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LIBYA AFTER GADDAFI.

Posted on August 25, 2011 by stutteringsteps

(From rogue state to client state?) The confusing and fluidly changing situation in Libya has been further distorted by the differing perspectives of the various news media.  However, what has been common to most media outlets has been posing of … Continue reading →

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Youth and the ‘big-society’: Phase 2!

Posted on August 20, 2011 by stutteringsteps

The ‘Big Society’, as promoted by Cameron, his Tory handlers and Lib-dem followers, was at first rather slow to get off the ground, but now it is gathering pace, if not in the form some people had naively hoped. In … Continue reading →

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Middle England bays for blood!

Posted on August 12, 2011 by stutteringsteps

The recent riots have struck fear into the very heart of middle England. The socio-economic system they support is in economic and financial melt-down and as they further tear up the post 2nd world war Beveridge social contract, the lower … Continue reading →

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Plan B? There is no Plan B! (at least not yet!)

Posted on August 10, 2011 by stutteringsteps

If you keep abreast of the current economic pronouncements by politicians and economics analysts you will discover there is no Plan B for dealing with the ongoing economic and financial crises. This is because there is unanimous agreement between them … Continue reading →

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‘Unnaceptable’ – ‘no excuse’ – ‘completely irresponsible’.

Posted on August 8, 2011 by stutteringsteps

Since Sunday (7/8/11)UK politicians of left right and centre have been queuing up to spout their venom, using vigorous language, such as that above. They have been using it to condemn what they consider as ‘opportunist criminals’ who have been … Continue reading →

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Sectarianism and the question of a General Strike.

Posted on July 18, 2011 by stutteringsteps

The recent question on how to ‘get a General Strike’ by the SWP is sadly a typically ill-thought out rhetorical enquiry reminiscent of the many proposals made by numerous sectarian left groups in the 1990’s. And it probably stems from … Continue reading →

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WHEN THE DICTATORS GO! WHAT COMES NEXT?

Posted on July 15, 2011 by stutteringsteps

Ben Ali and Mubarak have for some time been ousted although Gaddafi, after unleashing numerous savage dogs of war against many of his own people, looks less likely to suffer the same fate.  The involvement of European and North American … Continue reading →

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CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

Posted on June 29, 2011 by stutteringsteps

In the media circus this month, on the arrest and proposed trial of Ratko Mladic, an interesting phenomena has re-emerged. It seems there are two distinct categories of crimes against humanity. Those perpetrated by political and military agents of countries … Continue reading →

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Greek Crisis – yet another Golden ‘Fleece’

Posted on June 22, 2011 by stutteringsteps

The debate in the Greek Parliament over the introduction of an austerity plan conveniently obscures the international character of the problem which it attempts to deal with. The problem for Greece as with Spain, Ireland, Portugal and other countries, is … Continue reading →

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Youth and the current Crisis

Posted on June 19, 2011 by stutteringsteps

It has been well documented, that the large-scale struggles in the middle-east and North Africa, were actually initiated by a new generation of young people. It is clear that in the struggles that followed within Europe the younger generation also … Continue reading →

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