macliam

A "trained marxist" is someone who knows what the term means as opposed to those who just use it as and adjective of distaste.

Lion in Winter

So a reasonably edited dictionary would be part of the "toolkit" then.

I don't think I have ever had my door knocked on by a Marxist But it would make a nice change from the Jehovahs.

kimilseung

trained Marxists, how do I get my training, please

robin1234

Not really sure about this definition.

I’m probably a “trained Marxist,” in that several of my teachers in sixth form and university were Marxists. None of them showed any interest in identifying and recruiting methodologies, though.

BristolUK

Do you get a certificate when training is complete? It's a long time since I got a certificate.

robin1234

It’s a mail order thing, just $50.

kimilseung

Can you point us to this toolkit, I think it will be very useful.

BristolUK

Can I pay for it in Marks?

DaveLovesDee

Deutsche or Groucho?

Wouldn't Roubles be more appropriate.

macliam

You have to prove you require it and make a donation ............................. "from each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs".

However, you must prepare to be brainwashed by toxic comments like "Follow your own path, no matter what people say." and obviously anti-American suggestions like "There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery"

Of course, Marx did say "Democracy is the road to socialism.", so clearly, all Democrats are socialists. ..... but then, he also said "The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them"

paulry

Er no. Someone who is trained has been taught the skills and knowledge needed for a particular job or activity. If you want to know what particular Marxist job or activity these women have been trained to do, and what was in that training then you're going to have to ask them. And while you're at it ask them who they received their training from.

Socialist Alternative's take on Black Lives Matter and Marxism:

https://www.socialistalternative.org...atter-marxism/

macliam

"Marxist" is not a job or activity, so by your own definition, your claim is gobbledygook.

Plainly, an organization claiming to be working towards an alternative politic will claim parallels with other movements, plainly it is quite possible that some members of that organization are black, plainly it is not unlikely that they will be involved in BLM. Is any of this a surprise to you?

However, to claim that an entire movement follows the political leanings of some members, even leading or founding members, is to stretch the truth. However, it does not stop some people throwing mud to confuse the less informed......

amideislas

I think we can add oath of ignorance to the oath of hypocrisy as obligatory to wear that badge.

Lion in Winter

Some people live in a world where attaching "Marxist" to something as a label just means "bad". So as long as you can find, for example, a website where the two terms "Marxist" and "BLM" appear together you have immediately made BLM bad and wrong.

macliam

I believe there are even some Marxists who display leftist tendencies and socialist leanings... darn commies!