Author Archives: stutteringsteps

ZERO-HOUR CONTRACTS!

Posted on July 18, 2013 by stutteringsteps

Beware! A zero-hour contract is coming to job near you. A zero-hour contract is a contract to be ‘on-call’ to work for an employer at the employers discretion. No actual work – no actual pay! No matter what the reason! … Continue reading →

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EGYPT: INSURRECTION or INTERREGNUM?

Posted on July 7, 2013 by stutteringsteps

Bourgeois hypocrisy. The champions of bourgeois democracy everywhere have been quick to denounce the toppling of President Morsi in Egypt as a blow against democracy. This cannot be surprising. Manipulation and control of the party political, electoral process is something … Continue reading →

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EGYPT: WORKERS AND SOLDIERS.

Posted on July 3, 2013 by stutteringsteps

At a time when the military are once again being drawn into the conflict in Egypt, it is worth considering the socio-economic situation of the ordinary soldier in times of internal crisis – particularly during periods involving historically profound contradictions. … Continue reading →

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AN ‘ASSEMBLY’ OF ILLUSIONS?

Posted on June 30, 2013 by stutteringsteps

The form and content of the recent People’s Assembly meeting in London was in many ways predictable. Rousing speeches of how bad the UK situation has become, how bad the nasty Con/Lib/Dem government leaders are. This together with some tokenistic … Continue reading →

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ANTI-CAPITALIST SECTARIANISM (Part 3)

Posted on June 26, 2013 by stutteringsteps

We have seen from the combined analysis of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Trotsky, in Anti-Capitalist Sectarianism, parts 1 and 2, that sectarianism is an egocentric pattern of behaviour. It is a pattern which displays arrogance and an unshakeable belief in … Continue reading →

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ANTI-CAPITALIST SECTARIANISM (Part 2)

Posted on June 17, 2013 by stutteringsteps

In part 1 of the evidence base for the full characteristics of sectarianism the opinions of Marx and Engels on the phenomena were presented. In this second part I will present the views of Lenin and Trotsky. Given that both … Continue reading →

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ANTI-CAPITALIST SECTARIANISM (Part – 1)

Posted on June 6, 2013 by stutteringsteps

Previous articles I have published concerning sectarianism have been in the form of summaries of the basic characteristics of this trend. For this reason they have lacked the evidence from which these summaries have been drawn. Despite this obvious lack … Continue reading →

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WOOLWICH! ELITES IN DENIAL.

Posted on May 31, 2013 by stutteringsteps

Being ‘in denial’ is a concept I first encountered in regard to a friends developing alcoholism. In that particular form it refers to a persons denial of their excessive and out of control drinking. They deny what is obvious to … Continue reading →

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GUANTANAMO: A pinnacle of depravity!

Posted on May 24, 2013 by stutteringsteps

Over the past 100 years there have been many examples of how brutal, heartless and depraved some members of the human species can become. It seems there are no extremes to which some of our citizens will go if they … Continue reading →

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THE 1926 BRITISH GENERAL STRIKE.

Posted on May 19, 2013 by stutteringsteps

Previously I have dealt with the often sectarian nature of calls for general strikes. [see ‘Sectarianism and the question of a General Strike’.] In a later article I presented a brief over-view of the UK social and economic ferment around … Continue reading →

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