Category: Resources
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Why Capitalism cannot be reformed but must be abolished
By Ann Robertson For lack of time I will not talk about the inherent connection between capitalism and imperialism, racism, sexism, and fascism. I want to begin with the arguments that have been raised in support of capitalism because when it was in its early stages western philosophers were wildly…
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DSA SF Labor Organizing Zines
DSA SF has produced a handful of zines that we think will be helpful to you and your co-workers as you start to organize on the job.
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The Labour Process and the Valorization Process
Read more in this PDF about The Labour Process and the Valorization Process
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Bill’s notes on Commodity Fetishism
“What I have to examine in this work is the capitalist mode of production, and the relations of production and forms of intercourse that correspond to it.” From the first Preface to Capital by Marx. So this is not intended to be a standard economics textbook that just talks about…
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Glossary For The First Two Chapters Of Marx’s Capital
COMMODITY: It is something that is produced specifically to be exchanged for some other commodity (which can include money). If someone bakes a cake for one’s family, it is not a commodity since it is not being exchanged. But if someone bakes a cake to sell, then it becomes a…
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Preliminary comments on CAPITAL: Chapters 1 and 2
1. In this idealized society Marx envisions in the first few chapters of Capital, we are all atomized, independent producers pursuing our own private self-interest. We each decide what we produce and how much we produce of it without consulting anyone else. This division of labor develops spontaneously in history.…
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The Democrats’ Yawning Silence on Trade
by Erik Loomis for Boston Review. Available online at bostonreview.net
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Trump Is a Protectionist — But Who Is He Protecting?
by Robert A. Blecker for Jacobin Magazine Available online on jacobinmag.com
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Free Trade: An Address Delivered before the Democratic Association of Brussels, Belgium, January 9, 1848
by Karl Marx, translated by Florence Kelley, with preface by Frederick Engels View online at hathitrust.org
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Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition
Cedric J. Robinson Download an excerpt for the study group as a PDF
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The Black Jacobins
C.L.R. James Available as a PDF: http://www.ouleft.org/wp-content/uploads/CLR_James_The_Black_Jacobins.pdf
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The State and Revolution
V.I. Lenin Available as a free online version here: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/index.htm
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KPFA radio
KPFA radio (94.1FM and online at KPFA.org) features listener sponsored programming, much of which is relevant to the interests and goals of DSA. Programs of special interest include: Economic Update, hosted on Friday mornings at 10am PST by economics professor Richard D. Wolff. Professor Wolff and his guests “discuss the…
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The Good Neighbor Guide to Encampment Sweeps
Download printable zine: The Good Neighbor Guide to Encampment Sweeps (PDF)