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

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

Analysing the IMT’s ‘record-breaking’ growth

The Revolutionary Communist International (RCI), formerly known as the International Marxist Tendency (IMT), is boasting of record-breaking growth. Let us see how ‘record-breaking’ this growth truly is. The easiest indication of how big the organisation generally is are the admittedly unreliable reports of membership attendance at the yearly international conventions that are put on their … Read more

There Will Be No Peace by W.H. Auden

Though mild clear weather Smile again on the shire of your esteem And its colours come back, the storm has changed you: You will not forget, ever, The darkness blotting out hope, the gale Prophesying your downfall. You must live with your knowledge. Way back, beyond, outside of you are others, In moonless absences you … Read more

Four years of freedom!

Four years of freedom. How quickly time flies, and how quickly my soul has flown with it. From the depths of despair and the dregs of disillusionment, I have made it up to the empyrean heights of liberty in solitude and creative flourishing, things I did not have when I was a member of an … Read more

Why I am a conservative

I have always been a conservative, not by choice, but simply because I am. I knew this even, to a point, when I thought I was a Trotskyist. I have always known deep down that I prefer what is classic, traditional and tried over what is newfangled and ‘progressive’. I have an instinctual hatred of … Read more