Marx and Engels developed this thinking during the 19th century, whilst Lenin, Stalin and Mao (amongst others) developed the dialectical thinking that defines Scientific Socialism for the 20th century. Trotskyism, of course, is something of a ‘still birth’ within Revolutionary thinking, a dialectical dead-end that impersonates certain aspects of Marxism, whilst surrendering to every aspect of the capitalist system and making peace with its oppressive nature.
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Further Reflections on the London May Day March (2018)
It is fair to say that revisionism abounds throughout the left in the UK (and the Western world). This attitude has its roots in US
London May Day March (2018)
We marched as a family today – although our eldest daughter Mei-An was at school. She has marched in many processions over the years before
Illogical Dialectics and the Labour Party
This means that Labour ‘rejects’ the Marxist ideology that racism has its roots within the exploitative division of labour that defines the capitalist system. As this is the case, Labour finds itself adopting the bourgeois response of sentimentalism and token politics.
When the Conformist Revolutionaries Come to Town!
Conformist Revolutionaries are easy to spot. They state (without any reliable evidence) that Mao and Stalin were tyrants and mass killers, and that Hitler was a very maligned and misunderstood world leader (conformist Revolutionaries, whilst having no time for Marx or Lenin, nevertheless are perfectly willing to entertain the thought that Hitler might have been ‘innocent’ of the crimes he committed).
The Myth of Labour – Corbyn Revealed as a Duplicitous Trotskyite!
The Labour Party ousted its Marxist-Leninist ideologues around 1921 – when the British Socialist Party reformed as the Communist Party of Great Britain. Between 1921