Monthly Archives: December 2020

On the Materialist Interpretation of History – 2.

In the previous article on this site, the summary by Karl Marx of the materialist interpretation of history was printed in full. This article will consider how that ‘interpretation‘ can throw light upon the situation global humanity faces in the … Continue reading

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On the Materialist Interpretation of History – 1

Before the reader proceeds further, the following needs to be stated. The materialist interpretation of history (often misleadingly shortened to ‘Historical Materialism’) was never meant to be a mechanistic or crude determinist interpretation of history. That was a false conclusion … Continue reading

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CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC – 29

One step forward; two steps back. If there were league tables for incompetence, the British Elite (political and governmental) would be very high on the list. The claim of Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, to have personally endorsed an … Continue reading

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An introduction to Revolutionary-Humanism

Below is the preface to a new book I intend to publish soon entitled; ‘An Introduction to Revolutionary-Humanism’. Pre-publication copies in Word document format are available on request to royratcliffe@yahoo.com for anyone who may be interested. I hope to find … Continue reading

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