Face the facts the vast majority of the working class are now not socialists?.This is proven by the number of votes you get in elections,and hits on your videos.The working class has maved to the right and embraced capitalism.Nigel Farage is getting half a million hits on youtube europarl channel.Daniel Hannan gets 2 million.The momentum has changed.This is pure nostagia.
It is so wonderful that Tony Benn never became leader of the Labour Party but Michael Foot did. I am glad that Foot passed in a register to track down these Militant vermin out, they were doing no good for the party including the National Executive Committee. Most of all why would a rich man like Tony Benn want to be soaked dry? And Scargill and the NUM despised these Militant scum all along, so Benn and his Militant chums were nothing but pure damageable untermenschen.
Such a shame the Militant got kicked out....We need solidarity with the coalition which makes up the Labour party. We need a democratic workers party who represent the masses not the business's,........Good God comrades we such a battle to re-shape the Labour and trade union movement!
The SP and others has said that the amount of funds held 'offshore' by individuals is about $11.5 trillion - so the amount lost every year in tax revenue (at current rates) on the income from these assets adds up to about $250 billion - five times what the World Bank estimated was needed to halve world poverty by 2015!
WOW, Tony Benn! I never knew that you were working class! I am sure that Tony Benn would not mind being taxed 99% since that was what the Militant (now SPEW!) was demanding. Oh and the miners rejected Militant as well including Arthur Scargill! Since he formed his own party the SLP which is totally different to SPEW!
Thanks for your interest, but you only signed off your name and forgot to make your comment. It is a good clip isn't it? It's good to be reminded of Labour Ministers who actually supported working class people rather than billionaire bankers. However if I were you I'd change your online name - wanker? I don't care what you do in front of your computer, but you shouldn't name yourself so acurately. All the best anyway, I'll try to find some more clips that will please you (but not in that way!)
It is interesting that Arthur Scargill, an active Trade Union member of the Labour Party denounced the Militant Tendency himself! And still does as he runs the Socialist Labour Party whereas the Militant now runs the Socialist Party of England and Wales.
Militant equals cancer, thats why the Labour leadership from this time have always seen their role as protecting the Party from the rank and file.This from an ex Militant activist. We were wrong and set back the labour Party by ten years allowing the Tories to do their worst.
@ADProtty Policies which the vast majority of the people of this country agree with. Look at how many people vote Tory,Labour and Liberal combined. Then look at how many people vote for you lot old comerade.
@aranterranting Yes, well there is that well known phrase from Marx about the changing the world rather than interpreting it. The electoroal system as a product of a society run on capitalist economics is going to favour one that gets capitalist parties elected. The tasks for a marxist are to get the working class to overhtrow the system and that means getting involved in trade unions, community campaigns and also elections, but that is just one part of it. People change their opinion according
what is happening around them. For this reason it consciousness can change very rapidly from accepting a situation to full blown revolution. We can use Egypt as a good recent example of this. Mubaraks relection in January (ithink) didnt mean that people supported him as he was sent packing a few months later. and thats why you cant just interpret election results to be what people want. hope thats put in a clear way.
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Tony Benn hardline Marxist and his son Hilary, hardline Neoliberal. Marxism and Liberalism are two sides of the same coin- both advocate globalism and the NWO. The Miners did not a Marxist party, it deserved a Nationalist party like the NF or the BNP.
Not only did they stop the poll tax but they buried Thatcher with it. Funny how those right wing anti-tax crusaders who love Thatcher don't know that she was brought down by a tax revolt. But then again it's not a real tax revolt if it doesn't serve to redistribute wealth upwards.
Oh you've been to one then have you? How was it? You could say the political rallies of us candidates where every sentence gets a standing ovation looks like a communist party rally
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A sad, sad man- he does seem a very nice man, but anybody who advocates nationalisation, as Militant Tendency did, must have extremely low self-confidence and no feeling of individuality or self-worth.
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That's all socialists, commies, marxists and other assorted forms of left wing fuckheads were ever good at, organising a talking shop. Pathetic people. Capitalism simply means voluntary exchange and private ownership. Those who deny those fundamental rights are Stalinist dickheads who deserve the old punishment of the torture rack, followed by emasculation. Only when they bleed tears for a life dedicated to the oppression of the masses will I ever feel sorry for a left winger.
Now there is a statement by a man who obviously knows his own mind and can put into words. Just a shame that the view in question is bigoted, lacking in rationality and close minded in the extreme.
