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DESCRIPTION:Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library\n\nHow the Corporate Structure 
 Differs from Capitalism, and Rules the World\nThe corporate structure 
 (meaning both that of individual corporations and the global corporate 
 system), in its present globalized form, has not divided the world into 
 competing sectors or empires, but rather has divided the global economy 
 into a dual stratified system composed of a dominant financial economy and 
 a dependent productive economy. The financial economy has the power to 
 determine or condition the fate of the productive, and to materially 
 determine what happens in electoral offices at any level of government (not 
 via contributions or lobbying). In addition, since the financial economy is 
 not productive, but parasitic on the productive economy, and on capitalism 
 itself, the power of the working class is displaced. Only a few nations 
 have taken preliminary steps (incompletely in each case) to offset the 
 power of direct corporate control – these include Cuba, Venezuela, 
 Bolivia, Ecuador, and China. But the degree of globalization of the 
 corporate structure, its power over production, nations, and cultures, and 
 its destructiveness and despoliations toward all of these, including the 
 planet, are not the result of a “ruling elite’s” avaricious desires, 
 sadism, or greed. They are all the logical extensions of inherent 
 structural processes within the corporate structure itself. This talk will 
 examine some of those structural drives and needs, and how they have 
 displaced and even rendered irrelevant human concerns. And it will discuss 
 some of the weak points in this structure, beyond those of class. Steve 
 Martinot will present and lead our discussion of this important 
 topic.\n\nSunday, February 8, 2015 - 10:30 am to 12:30 pm\n6501 Telegraph 
 Avenue, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)\n\nSeating is limited, so 
 plan to come early. We start promptly.\nFREE - but hat will be passed for 
 donations to NPML\n\nAbout Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library\nA weekly 
 discussion series inspired by our respect for the work of Karl Marx and our 
 belief that his work will remain as important for the class struggles of 
 the future as they have been for the past. \n\nFor info or to subscribe to 
 our weekly announcements, \nCall Gene Ruyle at 510-428-1578 or email: 
 cuyleruyle@mac.com\nFor our full schedule, go to icssmarx.org \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/01/23/18767424.php
SUMMARY:How the Corporate Structure Differs from Capitalism, and Rules the World
LOCATION:NPML\n6501 Telegraph Avenue\nOakland, CA  94609
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/01/23/18767424.php
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