Inflation
In this piece, we aim to explain what inflation is. To do that, we need to explain credit, credit money and sovereign debt. As a consequence, this piece has gotten rather long
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Capital and Labour
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Brief critique of the demand for equal opportunities
Opportunity means possibility – as opposed to security. In any case, some will come away empty-handed and the winners are often unlucky enough. more -
The Dubious Benefits of a Workers’ State: Universal Credit
The following text first appeared on https://critisticuffs.org/. Despite a shakey deployment beset with missed targets and allegations of poor administration, as of writing more -
Covid-19 and Harvest-20
That the profession of farmer is in principle a precarious and arduous affair is something borne out by almost any news story on agriculture. As suppliers of raw materials for the food industry more -
Covid-19 and Crisis-20
The world is in the middle of a crisis, a breakdown of the normal functioning of society. The outbreak of a viral contagion has led to the prospect of casualties on the scale of the 1918 flu pandemic more -
Capital — Money 2.0
The following article is a translated excerpt from an introductory book on the critique of capitalism. So far, the rest of the book is only available in German more -
What is wrong with free money?
Proposals for a Universal Basic Income or Citizen Income and variants thereof enjoy sympathy from different camps: from conservatives like Richard Nixon1 more -
Does capital always aim to suppress wages?
What it means for wage to be a cost factor of capital – the logic of the profit rate On the surface more -
A poor future
(This text is also available as a typeset PDF) On October 20th the TUC will march for “a future that works” and against austerity more -
Benefit envy without benefit
The government is undertaking a massive impoverishment programme, part of which is to cut housing benefits. In a (now not so) recent speech1 more -
Kittens #3
We released the fourth issue of kittens – the English speaking journal of Gruppen gegen Kapital und Nation. It is available here as a PDF and around London more -
Gentrification - the Economy of the Land and the Role of Politics
1. The economy of the land Who displaces whom and why more -
Bitcoin - Finally, fair money?
In 2009 Satoshi Nakamoto invented a new electronic or virtual currency called Bitcoin, the design goal of which is to provide an equivalent of cash on the Internet more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - All Parts
Here is a nicer PDF which collects all four parts of "Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone" more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - Part 4 of 4
The sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone Since late 2009, Greece has been facing a debt crisis more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - Part 3 of 4
Credit replaces money – credit cannot be replaced by money In almost all economically successful states the accumulated debt has reached a level where it is unthinkable for it to be repaid through tax more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - Part 2 of 4
Who are the lenders and what makes state bonds so interesting for them? The main lenders come from the financial industry. Banks more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - Part 1 of 4
What this text wants1 In our text “Financial Crisis 2008ff more -
Kittens #2 Released
We released the third issue of kittens – the English speaking journal of Junge Linke gegen Kapital und Nation. It is available online (kittens-02) and around London more -
Jobs, Growth, Justice - an alternative that isn't
With its economy in recession, the British government plans to cut a sizeable chunk of its subject's means of living. In protest, British unions have united under the slogan of ‘Jobs, Growth, Justice’ more -
Education is a duty
The 2010 movement against education cuts in Britain presents itself as composed of at least two tendencies. On the one hand more -
Public debt makes the state go round
The implications of the budget deficit and the public debt reach far beyond the state's ability to pay for its undertakings such as killing people in Afghanistan and maintaining the miserable existenc more -
How the Nurse Fits in the Piggy Bank ... or: About Donations
Recently passengers using the German public transport system have been advised about something quite astonishing: Big posters of the Kindernothilfe ('Help for children in need') point out that the rea more -
Financial Crisis 2008ff
A short review of events 2007 saw the worldwide breakdown of the particular market for commercial paper (collateralised debt obligation) more -
Kittens #0 Released
The Wine and Cheese Appreciation Society of Greater London released the first issue of Kittens - the English speaking journal of Gruppen gegen Kapital und Nation more -
Private Property, Exclusion and the State
Any reasonable analysis of capitalist societies must include a critique of private property in the means of production. Most Marxists would agree. But it takes two to tango more -
Surface Tension
Historically, capitalism has been in crisis over and over again and the results of the most recent one are yet to fully unfold more
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Critique of the Left
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Brief critique of the demand for equal opportunities
Opportunity means possibility – as opposed to security. In any case, some will come away empty-handed and the winners are often unlucky enough. more -
The Dubious Benefits of a Workers’ State: Universal Credit
The following text first appeared on https://critisticuffs.org/. Despite a shakey deployment beset with missed targets and allegations of poor administration, as of writing more -
Climate Policy – even worse than its reputation
The Berlin bit of „Gruppen gegen Kapital und Nation“ (http://gegner.in/en) wrote the pamphlet in German and started distributing it in late 2019 on the occasion of climate protests. Hence more -
What is Imperialism?
