In today’s episode of LL, we have a pamphlet on the Spanish Civil War about how the NKVD framed the POUM , a post on the so-called ‘Open Source Boob Project’, and a Business Week article on the the personal dimension of offshoring a New York factory. Enjoy! (more…)
Entries tagged as ‘Capitalism’
Linkity-link: May 1st, 2008
May 1, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Categories: Linkity-link
Tagged: Capitalism, Feminism, NKVD, Offshoring, Open Source, POUM, Spanish Civil War
Freedom under Capitalism
February 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The realm of freedom actually only begins where labour which is determined by necessity and mundane considerations ceases. - Marx
Our society, as it is commonly defined, that is to say Canadian society, Western society, or liberal-democratic society, is by the same common definition free and democratic. This definition, however, has significant limits: while correct in terms of being more ‘free’ than some other possibilities, it is certainly not ‘free’ in a total or even thorough sense.
Does capitalism offer freedom? What is freedom? How can alternatives, such as socialism, provide genuine freedom? These are all major questions at the heart of what we, as a society (and here I’m using society in the broadest sense: human society) choose to have as an economic system. (more…)
Categories: Capitalism
Tagged: Capitalism, class, freedom
