Category Archives: Anti-Capitalism

PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY.

Posted on November 26, 2016 by stutteringsteps

In the UK, both Teresa May, Prime Minister and Chancellor Philip Hammond have both recently made statements asserting the need for greater productivity from workers in order to increase their pay from this increased productivity. This proves quite conclusively that … Continue reading →

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CULTURE AND ECONOMICS.

Posted on November 20, 2016 by stutteringsteps

In the superficial descriptions and explanations of the current shifts in voting patterns within Britain, Europe and the US, the mass media and other forms of communication are currently focused upon the issues of immigration, race and religion. These important … Continue reading →

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CLINTON OR TRUMP?

Posted on November 2, 2016 by stutteringsteps

As the US presidential race nears it’s final days, it appears from many who have expressed an opinion on which they favour, that the United States electorate are almost equally divided between the two candidates. The press cannot make up … Continue reading →

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MERITOCRATS – THE REAL DESPICABLES!

Posted on September 24, 2016 by stutteringsteps

During the same week in September 2016, Teresa May in the UK and Hillary Clinton in the USA made interesting and revealing statements. May on the need to ‘improve access to the meritocracy’ in Britain; Clinton on stereotyping half the … Continue reading →

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GOD AND GENDER.

Posted on September 6, 2016 by stutteringsteps

Have you ever wondered why in modern religions, the designated creative, super power of the universe is invariably classed as invisible yet is always conceived as being male? Do you, like me, wonder how such a gender specific fact could … Continue reading →

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THE INVENTION OF RACE.

Posted on August 5, 2016 by stutteringsteps

Differences between human beings such as those designated as ‘racial’ and religious are again being promoted as causing most, if not all, of the problems facing contemporary society. The reason is not too difficult to fathom. The economic aspects of … Continue reading →

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MISSING THE OBVIOUS.

Posted on July 25, 2016 by stutteringsteps

A palpable sense of relief has been expressed in the mass media that the lone shooter of 8 plus people in Munich was not connected in any way with the Islamic fundamentalist movement, currently headed by ISIL. Within one day … Continue reading →

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BREXIT AND THE BLAME GAME.

Posted on June 26, 2016 by stutteringsteps

If the gloves were off among the economic and political elites before the counting of the referendum votes – and they were – then  there is no sign that the combatants are ready to step out of the ring. The … Continue reading →

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WHAT IS WRONG WITH SOCIALISM?

Posted on June 9, 2016 by stutteringsteps

The capitalist mode of production has always attracted criticism, predominantly for its effects upon the poor, the underprivileged and the working classes. The unremitting greed of those who accumulate prodigious wealth directly or indirectly through their connections with capitalist production … Continue reading →

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THE DEATH AGONIES OF CAPITALISM

Posted on May 20, 2016 by stutteringsteps

Any mode of production which is contradictory and has reached the limits of its ability to expand, sooner or later is bound to disintegrate and then collapse. However, before the final demise, such modes of production go through periods of … Continue reading →

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