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When did he speak out against Trotskyism? He fought with a Trotskyist militia in Spain.
by woopwoop 5y ago
When did he speak out against Trotskyism? He fought with a Trotskyist militia in Spain.
- slickrick216 5y agoAlso animal farm is sympathetic to the Trotskyist position.
- dalbasal 5y agoIDK if he quite "spoke out" but he mentions them unfavourably in a few essays, sometimes indirectly. The one that comes to mind is "notes on nationalism" which IIRCC has it listed along with republicanism, zionism & pacifism as examples of obsessive nationalism existing in the contemporary British left of his day. Hi did fight with a Trotskyist militia which included many republican volunteers from that era. That's why I mentioned them... and also the esperantists. They were his circle, I believe.
- int_19h 5y agoHe spoke out against all forms of authoritarian socialism in general.
- woopwoop 5y agoIn "The Lion and the Unicorn," he advocates for a militaristic socialism with nationalization of all major industries and severe wage and price controls.