In this October 24, 2019 file photo, a man holds a sign that reads in Spanish “Hurray for those who fight” as he sits outside a street blocked by a burning barricade, during a demonstration to demand the resignation of President Juan Orlando Hernandez, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. | Elmer MartinezRead More →
For many years, a family member has blessed the annual Thanksgiving meal by saying, “Give thanks to the remnants of capitalism for the delicious food we are about to consume. He was clearly not in love with the increasingly socialist system we have lived in over the past decades, whereRead More →
This is an article by World Review: The State of Democracy, a special section that examines politics and world affairs, and is published in conjunction with the annual Athens Forum on Democracy. The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the gap between the haves and have-nots and questioned capitalism: this is theRead More →
Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1150/33123 From The Socialist, October 6, 2021 “Here is your opinion on plants” by Michael Pollan – posted by Allen Lane Commented by Dave Carr Is the C8H10N4O2 molecule – that’s caffeine for you and me – responsible for the slave trade, colonial wars, imperialism, increasedRead More →
Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/33101 Posted on October 5, 2021 16:37 GMT The Panama Papers revealed tax evasion abroad in 2016 (Click to enlarge) Expose it and fight for a socialist alternative Tony Saunois, IOC Secretary The explosive leak of 6.4 million documents and 1.2 million emails showing the grotesqueRead More →
Two years ago, the CEOs of nearly 200 large companies in the United States issued a statement with a new definition of “a company’s purpose.” These CEOs, who make up the Business Roundtable and understand the who’s who of America Inc, said it’s not enough for companies to focus solelyRead More →
The smartest insights and analytics from every standpoint gathered on the web: Chinese President Xi Jinping continues to disrupt “China’s decades-long evolution towards Western-style capitalism,” Lingling Wei told The Wall Street Journal. Last week, “Chinese government measures to control house prices” and limit debt sparked a dramatic cash flow crisisRead More →
I want to share again, for what it’s worth, how important it is to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Of course, I am neither a doctor nor a health professional. But the evidence that the vaccine reduces hospitalizations and deaths is compelling. Although the issue of forcing someone to shoot isRead More →
On Saturday, the Women’s March will hold nationwide “mass mobilization events” in all 50 states to protest counterrevolution against reproductive rights in Texas, Mississippi and many other Republican-controlled states . Protests will take place before the Supreme Court resumes on October 4. In this file photo from June 30, 2021,Read More →
travnikovstudio / iStock.com In an article titled “Why Gen Z Turns to Socialism,†Vice explained why Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders has been so successful in uniting so many Gen Z members through so many progressive causes and movements. It turns out that young people found common ground in a perceivedRead More →
ANALYSIS / OPINION: The World Economic Forum has this push to replace shareholder capitalism with stakeholder capitalism – and it’s a disguised way of saying that the World Economic Forum is quickly pushing to replace capitalism with communism. The devil is in the details. The writing is on the wall.Read More →
As an anti-capitalist parable, the only way to fight back or turn the game around in one way or another is through acts of solidarity or by refusing the allure of money. The final clause of the game consent form states that the game can end if a majority ofRead More →
Chinese Economy Updates Sign up for myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Chinese economic news. The writer, global chief strategist of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, is the author of “The Ten Rules of Successful Nations” For much of this year, commentators have warned that falling yieldsRead More →
Fridays For Future, an international anti-climate change movement, called for protests around the world last week. In total, there have been 1,700 strikes and demonstrations around the world in more than 80 countries. In Germany alone, more than 620,000 people demonstrated in 470 cities. Members of the International Youth andRead More →
For the publisher: The pharmaceutical industry’s claim that allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices amounts to socialism seems to overturn the who benefits from whom argument. The industry threat that innovation would suffer if it were to negotiate (fair) drug prices with Medicare does not appear to be justified. (“DrugRead More →
Twenty-two months since the emergence of COVID-19, the pandemic is not in sight, which continues to kill on a large scale. A motorcade passes by photos of Detroit victims of COVID-19, Monday, August 31, 2020 at Belle Isle in Detroit. (AP Photo / Carlos Osorio) The center of the pandemicRead More →
When I reflect on the state of our society, I sometimes worry about how far we have advanced technically, but seemingly backwards in at least two areas: fundamental economic fairness and in our most difficult relationships, marriage. and the family. Comedian Bill Maher is right when he was interviewed byRead More →
The documentary series LuLaRich from Amazon opens with an interview with DeAnne and Mark Stidham, co-founders of multi-level marketing firm LuLaRoe. They sit down and chat, not realizing the camera is already rolling – a shortcut the filmmakers have taken to signal viewers that this documentary won’t just channel theRead More →
In a world where one man could comfortably end world hunger every year (but choose not to), we know that the current economic situation is not working. With the 1% getting richer, increasing inequality and workers bearing the brunt of rising costs (a nice throwback to the financial crash andRead More →
Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1148/33054 From The Socialist newspaper, September 22, 2021 Life expectancy is decreasing, and at a higher rate for the poorest (Click to enlarge) Nancy Taaffe, Socialist Party of Waltham Forest I often think when I hear that a member of the royal family has passed awayRead More →
You don’t have to be a dedicated expert to see that the financial needs of our society and its communities are not well served by the current economic system. For young people – subjected to the abrupt end of the Great Recession of the 00s and the coronavirus pandemic, exponentialRead More →
– Counter Punch / Nathaniel St Clair DEMOCRACY exists if and when a community organizes its autonomy around the full participation, on an equal footing, of all members of the community. Its other, autocracy, exists when a community organizes (or allows) its governance by an individual or a subgroup ofRead More →
Much of the news from Republicans in Congress was about their attacks on the Democrats’ agenda, with many false allegations of frightening “socialist” policies. We have socialism in this country, but these are not policies promoted by the Democrats. Real socialism is the well-being of business. Thousands of large U.S.Read More →
