Interview with Tony Cliff 1996
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Cliffism =/= Trotskyism.
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After Trotsky died, and the orthodox-Trotskyists became more and more apologetic to Stalinism, there was a good chance that the true Marxist tradition would be lost forever. But it was Cliff, and his 4 comrades, who went through the painful 1950s and reestablished a lot of the old traditions, and developed new theories to better understand reformism and Stalinism, which allow socialism to stay alive.
And so today the IST is the most healthy form of international socialism around.
1 year ago 4
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I'd never actually heard his voice before, printed words don't really do the accent justice lol
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Ygael Gluckstein aka Tony Cliff.
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He's right up there with Marx, Engels, Lenin and Trotsky as a theoretician. A brilliant man.
R.I.P., Comrade Tony Cliff.
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Cliff stands right beside Lenin and Trotsky as a Marxist theoretician. A brilliant man.
R.I.P., Comrade Tony.
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Actually Marx and Engels said in their "The Communist Manifesto" that emancipation of working class must come from working class within. When Marx abandoned parliamentary democracy in favor of communism, he did so because he recognized proletariat class as fundamental agents that can change the world.
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Correct. There is no revolution for the people, only by the people. The task of a socialist party is organise the struggles into a movement that can exact lasting change.
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Are you seriously implying there are people who don't want freedom?
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Tony Cliff was undoubtedly one of; if not the most forward thinking politician of the 20th century.
Ofcourse many socialist will have differences of opinion over certain issues, but this should not stop us from creating a united stand against capitalism.
THE WORKERS UNITED WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED!
kerakcast 3 years ago 14
Crystal clear - I remember hearing Cliff speak and he had a superb ability for lucidly expressing Marxist ideas.
aworld2win 2 years ago 9