tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048538.post5004038669666903911..comments2023-10-26T10:36:08.849+00:00Comments on Socialist Party Election Blog: Local elections tooUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048538.post-11610314675529687582010-02-13T19:42:21.380+00:002010-02-13T19:42:21.380+00:00As an orthodix Trotskyist he was at one time. Late...As an orthodix Trotskyist he was at one time. Later he evolved a bit, coming to recognise Russia as state capitalist and soften his earlier support for a vanguard party. But even when he was an orthodox Trotskyist this is what he wrote in his 1937 book <i>World Revolution</i>:<br /><br /><i>But it should be noted that Marx and Engels and Lenin did use the words Socialism and Communism interchangeably, at other times making a distinction between Communism as the highest stage of Socialism. For an able study on the use of the words at different times by Marx, Engels and Lenin see The Socialist Standard, August, 1936.</i><br /><br />Like we said, he did envisage the disappearance of money if only in "the highest stage of socialism". That's why it's ironic that his head should be appearing on a pound note, even if just a local one.Mondialistehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840315496347318803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048538.post-13562525996290090422010-02-13T18:39:23.612+00:002010-02-13T18:39:23.612+00:00The person whose face appears on the Brixton ten-p...<i>The person whose face appears on the Brixton ten-pound note – CLR James – also saw free access and "from each according to ability, to each according to need" as the ultimate goal.</i><br /><br />Hmmm... are you sure he wasn't just another state capitalist, left-reformist charged with misleading the working class?<br /><br />Disappointing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com