This is the link to the very important NACLA forum on Nicaragua that took place a few days ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MWFNIiQEq0 Dan My latest book, my first novel.trotskyintijuana.com

Mike Gouldhawke has posted an essay on value: https://www.midnightsunmag.ca/head-hits-concrete/

[sarcasm] Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)

I think I see where the problem lies. It is not satisfactory to refer to 'Marx' to answer Gil's citations of Kitching's critique of Marx. What responding to Gil requires is specifically a critique of

Thanks for pointing out the use of machines to enhance productivity and the technological dynamism of capitalism. That is certainly news to readers of Marx.

Yes. As an engineer interested in the social aspects of automation and AI, I can say that we can technically reach a stage of complete automation. The purported IV Stage of Industrial Revolution is

Entirely? Sure? VG Inviato da iPhone

I'm so old, I can remember when Sam Bowles was considered to be a Marxist. I think that one problem with this is neither author is exactly a spring chicken. One reason why Samuelson's book was

I am surprised that we are all beating round the bush. The basic question is, "Do machines add value?" It implies a condition where, human labour tends to zero and machines produce and distribute

the fact that this is in the NEW YORKER is fantastic --- I used Carlin's and Soskice's Intermediate Macro text probably 30 years ago --- it was cutting edge for that field as well. Interestingly, a

As does almost the entire left - from socialists to liberals - this article basically dates the anti-union drive to Reagan's busting of Patco in the early 1980s. That is inaccurate. In fact, the union

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It is definitely true that capitalism was a necessary and sufficient condition for the industrial revolution -- that capitalism, as Marx said, "revolutionizes" the process of production. BUT --- let

On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 01:02 PM, aaron s. amaral wrote: Missing Louis more every day. -asa A reminder: https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/05/04/nicaraguan-contradictions/

correction: "turning white men"=>"causing white men"

Perhaps the reason why the misleaders never apologize--though in power struggles their factions always loudly demand apologies from each other--is that overall the loss of "small wars" that last for

I am not denying that capitalists have power over workers, but feudal lords had power over peasants. What is new about capitalism is the systematic mobilization of technology to lower costs of

https://labornotes.org/blogs/2021/10/sick-giving-away-our-future-interview-kellogg-strike-leaders

Thank you Alan -- you said it so much better than I did. There is an ASYMMETRY in the labor market that does NOT exist in product markets --- large numbers of consumers confront (allegedly) large