More from Lebowitz.A discussion on socialism Extracts: The effects of overaccumulation have been felt particularly in the United States, the European Union and all the old centers of capital. But is this a crisis of capitalism as a whole? Not if you look at China, India, Brazil and many other new centers of capital. Rather, [...]
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May Day 2013
1. From Darwin Northern Territory Australia May Day Dinner • 7pm Saturday 4 May at Darwin Railway Sports and Social Club Parap. Guest Speaker Dr Chris Burns, 200 tickets at $50 per head are available from Darwin Railway Sports and Social Club Parap phone 08 8981 4171. Support APHEDA buy raffle tickets • Union Awards [...]
Innovation?
“Labor’s innovation plan provides hope for Australian manufacturing” by Roy Green, Dean of UTS Business School at University of Technology, Sydney from The Conversation 20 February 2013 My comment: Manufacturing plans could have been done 3 years ago and consequently be of some assistance – now, too late, as AbbottPM will close down industry and [...]
More by Lebowitz on the working class
What Makes the Working Class a Revolutionary Subject? Michael A. Lebowitz is professor emeritus of economics at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, and the author of Beyond Capital (Palgrave Macmillan), Build It Now, and The Socialist Alternative (both on Monthly Review Press). This is the preface to the forthcoming Iranian edition of Beyond Capital. [...]
Marx for human development 1
I have time to read and I recommend on socialism, past failures,wrong vanguardism leadership plus Marx for human development the following – not a review, but a promotion. The Contradictions of “Real Socialism” The Conductor and the Conducted by Michael Lebowitz Published by Monthly Review Press 2012 On Kindle, Sony Reader, Nook. I recommend debating [...]
Sharing last 30 years? Profits up, wages down!
Matt Cowgill’s research is good. Unionists are armed with key facts and arguments. Please download and read his Report “Shrinking Slice of the Pie.” Here is ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver. A shrinking slice of pie: new research shows wages share of national income falling behind profits “New research by the ACTU reveals that wages have [...]
‘Wisconsin Uprising’ book review
Left Focus has published my book review of ‘Wisconsin Uprising Labor Fights Back‘ http://leftfocus.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/wisconsin-uprising-labor-fights-back.html
New movements around work
For the global emancipation of labour: new movements and struggles around work, workers and precarity Download the Latest issue of the Interface journal http://www.interfacejournal.net/current/
ACTU on productivity
Ged Kearney address to the Future of Work conference The High Road to Productivity Sydney, 3 October 2012 As a board member of the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency, and its predecessor, Skills Australia, I have been immersed in the challenges of developing a skilled workforce that can compete in the global economy. My board [...]
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