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That's because they know their vile, disgusting and abhorrent ideology has never been and will never be accepted by the masses. I own myself, no state burueaucrat has the right to tell me where to work, what I should earn and how much I should pay in taxation. I love a little quote about capitalism and socialism...
''Under capitalism, I can choose to starve to death. Under socialism, I have no choice.''
Sums it up perfectly I think. Unless you are a millionaire Bennite of course...
You fascists are ignorant, unintellectual fuckwits whose ideals are inimical to my values of freedom, liberty, monarchism and minarchism, capitalism and the magic of a credit default swap.
I don't care about being intellectual. Humans shouldn't fight for freedom, they should fight for tyranny and control. Only the greatest men deserve freedom and weak men should live only to support them.
It is due to a continuous generational struggle for freedom that you are able to freely giving your opinions on a global stage. Your freedom is huge, many people in this world are prepared to give their lives for the freedom which you have just displayed, would you tell them to stop fighting for the rights you take for granted?
we are comeing back liverpool militants who the fuck killed trotskite the communists we got voted in by record turn outs new labour is fuckd give new labour over tory scum any day .
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Benn should have been expelled from the Labout Party for attending this rally. Militant Tendency were a Trotskite group who infiltrated the Labour Party to take it over and institute a Communist dictatorship.
Imagine if a tory attended a BNP rally. There would have outrage.
the Labour Party was so weak at the time and Tony Benn was, and still is, such a significant member of the labour left, that the party could not throw him out and actually Lord Tebbitt implied that people should vote UKIP in the European Elections this year, he was not thrown out of the Conservatives.
Militant Tendency was not a political party, rather closer to a pressure group, the BNP is a political party, you cannot draw comparisons between the 2, as it is 2 completely different situations
You're comparing Marxism with Nazism. There is no comparison with Benn attending a Militant meeting and a Tory attending a BNP meeting, because marxism is an economic ideology and Nazism/facism is an ideology that judges some people worthy of death due to their skin colour. No comparison.
@hugoegbert79 The BNP, while racist, isn't Nazi. I also wish people wouldn't use the term 'Fascist' to describe anything other than Mussolini's regime, as every regime is different. National Socialism was actually considered far-left; it was only because of Soviet propaganda that it was later considered right-wing. Hitler hated capitalism, religion, the old monarchy, while supporting social welfare and euthanasia. Even his anti-Semitism was based on Darwinism rather than Christianity.
@hugoegbert79 Also, Marx and Trotsky were self-hating Jews. Italian Fascism wasn't originally racist, with many Fascists being Jewish until Hitler forced Mussolini to get rid of them, while Spanish and Japanese 'fascists' actually saved Jewish lives, while admittedly being racist in other ways. The fact that many far-leftists openly associate with racist Muslim extremists is enough to label them racist themselves. Also, every leftist regime in history has been at least somewhat racist.
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Face the facts the vast majority of the working class are now not socialists?.This is proven by the number of votes you get in elections,and hits on your videos.The working class has maved to the right and embraced capitalism.Nigel Farage is getting half a million hits on youtube europarl channel.Daniel Hannan gets 2 million.The momentum has changed.This is pure nostagia.
sparky6952 2 months ago
It is so wonderful that Tony Benn never became leader of the Labour Party but Michael Foot did. I am glad that Foot passed in a register to track down these Militant vermin out, they were doing no good for the party including the National Executive Committee. Most of all why would a rich man like Tony Benn want to be soaked dry? And Scargill and the NUM despised these Militant scum all along, so Benn and his Militant chums were nothing but pure damageable untermenschen.
NatDemUK 3 months ago
DEATH TO SOCIALISM
hatinae 4 months ago
@hatinae Socialism comes in various forms. What needs to be smashed is Marxism!
NatDemUK 3 months ago
LONG LIVE THATCHERISM
hatinae 4 months ago
KNML
hatinae 4 months ago
Such a shame the Militant got kicked out....We need solidarity with the coalition which makes up the Labour party. We need a democratic workers party who represent the masses not the business's,........Good God comrades we such a battle to re-shape the Labour and trade union movement!
MrLovethelife 6 months ago
The SP and others has said that the amount of funds held 'offshore' by individuals is about $11.5 trillion - so the amount lost every year in tax revenue (at current rates) on the income from these assets adds up to about $250 billion - five times what the World Bank estimated was needed to halve world poverty by 2015!
teddii289 8 months ago
WOW, Tony Benn! I never knew that you were working class! I am sure that Tony Benn would not mind being taxed 99% since that was what the Militant (now SPEW!) was demanding. Oh and the miners rejected Militant as well including Arthur Scargill! Since he formed his own party the SLP which is totally different to SPEW!
