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whichfinder
16th July 2012, 23:45
Event organised by the SPGB

Date: Wednesday, 18 July 2012 - 8:30pm

Venue: Maryhill Community Central Halls, 304 Maryhill Road, Glasgow G20 7YE

Directions: Seven minutes walk north-west from St Georges Cross SPT Subway Station

Speaker: Richard Donnelly

Of all the distortions of socialism that we have to deal with probably the most obvious one is that the USSR had something to do with socialism. The failure of the USSR to deal with the problems of the working class has been portrayed as the failure of socialism. In this discussion session we hope to have a look at how this distortion became possible and how many workers have become confused about Marxism and Leninism.

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Book O'Dead
17th July 2012, 00:10
Right now I wish I lived in Scotland!


Event organised by the SPGB

Date: Wednesday, 18 July 2012 - 8:30pm

Venue: Maryhill Community Central Halls, 304 Maryhill Road, Glasgow G20 7YE

Directions: Seven minutes walk north-west from St Georges Cross SPT Subway Station

Speaker: Richard Donnelly

Of all the distortions of socialism that we have to deal with probably the most obvious one is that the USSR had something to do with socialism. The failure of the USSR to deal with the problems of the working class has been portrayed as the failure of socialism. In this discussion session we hope to have a look at how this distortion became possible and how many workers have become confused about Marxism and Leninism.

Free entry

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Comrades Unite!
17th July 2012, 05:18
Was this taped or anything?I would like to watch it.
Q
17th July 2012, 08:30
Which "Lenin" and which "Marx" are we talking about? This is always something I wonder when I see titles like these.

If you want to claim that the Second International school of Revolutionary Marxism broke with Marx on some level, then that is fair enough. But any discussion on Lenin that doesn't involve the Second International dimension, is faulty from the start.

And I second the question for a video.
Blake's Baby
17th July 2012, 11:40
Was this taped or anything?I would like to watch it.

18th of July is tomorrow, isn't it?
whichfinder
17th July 2012, 13:48
18th of July is tomorrow, isn't it?

Sure is, BB

They may be an audio recording made.
Manic Impressive
17th July 2012, 14:32
I think Dick Donnelly should be preceded by The legend that is

here's a reminiscence of some of his earlier work http://socialist-courier.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/past-reflections.html :D
Comrades Unite!
17th July 2012, 15:12
I can almost certainly guarantee that the false charge of blanquism against Lenin will be made.