Author Archives: stutteringsteps

SECTARIANISM IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR – 2.

Posted on February 3, 2016 by stutteringsteps

Revolutionary illusions and delusions. Despite the fact that many participants in the Spanish Civil War were convinced they were engaged in an anti-capitalist revolution, the reality as it unfolded in the 1930’s, demonstrated something different. Events proved in 1930’s Spain … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Capitalism, capitalism, Critique, Marx, neo-liberalism, Politics, Reformism, Sectarianism | Tagged 'muck of ages', Anti-Capitalist sectarianism, Marx, Spanish Civil War, State-capitalism | 2 Comments

SECTARIANISM IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR – 1.

Posted on January 26, 2016 by stutteringsteps

In any serious struggles, particularly in the case of wars, the victors invariably have the means to ensure that their version of what took place is the one that dominates the historical record – at least for a considerable time. … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Capitalism, capitalism, Critique, Left Unity, Politics, Reformism, Religion, Sectarianism | Tagged Anti-Capitalist sectarianism, Capital and Crisis, Fascism, Political Sectarianism, Revolution, Spanish Civil War | 2 Comments

WHAT IS STRIKING ABOUT STRIKING?

Posted on January 13, 2016 by stutteringsteps

In the continuous war between Capital and Labour the working classes have relatively few weapons, whilst the capitalist classes have many. Those possessed by the working classes are mostly weak whilst those of the capitalist class are immensely strong. Collectively … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Capitalism, capitalism, Critique, Ecological damage., Economics, Politics, Revolutionary-Humanism | Tagged Boycotts, Demonstrations, Petitions, public sector crisis, Strikes | Leave a comment

FLOODED HOUSE? Blame the rain!

Posted on December 13, 2015 by stutteringsteps

Once again working class families in England have experienced the destructive effects of flooding in their communities and homes. Not for the first time, communities of terraced and semi-detached houses have seen the lower portions of their homes flooded to … Continue reading →

Posted in capitalism, Critique, Ecological damage., Economics, Politics, Reformism, The State | Tagged climate change, extreme weather, Flood defences, Floods | Leave a comment

OPIUM OF THE PEOPLE.

Posted on November 28, 2015 by stutteringsteps

The title of this article is an extremely well-known extract from a criticism of religion by Karl Marx. On the basis of much of the left confusion and error with regard to a contemporary problem of considerable magnitude, I think this … Continue reading →

Posted in Critique, Fundamentalism, Patriarchy, Politics, Reformism, Religion, Revolutionary-Humanism, Revolutionary-Humanist theory | 2 Comments

SPLITS IN THE BRITISH LABOUR PARTY.

Posted on September 25, 2015 by stutteringsteps

Only minutes after the announcement that Jeremy Corby had overwhelmingly won the leadership contest within the British Labour Party, the divisions within it were quickly exposed. The first snub by a Labour MP to the winner took place almost immediately … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Capitalism, capitalism, Critique, Left Unity, neo-liberalism, Politics, Reformism | Tagged British Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Left Unity | Leave a comment

WHITHER THE NATION-STATE?

Posted on September 4, 2015 by stutteringsteps

Whether we consider the multifarious problems in Greece, Spain and other countries, or the emergence of radical Islam (as with ISIL), the continuing 21st century economic crisis of the capitalist mode of production has undoubtedly produced a profound political crisis … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Capitalism, capitalism, Critique, dispossession, Economics, Fundamentalism, Nationalism, neo-liberalism, Patriarchy, Religion, Sectarianism, The State | Tagged Bourgeois nation-states, dispossession, Failed states, finance capital, Islamism, killing in the name of God, Nationalism, neo-liberalism | Leave a comment

JEREMY CORBYN’S TEN POINTS!

Posted on August 20, 2015 by stutteringsteps

It can hardly escape anyone’s attention that the British Labour Party’s leadership contest has revealed the existence of deep divisions within this party of ‘left’ reformism. In addition this contest has revealed not only the sordid personal jockeying for elevated … Continue reading →

Posted in Critique, dispossession, Ecological damage., Economics, Marx, neo-liberalism, Politics, Reformism, Revolutionary-Humanism, Sectarianism | Tagged anti-austerity, austerity, immigration, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Leadership Contest, left reformism, migrants, The Ten Points | Leave a comment

SYRIZA IMPLODES.

Posted on July 19, 2015 by stutteringsteps

True colours. It surely cannot come as a complete surprise, that the so-called radicals in the leadership roles of the new Greek political party Syriza, rolled over and accepted the almost fascist levels of economic and financial demands made by … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Capitalism, capitalism, Critique, Economics, Finance, Left Unity, Nationalism, Politics, Reformism, The State | Tagged Austerity Europe, Greece on the ropes, Syriza Betrayal? | 4 Comments

PAST and PRESENT LABOUR.

Posted on June 26, 2015 by stutteringsteps

This article is meant as a compliment to the one on Productive and Un-productive Labour and the motive for writing it is essentially the same. That is to say it’s purpose is to strip away all the complex superstructural jargon … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Capitalism, capitalism, Critique, dispossession, Economics, Finance, neo-liberalism | Tagged finance capital, Greek Debt, IMF versus Greece, Past Labour, Present Labour, The Greek Tragedy | Leave a comment