Tag Archives: Leftist trainspotting

Trot Guide September 2018 Update

Posted on September 18, 2018 by @ndy

It’s been a while eh — over two years, in fact (see : #TrotGuide 2016, April 21, 2016). That said, while there’s been some interesting developments on The Far Left : Down Under Edition, for the most part things are … Continue reading →

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Trouble at Historical Materialism Conference Mill : Call for Solidarity

Posted on April 24, 2013 by @ndy

As leftist trainspotters and ‘revolutionary socialists’ generally would be aware, the Socialist Workers Party‘s poor handling of a rape allegation has had serious ramifications for the party’s public standing: this has included its relations with aligned parties elsewhere in the … Continue reading →

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‘Left Unity’ or reshuffling the deck?

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Tim Anderson

[Tim Anderson has written some thoughts on the prospects for unity on the Australian left. I thought I may as well republish it here as it’s of spotterly interest. See also : Left Unity (You Are My Destiny) [Trot Guide … Continue reading →

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Trot Guide 2012

Posted on April 10, 2012 by @ndy

Due to popular demand, I thought it was about time I updated Trot Guide — “an overview of the current state-of-play on the Australian far left” — for the year 2012. In truth, there’s not a great deal to add … Continue reading →

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The Long Strange Posthumous Life of Leon Trotsky

Posted on September 1, 2009 by @ndy

EdgeLeft : The Long Strange Posthumous Life of Leon Trotsky …an occasional column by David McReynolds, it can be circulated without further permission… Historically the Socialist Party USA had two major splits. The first was after the Russian Revolution, when … Continue reading →

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More on Zeskind… and spotting!

Posted on August 15, 2009 by @ndy

Curious as to what might have motivated Leonard Zeskind to write a hatchet job on Noam Chomsky, I thought I’d look a little closer at his bio. According to Zeskind, in addition to winning various awards and grants over the … Continue reading →

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Even more blah on European (and UK) politics

Posted on June 12, 2009 by @ndy

First, another great post by Leigh Phillips on ‘Far-right having difficulty clubbing together in EU parliament’ (EUobserver, June 11, 2009): EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – Like chocolate and mustard, or orange juice and toothpaste, the various flavours of far right in … Continue reading →

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