The only constant is change...

When workers become conscious that what they're getting in wages doesn't even come close to matching the value of the product of their collective labour as a class, we can expect a lot of discontent. That discontent will be effective, if they see and experience the power in committing themselves to class solidarity. Becoming a member of the IWW is way for individuals to begin this process no matter where they are on the planet.

As for the left/right axis in bourgeois politics, yes...we do need to transcend the notion that by changing leaders we'll somehow get to a position where we'll be getting "a fair day's wage for a fair day's work" or worse, that we'll someday realize the "(insert Nation State) dream" by becoming a small business person. Cockroach capitalism is not the solution to getting rid of the anxieties, insecurities and slavery associated with the wages system. However, my approach to the left/right divide in bourgeois politics is to crush the right, in the UK case, the Tories, and then lef the old left become the new right. In Australia now, the Labor Party holds government and to my mind, it's a hell of a lot better than the conservative Howard govenment. But let the conservatives be crushed and then start bringing up the issues which deepen the debate over what should be done with the wealth which the working class creates. For example, in Australia more wealth could be funneled back to the whole of the working class if private healthcare subsidies were elimnated and everyone who was eligible for Medicare could have their medical expenses "bulk billed". That's just for starters.....the class struggle continues until the wages system itself is abolished.

"Those living comfortable middle class lives in the western world, who console themselves that mining or uranium shares will solve global poverty or warming problems are worthy of drugs for delusions. The reality is the poor suffer for the imperial intentions of the rich. Years ago I suggested to asbestos activists frustrated by inaction that they monitor the airborne asbestos levels outside the expensive private schools. It worked.

The silent movie farce of Vietnam has exposed the game. Growth is a chimera which keeps us running over the desert in a feverish attempt to catch the image of happiness and inviolability. It is a way to death, to anomie and biospherical catastrophe. Already global cancer rates are heaving skywards, while doctors try assiduously to attribute them to lifestyle factors."

Durga the demon Goddess walks through the factories of development.
The Prime Minister wants to keep the fetish alive.
The drug of choice is yellow-caked and cooked.
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