NatDemUK 8 months ago
Thanks for your interest, but you only signed off your name and forgot to make your comment. It is a good clip isn't it? It's good to be reminded of Labour Ministers who actually supported working class people rather than billionaire bankers. However if I were you I'd change your online name - wanker? I don't care what you do in front of your computer, but you shouldn't name yourself so acurately. All the best anyway, I'll try to find some more clips that will please you (but not in that way!)
teddii289 8 months ago
wanker
aranterranting 8 months ago
Benn isn't a marxist. He talks the talk but that's about as far as it goes. All foam and no beer.
SocialistSi 1 year ago
It is interesting that Arthur Scargill, an active Trade Union member of the Labour Party denounced the Militant Tendency himself! And still does as he runs the Socialist Labour Party whereas the Militant now runs the Socialist Party of England and Wales.
NatDemUK 1 year ago
@NatDemUK That's because he was a full-blown Stalinist and hatred Trotskyists.
As Monty Python said.
Spilters!
DerBlitzStag 6 months ago
Militant equals cancer, thats why the Labour leadership from this time have always seen their role as protecting the Party from the rank and file.This from an ex Militant activist. We were wrong and set back the labour Party by ten years allowing the Tories to do their worst.
DermotRathbone 1 year ago
@DermotRathbone the labour leadership were wrong not millitant. just look at labour now, its a joke.
ADProtty 11 months ago
@ADProtty at least they got elected.Unlike your socialist pigs
aranterranting 8 months ago
@aranterranting Whats the point in getting elected if you implement tory policies?
ADProtty 8 months ago
@ADProtty Policies which the vast majority of the people of this country agree with. Look at how many people vote Tory,Labour and Liberal combined. Then look at how many people vote for you lot old comerade.
aranterranting 8 months ago
@aranterranting Yes, well there is that well known phrase from Marx about the changing the world rather than interpreting it. The electoroal system as a product of a society run on capitalist economics is going to favour one that gets capitalist parties elected. The tasks for a marxist are to get the working class to overhtrow the system and that means getting involved in trade unions, community campaigns and also elections, but that is just one part of it. People change their opinion according
ADProtty 8 months ago
what is happening around them. For this reason it consciousness can change very rapidly from accepting a situation to full blown revolution. We can use Egypt as a good recent example of this. Mubaraks relection in January (ithink) didnt mean that people supported him as he was sent packing a few months later. and thats why you cant just interpret election results to be what people want. hope thats put in a clear way.
ADProtty 8 months ago
Commie scum.
dmt00003 1 year ago
So Scargill was a force for democracy and civil liberties. Reminds me how scary it was when people like Benn actually had power
james7696739 1 year ago
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Tony Benn hardline Marxist and his son Hilary, hardline Neoliberal. Marxism and Liberalism are two sides of the same coin- both advocate globalism and the NWO. The Miners did not a Marxist party, it deserved a Nationalist party like the NF or the BNP.
NatDemUK 1 year ago
Not only did they stop the poll tax but they buried Thatcher with it. Funny how those right wing anti-tax crusaders who love Thatcher don't know that she was brought down by a tax revolt. But then again it's not a real tax revolt if it doesn't serve to redistribute wealth upwards.
lordhighexecutioner 2 years ago 4
Check out ( JOHN MCCULLAGH "ILL DANCE ON YOUR GRAVE MRS THATCHER".........on youtube or myspace,well worth a listen
LARRSON77 2 years ago
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What a fucking loser this benn is
southsieed 2 years ago
Looks like a Communist Party rally
gopconservative78 2 years ago
Oh you've been to one then have you? How was it? You could say the political rallies of us candidates where every sentence gets a standing ovation looks like a communist party rally
rulebrittaniaPTBB 2 years ago
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A sad, sad man- he does seem a very nice man, but anybody who advocates nationalisation, as Militant Tendency did, must have extremely low self-confidence and no feeling of individuality or self-worth.
theporksicle 2 years ago
all these meetings and rallies really worked didn't they.....
psweep 2 years ago
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That's all socialists, commies, marxists and other assorted forms of left wing fuckheads were ever good at, organising a talking shop. Pathetic people. Capitalism simply means voluntary exchange and private ownership. Those who deny those fundamental rights are Stalinist dickheads who deserve the old punishment of the torture rack, followed by emasculation. Only when they bleed tears for a life dedicated to the oppression of the masses will I ever feel sorry for a left winger.
Mickmars90 2 years ago
And then we die.
