Monthly Archives: March 2013

DAYLIGHT ROBBERY IN CYPRUS.

Posted on March 31, 2013 by stutteringsteps

Cyprus Bank Robbery – an inside job! It used to be that large-scale bank robberies were committed by the organised criminal underground, breaking into banks, holding the bank staff at gunpoint and stealing as much cash as they could stuff … Continue reading →

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SYRIZA: CRUCIBLE OR CUL-DE-SAC?

Posted on March 24, 2013 by stutteringsteps

Who wants a ‘Party of the People’? Recently there has been a number of calls from within the UK anti-capitalist left, for the formation of a ‘party of the people’ to rescue the working class from the current crisis and … Continue reading →

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LEADERS OR FACILITATORS?

Posted on March 15, 2013 by stutteringsteps

The concept of a leadership ‘vanguard’ runs through a section of the anti-capitalist left like a solid strand of DNA. This concept keeps replicating itself across generations and despite trying to evolve to fit into the changed environment it now … Continue reading →

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ZOMBIES AND VAMPIRES.

Posted on March 2, 2013 by stutteringsteps

Although they are not real economic categories, the first of the above two words, has surfaced in recent economic and financial discussions. Given this attempt to popularise complex economic phenomena, I think there is enough room to include the second. … Continue reading →

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