Oil! Preface
In which Southern California is exposed as a rigged game, its people and powers rearranged but its smoke-choked machinery left unmistakably intact.
7 Jul 2min
The Book of Life Chapters 73-74 - Intellectual Production, Mankind Remade
In which the intricate interplay of communal industry and individual creativity is explored, revealing a society where material goods are commonly owned while intellectual pursuits flourish freely and...
6 Jul 30min
The Book of Life Chapters 70-72 - The Control of Industry, The New World, Agricultural Production
In which the hopeful and practical paths toward industrial democracy and co-operation are laid out, detailing plans for workers’ control of railways, banks, and essential industries, alongside the blo...
6 Jul 31min
The Book of Life Chapters 68-69 - The Problem of the Land, The Control of Credit
In which the author reflects on the obstacles and possibilities of implementing a graduated land values tax as a step towards social reform, emphasising the importance of clarity and practicality in w...
5 Jul 28min
The Book of Life Chapters 65-67 - Social Revolution, Confiscation or Compensation, Expropriating the Expropriators
In which the complexities of social revolution are examined through varied industrial conditions, worker organisation, and the attitudes of the propertied classes, emphasising the unpredictable nature...
5 Jul 33min
The Book of Life Chapters 62-64 - The Cost of Competition, Socialism and Syndicalism, Communism and Anarchism
In which the author meticulously examines the manifold inefficiencies and losses wrought by competitive capitalism—war, strikes, bankruptcy, insurance, advertising, crime, and environmental degradatio...
4 Jul 35min
The Book of Life Chapters 59-61 - Foreign Markets, Capitalist War, The Possibilities of Production
In which the relentless pursuit of foreign markets under capitalism is revealed as a torturous cycle of overproduction, economic rivalry, and tariff struggles that ensnare nations in financial distres...
4 Jul 29min
The Book of Life Chapters 56-58 - The Capitalist Process, Hard Times, The Iron Ring
In which the workings of capitalist industry are laid bare as a structure where a governing class owns the means of production, controlling the labour and its fruits in a manner that ties the worker’s...
3 Jul 24min
