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Part 2. The dehumanisation of humans. There is a long history of hierarchical mass society elites using concepts borrowed from the world of other life forms to dehumanise human opponents so as to avoid accepting the truth of their intention … Continue reading →

Part 1. Recent History. In the last one hundred plus years there have been many crimes against humanity (civilians targeted and collective punishments) perpetrated on an extremely large scale. However, only five instances of them have been conducted on a … Continue reading →

Bolton Socialist Club is one of the oldest surviving independent  socialist clubs in the UK. The club was founded by the working women and men of the Lancashire cotton town of Bolton in the 19th century.  It has survived into … Continue reading →

Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people in whole or in part. In 1948, the United Nations Genocide Convention defined genocide as being the intentional destruction of a people by means of five “acts committed with intent to destroy, … Continue reading →

In this series of articles (and some others on this blog) it has been established that ancient as well as modern, hierarchical mass societies with their divisions into socio-economic classes and into occupational specialisms, introduce into those who live within … Continue reading →

Only those who have lost their general humanity can celebrate the deaths of any member of our species by the hands or orders of other members of our species. This is why many ordinary working people will not be joining … Continue reading →

Profiting from Death and Extinction. As is the case with many animal species which are social, the vast majority of human beings from birth to adulthood, are part of a community of significant others. This formative family experience within hierarchical … Continue reading →

At the end of part 1 of this series concerning social control and war crimes, I concluded that; “within hierachical mass societies, not everyone was (or is) committing atrocities but many by following scheduled tasks, obeying specific orders and staying … Continue reading →

Part 1. Fundamentals. Beneath all the accumulated cultural baggage (and garbage) erected on the foundations of hierarchical mass societies, now dominated by the capitalist mode of production, the most important factors determining life on earth in general and human life … Continue reading →

A) Blame things on the Virus. Most current economic pundits seem to be blaming the present state of the world economy upon the interference in human affairs of a tiny speck of bio- chemical organic matter (a virus) plus the … Continue reading →