Today is the 100th birthday of the legendary American jazz and pop singer, Tony Bennett – one of my personal heroes. The last of a breed of era-defining singers of the 20th century, he remained true to his artistic calling when everyone else was bending to the contemporary musical trends. He is a fitting riposte … Read more
and who shall standAmid the rocking earthquake steadfast stillBut Laon? on high Freedom’s desert landA tower whose marble walls the leaguèd storms withstand! -Percy Bysshe Shelley, ‘The Revolt of Islam’, Canto Second, Verse 14 On the sixth anniversary of my desertion of the International Marxist Tendency (now known as the Revolutionary Communist International), I feel, … Read more
Karl Marx—a powerful mind, a very learned man, and a good German writer—died 119 years ago. He lived in the age of steam; never in his life did he see a car, a telephone, or an electric light, to say nothing of later technological devices. His admirers and followers used to say and some keep … Read more
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