I do get fetishistic when I identify reforms that could be accelerated, that go with the grain of history, and and are in conformity with the interests of the people.
Gold - clearly a matter of time now
Tobin tax - why not? but only if we remember we have a world to win
World development and conservation fund - got to do something with the Tobin tax proceeds if you do not want to accelerate a global recession, haven't you?
Tobacco - social production controlled by social foresight please
GM foods - social production controlled by social foresight please
Gun capital - why not regulate? (Because they kill campaigners?) OK campaign carefully.
Financial management - control finance capital. Use the slog of "transparency"
Land socialisation - restrict bourgeois right in the private ownership of land; arrange the increase in use value of land that comes from economic development accrues to the economy as a whole and not to the private owner.
Environmental audit - all private companies to include in their annual reports and environmental and social audit.
Income tax credits - incorporate non-workers into economic activity, concentrate on political campaigns rather than trade unionist economist campaigns for higher wages.
Electoral reform - undermine the bourgeois two party system, make consultation professional, detailed, and boring.
Publish ownership of all public companies with details of sister and parent companies. 'transparency' for all. Why should the bastards keep data on your credit worthiness if you cannot inspect theirs?
Multi-national states with devolved local government, respect for rights of all minorities, and financial mechanisms for pumping value from the centre to the periphery.
Chris Burford
London