Tag: John Clarke

In the Context of a Strike, a Focus on the Extreme Pay of Executives is Legitimate

John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, recently posted the following on Facebook: John Clarke Someone should make a movie about this. I have pointed out that leftists should not focus on individuals who are rich in the struggle against the power of the class of employers since it is not … Continue reading In the Context of a Strike, a Focus on the Extreme Pay of Executives is Legitimate →

Election of So-Called Progressives Requires More, Not Less, Organization of the Left

John Clarke, former major organizer of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted this on Facebook: In my column for Canadian Dimension this month, I argue that the election of Olivia Chow as Toronto Mayor calls, not for passivity, but for intensified community resistance and social mobilization. https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/cheers-for-chow-must-be-accompanied-by-vigilance?fbclid=IwAR17XNekbUm5L5sG1M6WaZLsNJDAhFAxHdyg-1W2IxSNrC2uamFtmA9Ba5k Unfortunately, although there are some like … Continue reading Election of So-Called Progressives Requires More, Not Less, Organization of the Left →

Oppressive Capitalist State Apparatus: Accidental or Necessary?

John Clarke, former major organizer of Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted the following on Facebook: John Clarke 2h ·    Within 50 years of the arrival of Columbus in the 'New World,' the Catholic Church conducted a debate on whether or not Indigenous people of the Americas had immortal souls. Under the dominant belief … Continue reading Oppressive Capitalist State Apparatus: Accidental or Necessary? →

Con Artists on the Left–Or Are They on the Right?

John Clarke, former major organizer of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, posted the following on Facebook a couple of days ago: John Clarke rsdoSnptoehth28hhmJMgl0g1513c8:Auugut0a4f18f70y3u31u4f0c ·  Not long after OCAP got started in the early 90s, I got an invitation to talk about our struggles at a community meeting in a small town in eastern Ontario. The … Continue reading Con Artists on the Left–Or Are They on the Right? →

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.

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 →