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
The cry for jobs
An absurd and brutal affirmation of labor's subordination to capital
Profit: good – too much profit: badCapitalism can (not) be criticized like this
Occupiers shout: “We are the 99%!”Then what good is democracy?
The “Outraged”
An outrage which thrives on illusions about crisis, democracy and the market economy
Why the call for “fair distribution” is a mistakeThe rich becoming richer is not a result of distribution – it's the precondition under which we work and live
The left sees itself confirmed: Neoliberal turbo-capitalism is a failure! Let's do it better!
Rescue capitalism in the interests of the poor, not in the interest of the capitalists?
False hopes for a better world“Another world is possible” – if the powerful do everything correctly?
“Stand up for your rights” is the opposite of rebellion!Embarrassing appeals to the administrators of your poverty
What do the Autonomen want?The worldview of the Autonomen: them vs. the “pigs” with their “system.”
Objections to the politics of the Blockupy Alliance
Where do they get their certainty that democracy gives a legal claim against poverty?
Can one still be left-wing today?
Left narcissism
“Revolution superfluous!”A false question
“What do you actually do?!”
Once and for all: “What is to be done?!” is a stupid question!
Marxism
Marxism – Adaptation lessons or criticism? Completely basic misunderstandings in which both the East and the West are in agreement
The Communist International’s incorrect theory of fascismOn the origins of anti-fascism
Lenin: Imperialism, the Highest Stage of CapitalismTopical but erroneous
4 Theses on Rosa Luxemburg’s theory of imperialismImperialism is not a stopgap for capital’s inability to grow!
Utopia and Marxism“Utopia”, “realism”, “humanity”, “historical necessity”, “communists and violence”
How not to do another “new reading” of Marx’s CapitalOn An Introduction to the Three Volumes of Karl Marx’s Capital by Michael Heinrich
All that can be done with Marx!
The leftist controversy over the most radical view of humanity
The decline of the West – turned to the left
Critique of Robert Kurz and the Krisis Group
Farewell, working class – Praise freedom!On André Gorz's Farewell to the working class
The (former) Soviet Union
100 years since the October RevolutionLooking back at an unforgivable mistake
The Soviet Union: Socialism as a world powerHappy workers as a state program?
Opposing class society with ideals of justiceThe errors of socialist anti-capitalism
Keyword: Forces and relations of productionThe stupidest laws of Marxism-Leninism