Category Archives: Critique

SNAKE-OIL REMEDIES FOR CAPITALISM.

Posted on October 18, 2012 by stutteringsteps

Quack doctors selling snake-oil and other supposedly effective remedies were popularised in US Cowboy adventures on the silver screen when I was a youngster. They rolled into town and offered bottles of the stuff to naïve citizens claiming it had … Continue reading →

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ASSANGE AND ASYLUM. WHAT’S NEXT?

Posted on August 19, 2012 by stutteringsteps

Whatever the current upfront technical or legal wrangle pivots around, (sexual accusations, bail infringements, etc.), everyone knows that the real issue is that Julian Assange provided a showcase for exposing the secret machinations of the economic, political and financial capitalist … Continue reading →

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THE SPECTRE OF STALINISM.

Posted on August 6, 2012 by stutteringsteps

As the present economic and financial crisis deepens, more working people and other sections of society will undoubtedly come to question the continuation of the capitalist system. However, exactly at that point they will be confronted with the spectre of … Continue reading →

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THE FIVE-FOLD CRISIS OF CAPITALISM.

Posted on July 23, 2012 by stutteringsteps

It should be obvious to anyone not completely in denial, that 21st century capitalism is currently mired in the most severe problems for over 80 years. This particular crisis is quite evidently a multiple one. It comprises of economic, financial, … 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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