From: john <john-AT-svejk.org>
Subject: Re: AUT: Communists and Religious Movements?
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 10:00:13 +0100



On 6 Apr 2004, at 09:05, Thiago Oppermann wrote:

> Is it true that there was a Trotskyist sect that believed flying 
> saucers
> were visitors from a socialist galaxy? I am sure I read this in the
> Spectacular Times...
>
> Thiago
>

Juan Posadas, whose theory went something like:
'Intergalactic travel requires a superior mode of production to 
capitalism, therefore UFOs can only come from socialist societies.'

To his credit, he vigorously opposed "socialism on one planet."

http://www.forteantimes.com/articles/176_trots.shtml

John



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