The following text is the script for a talk in Germany in Summer 2018. This is apparent in the form, the text has not been comprehensively revised. Imperialism, as we learn in school more -
What is wrong with free money?
Proposals for a Universal Basic Income or Citizen Income and variants thereof enjoy sympathy from different camps: from conservatives like Richard Nixon1 more -
Thesis on the swing to the right in Europe
On the occasion of an international antifascist conference in Berlin we would like to present a few brief points on the recent rise of fascism in Europe more -
Liberté, Égalité and such matters
Democratic states grant their subjects freedom and equality more -
The logic of punishment in democratic states
Punishment in the public debate Crime pays – especially in the public debate. These days, many seem to be concerned with how to best fight crime more -
Does capital always aim to suppress wages?
What it means for wage to be a cost factor of capital – the logic of the profit rate On the surface more -
Occupy’s Process – On the politics of a-politics
In many respects the Occupy movement is similar to other protest movements in recent years. Just as anti-globalisation activists, social forums on all levels from the continent to the local area more -
A poor future
(This text is also available as a typeset PDF) On October 20th the TUC will march for “a future that works” and against austerity more -
Benefit envy without benefit
The government is undertaking a massive impoverishment programme, part of which is to cut housing benefits. In a (now not so) recent speech1 more -
Kittens #3
We released the fourth issue of kittens – the English speaking journal of Gruppen gegen Kapital und Nation. It is available here as a PDF and around London more -
Bitcoin - Finally, fair money?
In 2009 Satoshi Nakamoto invented a new electronic or virtual currency called Bitcoin, the design goal of which is to provide an equivalent of cash on the Internet more -
Insane my Arse, Muammar Gaddafi - a Historical Sketch of his National Project
Already during his lifetime public opinion in the West had been in agreement about the deceased Libyan dictator: “insane” was the most frequent description of him. However more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - All Parts
Here is a nicer PDF which collects all four parts of "Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone" more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - Part 3 of 4
Credit replaces money – credit cannot be replaced by money In almost all economically successful states the accumulated debt has reached a level where it is unthinkable for it to be repaid through tax more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - Part 2 of 4
Who are the lenders and what makes state bonds so interesting for them? The main lenders come from the financial industry. Banks more -
WikiLeaks - the state persecutes its idealists
The premise of the WikiLeaks project is that the exposure of governmental and corporate secrets is the critique of those parties more -
"If we have rice, we can have everything"
- a critique of Khmer Rouge ideology and practice The Khmer Rouge have become synonymous with the terror of ‘communism’ more -
Kittens #2 Released
We released the third issue of kittens – the English speaking journal of Junge Linke gegen Kapital und Nation. It is available online (kittens-02) and around London more -
Jobs, Growth, Justice - an alternative that isn't
With its economy in recession, the British government plans to cut a sizeable chunk of its subject's means of living. In protest, British unions have united under the slogan of ‘Jobs, Growth, Justice’ more -
Education is a duty
The 2010 movement against education cuts in Britain presents itself as composed of at least two tendencies. On the one hand more -
Historical Materialism – an anti-revolutionary theory of revolution
Historical materialism is an essential feature not only of the Marxism of the traditional workers movement but also of Marxist-Leninist ideas more -
Why anti-national?
When we declare our opposition to capital and nation, quite a few people would agree with the later part if we appended an ‘-ism’. Being a ‘nationalist’ is not a badge of honour these days more -
Proud to be ... So what?
Identity is the forced community of individuals When the term identity is applied to a person more -
How the Nurse Fits in the Piggy Bank ... or: About Donations
Recently passengers using the German public transport system have been advised about something quite astonishing: Big posters of the Kindernothilfe ('Help for children in need') point out that the rea more
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Education
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Brief critique of the demand for equal opportunities
Opportunity means possibility – as opposed to security. In any case, some will come away empty-handed and the winners are often unlucky enough. more -
Kittens #2 Released
We released the third issue of kittens – the English speaking journal of Junge Linke gegen Kapital und Nation. It is available online (kittens-02) and around London more -
Education is a duty
The 2010 movement against education cuts in Britain presents itself as composed of at least two tendencies. On the one hand more
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Finance
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Bitcoin - Finally, fair money?
