Tag Archives: Working Class
War: Who is it Good for?
After being charged taxes for working on their land by feudal lords, many European workers then came under the yoke of capitalists, forced to accept undignified and unsafe working conditions in factories and inadequate pay for the work they did. … Continue reading
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Tagged Battles, Bourgeois Democracy, Bourgeoisie, Capitalism, Capitalist Exploiters, Colonialism, Conflict, Exploitation, First World War, Government, Imperialism, Injustice, Oppression, Politics, Proletariat, Rebellion, Repression, Revolution, Ruling Class, Russian Revolution, Socialism, State, Upper Class, Uprising, War, Working Class, World War One, WWI
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Raise in Subway Costs in Mexico City
The raise in subway costs in Mexico City is very clearly a regressive tax. The subsidy was never a benevolent government gift to the people. It was a service paid for by the tax of Mexican citizens. However, because … Continue reading
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Tagged Business Elites, Capitalism, Class War, Corporate Government, DF, Economic Crisis, Injustice, Metro, Mexico, Mexico City, Politics, Poor, Proletariat, Rich, Subway, Working Class
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3) Calle 13: Unified Action and the Power of the Proletariat
In the song “El Hormiguero“, Residente uses the metaphor of an ant colony to represent the fight of workers against the oppression of exploitative capitalist and imperialist forces. It would be difficult to interpret this track in any way other … Continue reading
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Tagged Calle 13, Hip-Hop, Poesía, Poetry, Puerto Rico, Rap, Revolución, Revolution, Socialism, Solidarity, Unity, Working Class
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Resistance Is Fertile 