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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Breaking With the Economic Beatitude: Refutations of Some Prevailing Notions Against the Basic Income
I’ve written elsewhere on the subject of immaterial hurdles facing the argument for the basic income guarantee [µ]. I want to shortly summarize the sentiments constituting these hurdles, and outline the counter-arguments I’ve given against these views. In my prior … Continue reading
Return to Babel
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said … Continue reading
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How does change happen? A review of John Gaventa’s Power and Powerlessness
Why, in a social relation involving the domination of a non-elite by an elite, does challenge to that domination not occur? What is there in certain situations of social deprivation that prevents issues from arising, grievances from being voiced, or … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics, Proletarian politics
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Three types of revolution
The issue of revolution looms large in the minds of socialists. The bewildering array of radical groups, most of whom proclaim their allegiance to revolution as the central feature which defines their existence as radicals, gives the impression of them … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Proletarian politics
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Interview with Gael Le Mignot of the Parti communiste français
The Parti communiste français or, for us impoverished monoglots, the French Communist Party, was founded in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution and has seen many highs (the anti-fascist struggle) and lows (the decline in the 1990s). Unlike most of the far … Continue reading
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Beyond law: towards an alternative to legal regulation under socialism
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich and the poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. –Anatole France, Le Lys Rouge As a Marxist and a lawyer, I often find … Continue reading
Posted in Bourgeois politics, History, Philosophy, Politics, Proletarian politics
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