Class reductionism is the belief in certain quarters on the left that collective action will magically end all racism. In other words, working together towards common goals in a labor union, tenants union, worker-owned cooperative, or some other struggle in solidarity will be all that is needed to end racism for good. Let’s be really […]
This post is part of a series on my problems with Marxism and why I find ethical socialism to be the best approach to socialism. You can read the first post here and follow the entire series using the Ethical Socialism vs Marxism tag. Graphs on this page are from here My basic problem with […]
This post is part of a series on my problems with Marxism and why I find ethical socialism to be the best approach to socialism. You can read the first post here and follow the entire series using the Ethical Socialism vs Marxism tag. Many Americans are surprised to learn that Communist Yugoslavia was an […]
In this series: Intro What even is capitalism? The capital strike The unstable equilibrium (capitalism’s weeping angels) In this series, I want to address the limitations of two ideological rivals, Progressivism and Marxism. My much longer series on Marxism can be found here. Marxists ask: how can a case be made for democratic socialism without […]
We gave everyone a month to read each part and had a separate book club meeting for each part. Pitching this event: We’re reading part 1 (2) of Why You Should be a Socialist by Nathan Robinson. If you only have time to read one chapter, we will focus on chapter 3 (7). When we […]
This is the first post of a series on my problems with Marxism and why I find ethical socialism to be the best approach to socialism. You can follow the entire series using the Ethical Socialism vs Marxism tag. It’s been called the “theory blast.” It lays out someone’s opinions, expressed in a complicated way […]
Ethical socialism is a way of thinking about problems, not a dogmatic list of solutions. In keeping with this spirit, the goal of this blog is to foster internal debate rather than announce official positions.
Here is a PDF of the slides from our breakout session. Hope you all enjoyed it 🙂
