Author Archives: stutteringsteps

CATALONIAN INDEPENDENCE.

Posted on October 27, 2017 by stutteringsteps

The limits of bourgeois democracy revealed. A decision by the citizens in the Catalonia region of Spain to have a referendum on whether to declare independence, has clearly revealed the limits of bourgeois democracy. In response to this aspiration for … Continue reading →

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TECHNO-BABBLE

Posted on October 1, 2017 by stutteringsteps

  Perhaps this article should have been entitled Robo-Bo – – ocks as it has been inspired by a recent spate of articles and TV programs promising a bright fantasy future for mankind from the application of intelligent, robot technology. … Continue reading →

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LEFT VIOLENCE.

Posted on September 10, 2017 by stutteringsteps

Recent events at Charlottesvile and UC Berkley in the USA have been accompanied by scenes of communal violence. This was violence orchestrated by right-wing and left-wing political currents primarily against each other. More specifically, members and supporters of alternative right … Continue reading →

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BEING IN TIME

Posted on August 14, 2017 by stutteringsteps

An extended book review of. ‘Being in Time’ (a post-political manifesto) by Gilad Atzmon. Despite the two abstractions in the title of this recent book by Gilad Atzmon, (ie. ‘being’ and ‘time’) it’s main subject matter is far from ‘being’ … Continue reading →

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ENEMIES WITHIN (Part 2)

Posted on July 1, 2017 by stutteringsteps

The subject for this second part of ‘Enemies Within’ our communities (The political and bureaucratic elite) was originally meant to be the third in the series. However, in view of the tragic events in London of the high-rise, towering inferno … Continue reading →

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ENEMIES WITHIN? (Part 1)

Posted on June 6, 2017 by stutteringsteps

The recent spate of murderous attacks by ‘home-grown’ Islamic inspired fundamentalists, in Europe and the UK, has led to the promotion of the concept of an ‘enemy within’. This term has now been used by quite a few individuals and … Continue reading →

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REVOLUTIONARY-HUMANISM ( Part 3)

Posted on May 7, 2017 by stutteringsteps

In revolutionary-humanism parts 1 and 2, evidence and the logic flowing from it was introduced to make the case that class-based economic systems distort and suppress the original (and still preferred essence) of what it is to be human. It … Continue reading →

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REVOLUTIONARY-HUMANISM (Part 2)

Posted on April 12, 2017 by stutteringsteps

In ‘Revolutionary-Humanism (Part 1)’ evidence was provided to establish two important facts that are fundamental to Marx’s analysis of the problems facing humanity. The first thing to be established was that Marx implicitly and explicitly (in the 1844 Manuscripts in … Continue reading →

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REVOLUTIONARY-HUMANISM. (Part 1)

Posted on March 25, 2017 by stutteringsteps

When Karl Marx articulated his view of the humanist purpose of ‘communism’ in 1844, he could not have anticipated that so few people – many of whom would later claim to be following in his footsteps – would simply not … Continue reading →

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RECURRING PROBLEMS IN EUROPE.

Posted on March 4, 2017 by stutteringsteps

Over the past decade or more the core nations within the European Union, have been in, or close to a terminal economic and social crisis. Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy and the UK, are among the worst effected, but these are … Continue reading →

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