StrayGator 2 years ago
Now there is a statement by a man who obviously knows his own mind and can put into words. Just a shame that the view in question is bigoted, lacking in rationality and close minded in the extreme.
NathanPBridle 2 years ago 2
We stopped the poll tax...
... so there!
tellyontellyon 2 years ago 2
Lot of fucking good that did
southsieed 2 years ago
And I stopped the spread of the vampire in 1644 but I never receive any thanks for it.
Mickmars90 2 years ago
Excellent points there friend. Dont you think that these lefties are only happy when they are losing. They all seem to have a victim mentality.
southsieed 2 years ago
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That's because they know their vile, disgusting and abhorrent ideology has never been and will never be accepted by the masses. I own myself, no state burueaucrat has the right to tell me where to work, what I should earn and how much I should pay in taxation. I love a little quote about capitalism and socialism...
''Under capitalism, I can choose to starve to death. Under socialism, I have no choice.''
Sums it up perfectly I think. Unless you are a millionaire Bennite of course...
Mickmars90 2 years ago
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hahaha, such an insolent jerk. We fascists are the only true libertarians.
Ricardo72 2 years ago
You fascists are ignorant, unintellectual fuckwits whose ideals are inimical to my values of freedom, liberty, monarchism and minarchism, capitalism and the magic of a credit default swap.
Mickmars90 2 years ago
I don't care about being intellectual. Humans shouldn't fight for freedom, they should fight for tyranny and control. Only the greatest men deserve freedom and weak men should live only to support them.
Ricardo72 2 years ago
Spoken like a true socialist.
Mickmars90 2 years ago
@Ricardo72 - channelling Ayn Rand there!
kball68 1 year ago
@Ricardo72
It is due to a continuous generational struggle for freedom that you are able to freely giving your opinions on a global stage. Your freedom is huge, many people in this world are prepared to give their lives for the freedom which you have just displayed, would you tell them to stop fighting for the rights you take for granted?
CountryQuestion 1 year ago
we are comeing back liverpool militants who the fuck killed trotskite the communists we got voted in by record turn outs new labour is fuckd give new labour over tory scum any day .
roadend78 2 years ago 3
true, it's all a con.
RationalResponsive 2 years ago
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Benn should have been expelled from the Labout Party for attending this rally. Militant Tendency were a Trotskite group who infiltrated the Labour Party to take it over and institute a Communist dictatorship.
Imagine if a tory attended a BNP rally. There would have outrage.
penguinegg01 2 years ago
the Labour Party was so weak at the time and Tony Benn was, and still is, such a significant member of the labour left, that the party could not throw him out and actually Lord Tebbitt implied that people should vote UKIP in the European Elections this year, he was not thrown out of the Conservatives.
Militant Tendency was not a political party, rather closer to a pressure group, the BNP is a political party, you cannot draw comparisons between the 2, as it is 2 completely different situations
hypergreg 2 years ago 12
The Militant changed their name to 'the socialist party of england and wales'.
They are a political party, and have a growing membership.
tellyontellyon 2 years ago
You're comparing Marxism with Nazism. There is no comparison with Benn attending a Militant meeting and a Tory attending a BNP meeting, because marxism is an economic ideology and Nazism/facism is an ideology that judges some people worthy of death due to their skin colour. No comparison.
hugoegbert79 2 years ago 22
@hugoegbert79 The BNP, while racist, isn't Nazi. I also wish people wouldn't use the term 'Fascist' to describe anything other than Mussolini's regime, as every regime is different. National Socialism was actually considered far-left; it was only because of Soviet propaganda that it was later considered right-wing. Hitler hated capitalism, religion, the old monarchy, while supporting social welfare and euthanasia. Even his anti-Semitism was based on Darwinism rather than Christianity.
SkullOfYorick 1 year ago
@hugoegbert79 Also, Marx and Trotsky were self-hating Jews. Italian Fascism wasn't originally racist, with many Fascists being Jewish until Hitler forced Mussolini to get rid of them, while Spanish and Japanese 'fascists' actually saved Jewish lives, while admittedly being racist in other ways. The fact that many far-leftists openly associate with racist Muslim extremists is enough to label them racist themselves. Also, every leftist regime in history has been at least somewhat racist.
SkullOfYorick 1 year ago
@hugoegbert79 It could be argued that Naziism is a form of fascism but it could never be argued that fascism is Naziism and can be nothing different
NaMgKCa 1 year ago
@hugoegbert79 The reds killed many more people than the fascists
aranterranting 8 months ago