alanjjohnstone wrote:I’ll
alanjjohnstone wrote:
I'll hazard a guess that many in Occupy will be adopting nationalise the banks slogans, based upon arguments presented by the likes of Ellen Brown here. http://www.alternet.org/economy/its-interest-stupid-why-bankers-rule-world?paging=offWe should be ready to counter that interest is from the surplus value extracted from workers.
That's why the October Socialist Standard was a special issue on this, but I'm afraid we are facing an uphill task here. West London branch is covering another meeting in the New Putney Debates series this evening on "A New Economy". Apparently, it will be a workshop run by Clive Menzies, a currency crank who wants to abolish interest and has argued that monetary reform is necessary to avoid …. revolution:http://theoccupiedtimes.co.uk/?p=3015Should be fun.