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George Walford: The Enduring Base (3)

July 16, 2012

Supernatural Powers: “When I wrote Chinese Looking Glass, certain superficial critics in England sneered at me for suggesting that superstitious belief and religious custom had survived Communism in China itself. The Chinese Communists, being rather better acquainted with the subject, have repeatedly admitted that the supernatural has been among their most stubborn ideological foes.” (Dennis… read more »

George Walford: The End of Work (3)

July 16, 2012

In IC15 there appeared an article entitled THE END OF WORK. It brought forward evidence, and reasoning against the orthodox view that people generally need work if they are to enjoy a full life. Folklore, psychoanalysis, history and literature all indicate that the natural, inborn, inherent inclination is rather away from work than toward it,… read more »

George Walford: Editorial Notes

July 16, 2012

ANNOUNCEMENT: We have written to the Socialist Party of Great Britain inviting them to debate the question: IS CAPITALISM BETTER THAN SOCIALISM? (Readers of IC will recall the very special senses in which this party uses those words). It is hoped to hold the debate during the latter. of April in a convenient location near… read more »

George Walford: New Readers Start Here (17)

July 16, 2012

Ideological Commentary announces itself as “an independent journal of systematic ideology,” but we do not claim final knowledge of this theory; the formulation that looked like the ultimate last month needs alteration now, and the account given here will be subject to continuous revision. The theory was created and largely developed by the late Harold… read more »

George Walford: Socialism

July 16, 2012

In reply to our repeated assertions that the (anarcho-) Socialist Party of Great Britain does not know how (anarcho-) socialism, the system of society it proposes, would operate, a correspondent quotes these passages from party literature: Socialism will in fact mean the extension of democratic administration to all aspects of social life on the basis… read more »

George Walford: Human Needs

July 16, 2012

The “Socialist” Party of Great Britain condemns the society which it calls “capitalism” (while also saying the workers run it from top to bottom) on the ground that it is unable to meet human needs. Under this system “production cannot be carried on to meet human needs.” (Questions of the Day 1978 p. 5) In… read more »

George Walford: Party Democracy

July 16, 2012

It is sometimes remarked of the communist movement (and if nobody else has made the remark we now make it) that it uses the word “democracy” in an unusual sense; people who expect this movement to behave in ways they think of as democratic are likely to get a shock. (One example is that the… read more »

George Walford: The Effect of Nothing

July 16, 2012

In our continuing study of the (anarcho-) Socialist Party we have come to see that its case amounts to nothing. Its facts are taken, almost without exception, from the capitalist press, so in putting them forward it is adding nothing to knowledge, and when its arguments are brought together they cancel out; these also amount… read more »

George Walford: Understanding "Socialist Understanding"

July 16, 2012

One branch of the party has found IC so instructive (or perhaps so offensive, or so entertaining – they don’t say which) that they have asked for a supply, to be distributed to each member. The copies requested have been sent, and we shall be glad to supply other branches if they will say how… read more »

George Walford: Wu Li – Who He?

July 16, 2012

Gary Zukav is the author of The Dancing Wu Li Masters; an Overview of the New Physics (Fontana Paperbacks, London 1984, first published 1979). Physics as we encountered it at school was no dancing matter, and the book has little to do with those laborious simplicities; its emphasis is upon “new,” the theme is that… read more »