Schlagwort: Socialism Today
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Sam Baskett: Jack London’s Call of Socialism
[Socialism Today, No 10, July-August 1996, p. 25-28] Sam Baskett looks at the life and work of Jack London, who died 80 years ago this November. Jack London, (1876-1916) was one of the most widely read and highly-paid American writers of his era, at his commercial peak commanding as much as $75,000 per year. His…
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Christine Thomas: Rape on Trial
[Socialism Today, No 14, December 1996, p. 31-32] Carnal Knowledge – Rape on Trial, by Sue Lees. Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1996, £20hbk. Reviewed by Christine Thomas. In August this year Julia Mason endured six days of cross-examination in court by the man who had raped her. Waiving anonymity in order to speak out she said…
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David Cameron: East Africa in turmoil
[Socialism Today, No 14, December 1996, p. 2-3] The crisis simmering in Zaire for two years has finally come to a head. In 1994, with the victory of the Tutsi-dominated Rwandan Patriotic Front in neighbouring Rwanda, the ex-Rwandan army and Interahamwe militias, who were responsible for the genocide of hundreds of thousands of Tutsis, fled…
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Phil Hearse: Nicaragua: ‚privilege restored‘
[Socialism Today, No 14, December 1996, p. 3-4] Alemán’s victory presages a period of sharp struggle over the demands of the dispossessed rich. October’s Nicaraguan presidential elections brought right wing candidate Arnoldo Alemán, the mayor of Managua, to power. Alemán, who leads the Liberal Alliance – a grouping based on the Liberal Party of former…
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Christine Thomas: Tomorrow’s Women?
[Socialism Today, No 19, June 1998, p. 31-32] Tomorrow’s Women, by Helen Wilkinson and Melanie Howard. Demos, 1997, £9-95. Reviewed by Christine Thomas. What kind of woman will predominate in the year 2010? Networking Naomi with her high powered job in a newly feminised work environment? Or New Age Angela, who has status and wealth…
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Tony Saunois: Kabila and Crocodile Shoes
[Socialism Today, No 19, June 1998, p. 5] The overthrow of Mobutu in the renamed Congo by the forces of Laurent Kabila has undoubtedly been seen as a victory in defeating a ruthless and corrupt dictatorship. French imperialism is lamenting its loss of influence to the US, which recently gave its backing to the Congo’s…
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Geoff Jones: Genetic Politics
[Socialism Today, No 25, February 1998, p. 30] The Doctrine of DNA, by RC Lewontin. Penguin Books, £5-95. Reviewed by Geoff Jones. The recently announced plans for human cloning by US scientist Richard Seed once again provoked widespread media comment on the role of genetics in determining human development. In fact, although a person’s genes…
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Lynn Walsh: Was ist falsch am Kapitalismus?
[Eigene Übersetzung des englischen Textes in The Socialist, Nr. 706, 22. Februar 2012] Die 99% und das eine Prozent wurden zu Schlagwörtern, während der Kampf gegen die Kürzungspolitik wächst. Sie fassen die ungleiche und ausbeuterische Natur des Kapitalismus zusammen. Als Reaktion auf die wachsende Opposition gegen dieses profithungrige System versuchten viele seiner Befürworter zu argumentieren,…
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Bruce Wallace, Lynn Walsh: Über Kapitalinvestitionen
[eigene Übersetzung des englischen Textes in Socialism Today, Nr. 163, November 2012, die im Text erwähnten Grafiken s.dort] Ich habe mich sehr über Lynn Walshs ausgezeichnete, tiefgründige Besprechung des neuen Buchs des keynesianischen Ökonomen Paul Krugman gefreut. Lynn zeigt klar, dass der Autor, obwohl er einen Wirtschaftsnobelpreis hat, nur ein oberflächliches Verständnis für die Natur…
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Lynn Walsh: Hinter dem steilen Anstieg der Aktienmärkte
[eigene Übersetzung des englischen Textes in Socialism Today, Nr. 167, April 2013] In der ersten Märzwoche stiegen die Aktienkurse an der New Yorker Börse steil an, gefolgt von anderen wichtigen Börsenplätzen. Bezeichnet dies eine Wiederbelebung der globalen kapitalistischen Wirtschaft? Die „Financial Times“ stellte schnell fest, dass „sich wenig des Überschwangs der Investoren in den wirtschaftlichen…