Part of the World Socialist Movement
August 20, 2010
In his latest book, Coral, A Pessimist in Paradise, the biologist and popular science writer Steve Jones attributes to Marx the statement that “we see mighty coral reefs rising from the depth of the ocean into islands and firm land, yet each individual depositor is puny, weak, and contemptible”. Marx was something of a polymath, but an expert on corals?
August 19, 2010
London’s widely read book of this title was published a hundred years ago.
But how realistic was it and how much of a socialist was Jack London?
Massive reform programme
The Real Venezuela – Making Socialism in the 21st Century.
By Iain Bruce, Pluto Press 2008
Venezuela, since Chavez, has been both hailed as champion of the poor and underclasses and also excoriated by leaders of the global capitalist hegemony. In this book Bruce takes no side but over a period of several years and a number of visits to various parts of the country – urban, rural, factories and farms – he has interviewed ‘ordinary folk’ involved in co-operative initiatives ranging from the workplace to community planning, land reform and literacy programmes.
July 30, 2010
WORKERS WAKING UP