Trot Watcher One of the most enduring myths of Trotskyism is that there was no positive relationship between Leninism and Stalinism. Stalinism is seen as an ‘aberration’ from Leninism. Leninism is entirely innocent of all the crimes of Stalin. This comforting falsehood is used by Trotskyists to justify their continuing commitment to the revolutionary project in the … Read more
I am by no means the only person to desert the false religion of Trotskyism, nor will I be the last. Indeed, I am confident that my defection from the IMT cult placed a seed of doubt in the minds of at least a few members, and that this blog can only assist in this … Read more
Across the world, we have seen a wave of disgusting, anti-Semitic violence in response to what is going on in Israel – most of it from the far-left and its Islamist allies. In Britain alone, we have seen horrific anti-Semitic behaviour from pro-Palestine activists. In London, a convoy of pro-Palestine thugs drove through Jewish neighbourhoods … Read more
Lately, I’ve been thinking – real colonialism has never really been tried. Colonialism envisaged noble goals, laid out by great philanthropists like David Livingstone and Cecil Rhodes – the idea of bringing to a savage continent the three Cs of Commerce, Christianity and Civilisation. Of course, the ‘objective conditions’ were very difficult. Africa was a … Read more
In a move that is no surprise to anyone, Socialist Appeal has come out in defence of the racist Howard Beckett, the Deputy Secretary-General of Unite and Len McCluskey’s hand-picked successor. He was suspended after he tweeted calling for Priti Patel to be deported instead of refugees. If this was a prominent figure on the … Read more
In the latest example of the sensational anti-Semitism of the International Marxist Tendency, we have the organisation’s take on the crisis currently gripping the country. The author of the article is a member of the German section. Funny that, you would think a German would know better. The article begins thus: The Israeli bombing of … Read more
The Socialist Equality Party, the American Trotskyist cult that was formerly the American branch of Gerry Healy’s organisation, has come out in defence of the anti-Semitic Bristol Professor David Miller. I cannot find an official statement on the issue by the IMT, SP or SWP, though I did find a statement from one of the … Read more
In this video from 2019, Alan Woods, head of the International Marxist Tendency (of which Socialist Appeal is the British section) makes the sensationally anti-Semitic claim at 12:34 that the anti-Semitism furor surrounding the Labour Party is a fabrication by the Israeli Embassy and its agents within the Labour Party. Needless to say, I did … Read more
Trotskyists always deny that Trotsky bears any responsibility for the horrors of Stalinism. It is entirely the fault of the ‘objective conditions’. That Trotsky assisted Lenin in suppressing the working-class, establishing a one-party state and crushing all opposition within the party itself are facts which are overlooked. All of this paved the way for the … Read more