http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soviet_legacy/
This mailing list was created in order to debate the role and legacy of
Stalin, Trotsky, Mao and other historic figures involved with the
construction of socialism in the 20th century. The discussion will
primarily be focused on the period lasting from 1917 to approximately
1990 but there will obviously be a need from time to time to relate it
to current events.
Among the topics that are germane to this forum are:
--Socialism in one country versus permanent revolution
--The United Front versus the Popular Front
--The causes of the collapse of the USSR, internal or external?
--What was the best way to fight fascism in the 1920s and 30s?
--Was Soviet foreign policy revolutionary?
--What best described the Soviet economy: socialist; degenerated workers
state; state capitalist?
These are obviously hotly disputed topics on the left but we expect to
explore them with an absence of flaming. The list is moderated by Louis
Proyect, who identifies with many of Trotsky’s criticisms of the USSR
but no longer considers himself a Trotskyist.
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