May 2012
55 posts
Krugman: Egos and Immorality →
Once upon a time, this fairy tale tells us, America was a land of lazy managers and slacker workers. Productivity languished, and American industry was fading away in the face of foreign competition.
Then square-jawed, tough-minded buyout kings like Mitt Romney and the fictional Gordon Gekko came to the rescue, imposing financial and work discipline. Sure, some people didn’t like it, and, sure,...
The Two Souls of Socialism - Hal Draper →
amodernmanifesto:
Socialism’s crisis today is a crisis in the meaning of socialism. For the first time in the history of the world, very likely a majority of its people label themselves “socialist” in one sense or another; but there has never been a time when the label was less informative. The nearest thing to a common content of the various “socialisms” is a negative: anti-capitalism. On the...
Revolutionary Marxist Theory →
amodernmanifesto:
Introduction to Socialism:
1. What is Socialism? 2. How to Make a Revolution 3. Marxism vs. Anarchism 4. What Will a Socialist America Look Like? 5. Why Do We Need a Vanguard Party? 6. Overview of What Socialists Stand For 7. Socialists and Elections
Marxist Classics:
- Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx - Wage Labor and Capital by Karl Marx
- State and Revolution by V.I....
“The Internet—meaning everything from email to file trading to voice-over-IP...”
– Can Anything Take Down the Facebook Juggernaut? | Epicenter | Wired.com (via adactio)
Avenger's review/thoughts...
kronosrambles:
Sorry for all those who haven’t seen it yet or still have a few weeks to go, but if you wanted to read some ramble about how great The Avengers was and is, here’s your chance:
Oh, and here there be spoilers
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BREAKING: GOP-Controlled House Passes Radical Paul... →
thepoliticalfreakshow:
The House on Thursday passed its plan to spare the military’s growing budget from mandatory cuts, instead slashing Medicaid, benefits for federal workers and programs to help feed hungry Americans.
The House drew up the “reconciliation budget” in hopes of heading off automatic cuts mandated in last summer’s deal to raise the nation’s debt limit. Under that deal, $1.2...
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“Capital, Marx wrote, comes on the face of the earth dripping blood and dirt from...”
– Caliban and the Witch, Sylvia Federici (via mirrortheories)
The Shallows (a Review) →
I sympathize with Carr’s motivations and concerns, but I found his argument to be problematic on several levels. First, I think his analysis suffers from a lack of necessary distinctions. When he discusses information technology, he makes no distinctions between demand-pull media (e.g., web pages) and instant-push media (e.g., text messaging). Instead, he just asserts that all information...
What EVERYONE should know about the secretive... →
think-progress:
MORE FACTS AT THE LINK about the group’s attempt to do to Barack Obama what the Swift Boat Veterans did to Kerry’s 2004 campaign.
In four days, the first ad by Veterans For A Strong America garnered almost 1 million view on Youtube. [YouTube, 5/1/12]
The group’s sole employee and founder is coordinating with key Islamophobic figures on the...
