![]() Kim Stanley Robinson, award-winning author of the Mars Trilogy ![]() As an advocate of Partially Automated Adequate Socialism I can only agree, and applaud this fine addition to leftist history' 'Under the grim pressures of 20th century history, and now climate change, Gittlitz shows how explosions of black political humour also contain utopian hopes very necessary to keep alive. The renewed interest in Posadism today - especially for its more outlandish fixations - speaks to both a cynicism towards the past and nostalgia for the earnest belief that a better world is possible.ĭrawing on considerable archival research, and numerous interviews with ex- and current Posadists, I Want to Believe tells the fascinating story of this most unusual socialist movement and considers why it continues to capture the imaginations of leftists today. As it disintegrated, it increasingly grew to resemble a bizarre cult, detached from the working class it sought to liberate. Although at times significant, Posadas' movement was ultimately a failure. Posadas, the movement's journey through the fractious and sectarian world of mid-20th century revolutionary socialism was unique. ![]() ![]() Advocating nuclear war, attempting communication with dolphins and taking an interest in the paranormal and UFOs, there is perhaps no greater (or stranger) cautionary tale for the Left than that of Posadism. ![]()
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