Tag: labor

Economic, English, Social Movements, Various

Liberating labor to heal the world

Thomas Coutrot (Español/Français) Every morning, millions of workers wake up and go to work to produce, use or sell something contributing to destroying life on earth, and this work makes them ill. Whether in the automobile or ship-building industries, or the electrical, chemical, oil and food ones, finance, agriculture, computer science, civil engineering, advertising or research, capital needs the active engagement of employees in all … Continue reading Liberating labor to heal the world

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Analysis, Español, Social Movements, Various

Liberar el trabajo para sanar el mundo

Thomas Coutrot (English/Français) Cada mañana, millones de trabajadores se despiertan y se ponen a trabajar para producir, usar o vender algo que contribuye a destruir la vida en la tierra, y este trabajo los enferma. Ya sea en las industrias automotriz o de construcción naval, o la industria eléctrica, química, petrolera y alimentaria, las finanzas, agricultura, informática, ingeniería civil, publicidad o investigación, el capital necesita … Continue reading Liberar el trabajo para sanar el mundo

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Economic, Français, Social Movements, Various

Libérer le travail pour soigner le monde

Thomas Coutrot 

(English/Español) Tous les matins, des millions de travailleuses et de travailleurs se lèvent et vont au travail pour produire, utiliser ou vendre de quoi détruire la vie sur terre ; et ce travail les rend malades. Construction navale et automobile, industries électrique, chimique, pétrolière, nucléaire, pharmaceutique, alimentaire… ; mais aussi finance, agriculture, informatique, génie civil, publicité, recherche, … : dans toutes ces activités aujourd’hui en grande partie mortifères, le capital a besoin de l’engagement actif des salarié.es. Mais l’organisation néo-taylorienne qui s’est généralisée pour contrôler leur travail détruit leur engagement et leur santé. Cette contradiction est au coeur d’une possible stratégie émancipatrice fondée sur l’imbrication de la crise sociale et de la crise écologique. Continue reading “Libérer le travail pour soigner le monde”

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Analysis, Commons, Economic, English, Various

The Most Radical Aspect of Jeremy Corbyn’s Program? Democratizing the Economy

BY MICHAL ROZWORSKI. This story was first published at Jacobin.  So much about the 2017 Labour election campaign has been heartening: the energy, the conviction, the full-throated embrace of remaking government in the service of the many. All of the main campaign pledges — from free tuition to thousands of new homes to a stronger National Health Service — will change where money and resources flow … Continue reading The Most Radical Aspect of Jeremy Corbyn’s Program? Democratizing the Economy

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Analysis, David Harvey, English, Social Movements

Organizing for the Anti-Capitalist Transition

[David Harvey, World Social Forum 2010] The historical geography of capitalist development is at a key inflexion point in which the geographical configurations of power are rapidly shifting at the very moment when the temporal dynamic is facing very serious constraints.  Three percent compound growth (generally considered the minimum satisfactory growth rate for a healthy capitalist economy) is becoming less and less feasible to sustain … Continue reading Organizing for the Anti-Capitalist Transition

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