Month: May 2019
Bernie Sanders and Workers Control
The idea of “workers’ control” or “industrial democracy” is now being discussed in American political circles. Even some of the more far-sighted employers now support the idea ...
Capitalism, Class, Human Nature, War
Impressions on Returning to a Strange Native Land
I have lived more years in Japan than in my native country, the United States. My impressions of American life come from visiting Chicago for a couple ...
From Obama to Trump: An Orange Thermidor?
By Stephen Harper (SPGB), November 13, 2016 ‘His cupboard bare; his vision hardwired’ — Wire, ‘Internal Exile’ As some wag tweeted after the recent presidential election, orange ...
Iran: Again in the Crosshairs
An American war against Iran has appeared imminent on previous occasions. Eleven years ago we saw similar military and political preparations for a US attack on that ...
How Much Are You Worth?
From the May 2019 issue of The Socialist Standard Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democrat member of the US House of Representatives who calls herself a socialist, tweeted in February: ...
