The Imagination of the “Impossiblists” 2/6
Allocating Resources Stock or inventory control systems employing calculation-in-kind are absolutely indispensable to any kind of modern production system. While it is true that today they operate within a price environment that is not the same thing as saying they need such an environment in order to operate. Most students of logistics will be able…
The Imagination of the “Impossiblists” 1/6
When one talks to people about socialism or communism, one very frequently finds that they entirely agree with one regarding the substance of the matter and declare communism to be a very fine thing; “but”, they then say, “it is impossible ever to put such things into practice in real life” – Engels Fantasy is the first…
Manifesto of the Equals
This manifesto, drawn up by Sylvain Maréchal, for an attempt to organise an insurrection in Paris in 1796 known as the “Conspiracy of the Equals”, was never formally adopted by the conspirators. It is nevertheless a fine appeal for the establishment of the same sort of class-free communist society as Winstanley and the Diggers had advocated in…
The Principles of The World Socialist Movement
Our Declaration of Principles forms the basis of membership of the World Socialist Movement. Only those who accept and conform in political practice become and remain members. Thus is the socialist character of the organisation preserved and a tool provided to counter any opponent who endeavours to misrepresent its object or policy. Let us then turn…
Marxismo y Leninismo en Myanmar
Un simpatizante expone la historia del “socialismo” en Myanmar. Myanmar es un país del “Sur Global” con largas fronteras compartidas con India y China. Antes de su independencia, fue gobernada por los colonialistas Británicos como una provincia de la India británica. También era conocida como Birmania. El primer registro del marxismo en Myanmar es del…
Where do profits come from?
Capitalists are the products of social conditions where the means of living are privately owned and production is for profit; they are not the makers of these conditions. So it is essential to understand how capitalism works. Let us first consider the explanation of profits that is provided by orthodox economics. Orthodox economic theory takes…
Sin Precios, Sin dinero, Sin salarios
Muchas personas piensan que el dinero siempre ha existido y siempre existirá, eso es Incorrecto. Los seres humanos han vivido en este planeta durante cientos de miles de años sin usar dinero. Cuando tenían hambre, comían. Cuando tenían sed, bebían. Todo lo que estaba disponible para cualquiera estaba disponible para todos. Muchas personas ven el…
LA IDENTIDAD Y LA POLÍTICA DE LA ESCASEZ
Vivimos en una sociedad que incluso sus partidarios admiten que se basa en la “escasez”, incluso si su definición de escasez es bastante excéntrica (la ausencia de “pura abundancia”, como la definen sus libros de texto de economía). La escasez existe en el sentido normal en el sentido de que no se está produciendo lo…
Marx’s Conception of Socialism
As Marx envisaged society moving forward from capitalism to socialism, anything he had to say about the society of the future is of interest, but it is important to notice two things about what he said. Firstly, he never set out a comprehensive outline of socialist society. Secondly, he made scattered incidental references to the…
No es el neoliberalismo el culpable, es el capitalismo.
En los días de Marx, la doctrina de que el gobierno no debía interferir en el funcionamiento de la economía capitalista se conocía como “Manchester ismo” por la ciudad en el norte de Inglaterra donde la industria capitalista estaba entonces más desarrollada y cuyos capitalistas querían ser libre para poder producir ganancias como ellos lo…