forces within it. The contradictions and crises of this society and … Continue reading Left Libertarians Versus Socialists →

The Police and Racism in France (and Undoutedly Elsewhere), Part Three: Police Unions as Pseudo-Unions

John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, recently posted the following on Facebook: John Clarke A very interesting article but two things to point out. Firstly, we really shouldn't accept that the bodies that represent the interests of those in the ranks of the police are unions in any meaningful sense. … Continue reading The Police and Racism in France (and Undoutedly Elsewhere), Part Three: Police Unions as Pseudo-Unions →

The Police and Racism in France (and Undoutedly Elsewhere), Part Two: A Tale of Deja Vu

John Clarke, former major organizer of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, posted the following recently on Facebook: John Clarke A very interesting look at the social explosion in France that the racist police killing has unleashed. https://www.counterfire.org/article/the-difference-a-riot-makes-taking-on-the-racist-police-in-france/

The Police and Racism in France (and Undoutedly Elsewhere), Part One: Tactics

John Clarke, former organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted the following on Facebook: John Clarke · If a riot is the language of the unheard what do we make of the words that are ringing out on the streets in France at the moment? To the racist cops immediately responsible for … Continue reading The Police and Racism in France (and Undoutedly Elsewhere), Part One: Tactics →

Realistic Expectations from Social Democrats or Social Reformers Elected to Political Positions: The Need to Organize and Provide Pressure from Below

John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP, posted this recently on Facebook: John Clark I think back many years to the night that the Bob Rae NDP government was elected in Ontario in the early 90s. I went to one of the victory parties and the sense of joy and … Continue reading Realistic Expectations from Social Democrats or Social Reformers Elected to Political Positions: The Need to Organize and Provide Pressure from Below →