James Dennis Hoff

"As the coronavirus epidemic stretches on, working people are facing an economic collapse, the likes of which have not been seen since the Great Depression. Organizing to fight for an immediate ban on …"

"When times are good, capital can extract huge profits from labor with little risk. For instance, after the last economic crisis, the not only managed to recover all of its losses by 2013, it then proc…"

"Unfortunately, despite calls from progressives like Sanders and AOC, the U.S. government has so far done little to address the problem of layoffs and unemployment; and even limited proposals, such as …"

"Of course, working people ultimately cannot rely upon the federal government or the state governments to fix this crisis in any equitable way. Only the working class has the power to make this happen …"

"While capitalists and their paid politicians will scoff at these demands, claiming they are economically infeasible or impossible, this is because they only understand the language of profit and canno…"

"While major corporations and industries already have the necessary resources to protect their employees, it is true that many don’t. Therefore, calls to end layoffs must also include demands for a mor…"

"While this will certainly mean short term losses for wealthys, these crashes — signs of a coming — are nonetheless part of the bigger process of what Leon Trotsky called “capitalist equilibrium,” and …"

"Any company that cannot or will not comply with these demands should be nationalized under workers’ control or expropriated directly by the workers themselves. Wherever possible the capital of these c…"