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In the late 1920s, the geniuses in the British Communist Party, under direct instruction from Moscow, implemented a policy called "Class Against Class", which held that their most vitriolic attacks should be reserved for fellow leftists, those not in the CP. /1
Particular venom was directed towards the socialist Independent Labour Party, whose leaders were seen as class traitors, because they were tempting the proletariat away from the true (Soviet) path towards the communist nirvana.
These were the instructions give to CP leader, Harry Pollitt, shortly before he was due to debate Fenner Brockway, a leading figure in the ILP... /3
"NO POLITENESS. No mere 'difference of opinion'. No parliamentary debate. No handshakes. Treatment is CLASS ENEMIES throughout. You speak for the holy anger of whole international working class against the foulness that is Brockway. Make the audience hate him."
Needless to say, this policy was an absolute bloody disaster. And *nothing has changed*. The Left has learned no lessons from its own history.
The source for this material is "Enemy Within: The Rise and Fall of The British Communist Party" by @francisbeckett, which is an excellent, balanced read.
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