A system of competing nation-states in a global economy is an unworkable combination. A global economy requires cooperation based on common interest, while competition among nations assumes conflicting interests. Surely we can find a way for people to shape their societies and cooperate to solve global problems.
The revolutionary movement must serve as a bridge between this society and the next, between who we are now and who we must become to liberate ourselves from capitalism.
Anti-war demonstrations are a form of militant lobbying. Even radical direct action and civil disobedience aim to convince power-holders to do something different. This faith in government is misplaced.
Ontario’s Bill 60 has delivered a death blow to public medicare. The provincial medical system will no longer operate as a public service but as a profit-taking business managed by the private sector.
No one freely chooses to work all their life to produce capital to make others rich. The worker must be robbed of the freedom to say no, to leave, or to change the system. To maintain this social arrangement everyone, including the worker, must do their part.
The digital revolution changed how we work. Gig giants are using this change to erase workers’ rights and lower the floor of established labor practices.
Socialism is the Best Medicine