In a not entirely surprising development, the International Fascist Tendency has just published another article by the Dear Leader himself, Alan Woods, who at this point I think we can consider a paid agent of the Russian government. To this man I would like to extend my thoughts and prayers at this trying time. The … Read more
The year is 1991. The socialist revolution in Britain has begun, led by the Militant Tendency. After months of protests against the hated poll tax, Ted Grant and his followers succeed in winning over the working-class to the idea of overthrowing the hated capitalist order once and for all. The police and armed forces sent … Read more
The IMT leadership officially released a statement yesterday on behalf of the entire organisation staking out its position on the Ukrainian war against Russian imperialism. They repeated the same old cliches about how it is an ‘inter-imperialist struggle’ and that Marxists should be ‘neutral’ (presumably including Ukrainian Marxists, who should do nothing as Russian tanks … Read more
The far-left has thoroughly disgraced itself over Ukraine. Across the world, they are shilling for Russian imperialism and slandering Ukraine’s government as ‘fascist’ (a repetition of Russian propaganda), or at the very least, shamefully equivocating between the murderous, chauvinistic imperialism of the avaricious Putin regime and ‘Western imperialism’. Reading the articles these people produce, you … Read more
The IMT has always had an odd position on Ukraine. Back in 2014, the organisation declared its solidarity with the ‘anti-fascist resistance’ that erupted in Eastern Ukraine in response to the Western-backed ‘counter-revolution’ of Maidan. This narrative is straight out of the pages of Press TV and Russia Today, the kind of media no doubt … Read more
This evening, I could not help but chuckle when I saw on Twitter that the IMT had published yet another article about Venezuela, scratching their heads as to how it was that the socialist ruling party lost in Hugo Chavez’s home state of Barinas. Their conclusion? Not enough socialism. How predictable. When I was in … Read more
The 1991-2 split in the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) brought about the demise of Militant, the CWI’s British section, and gave birth to the two main organisations that came out of it – the Socialist Party under Peter Taaffe, and Socialist Appeal under Ted Grant, Alan Woods and Rob Sewell. When I was … Read more
I try and avoid the IMT website as much as possible. I have barely frequented it in months. However, now and then, some news will come up in the search results and I will give it a skim. I doubt I will ever commit to reading a full article on that loathsome website again. Back … Read more
There was a time when I was quite charmed by the Dear Leader, Kim Jong-Woods, as a naive contact and then member of the organisation. I even imitated his gestures and jokes in his ‘lead-offs’ for my own. He was and is a very charismatic, eloquent and well-read man, gifted with a verve for the … Read more
Louis Proyect’s death was announced just this week. Having just found out the news, I feel duty-bound to write something in tribute. A well-known and well-respected online Marxist commentator, with a blog that attracted millions of hits over many years, he is one of the people to which I am indebted for rescuing me from … Read more