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Rosa’s revolutionary socialism
A hundred years on from Rosa Luxemburg’s murder Stella Rooney argues that her ‘Reform or Revolution’, one of the first Marxist critiques of reformist currents within the socialist movement, is as relevant today as ever. A version of this article first appeared in the volume 1 of Conter.
Can automation end women's 'double burden'?
Debates about technological developments have revived techno-utopianism. Conter editorial board member Stella Rooney argues that the relationship between technology and social relations is complex and produces contradictory developments, as exemplified by the changing patterns of women’s labour in the 20th century.
Advancing Socialism with Technology
Does technology advance capitalism or does capitalism advance technology? And how Utopian is a society without work which operates to the benefit of working class people? Stella Rooney says it’s not Utopian for wealthy people who already live such a lifestyle. She argues the left must advance an economic strategy which acknowledges the potentials of technology and how we can use it, but that this must be decoupled from the capitalist framework…
