Our plan is radical – but by transforming how we live on a finite planet, nearly everyone gains, says Thomas Piketty and researchers from the World Inequality Lab
They will never stop. A better life has to be built by the working class in-spite of the rich, and that can and has been done, but it takes a lot of work from all of us pushing things forward with worker coops, joining militant unions, and building community in your local area.
Sadly, examples like Revolutionary Catalonia or the People’s Revolutionary Government of Grenada are typically put down by nationalist / corporate interests that feel threatened by the existence of a socialist public-serving government that appears to be working.
Heck, Wilson imposed sanctions on the Leninist USSR because it was a threat to the capitalism of the US and Europe. (Also, the US supported the Tsar and the White Army, who lost.) Containment and the Red Scare started way back then.
The purpose of giving Catalonia as an example is to show that an alternative to capitalism that doesn’t descend into authoritarianism is possible, as many are not aware that it even happened, and that Anarchist theory, when put into practice, really did work and wasn’t just hopeful pie in the sky ideas.
It shows that putting in the work to lay those foundations, even if it is a marathon spanning decades, is worth the effort.
They will never stop. A better life has to be built by the working class in-spite of the rich, and that can and has been done, but it takes a lot of work from all of us pushing things forward with worker coops, joining militant unions, and building community in your local area.
Sadly, examples like Revolutionary Catalonia or the People’s Revolutionary Government of Grenada are typically put down by nationalist / corporate interests that feel threatened by the existence of a socialist public-serving government that appears to be working.
Heck, Wilson imposed sanctions on the Leninist USSR because it was a threat to the capitalism of the US and Europe. (Also, the US supported the Tsar and the White Army, who lost.) Containment and the Red Scare started way back then.
The purpose of giving Catalonia as an example is to show that an alternative to capitalism that doesn’t descend into authoritarianism is possible, as many are not aware that it even happened, and that Anarchist theory, when put into practice, really did work and wasn’t just hopeful pie in the sky ideas.
It shows that putting in the work to lay those foundations, even if it is a marathon spanning decades, is worth the effort.