Hatred or disapproval are bourgeois responses and are unsuitable attitudes for Marxist-Leninists to hold with regard to religions and religiously minded individuals. Yes, religions can be dangerous, as can science in the wrong hands, or indeed political ideology. I am not condoning thousands of years of Church oppression, violence or murder in the West, (or any religiously motivated tyranny in the rest of the world), but I am acknowledging the fact that historical (cultural) forces manufacture religions and religious followers – and this is not the fault of the individuals concerned.
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When Trotskyites Whinge….
Most of the time, the Trotskyites tend to ignore my criticisms of their hero Leon Trotsky, or my continuous exposure of their philosophical and historical
When the Alt-Right Loses its Rag…
As I journey through the hinterland that is ‘social media’, I inevitably come into contact with various shades of rightwingism, fascism and neo-Nazism. This situation
Paul Robeson – What is the Communist Party?
This title originates with Paul Robeson (1898-1976), and is a question he asked whilst facing hostile (and racist) interrogation at the hands of the House
Goodbye to Unite the Union!
The CPB (quite rightly) advises Members (if possible) to join a union and show Solidarity with the working class. As an academic, I joined Unite
Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ and the Distortion of Socialism
‘I would like to put it on record that I have never been able to dislike Hitler’ (George Orwell: Review of Mein Kampf – March
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 