Trot Watcher A standard claim made by IMT cultists is that those of us who leave failed to ‘discuss their differences’ in the ‘correct manner’ and use the ‘democratic channels’ of the organisation to persuade the rest of the membership before leaving. This is invariably a lie – usually we made an attempt to make our voices … Read more
Some inspiration coming your way with my favourite version of this song from the Sound of Music by Tony Bennett:
You’ve done it! You’ve escaped a nasty, grasping, unpleasant cult and have made your way to the broad, sunlit uplands of the real world. Like the people trapped in Plato’s cave, it will take you a while to adjust to your new situation. Now and then, the temptation is always there to return to the … Read more
My blog has received an enormous amount of views in the past day or two, in part thanks to a former member of a Marxist-Leninist cult sharing it on Twitter. A young man named Eoin, an acquaintance of mine in the IMT (though it is unclear whether he is still a member) posted the following … Read more
Fehr Mahrouf, professional idiot and one of the IMT’s main attack dogs on social media, recently tweeted what might win the award for most moronic statement ever made by an IMT member. He has lambasted the idea that reading things you disagree with is good for one’s intellectual development, denouncing it as a ‘post-modernist’ idea. … Read more
It now appears that Alex Grant, the now disgraced ex-leader of the IMT’s Canadian section, has been removed from his position for sexual misconduct. The full story can be read here. After expending what little goodwill his miserable sect had on covering up for rapists and sex pests in the past year or so, he … Read more
IMT member Jack Shaw, cultist and ex-comrade of mine, who was with me in the Warwick branch (in which I can confirm that he was a conformist dullard with very little politics of his own and very little idea about anything), has commented on Twitter proclaiming that expressing opinions in a political organisation, which should … Read more
In the wake of the rape scandal last year, the IMT is desperately trying to shore up its members and solidify the loyalty of its remaining members and its new recruits through a massive campaign of anti-identity politics propaganda and rape apologia. A member of their Pakistani section has been posting quotes from sessions of … Read more
Those of us who are ex-IMT members (and ex-members of other Trot sects) all have things we secretly hated doing, but would never admit to so doing in front of other ‘comrades’, for fear of losing face. Here are all the things that IMT members secretly hate (and that ex-members secretly hated) but will never … Read more