The future can no longer be imagined as without the social relations of capitalism. Any cultural depiction of the future presupposes the continuation of markets, profit, private property etc... There are countless examples of this in all types of media. One example if Fallout, the world has been reduced to rubble by nuclear war, there … Continue reading The Future No Longer Exists
The Will to Create
The will-to-create as I see it is a counter concept to the idea of the will to power. I can see the appeal of the will-to-power as an explanation of social phenomena yet ultimately it appears to me as an appeal to and legitimisation of bourgeois logic. It is a concept seeking to explain societal … Continue reading The Will to Create
Alienation and Capitalism
We spend most of our lives (if we aren't unlucky enough to be unemployed) traveling to work, being at work, traveling back home from work. preparing for work or resting from work. Work or work related functions consume almost all our time yet we don't control how our workplaces are structured, run or even how … Continue reading Alienation and Capitalism
Brexit and the Left
Brexit has shown up the left as having completely surrendered all links to reality. There are leftists defending the not only the EU as a political structure but the ideas of free trade and liberalisation! Brexit should be supported absolutely by any leftist still capable of envisioning a world without capitalism. Benefits of the … Continue reading Brexit and the Left
A Social Calamity and an Economic Disaster
The above title is the UN's description of the UK government's treatment of children in Britain. In a report into poverty in the UK, the UN has exposed the effects of the Tory and Labour austerity plan that has been in place the last 8 years. The disastrous effects of which, the government has been … Continue reading A Social Calamity and an Economic Disaster
The German Revolution – 100 Years Ago.
100 years ago this month close to the end of great war, revolution erupted across Germany. Exhausted from the bloody imperialist war and inspired by Russia’s October revolution the year before, the German workers formed workers-councils. In the wake of the revolutionary moment, the SPD, Germany’s largest social-democratic party, sought to maintain capitalist social relations … Continue reading The German Revolution – 100 Years Ago.
Notes on Capital and Wage Labour
Below is some old notes I came across that tries to summaries Wage Labour and capital by Marx and Engels. The worker sells their labour power, that is their ability to labour to the capitalist in order to secure for his or herself the means to continue his existence. The time spent labouring isn't felt … Continue reading Notes on Capital and Wage Labour
Free Speech and Socialism
One of the common misconceptions one comes across as a socialist is the idea that there is no freedom of speech within socialism. During socialism you would have exactly the same rights to speech as you do during capitalism. The right to free speech only gives you the right not to be killed or imprisoned … Continue reading Free Speech and Socialism
Marx in the Carparx 