Today is the birthday of one of Central Europe’s greatest sons, the immortal Austrian composer Franz Schubert, whose music has become such a big part of my life over the last couple of years. His music has been an important part of my journey to recovery from the evils of Marxist totalitarianism and Trotskyist cultism. … 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
In one of the funniest developments of world history, U.S. forces have successfully captured the socialist dictator of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, in an operation that lasted about three hours. Despite the best attempts of the impotent cult known as the Revolutionary Communist International, no one was able to ‘mobilise’ in the face … Read more
Socialism is when the entire population is the property of the state. Socialism is Venezuela. Socialism is when the entire population is starving for lack of access to basic necessities because of the government’s economic mismanagement. Socialism is when you are constantly reminded that the individual is worthless and that the collective is everything. Socialism … Read more
XIV.“Man seeks for gold in mines, that he may weaveA lasting chain for his own slavery;—In fear and restless care that he may liveHe toils for others, who must ever beThe joyless thralls of like captivity;He murders, for his chiefs delight in ruin;He builds the altar, that its idol’s feeMay be his very blood; he … Read more
We are five years on from my desertion of the International Marxist Tendency (now rechristened as the Revolutionary Communist International). Nonetheless, here I am to tell you why you should desert Trotskyism. If you are a doubting member of any one of the dozens of fissiparous, impotent, hermetic Trotskyist sects existing on the fringes of … Read more
“On my saying, ‘What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within?’ my friend suggested ‘But these impulses may be from below, not from above.’ I replied, ‘They do not seem to me to be such; but if I am the Devil’s child, I will live then from … Read more