Very good the George's post.
Why not to discuss victories of Stalin?
Why not discuss The Great Conspiracy Against Soviet Union?
Why not discuss The First Quinquenal Plan in 1928?
Why not discuss the Goebbles' counter-propaganda just ours days?
Why not discuss The Ludo Marten's book? Etc.
There are others victories to discuss?
Why not a plan with a volting?
Fraternally,
Pedro.
At 20:53 14/06/2000 -0400, you wrote:
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Dear comrades and friends,<<<<
I think we have to distinguish two different points on the discussion of "Stalinism" and the critics of Stalin. I have no objection to Sven throwing off Bilenkin (if that is what has happened), because Bilenkin made clear by the end of his post that he was throwing out positions (basically bourgeois-Trotskyite positions, in my view), and he had no intention of discussing them. Even if he was willing to discus them, this is not the place for propagandizers against Stalin - one can find them in any history book or newspaper article dealing with the period. I am not particularly in favor of letting Mark Jones make his more subtle attacks on Stalin either.
At the same time, we all live in the real world, and the criticisms of Stalin arise constantly. We have a duty to answer even the criticisms that Bilenkin made, if not the critic himself. It would be sectarian if we were just to say "Stalin was right and that is that!" because no one learns anything from that. Hopefully we can have a constructive discussion with both those who believe that some of Stalin's policies were wrong, or those who don't know enough about the period, etc. The list upholds Stalin, but that does not mean we want to throw out anyone with any criticisms or question.
Fraternally,
George
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