> > I have to be able to distinguish communists who are "anti-Stalinist" from > those that are not. >
Then I can distinguish people who are anti-Trotskyite from those who are not. If (anti)-Stalinist is not a slur, then neither is (anti)-Trotskyite. > > Unusually he [Marcuse] went from being an analyst for the OSS (predecessor > for the CIA) to being a proponent of Marxism and anti-Imperialism. > No, he tried to fuse Marx, Hegel, and Freud from the 1930s. He was an analyst for the State Department 1945-1951. Marcuse, quoted by Walker, can try to paint it all as working on denazification, but there was precious little of that. There was plenty of research on countering Soviet influence in Germany and eastern Europe, part of the Cold War. Thanks again to Walker, citing "As the era of the Cold War began, Marcuse's focus as intelligence analyst moved to the Soviet Union." And yet another thanks to Walker, citing Marcuse's next period, "He received Rockefeller grants to study Soviet Marxism, both at Columbia (1952-1954) and Harvard (1954- 1955)." Then Marcuse found himself darling of the flower-child culture in the 1960s. Anti-communist throughout. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#39156): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/39156 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/116120596/21656 -=-=- 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/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
