Amazon’s Exploitation and Super-exploitation of Workers: Both are Exploitation

John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition of Poverty, posted the following on Facebook yesterday: John Clarke "Amazon’s use of ‘seasonal’ work is a strategy to save on labour costs and deny workers their rightful benefits and security. The white badge system is a cleverly disguised mechanism of worker exploitation, masquerading under the … Continue reading Amazon’s Exploitation and Super-exploitation of Workers: Both are Exploitation →

How the Left Can Easily Become the Right, Or: How the Left Can Turn into its Opposite

John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalitaiton Against Poverty (OCAP, posted this on Facebook: The failure to distinguish between reactionary rage and the stirring of working class resistance has emerged as a source of political disorientation. The fascist led 'trucker convoy' in Canada produced a veritable crop of such nonsense. https://libcom.org/article/how-christian-parenti-got-class-wrong-learned-talk-trump-and-lost-his-mind-autopsy?fbclid=IwAR0fKMoCqlulolsChJdLNzAh8GJjDwgRhPRcQcVln4MZjgAx9Yom9T46ECo

A Problem of the Transition to Socialism: The Relation between Less Developed and More Developed Capitalist Countries

John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, recently posted the following: John Clarke There are general considerations that come into play when we consider how a socialist society would develop. Obviously, no detailed blueprint can be drawn up ahead of time but there are obvious questions that would have to be … Continue reading A Problem of the Transition to Socialism: The Relation between Less Developed and More Developed Capitalist Countries →

Guilty Until Proven Innocent? Or Innocent Until Proven Guilty–With Strings (and Money) Attached?

John Clarke, former major organizer of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, twittered the following: Class based and racist to its core, the #bail system warehouses those supposedly innocent until proven guilty. Even when conditions of release are granted, they're often petty and needless restrictions. The effort to make this worse is quite appalling. https://www.readthemaple.com/tightened-bail-restrictions-unlikely-to-curb-violent-crime-experts-warn/?ref=maple-digest-news-newsletter

The Ideology of Meritocracy, the Poor and Prison

John Clarke, former major organizer of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, had this to say rcently about meritocarcy, poverty and prison: I've noted before that during the times I spent in jail it always struck me very strongly that the great bulk of the prisoners wouldn't have been in there and certainly wouldn't have had … Continue reading The Ideology of Meritocracy, the Poor and Prison →

The Reality of Police Action: The Use of Force Against a 95-year Old Woman

I read an article on Saturday, May 20, in the Toronto Star newspaper. I mentioned this to my wife, who was shocked and began to cry (her mother is 85). John Clarke, former major organizer of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, commented on this article recently, and added a link to the Guardian's account. John … Continue reading The Reality of Police Action: The Use of Force Against a 95-year Old Woman →

Should Cops Belong to Unions?

John Clarke, former major organizer of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), posted this recently on Facebook: "Cops, of any type, are not workers. No cops should be anywhere near unions or the labour movement." https://springmag.ca/cops-out-of-cupe-cops-out-of-labour-the-cupe-5089-endorsement-of-mark-saunders-for-toronto-mayor?fbclid=IwAR3fQZSVMKWBCTMJ_z8688cZ13GGKrasBb9MXriF6N4YnMVgckIJk6D97y0

Police and the Poorer Sections of the Working Class

John Clarke, former major organizer of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently wrote on Facebook: I hate seeing cops persecute those they have targeted based on racism or the selection of the visibly poor. It's difficult to play a useful role in these situations. I have had a couple of bad experiences where my … Continue reading Police and the Poorer Sections of the Working Class →

The Courts (and the Rule of Law) as Oppressive

John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, has this recently to say on Facebook about the nature of courts--which the radical left simply often ignores: John Clarke The judicial wing of the state plays a huge role in wielding the repressive power of the state. The criminal courts, interwoven with the … Continue reading The Courts (and the Rule of Law) as Oppressive →