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Economics is about production, producing what consumers and shapers of wants, desires. In capitalist systems, material ends, products, constitute…
“Researchers used to say that no government could survive if five percent of its population mobilized against it. But our…
Wouldn’t Erica Chenoweth have meant that as a minimum? Is it a typo from Monbiot?
Father Blase Bonpane died earlier this month, If you don't know who he is, look it up. He…
Great article! But what do people think about the following claim? “for a peaceful mass movement to succeed,…
James... I very much appreciate the long very thoughtful comment, and hope others do too, but more,…
This uncoupling work from remuneration is an odd thing. Vague. In a capitalist economy it is clear the role money…
The immense undertaking of Hugo Chavez was remarkably successful in improving the lives of millions. The mindset of the…
Michael Albert says the key is "All workers do a mix of tasks..." Exactly!…
Two of the best replies to critics of Parecon’s remuneration norm, are here, http://libcom.org/files/Steven-Johns-Michael-Albert-debate.pdf…
“During periods of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act” George Orwell.
It is a step, of course, but not a first step, because many things, short of this, on the way…
HI What about Richard Wolff's (Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism) proposal and workers retaining and distributing surplus…
Thank you Noam Chomsky and Amy Goodman. Well put and vital as ever, Feliz Cuple Anos Noam!
From Hamlet comes this phrase, "Revenge should have no bounds," and this is the guiding idea of those powerful who…
And decent people wonder why there are violent revolutions.
A genius of an article...and scary as hell because it is so accurate and Veblen was so right.
There are many reasons why that (anarchist sentiment) turns out to be a very well motivated but counter productive way…
Now that I think more about it we probably need to uncouple work from remuneration. Just like we need…
A single sentence in Shakespeare's Hamlet pretty much sums up the saga of Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange on the…
Ooops - duh - meant its not so EASY to agree upon. Also, the percent of people capable of…
Just to clarify - the issue is not how much a person doing a job likes it or not, or…
Also, one other difficulty, its not so hard to agree upon and articulate the output of a "good worker"…
One concern is that duration, onerousness and intensity of effort is easier to assess within one's group of same-job peers.…
It's not just the Greens, is it? No third party ever gains traction in the US. One reason might be…
Thanks for the comments – I fully agree with them. The exact wording the “protests against nationalistic governments” is indeed…
What an incredibly insightful article. Dr. McCoy has done it again. I don't know how to say it…
I came from a working class family and from the age of 13 to 22, until I graduated from college…
What a disappointment that Rep. Lee voted as she did. Now we need to know why!
Paul, Excellent critique of the intersection of identity with neoliberal capitalist politics. However, could you consider…
Once again I exhort people to not use the language of dollars when describing this stuff. It doesn't mean anything…
I sure as shit hope these proposals include closing existing loopholes. Without that they won't b nearly as effective.
Paul's statement ("On election night last Tuesday, Chicago corporate media television news was agog over the “historic” mayoral victory of…
There is strong vision out there and Parecon for instance, represents the only non-market, non-centrally planned side of the coin…
I think that first the "catch 22" which you so perceptively cited, is the thing to address first. In…
"...socially suicidal disposition" describes well what we are faced with in the US, and often elsewhere, but not always.…
As Greg makes clear, things are seldom what they seem in the mainstream media, and what drives this media now…
This is an offensively simple, narrow, scientifically unsound, poorly informed and gross articles I've ever read on this site. The…
Namaste, Professor, I wish to say this essay is thrilling. It might become chilling as we see not ghosts of…
Agree, but for the value to provide real guidance we are going to have to make it less vague...and will,…
"Fairness" is a hard word to define exactly, but we all have some intuitive sense of what it means.…
"Why Does the US Continue to Grovel to Israel?" Because Israel & the Rothschild's rule the world!
Israel and the Rothschilds rule the world!
The World Transformed (Bristol) would be a better title. Having so many different "Left" factions is a reason why…
I'd try to add something if it were necessary, but Paul nailed it and there is nothing to add.…
This is a key commentary, especially in the midst of so much reporting that is obscuring what Venezuela is about.…
The term for the political economies of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark is social democracy. Most of Sweden's industries…
Federico's statement, "When compared with the rest of the region, Venezuelans have the cheapest electricity, the greatest percentage of household…
Don't forget methane. It has been on the uptick and they are (last I checked, and…
As someone that was in high school in the 1980s, in a post industrial, race tensioned town (40 -- 50k…