In 2009 Satoshi Nakamoto invented a new electronic or virtual currency called Bitcoin, the design goal of which is to provide an equivalent of cash on the Internet more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - All Parts
Here is a nicer PDF which collects all four parts of "Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone" more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - Part 4 of 4
The sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone Since late 2009, Greece has been facing a debt crisis more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - Part 3 of 4
Credit replaces money – credit cannot be replaced by money In almost all economically successful states the accumulated debt has reached a level where it is unthinkable for it to be repaid through tax more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - Part 2 of 4
Who are the lenders and what makes state bonds so interesting for them? The main lenders come from the financial industry. Banks more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - Part 1 of 4
What this text wants1 In our text “Financial Crisis 2008ff more -
Public debt makes the state go round
The implications of the budget deficit and the public debt reach far beyond the state's ability to pay for its undertakings such as killing people in Afghanistan and maintaining the miserable existenc more -
Financial Crisis 2008ff
A short review of events 2007 saw the worldwide breakdown of the particular market for commercial paper (collateralised debt obligation) more -
Surface Tension
Historically, capitalism has been in crisis over and over again and the results of the most recent one are yet to fully unfold more
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Homophobia
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Some remarks on homophobia and homosexuality
1 There is no biological determination for being homo-, bi- or heterosexual more
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Imperialism
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For Russia and the US, in Ukraine their highest properties are at stake
For Russia and the US, what they are and claim to be as nations is at stake in their conflict and the war in Ukraine. more -
Stop conflating Ukraine and its inhabitants
Critisticuffs, our partner organisation in the UK, have published a piece titled "Stop conflating Ukraine and its inhabitants" more -
“If you want peace, prepare for war” (Russia, Ukraine, NATO, EU)
“If you talk, you don’t shoot”, says the German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. You might feel reassured by that, since rarely have there been so many top-level meetings and video conferences between heads of state from all over the world as there were in Spring 2022. more -
What is Imperialism?
The following text is the script for a talk in Germany in Summer 2018. This is apparent in the form, the text has not been comprehensively revised. Imperialism, as we learn in school more -
ISDS — Courts of arbitration within the TTIP treaty
Courts of arbitration are planned as a centrepiece of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (Ttip): after Ttip taking effect more -
A new state in Africa: South Sudan
In 2011, the South Sudanese people voted on the question of independence for their region, which is about two and a half times the area of the UK more -
Kittens #3
We released the fourth issue of kittens – the English speaking journal of Gruppen gegen Kapital und Nation. It is available here as a PDF and around London more -
Islamism - Consequence of, Heir to, and Rival of Frustrated Arab Nationalism
This text first appeared on the website of SHIFT magazine. Islam has a bad press in the free West: followers of Islam still live in the Middle Ages, one hears more -
Insane my Arse, Muammar Gaddafi - a Historical Sketch of his National Project
Already during his lifetime public opinion in the West had been in agreement about the deceased Libyan dictator: “insane” was the most frequent description of him. However more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - All Parts
Here is a nicer PDF which collects all four parts of "Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone" more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - Part 4 of 4
The sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone Since late 2009, Greece has been facing a debt crisis more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - Part 3 of 4
Credit replaces money – credit cannot be replaced by money In almost all economically successful states the accumulated debt has reached a level where it is unthinkable for it to be repaid through tax more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - Part 2 of 4
Who are the lenders and what makes state bonds so interesting for them? The main lenders come from the financial industry. Banks more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - Part 1 of 4
What this text wants1 In our text “Financial Crisis 2008ff more -
Public debt makes the state go round
The implications of the budget deficit and the public debt reach far beyond the state's ability to pay for its undertakings such as killing people in Afghanistan and maintaining the miserable existenc more -
Games, entertainment and competition between states
It just does not stop, they do it every two years. Athletes come together to compare their stamina, strength and skill more -
Debate and Analysis of "Make a foreshortened critique of capitalism history!"
In the very first issue of SHIFT magazine the Berlin-based group TOP delivers fragments of their critique (http://shiftmag.co.uk/ more -
Kittens #0 Released
The Wine and Cheese Appreciation Society of Greater London released the first issue of Kittens - the English speaking journal of Gruppen gegen Kapital und Nation more
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Internet
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On Wikileaks, Bitcoin, Copyleft - Three Critiques of Hacktivism
The first issue of Furball with the title On Wikileaks, Bitcoin, Copyleft - Three Critiques of Hacktivism is availble more -
Free Property - On Social Criticism in the Form of a Software Licence
The open-source/free-software movement has quite a good reputation on the Left.1 This is not simply because of the fact that open-source developers provide things for free which usually cost money more -
Bitcoin - Finally, fair money?
