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Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:35:29 -0800

I don't have the time to comment on everything I read online, however much we all wish we did, but I think these recent articles are worthy of attention from those interested in leftist socio-politics.

http://www.us-soche.com/blog?p=186

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:29:36 -0800

What if we discussed labor oppression -- third-world, Asian, and domestic -- in terms of consumers' and businesses' labor footprints, that is, in terms of how their respective purchases and products damage national employment rates, undermine GDP, fuel the use of sweat-shops, encourage the payment of abysmally low wages, and further economic imperialism?

Reluctant conclusion & The Flâneur

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:20:33 -0800

Economic concerns clog the aether at present. The very air is thick with the dirty, pecuniary interests of the bourgeois and the men who would be bourgeois.

http://www.us-soche.com/blog?p=178

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:08:59 -0800

Recently, I've been working my way through Peter Watkins' magisterial 5+ hour docudrama _La Commune_ (2000). Watkins' stated impetus for the project establishes it as admirably left-leaning: "The Paris Commune has always been severely marginalized by the French education system, despite - or perhaps because - it is a key event in the history of the European working class ... ."

http://www.us-soche.com/blog?p=170

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:39:09 -0800

The US government should just buy Ford, Chrysler, and GM outright, and hold a fire sale of any unnecessary assets (including the McMansions of the CEOs). Such a sale, the type of which was popular among corporate raiders in the 80s, might go a long way toward financing such a deal or, at least, making it relatively affordable.

http://www.us-soche.com/blog?p=162

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:51:25 -0800

The rather profound line separating the civil aspects and concerns of marriage from the religious ones, though, seems to be somewhat under-articulated. People often see the two as a fused double helix rather than as the limited partnership they in fact are. Those of us on the civics-minded left would do well to clarify such distinctions between the legal institution of marriage and the religious sacrament of marriage and assure our religiously-minded brothers and sisters that we're only interested in changing the civic definition of marriage.

http://www.us-soche.com/blog?p=152

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:18:46 -0800

At present, there's a great trick afoot: the labor of the so-called working class and most of the white collar class enriches the executive few. Laborers and most managers, therefore, are brothers and sisters who just haven't realized it yet.

http://www.us-soche.com/blog?p=116

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:11:59 -0800

I see the rise of an internet-based type of "general freelance labor": independent people who regularly or irregularly work for various websites, either for free or for pay, whose skills include writing, reading, and simple critical thinking and research skills. And since the material analogue to this labor constituency is semi-skilled day labor and freelancers of all types, I don't doubt that over time the new labor class will monetize its services. At least it should. But I think this will happen gradually as more and more sites like ChaCha pop up.

http://www.us-soche.com/blog?p=96

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:34:13 -0700

A major fissure has clearly developed on the right, one I predict will usher in a profound diversification of the contemporary American political spectrum, perhaps even leading to a true four party system of government.

http://www.us-soche.com/blog?p=80

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:26:04 -0700

Netflix -- the online, by-mail DVD rental service of which, in the interest of full disclosure, I'm a member (though not a shareholder) -- presents leftists with an interesting cultural and labor model.