Author Archives: stutteringsteps

THE EGYPTIAN ELECTIONS.

Posted on June 26, 2012 by stutteringsteps

In many ways the election of the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, Mohamad Morsi as President of Egypt, marks something of a symbolic change in Egyptian politics. He is certainly the first ‘elected’ and also the first ‘non-military’ president since the military … Continue reading →

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THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN GREECE.

Posted on June 21, 2012 by stutteringsteps

The June 2012 election. It is clear that the current unrest in Europe is directly in response to the structural and fiscal crisis of capitalism. Last weekends voting in Greece hinged around what economic, social and fiscal measures are to … Continue reading →

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REVOLUTION!

Posted on May 31, 2012 by stutteringsteps

(The Locomotive of History.) In a notable expression, Marx described revolutions as the ‘locomotives of history‘. His point was that a substantial build up of power was necessary to drive, or sometimes drag, socio-economic changes forward – anything less powerful … Continue reading →

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CAPITAL AND THE STATE.

Posted on May 23, 2012 by stutteringsteps

1. Introduction. Recent events have revealed significant changes in the relationship between heads of western governments and their populations. Almost the first Presidential act of ‘socialist’ Francois Hollande after his election in France, was to rush to meet Germany’s Angela … Continue reading →

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‘THE RIDDLE OF HISTORY SOLVED.’

Posted on April 30, 2012 by stutteringsteps

A) A bit of history. This is the second article urging anti-capitalists, to study Marx as a basis, for a critical understanding of the international revolutionary tradition associated with his name. It has become necessary because the term Marxism, has … Continue reading →

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A simple proposal for a new anticapitalist left.

Posted on April 14, 2012 by stutteringsteps

by Simon Hardy I along with a number of other members of Workers Power in Britain, Austria and the Czech Republic have resigned from the organisation. The global capitalist crisis has posed tremendous questions for the radical left about how … Continue reading →

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‘PATIENCE: THE FIRST CONDITION OF LEARNING ANYTHING – STUDYING A MATTER THOROUGHLY.’

Posted on March 29, 2012 by stutteringsteps

“..Patience – the first condition of learning anything – studying a matter thoroughly.” (Letter: Marx to Sorge. 1881.) Whilst there is general agreement among revolutionary anti-capitalists that from a human, ecological and environmental perspective, there is a need to get … Continue reading →

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‘Form’ and ‘essence’ in the Anti-Capitalist Struggle.

Posted on February 17, 2012 by stutteringsteps

It is my opinion that there has developed something of a confusion on the left between the essence (or content) of our anti-capitalist struggle and the changing form it often takes. In general it is obvious that there is a … Continue reading →

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THE REVOLUTIONARY PARTY (Help or Hindrance?)

Posted on February 7, 2012 by stutteringsteps

We know from direct experience how badly revolutionary party building has fared over the last several decades. Indeed, the steadfast endeavour to build one over the last 70 years has never amounted to more than a precarious and often temporary … Continue reading →

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OCCUPY AND THE TASKS OF SOCIALISTS.

Posted on January 12, 2012 by stutteringsteps

by Pham Binh Over the headline of this blog are a series of pages which contain longer, more analytic articles. A new one by a North  American anti-capitalist, Pham Binh, appears above entitled ‘OCCUPY AND THE TASK OF SOCIALISTS’. I … Continue reading →

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