Category Archives: Economics

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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DISPOSSESSION! (Part 1.)

Posted on January 13, 2014 by stutteringsteps

If there is one word that, when its concept is seriously considered, can take us to the root of all systems of exploitation and oppression – that word is ‘dispossession’! And this concept covers the most recent form of large-scale … Continue reading →

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HUMANITY, CLASS AND NATIONALISM.

Posted on December 31, 2013 by stutteringsteps

A short discussion on nationalism took place recently on the ‘Commune’ blog (see blog roll – useful links – below right) which was sparked off by a much needed critical look at the bid for Scottish independence by Barry Biddulph … Continue reading →

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PRINCIPLES OF CO-OPERATION.

Posted on November 12, 2013 by stutteringsteps

Self-defeating forms of co-operation. The recent announcement by the Co-operative Bank in the UK, that in future it is to be dominated by the interests and investment strategy of a hedge-fund conglomerate, cannot entirely be a surprise. This bank has … Continue reading →

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Left Unity: A contribution to the debate.

Posted on October 18, 2013 by stutteringsteps

In Europe and the USA it is undeniable that there is a growing animosity to the socio-economic domination of banking capital and to the severity of the austerity programmes proposed by all mainstream political parties. As yet this animosity is … Continue reading →

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USA: GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN – AGAIN!

Posted on October 6, 2013 by stutteringsteps

The closing of some US government facilities during early October 2013 and the sending home of government workers reveals a number of things about bourgeois democracy and the capitalist mode of production. The most obvious thing is that the elite … Continue reading →

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ZERO-HOUR CONTRACTS!

Posted on July 18, 2013 by stutteringsteps

Beware! A zero-hour contract is coming to job near you. A zero-hour contract is a contract to be ‘on-call’ to work for an employer at the employers discretion. No actual work – no actual pay! No matter what the reason! … Continue reading →

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THE 1926 BRITISH GENERAL STRIKE.

Posted on May 19, 2013 by stutteringsteps

Previously I have dealt with the often sectarian nature of calls for general strikes. [see ‘Sectarianism and the question of a General Strike’.] In a later article I presented a brief over-view of the UK social and economic ferment around … Continue reading →

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