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The Chinese working class plays a Janus-like role in the political imaginary of neoliberalism. On the one hand, it’s imagined as the competitive victor of capitalist globalization, the conquering juggernaut whose rise spells defeat for the working classes of the rich world. What hope is there for the struggles of workers in Detroit or Rennes when the Sichuanese migrant is happy to work for a fraction of the price?
Eli Friedman
2013/12/03
Socialist China Should Demand Press Freedom
This article by Chinese students argues that since Marx and Engels came out in defense of freedom of speech in 1848, a socialist country should therefore guarantee freedom of speech.
"Common Sense" Editorial Group
2013/01/09
Three hundred demonstrators occupied City Center Hong Kong To protest against capitalism
On the global day of action against capitalism, October 15, there were more than 300 people took part in the city centre of Hong Kong to protest against the failure of the system. A wide range of groups and parties joined the event, including Left 21, FM101, student organisations, Anti-nuclear coalition, Lehman Brothers victims,LSD (Link of Social Democrates), People’sPower, Neighborhood and Workers Service Centre etc. A group of young men wearing "V" mask and black clothes were also present.
2011/10/17
Occupy Central on 15th October 2011
The “OccupyWall Street” movement initiated by the American youth, and later joined by manytrade unionists and people from all walks of live, has gained increasingsocial concern and global support. On 15th October 2011, themovement is going to spread to hundreds of cities all over the world.
2011/10/14
Anti-Nuclear Demonstrations in Hong Kong
A Hundred Protestors Demand the Immediate Scrapping of all Nuclear Power Yesterday three months after the Japanese earthquake which triggered a nuclear disaster in Fukushima, there were anti…
2011/06/13
7 Reasons why nuclear power is bad for the environment and the nation
我不是反核運動家。這20年來,我一直在核電廠工作。社會上有聽不完的擁核反核理論,但我只想在這裡告訴大家:「所謂的核電廠是這樣一回事。」大部份的人 都不知道核電內部的實際情形。希望大家有耐心把這篇文章讀完。所謂核電,跟各位所想的或許有點出入。在那裡,每天都有遭受放射線污染的工人,以及嚴重的岐 視產生。 The industry of big energy has been at it again, pushing government officials to allow for more options that will put money in their pockets even though it will have a negative back lash for the country. With their new lobbying and ad campaigns pushing for this new energy that they claim will save us from of our economic and environmental ills, are they really dealing honestly with us? The truth is nuclear power is dangerous, costly, and will create more problems that it could ever hope to solve. Here is the truth about nuclear power and seven reasons why nuclear power is bad for the environment and for the nation.
2011/03/17
The Games Behind the Giant City and Express Railway
In this article, Lau Yu-fan analyses the relationship between the logic of capital and urbanization. The logic of capital is to maximize the accumulation. Capital has to accumulate through spatial carriers, "city" is one of those, in which economic activities are highly centralized. According to David Harvey’s “Notes Towards a Theory of Uneven Geographical Development”, capitalists have a strong motivation to minimize the turnover time of capital, and urbanization helps to achieve this goal. When a city is developed, it attracts more investments, and the land prices go up as a result. Even though the workers are the ones who build, they usually cannot afford a house in the city. This is the most unjust aspect of capitalism. Under the same logic of capital, urbanization also destroys the cultural life of the workers and their community networks.
2010/06/02
Land Rent, House Rent and Distribution of Wealth: The Logic of Capital in the Urbanization of the Guangdong Rural Since 1979
Siu Yu-Kwan discusses Marx's rent theory. There are three different concepts of rent: monopoly rent, differential rent (Type I and Type II), and absolute ground rent. Due to the monopoly of land ownership, the formerly self-sufficient farmers were forced to leave their lands and moved to the city to become workers. That had set the preconditions for further production of surplus value and accumulation of capital. After three decades of economic reform, the mode of production in rural China has gradually been shifted from rural cooperation to township enterprise management. In this sense, the ownership of land is converted from public to private. The author takes Guangdong as an example and points out that 3 new classes are formed in the rural areas: 1) the capitalist by the foreign investors; 2) the landlord by the villagers; 3) the working class by the migrant workers.
2010/06/02
Land Rent, House Rent and Distribution of Wealth: The Logic of Capital in the Urbanization of the Guangdong Rural Since 1979
Siu Yu-Kwan discusses Marx's rent theory. There are three different concepts of rent: monopoly rent, differential rent (Type I and Type II), and absolute ground rent. Due to the monopoly of land ownership, the formerly self-sufficient farmers were forced to leave their lands and moved to the city to become workers. That had set the preconditions for further production of surplus value and accumulation of capital. After three decades of economic reform, the mode of production in rural China has gradually been shifted from rural cooperation to township enterprise management. In this sense, the ownership of land is converted from public to private. The author takes Guangdong as an example and points out that 3 new classes are formed in the rural areas: 1) the capitalist by the foreign investors; 2) the landlord by the villagers; 3) the working class by the migrant workers.
2010/06/02
Whose Interest Does a City Serve? ─ ─The Logic of Capital and Urbanization
This feature stems from the anti- Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link movement from the beginning of the year. Lots of young people went on the street to protest and the whole of society was shaken. In the name of “development”, real estate developers, with the help of the government, are making huge profits by tearing down affordable housing and replacing it with luxurious apartments. The capitalists are being allowed to exploit the land, as well as the people who live there. If we want to act against capitalism, it is necessary for us to arm our thoughts with an understanding of the underlying logic of capital.
2010/06/02
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