Does the Revolution Eat Its Children? leftvoice.org Nathaniel Flakin and Doug Enaa Greene <https://www.leftvoice.org/author/wladek-flakin/> July 11, 2023
An interview with historian Doug Greene about his new book on Stalinism, The Dialectics of Saturn. *... The most unhinged conspiracist theorist of them all is a medieval literature professor named Grover Furr who claims to have discovered evidence that all of Stalin’s accusations were true. You are probably one of very few serious historians to have read Furr. What is his argument?* Furr has spent several decades defending Stalin. His most well-known book is *Khrushchev Lied* (2011), in which he argues that the Secret Speech is a complete fabrication and a rehashing of bourgeois and “Trotskyite” lies. Throughout Furr’s writings, he argues that the Moscow Trials of the 1930s were not frame-ups but that the defendants were guilty of collaborating with foreign powers... In the end, Furr acts as a Stalinist Jesuit who gives the appearance of rigorous research and documentation by fiercely defending the faith from all heretics. For Furr, the old orthodoxy on Stalin must be upheld at all costs. Anyone who questions its catechisms is automatically viewed as an anticommunist enemy. His approach is deceptive to many new audiences who don’t have much background, and it appeals to Stalinist dogmatists who want someone to “prove” their faith." ////////////////////////////////////////// July 19 Charlie wrote "We owe the answer to Grover Furr's *Khrushchev Lied* <https://www.amazon.com/Khrushchev-Lied-Revelation-Khrushchevs-Communist/dp/061544105X> demonstrating that factual allegation after allegation is outright false". -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31299): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/31299 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/107261134/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
