There is perhaps a need to clarify where I stand in relation to the history of Marxism and Socialism. Calling myself 'Marxist Nutter' has led to some understandable confusion on the matter. I will attempt to remedy this with a very brief sketch of the Marxist tradition with which I empathize.

Marx's thought is contested and arguably inconsistent. His superb critiques of capitalism were offset by his lack of clarity with regard to what a communist system would look like - especially...

Marxist Nutter

This post got pretty much ignored in the Forum and perhaps more properly belongs in a blog:

Many debates I have had on this forum about socialism, tend to drift very quickly to national concerns. Now avoiding the obvious and unhelpful puns we could make about national socialism, I would like to pose a question.

Does socialism mean caring only about the working class in your own country? Surely questions of poverty and fairness apply outside national boundaries. Marx was...

Marxist Nutter

Even the mention of the idea of legalizing drugs starts many people frothing at the mouth, quick to scream and shout about the dangers of drugs. But these are the very people that should be interested in some arguments for legalization. I am not going to dispute that drugs have a harmful affect on many people's lives - they do. I would however submit for debate the opinion that our drugs laws (UK)in fact exacerbate the problem, by obscuring its true depth, arbitrarily classing drugs with scant...

Marxist Nutter

This is a letter of reply to a letter written by a Labour parlimentary candidate in a local newspaper. I was forced to keep it shorter than I would have liked. His origin letter claimed Labour were tough on crime.

In response to Julian Ware-Lane the Labour parliamentary candidate for castle point I feel his views are misleading that Labour are tough on crime.
I suspect the recently released statistics mentioned are taken from the British Crime Survey (BCS) the results obtained...

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