RCI/IMT split in Brazil – split or bureaucratic coup?
In recent days, the Revolutionary Communist International, formerly known as the International Marxist Tendency, has announced a split in the Brazilian section. We are told that the leadership of the organisation deserted the ranks following a long-running dispute over whether China is an imperialist power. As a member more than half a decade ago, I … Read more
The October Revolution – the greatest event in history?
Apologists for the October disaster insist that it was the ‘greatest event in human history’. They say this to suggest not merely that it had a greater impact on the world than anything else, but to indicate moral approval. Aside from the fact that it was a catastrophe, there are so many events in human … Read more
The Founding of the Reactionary Crusaders International (RCI)
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to announce the founding of the Reactionary Crusaders International. Our organisation alone maintains the ‘unbroken thread’ from the original Crusaders – Pope Urban, Raymond of Saint-Gilles, Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemond of Otranto, and Robert of Flanders. Our mission is to create a cadre organisation of elite Crusaders who will lead the forces of … Read more
The balance sheet of October – a bloody, costly disaster!
Apologists for the bloody disaster that was the October Revolution of 1917 feel the need to remind us regularly of the ‘gains’ of October. That is to say, the October Revolution made possible all the progress that Russia enjoyed in the twentieth century, and that without it, Russia would be a medieval backwater much like … Read more
How democratic were the soviets? A study of the Russian Revolution
The standard Trotskyist account points to the soviets (workers’ and soldiers’ councils) as the ultimate proof of the democratic legitimacy of the Russian Revolution of 1917. In his History of the Russian Revolution, Trotsky tells us that the Second Congress of Soviets was ‘the most democratic of all parliaments in the world’s history’. The system … Read more
Freedom! Half a decade out of the International Marxist Tendency!
Time flies. I can’t believe it’s been five years already since I left the organisation, and over four years since this blog was set up. I no longer post here regularly. What more can be said about these monsters? Going on the IMT website makes me sick. As time has gone on, other things have … Read more
The planned economy is not ‘superior’
See here. The Russian Revolution was not one of the greatest events in world history, nor was the planned economy necessary to develop the country, nor was it superior to capitalism. Scott: One of the interesting ideas of this project (and also Allen’s work) is to explore different counterfactuals. What if, for example, the Bolsheviks had … Read more
IMT/RCI member tweets that Churchill is ‘probably’ more evil than Hitler
Well, what is there to say? The RCI is a deeply sick organisation.
Kamala Harris, Freedom and the RCI
I have been inspired by the campaign taking place across the water to elect Kamala Harris the next President of the United States of America. The first thing I heard of her was when my ex-comrades back in 2019 were denouncing her angrily on social media, calling her ‘Copmala’ and ridiculing her background as a … Read more