In 2009 Satoshi Nakamoto invented a new electronic or virtual currency called Bitcoin, the design goal of which is to provide an equivalent of cash on the Internet more -
WikiLeaks - the state persecutes its idealists
The premise of the WikiLeaks project is that the exposure of governmental and corporate secrets is the critique of those parties more
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Kittens
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Kittens #5
The sixth issue of Kittens is available now from the publications page more -
Kittens #4
The fifth issue of Kittens is available now from the publications page. Table of Contents Liberté more -
Publications
All our publications in PDF, EPUB and MOBI format. The latter are formats suitable for eBook reading devices such as the Kindle. Kittens Kittens #0 (PDF, EPUB, MOBI, print #1 more -
Kittens as eBooks
For what it's worth, we produced eBooks for all issues of Kittens, i.e., we produced EPUB and MOBI files suitable for eBook reading devices such as the Kindle more -
Kittens #3
We released the fourth issue of kittens – the English speaking journal of Gruppen gegen Kapital und Nation. It is available here as a PDF and around London more -
Kittens #2 Released
We released the third issue of kittens – the English speaking journal of Junge Linke gegen Kapital und Nation. It is available online (kittens-02) and around London more -
Kittens #1 Released
We released the second issue of kittens – the English speaking journal of Junge Linke gegen Kapital und Nation. It is available online (kittens-01-web) and around London more -
Kittens #0 Released
The Wine and Cheese Appreciation Society of Greater London released the first issue of Kittens - the English speaking journal of Gruppen gegen Kapital und Nation more -
About Kittens
This world has a lot of misery to offer: poverty, long work, stress, unemployment, war, hunger, racism, anti-semitism, sexism, homophobia — to name but a few. Pointing this out does not distinguish us from most people … more
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Nationalism
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Covid-19 and Harvest-20
That the profession of farmer is in principle a precarious and arduous affair is something borne out by almost any news story on agriculture. As suppliers of raw materials for the food industry more -
Since you mentioned “us” — Nationalism by example of Scottish independence
We oppose nationalism.1 With this opposition, we are not alone. For many people, nationalism has a bad reputation. For example, in the debate around the referendum for Scottish independence more -
Thesis on the swing to the right in Europe
On the occasion of an international antifascist conference in Berlin we would like to present a few brief points on the recent rise of fascism in Europe more -
Kittens #3
We released the fourth issue of kittens – the English speaking journal of Gruppen gegen Kapital und Nation. It is available here as a PDF and around London more -
Islamism - Consequence of, Heir to, and Rival of Frustrated Arab Nationalism
This text first appeared on the website of SHIFT magazine. Islam has a bad press in the free West: followers of Islam still live in the Middle Ages, one hears more -
Insane my Arse, Muammar Gaddafi - a Historical Sketch of his National Project
Already during his lifetime public opinion in the West had been in agreement about the deceased Libyan dictator: “insane” was the most frequent description of him. However more -
Why anti-national?
When we declare our opposition to capital and nation, quite a few people would agree with the later part if we appended an ‘-ism’. Being a ‘nationalist’ is not a badge of honour these days more -
Games, entertainment and competition between states
It just does not stop, they do it every two years. Athletes come together to compare their stamina, strength and skill more -
Private Property, Exclusion and the State
Any reasonable analysis of capitalist societies must include a critique of private property in the means of production. Most Marxists would agree. But it takes two to tango more
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Racism and Antisemitism
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“That’s just how these people are” — Racist essentialism
In every racism, assertions are made about how people as such are.1 These assertions are not about human beings in general but about specific groups more
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Religion
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Hard to Believe! – A critique of religion
Religion first of all is belief or faith – as opposed to reason. More specifically, it is the belief in supernatural agency more -
Islamism - Consequence of, Heir to, and Rival of Frustrated Arab Nationalism
This text first appeared on the website of SHIFT magazine. Islam has a bad press in the free West: followers of Islam still live in the Middle Ages, one hears more
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Sexism
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Proud to be ... So what?
