Monthly Archives: May 2013

WOOLWICH! ELITES IN DENIAL.

Posted on May 31, 2013 by stutteringsteps

Being ‘in denial’ is a concept I first encountered in regard to a friends developing alcoholism. In that particular form it refers to a persons denial of their excessive and out of control drinking. They deny what is obvious to … Continue reading →

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GUANTANAMO: A pinnacle of depravity!

Posted on May 24, 2013 by stutteringsteps

Over the past 100 years there have been many examples of how brutal, heartless and depraved some members of the human species can become. It seems there are no extremes to which some of our citizens will go if they … Continue reading →

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THE 1926 BRITISH GENERAL STRIKE.

Posted on May 19, 2013 by stutteringsteps

Previously I have dealt with the often sectarian nature of calls for general strikes. [see ‘Sectarianism and the question of a General Strike’.] In a later article I presented a brief over-view of the UK social and economic ferment around … Continue reading →

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RELIGION – IS – POLITICS!

Posted on May 10, 2013 by stutteringsteps

The recent pronouncement (May 2013) by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Cantebury, that UK television ought to give a high profile to religion, raises an important question. His elite male desire to have religion “stitched into our public life” brings to … Continue reading →

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CULLING THE MIDDLE CLASSES.

Posted on May 3, 2013 by stutteringsteps

Round one. The last three decades of hegemony by neo-liberal economists and their political allies have seen the ruthless devastation of the organised working class and the virtual annihilation of the small business class – in all advanced capitalist countries. … Continue reading →

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