The idea that the removal of these two terms on paper equated with the abandonment of Marxist-Leninism in practice, is an error of interpretation.
Tag: communism
International Brigade Commemoration: Waterloo – London (1.7.2017)
Although the IBMT does sterling work, it also pursues a narrative that plays-down the ‘Communist’ and ‘Socialist’ nature of the International Brigades, and the fact that the Soviet Union recruited, funded, armed and trained volunteers from around the world through the National Branches of the International Communist Party.
London: March with the Communist Party (1.7.2017) Tories Out! End Austerity Now!
CP General Secretary Robert Griffiths has called on Party members and supporters, “March with Communists behind our banner – Britain Needs Socialism – this Saturday 1 July in central London. Organise. Bring workmates and fellow activists. Make this a giant declaration of intent to drive this Government out!”.
Algebraic Formula for the Achievement of Communism (i.e. ‘Scientific Socialism’)
As a ‘science’ opposed to a faith-base religion, utopian Socialism or sets of superstitious beliefs, the Scientific Socialism of Marx and Engels, provided an ‘objective’ observation of the material world (in its socio-economic and political-cultural manifestation), whilst operating a predictive model of changes yet to come, premised firmly upon concrete existential conditions.
How Churchill Stole the ‘Socialist’ Home Guard
Winston Churchill then ordered that a ‘new’ history be fabricated for the ‘Home Guard’, one that expunged all references to ‘Socialism’, and which accredited himself with its invention.
Jeremy Corbyn and My Considered Position on the ‘Jade Forest’ (玉林 – Yu Lin) Dog Festival (13.6.2017)
Many people in the West have no idea that Chinese Buddhism (even under Communism), insists that its practitioners follow a strictly vegetarian (or vegan) diet, and that compassion toward all beings (including animals) is a primary practice.