IWW member, and just quit my job to move. Keeping my union membership though.
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IWW member, and just quit my job to move. Keeping...IWW member, and just quit my job to move. Keeping my union membership though.
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I would really like to discuss this further but...I would really like to discuss this further but as of right now I can no longer use my computer (graphics card trouble) and won't be able to use it till Saturday afternoon (and only if we have the...
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From a Marxist perspective morality is a faulty...From a Marxist perspective morality is a faulty basis for political discussion being founded, like it has already been mentioned, in the interest of the current forces of production (among other...
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Humanistic JudaismHumanistic Judaism
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That was deep...That was deep...
I think that is a good way to put it, but I would...I think that is a good way to put it, but I would emphasize that it would be the workers themselves deciding the scale used to measure the contribution of labor and not some outside organ of power.
I figured it would be assumed that children, the...I figured it would be assumed that children, the elderly, and disabled persons would not be required to work, sorry for not specifying that. And of course I do believe that housing, health care,...
Like what Syndicat said, it will depend on which...Like what Syndicat said, it will depend on which socialist/communist/anarchist you ask. From my perspective in the lower phase of communism, usually referred to as socialism, you will receive back...
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It just displays the growing contradictions...It just displays the growing contradictions within a capitalist society. We have a population here in America where the majority support marriage equality and people can live their lives as...
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Anarchism's goal is to destroy the state...Anarchism's goal is to destroy the state apparatus (amongst other things) and all forms of hierarchy, but not all forms of governance. If that were the case anarcho-syndicalism, with its ideas about...
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I did some more research and found that they have...I did some more research and found that they have been doing a lot of outreach to young disenfranchised people, but could not find any stats on the demographics of the current members. So, I detract...
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I don't believe electoral politics is the way to...I don't believe electoral politics is the way to go. What we need is the Marxist parties to push for revolutionary industrial unionism, and to be the catalysts for struggle between the workers and...
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Is this response aimed at me? The quote isn't...Is this response aimed at me? The quote isn't from my post, but it seems to be aimed at my statement about the petit bourgeoisie.
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I think what you are missing is the opportunity...I think what you are missing is the opportunity this represents. With this growing support of liberalism in the U.S. you have a rejection of the conservative values that prove to be an obstacle to...
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I would say that the Neo-Nazi movement is much...I would say that the Neo-Nazi movement is much more prevalent among the petit bourgeoisie than among working class people or the youth.
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You're right that there is a number of...You're right that there is a number of libertarian and conservative youth, but this will always be the case. This is the case in every country. I would hardly say that they are a major force, the...
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I would have to disagree. The younger generations...I would have to disagree. The younger generations in this country don't have the same stiga towards communism like the older generations have, as a Rasmussen poll taken in April of 2009 indicated,...
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I haven't read any of his books, but I have...I haven't read any of his books, but I have started to read Capital with his online class and have enjoyed it so far. However, looking over the list of titles I would say that his book "The Limits to...
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The revolution is not something that can be...The revolution is not something that can be planned. You can't just look at a calendar and set a date. The revolution will come when the working people make it happen. In the meantime as...
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Here...Here is what I understand to be a good introduction of Marx's dialectical method.
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From my understanding of anarcho-communism there...From my understanding of anarcho-communism there is no stage of the dictatorship of the proletariat. There is the destruction of capitalism and the institution of communism (a classless and stateless...
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You do know what the Marxist definition of a...You do know what the Marxist definition of a state is, right? A state is the body that imposes the will of one class on another. A government is a system of governance. They are not synonymous.
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Either this is a joke, or you are speaking some...Either this is a joke, or you are speaking some language that I don't understand.
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Marx argues that there is a need for a...Marx argues that there is a need for a dictatorship of the proletariat, after which the proletariat as a class will have destroyed itself and ushered in communism (the classless stage) which would be...
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Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844Marx never finished his piece on estranged labor, and the origin of private property in the "Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844," but in the piece he mentioned that he would explain the...