Many socialists in the Imperial Core today see creating co-ops as a way to combat capitalism. In co-ops, they say, there are no owners extracting surplus value from the workers. Therefore, the existence of co-ops both prevents Capital from exploiting…
A different explanation of extraction Nowadays it’s quite common to hear people complain that everything seems to be political. While your boomer dad is probably worrying too much about people living the way that makes them happy, the statement is…
How many times have you heard someone say: “I’m going to get a job that pays me what I’m worth”? That feeling of being poorly rewarded for your efforts is one that most of us can relate to. All the…
The American — and not just American, interestingly, but worldwide — conservative clique is posing the question of “What is a woman” as a ‘gotcha’. Indeed, it is a rather interesting question, one that certainly ought to be posed in…
Many new leftists struggle when reading theory. This is not unusual or surprising. Socialist theory is often dense and complicated, full of new ideas and concepts you’re likely unfamiliar with. If you read theory as an individual, as a single…
“In the wake of the Armistice, the ‘homes fit for heroes’ campaign was adopted as the major weapon of the state in the ‘battle of opinion’ on which, it was believed, the future of the entire social order depended.” –…
As of late, a great deal of discourse has enveloped the political sphere regarding what is to be done in the fight to protect against further encroachments upon women’s rights and queer rights. Indeed, this discourse is rightly deserved —…
The reproductive rights of people who are capable of getting pregnant are under attack around the world. The recent overturning of Roe vs Wade in the US, which makes it possible for individual states to ban abortions within their boundaries,…
You might have heard the talking point that “poverty is a choice”. It’s a convoluted way of explaining why someone living one paycheck at a time might take a lower-paying job to survive, rather than investing in expensive training or…
