RUTHLESS
CRITICISM
“If we have no
business with the construction of the future or with organizing it for
all time, there can still be no doubt about the task confronting us at
present: the ruthless criticism of the existing order, ruthless in that
it will shrink neither from its own discoveries, nor from conflict with
the powers that be.” — Karl Marx
What is the Market Economy?
The subject sounds at first glance like the most self-evident thing in the world
Theses on Work and Wealth
Work in capitalism makes the workers poor and always enriches the wealthy – this is the necessary result of a mode of production based on property
Unemployment: A Devastating Judgment on a SocietyNot because people do not find work, but because people need work – although society does not need this work at all
Labor – Time That Pays Money
The “working world” neither intends to organize work so as to make it interesting, comfortable and as short as possible, nor does it guarantee a good life
On the Highly Praised Accomplishments of Filthy Lucre
Material wealth is equated with a quantity of money, acting as the “representative” of the material which constitutes “real” wealth as opposed to the many kinds of useful things
Money
Not participation in wealth, but exclusion from it
What is Poverty?
Capitalism requires massive amounts of it
On the “Standard of Living Like Never Before” of the Modern Proletariat
The "consumer economy" does not serve the consumer, but rather the consumer serves the economy
Unions: Some Truths about the Representation of the Working Class
The aim of protecting workers' existence within conditions that constantly bring it into question
Wage Reduction Made in the USAAuto capital eliminates its social dead weight
The Crisis Hits the Auto IndustryA didactic drama about jobs
Progress Today: Work Longer and Earn Less
Why wage sacrifices lead to ever more wage losses
“Technical Progress”
In capitalism, the means of reducing work result in overwork or unemployment for the workers
The Free Market Fairy Tale that Profits Create Jobs
“Layoffs despite profits!” – Why “despite”?
Why Union “Deals” are not about “Jobs”
The employees allow themselves to be exploited better – and ask that it may happen in protection of their own interests
The Strike at AEG
The hardest workers’ struggle in decades – for a cushioned fall into unemployment
Small Business – “Our” Problem ChildCapital in need wants our concern and sympathy
Do CEOs Get Paid Too Much?Who gets how much and why in the free market economy
What is a Crisis?
The accumulation of too much wealth in relation to the purpose of accumulating more of it
Scolding the SpeculatorsBlaming Wall Street while upholding the free market economy
Financial Crisis – A Lesson on the Character, Performance and Power of Finance CapitalMortgage crisis, credit crunch, bank crashes – more benefits of filthy lucre
“Predators” Attack Capitalism!Enron, Worldcom, Xerox ... perversions of capitalism?
Interest Rate Cut in AmericaThe Fed speculates on the speculators and the speculators speculate on the Fed
Lessons from a Stock Market CrashWhy do losses on the stock market negatively affect “all of us” when booms never have positive effects for “all of us”?
“Growth”What is it, who needs it and why really must the economy always grow?
What the World Economic Crisis Teaches about CapitalismWhat kind of a livelihood is it if people are dependent on the good business of the financial sector?
Management BonusesHow the exploitation of wage-dependent labor-power looks much more just with a brake on capital's top-officials making a killing
If it is so clear that each crisis goes at the expense of the wage workers – what’s all the bellyaching for?Lessons from the crisis I
Everything in this society depends on the accumulation of money in the financial sectorLessons from the crisis II