A spectre is haunting capitalism. It is the spectre of socialism for the 21st century. Increasingly, the characteristics of this spectre are becoming clear, and we are able to see enough to understand what it is not. The only thing that is not clear at this point is whether the spectre is real – i.e., [...]

Bourgeois and Proletarians (1) The history of all hitherto existing society[2] is the history of class struggles. Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guild-master[3] and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden, now open fight, a fight that each [...]

by Michael A. Lebowitz With the introduction of the UN Human Development Reports and the development of the Human Development Index (published annually by the UNDP since 1990), much-needed attention was directed to measures specifically related to the welfare of human beings rather than to statistics on income and production. In particular, levels of health [...]

Dialectics is a tool to understand the way things are and the way things change. Understanding dialectics is as easy as 1 – 2 – 3. One–Every thing (every object and every process) is made of opposing forces/opposing sides. Two–Gradual changes lead to turning points, where one opposite overcomes the other. Three–Change moves in spirals, [...]

from  ages 4 to 5 and up Dialectics Defined Everything changes, and Dialectics for Kids explains how. If you are old enough to read, you can understand change. It’s so simple even grown-ups can understand. A – Snow builds up and up and up on a mountain . . . until there’s an Avalanche B – [...]

How to Study the Communist Future Inside the Capitalist Present (With an Appendix on “The Dance of the Dialectic”) I “The law locks up the man or woman Who steals a goose from off the common, But leaves the greater villain loose Who steals the common from under the goose”. (15th century, English, Anonymous) The [...]

I Have you ever tried to hop on a car while it was still moving? How different was it from entering a car that was stationary? Would you have been able to get into the moving car if you were blindfolded? Would you have been able to do it if you were not only blindfolded [...]

The School is coming to an end. Though we do not decide Party policies in such schools, yet these discussions have an important role in the process of their formulation. In this respect, quite a few important questions have been raised and discussed here. In 1994 Party School I had expressed some ideas on the [...]

For the last 7 or 8 years the Party CC has been making efforts to cultivate the habit of study in the Party and turn the system of Party schools into an integral part of the Party body. Selected batches of cadres were enrolled in central Party schools and state and other Party committees too [...]

A young reporter asked a leading capitalist how he made his fortune. “It was really quite simple”, the capitalist answered. I bought an apple for 5 cents, spent the evening polishing it, and sold it the next day for 10 cents. With this I bought two apples, spent the evening polishing them,and sold them for [...]