Well, what a fascinating debate last night between the two contenders for the US presidency. Both start the evening with the rhetoric of the evil large corporation while both are explicitly articulating strategies to strengthen capital. This much not surprising. But what we did see last night was an open argument about exactly what kind [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Financial Crisis’
Debating Capitalisms
Posted in Political Stuff, tagged Capitalism, Financial Crisis, Politics on October 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Notes on Notes on the Financial Crisis
Posted in Political Stuff, tagged Capitalism, Financial Crisis, Resistance, Working Class on October 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yes, it is the day after the election. No, I am not going to comment on it. Rather, reflections on an article I read recently that I didn’t particularly agree with but which has had me thinking. An interesting take on the financial crisis follows below my comments. This comes from a couple of folks who are [...]
Watching CNN
Posted in Political Stuff, tagged Capitalism, Financial Crisis on October 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ain’t no doubt about it, capital is in a serious global crisis. And are we surprised? There’s only so long you can make money without labour. But what I’m finding most interesting right now is that the cheerleading is just plain over, full stop. No more hope for markets to rally, for this all to [...]
Markets, Money and Dorothy’s Slippers
Posted in Political Stuff, Reading and Writing, tagged Capitalism, Financial Crisis, History, Reading and Writing on September 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last evening Mica and I went down to the local Neighbourhood House to check out their new community gathering – a movie and potluck the last Monday of each month. Tonight’s feature – The Wizard of Oz. Now, as I’m sure we all have, I’ve seen this movie countless times. But tonight was interesting, because [...]
