Workers of the World, Unite
and Stop Working!
a reply to marxism
Jim Haynes
with a translation in Russian by Yuri Golitinski
a reply to marxism
Jim Haynes
with a translation in Russian by Yuri Golitinski
84 pages, 14 x 10,8 cm
"For me, one of our major un-necessary problems
is our dependence on the verb 'to work' and the noun 'worker'. This causes
great psychological, political, and sociological pain and confusion. In
essence the verb means to use, spend or burn-up energy and the noun indicates
someone doing this spending.
But this verb does not state whether this energy is being
used joyfully or painfully. This is a key question. This is why I believe
we have a solvable and un-necessary problem. It is in fact a nonproblem.
We demand too much of this verb. It cannot serve two masters: joy and
pain. I contend that it is this confusion which is largely responsible
for global (and personal) frustration and anxiety."
Later published in a German-language edition and a bi-lingual English/Russian edition in St. Petersburg.
A new edition published by Glas, Moscow in English in 2002.
©Jim Haynes Handshake, 1993