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Trade Unions (3/3)
An injury to one is an injury to all Since their origin, employers, governments and the media have been obsessed with trade unions. The Government, to please and placate the die-hard ideologues in the Conservative Party and the more unthinking of its voters generally, has chosen to propose legislation containing very drastic amendments to the law as it affects trade unions to take effective strike action. It…
Trade Unions (2/3)
The Socialist Attitude Toward Trade Unions. The aim of trade unions is not socialism and, therefore, the principles and policy of The World Socialist Movement are quite distinct from those of trade unions. Trade unions are organised within capitalism to “collectively bargain” with employers in terms of wage slavery. The World Socialist Movement’s aim is…
Trade Unions (1/3)
The Bitter Truth It has always been popular in the media to denounce totalitarian regimes under which trade unions are regulated appendages of the State and strikes are forbidden. The Tories persistently present their assault upon unions, with all its contradictions, as being in defence of the rights of the individual and customers.The process is one of…
La controversia del “Cálculo Económico”. Deshaciendo un Mito
El argumento del cálculo económico (ACE) tiene que ver con la afirmación de que, en la ausencia de precios de mercado, una economía socialista sería incapaz de tomar decisiones racionales sobre la asignación de recursos, y de que esto haría del socialismo una proposición impracticable. Trazando primero el desarrollo histórico de este argumento se prosigue…
Motivación para trabajar en el socialismo
Cuando el socialismo se haya establecido, las condiciones sociales habrán cambiado, y esto se hará más notable en dos aspectos. En primer lugar, los individuos humanos no tendrán más problemas de provisión material. Todos tendrán acceso a las cosas que necesitan para vivir y disfrutar de la vida, como la comida, ropa, vivienda, salud, transporte…
Partido Socialista
Partido Socialista de Gran Bretaña (SPGB, por sus siglas en inglés). Un partido que fue fundado en 1904, por lo que es uno de los partidos más longevos de la historia moderna. Este partido es uno de los principales promotores de la idea del socialismo como como un sistema de producción descentralizado, sin intercambio comercial…
A New Year, A New World?
Another year with all its possibilities — gone. Another year with all its potential — upon us. This New Year our fellow workers must make a resolution that they cannot break. They must resolve that socialism is an immediate issue, to be decided now. Socialism offers to the hungry full bellies, to the out of work useful labour, to the over-worked…