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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Latin America in view
Bolivia’s Statism; Guatemala’s Genocide Trial in Disarray; Honduras coup anniversary Continue reading
Premeditated murder in Bangladesh
Rana Plaza, the building that collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 24, killing 1,127 workers—most of them young women—was constructed illegally. It is easy to show negligence and affix blame to this or that individual. But the greater truth lies within a system that is based on the most production at the lowest cost, with workers’ lives—and deaths—regarded as only one more cost of production. Continue reading
School’s out! Where’s my next job?
People may imagine that teachers here hit the beach or kick up their heels poolside, sipping cocktails and working on a suntan. For me and many other teachers, though, Monday will be the kickoff to the summer routine of registering for unemployment benefits and looking for work, as, once again, a year’s contract has come to an end. Continue reading
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Tagged California, education, Karl Marx, labor, revolution, school, teachers, Unemployment, United States, workers
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Brazil’s uprising
What began as local protests against an increase in public transportation costs has grown into massive protests in dozens of Brazilian cities with hundreds of thousands in the streets of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the largest demonstrations since protests against military rule in the 1980s. Continue reading
Revolutionary from Turkey speaks
From the new July-August 2013 issue of News & Letters: Revolutionary from Turkey speaks Events in Turkey appeared spontaneous, but are a continuation of a long history. It was not the psychology of Prime Minister Erdogan that created opposition, but … Continue reading
The boss is spying
The media has been awash with articles on U.S. government surveillance since the bombshell revelations by Edward J. Snowden. The data mining by large U.S. corporations gets less attention. It relies not only on sophisticated electronic devices, but on the currency of fear and sheer intimidation which would make a Big Brother tyrant proud. Continue reading
Communization theory and its discontents truncate Marx’s dialectic
The persisting economic crisis has spurred new interest in Karl Marx including “Communization Theory” which projects Marx’s dialectic as a total break with capitalism but without posing a need for dialectical mediation beyond capitalism. Continue reading
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Tagged 1871 Paris Commune, Aufheben, Benjamin Noys, capitalism, Chris Arthur, Communisation theory, Communization theory, Critique of the Gotha Program, dialectic of negativity, dialectical mediation, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, Egypt, Endnotes, fetishism of commodities, Karl Marx, labor, Maya Gonzalez, Mervat Tallawy, Muslim Brotherhood, negation of the negation, Public School, Raya Dunayevskaya, revolution in permanence, Situationists, systematic dialectic, Tahrir Square, Theorie Communiste, Tony Smith, Value-form Theory, women's liberation movement, workers
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Support striking prisoners!
Since February, prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have carried on a massive hunger strike to protest indefinite detention in abusive conditions with no end in sight…. On July 8th California prisoners being held in solitary confinement at the Pelican Bay “security housing unit” (SHU) for indeterminate periods will resume their hunger strike. Continue reading
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Tagged ABU GHRAIB, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, criminal injustice system, Elliott Adams, Emmitt Sparkman, George Annas, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay hunger strike, Indiana Inmate 1776, Iraq war, Norman Lowry, Pelican Bay SHU hunger strike, prison industrial complex, prisoners' hunger strike, Solitary confinement, Sondra Crosby, Tarak Kauff, torture, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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Vorkuta revolt 60 years on: ‘Russia more than ever full of revolutionaries…’
From the new July-August 2013 issue of News & Letters: From the Writings of Raya Dunayevskaya: In 1953 Russian slave laborers in Vorkuta acted ‘Russia more than ever full of revolutionaries…’ Editor’s note: July-August marks the 60th anniversary of … Continue reading
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