Identity is the forced community of individuals When the term identity is applied to a person more
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Theories of the State
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Inflation
In this piece, we aim to explain what inflation is. To do that, we need to explain credit, credit money and sovereign debt. As a consequence, this piece has gotten rather long more -
The Dubious Benefits of a Workers’ State: Universal Credit
The following text first appeared on https://critisticuffs.org/. Despite a shakey deployment beset with missed targets and allegations of poor administration, as of writing more -
Never gonna give you up: Trump and what elections are for
The following text was written by Critisticuffs and first appeared on their website. Trump’s refusal to concede the 2020 election has been a source of great upset more -
Climate Policy – even worse than its reputation
The Berlin bit of „Gruppen gegen Kapital und Nation“ (http://gegner.in/en) wrote the pamphlet in German and started distributing it in late 2019 on the occasion of climate protests. Hence more -
Love of the state in the time of Covid
“The State is back”: the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a new spotlight on the actions of the State more -
Covid-19 and Harvest-20
That the profession of farmer is in principle a precarious and arduous affair is something borne out by almost any news story on agriculture. As suppliers of raw materials for the food industry more -
ISDS — Courts of arbitration within the TTIP treaty
Courts of arbitration are planned as a centrepiece of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (Ttip): after Ttip taking effect more -
Since you mentioned “us” — Nationalism by example of Scottish independence
We oppose nationalism.1 With this opposition, we are not alone. For many people, nationalism has a bad reputation. For example, in the debate around the referendum for Scottish independence more -
What is wrong with free money?
Proposals for a Universal Basic Income or Citizen Income and variants thereof enjoy sympathy from different camps: from conservatives like Richard Nixon1 more -
Liberté, Égalité and such matters
Democratic states grant their subjects freedom and equality more -
The logic of punishment in democratic states
Punishment in the public debate Crime pays – especially in the public debate. These days, many seem to be concerned with how to best fight crime more -
A new state in Africa: South Sudan
In 2011, the South Sudanese people voted on the question of independence for their region, which is about two and a half times the area of the UK more -
Benefit envy without benefit
The government is undertaking a massive impoverishment programme, part of which is to cut housing benefits. In a (now not so) recent speech1 more -
Kittens #3
We released the fourth issue of kittens – the English speaking journal of Gruppen gegen Kapital und Nation. It is available here as a PDF and around London more -
Gentrification - the Economy of the Land and the Role of Politics
1. The economy of the land Who displaces whom and why more -
Bitcoin - Finally, fair money?
In 2009 Satoshi Nakamoto invented a new electronic or virtual currency called Bitcoin, the design goal of which is to provide an equivalent of cash on the Internet more -
Insane my Arse, Muammar Gaddafi - a Historical Sketch of his National Project
Already during his lifetime public opinion in the West had been in agreement about the deceased Libyan dictator: “insane” was the most frequent description of him. However more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - All Parts
Here is a nicer PDF which collects all four parts of "Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone" more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - Part 4 of 4
The sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone Since late 2009, Greece has been facing a debt crisis more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - Part 3 of 4
Credit replaces money – credit cannot be replaced by money In almost all economically successful states the accumulated debt has reached a level where it is unthinkable for it to be repaid through tax more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - Part 2 of 4
Who are the lenders and what makes state bonds so interesting for them? The main lenders come from the financial industry. Banks more -
Sovereign debt and the crisis in the Eurozone - Part 1 of 4
What this text wants1 In our text “Financial Crisis 2008ff more -
WikiLeaks - the state persecutes its idealists
The premise of the WikiLeaks project is that the exposure of governmental and corporate secrets is the critique of those parties more -
Kittens #2 Released
We released the third issue of kittens – the English speaking journal of Junge Linke gegen Kapital und Nation. It is available online (kittens-02) and around London more -
Why anti-national?
When we declare our opposition to capital and nation, quite a few people would agree with the later part if we appended an ‘-ism’. Being a ‘nationalist’ is not a badge of honour these days more -
"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"
... “Oh yes ”, said Ford with a shrug, “of course”. “But”, said Arthur, going for the big one again, “why?” “Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, ” said Ford, “the wrong lizard might get in more -
Public debt makes the state go round
The implications of the budget deficit and the public debt reach far beyond the state's ability to pay for its undertakings such as killing people in Afghanistan and maintaining the miserable existenc more -
Games, entertainment and competition between states
It just does not stop, they do it every two years. Athletes come together to compare their stamina, strength and skill more -
Debate and Analysis of "Make a foreshortened critique of capitalism history!"
In the very first issue of SHIFT magazine the Berlin-based group TOP delivers fragments of their critique (http://shiftmag.co.uk/ more -
Kittens #0 Released
The Wine and Cheese Appreciation Society of Greater London released the first issue of Kittens - the English speaking journal of Gruppen gegen Kapital und Nation more -
Private Property, Exclusion and the State
Any reasonable analysis of capitalist societies must include a critique of private property in the means of production. Most Marxists would agree. But it takes two to tango more
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