Re: Poor Stalinists! Proyect: Leave them alone!

[Charlotte Kates <ckates@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:23 PM 4/3/96 -0800, you wrote:
>    Louis Proyect came back, throw at them few quotes and now they are
>    all over the place trying to explain what have only one
>    explanation:  Stalinism = Counterrevolution.
>
>    Ole Leche, Quispe, one of them signing Molotov, Mat dillon and even
>    Chris cannot cope with the history of their own betrayals:
>
>    1. They capitulated to Hitler and signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop
>    pact.  Main reason: Stalin was crying under the table terrorized
>    of what will happen to him. They almost destroyed the Soviet Union
>    then.
>

No, they did not. Stalin and Molotov saved the USSR and got valuable time to
prepare the national defenses of the Soviet Union. After repeated rejections
of collective security by the bourgeois governments, Stalin and Molotov
protected their nation and then distinguished themselves as great leaders
and commanders of the Anti-Fascist War.

>    2. They strangled the Spanish revolution, killing other marxists
>    and left wing anarchists instead of fighting Franco's forces.

Hardly. It was the Spanish CP, taking a "Stalinist" line with aid from the
USSR, taht led the geroic resistance to Franco's forces. Spanish Communists
were the leading freedom fighters throughout Spain, who countered, it is
true, the destructive POUM, Trotskyite and anarchist forces. The Spanish CP
led the working class of Spain and were heroic leaders of the great struggle
of the Spanish people. Stalin's and Dimitrov's line on the Spanish Civil War
was completely correct.
>
>    3. They helped Hitler take power when they divided the german
>    working, confused Socialdemocrats with fascists, etc

It wasn't the DKP that divided the German workers. It was the SDP. It is
true that the DKP made some ultraleftist errors, however, the SDP appeased
fascist forces. The DKP was the greatest anti-fascist German organization
and was the leadership force of the German working class.

>
>    4. They betrayed the left wing of the resistance after the war in
>    France, refused to help the Greek communists and allowed them to be
>    massacred by the English (Stalin called most of the Greek communist
>    leadership to Moscow and killed them in order to impose its will to
>    capitulate to the Brittish!)

Not exactly. The CP's did not capitulate, and neither did Stalin. The left
wing of the resistance was aided by Stalin and the USSR, although national
unity was sought. The Greek communist revolutionaries were supported by the
USSR and the bloody British invsion and slaughter of the Greek people was
met by many condemnations from Stalin.
>
>    5. Stalinism betrayed the Chinese Communist Party and even named
>    Chiang Kai Shek (few months before!) honorary chairman of the
>    Comintern!
>
That was during the war when Chiang was cooperating with the CCP in the
anti-fascist war. It implied no support of Chiang against the revolution.
<Snip>
>
>    7. Of course, do not forget the assasination of most members of the
>    Central Committee which made the Russian Revolution and most
>    members of the following three central committees!

It's true that there were errors made. However, what Stalin did he did in
the interests of building socialism.

>
>    8. They betrayed every revolution since: Central America,
>    Indonesia, Chile ... the list is so long that I'm amazed these
>    people even show up at meetings anymore ....

No. It has been the "stalinists" and the "official" CPs who have
consistently supported and led people's revolutions and this is recognized.
The Stalinists betrayed no revolution. Stalin's line was completely correct
on international politics especially after 1935. Stalin always supported the
people and their revolutions, their strength. Stalin was a champion of the
owrkers and oppressed of the world.

Charlotte
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