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The crisis of world capitalism is gathering speed Print E-mail
By In Defence of Marxism Editorial Board   
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
crisisgathersspeed.jpgThe crisis of world capitalism is unfolding relentlessly and with gathering speed. First came the financial crisis (the so-called credit crunch), but now the second phase has begun - the crisis of the real economy - and it is accelerating as each day goes by. This is leading to sharp changes in consciousness, rising working class militancy and the beginnings of polarisation within the labour movement itself.
 
What is really behind the food crisis? Print E-mail
By Fred Weston   
Friday, 28 November 2008
We are told that there is not enough food for everyone, that there are too many human beings on the planet and therefore we must all reduce consumption - a handy idea in the hands of the bourgeois propagandists. The real facts and figures reveal that the world produces enough food. So where does the problem lie?
 
Neoliberalism – dead or only sleeping? Print E-mail
By Mick Brooks   
Thursday, 09 October 2008
"Neoliberalism", sometimes called "market fundamentalism", i.e. the policy of non-intervention by the state in the economy, has been the dominant ideology of the bourgeoisie for close to three decades, involving widespread privatisation and all the other policies that go with it. The present economic meltdown, however, is forcing governments to intervene, regulate, and even nationalise firms because they have no choice. So is "neoliberalism" dead?
 
Live working or die fighting: how the working class went global Print E-mail
By Julian Sharpe   
Monday, 25 February 2008
live-working-or-die-fightin.jpgPaul Mason takes nine examples from labour history over the past 190 years and compares them to struggles that are taking place today. This is a book that every young activist, trade unionist or socialist will want to read. Julian Shapre reviews ‘Live working or die fighting: how the working class went global’.
 
Ford: Global Company, Global Struggle Print E-mail
By David May   
Monday, 11 February 2008
The big corporations in North America, Western Europe and Japan are moving more of their factories abroad in search of lower wages. But in the process they are tying the interests of the international working class more closely together. In global companies like Ford, the interests of a section of workers on almost every continent are directly linked. The answer to capitalist globalization is to link up workers’ struggle worldwide.
 
Supermarkets and the food we eat Print E-mail
By Mick Brooks   
Thursday, 03 January 2008
In Britain and internationally supermarket chains have come to dominate the food distribution market. The tendency to monopolisation is evident. But with it go many practices that literally endanger our health, and with it also working conditions, wages, the environment and so on. The only answer is to take them over, remove the profit motive and run them in the interests of all working people.
 
Review of “Disaster capitalism” by Naomi Klein – Capitalism is a disaster Print E-mail
By Barbara Humphries   
Thursday, 20 December 2007
theshockdoctrine.jpgThe 'Shock Doctrine', the latest from Naomi Klein, is the story of "blank is beautiful - three decades of erasing and reinventing the world". It is about how natural disasters have given capitalists the opportunity to reconstruct cities like New Orleans according to their own whims. But it is not just natural disasters which have given the capitalists the opportunity to advance their interests - there are man-made disasters as well - economic crises and wars.
 

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