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MARX & MARXISTS on ‘Life on Earth’. (Part 3)

Posted on February 12, 2026 by stutteringsteps

Marx and Engels on human production. As I indicated in Part 2 of this extended article, in fact I am confident that by Karl Marx studying Epicurus this ancient elite character could not have helped him to anticipate or understand … Continue reading →

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MARX & MARXISTS on ‘Life on Earth’ (Part 2)

Posted on February 6, 2026 by stutteringsteps

In part 1 of this survey of Marx and the ‘Marxists, I identified the fact that there had been a tendency amongst some ‘Marxists’ in order to try to resurrect Marx’s stature and their own, by looking back to the … Continue reading →

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MARX & MARXISTS on ‘Life on Earth’. (Part 1)

Posted on January 31, 2026 by stutteringsteps

Although I admire Marx for his rigorous and accurate analysis of the capitalist mode of production (in Das Kapital, Grundrisse, etc.), his scathing assessment of bourgeous and petite-bourgeois politics (in The Paris Commune, Surveys from Exile etc.) and his humanist … Continue reading →

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DAVOS: DEMENTIA, DECLINE & DENIAL.

Posted on January 25, 2026 by stutteringsteps

Dementia. The recent meeting of world ‘leaders’ at Davos was a spectacle indeed, with most eyes on President Trumps meandering gait up a lonely, unacompanied carpet walk outside the venue on arrival and of course his rambling speeches once inside. … Continue reading →

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VENEZUELA: IMPERIALISM OR DEMENTIA?

Posted on January 8, 2026 by stutteringsteps

The recent abduction of the Venezuelan president, by the United States of America, is not only or primarily, about narcotics, oil, any other particular resource materials or personal grudges or emnities. Elite dementia may have a role here, but not … Continue reading →

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POLITICS REALLY IS THE PROBLEM.

Posted on December 9, 2025 by stutteringsteps

During the last few weeks there have been two notable events in the UK which have relevance to the contemporary global political and climate/ecological situation. The first was an invitation only conference in London on the 27th November 2025 addressed … Continue reading →

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LIFE ON EARTH

Posted on November 14, 2025 by stutteringsteps

Life on Earth’ (Past, Present & Future) (From a Revolutionary-Humanist & Giaia-centric Perpective) The above heading is the title of a book I have written and will soon be published. The back cover of the book bears the following blurb. … Continue reading →

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IS IT: MAN & NATURE or NATURE & MAN?

Posted on September 3, 2025 by stutteringsteps

In the relative position the reader sequences these two simple dualistic patriarchal triads lies the difference between humanity continuing with ruling class ideologies and eventual social collapse or adopting a Gaia-centric future for life on earth and ensuring a positive … Continue reading →

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MARX AND LIFE BEYOND CAPITAL.

Posted on August 10, 2025 by stutteringsteps

Early on in his 19th century radical researches, Karl Marx, published an article in the form of a letter to his fellow editor Arnold Ruge, and after commenting that in his homeland Germany, ‘stupidity itself rules supreme’, he went on … Continue reading →

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IS GOING BEYOND CAPITAL ENOUGH?

Posted on July 31, 2025 by stutteringsteps
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