Political / Ideological
Posadism (Trotskyist UFO-communism)
20/40· ModerateConfidence: Medium
Historical Trotskyist sect founded by J. Posadas (1962). Distinctive doctrine combining Trotskyism with UFO contact theories. Small surviving network.
CLCI radar
Moderate / High-Demand
BITE breakdown
Behavior Control4/10
Information Control5/10
Thought Control7/10
Emotional Control4/10
Modifiers (+0)
0 — historical Trotskyist sect; distinctive UFO-communism doctrine; small surviving network.
Founded
1962
Members
Few hundred globally
Active in
LatAm, Global
In context
Posadism is one of the most idiosyncratic Trotskyist sects, combining standard Marxist analysis with the doctrine that UFOs come from interplanetary socialist civilisations. Posadas died 1981; small successor groups continue. Substantial recent online interest as historical curiosity.
Timeline
- 1962Posadism crystallises as separate Trotskyist current
- 1981Posadas dies
Sources
- A.M. Gittlitz, 'I Want to Believe' (2020)
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