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
Last night, I had a nightmare about the IMT – one of many. I was at one of those bloody paper sales, surrounded by all the familiar faces. I still marvel at how much time I would waste on these nonsensical endeavours, week in, week out. Steven Hassan does say in his book about cults … Read more
A while back, I was able to discover official documentation on Socialist Appeal via the UK government website. Irony of ironies, this revolutionary organisation is registered, not as a political organisation, but as a company (under the name of ‘Contrasts Ltd’), as is its publishing house, Wellred Books. None other than Rob Sewell is registered … Read more
The International Marxist Tendency, and every other far-left cult that supported Jeremy Corbyn’s disgusting movement, should not be allowed to forget about his history of antisemitism. Camera UK has compiled a very handy timeline of all of his antisemitic outrages over the years. I encourage everyone still in doubt about this evil and sick individual’s … Read more
Anyone under the illusion that the International Marxist Tendency, or any other Trot cult, encourages open and honest democratic debate, should prepare to have their illusions punctured. When I joined the organisation, I was assured that it was a place where disagreement and dissent was welcomed. It was not long before I found out that … 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
Several months ago, some of my criticisms of Trotskyism and Trot cults were posted on Reddit by a guy keen to know what the people on the Trotskyism subreddit thought. There were the typical slanders, dismissals of me as a ‘renegade’ and misunderstandings. I hope to reply to these and to affirm the correctness of … Read more
No one wants to admit that they could have been conned, lied to or tricked into entering into a cult or an abusive relationship. They are insulted at the very idea. It is understandable. We like to think of ourselves as rational creatures who are in control of our minds and do not allow ourselves … Read more
Janja Lalich is a cult expert and a former member of the Democratic Workers’ Party (DWP), one of many left-wing cults that existed in the 1970s. She has been one of the people whose work has been of help to me in my recovery from cultism. She has written and spoken extensively about her experiences … Read more
I still remember my first October School. I have written of it in my Medium piece. I remember how exciting it all was. Now, I look back and realise I was the victim of mind control. The October School is the IMT’s flagship event, held every October in order to celebrate the October Revolution (which … Read more