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Category Archives: Sectarianism
ISLAMO-FASCISM?
It has become popular in some left circles to label Islamic movements which bomb and kill as fascist or at least fascistic in their outlook and actions. In contrast others on the left have seen Islamic fundamentalism as a chaotic … Continue reading
SECTARIANISM IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR – 2.
Revolutionary illusions and delusions. Despite the fact that many participants in the Spanish Civil War were convinced they were engaged in an anti-capitalist revolution, the reality as it unfolded in the 1930’s, demonstrated something different. Events proved in 1930’s Spain … Continue reading
SECTARIANISM IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR – 1.
In any serious struggles, particularly in the case of wars, the victors invariably have the means to ensure that their version of what took place is the one that dominates the historical record – at least for a considerable time. … Continue reading
WHITHER THE NATION-STATE?
Whether we consider the multifarious problems in Greece, Spain and other countries, or the emergence of radical Islam (as with ISIL), the continuing 21st century economic crisis of the capitalist mode of production has undoubtedly produced a profound political crisis … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Capitalism, capitalism, Critique, dispossession, Economics, Fundamentalism, Nationalism, neo-liberalism, Patriarchy, Religion, Sectarianism, The State
Tagged Bourgeois nation-states, dispossession, Failed states, finance capital, Islamism, killing in the name of God, Nationalism, neo-liberalism
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JEREMY CORBYN’S TEN POINTS!
It can hardly escape anyone’s attention that the British Labour Party’s leadership contest has revealed the existence of deep divisions within this party of ‘left’ reformism. In addition this contest has revealed not only the sordid personal jockeying for elevated … Continue reading
IDEOLOGY AND VIOLENCE – 2.
In Ideology and Violence – 1, evidence was presented of the scriptural justifications for violence against the ‘other’ in the cases of the ideologies of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The ‘other’ meaning those of other religions, no religion and ‘heretics … Continue reading
Posted in capitalism, Critique, Fundamentalism, Nationalism, Politics, Religion, Sectarianism, The State
Tagged Bolshevism, Christianity, Fascism, Islam, Judaism, Nationalism
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IDEOLOGY AND VIOLENCE – 1.
For an individual to resort to violence, (as with an individual act of terror) it is only necessary that some individual becomes so enraged and unhinged by circumstances or by some abnormality that he or she strikes out randomly – … Continue reading
NAZI’S: A DOUBLE WARNING FROM HISTORY.
An interesting observation was made recently (February 2015) by Yanis Varoufakis, a senior member of the new government of Greece. In wishing to fulfil the election promises of the Syriza Party to end austerity, Yanis was seeking to influence the … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Capitalism, capitalism, Critique, Economics, Marx, Nationalism, Politics, Sectarianism
Tagged bourgeois socialism, Fascism, National Socialism, Syriza, Totalitarianism, Yanis Varoufakis
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CONTRADICTIONS IN PARIS.
The majority of those who assembled in Paris in millions on Saturday did so to protest against the two murderous atrocities committed there and to defend free speech. The symbolic phrases which dominated placards and posters was ‘Je Suis Charlie‘. … Continue reading
JE SUIS CHARLIE
The fact that expressing an opinion which offends somebody, can now get you killed makes us all potentially ‘je suis charlie’. Unless of course, we bow the knee to those who are prepared to kill and maim in order to … Continue reading
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