Capitalism is the problem, economic democracy the solution
Jan 31, 2014Gary EnglerDo you want an equitable, sustainable economy? Then help overthrow capitalism and create an economic democracy.
View ArticleCapitalism's intellectual sell-outs
Mar 28, 2014Gary EnglerPity the sycophants of the rich and powerful because they are nothing more than the intellectual prostitutes of an economic system that tries to buy, sell and profit from...
View ArticleWage slavery, the commons and the future of our planet
Apr 7, 2014Gary EnglerTo accomplish the great change necessary today requires social labour be recognized for what it is, the common property of all.
View ArticleClimate change is a union issue
Apr 29, 2014Gary EnglerUnions and environmentalists share a common enemy: an economic system run by and for the wealthiest people in the world.
View ArticleThe economy works for those who own it
May 21, 2014Gary EnglerWe should take away power from the greedy minority and share it amongst all of us. A good name for such a system is economic democracy.
View ArticlePiketty's 'Capital' is important, but why doesn't he challenge capitalism?
Jun 2, 2014Gary EnglerContrary to what you might assume based on the attacks from certain quarters, Thomas Piketty's new en vogue book does not advocate socialism.
View ArticleThe Mafia system
Jun 23, 2014Gary EnglerToday’s ultimate practitioners of "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" are giant corporations that dominate the world economy.
View ArticleExplaining Gaza to my granddaughter
Jul 29, 2014Gary EnglerHow could I explain a complicated subject in a simple enough manner that helped my granddaughter learn to think for herself?
View ArticleTen reasons to smash capitalism
Aug 13, 2014Gary EnglerThere are many reasons to hate a system that produces so much war, destruction of the environment and alienation. Here are ten.
View ArticleTen ways we can build a better economic system
Aug 25, 2014Gary EnglerIt is critical that we not just condemn capitalism. We also need positive suggestions about how to replace it.
View ArticleBuilding a system better than capitalism
Sep 23, 2014Gary EnglerThe new system we imagine must get rid of the perverse incentives that result in war, the devastation of our environment and inequality.
View ArticleLobsters of the world, unite!
Oct 7, 2014Gary EnglerWe must build a mass movement to say no to any further expansion of carbon extraction.
View ArticleBrother Dias, Sister Notley: There will be no jobs on a dead planet
Apr 14, 2016Gary EnglerAs a retired Unifor member and someone who first worked on an Alberta NDP election campaign in 1971, I am embarrassed by what Dias and Notley are quoted as saying.
View ArticlePutting jobs before the climate is making a deal with the devil
Apr 29, 2016Gary EnglerCapitalism is asking us to choose between jobs and the future livability of our planet. The good news is there is an alternative.
View ArticleCapitalism and racism grew up together
Feb 9, 2017Gary EnglerAs long as there have been battles over resources people have objectified and demeaned the “other” but racism was invented to serve the economic interests of European capitalists.
View ArticleCapitalism's intellectual sell-outs
Mar 28, 2014Gary EnglerPity the sycophants of the rich and powerful because they are nothing more than the intellectual prostitutes of an economic system that tries to buy, sell and profit from...
View ArticleWage slavery, the commons and the future of our planet
Apr 7, 2014Gary EnglerTo accomplish the great change necessary today requires social labour be recognized for what it is, the common property of all.
View ArticleClimate change is a union issue
Apr 29, 2014Gary EnglerUnions and environmentalists share a common enemy: an economic system run by and for the wealthiest people in the world.
View ArticleThe economy works for those who own it
May 21, 2014Gary EnglerWe should take away power from the greedy minority and share it amongst all of us. A good name for such a system is economic democracy.
View ArticlePiketty's 'Capital' is important, but why doesn't he challenge capitalism?
Jun 2, 2014Gary EnglerContrary to what you might assume based on the attacks from certain quarters, Thomas Piketty's new en vogue book does not advocate socialism.
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