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To make matters even more confusing, a new Trotskyist party broke away from the SPEW*. What’s the name of this new party? Socialist Alternative.
*A bunch of Trotskyists leaving their party to start a new one! Can you imagine!
It would be great if Paddy’s talk, titled: ‘More Ways Socialism can Heal the World’ were uploaded onto the website.
Unfortunately, I missed that one.
Shake your Head – Was (Not Was)
The video has Kim Basinger (really) & Larry from the Three Stooges (not really) in it.
I’m glad you liked it, Moss-man.
I posted ‘Moonlight Shadow’ when I did because it was appropriate for that time of year (late August/early September), because of the Harvest Moon.
The problem (from a pro-capitalist perspective) is that politicians are humans who live in capitalist society. This means they can be lobbied/bribed (in one form or another) by different enterprises.
What would be best (again, from a capitalist perspective) is if MP’s were robots designed to only serve the interests of capital.
– ALB
It was May 2015; Corbyn was leader of the Labour Party by November.
(. . .)
I read in a history magazine that during the Russian civil war (after the revolution) the Bolsheviks tried to abolish money (which inevitably ended in disaster). Also, the USSR (under Stalin) tried to abolish religion. This shows that these so-called Marxists (Lenin, Stalin, Pol Pot) did not understand Marxism, because (as already mentioned) Marxism is about abolishing the *need* for money & religion.
What would really benefit the bourgeoisie is if there were 6 days in a week (instead of 7). That way, most proletarians would work 4 days a week and still only have 2 days off.
I know it’s highly unlikely that the countries of the world will agree to that, however, don’t rule it out completely. After all, countries have decided to change time zones twice a year to benefit their respective economies.
Taken from the above link:
“Full-time workers’ rights to ask for a four-day working week could be strengthened under government plans to increase flexible working.
“Employees would still have to work their full hours to receive their full pay but could request to compress their contracted hours into a shorter working week.
(. . .)
“[Education Minister Baroness Jacqui Smith] said the four-day week being discussed would allow someone to work 10 hours a day for four days instead of working eight hours a day for five days.”
If that’s the case, then workers would need that extra day off to recuperate.
