Imperialism, “Anti-Imperialism,” and the Continuing Relevance of Rosa Luxemburg
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"Any person who has participated in a non-hierarchical kind of organization, even a small one, knows that, in the absence of mechanisms that protect plurality and foster participation, "horizontality" soon becomes a fertile soil for the survival of the fittest. Any such person also knows how frustrating and limited it is to have organizations in which each and everyone are always forced to gather in assemblies to make decisions on every single issue of a movement -from general political strategy to fixing a leaking roof. The "tyranny of structurelessness", as Jo Freeman used to say, exhausts our movements, subvert their |
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"We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land. The poor-house is vanishing from among us. We have not yet reached the goal, but, given a chance to go forward with the policies of the last eight years, we shall soon with the help of God be in sight of the day when poverty will be banished from this nation." Herbert Hoover, Republican running for President of the USA in 1928. A year later, the stock market crashed and the Great Depression had begun. And today?
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hand. This virus is called Weary-Overload-Recreational-Killer (WORK). If you receive WORK from any of your colleagues, your boss, or anyone else via any means, DO NOT TOUCH IT. This virus will wipe out your private life completely. If you should come into contact with WORK, put your jacket on and take two good friends to the nearest grocery store. Purchase the antidote known as Work-Isolating-Neutralizer-Extract (WINE) or Bothersome-Employer-Elimination-Rebooter (BEER). Take the antidote repeatedly until WORK has been completely eliminated from your system. You should forward this warning to 5 friends! If you do not have 5 friends, you have already been infected and WORK is controlling your life. |
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http://www.toomuchonline.org/weeklies2008/july2808.html Michael Perelman, The Confiscation of American Prosperity: From Right-Wing Extremism and Economic Ideology to the Next Great Depression. Palgrave Macmillan. 239 pp. Economist Michael Perelman has written a whodunit about a heist, but not just any heist. His new book dissects the grandest bit of thievery in modern human history, the robbery that snatched away the economic security of the great American middle class and made America?s rich the richest rich the world has ever seen. Perelman book How did all this happen? Perelman takes us back to the initial crime scene, the United States of the early 1970s, a society then completing a quarter-century of unparalleled prosperity. Most Americans had shared in those good times. Most expected them to continue. |
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David Cay Johnston wrote in the NY Times March 29, 2007 that |
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Say it loud and say it proud. What do we need? A four hour day with no cut in pay. If real prices are going up, up, up, up, up, then real wages should at least match the prices of other commodities. Meanwhile, we're stuck, seemingly powerless, caught in mind-traps which say, "Work harder for the bosses, get recognition and leave the others behind." Yet, as the dust settles, we find ourselves working harder, longer hours for the same real pay (adjusted for inflation) and our standard living tanking. No wonder the most 'type A" amongst the non-class conscious workers are feeling rage. Suggestion: why not put that rage into taking out a Red Card. Show that to the bosses and get your fellow workers organised. That'll show the bastards. Y *************************************************
Desk rage spoils workplace for many Americans By Ellen Wulfhorst Thu Jul 10, 7:13 AM ETNEW YORK (Reuters) - Get out of the way, road rage. Here comes desk rage. |
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