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Let’s have a world without borders
It is an unfortunate fact that many workers are opposed to immigration because they mistakenly believe that it is a threat to the living standards they have achieved. They claim that immigration has caused problems in housing, education, and health services. Without denying that throwing people of different customs together in the economic jungle of capitalism…
Borders – Who needs them?
We often hear of immigrants supposedly taking jobs from native-born workers, or that they steal medical and educational services at taxpayers’ expense. These are preposterous notions, for why should any person be denied the right to be able to work, be educated, or have access to medical services? The liberal left demands to create legal processes that…
Building a world of plenty
Capitalism has brought about a tremendous increase in the capacity of production, to the point where society is now technically capable of producing an abundance of goods and services. But this abundance is not produced under capitalism, because its highest priority, profit, acts as a fetter on the productive forces. The socialist revolution will usher in…
The Future is Socialism
At present, there is a vast gulf between what is technologically possible and what is actually put into use. The question of how to reconcile them is the most pressing problem that confronts people today. Concrete examples of this problem can be found daily in the media where we are informed The media however are largely superficial—they record…
Free Distribution
The ability to produce has long since reached the point which would allow mankind to go over, in a very short time, to free distribution of the things needed to live and to enjoy life. The technical problem of producing enough wealth for all to enjoy has been solved long ago. The problem of how to produce…
Nationalist Nonsense
The World Socialist Movement (WSM) urges all workers to recognise their common interest in standing together as a class for the overthrow of capitalism. There are no circumstances justifying working-class support of capitalist governments or movements, including those that masquerade under the name of nationalism. Globalisation has increasingly made redundant the question of “national sovereignty”. The growth of multinational…