The preachers of morality are freedom-fighters.

My video juxtaposes photos of students enjoying their leisure time with audio interviews discussing their education and future careers. The point is to show the disparity between the two as opposed to the ideal integration of work/education and enjoyment. This is for Marc Bousquet's English 138 class.

Q. aren't sweatshops good for 3rd world workers? A. the function of 3rd world labor: primitive accumulation, industrial reserve army 1stly. The huge amount of SV extracted from foreign workers is not going to those countries to develop infrastructure, improve social spending or in any way better the lives of workers. Instead it flows into the coffers of international capitalists. Are the meager wages paid to 3rd world workers really enough to develop the social infrastructure necessary to bring these economies in line with the 1st world? No. 2ndly. It is wrong to assume that one day the whole world will look like a 1st world country. Capital develops geographical space unevenly as it flows around the globe. It creates pockets of wealth and pockets of poverty- as seen in the disparities between the 1st world and the 3rd world and as seen in the disparities within the 1st world. There are many places in the US which resemble a 3rd world country. If capitalism can't lift americans out of poverty how do we expect it to lift Chinese workers out of poverty? 3rdly. Much of globalization entails the destruction of subsistence agriculture and the proletarianization of peasntry. ie. by flooding mexico with cheap agricultural products, nafta caused the dislocation of many mexican farmers who then migrated to the border to find work in the maquiladora sector. If the proletarianization of 3rd world workers allows them to buy a modicum of consumer goods this doesn't mean that they have better lives, more control over their lives, or more social power. It actually means that they are now dependent on a capitalist for their livelihood- forced to sell their labor for a wage (wage slavery). 4. effect on 1st world workers- drive down wages and break unions. look at american economy. the effect of freer capital mobility is always bad for workers. human beings can't move that fast. Q.are we promoting violence against capitalists? A. no. but capitalism enforces exploitation with violence. therefore the call for its abolition brings a violent response from capital. Of course a transition to a post-capitalist society could, theoretically, by peaceful. But it would require taking away capital (social power) from capitalists. Assuming most capitalists won't just give away their social power, it will have to be taken by force- state force, armed force, violence, whatever. The question of revolutionary tactics is a tricky one because capitalism is so entrenched, has such a powerful monopoly on economic force and physical force; has such a hegemonic grip on our culture... it seems inescapable. So really, capitalism shouldn't have much to fear by some people sitting around and talking about the possibility of one day having a more just society. But it does. Capitalism can't even tolerate a little bit of dissent. I think that is because 1. capitalists know, deep down, that we are right and it bothers them; and 2. they are worried dissent among workers could interfere with profits.

Quotes About: Fascism "That which the Fascists hate above all else, is intelligence." - Miguel De Unamuno "Fascism is nothing but capitalist reaction." - Leon Trotsky "Fascism is capitalism plus murder." - Upton Sinclair "Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place." - Ignazio Silone "Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them." - Jean-Paul Sartre "Fascism is a European inquietude. It is a way of knowing everything -- history, the State, the achievement of the proletarianization of public life, a new way of knowing the phenomena of our epoch." - J. A. Primo De Rivera

Quotes About: Fascism "That which the Fascists hate above all else, is intelligence." - Miguel De Unamuno "Fascism is nothing but capitalist reaction." - Leon Trotsky "Fascism is capitalism plus murder." - Upton Sinclair "Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place." - Ignazio Silone "Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them." - Jean-Paul Sartre "Fascism is a European inquietude. It is a way of knowing everything -- history, the State, the achievement of the proletarianization of public life, a new way of knowing the phenomena of our epoch." - J. A. Primo De Rivera

Quotes About: Fascism "That which the Fascists hate above all else, is intelligence." - Miguel De Unamuno "Fascism is nothing but capitalist reaction." - Leon Trotsky "Fascism is capitalism plus murder." - Upton Sinclair "Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place." - Ignazio Silone "Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them." - Jean-Paul Sartre "Fascism is a European inquietude. It is a way of knowing everything -- history, the State, the achievement of the proletarianization of public life, a new way of knowing the phenomena of our epoch." - J. A. Primo De Rivera