UBC encampment students brought some theory ✊ ( lemmy.ml )
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ubc-pro-palestinian-protest-photos-1.7192553
206th Birthday of Karl Marx May 5, 1818 - May 5, 2024 ( lemmy.ml )
True democracy is only possible when the means of production are publicly owned. ( media.mas.to )
America Inc ( lemmy.ml )
Vijay Prashad: "May Day is OUR day! May Day is a day for the people. It's the day that we celebrate those who build the world and make all the wealth." ( media.mas.to )
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/367/448/742/198/027/original/0a7ae8be8314317e.mp4
Happy International Workers' Day! ( lemmygrad.ml )
Cuba Changed Me•(interview with a US activist on solidarity with Cuba) ( www.trabajadores.cu )
The Phenomenon of China ( www.youtube.com )
Lego is a mirror for our society ( media.mas.to )
The "economy" is doing great ( lemmy.ml )
A new law to improve workers' rights has been passed in China at the national level ( www.taylorwessing.com )
This law affects all companies in the country, regardless of size. It will be effective in July 1st 2024, and there are 3 key points are:...
Developing Whole-Process People’s Democracy and Ensuring the People Run the Country ( en.qstheory.cn )
Today, we celebrate the International Anti-Colonialism Day, a day established as part of the 1955 Bandung Conference and to fortify the necessary struggle against colonialism and imperialism. ( media.mas.to )
Citigroup’s Plutonomy Memo: “There are rich consumers, and there are the rest” ( elpidio.org )
On this day in 1870, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov was born. Under his leadership, the Soviet Union emerged as a powerful force against western imperialism, inspiring resistance movements across the world. ( lemmy.ml )
Vijay Prashad: “Socialism or ruin” ( peoplesdispatch.org )
Planned obsolescence shatters the myth of capitalist innovation ( redphoenixnews.com )
Rural communities left behind by capitalism should look to socialism ( redphoenixnews.com )
Every New Young Billionaire Is Nepo Baby ( www.youtube.com )
USA vs Cuba ( lemmy.ml )
The leftist alternative to Wikipedia? Leftypedia! ( lemmy.ml )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/14178982...
Free Markets ( lemmy.ml )
How would one support innovation in socialism?
I am genuinely interested how such a thing would be done. I understand that it wouldn't be as hard as with communism, but I can't think of any way to encourage companies to make better (genuinely better) products. I remember how my mother told me how in her days (she lived in the DDR) there wasn't really any reason to be better...