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Surplus Value |
a network for Australian Marxian thinkers and activists |
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Timelines - anniversaries for activists Australian Issues
Clarrie O'Shea Document Collection - Among the several remarkable features of the 1960s struggles against the Penal Powers is that no full-length account has been published. These documents offer a mass of secondary sources, mostly academic and legal. There are also a few primary sources. Queensland Comrades Speak The Family, sex and marriage: by Lawrence Stone - a history of the economic basis of marriage over the period 1500 - 1800 The Long Con a 2015 book review by Jackson Lears : The Age of Acquiescence: The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organised Wealth and Power by Steve Fraser Promoting PLutocracy a 2015 review of US regime-change practice and impact on democratic rightsin recent times - by Stephen Gowans Paper Tiger Finance by Hung Ho-Fang - a review of Walter & Howie's Red Capitalism: Fragile foundation of China's rise Reviews on Stalin - A review article on books about the causes and consequences of Stalinism, published in 2009 History of Crisis Theories - a general introduction by Anwar Shaikh on the history of theories of crisis Class analysis of the 1979 Iranian revolution by Satyananda Gabriel Problems in China - from the Economist October 2015 Problems in China II - from the Economist October 2015 Problems and Analysis of Capitalism Article on how Marx has a lot to teach todays politicians in The Economist, May 2017 Crisis of faith in capitalism: article in Time Magazine in 2016 by Rana Foroohar Using Human Nature - the Advertising Industry: by Merle Curti - a history of the advertising industry reliance on changing ideas of human nature Worldwide shipping industry and its cost pressures: from Wikipedia - a tutorial on the Baltic Dry index - the price for shipping raw materials and the collapse of this price in the past 10 years - a backgrounder to the changes of employment on the waterfront. Financial oligopolies and the control of tech startups: by William Cohen - an article from Fortune magazine on the underlying control of big financial capital over the much hyped tech startups Capital and the Production of Needs: by Michael Lebowitz Marx's Falling Rate of Profit - a Dialectical View: by Michael Lebowitz Crisis in capitalism - November 2015 Articles in The Economist Nov 2015 ABC, Foreign Affairs and Indonesia 1966-69 A 2003 analysis of the Australian Foreign Affairs Dept and ABC coverage of the Indonesian crisis of 1965-69 by Karim Najjarine & Drew Cottle. Boer Camps - An analysis of modernisation in the context of the Boer War British concentration camps, and also exposes the horrific loss of life of the Boer families in these camps Raw Materials Supply - A history of the supply of raw materials during the industrial revolution, and its relevance to the growth of capital during that period. Serf or Slave - A discussion of the development of serfdom, and the relationship between the proportions of labour to land in relation to this. Fair Value Accounting - A lecture by Prof Rob Bryer, Warwick Business School, of direct relevance to the Glabal Financial system. Professing In-Equality - Some interesting Press quots on equality and inequality - revealing the values of the politicians who have uttered them. Financial Sytem - Current Notes - A series of powerpoint slides of a talk by Claudio Borio, Manager in the Bank of International Settlements - "The financial cycle, the debt trap, and financial stagnation" - an insight into the minds of the financial bourgeoise. Mineral Rents - A history of the development of laws for property rights in mining - during the mineral boom in Nevada, USA in the 1860s. Finance Capital and the GFC - A summary of technical terms associated with finance capital - transcribed from a special edition of Historial Materialism - Symposium in 2009 on the Global Financial Crisis Factory Discipline in the Industrial Revolution - An article by Sydney Pollard detailing the disciplining of industrial workers in England in the 1770s. Relevant to the story of working class under current capitalism. Bank of International Settlements - Report by Manager 2014 Outlines three policies he recommends to "step out of the crisis" - one major voice of international finance. LIBOR Explained - A review article in London Review of Books, 2008 by Donald Mackenzie Speculation in Iron Ore Prices - A two part article in Spiegel Online from 1st June, 2010 on the speculation in iron ore prices being driven by multinational iron-ore miners in Australia and the finance capital behind them - and the danger that this could lead to another dangerous "speculative bubble" Marx's Economics: A Dual theory of value and growth ? - from a book chapter by Michio Morishima What Keeps Capitalism Going? - Michael Lebowitz’ essay on why capitalism continues to grow Somewhere a Banker Smiles - Joe Bageant writes about the wealthy, ruling elite under capitalism The Capitalist Workday - Michael Lebowitz writes about work under capitalism and socialism Housework Under Capitalism - Cindy L’Hirondelle examines the free labour of housework State, Capital and Economic Policy - Chapter 1 State Management of Labour Power - an extract from the book by Suzanne de Brunhoff State, Capital and Economic Policy - Chapter 2 State Management of Money - an extract from the book by Suzanne de Brunhoff Gold: Durability of a Barbarous Relic - an essay by Peter Cochrane in 1981 on gold as a measure of value. From the Gold Standard to the Floating Dollar Standard - an essay by Ramaa Vasudevan from Colorado University in 2008, - an appraisal in the light of Marx's Theory of Money. Employees each mine a $1 million seam - an extract from an article in the Australian Financial Review, May 2011 by Adrian Rollins on the capital generated by each mining worker in Australia Book Reviews, Art & Culture Still Working - Review of the book, Modern Times, Ancient Hours, by Pietro Basso Revolutionary Art - Dedication speech by Mike Alewitz for the Labor Art and Mural Project Dialectics for the New Century - Introduction to new Bertell Ollman book on dialectics All Quiet on the Western Front - a review by Modris Eksteins - war, memory & politics The Crises of Democratic Capitalism - by Wolfgang Streeck
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