Capitalism Blog Posts

Between 1,990 and 3,308 people are reported to have been killed in the drone strikes in Pakistan since 2004, the vast majority of them during the Obama terms.In the 12-month period up to 2011, 43 out of 95 drone strikes in the reports (which give an...

by Norah Carlin   Introduction   Marxists, since Marx and Engels themselves, have always believed that only a socialist revolution could open the way to sexual freedom and equality. Engels, whatever the limitations of his own nineteenth-c...

WHY I AM ONE The bizarre bohemian bilge that plagues conventionally left-wing schools of thought, whether from Marx or Rawls or Chomsky, is just not for me. For the most part anyways. Since I’ve become more (this is an understatement; I have go...

WHY I AM ONE The bizarre bohemian bilge that plagues conventionally left-wing schools of thought, whether from Marx or Rawls or Chomsky, is just not for me. For the most part anyways. Since I’ve become more (this is an understatement; I have go...

by Michael Schuman   Karl Marx was supposed to be dead and buried. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and China’s Great Leap Forward into capitalism, communism faded into the quaint backdrop of James Bond movies or the deviant mantra of Kim...

by Slavoj Zizek   The Christmas issue of the Spectator ran an editorial entitled “Why 2012 was the best year ever“. It argued against the perception that we live in “a dangerous, cruel world where things are bad and getting wor...

by Ho Chi Minh   “All men are created equal. They are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness”   This immortal statement was made in the Declaration o...

by Chris Hedges   Clive Hamilton in his “Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth About Climate Change” describes a dark relief that comes from accepting that “catastrophic climate change is virtually certain.” This obliteration...

by Simon Hardy   There is a popular tourist destination just outside of Budapest called Memento Park. It is a large field filled with statues of various Stalinist figures, alongside monuments to the Red Army and the ubiquitous tributes to the w...

by Chris Hedges   The corporate forces that are looting the Treasury and have plunged us into a depression will not be contained by the two main political parties. The Democratic and Republican parties have become little more than squalid clubs...

It is clearly obvious that our current economic system is leading us all towards a serious crisis situation for the entire planet and human race. What I would like to point out here is, that there is a very simple solution which has to be taken into...

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Anton Goryunov writes from Beijing  about China, communism and capitalism. Anton takes a good look at China and answers some burning questions you might have about communist states. He also takes a brief look at how business is operating for sta...

Anton Goryunov writes from Beijing  about China, communism and capitalism. Anton takes a good look at China and answers some burning questions you might have about communist states. He also takes a brief look at how business is operating for sta...

by Dr Poh Soo Kai   Operation Cold Store was launched on 2 February 1963 by the British colonialists with the connivance of Lee Kuan Yew.  Over a hundred left-wing activists, including myself, were arrested.  In one fell swoop, the entire lead...

We grow up thinking life will be fun.   I recall my parents yelling at my siblings and I, condescendingly saying  'Do you think life is a big joke..?' As a child, it soon becomes apparent that we are constantly dealing with a constant barra...

Problem : Capitalism High Unemployment RatesCauses :Profit Based Labor and Education Systems- No profit potential for existent jobs required to be done that benefit society as a whole.- Inefficient and expensive training programs (most often) at...

By R. Teichmann |  The French government has stated that:“it would send 2,500 troops to support Malian government soldiers in the conflict against Islamist rebels. France has already deployed around 750 troops to Mali, and French carriers...

Adam Lovejoy writes from London and today he talks about introducing chaos theory to capitalist economics. He says it is a great way of explaining things and may even help governments. We have seen the economic crisis go from worse to worse and...

Adam Lovejoy writes from London and today he talks about introducing chaos theory to capitalist economics. He says it is a great way of explaining things and may even help governments. We have seen the economic crisis go from worse to worse and...