> for Marxists is how to come up with an alternative. It must be stated as
> clearly as possible: there is no alternative to socialism. All the
> palliatives that are being discussed in the bourgeois press will fall
> short. No fixes from the IMF or G7 will work. The problem is that there is
> excess capacity. We are witnessing a crisis of overproduction. Capitalism
> has no solution for that.
Oh, nonsense, the US, Europe and Japan could start printing and spending money like there's no tomorrow, and stabilize things in a hurry. It's just that the EU is acting like they're broke, which they're not, and Japan is acting like it's broke, which it's not, while US consumers are literally going for broke. Neoliberalism has no solution for the crisis; the crisis is the *end* of neoliberalism. But global neoindustrialism, neo-Volvoism, and neo-Toyotism are waiting in the wings as we speak. Let's not confuse the crash and burn of the Wall Street bubble with the end of the world-system.
-- Dennis