Trot Watcher I was just telling a Facebook friend and former IMT member yesterday that it would not surprise me if the organisation came out denouncing the deposition of Pedro Castillo of Peru as an ‘imperialist coup’, despite the utter disaster his tenure has been, such that his own party has abandoned him. After a failed attempt … Read more
I have recently discovered the genius of Gustav Mahler and other great classical composers. Listening to their music on a regular basis has really helped me in my psychological and spiritual recovery from cultism. Trotsky, despite his greater appreciation for art than Lenin, was still ultimately a philistine who judged art by its relationship to … Read more
‘The imperialist propaganda machine insists that Putin has failed in his objective, and that the Russian army’s advance has been halted by the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian army. …Ultimately, it is the balance of forces that will determine the outcome. And that is overwhelmingly in favour of Russia. Far from retreating, everything points to … Read more
Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race. -Stephen Dedalus in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce I recently opened a new YouTube channel where I will … Read more
From my resignation letter back in 2020: It will not take much – a rape scandal, a heated theoretical dispute, a power struggle – and the whole pack of cards will come tumbling down, so fragile is the organisation. Can something so brittle ever hope to lead the masses out of a paper bag, let … Read more
The autumn of the patriarch has well and truly arrived in the International Marxist Tendency. The cognitive decline of its Dear Leader is very sad to see. It has reached its culmination in the following ridiculous article published recently on the organisation’s website. I have no intention of reading it, and only found out about … Read more
He gazed after the last broad tunic. Nasty customers to tackle. Jack Power could a tale unfold: father a G man. If a fellow gave them trouble being lagged they let him have it hot and heavy in the bridewell. Can’t blame them after all with the job they have especially the young hornies. That … Read more
—Look here, Cranly, he said. You have asked me what I would do and what I would not do. I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: … Read more
This morning, I saw this hilarious tweet from an IMT member who is irritated that people interested in joining want a detailed account and defence of all of the organisation’s positions on various topics. This guy is mad because people want to do their research and know what they’re getting into before they join the … Read more
I am reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. I thought Nabokov was the greatest English-language prose stylist I had ever read, but after reading Joyce, I may have to modify that judgement. Here is an excerpt from the thrilling final pages of Chapter IV, in which Stephen Dedalus … Read more