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

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)

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)

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.

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?

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.

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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IS IT: MAN & NATURE or NATURE & MAN?

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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SYMPTOMS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DECLINE.

My previous article (The End of Empires) provided a general historical overview of the decline and fall of hierarchical mass society amalgamations, whether designated as ’empires’ or not. That previous analysis noted that the organisational life-span of such ‘amalgamations’ has … Continue reading

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THE DECLINE & FALL OF EMPIRES.

It is fairly common knowledge that there have been a number of significant Empires in the past history of the human species. The term ’empire’ is used retrospectively to refer to an amalgamation of hierarchical mass societies, whose ruling elites … Continue reading

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THE WORKING CLASS & REVOLUTION.

In a previous article entitled (Gaps between Ideas and Reality’) I made the case for recognising that the anthropocentric view of workers revolution that most of the 20th century and current 21st century anticapitalist left are following is a purely  … Continue reading

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