Category Archives: Sectarianism

BOMBS AND BOMBAST!

Posted on September 27, 2014 by stutteringsteps

As was to be expected, the western political elite this month have demonstrated their complete inability to see the wood for the trees. This week the world was treated to the surreal spectacle of so-called world ‘leaders’ mounting the rostrum … Continue reading →

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ELEVEN THESES.

Posted on September 16, 2014 by stutteringsteps

1. Capitalism has long outlived any historical usefulness its many advocates may have claimed. As a system of economic and social organisation it creates the following existential contradictions: Obscene extremes of poverty and wealth; continual wars over resources and markets; … Continue reading →

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DIVERSITY – within – UNITY?

Posted on August 25, 2014 by stutteringsteps

Variety and uniformity along with unity and diversity are often counter-posed as opposites, yet this phenomenon of unity opposed to diversity or diversity opposed to unity is rarely found in real life. Nevertheless, the former is frequently active within the … Continue reading →

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THE DIALECTICS OF DISCONTENT.

Posted on August 12, 2014 by stutteringsteps

The past and present atrocities committed by the advanced capitalist countries of UK, Europe and North America are now being matched, but not yet exceeded, by those of the militant Islamists in Syria and Iraq and the equally militant fundamentalist … Continue reading →

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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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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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FINANCIAL POWER & POLITICS.

Posted on June 13, 2014 by stutteringsteps

Like any other sector of bourgeois capitalist societies, the political class can and often does develop its own discrete interests and evolutionary path.  At times these political sectors can depart from the interests of the capitalist system as a whole, … 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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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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FUNDAMENTALISM.

Posted on February 6, 2014 by stutteringsteps

In practically every part of the world, dissatisfaction with the existing neo-liberal regimes and the economic system they uphold, is being displayed. From the advanced capitalist countries, to the less-advanced ex-colonised countries, people across the globe are up in arms … Continue reading →

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