Introduction I am dividing the post into two parts, with the first part devoted to more concrete concerns, and the second part to more theoretical concerns. David Bush, in an April 26, 2017 article published on the Socialist Project website (Basic Income and the Left: The Political and Economic Problems), argues that the proposal for … Continue reading Basic Income: A Critique of the Social-Reformist Left’s Assumptions and Analysis: Part One
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Workers and Community Members Need to Discuss Their Experiences and Lives Openly
John Dewey, one of the greatest philosophers of education of the twentieth century, argued that we need to take seriously our experiences in this world--because our experiences are really all that we have in this world. He did not mean by this that all experiences are on the same level of accuracy, but he did … Continue reading Workers and Community Members Need to Discuss Their Experiences and Lives Openly
A Kindred Soul: Exposing the Irrationality and Absurdity of an Economy Dominated by a Class of Employers
This was written years ago--and is still relevant. Marxists need to expose the limitations of the social-reformist or social-democratic left whenever they can. As the social-reformist left plan to engage in a rally tomorrow in order to defend the increase of the minimum wage to $14, to defend needed reform of employment standards and other … Continue reading A Kindred Soul: Exposing the Irrationality and Absurdity of an Economy Dominated by a Class of Employers
The Abolitionary 