Tag: Otto Rene Castillo

Manitoba Teachers’ Society and Its Social-Democratic or Reformist Ideology

In an end-of-the-year 2019 writing by General Secretary Roland  Stankevicius, in the online newsletter the Manitoba Teacher, the title is: "We Could Use George Bailey Right About Now." Mr. Stankevicius idealizes the main character in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, a movie that fails completely to address the modern problem of the power of … Continue reading Manitoba Teachers’ Society and Its Social-Democratic or Reformist Ideology →

The Poverty of Academic Leftism, Part Nine: The Nature of Capitalism

Introduction It is interesting that social democrats express themselves in different ways. Thus, Professor Noonan, a professor at the University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada), who teaches Marxism, among other courses, presents what he considers one of the major issues at stake in the struggle of the left against the right in his "post (really a … Continue reading The Poverty of Academic Leftism, Part Nine: The Nature of Capitalism →

The Poverty of Academic Leftism, Part Three: Collective Bargaining and the Interests of the Working Class

This is a continuation of a critique of an academic leftist (aka academic historical materialist), the philosopher Jeff Noonan. Another example of the limitations of Professor Noonan's analysis is the following (from Thinkings 4: Collected Interventions, Readings, Evocations, 2014-2015,page 10): And sometimes it is necessary to struggle to protect or extend our rights as workers to … Continue reading The Poverty of Academic Leftism, Part Three: Collective Bargaining and the Interests of the Working Class →