Category Archives: Critique

ANGLO-SAXON HYPOCRISY!

Posted on July 20, 2014 by stutteringsteps

The different treatment of three recent sets of fatality statistics, indicate once again the unbridled hypocrisy of the Anglo-Saxon, neo-con elite and their supporters. First, there are the 295 casualties suffered by those aboard Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine. Second … Continue reading →

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Book Review: ‘The Trouble with Islam Today’

Posted on July 13, 2014 by stutteringsteps

By Irshad Manji Given the rise of militant Islam in the 20th century, this is an important book, despite its many shortcomings. Where the Muslim author of this book deals with the religion of Islam and its patriarchal violence her … Continue reading →

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MILITANT PATRIARCHY AT WAR – AGAIN!

Posted on June 27, 2014 by stutteringsteps

The recent advances by the armed forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS) further into Iraq and the subsequent skirmishes, has at last demonstrated what has long been clear. It is that militant patriarchy in the … Continue reading →

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EDUCATION AND VALUES.

Posted on June 15, 2014 by stutteringsteps

The recent controversy in the (as yet) United Kingdom concerning education in the city of Birmingham has much wider implications than this one city.  The questions of what values in the 21st century need to be part of a schools … Continue reading →

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LEGITIMACY and AUTHENTICITY.

Posted on June 5, 2014 by stutteringsteps

Over recent weeks there has been a torrent of claims and counter-claims by various pro-capitalists and their supporters of what is authentic and legitimate with regards to community self-organisation and voting in elections or referendums. For example, Spain’s Government declared … Continue reading →

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‘THESE THINGS HAPPEN!’

Posted on May 15, 2014 by stutteringsteps

The response by Turkey’s President Erdogan, to the recent mining disaster in Soma Turkey, amounted to nothing more than a blasé ‘off-hand‘ remark; eg ‘These type of things happen all the time’. Such a complacent and blatant disregard for the … Continue reading →

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CIVIL-WAR IN UKRAINE?

Posted on May 2, 2014 by stutteringsteps

In two previous articles, (Uprisings and Revolutions 1 and 2) the results of research into previous revolutionary transformations, listed five major stages of struggle in overthrowing a ruling political elite and five further stages needed to accomplish a post-capitalist form … Continue reading →

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GLOBAL DYSTOPIA.

Posted on April 21, 2014 by stutteringsteps

Dysfunction and disintegration. In the 21st century, the capitalist mode of production more and more resembles a science-fiction dystopia – on a truly global scale. Despite the extremely functional efficiency of modern technology driven by the profit motive, economies, societies … Continue reading →

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FLIGHT MH370! Was a dollar too much?

Posted on April 4, 2014 by stutteringsteps

According to an aeronautical engineer, a dollar an hour is how much it would cost to install technology on every aircraft which would broadcast height, speed, position every hour. By this low-cost means it would have been possible to accurately … Continue reading →

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CAPITALISM AND FASCISM.

Posted on March 28, 2014 by stutteringsteps

Those who have been led to believe that the western ‘Allied’ countries who fought the Second World War were fighting to end Fascism, must be puzzled by recent events in the Ukraine.  For in the last few months politicians in … Continue reading →

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