jondwhite
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Never heard of MMT before but it sounds like the opposite of the goldbugs. Major Douglas, was he an early MMTer?
Jacobin radio (actually a podcast) is herehttps://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/jacobin-radio-podcast-daniel-denvir-dig-rl-stephens-suzi-weissman/
Vin wrote:According to Wike there is a criical review in the 1949 SS:Socialist Standard’s April 1949 review of Walsby’s book, called The Domain of Sterilities.Walsby wrote a long response to the review and published it as a pamphlet with the absurd name; Mugwump and Moonshine. You can read it herehttp://gwiep.net/wp/?p=389
Vin wrote:Families Against Cult Teachings and Abuses offers warning signs of "unsafe groups". It appears there does not have to be a leader, there can be a 'group' mentality https://www.familiesagainstcultteachings.org/Cult-Education/Cult-Warning-Signs/Agreed, I think a 'cult' is all about believing the group to be the sole possessor of truth and all other sources of no relevance. Not a 'charismatic leader' as such.
The cause for concern is the dozens of 'communist parties' in Britain operate on the same model and psychology, e.g. CPGB-ML, CPB-ML, NCP, WRP etc. I'd say there are even aspects of it in the SWP.
ALB wrote:Meanwhile in another part of Brixton ….http://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/the-cult-next-door-bbc2-documentary-tells-story-of-brixtonbased-cult-the-collective-and-leader-a3450966.htmlI watched 'The Cult Next Door', the level of delusion was staggering – in particular, Josephine Herivel who still supports 'Comrade Bala'.
Cheers, but I'm talking more scholarly, e.g. more about this sort of thinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_journalAnyone familiar with Capital&Class, Rethinking Marxism or Historical Materialism?
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Quote:The Delete Your Account podcast recently had on representatives of Democratic Socialists of America and the Party for Socialism and Liberation to talk about their respective orgs: https://deleteyouraccount.libsyn.com/We're in favour of free speech because its the best environment for achieving socialism. Just as there are fringe royalist restorationists under capitalism, I expect historical ideas never to completely disappear.
rodmanlewis wrote:mcolome1 wrote:jondwhite wrote:I blame Mike Pence and the 'pro-life' position being in fact all about being 'anti-women' and stopping women controlling their lives.All our problems are socially produced, they are not produced by an individual
I agree. Enough women have the vote to enable themselves, if they so wished, to change the world so that they can have a full say in what happens to them.
Well just as we wouldn't expect revolutionaries to seek reform, nor should we expect reformists to seek revolution.
More on memes for 'socialists'http://www.seattleweekly.com/arts/seizing-the-memes-of-production/
I think it's about being an open and participatory party with the key word in the warning being 'separate'. Incidentally what do the likes of Lars T. Lih say about the way the Mensheviks operated and Iskra etc.
I blame Mike Pence and the 'pro-life' position being in fact all about being 'anti-women' and stopping women controlling their lives.
