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MISUNDERSTANDING MARX – 2.

Another critique of capitalism I came across recently revealed yet another common misunderstanding on the anti-capitalist and pro-capitalist left. After describing some of the climate and ecological problems faced by humanity the author suggested the necessity for a revolutionary struggle … Continue reading

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Misunderstanding Marx – 1

During the last six months I have read numerous articles aimed at convincing people to engage with the problems of pollution, climate change, ecological loss and poverty and most of them have suggested implementing certain reforms of the existing capitalist … Continue reading

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SO WHOSE CLUTCHING AT STRAWS?

The current stage of the capitalist mode of production is causing, climate change, widespread air, land, fresh and sea water pollution, along with ecological destruction. As a consequence more and more voices are being raised calling for remedial action. These … Continue reading

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THE ARREST OF DONALD TRUMP!

In the United States of America there has long been a simmering war between the the Republican Party elites and those of the Democratic Party. With the election of Donald Trump to President in 2017, the temperature between the two … Continue reading

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LEFT, LEFT, ABOUT TURN.

For a generation or two, the liberal left in the UK campaigned against the monopoly of politics by a wealthy elite and the monopoly of morality by religious belief. Now in the 21st century, the liberal left in the UK … Continue reading

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BANKING ON A CRISIS?

Once again, as in 2007 and 2008 a financial crisis is ripping across the global system of production and consumption and media confusion is following in its wake. For those interested in understanding the basis of this latest US Silicon … Continue reading

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BIOLOGY, BODY IMAGE & BURNING BOOKS.

It is well known that the burning of books is motivated by a form of ideological thinking among some people whose views seeks to dominate all other ways of viewing the world. Catholic ideologues in the middle ages were notorious … Continue reading

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THE EMPIRES STRIKE BACK – AGAIN!

One year on from Putin’s Special Operation and despite fierce resistance from the Rebel Alliance in Ukraine it looks as a real time, stripped down version of Star Wars is on the cards. If so it will not be the … Continue reading

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CLASS STRUGGLES IN 2023.

In every part of the world political systems are oozing with elite corruption and mafia style collusion within and between them. Organised crime type gangs of politicians are in every hierarchical nook and cranny of their respective state systems in … Continue reading

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CLIMATE-CHANGE CHIT CHAT.

Ignorance of the bio-chemical details of the human bodies multi-cellular composition, interdependence and environmental interactions, has allowed health-advising quacks to prescribe miracle remedies for various symptoms. The same general lack of knowledge in sufferers has tempted them to obtain and … Continue reading

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