New Orleans The author is a member of the Workers Voice Socialist Movement of New Orleans. Here she describes Ida’s ravages, government aid failure, and her ideas on how working class organizations should respond to the crisis. Collapsed building in New Orleans after Hurricane Ida hit in August September 12Read More →
Democracy exists if and when a community organizes its autonomy around the full participation, on an equal footing, of all members of the community. Its other, autocracy, exists when a community organizes (or allows) its governance by an individual or a subgroup of that community, a leader. Universal suffrage isRead More →
Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1147/33027 From The Socialist newspaper, September 15, 2021 Join the Youth Fight for Jobs protests on October 9 Alex Smith, Socialist Party of Liverpool There are massive attacks on young people on the immediate horizon. The end of the increase in universal credit, scheduled for theRead More →
Home | The Socialist September 15, 2021 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Make a donation | audio | PDF | Ebook Save our NHS, photo Mary Finch (Click to enlarge) Peter Taaffe, political secretary of the Socialist Party Under the colossal weight of the global pandemic, health servicesRead More →
Something incredibly strange has happened in the past 18 months. I’m not talking about the pandemic (although it certainly had a role to play) but rather major changes in the policies of Britain’s two main political parties. It seems the two have abandoned their base in search of new land.Read More →
No place has gotten rich without a pretty much capitalist and pretty much free market system It is possible to misunderstand capitalism and free markets as the basis of a socio-economic system. There are, for example, those who claim that capitalism is in some way moral – just as thereRead More →
By Roger Southall It IS likely that historians will conclude that there was no reason why the recent riots and looting of supermarkets, shops and warehouses in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, South Africa’s two largest provinces. more important economically, have caught up with so many generally law-abiding citizens in their wake.Read More →
Labor Day is here, and it’s about work in America. Our beloved workforce. Especially the middle-income American blue collar workers who have literally made this country a great country. They make our businesses work. They produce our goods and services. They are also the brave soldiers who defend our nationRead More →
Capitalism has lifted billions of people out of poverty, developed cutting-edge medicine that saves lives, and has been the driving force behind the technological revolution of the past two centuries. The accumulation of talent, education and productive capacity that follows capital investment created the technological leap that has taken ourRead More →
Loneliness is a global crisis. According to the UK campaign to end loneliness, 45% of adults “occasionally, sometimes or often feel alone in Englandâ€. In a 2019 poll, 22% of millennials said they had “no friends.” The World Health Organization has found that loneliness affects 20-34% of older people inRead More →
Richard D. Wolf August 22, 2021 03:12 GMT + 10 Now that many have realized that the capitalist system has many problems, they are looking for a clear explanation of how the system works. They are dissatisfied and impatient with school lessons, remarks from politicians and the way the mainstreamRead More →
Before industrialization, societies were stationary. Growth subsequently became the new normal. The challenge was how to integrate it into conceptual thinking. The economy was invented for this. The early thinkers, Adam Smith and David Ricardo, introduced the market, the price mechanism and the division of labor explaining economic transactions andRead More →
The pandemic has brought big spending promises – some even talking about post-COVID Keynesianism. Yet the rather grim reality is that the crisis has energized the influence of private consulting firms over the public sector. These companies had already, in previous years, exercised a grip on the design of economicRead More →
I mention all of this now because it strikes me that, once again, capitalism is malfunctioning. And unless we do something about it, another crisis will ensue. The history of the past two centuries teaches us that from time to time capitalism goes awry – and concerted intervention is neededRead More →
While dissecting the opaque and convoluted party rhetoric has never been a top priority for fund managers in New York or London, they are suddenly paying attention. For example, Xi made it clear in 2018 that he was not a fan of China’s out-of-school tutoring system, which made a fortuneRead More →
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Riane Eisler, JD, PhD (h), President, Center for Partnership Systems and Editor-in-Chief, … [+] Interdisciplinary journal of studies on partnerships Center for Partnership Studies Imagine a world where men and women share power equally. Consider what is possible in a time and place where male domination and violence are notRead More →
The social landscape of the contemporary Third World is defined by the existence of the following classes: an overexploited urban proletariat; a large peasantry; a group of owners; a petty bourgeoisie in white collar occupying administrative positions; and comprador capitalists closely aligned with multinational interests. China has tried to dissociateRead More →
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit back at Sean Spicer after claiming she was “using capitalism to push socialism” by selling goods. Spicer, a former While House press secretary, made the comment in a tweet Monday that also included a link to a Reuters report on the New York congressman’s investment inRead More →
photo by Creative Commons A poll conducted by Market and Media Research for the Socialist Party, from July 8 to 14, revealed a shift in attitudes towards socialism and capitalism, Stundin reports. The investigation was conducted online and involved some 945 Icelanders. Respondents showed the following trends: 31 percent wereRead More →
Eighteen months after last pandemic, many observations can be made on the origins and responses to the Covid-19 virus. The 24-hour news cycle and lack of critical analysis have left much of the world’s population uninformed, confused and seemingly helpless in the face of a real health crisis. No doubtRead More →
Minorities have a lot to say about socialism, if pollsters are prepared to listen to them. It was suspected for a long time, but now it is confirmed: socialism is gaining ground, and not only among young people. According to a new poll from Axios and Momentive, certain groups (blackRead More →
According to a study, a growing proportion of young people see capitalism as the root of the world problem and socialism as capable of solving their problems. New poll by the right-wing Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) reveals that 75% of young Britons think socialism is a “good idea”. TheRead More →