Dear Comrades, Friends,Fellow workers, This months issue of the Socialist Standard is available online at these pages, http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/ ...
First I would like to start by pointing these few things out. I am not a capitalist. There are risks and problems for every political system, even socialism!....
Um.... Neil, This makes no sense. In Socialism, there is neither government nor currency. Is this some sort of joke whose previous posts I missed or is this...
The dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo had absolute control of the Central Bank ( Banco de Reservas ) and the Currency, called 'Pesos oro" ( the paper money...
Hi Neil Thanks for your enquiry. You've clearly got Meghann confused. :-) I'm assuming your enquiry is a straight question. And as such, the first thing I...
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hahah, sorry neil. I read that within 5 minutes of waking up and wondered if someone was just kidding around. Read that link I sent you, you'll find that...
Hi Peter and all Might I comment on one or two points in your post on self regulation in a socialist eonomy.(36254) Firstly I think it is a mistake to...
... hud955, yes, i have mistaken democratic socialism (a method of reform - www.socialism.org.uk)with socialism. I will not class myself as a futurist yet, as...
Hi Neil I agree completely that it is important, wherever possible, to use whatever resources you have to predict future events and if those events are...
My previous thread title was misleading so sorry if this is too. Forseeing problems of introducing socialism would include those before it is introduced. It is...
... hello hud995 I agree that it may not be easy or logical to point out problems in socialism to solve them today or tommorow. But to do unerstand the ...
Hi Neil The organisation which runs this forum has been around since 1904 and has had some considerable time to think about the kinds of issue you are raising...
Friends,  I have just got around to reading June Standard and found dear friend Ron Cook (who I visited only last year in his house in Birmingham) has died....
Hello John Yes Utopia is a fun and thoughtful read. I am on the party's Production for Use Committee and think it's a useful addition to our discussions and...
You can read the same ideas under the social program of the Catholic Church, the US Democratic Party, England Labor Party, the Cuban Communist Party, but that...
I am sorry for his death. Comrade Garrido from South America ( Ateneo Socialista ) also wrote about the real concept of Utopia, concept that many people have...
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lafargue/1883/lazy/index.htm Paul Lafargue, The right to be Lazy. Socialism has a different conception of labor and work, under...
Comrade Garrido's book would be interesting to read. Is it available in English and on-line some where?  Yours  J B Books ... From: Marcos Colome...
Hi Robin Until your recent post (36299) arrived it was not my intention to follow up on this thread which started with Alan's missive against the Pareconistas....
Hi all Haven't had a look at this yet but Znet is advertising a new book on 'Participatory Economics' by another member of their staff. Here's the blurb. "For...
John I managed to pick up a second-hand copy of Yes - Utopia last week. I don't think I ever met Ron but having read his book I'd say that his death is...
Bonjour Comrade Andy, What can I do but agree with you and Comrade Books and William Dunn and Marcos.concerning the writings of Ron Cook. Being the other side...
Dear Trevor, Â You may still be able to purchase a copy of Yes Utopia through Ron's site http://www.yes-utopia.com/. Â If not you can contact the Brimingham...
Social utopias: ( This is a digital translation and might contains errors, it was not double check or corrected ) The word utopia has its roots in a novel by...