Roots of materialistic movement: Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, Lenin. Rise of Stalinism, cold War. Democracy and materialism. A profound confusion on the left. Democratic centralism, myth of the correct program. Lenin and the mass working-class movement.
RETURN TO MATERIALISM (essay) Introduction As we reach halfway through the 1990s certain errors that characterized much of the left in the radicalization of the 1960s and 1970s are now somewhat clearer. In this article I want to focus on the sectarianism and dogmatism that dominated much of the left for a period. Specifically I want to try to make an evaluation of the strength and weakness of the movement that based itself on Leon Trotskys interpretation of the rise of Stalinism (and therefore decline of Marxism.) The reason I am returning to this topic is because I believe it is still an issue today in various organizations. Some, which are hopelessly sectarian, I do not wish to deal with concretely because there is no immediate hope to see them become part of the living struggles for social progress in the world. In most cases those sectarian organizations are a negative factor in the development of an effective and viable movement. But, specifically, I see the Democratic Socialist Party of Australia as an
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