Tag Archives: ISIS

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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CAPITALISM’S ‘Catch 22’

Posted on September 7, 2014 by stutteringsteps

The term ‘Catch 22’ was immortalised in a book of the same title by Joseph Heller. It arose out of the experiences of an American bomber pilot during the Second World War (1939-45), but it is equally applicable to 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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