by Michael D. Yates I am worried, shocked, sad, angry. At 74 and with a pre-existing condition, Covid-19 certainly could mean death. I am more afraid than I have ever been in […]
“There’s a man goin’ round takin’ names”
Conversations
Introduction I always try to talk with any workers I encounter. That includes those whose job it is to deal with the public (like salespeople) and others, like those who work on […]
Engels on nature and humanity
Originally posted on Michael Roberts Blog:
In the light of the current pandemic, here is a rough excerpt from my upcoming short book on Engels’ contribution to Marxian political economy on the…
Coronavirus, a new world historical era and the socialist movement
Two years ago, a scientific paper on bats and wild habitat loss stated that “an ecological threshold has been crossed.” Such a topic might seem pretty esoteric, pretty minor in the bigger […]
Coronavirus and the factory: One worker’s journal
A factory worker in Southern California explains the importance of this section of the working class and then writes a journal of how the Covid-19 crisis is affecting the workers in that […]
Coronavirus & grocery workers: “working in a petri dish”
A grocery worker describes his conditions: Life for grocery workers has dramatically changed during this Covid – 19 Coronavirus out break. Prior to the out break when we as grocery workers showed […]
Coronavirus bailout, inflation and Karl Marx
I’ve been trying to think through the issue of inflation in light of the $2 trillion Coronavirus bailout and its affects on inflation. A large chunk of the bailout will be going […]
