Word: socialist
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...World Socialist Web Site, I learn that Taylor and Godineaux were also acting under the "compulsion of circumstances." Taylor "was nearing 40, and still stuck with low-paying fast-food jobs. His increasing demoralization could not have been unrelated to the dead end he found himself in, while from every radio, television and newspaper there issued declarations that everyone had never had it so good...
...World Socialist view ponders "the tremendous social tensions, the growing polarization between the rich and poor, the cult of wealth and competition in which the signal is given that almost anything is permitted in the race for the fast buck. In the absence as yet of any alternative perspective of collective struggle and human solidarity, individual 'success' is everything and everyday life becomes increasingly brutalized...
...right, which only a decade ago claimed to represent Europe's mainstream, wind up in this mess? In part by winning the battle of ideas. During the cold war, the center-right defined itself against the specter of communism and assailed the socialist left for giving comfort to the enemy. But as communism crumbled, the European center-left adopted conservative positions on social issues, while embracing free markets, cozying up to business and supporting military interventions. Most significantly, center-left governments in Britain, France and Germany have earned voters' confidence as competent stewards of the economy, responsive to the challenges...
...Seillière's path turned again: the powerful French employers' association, now known as medef, tapped him to lead its fight against the Socialist government's controversial 35-hour workweek. Though he failed to block the law, Seillière went on the offensive and demanded a total reorganization of the country's health and unemployment systems that the employers manage jointly with labor leaders. After enlisting the support of some moderate unions, Seillière hoped to force through sweeping reforms that successive governments had failed to enact...
Based on George Orwell's "1984," Ted Rall's ambitious new graphic novel, "2024" (NBM Publishing; 96 pages; $16.95), imagines the near future as controlled by a corporate totalitarianism rather than a socialist one. Like its precursor, "2024" means to evoke an entire parodistic culture, including social structure, language, art, and philosophy ( "Neo-postmodernism," in Rall's case) by gently exaggerating the current culture of its core audience...