Anarchist extremists are hijacking our Big Whinge!
As people start to get their stuff together to go on March for the Alternative this morning, I thought I'd throw in a quick thought about the hounding of those people who ocassionally break things or get into fights with the cops - and a quick competition!
Only the beginning of their offensive
Mammoth, directed by Lukas Moodysson
Liberalism, realism and the class struggle
A discussion I've been having with friends lately is whether opposing liberalism from a class struggle perspective is just another form of political realism, liberalism's main rival in mainstream political theory. This seems to rest on the relationship between ethics and power in both doctrines, so here's a provisional answer. This isn't just an academic question, as it has implications for class struggle anarchist critiques of liberalism and Leninism/social democracy, which aside from anarchism are the principal ideologies of the current anti-cuts movement.
The new war on claimants: blaming the victims
Women and Labour in the Realm of Capital
Akai discusses the situation of women at work and in the home.
The Lindisfarne Shelter, by Sally Madge
Is it worth protesting against council cuts?
In the wake of a series of anti-cuts rallies outside council buildings recently I thought I'd look at them through a slightly different lens - that of the original gentle rebel, Colin Ward.
Workers' struggles in Asia (February 2011)
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around Asia (focusing on East Asia) during February 2011 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.
Impressions of Madison
Accused, by Jimmy McGovern, BBC1
The penguin history of Brighton SolFed-thought
Miliband vs Cameron on the Big Society
Today we have not one but two theses on the Tory "Big Society" concept. In the Guardian, David Cameron defends it while in The Independent, Ed Miliband gets his critique on. So I thought today, humbly, I'd take both of their articles on from a libertarian communist perspective.
Training and the union bureaucrats
When the TUC gets training it makes a bundle - and the bureaucrats it teaches probably aren't doing us many favours.
Libcom.org traffic analysis 2010
Review: One dimensional woman - Nina Power
Manchester Class Struggle Forum - Fighting the Austerity Agenda
Workers' struggles in Asia (January 2011)
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around Asia (focusing on East Asia) during January 2011 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.