In order to overturn the state and get rid of wages and so on, first the state must be weakened and we must stop relying so much on state money. To try to...
Hello all: I would also like to point out that, while a lot of you disagree with Bob and his co-op idea, he is, in fact doing something practical. Whether or...
Sarda, While I can accept Socialism as an idea, and I am a Socialist, not a 'champagne socialist'. I find that your "don't be a burden" reads like something...
Twin Oaks intentional community featured on RT (Russia Today) TV so I looked up Twin Oaks online. It seems a pretty good model as a group that is already...
... which relies on a very complex system of labour credits' http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/2010s/2012/no-1291-march-2012/book-reviews ...
Simon, You have forced me to add a sixth principle, that is, "Don't be naive!". If you haven't realize it yet, we are living in an exploiters' world, where...
Paul, So you know what people will be doing in a socialist world do you? I would think life will be more like Twin Oaks that like New York, more like Redfield...
... This has nothing to do with what I wrote, but then misinterpreting what people say is standard practice for you. [Non-text portions of this message have...
“Dow now sells 2,4-D to help kill various weeds, but the herbicide is so strong that it also kills nature’s own version of corn plants. Thus, Dow’s ...
Paul said: "So they aren't 'already doing what everyone would be doing after the demise of capitalism'" Bob says: I contend that they are doing precisely what...
Sarda, I am not 1. A Christian, I do not subscribe to any of the religions. 2. I am not a Capitalist. 3. I am a Libertarian Socialist 4. I suggest you preach...
'The economic, political and social outlook for the second decade of the 21st century is profoundly negative. The almost universal consensus, even among...
... Absolutely; I think most of us are sick to the back teeth with bodhisattva, anarcho-capitalists, advocates of co-ops or just plain simpletons monopolising...
... It's a bit rich talking about some people "monopolising" this Forum, when the vast majority of WSM members have no interest in it at all. I mean, apart...
Dear Peter, It is true that the WSM Forum has been a little disappointing of late, but that doesn’t cancel out the valuable work it has done in the past and...
Apart from not just wanting a worldwide competing federation of co-ops were workers become share-holders in capitalist enterprises. They can in fact never...
... This forum is not the exclusive province of WSM members, since depending on which of the statistics provided is reliable the forum has either 1294 or 705...
Bonjour Alan, I thought you might be interested in this item concerning the use of agent orange in Vietnam, one of the main ingredients in this herbicide being...
Paul, My prediction is that we will get through this difficulty. Necessity being the mother of invention we will find various techno fixes and in doing so jobs...
Dave, What part of co-operate don't "you" understand? Do you really think that your attitude will draw the overwhelming majority to socialism? I don't think...
Well said Dick, But I want to make one thing clear, in my case I am not against socialism, I am all for it. The problem is that the WSM/SPGB has not kept the...
Peter, I agree with you. It is a bit rich. I will just ignore the 'bad apples' that insult others. Thank goodness that they're trapped within this discussion...
"though it employs more workers than the multinational companies (or so I have been led to believe)?" And who led you to believe that? Surely your own common...
I didn't think I said that I was against cooperatives. I think there seem to be at least two aspects to the question. The first is an analysis of the economic...
Another `classic' case of the co-operative commune was Kropotkins Mir system which I was interested in enough to investigate further. The debate raged on this...
Dave, It seems to me you are doing what many of your ilk do, casting blame to cover up your own shortcomings. Your Marxist prognostications are not coming to...
