I spoke with you for a moment when you were waiting to cross the street to the Chicago Board of Trade on Monday. I wonder if you are the one who put the now infamous message in the window up there announcing your membership in the 1%. I overheard you telling your friend that none of us had jobs. I leaned over to assure you that you were mistaken, you'd be surprised how many of us do have jobs. I told you ...
Would abolishing capitalism in and of itself be enough to create a just world? What is the role of women in the resistance? These topics have been discussed for a long time but I'm just starting to do research in this area. Feel free to send me articles via PM. Excerpts from a few essays to get us started: 1. Women Workers Struggle For Their Rights. Alexandra Kollontai 1919 One might think that there could be no clearer or more well-defined notion ...
Originally Posted by blindpig Capitalism breeds disaster This year was ushered in by a series of devastating floods: in Queensland, Australia, covering an area greater than France and Germany combined, in Sri Lanka and in the Philippines. There has been further flooding in the Australian state of Victoria, with Cyclone Yasi battering Queensland, and a murderous mudslide in Brazil. These follow on from the huge number of disasters in 2010: starting with the earthquake in Haiti on ...
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Originally Posted by blindpig That's right handy, best of both worlds.