Posted in United States, capitalism, Marx, Neo-liberalism on Jun 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Below is an audio recording I made of Bill Fletcher Jr´s talk at the Working Class Studies Association´s Conference, which was held in Pittsburgh this month (June 09). Bill is a long-time political and labor activist, and is also executive editor of Black Commentator. I’ve also uploaded seven minutes of video of the same talk, […]
Posted in capitalism, Neo-liberalism, Economy on Mar 8th, 2009 1 Comment »
Whether we can get out of this crisis in a different way depends very much upon the balance of class forces. It depends upon the degree to which the entire population says ‘enough is enough, let’s change this system’. Right now, when you look at what’s been happening to workers over the last 50 years, […]
Posted in Neo-liberalism, UK Politics, Progressive Democrats, History, politics/world on Jul 29th, 2008 7 Comments »
This clip dates from 1948, and was made to explain the welfare state to “Charley”, who thinks it’s all a “bleedin´waste of money.” The title is: “Charley’s March of Time.”
Enjoy.
Posted in Neo-liberalism, muppets on Feb 20th, 2008 4 Comments »
When it comes to informing the majority of working adults about where their real interests lie in our new neo-liberal society there is a wall of resistance that must be overcome. Its just too hard for some people to understand.
So when we argue, as we have, that the idea that almost everyone in Ireland […]
