The last several months have been a period of discovery. I have delved deep into Dostoevsky, I am now discovering the magic of Thomas Hardy, and I am probing the wisdom of George Eliot. I am acquiring the rudiments of a literary education. In the sphere of music, I am working my way through the … Read more
This was very disturbing reading. Have a look for yourself. I am going to add nothing of my own, as I think the victim should speak in her own words. Appalling, but not shocking in light of my own understanding of this sect and it’s cult-like nature.
I am celebrating two years of freedom from the International Marxist Tendency today. I cannot quite believe that it has already been that long since I deserted this malicious enterprise that I so naively attached myself to as a confused undergraduate just four years ago. I am glad to be out of there, and when … Read more
The IMT has just released a recording of a ‘lead-off’ given by one of its chief analysts on the Ukraine crisis, Jorge Martin. It is half an hour of propaganda and distortion, which I will aim to debunk in this post. First of all, Martin speaks contemptuously of the ‘imperialist propaganda’ to which Russia is … 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
When I walked out of the International Marxist Tendency after two and a half years of vicious abuse and mental torment, I knew that it would take me a long time to recover. I may never fully recover, but I have to try. In the days after leaving, I was disoriented and devastated. I wondered … Read more
The Social World of the IMT There is no real love or friendship or brotherhood in a cult. Since leaving, I have tasked myself with rebuilding whatever sense of community I had outside the organisation. When I was a member of Socialist Appeal, it was ridiculously easy to make friends and acquaintances. We were all … Read more
When the leadership of the International Marxist Tendency was confronted with my doubts in February 2020, I was recommended to read two texts to win me back to the ‘correct position’ – Marcel Liebman’s Leninism Under Lenin and Victor Serge’s Year One of the Russian Revolution. I was told that if I still had differences … Read more
Bullying is a central feature of cults. I am taken back to my rather unhappy days in high school when I think of the horrific abuse I suffered from my peers in the organisation. I am recovering from this evil experience, but I doubt I will ever forget it. I still vividly remember how my … Read more