Schlagwort: Socialism Today
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Geoff Jones: Do Computers Dream of Chess Tournaments … ?
[Socialism Today, No 19, June 1997, p. 22-24] Deep Blue’s recent victory over World chess champion Gary Kasparov did not represent the triumph of conscious machines over humankind. But then, what is consciousness? Geoff Jones writes. After Deep Blue’s victory, one commentator joked that they wouldn’t accept the computer as intelligent until it appeared on…
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Andrea Enisuoh, Hugo Pierre, Nasima Patel: What Future for Britain’s Black Population
[Socialism Today, No 19, June 1997, p. 18-21] Darcus Howe describes the mood in the black community after 1 May as one not of exhilaration but of ‚a huge sense of relief that the 18 year siege is over‘. Yet days later the New York-based Human Rights Watch described racially-motivated attacks in Britain as having…
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James Long: Africa: The continent capitalism abandoned
[Socialism Today, No 10, July-August 1996, p. 20-24] In the 1950s, with African nationalism at its height, the buzzword in Africa was „development‘. Since that dream of growing prosperity, Africa, despite its immense natural wealth, has become a continent beset by famine, drought, civil war and brutal dictatorships. What went wrong? James Long reports. „Africa’s…
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Margaret Jones: Natural-born killers?
[Socialism Today, No 14, December 1996, p. 25-28] Did Darwin really believe that society was biologically predetermined to be competitive rather than co-operative? Margaret Jones argues that the ’social Darwinians‘ have got it wrong. Want to succeed in business? Your firm will need to think hard about its ‚predatory pricing strategies‘, if it is to…
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Margaret Creear: Moral Panic
[Socialism Today, No 14, December 1996, p. 10-13] The Dunblane killings, the death of Philip Lawrence, and the high profile exclusions of unruly school students, have all acted as a magnet to politicians to parade their views on the ‚remoralisation‘ of Britain. Unscrupulously tapping into genuine fears to gain votes at the approaching election, argues…
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Tony Saunois: Latin American Left – Mass Struggles, Ideological Crisis
[Socialism Today, No 13, Nov 1996, p. 14-18] The struggles of the ‚popular sectors‘ in Latin America are rapidly growing. But, paradoxically, much of the Latin American left is shifting to the right. Tony Saunois reports. From the Rio Grande in the north, to Tierra del Fuego in the south, Latin America is a continent…
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Mark Everden: The Pink Pound – Whose Liberation?
[Socialism Today, No 10, July-August 1996, p. 12-14] Many businesses are turning to the lesbian and gay „niche market‘, as many in the lesbian, gay and bisexual communities turn their back on politics and opt for lifestyle‘ alternatives. Is this really the way forward? Mark Everden reports. For many lesbians, gay men and bisexuals, the…
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Dave Beale: ‚Lean Production‘ – The New Management Techniques
[Socialism Today, No 7, April 1996, p. 19-22] In many workplaces the employers‘ offensive against the workforce comes under the name of „new management techniques‘. The latest example is the Employee Agenda proposals in the Royal Mail. Dave Beale, author of Driven by Nissan? A critical guide to the New Management Techniques, outlines the new…
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Robin Clapp: Global Myths
[Socialism Today, No 7, April 1996, p. 15-18] ‚Globalisation‘ is the buzzword of the 1990s. But is the international economy really ‚globalised‘? Have the vast daily movements of capital across national borders swept all before them? Can national governments and the world labour movement do anything to resist the relentless forward march of transnational corporations?…
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Vince Dicey: Oscar Wilde. Pioneer of Gay Liberation?
[Socialism Today, No 7, April 1996, p. 26-29] One hundred years ago Oscar Wilde was languishing in Reading gaol, after one of Britain’s most famous courtroom dramas. Here Vince Dicey examines Wilde and the anti-gay witch hunt which broke him with prison and exile At the start of 1895 a friend proclaimed Wilde ‚as well-known…