Category Archives: Revolutionary-Humanism

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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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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THE IMPORTANCE OF THEORY.

Posted on February 27, 2014 by stutteringsteps

Introduction. A previous post [‘Fundamentalism’] noted that whilst the numerous current popular upsurges throughout the world are mainly targeted against the neo-liberal capitalist system, its western elites and their numerous puppet regimes, they are not taking on an explicitly anti-capitalist … 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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RE-BUILDING CLASS SOLIDARITY.

Posted on October 24, 2013 by stutteringsteps

Capitalist production creates divisions. It was the development and eventual domination of the capitalist mode of production, that created the modern working classes. Before this could happen, ordinary people had to be torn from their previous links to their means … Continue reading →

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MARX AND REVOLUTIONARY-HUMANISM

Posted on July 25, 2013 by stutteringsteps

All kinds of inhumanity and violence have been perpetrated by people calling themselves ‘Marxists’. Perhaps the most extreme expression of this inhumane disrespect and sectarian violence in the name of ‘Marxism’ was manifest in the Soviet Union under the leadership … Continue reading →

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