John Molyneux (Trotskyist)
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John Molyneux is a British
Trotskyist
and a leading member of the Socialist Workers Party
. He was a senior lecturer in Historical and Theoretical Studies at the School of Art, Design and Media, University of Portsmouth
.
He has been noted for writing a bulletin headed "Democracy in the SWP", which argued that, though the SWP is democratic, it needs to be more so, prompting the Communist Party of Great Britain
to call him a "loyal rebel". In 2006 he set up a blog where he 'writes mainly about Marxist theory and art'.
United Kingdom
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Trotskyist
Trotskyism
Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. Trotsky considered himself an orthodox Marxist and Bolshevik-Leninist, arguing for the establishment of a vanguard party of the working-class...
and a leading member of the Socialist Workers Party
Socialist Workers Party (Britain)
The Socialist Workers Party is a far left party in Britain founded by Tony Cliff. The SWP's student section has groups at a number of universities...
. He was a senior lecturer in Historical and Theoretical Studies at the School of Art, Design and Media, University of Portsmouth
University of Portsmouth
The University of Portsmouth is a university in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. The University was ranked 60th out of 122 in The Sunday Times University Guide...
.
He has been noted for writing a bulletin headed "Democracy in the SWP", which argued that, though the SWP is democratic, it needs to be more so, prompting the Communist Party of Great Britain
Communist Party of Great Britain
The Communist Party of Great Britain was the largest communist party in Great Britain, although it never became a mass party like those in France and Italy. It existed from 1920 to 1991.-Formation:...
to call him a "loyal rebel". In 2006 he set up a blog where he 'writes mainly about Marxist theory and art'.
Selected bibliography
- What is the real Marxist tradition?
- 'National Oppression and National Liberation Movements'
- Leon Trotsky's theory of revolution
- Rembrandt and Revolution - ISBN 1-872208-15-0
- The Future Socialist Society - ISBN 0-905998-60-X
- Marxism and the Party - ISBN 0-906224-28-4
- Terrorism
- The necessity of Respect (2004)
- Anarchism: A Marxist Criticism - ISBN 9781905192885
- Will the Revolution be Televised? A Marxist Analysis of the Media - ISBN 9781905192915