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Who Pays Taxes?
[While the right-wing and the Tea Party drone on about how the rich pay most of the taxes, here is the reality.] Bruce Boccardy | October 27, 2010 A mountain of literature documents the unfairness in our tax system. Laws in the majority of states are rife with dodges that permit large corporations to avoid…
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Why Torture Isn’t the Point
As the Obama administration started to openly discuss torture, there seemed to be some celebration on behalf of progressives, followed by the inevitable backlash when the President caved in to the arguments of Dick Cheney. Apparently, Guantanamo will not be closed, there will most likely not be indictments and the photos of torture procedures will…
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The Absurdity of Nationalism
The Nationalist’s Dilemma The nationalist has always found himself in a difficult quandary. Virtually all nationalist mythology tells of some better time in the nation’s history. It speaks of a time when people were patriotic, respectful of their elders and fellow countrymen, loyal, and so on. The modern nationalist looks at his nation today and sees…
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The Subject Matter of Marxist Science
When we define the subject matter of Marxist philosophy, we ascertain the range of problems which it studies and discover how it differs from other sciences. The subject matter of philosophy changed constantly throughout the long centuries of its development. At first philosophy embraced all the knowledge that had been accumulated: knowledge of the world…
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The Rise and Development of Marxist Philosophy
Marxist philosophy was evolved by the great leaders of the working class Karl Marx (1818–1883) and Frederick Engels (1820–1895). Is it merely the fruit of the brilliant minds of its founders, or is it the product of the epoch, a sign of the times? What causes had brought it into being? Marxist philosophy was evolved…
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Update from Comrade Talha Saad on PTCL Strike
The workers of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) have been engaged in a historical battle with capital for past two months. The Pakistani state and media tried their best to prevent the workers’ voice from being echoed not only in Pakistan but also around the world. In order to create awareness and solidarity for the…
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Reconsider Columbus Day
Happy Genocidal Maniac Day! Five hundred and eighteen years ago, today 12 October, a momentous event happened. The supposed “discovery” by one Cristóbal Colón—also known as Christopher Columbus, landed on the Bahamian island of San Salvador and subsequently was labeled the “first” European to take notice of the Americas. Let us consider the supposed discovery.…
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Tea Party Favorite Fetishizes Waffen-SS
Yeah, Who Didn’t See This One Coming… The Tea Klux Klan is at it again. Rich Iott, “the Republican nominee for Congress from Ohio’s 9th District, and a Tea Party favorite” (1) has spent the last few years wearing the uniform of a German Waffen-SS officer and participating in Nazi re-enactments. The Atlantic originally ran the…
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On the Ninth Anniversary of the Afghanistan War
October 7, 2001 – Present Today, the war and military occupation in Afghanistan continues onwards for its tenth year, marking the ninth anniversary of the invasion on October 7th, 2001. The so-called “Global War on Terror” has escalated into a full-scale invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq as well as the bombing and terrorization…
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Do the Wealthy Deserve Their Wealth?
The main reasons for acquiring wealth in the capitalist system can be summed up as the following: Inheritance Luck Knowing the right people Less-than-legal activity State aid Gambling with stocks Exploiting their niche in the market Self-employment; having private access to the means of production Illegitimate jobs (e.g. Glenn Beck, heiress, celebrity, etc.) Born…
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