Author Archives: stutteringsteps

Capitalism versus the climate! (Book Review.)

Posted on June 7, 2015 by stutteringsteps

Book Review. THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: Capitalism versus the climate! By Naomi Klein. This is quite a substantial book, well researched and comprehensive in scope. It provides an extensive review of the multifarious ecological and environmental problems created by the capitalist … Continue reading →

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SYRIZA’S PLAN FOR GREECE!

Posted on May 24, 2015 by stutteringsteps

The frequent negotiations between the politicians in Greece’s new government and those of the European Economic Community, have been the cause of numerous comments on the news channels here in Europe. These ‘discussions’ are usually depicted as taking place between … Continue reading →

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THE ‘COMFORT-WOMEN’ OF JAPAN.

Posted on May 18, 2015 by stutteringsteps

For some years now there has been a campaign in Japan to publicise the ‘hidden’ history of the existence and treatment of ‘comfort-women’ during the Second World War. These were women who were mainly forced into prostitution to service the … Continue reading →

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THE BRITISH ELECTIONS 2015.

Posted on May 9, 2015 by stutteringsteps

In the weeks and months prior to the 2015 elections in Britain, there were at least six variations on the theme of re-energising the capitalist mode of production, within these troubled Islands. Each political party, from the Green Party, through … Continue reading →

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IDEOLOGY AND VIOLENCE – 2.

Posted on April 12, 2015 by stutteringsteps

In Ideology and Violence – 1, evidence was presented of the scriptural justifications for violence against the ‘other’ in the cases of the ideologies of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The ‘other’ meaning those of other religions, no religion and ‘heretics … Continue reading →

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IDEOLOGY AND VIOLENCE – 1.

Posted on March 30, 2015 by stutteringsteps

For an individual to resort to violence, (as with an individual act of terror) it is only necessary that some individual becomes so enraged and unhinged by circumstances or by some abnormality that he or she strikes out randomly – … Continue reading →

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NAZI’S: A DOUBLE WARNING FROM HISTORY.

Posted on February 22, 2015 by stutteringsteps

An interesting observation was made recently (February 2015) by Yanis Varoufakis, a senior member of the new government of Greece.  In wishing to fulfil the election promises of the Syriza Party to end austerity, Yanis was seeking to influence the … Continue reading →

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THE TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMME.

Posted on February 7, 2015 by stutteringsteps

Once recognition of the need to go beyond capital is accepted, it may seem sensible to have a programme of action which acts as a guide toward the fulfilment of such an ambitious project. Many areas of life, for example, … Continue reading →

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CONTRADICTIONS IN PARIS.

Posted on January 16, 2015 by stutteringsteps

The majority of those who assembled in Paris in millions on Saturday did so to protest against the two murderous atrocities committed there and to defend free speech. The symbolic phrases which dominated placards and posters was ‘Je Suis Charlie‘. … Continue reading →

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JE SUIS CHARLIE

Posted on January 9, 2015 by stutteringsteps

The fact that expressing an opinion which offends somebody, can now get you killed makes us all potentially ‘je suis charlie’.  Unless of course, we bow the knee to those who are prepared to kill and maim in order to … Continue reading →

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