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#151 - The Joy of Sects VI: The IMT

Sep 26, 2022

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Are You Not Scientists?

01:45

The Greatest Mystery of All Time

02:12

Is Trotsky a Betrayal of Marxism?

04:17

Introduction

3min

What's With the Big Bang?

2min

Is the Big Bang Bad?

5min

Are You Not Scientists?

2min

I'll Get the Trotskyist Writing Style

3min

The New Year's Message by Peggy Hill

2min

The IMT Is a Political Attack on the IMT

2min

Boris Yeltsin's Death

2min

The Existential Condition of Gorbachev in Trotskyism

4min

10.

The Bolshevik Party and the Bauman Affair

6min

11.

Socialism and Maoism

5min

12.

The History of Trotskyism

3min

13.

The Trotskyists Are Doing the Same Thing

2min

14.

Are We Going to Have a High Turnover Rate?

5min

15.

College Is for HR

2min

16.

Are You a Feminist or a Socialist?

5min

17.

Is There a Consensus of Intersectional Politics in America?

2min

18.

Is That Really the Right Way to Get to Long Term Social Democracy?

4min

19.

What the Fuck Is That?

3min

20.

Identity Politics

2min

21.

Identity Politics Are Colored by Me Being Jewish and Experiencing Right-Wing Identity Politics

5min

22.

Is Trotsky a Betrayal of Marxism?

4min

23.

I Think I've Become a Part of the IMT Movement, but I'm Not Sure if I'll Ever Get a Chance to Do That, but It's a Good Thing.

5min

24.

Marxism Versus Identity Politics - Is Pluto Still a Planet?

3min

25.

Is Leninism a Part of the Left?

5min

26.

The Problem Is, You Know, I'm Not a Union Organizer and I Don't Understand How the Organization Is Trying to Get Rid of Allen Woods

2min

27.

How to Make Trotskyist Prager U on a Smaller Scale

4min

28.

Do You Want to Help With Like the Social Media?

2min

29.

Twitter Is a Real Amateur Hour Leninism

2min

30.

The Greatest Mystery of All Time

2min

We are joined by Jamie, a former member of the Canadian section of the IMT (International Marxist Tendency), to discuss the organization and a recent scandal within it, Trotskyism in general, and a few articles by Alan Woods. "Alan Woods’ new year’s message 2022: I saw it in the movies " https://www.marxist.com/alan-woods-new-year-s-message-2022-i-saw-it-in-the-movies.htm "Marxism vs Identity Politics" https://www.marxist.com/marxist-theory-and-the-struggle-against-alien-class-ideas.htm "Trotsky’s suppressed letter: an introduction by Alan Woods" https://www.marxist.com/trotsky-s-suppressed-letter-an-introduction-by-alan-woods.htm

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