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Technology does not deliver a “happy life” (Smith) or “abundant leisure” (Keynes). Mechanisation under capitalism has actually led to more ’bullshit jobs’ that destroy creativity and meaningful work, while increasing toil.
The strike was called by the Congress of South African Trade Unions and was joined by the South African Federation of Trade Unions and other organizations. It may set the stage for a new phase of working class unity.
Marx called his version of human nature species being. Modern Times is really about species being—our fundamental needs, our drive not to be dehumanized, the survival of our spirits as well as our bodies, the full expression of this limited creature.
The working people of Belarus need to transform from passive cogs in the bureaucratic machine and slaves of money, trends, and brands into owners of the economy and politics.
96 years after the birth of revolutionary Amílcar Cabral, his life, struggle and contributions continue to guide us.
From humanitarian and ecological viewpoints, many aspects of the capitalist economic system are irrational; although they are certainly rational from the more limited standpoint of the individual business or capitalist seeking to make profits.
Drawing lessons from the works of Trinidadian socialist and revolutionary C.L.R. James, the author argues that anti-racist organising needs to be at the centre of the struggle against capitalism.
The US must stop fishing in troubled waters and let the people of Belarus decide. They have the power and don’t need to be told what democracy looks like.
A mere five conglomerates dominate 90% of the media that Americans consume – freedom of the press in America today is as much an economic issue as a political one.
Curtailment of health services has caused a fall in immunisations, maternal health interventions and treatments of conditions such as kidney failure and cancer; while shutdown of anganwadis is adversely affecting malnourished children, pregnant women and nursing mothers.
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Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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